List of top international association football goal scorers by country

This page lists the top all-time male goal scorer for each national football team where the top scorer has a minimum 20 goals in official international matches for his country. Players who are currently active at international level are indicated in bold type.

This list is not an all-time top international goal scorers list, as some country's second-top scorer could have scored more than another country's top scorer. It lists only the top scorer for each country.

This list is for Men's association football only.

List of players

As of 13 October 2018.

Players in bold are still active at international level.

Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation.

#	Name	Country	International goals	Caps	Goals per match	Ref
1	Ali Daei	Iran	109	149	0.73	[1]
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	85	154	0.55	[2]
3	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary	84	89	0.94	[3]
4	Kunishige Kamamoto	Japan	80	84	0.95	[4][5]
5	Godfrey Chitalu	Zambia	79	111	0.71	[6]
6	Hussein Saeed	Iraq	78	137	0.57	[7]
7	Pelé	Brazil	77	92	0.84	[8][9]
8	Bashar Abdullah	Kuwait	75	134	0.56	[10]
9	Kinnah Phiri	Malawi	71	115	0.62	[11]
	Majed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	71	116	0.61	[12]
	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Thailand	71	134	0.53	[13]
	Miroslav Klose	Germany	71	137	0.52	[14]
13	Stern John	Trinidad and Tobago	70	115	0.61	[15]
	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	70	169	0.41	[16]
15	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	68	133	0.52	[17]
	Robbie Keane	Republic of Ireland	68	146	0.47	[18]
17	Sunil Chhetri	India	65	103	0.63	[19]
	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	65	105	0.63	[20]
	Lionel Messi	Argentina	65	128	0.51	[21]
20	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	62	116	0.53	[22]
21	David Villa	Spain	59	98	0.6	[23]
22	Cha Bum-kun	South Korea	58	135	0.43	[24]
23	Carlos Pavón	Honduras	57	101	0.57	[25]
	Clint Dempsey / Landon Donovan	United States	57 / 57	141 / 157	0.4 / 0.36	[26]
25	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	56	118	0.47	[27]
26	Jan Koller	Czechoslovakia /  Czech Republic	55	91	0.6	[28]
	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	55	100	0.55	[29]
	Fandi Ahmad	Singapore	55	101	0.54	[30]
	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	55	104	0.53	[31][32]
31	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53	96	0.55	[33]
	Joachim Streich	East Germany	53	98	0.54	[34]
	Wayne Rooney	England	53	119	0.45	[35]
33	Poul Nielsen / Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	52 / 52	38 / 112	1.37 / 0.46	[36][37]
	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	52	78	0.67	[38]
	Adnan Al Talyani	United Arab Emirates	52	161	0.32	[39].
36	Lê Công Vinh	Vietnam	51	83	0.61	[40]
	Phil Younghusband	Philippines	51	99	0.52	[41]
	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	51	106	0.48	[42]
	Hakan Şükür	Turkey	51	112	0.46	[43]
	Thierry Henry	France	51	123	0.41	[44]
41	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	50	102	0.49	[40]
	Javier Hernández	Mexico	50	105	0.48	[45]
	Tim Cahill	Australia	50	107	0.47	[46]
44	Dimitar Berbatov / Hristo Bonev	Bulgaria	48 / 48	78 / 96	0.62 / 0.5	[47]
	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	48	111	0.43	[48]
46	Emmanuel Sanon	Haiti	47	100	0.47
	Rolando Fonseca	Costa Rica	47	113	0.42	[49]
48	Davor Šuker	Croatia	45	69	0.65	[50]
	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	45	78	0.58
50	Toni Polster	Austria	44	95	0.46	[51]
51	Hani Al-Dhabit	Oman	43	102	0.42	[52]
	Luis Tejada	Panama	43	107	0.4	[53]
53	Ahmed Faras	Morocco	42	77	0.55	[54]
	Alexander Frei	Switzerland	42	84	0.5	[55]
	Peter Byers	Antigua and Barbuda	42	85	0.49	[56]
	Oleh Blokhin	Soviet Union /  Ukraine	42	112	0.38	[57]
57	Hao Haidong	China PR	41	107	0.38	[58]
58	Sebastián Soria	Qatar	40	119	0.34	[59]
	Michael Mifsud	Malta	41	133	0.31	[60]
60	Raúl Díaz Arce	El Salvador	39	72	0.54	[61]
	Akwá	Angola	39	78	0.5	[62]
	Alexis Sánchez	Chile	39	121	0.32	[63]
	Ismail Abdul-Latif	Bahrain	39	112	0.35	[64]
64	Stjepan Bobek	Yugoslavia /  Serbia	38	63	0.6	[65]
	Bambang Pamungkas	Indonesia	38	86	0.44	[66]
	Andres Oper	Estonia	38	134	0.28	[67]
	Peter Ndlovu	Zimbabwe	38	–	–	[68]
68	Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	37	58	0.64	[69]
	Chan Siu Ki	Hong Kong	37	67	0.55	[70]
70	Issam Jemâa	Tunisia	36	84	0.43	[71]
	David Healy	Northern Ireland	36	95	0.38	[72]
72	Luigi Riva	Italy	35	42	0.83	[73]
	Luton Shelton	Jamaica	35	75	0.47	[74]
	Adrian Mutu / Gheorghe Hagi	Romania	35 / 35	77 / 125	0.45 / 0.28	[75][76]
	Zlatko Zahovič	Slovenia	35	80	0.44	[77]
	Paolo Guerrero	Peru	35	91	0.38
77	Maksim Shatskikh	Uzbekistan	34	61	0.56	[78]
	Dennis Oliech	Kenya	34	72	0.47	[79]
	Abdelhafid Tasfaout	Algeria	34	79	0.43	[80]
	Moumouni Dagano	Burkina Faso	34	83	0.41	[81]
81	Jørgen Juve	Norway	33	45	0.73	[82]
	Shandel Samuel	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	33	63	0.52	[83]
	Mordechai Spiegler	Israel	33	83	0.4	[84]
	Goran Pandev	Macedonia	33	97	0.34	[85]
85	Shaun Goater	Bermuda	32	36	0.89
	Raja Rafe	Syria	32	77	0.42
	Benni McCarthy	South Africa	32	80	0.4	[86]
	Radamel Falcao	Colombia	32	80	0.4	[87]
	Michalis Konstantinou	Cyprus	32	84	0.38	[88]
	Roque Santa Cruz	Paraguay	32	111	0.29	[89]
	Jari Litmanen	Finland	32	137	0.23	[90]
92	Agustín Delgado	Ecuador	31	70	0.44	[91]
	Emmanuel Adebayor	Togo	31	83	0.37	[92]
94	Denis Law / Kenny Dalglish	Scotland	30 / 30	55 / 102	0.55 / 0.29	[93][94]
	Gareth Bale	Wales	30	72	0.42	[95]
	Hassan Abdel-Fattah	Jordan	30	88	0.34	[96]
97	Lester Moré	Cuba	29	69	0.42	[97]
	Nikos Anastopoulos	Greece	29	73	0.4	[98]
	Henri Camara	Senegal	29	99	0.29	[99]
	Māris Verpakovskis	Latvia	29	104	0.28	[100]
101	Vaughan Coveny	New Zealand	28	64	0.44	[101]
	Ali Al-Nono	Yemen	28	–	–	[102]
	Pascal Feindouno	Guinea	28	–	–	[103]
104	Commins Menapi	Solomon Islands	27	35	0.77	[104]
	Tico-Tico	Mozambique	27	83	0.33	[105]
	Kasun Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	27	–	–	[106]
107	Shota Arveladze	Georgia	26	60	0.43	[107]
	Eiður Guðjohnsen	Iceland	26	88	0.3	[108]
109	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Armenia	25	77	0.32
	Chen Po-liang	Chinese Taipei	25	70	0.36
	Mrisho Ngasa	Tanzania	25	100	0.25	[109]
	Seydou Keita	Mali	25	102	0.25	[110]
113	Stevan Jovetić	Montenegro	24	51	0.47	[111]
	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	24	58	0.41	[112][113]
	Jerome Ramatlhakwane	Botswana	24	60	0.4	[114]
	Olivier Karekezi	Rwanda	24	–	–	[115]
117	Getaneh Kebede	Ethiopia	23	42	0.55
	Llewellyn Riley	Barbados	23	43	0.53	[116]
	Deon McCaulay	Belize	23	44	0.52	[117]
	Safee Sali	Malaysia	23	74	0.31	[118]
	Róbert Vittek	Slovakia	23	81	0.28	[119]
	Juan Arango	Venezuela	23	129	0.18	[120]
123	Dwayne De Rosario	Canada	22	81	0.27	[121]
	Esala Masi	Fiji	22	–	–
125	Ricky Charles	Grenada	21	50	0.42
	Razak Omotoyossi / Stéphane Sessègnon	Benin	21 / 21	55 / 70	0.38 / 0.3
127	Bertrand Kaï	New Caledonia	20	31	0.65
	Haytham Tambal	Sudan	20	41	0.49	[122]
	Joaquín Botero	Bolivia	20	48	0.42	[123]
	Roda Antar	Lebanon	20	58	0.34	[124]
	Maksim Romaschenko	Belarus	20	63	0.32	[125]
	Earl Jean	Saint Lucia	20	–	–	[126]

Other countries' players

As of 8 September 2018.

Players in bold are still active at international level.

Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation.

Country	Name	International goals	Caps	Goals per match	Ref
Afghanistan	Balal Arezou	9	22	0.41
Albania	Erjon Bogdani	18	74	0.24
American Samoa	Ramin Ott	3	15	0.2
Andorra	Ildefons Lima	11	112	0.1
Anguilla	Richard O'Connor	5	6	0.83
Azerbaijan	Gurban Gurbanov	14	68	0.21
Bahamas	Lesly St. Fleur	6	12	0.5	[127]
Bangladesh	Jahid Hasan Ameli	15	64	0.23
Bhutan	Chencho Gyeltshen	10	30	0.33	[128]
British Virgin Islands	Avondale Williams	5	10	0.5
Brunei	Shahrazen Said	8	20	0.4	[129]
Burundi	Selemani Ndikumana / Abdul Razak Fiston	12	28 / 33	0.43 / 0.36
Cambodia	Chan Vathanaka	13	39	0.33
Cape Verde	Héldon Ramos	15	47	0.32	[130]
Cayman Islands	Mark Ebanks	5	10	0.5	[131]
Central African Republic	Hilaire Momi	9	27	0.33	[132]
Comoros	Youssouf M'Changama / El Fardou Ben Nabouhane	5	26 / 13	0.19 / 0.38	[133]
Congo	Thievy Bifouma	13	25	0.52
Cook Islands	Taylor Saghabi	6	12	0.5	[134]
Curaçao	Felitciano Zschusschen	9	13	0.69	[135]
DR Congo	Dieumerci Mbokani	17	40	0.43	[136]
Djibouti	Ahmed Daher	4	14	0.29
Dominica	Kurlson Benjamin	14	23	0.61	[137]
Dominican Republic	Jonathan Faña	19	37	0.51
Equatorial Guinea	Juvenal Edjogo	8	34	0.24
Eritrea	Berhane Aregai	5	11	0.45	[138]
Faroe Islands	Rógvi Jacobsen	10	53	0.19
Gibraltar	Jake Gosling / Lee Casciaro / Liam Walker	2	12 / 19 / 29	0.17 / 0.11 / 0.07
Guam	Jason Cunliffe	13	44	0.3	[139]
Guinea-Bissau	Cícero Semedo	6	14	0.43	[140]
Guyana	Nigel Codrington	17	33	0.52	[141]
Kazakhstan	Ruslan Baltiev	13	73	0.18	[142]
Kosovo	Elba Rashani / Albert Bunjaku	3	5 / 6	0.6 / 0.5
Kyrgyzstan	Anton Zemlianukhin	12	25	0.48	[143]
Laos	Visay Phaphouvanin	18	51	0.35	[144]
Lesotho	Refiloe Potse	9	21	0.43
Liberia	George Weah	10	48	0.21
Libya	Ahmed Saad Osman	16	59	0.27
Liechtenstein	Mario Frick	16	125	0.13	[145]
Lithuania	Tomas Danilevicius	19	72	0.26	[146]
Luxembourg	Leon Mart	16	24	0.67	[147]
Macau	Chan Kin Seng	12	26	0.46	[148]
Madagascar	Faneva Imà Andriatsima	11	29	0.38	[149]
Mauritania	Cheikh Moulaye Ahmed	10	37	0.27	[150]
Mauritius	Kersley Appou	10	24	0.42	[151]
Moldova	Serghei Cleșcenco	11	69	0.16	[152]
Mongolia	Donorovyn Lümbengarav	7	33	0.21	[153]
Montserrat	Jaylee Hodgson	4	7	0.57	[154]
Myanmar	Soe Myat Min	19	57	0.33	[155]
Namibia	Rudolf Bester	13	46	0.28	[156]
Nepal	Nirajan Rayamajhi	12	19	0.63	[157]
Nicaragua	Juan Barrera	13	47	0.28	[158]
Niger	Moussa Maâzou	13	45	0.29	[159]
North Korea	Jong Il-gwan	18	59	0.31
Pakistan	Muhammad Essa	11	37	0.3	[160]
Palestine	Fahed Attal	14	40	0.35	[161]
Papua New Guinea	Reggie Davani	15	23	0.65
Puerto Rico	Héctor Ramos	11	27	0.41	[162]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Ian Lake	19	41	0.46
Samoa	Desmond Fa'aiuaso	7	12	0.58	[163]
San Marino	Andy Selva	8	74	0.11	[164]
São Tomé and Príncipe	Luis Leal	4	10	0.4
Seychelles	Philip Zialor	11	28	0.39	[165]
Sierra Leone	Umaru Bangura	4	43	0.09
South Sudan	James Moga	6	17	0.35
Suriname	Clifton Sandvliet	12	33	0.36	[166]
Swaziland	Felix Badenhorst	11	24	0.46	[167]
Tahiti	Teaonui Tehau	16	26	0.62	[168]
Tajikistan	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov	15	23	0.65
Timor-Leste	Murilo de Almeida	6	7	0.86	[169]
Tonga	Unaloto Feao	7	17	0.41	[170]
Turkmenistan	Çariýar Muhadow	13	–	–	[171]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Gavin Glinton	4	10	0.4
U.S. Virgin Islands	Jamie Browne / Reid Klopp / Kevin Sheppard / Trevor Wrensford	2	7 / 5 / 2 / 4	0.29 / 0.4 / 1 / 0.5
Vanuatu	Richard Iwai	19	32	0.59	[172]

Notes

• Number is a count of nations. Six nations (Benin, Bulgaria, Denmark, Romania, Scotland and United States) have a pair of players tied for national leader. These are counted as one nation each.

See also

• List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
• List of footballers with 100 or more caps

References

General

• Roberto Mamrud, Karel Stokkermans. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

Specific

External links

• RSSSF
• More goals than caps. FIFA. 3 June 2009
• Europe's all-time top international goalscorers UEFA. 8 November 2011
• Top 10 premier league -goals. 30 December 2017