RANK

PLAYERS

LEAGUE

CUP

CONTINENTAL

COUNTRY

TOTAL

CLUB(s)

YEARS

1

Cristiano Ronaldo

87

57

172

143

959

Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, Al-Nassr, Portugal

2002–present

2

Lionel Messi

553

71

157

115

896

Barcelona, PSG, Inter Miami, Argentina

2004–present

3

Pelé

604

49

26

83

762

Santos, New York Cosmos, Brazil

1957–1977

4

Romário

545

93

54

64

756

Vasco da Gama, PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, Flamengo, Valencia, Fluminense, Brazil

1985–2007

5

Ferenc Puskás

516

69

56

84

725

Kispest/Honvéd, Real Madrid, Hungary

1943–1966

6

Josef Bican

515

134

41

32

722

Slavia Prague, Rapid Vienna, Austria Vienna, Czechoslovakia

1931–1955

7

Robert Lewandowski

422

62

115

88

687

Znicz Pruszków, Lech Poznań, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Poland

2008–present

8

Jimmy Jones

330

286

14

9

639

Belfast Celtic, Glenavon, Northern Ireland

1947–1964

9

Gerd Müller

405

92

69

68

634

Bayern Munich, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, West Germany

1964–1981

10

Joe Bambrick

347

253

5

21

626

Belfast Celtic, Glentoran, Northern Ireland

1926–1943

11

Abe Lenstra

573

18

0

33

624

Heerenveen, Netherlands

1937–1960

12

Luis Suárez

419

48

64

69

600

Nacional, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Uruguay

2005–present

13

Eusébio

381

97

64

69

578

Benfica, Toronto Metros-Croatia, Boston Minutemen, Portugal

1957–1978

14

Glenn Ferguson

313

241

9

0

563

Bangor, Glentoran, Crusaders, Northern Ireland

1987–2011

15

Zlatan Ibrahimović

394

48

57

62

561

Malmö FF, Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, PSG, Manchester United, LA Galaxy, AC Milan, Sweden

1999–2023

16

Fernando Peyroteo

464

72

3

14

553

Sporting CP, Portugal

1937–1949

17

Imre Schlosser

413

68

13

59

553

Ferencváros, Hungary

1905–1928

18

Uwe Seeler

447

41

21

43

552

Hamburger SV, Germany

1954–1972

19

Jimmy McGrory

407

131

0

12

550

Celtic, Scotland

1922–1937

20

Alfredo Di Stéfano

378

54

76

29

537

River Plate, Millonarios, Real Madrid, Argentina, Spain

1945–1966

21

György Sárosi

350

35

103

42

530

Ferencváros, Hungary

1930–1948

22

Roberto Dinamite

476

10

5

22

513

Vasco da Gama, Brazil

1971–1992

23

Hugo Sánchez

390

49

38

29

506

UNAM, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, Sevilla, Mexico

1976–1997

24

Franz Binder

297

93

87

26

503

Sturm 19 St. Pölten, Rapid Wien, Austria, Germany

1930–1949

25

Zico

410

27

16

48

501

Lyon, Real Madrid, Al-Ittihad, France

2005–present