List of men's field hockey players with 100 or more international goals
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The highest international goals scorer in classic field hockey is major Dhyan Chand of British India, he scored 570 goals in 185 international matches. The player who was second highest international goals scorer in hockey & highest goal scorer in modern hockey on artificial turf was Paul Litjens of Netherlands. He scored a total of 267 international goals in 177 matches. He remained highest international goals scorer on artificial turf for 22 years, from 1982 to 2004, until Sohail Abbas of Pakistan broke the record against India at Amritsar in 2004.[1] Abbas became the sixth Pakistani to achieve 100 international goals in his career when he scored a hat-trick against Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He scored a record 348 international goals. He also played the fewest matches to score 100 goals.[2]
The first player to score 100 goals on artificial turf for India is Dhanraj Pillay, who scored a total of 170 international goals. Manzoor-ul-Hassan of Pakistan was the first player from Asia to score 100 international goals. The first player outside of Europe and Asia to score 100 international goals was Mark Hager of Australia. To date, eleven players representing Netherlands have scored 100 or more international goals, the most of any country. The European Hockey Federation has the highest number of players who have scored 100 goals in their international career, with 22 players achieving the feat so far.
By player
As of 4 April 2020
Players in bold are still active at international level.
By country
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Total | 51 |
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