Name↕ | Rank↕ | Player↕ | Goals↕ | Matches↕ | Ratio↕ | Career span↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Erwin Helmchen | 1 | Erwin Helmchen | 989+ | 582 | 1.7 | 1924–1951 |
Cristiano Ronaldo | 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 975 | 1,337 | 0.73 | 2002–present |
Josef Bican | 3 | Josef Bican | 950+ | 624 | 1.52 | 1930–1957 |
Ronnie Rooke | 4 | Ronnie Rooke | 934+ | 1,030 | 0.91 | 1929–1961 |
Lionel Messi | 5 | Lionel Messi | 925 | 1,194 | 0.77 | 2003–present |
Jimmy Jones | 6 | Jimmy Jones | 840+ | 760 | 1.11 | 1943–1965 |
Ferenc Puskás | 7 | Ferenc Puskás | 802 | 792 | 1.01 | 1943–1967 |
Ferenc Deák | 8 | Ferenc Deák | 795+ | 515 | 1.54 | 1939–1959 |
Abe Lenstra | 9 | Abe Lenstra | 790+ | 850 | 0.93 | 1936–1964 |
Romário | 10 | Romário | 785 | 1,003 | 0.78 | 1984–2009 |
Pelé | 11 | Pelé | 778 | 851 | 0.91 | 1956–1977 |
Tommy Lawton | 12 | Tommy Lawton | 749+ | 831 | 0.9 | 1935–1957 |
Robert Lewandowski | 13 | Robert Lewandowski | 740 | 1,079 | 0.69 | 2004–present |
Gerd Müller | 14 | Gerd Müller | 735 | 793 | 0.93 | 1963–1981 |
Sammy Hughes | 15 | Sammy Hughes | 722+ | 752 | 0.96 | 1942–1963 |
Joe Bambrick | 16 | Joe Bambrick | 690+ | 578 | 1.19 | 1925–1943 |
Ernst Wilimowski | 17 | Ernst Wilimowski | 683+ | 484 | 1.41 | 1932–1957 |
Tom Waring | 18 | Tom Waring | 672+ | 736+ | 0.91 | 1924–1948 |
Boy Martin | 19 | Boy Martin | 642+ | 547 | 1.17 | 1930–1947 |
Ferenc Bene | 20 | Ferenc Bene | 634 | 972 | 0.65 | 1959–1985 |
Eusébio | 21 | Eusébio | 634+ | 663 | 0.96 | 1960–1978 |
Stan Mortensen | 22 | Stan Mortensen | 628+ | 822 | 0.76 | 1938–1962 |
Fernando Peyroteo | 23 | Fernando Peyroteo | 625 | 380 | 1.64 | 1937–1949 |
Joe Smith | 24 | Joe Smith | 617+ | 903 | 0.68 | 1908–1931 |
Frederick Roberts | 25 | Frederick Roberts | 613+ | 471 | 1.3 | 1922–1937 |
Gyula Zsengellér | 26 | Gyula Zsengellér | 611+ | 650 | 0.94 | 1931–1953 |
Luis Suárez | 27 | Luis Suárez | 606 | 1,042 | 0.58 | 2005–present |
Jimmy Greaves | 28 | Jimmy Greaves | 590+ | 842 | 0.7 | 1956–1980 |
Uwe Seeler | 29 | Uwe Seeler | 586 | 688 | 0.85 | 1954–1972 |
Fritz Walter | 30 | Fritz Walter | 586+ | 583 | 1.01 | 1938–1959 |
Túlio Maravilha | 31 | Túlio Maravilha | 585 | 950+ | 0.62 | 1987–2014 |
Zlatan Ibrahimović | 32 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 582 | 1,001 | 0.58 | 1999–2023 |
David Wilson | 33 | David Wilson | 581+ | 626 | 0.93 | 1927–1947 |
Jimmy Kelly | 34 | Jimmy Kelly | 574+ | 1,004 | 0.57 | 1925–1957 |
Imre Schlosser | 35 | Imre Schlosser | 570 | 464 | 1.23 | 1906–1928 |
Glenn Ferguson | 36 | Glenn Ferguson | 570 | 1,085 | 0.53 | 1987–2011 |
Franz Binder | 37 | Franz Binder | 569+ | 431 | 1.32 | 1927–1949 |
Charlie Fleming | 38 | Charlie Fleming | 569 | 766+ | 0.74 | 1947–1965 |
Hughie Gallacher | 39 | Hughie Gallacher | 569+ | 717 | 0.79 | 1920–1940 |
Dixie Dean | 40 | Dixie Dean | 568 | 612 | 0.93 | 1923–1940 |
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