List of footballers with 500 or more goals

In top-level football, 28 players have scored 500 or more goals over the course of their career, according (in most cases) to research by the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Only those who were active in the highest level football for most of their careers are considered. The ranking below takes into account goals scored in official matches played with the national teams at all age levels and clubs in all divisions.[1]

Ranking
As of 27 June 2020

Bold indicates players currently active.

Rank Player Goals Matches Ratio Years
1 Josef Bican[2] 805 530 1.51 1931–1956
2 Romário[3] 772 994 0.77 1985–2009
3 Pelé[4] 767 831 0.92 1956–1977
4 Ferenc Puskás[5] 746 754 0.99 1943–1966
5 Cristiano Ronaldo[6][7] 745 1040 0.72 2001–present
6 Gerd Müller[8] 735 793 0.92 1962–1981
7 Lionel Messi[9] 726 916 0.79 2003–present
8 Ferenc Deák[10] 576 1940–1957
9 Uwe Seeler[10] 575 1954–1972
10 Túlio Maravilha[10] 575 1988–2019
11 Arthur Friedenreich[11] 557 1909–1935
12 Ernst Willimowski[10] 554 1934–1955
13 Eusébio[10] 552 1957–1980
14 Jimmy McGrory[10] 550 1922–1938
15 Zlatan Ibrahimović[12] 547 925 0.59 1999–present
16 Franz Binder[10] 546 1930–1949
17 Fernando Peyroteo[10] 544 1937–1949
18 Hugo Sánchez[10] 541 1976–1998
19 Fritz Walter[10] 539 1937–1959
20 József Takács[10] 523 1917–1934
21 Zico[11] 522 1971–1994
22 Gyula Zsengellér[10] 522 1935–1953
23 Alfredo Di Stéfano[10] 514 1945–1966
24 Hans Krankl[10] 514 1970–1989
25 Gunnar Nordahl[10] 513 1937–1958
26 Roberto Dinamite[10] 512 1971–1991
27 Jimmy Greaves[13] 511 1957- 1971
28 Ferenc Bene[10] 508 1961–1979

Active players

Active players who have scored more than 400 goals in total according to FootballDatabase. The ranking below takes into account goals scored in official matches played with national teams at all age levels and clubs in all divisions.

As of 27 June 2020
Rank Player Total goals Total matches Ratio Years Matches/Goals per teams
1 Cristiano Ronaldo 745[14] 1040 0.72 2001– 2 matches/0 goals Sporting CP B
31/5 Sporting CP
292/118 Manchester United
438/450 Real Madrid
79/55 Juventus

164/99 Portugal
3/2 Portugal U23
10/3 Portugal U21
5/1 Portugal U20
7/5 Portugal U17
9/7 Portugal U15

2 Lionel Messi 726[15] 916 0.79 2003– 10 matches/5 goals Barcelona C
22/6 Barcelona B
723/629 Barcelona

138/70 Argentina
5/2 Argentina U23
18/14 Argentina U20

3 Zlatan Ibrahimović 547[16] 925 0.59 1999– 47 matches/18 goals Malmö FF
110/48 Ajax
92/26 Juventus
117/66 Internazionale
46/22 Barcelona
95/60 Milan
180/156 Paris Saint-Germain
53/29 Manchester United
58/53 LA Galaxy

116/62 Sweden
7/6 Sweden U23
4/1 Sweden U18

4 Robert Lewandowski 482[17] 731 0.66 2006– 63 matches/37 goals Znicz Pruszków
82/41 Lech Poznań
187/103 Borussia Dortmund
284/240 Bayern Munich

112/61 Poland
3/0 Poland U23

5 Luis Suárez 477[18] 760 0.63 2005– 34 matches/12 goals Nacional
37/15 Groningen
158/111 Ajax
133/82 Liverpool
275/193 Barcelona

113/59 Uruguay
6/3 Uruguay U23
4/2 Uruguay U20

6 Ali Ashfaq 463[19] 544 0.85 2001– 109 matches/104 goals Club Valencia
147/129 New Radiant
7/2 DPMM FC
85/93 VB Addu FC
70/47 PDRM FA
12/8 Maziya S&RC
12/16 TC Sports Club
15/11 Club Green Streets

80/53 Maldives
7/2 Maldives U23

7 Sergio Agüero 430[20] 774 0.56 2003– 56 matches/23 goals Independiente
234/101 Atlético Madrid
370/254 Manchester City

97/41 Argentina
5/2 Argentina U23
7/6 Argentina U20
5/3 Argentina U17

Sebastián Abreu 430[21] 839 0.51 1995– 41 matches/30 goals Defensor Sporting
75/42 San Lorenzo
18/4 Deportivo La Coruña
7/1 Grêmio
51/34 Tecos
85/48 Nacional
52/46 Cruz Azul
16/3 América
34/22 Sinaloa
18/8 Monterrey
14/5 San Luis
15/7 UANL
29/12 River Plate
2/0 Beitar Jerusalem
18/11 Real Sociedad
9/5 Aris
105/62 Botafogo
6/1 Figueirense
45/11 Rosario Central
10/4 SD Aucas
10/2 Sol de América
21/13 Santa Tecla
10/3 Bangu
8/6 Central Español
15/11 Deportes Puerto Montt
11/0 Audax Italiano
8/3 Magallanes
13/6 Rio Branco
21/2 Boston River

70/26 Uruguay
1/2 Uruguay U17

9 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 418[22] 741 0.56 2002– 1 match/0 goals PSV Eindhoven
10/0 De Graafschap
37/27 AGOVV
61/39 Heerenveen
243/151 Ajax
20/8 Real Madrid
30/7 Milan
240/126 Schalke 04

76/42 Netherlands
23/18 Netherlands U21

10 Edinson Cavani 415[23] 721 0.58 2005– 30 matches/12 goals Danubio FC
117/37 Palermo
138/104 Napoli
301/200 Paris Saint-Germain

116/50 Uruguay
5/3 Uruguay U23
14/9 Uruguay U20

See also

References
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