IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer

IFFHS World's Best Man International Goal Scorer
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest international goal scorer of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award1997
Editions28
First winner Hakan Şükür
Most wins Lionel Messi (4 awards)
Most recent Viktor Gyökeres (36 goals in 2024)
Websitewww.iffhs.com

This award is given annually since 1997 to the player who scores the most goals in a league season (in a calendar year since 2020) in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year).

Men's winners

List of winners

Year Winner Club(s) Goals
1997 Hakan Şükür Galatasaray 38
1998 Iván Kaviedes Emelec 43
1999 Mário Jardel Porto 36
2000 Mário Jardel Porto 38
2001 José Alfredo Castillo Oriente Petrolero 42
2002 Joaquín Botero Bolívar 49
2003 José Cardozo Toluca 58
2004 Patricio Galaz Cobreloa 42
2005 Clemerson Araújo Gamba Osaka 33
2006 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Ajax 35
2007 Afonso Alves Heerenveen 34
2008 Lucas Barrios Colo-Colo 37
2009 Marc Janko RB Salzburg 39
2010 Luis Suárez Ajax 35
2011 Aleksandrs Čekulajevs Narva Trans 46
2012 Lionel Messi Barcelona 50
2013 Lionel Messi Barcelona 46
2014 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 31
Luis Suárez Liverpool
2015 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 48
2016 Luis Suárez Barcelona 40
2017 Lionel Messi Barcelona 37
2018 Lionel Messi Barcelona 34
Jonas Benfica
2019 Baghdad Bounedjah Al Sadd 39
Calendar year
2020 Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus 33
2021 Robert Lewandowski[1] Bayern Munich 43
2022 Germán Cano[2] Fluminense 33
2023 Harry Kane[3] Tottenham Hotspur
Bayern Munich 		38
2024 Viktor Gyökeres[4] Sporting CP 36
Source:[5]

Statistics

Multiple winners (1997–present)
Player Wins Years
Lionel Messi 4 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 (shared)
Luis Suárez 3 2010, 2014 (shared), 2016
Cristiano Ronaldo 2014 (shared), 2015, 2020
Mário Jardel 2 1999, 2000

The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the First Decade (2001–2010)

The final list includes the 18 players who scored 150 or more goals in top-tier national leagues in the period of time from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2010.

The results were posted on the IFFHS' official website on 25 September 2022.[6]

Players with at least 180 goals
Rank Player Nation Goals Club(s)
1 Aleksandar Đurić  Singapore 246 Geylang United (2001–04)
Singapore Armed Forces FC (2005–09)
Tampines Rovers (2010)
2 Marc Lloyd Williams  Wales 236 Bangor City (2001–02; 2003; 2006-07)
Southport (2002–03)
Aberystwyth Town (2003–04)
The New Saints (2004–06)
Newtown (2007–08)
Rhyl (2008)
Porthmadog (2008–09)
Airbus UK Broughton (2009–10)
3 Washington  Brazil 214 Ponte Preta (2001–02)
Fenerbahçe (2002–03)
Athletico Paranaense (2004)
Tokyo Verdy (2005)
Urawa Red Diamonds (2006-07)
Fluminense (2008; 2010)
São Paulo (2009-10)
4 Rhys Griffiths  Wales 198 Cwmbrân Town (2001–02)
Haverfordwest County (2002–04)
Carmarthen Town (2004)
Port Talbot Town (2004–06)
Llanelli Town (2006–10)
5 Thierry Henry  France 182 Arsenal (2001–07)
Barcelona (2007–10)
6 Magno Alves  Brazil 182 Fluminense (2001–02)
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (2003)
Oita Trinita (2004-05)
Gamba Osaka (2006–07)
Ittihad Club (2007-08)
Umm Salal (2008-10)
7 Maksim Gruznov  Estonia 180 Narva Trans (2001–08)
Sillamäe Kalev (2009-10)

The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Second Decade (2011–2020)

The final list includes the 36 players who scored 150 or more goals in top-tier national leagues in the period of time from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2020.

The results were posted on the IFFHS' official website on 6 January 2021.[7]

Players with at least 200 goals
Rank Player Nation Goals Club(s)
1 Lionel Messi  Argentina 346 Barcelona (2011–20)
2 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal 332 Real Madrid (2011–18)
Juventus (2018–20)
3 Robert Lewandowski  Poland 248 Borussia Dortmund (2011–14)
Bayern Munich (2014–20)
4 Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden 236 Milan (2011–12; 2019–20)
Paris Saint-Germain (2012–16)
Manchester United (2016–18)
LA Galaxy (2018–19)
5 Luis Suárez  Uruguay 224 Liverpool (2011–14)
Barcelona (2014–20)
Atlético Madrid (2020)
6 Carlos Saucedo  Bolivia 213 San José (2012–13; 2017–19)
Saprissa (2014)
Oriente Petrolero (2015)
Blooming (2015–16)
Real Potosí (2016)
Guabirá (2017)
Royal Pari (2020)
7 Edinson Cavani  Uruguay 209 Napoli (2011–13)
Paris Saint-Germain (2013–20)
Manchester United (2020)

All-time World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer ranking

As of 9 November 2025[8][9][10][11]
Bold indicates players currently active.
Players with at least 400 goals
Rank Player Goals
1 Cristiano Ronaldo 581
2 Lionel Messi 552
3 Josef Bican 515
Ferenc Puskás
5 Robert Lewandowski 420
6 Luis Suárez 419
7 Imre Schlosser 417
8 Gyula Zsengellér 416
9 Jimmy McGrory 409
10 Gerd Müller 405

Women's winners

List of winners

The women's award was introduced in 2021.

Year Winner Club Goals
2021 Lucie Martínková[12] Sparta Prague 38
2022 Mia Fishel[13] UANL 33
2023 Charlyn Corral[14] Pachuca 34
2024 Charlyn Corral[15] Pachuca 42

See also

References

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  2. ^ "IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER". IFFHS. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ^ "IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2023". IFFHS. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  4. ^ "IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - VIKTOR GYOKERES, MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOALSCORER". IFFHS. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  5. ^ "The World's Best Football Men National Goal Scorer (National Goals)". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  6. ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER OF THE DECADE 2001-2010 : Aleksandar Đurić". IFFHS. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  7. ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 : LIONEL MESSI". IFFHS. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Suárez and Lewandowski reached 400 national league goals". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  9. ^ "CR7, new best ever national leagues' goal-scorer !". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  10. ^ "TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS OF ALL TIME : FERENC PUSKAS LEADS THE RANKING". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  11. ^ "MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER OF XXI CENTURY". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  12. ^ "IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2021". IFFHS. 30 December 2021. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  13. ^ "IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER". IFFHS. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  14. ^ "IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2023". IFFHS. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  15. ^ "IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - CHARLYN CORRAL, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOALSCORER". IFFHS. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
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