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Most International Goals Scored

This list features the players with the most international goals in football history.

RANK	PLAYERS	NATION	APPS	GOALS	YEARS
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	226	143	2003–present
2	Lionel Messi	Argentina	196	115	2005–present
3	Ali Daei	Iran	148	108	1993–2006
4	Sunil Chhetri	India	157	95	2005–present
5	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	124	89	2010–present
6	Mokhtar Dahari	Malaysia	142	89	1972–1985
7	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	163	88	2008–present
8	Ali Mabkhout	United Arab Emirates	115	85	2009–2023
9	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary / Spain	89	84	1945–1962
10	Godfrey Chitalu	Zambia	111	79	1968–1980
11	Neymar	Brazil	128	79	2010–present
12	Harry Kane	England	112	78	2015–present
13	Hussein Saeed	Iraq	137	78	1977–1990
14	Pelé	Brazil	92	77	1957–1971
15	Vivian Woodward	England	53	75	1903–1914
16	Sándor Kocsis	Hungary	68	75	1948–1956
17	Kunishige Kamamoto	Japan	76	75	1964–1977
18	Bashar Abdullah	Kuwait	134	75	1996–2007
19	Majed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	117	72	1977–1994
20	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	146	72	2007–present
21	Kinnah Phiri	Malawi	117	71	1973–1981
22	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Thailand	134	71	1993–2007
23	Miroslav Klose	Germany	137	71	2001–2014
24	Piyapong Pue-on	Thailand	100	70	1981–1997
25	Abdul Kadir	Indonesia	111	70	1967–1979
26	Stern John	Trinidad and Tobago	115	70	1995–2012
27	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	143	69	2007–2024
28	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	177	69	1985–2006
29	Gerd Müller	West Germany	62	68	1966–1974
30	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	133	68	1998–2016
31	Robbie Keane	Republic of Ireland	146	68	1998–2016
32	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	105	65	2002–2014
33	Teerasil Dangda	Thailand	128	64	2007–present
34	Jasem Al-Huwaidi	Kuwait	83	63	1992–2003
35	Aleksandar Mitrović	Serbia	104	63	2013–present
36	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	109	63	2011–present
37	Ronaldo	Brazil	98	62	1994–2011
38	Ahmed Radhi	Iraq	121	62	1982–1997
39	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	122	62	2001–2023
40	Abdul Ghani Minhat	Malaya / Malaysia	71	61	1956–1966
41	Almoez Ali	Qatar	125	60	2013–present
42	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	68	59	1906–1927
43	David Villa	Spain	98	59	2005–2017
44	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	98	58	2003–2023
45	Cha Bum-kun	South Korea	136	58	1972–1986
46	Edinson Cavani	Uruguay	136	58	2008–2022
47	Sardar Azmoun	Iran	91	57	2014–present
48	Carlos Pavón	Honduras	101	57	1993–2010
49	Yousef Nasser	Kuwait	125	57	2009–present
50	Olivier Giroud	France	137	57	2011–2024
51	Clint Dempsey	United States	141	57	2004–2018
52	Younis Mahmoud	Iraq	148	57	2002–2016
53	Landon Donovan	United States	157	57	2000–2014
54	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	78	56	1991–2002
55	Mehdi Taremi	Iran	103	56	2015–present
56	Samuel Eto’o	Cameroon	118	56	1997–2014
57	Bader Al-Mutawa	Kuwait	202	56	2003–2022
58	Erling Haaland	Norway	48	55	2019–present
59	Romário	Brazil	70	55	1987–2005
60	Kazuyoshi Miura	Japan	89	55	1990–2000
61	Jan Koller	Czech Republic	91	55	1999–2009
62	Kylian Mbappé	France	94	55	2017–present
63	Iswadi Idris	Indonesia	97	55	1968–1980
64	Fandi Ahmad	Singapore	101	55	1979–1997
65	Joachim Streich	East Germany	102	55	1969–1984
66	Memphis Depay	Netherlands	108	55	2013–present
67	Son Heung-min	South Korea	140	54	2010–present
68	Wayne Rooney	England	120	53	2003–2018
69	Poul Nielsen	Denmark	38	52	1910–1925
70	Phil Younghusband	Philippines	108	52	2006–2019
71	Javier Hernández	Mexico	109	52	2009–2019
72	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	112	52	1997–2010
73	Adnan Al Talyani	United Arab Emirates	161	52	1983–1997
74	Lajos Tichy	Hungary	72	51	1955–1971
75	Lê Công Vinh	Vietnam	83	51	2004–2016
76	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	109	51	2003–2019
77	Hakan Şükür	Turkey	112	51	1992–2007
78	Sadio Mané	Senegal	119	51	2012–present
79	Thierry Henry	France	123	51	1997–2010
80	Alexis Sánchez	Chile	168	51	2006–present
81	Karim Bagheri	Iran	87	50	1993–2010
82	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	102	50	2005–2017
83	Hwang Sun-hong	South Korea	103	50	1988–2002
84	Tim Cahill	Australia	108	50	2004–2018
85	Shinji Okazaki	Japan	119	50	2008–2019
86	Zainal Abidin Hassan	Malaysia	129	50	1980–1997

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References

Wikipedia. (n.d.). List of men’s footballers with 50 or more international goals. In Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_men%27s_footballers_with_50_or_more_international_goals (Accessed 1 December 2025).

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