List of top association football goal scorers by country

This is a list of the top goalscorers of all-time in each country's top association football division. Where possible, the top ten scorers in the country are given.

Albania

Name	Years	Goals	Clubs
Vioresin Sinani	1996–Present	202	Vllaznia (174), SK Tirana (23), Besa (5)
Refik Resmja	1948–1964	184+	Partizani (180+), SK Tirana (4+)
Indrit Fortuzi	1990–2008	167	SK Tirana (152), Dinamo (15)
Daniel Xhafa	1996–Present	165	Teuta (62), Flamurtari (32), Dinamo (23), SK Tirana (18), Besa (18), Bylis (12)
Panajot Pano	1958–1974	144	Partizani (136), SK Tirana (8)
Agustin Kola	1977–1997	140	SK Tirana (133), Shkëndija (7)
Ilir Përnaska	1968–1981	136+	Dinamo
Skënder Jareci	1949–1965	122+	Dinamo (119+), Teuta (3+)
Arben Minga	1976–1996	105	SK Tirana
Loro Boriçi	1935–1957	101+	Partizani (77+), Vllaznia (23+), Spartak Tirana (1)
Medin Zhega	1964–1978	101+	Vllaznia (66+), Dinamo (35+)

Argentina

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)	Clubs
Arsenio Erico	1934-47	332	293	88%	Independiente
Angel Labruna	1939-59	515	293	57%	River Plate
Herminio Masantonio	1931-45	358	256	72%	Huracán, Banfield
Manuel Pellegrina	1938-56	490	231	47%	Estudiantes, Huracán
Martín Palermo	1991–2000, 2004–2011	410	227	55%	Estudiantes de La Plata, Boca Juniors
José Francisco Sanfilippo	1953-63, 66-67, 72	330	226	68%	San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors
Ricardo Infante	1942-61	439	217	49%	Estudiantes, Huracán, Gimnasia La Plata
Oscar Más	1964-77, 79, 82, 85	429	215	50%	River Plate
Bernabé Ferreyra	1931-39	197	206	105%	Tigre, River Plate
Carlos Bianchi	1967-72, 80-84	324	206	64%	Vélez Sársfield

Armenia

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Arsen Avetisyan	1992–Present	311	192	62%
2	Artur Kocharyan	1992–Present	328	137	42%
3	Artur Petrosyan	1992–2000	215	125	58%
4	Tigran Yesayan	1992–2005	220	125	57%
5	Ara Hakobyan	1997–Present	144	123	85%
6	Aram Hakobyan	1996–2009	230	115	50%
7	Gegham Hovhannisyan	1992–1998	151	107	71%
8	Vahe Yaghmuryan	1992–2001	146	104	71%
9	Armen Shahgeldyan	1992–2007	198	101	51%
10	Arman Karamyan	1996–2002	127	100	80%

Australia

Not the all time list, as it does not include NSL statistics, only A-League statistics.

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Archie Thompson	2005–Present	111	53	48%
2	Shane Smeltz	2007–Present	74	47	63%
3	Danny Allsopp	2005–Present	98	41	40%
4	Alex Brosque	2005–Present	125	38	29%
5	Sasho Petrovski	2005–Present	124	41	28%
6	Joel Griffiths	2006–2009	53	25	47%
7	Kevin Muscat	2005–Present	122	28	25%
8	Serginho van Dijk	2008–Present	80	42	50%
9	Mark Bridge	2005–Present	112	27	28%
10	Jamie Harnwell	2005–Present	89	24	27%
10	Travis Dodd	2005–Present	115	24	21%

Totals top level

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Damian Mori	1989–Present	489	259	53%
2	John Kosmina	1977–1989	289	133	46%
3	Rod Brown	1983–1998	315	131	42%
4	Francis Awaritefe	1989–2001	323	123	38%
5	Marshall Soper	1981–1997	318	121	38%
6	Paul Trimboli	1987–2004	458	119	26%
7	Pablo Cardozo	1992–2004	246	118	48%
8	Ivan Kelic	1989–2000	?	116	?
9	John Markovski	1986–2004	?	110	?
10	Gary Cole	1977–1986	246	109	44%

Austria

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Robert Dienst	1943-62	351	323	92%
Johann Krankl	1971-88	427	320	75%
Franz Binder	1930-49	261	298	114%
Karl Decker	1938-54	276	282	102%
Friedrich Cejka	1947-66	438	245	56%
Anton Schall	1925-41	285	231	81%
Wilhelm Hahnemann	1931-52, 59	308?	230	75%
Johann Buzek	1955-73	384	226	59%
Erich Hof	1954-69	314	224	71%
Ernst Stojaspal	1942-54	197	224	114%

Azerbaijan

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Nazim Aliyev	1992–2000	236	183	78%
2	Müsvig Huseynov	?	305	125	41%
3	Rovsan Ahmadov	?	290	116	40%
4	Samir Alakbarov	1992–2001	170	115	68%
5	Gurban Gurbanov	1992–2006	161	115	71%
6	Alay Bahramov	?	243	108	44%
7	Vadim Vasilyev	1994–2007	271	102	38%
8	Khagani Mammadov	1993–Present	272	102	38%
9	Kenan Kerimov	1993–Present	326	102	31%
10	Nadir Nabiev	1998–Present	296	100	34%

Belarus

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Roman Vasilyuk	1996–Present	279	172	62%
2	Valeriy Stripeikis	1996–Present	342	171	50%
3	Sergey Yaromko	1993–2000	185	98	53%
4	Gennadiy Bliznyuk	1999–2008	208	95	46%
5	Igor Chumachenko	1994–Present	336	88	26%
6	Sergey Nikiforenko	1997–Present	303	88	29%
7	Petr Kachuro	1992–2005	135	81	60%
8	Pavel Shavrov	1992–1999	?	75	?
9	Artem Goncharik	1998–Present	?	74	?
10	Andrey Khlebosolov	1993–2000	123	73	59%

Belgium

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Bert De Cleyn	1932-54	488	377	77%
Jef Mermans	1941-57	384	343	89%
Bernard Voorhoof	1927-48	474	296	82%
Arthur Ceuleers	1933-51	398	288	72%
Rik Coppens	1946-62	389	261	67%
Erwin Vandenbergh	1976-95	430	255	59%
Paul Dechamps	1945-56	299	241	81%
Jean Capelle	1929-44	251	240	96%
Paul Van Himst	1959-76	478	235	49%
Jan Ceulemans	1974-91	518	229	44%

Bolivia

Name	Years	Goals
Víctor Hugo Antelo	1983–2000	341
Juan Sanchez	1979-92	263
Luis Fernando Salinas	1980-93	201
Jesús Reynaldo	1977-93	196
Raúl Horacio Baldessari	1977-89	161
Limberg Gutiérrez	1997–Present	149
Joaquín Botero	1997–Present	144
Cristino Jara	1998–Present	141
Silvio Edmundo Rojas	1977-92	140
Luis Ramallo	1982-99	138

Brazil

The Campeonato Brasileiro (with this name and format), began in 1971, almost after the career of many players (like Pelé, who played until 1974).

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)	Clubs
1	Roberto Dinamite	1971–1989	328	190	57%	Vasco, Portuguesa
2	Romário	1986–2008	252	154	61%	Vasco, Flamengo, Fluminense
3	Edmundo	1990–2008	316	153	48%	Vasco, Palmeiras, Figueirense, Santos, Fluminense, Flamengo, Cruzeiro
4	Zico	1974–1989	249	135	54%	Flamengo
5	Túlio	1987–2001	240	129	53%	Botafogo, Goiás, Vitória, Juventude, Santa Cruz
6	Serginho Chulapa	1975–1988	184	127	69%	São Paulo, Santos, Corinthians
7	Washington	1997–2010	201	125	62%	Ponte Preta, Paraná, Atlético-PR, Fluminense, São Paulo
8	Dadá Maravilha	1971–1985	240	113	47%	Atlético-MG, Ponte Preta, Flamengo, Sport Recife, Internacional, Nacional, Goiás, Bahia, Santa Cruz, Paysandú, Náutico
9	Kléber Pereira	1999–Present	195	103	53%	Atlético-PR, Santos, Internacional
10	Ramon	1990–Present	368	98	27%	Cruzeiro, Vitória, Bahia, Vasco, Fluminense, Atlético-MG, Botafogo, Atlético-PR

Bulgaria

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Petar Zhekov	1963–1976	333	253	76%
2	Nasko Sirakov	1980–1998	294	196	67%
3	Dinko Dermendzhiev	1961–1974	447	194	43%
4	Hristo Bonev	1966–1984	410	185	45%
5	Plamen Getov	1977–1995	286	165	58%
6	Nikola Kotkov	1956–1971	322	163	51%
7	Stefan Bogomilov	1963–1979	353	162	46%
8	Petar Mihtarski	1984–2000	301	157	52%
9	Petko Petkov	1968–1980	229	152	66%
10	Dimitar Yakimov	1956–1974	308	151	49%

Chile

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Francisco Valdés	1961–1982	478	215	45%
2	Pedro González	1988–2006	545	214	39%
3	Honorino Landa	1959–1973	?	193	?
4	Óscar Fabbiani	1974–1986	?	188	?
5	Carlos Campos	1956–1969	259	183	71%
6	Leonel Sánchez	1953–1970	417	161	39%
7	Carlos Caszely	1967–1985	288	151	52%
8	Rubén Martínez	1984–1999	314	147	47%
9	Osvaldo Castro	1965–1971	204	136	67%
10	Manuel Muñoz	1949–1958	?	120	?

China

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Li Jinyu	1999–Present	236	115	49%
Hao Haidong	1994–2004	185	96	52%
Wang Tao	1994–2002	180	83	46%
Yu Genwei	1994–2005	197	78	40%
Li Bing	1994–2002	204	76	37%
Wang Peng	1996–Present	301	73	24%
Su Maozhen	1994–2002	165	64	39%
Tiago Jorge Honorio	2000–2008	143	64	45%
Li Yi	1999–Present	228	60	26%
Zhang Yuning	1999–2007	124	56	45%
Han Peng	2002–Present	147	56	38%

Colombia

Name	Goals
Sergio Galván	221
Iván René Valenciano	217
Hugo Horacio Lóndero	211
Jorge Ramírez Gallego	201
Omar Lorenzo Devanni	195
Arnoldo Iguarán	185
Willington Ortiz	183
José Omar Verdún	182
Jorge Ramón Cáceres	182
Rubén Darío Hernández	180

Costa Rica

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Errol Daniels	1964–1972	168	197	117%
2	Roy Saenz	?	?	168	-
3	Leonel Harnandez	1957–1977	?	164	-
4	Victor Núñez	1999–Present	?	152	-
5	Guillermo Guardia	1980s	?	149	-
6	Evaristo Coronado	1981–1995	?	148	-
7	Juan Ulloa	1954–1970	?	140	-
8	Vicente Wanchope	?	?	133	-
9	Jorge Ulate	?	?	130	-
10	Claudio Jara	1983–1994	?	129	-

Croatia

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Igor Cvitanovic	1992–2004	215	126	59%
2	Joško Popović	1992–2004	272	111	41%
3	Davor Vugrinec	1992–Present	198	110	56%
4	Miljenko Mumlek	1992–Present	377	100	27%
5	Tomislav Erceg	1992–2006	192	97	51%
6	Renato Jurcec	1992–2002	?	87	?
7	Robert Špehar	1992–2004	140	86	61%
8	Marijo Dodik	1998–2009	273	84	31%
9	Veldin Karic	1994–2006	195	75	38%
10	Eduardo	2001–2007	108	73	68%

Cyprus

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Sotiris Kaiafas	1967–1984	388	261	67%
2	Rainer Rauffmann	1997–2004	152	191	126%
3	Yiannos Ioannou	1981–2000	372	191	51%

Czechoslovakia

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Josef Bican	1937–1955	161	218	135%
2	Miroslav Wiecek	1948–1964	325	174	54%
3	Josef Adamec	1958–1977	383	170	44%
4	František Kloz	1928–1939	?	168	?
5	Ladislav Pavlovic	1949–1966	347	164	47%
6	Oldřich Nejedlý	1931–1939	187	161	86%
7	Vlastimil Kopecký	1931–1950	232	156	67%
8	Jirí Pešek	1946–1965	298	149	50%
9	Zdenek Nehoda	1967–1982	346	145	42%
10	Adolf Scherer	1957–1969	?	128	?

Czech Republic

Czech Gambrinus Liga (since 1993)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Horst Siegl	1993–2006	285	124	44%
2	Ludek Zelenka	1995–2009	341	92	27%
3	Stanislav Vlcek	1993–Present	386	90	23%
4	Vratislav Lokvenc	1993–2000	200	78	39%
5	Radim Holub	1993–2009	300	77	26%
6	Pavel Verbír	1996–Present	343	74	22%
7	Libor Došek	1998–Present	253	72	28%
8	Tomáš Došek	1997–Present	230	67	29%
9	Vítezslav Tuma	1993–2004	192	66	34%
10	Marek Kincl	1994–Present	214	63	29%

All-time Czech goalscorers
(Including Bohemian league 1896–1924, Czechoslovakia 1925–1939 and 1945–1993, Protectorate Bohemia & Moravia 1939–1944 and Czech Republic since 1993)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Josef Bican	1937–1955	266	447	168%
2	Vlastimil Kopecký	1931–1950	325	252	78%
3	Antonín Hájek	1934–1944	?	191	?
4	Oldrich Nejedlý	1931–1946	225	180	80%
5	Horst Siegl	1987–2006	448	176	39%
6	František Kloz	1928–1940	192	175	91%
7	Miroslav Wiecek	1948–1964	325	174	54%
8	Josef Adamec	1958–1977	383	170	44%
9	Ladislav Pavlovic	1949–1966	347	164	47%
10	Ladislav Kareš	1939–1951	?	163	?

Denmark

Totals top level

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Pauli Jørgensen	1924-42	283	245	87%
Henning Enoksen	?	?	151	?

Superliga only

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Søren Frederiksen	1994–2005	335	139	41%
Peter Møller	1991–2006	310	135	44%
Heine Fernandez	1991–2004	326	126	39%
Steffen Højer	1993–2008	329	124	38%
Søren Andersen	1991–2003	231	101	44%
Frank Kristensen	1997–Present	231	90	39%
Peter Graulund	1995–Present	243	90	37%
Thomas Thorninger	1991–2005	264	81	31%
David Nielsen	1994–Present	214	76	36%
Chris Hermansen	1996–2004	174	73	42%

Ecuador

Name	Years	Goals
Hermen Benítez	1980-95	191
Jorge Vinicio Ron	1972-87	181
Ebelio Ordóñez	1996–Present	159
Ángel Luis Liciardi	1970-78	154
José Fabián Paz y Miño	1972-88	153
Geovanny Alfonso Mera	1980-95	150
Hamilton Emilio Cuvi	1978-96	147
Carlos Alberto Juárez	1996–2008	141
Ariel Graziani	1995–2006	134
José V. Villafuerte	1975-89	125

Egypt

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Hassan El-Shazly	1959–1977	176
2	Hossam Hassan	1984–2008	168
3	Moustafa Reyadh	1959–1977	123
4	El-Sayed El-Dhizui	1943–1964	112
5	Mahmoud El-Khateeb	1972–1988	108
6	Ahmed El-Kass	1983–2000	107
7	Mohamed Aboutrika	1997–Present	101
8	Gamal Abdelhamid	1977–1994	99

England

See also: List of footballers in England and Scotland by number of league goals

Estonia

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Maksim Gruznov	1992–Present	433	286
2	Andrei Krõlov	1992–2005	287	162
3	Dmitry Lipartov	1997–2010	332	152
4	Slava Zahovaiko	1999–2009	209	151
5	Indrek Zelinski	1993–2009	276	146
6	Konstantin Nahk	1992–Present	395	139
7	Vitali Leitan	1997–Present	378	138
8	Dmitri Ustritski	1992–2005	271	124
9	Sergei Bragin	1992–2006	205	119
10	Ingemar Teever	2002–2010	164	100

Finland

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Heikki Suhonen	1969–1986	206
2	Kai Pahlman	1956–1972	191
3	Ismo Lius	1983–1999	189
4	Olavi Rissanen	1969–1987	185
5	Valeri Popovitch	1993–2009	166
6	Ari Hjelm	1981–1996	152
7	Arto Tolsa	1963–1982	126
8	Stig-Göran Myntti	1944–1962	121
9	Martti Hyvärinen	1958–1972	119
10	Michael Belfield	1981–1998	119

Georgia

Rank	Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
1	Zurab Ionanidze	1990–Present	421	216	51%
2	Levan Khomeriki	1991–2005	228	140	61%
3	Davit Janashia	1990–2007	?	124	?
4	Mikheil Ashvetia	1994–2002	141	121	86%
5	Giorgi Megreladze	1993–2009	229	110	48%
6	Otar Korgalidze	1990–1997	137	105	77%
7	Giorgi Daraselia	1990–1999	226	105	46%
8	Merab Megreladze	1990–1997	178	104	58%
9	Ivane Jugeli	1990–2002	?	102	?

Guatemala

Rank	Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
1	Juan Carlos Plata	1990–Present	553	299	54%
2	Oscar Enrique Sánchez	1975–1993	609	244	40%

France

Rank	Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
1	Delio Onnis	1971–1986	449	299	67%
2	Bernard Lacombe	1969–1987	497	255	51%
3	Hervé Revelli	1965–1978	389	216	56%
4	Thadée Cisowski	1947–1961	286	206	72%
5	Roger Piantoni	1950–1966	394	203	52%
6	Roger Courtois	1932–1956	?	193	?
7	Joseph Ujlaki	1947–1964	438	189	43%
8	Fleury Di Nallo	1960–1975	425	187	44%
9	Gunnar Andersson	1950–1960	234	179	76%
10	Carlos Bianchi	1973–1980	220	179	81%

West Germany/Germany

Totals Top level

Rank	Name	Years	Games	Goals	Goals/Games
1	Seeler, Uwe	1954–1972	476	404	0.85
2	Müller, Gerd	1965–1979	427	365	0.85
3	Walter, Ottmar	1945–1956	321	336	1.05
4	Morlock, Max	1945–1964	472	294	0.62
5	Walter, Fritz	1945–1959	320	273	0.85
6	Fischer, Klaus	1968–1988	369	268	0.73
7	Schäfer, Hans	1945–1966	395	243	0.62
8	Heynckes, Jupp	1965–1978	369	220	0.60
9	Burgsmüller, Manfred	1969–1990	447	213	0.48
10	Kirsten, Ulf	1990–2003	350	181	0.52

Bundesliga only (since 1963)

Rank	Name	Years	Games	Goals	Goals/Games
1	Müller, Gerd	1965–1979	427	365	0.85
2	Fischer, Klaus	1968–1988	535	268	0.50
3	Heynckes, Jupp	1965–1978	369	220	0.60
4	Burgsmüller, Manfred	1969–1990	447	213	0.48
5	Kirsten, Ulf	1990–2003	350	181	0.52
6	Kuntz, Stefan	1983–1999	449	179	0.40
7	Müller, Dieter	1972–1986	303	177	0.58
8	Allofs, Klaus	1975–1993	424	177	0.42
9	Löhr, Johannes	1962–1978	381	166	0.44
10	Rummenigge, Karl-Heinz	1974–1984	310	162	0.52

East Germany

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	Goals/Matches
1	Joachim Streich	1969–1985	378	229	0.61
2	Eberhard Vogel	1962–1982	440	188	0.43
3	Günter Schröter	1950–1963	335	154	0.46
4	Peter Ducke	1960–1977	352	153	0.43
5	Henning Frenzel	1960–1978	420	152	0.36
6	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	1964–1977	234	127	0.54
7	Rüdiger Schnuphase	1972–1986	320	123	0.38
8	Dieter Kühn	1974–1991	294	122	0.41
9	Bernd Bauchspieß	1959–1973	264	120	0.45
10	Johannes Schöne	1950–1959	228	117	0.51

Greece

Name	Goals	Matches per Goal (avg)	Years
Thomas Mavros	281	1.92	1970–1991
Krzysztof Warzycha	244	1.59	1989–2004
Dimitrios Papaioannou	234	2.06	1963–1980
Jiorgios Sideris	228	-	1958–1972
Antonios Antoniadis	187	1.5	1967–1980
Dimitrios Saravakos	185	2.33	1979–1998
Nikos Anastopoulos	181	2.23	1978–1991
Jiorgos Dedes	181	2.37	1963–1975
Michalis Kritikopoulos	175	-	-
Mimis Domazos	142	3.77	1959–1980

Honduras

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Wilmer Velasquez	1991–2010	???	196
2	Denilson Costa	1991–2007	???	156
3	Juan Manuel Cárcamo	1996–Present	???	100
4	Francisco Ramírez	1998–Present	???	95
5	Marcelo Ferreira	???-Present	???	92
6	Prudencio Norales	1977–1988	???	89
7	Luciano Emilio	2002–2006	???	88
8	Óscar "Martillo" Hernández	???-???	???	86
9	Danilo Tosello	1999–2007	???	83
9	Reynaldo Mejiá	???-Present	???	83
9	Angel Obando	1973–1986	???	83

Hungary

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Imre Schlosser	1906–1928	301	417	139%
2	Ferenc Szusza	1940–1961	462	393	85%
3	Gyula Zsengellér	1935–1947	325	387	119%
4	József Takács	1920–1940	355	360	101%
5	Ferenc Puskás	1943–1956	354	357	101%
6	György Sárosi	1931–1948	383	351	92%
7	Gyula Szilágyi	1943–1960	390	313	80%
8	Ferenc Deák	1944–1954	238	305	128%
9	Ferenc Bene	1960–1978	418	303	72%
10	Géza Toldi	1928–1946	324	271	84%

Iceland

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Ingi Bjorn Albertsson	1970–1986	210	126
2	Tryggvi Gudmundsson	1992–Present	180	107
3	Gudmundur Steinsson	1980s	?	101
4	Hermann Gunnarsson	1960/70s	?	95
5	Matthias Hallgrimsson	1970s	?	94

Iran

Last updated: May 21, 2011

No.	Player	Goals	Years
1	Arash Borhani	89	2002–2006, 2007–Present
2	Reza Enayati	87	2001–2006, 2009–Present
3	Fereydoon Fazli	85	2001–2002, 2003–2010
4	Edmond Bezik	84	1994–2006
5	Ali Asghar Modirroosta	80	1991–2003
6	Ali Daei	72	1994–1996, 2003–2007
7	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	68	2001–2007, 2009–Present
	Rasoul Khatibi	68	1997–1999, 2000–2006, 2009–Present
9	Reza Sahebi	67	1989–2003
10	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi	63	1971–1979

Players in bold are still active in the league

The goals are only from the "Iranian Football League" Seasons

Iraq

Name	Goals	Years	Clubs
Percy Lansdell	1087	1936-48	-
Aram Karam	1034	1943–1960	-
Emmanuel Estrada	901	1937–1953	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Hadi Abbad	897	1932–1950	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Ammo Baba	802	1951-970	-
Peter Murad	745	1945–1960	Al-Minaa
Nassir ''Chico'' Yousef	714	1942-51	-
Hussein Saeed	685	1975–1991	Al-Talaba
Ismail Mohammed	512	1939–1946	-
Elvio Souza	492	1974–1988	Al-Kahraba
Abdul-Ghani Askar	449	1937-41, 1945–48	-
Ahmed Radhi	227	1982-93, 1997–99	Al-Zawraa

Ireland

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Brendan Bradley	1966–1986	?	235
2	Pat Morley	1984–2006	?	182
3	Turlough O'Connor	1963–1985	?	178
4	Jason Byrne	1998–Present	315	164
5	Donal Leahy	1950s	?	162
6	Stephen Geoghegan	1988–2004	?	158
7	Johnny Matthews	1960s	?	156
8	Alfie Hale	1956–1977	?	153
9	Glen Crowe	1999–Present	329	153
10	Paul McGee	1970–1993	?	143

Israel

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Alon Mizrahi	1989–2005	385	198	0.54
2	Oded Machnes	1974–1990	413	197	0.48
3	Avi Nimni	1989–2008	429	194	0.45
4	Moshe Romano	1965–1982	439	192	0.44
5	Shay Holtzman	1990–2009	474	178	0.36
6	Mordechai Spiegler	1963–1977	900	168	0.45
7	Uri Malmilian	1973–1993	466	159	0.34
8	David Lavi	1973–1986	362	158	0.44
9	Nahum Stelmach	1951–1970	365	155	0.43
10	Yehoshua Feigenbaum	1964–1983	430	148	0.34

Italy

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Silvio Piola	1929–1954	537	274	51%
2	Gunnar Nordahl	1949–1958	291	225	77%
3	Giuseppe Meazza	1929–1947	367	216	59%
3	José Altafini	1958–1976	459	216	47%
5	Francesco Totti	1992–present	487	211	43%
6	Roberto Baggio	1985–2004	452	205	45%
7	Kurt Hamrin	1956–1971	400	190	48%
8	Giuseppe Signori	1991–2004	344	188	55%
9	Alessandro Del Piero	1993–present	468	185	40%
10	Gabriel Batistuta	1991–2003	318	184	58%

Japan

J. League Div 1

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Masashi Nakayama	1994–2009	354	157
2	Kazuyoshi Miura	1993–2007	321	139
3	Ueslei	2000–2009	217	124
4	Marquinhos	2001–Present	229	109
5	Atsushi Yanagisawa	1996–Present	305	101
6	Toshiya Fujita	1994–2008	419	100
7	Shoji Jo	1994–2002	230	95
8	Hiroaki Morishima	1995–2006	318	94
9	Tatsuhiko Kubo	1995–2009	276	94
10	Nobuhiro Takeda	1993–2001	237	94

Totals top level

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Kunishige Kamamoto	1967–1984	251	202
2	Masashi Nakayama	1990–2009	401	189
3	Kazuyoshi Miura	1990–2007	360	148
4	Nobuhiro Takeda	1986–2001	359	142

Kazakhstan

Name	Years	Goals
Oleg Litvinenko	1992–2007	147
Nurken Mazbayev	1992–2008	142
Murat Tleshev	1998–Present	121
Andrey Miroshnichenko	1992–2002	115
Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	1998–Present	112

Kyrgyzstan

Name	Years	Matches	Goals
Yevgeniy Boldygin	1995–2008	284	222
Zamirbek Zhumagulov	1992–2007	362	218
Vyacheslav Pryanishnikov	1993–Present	?	149
Mirlan Mirzaliyev	1995–Present	?	147
Azamat Ishenbaev	1997–Present	?	134
Roman Kornilov	1998–Present	?	131
Aleksandr Merzlikin	1992–1999	?	105
Sergey Lisichkin	?	?	100
Nurlan Razhabaliyev	?	?	92
Farkhat Khaitbayev	1992–2001	?	88

Latvia

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Mihails Miholaps	1995–2009	286	210
2	Viktors Dobrecovs	1993–2009	325	169
3	Vits Rimkus	1992–2009	337	166
4	Aleksandr Katasonov	2001–2007	170	105
5	Kristaps Grebis	2000–Present	225	104
6	Girts Karlsons	1998–2009	200	98
7	Vitalijs Astafjevs	1992–Present	252	79
8	Gatis Kalniņš	2000–Present	206	77
9	Vladimirs Babicevs	1992–2006	215	76
10	David Chaladze	1997–2006	91	74

Lithuania

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Povilas Lukšys	1995–Present	169
2	Remigijus Pocius	1991–2003	148
3	Ričardas Beniušis	1999–Present	121
4	Darius Maciulevičius	1991–2008	113
5	Igoris Morinas	1993–Present	103
6	Eimantas Poderis	1991–Present	96
7	Andrius Velička	1998–2007	95
8	Mantas Savėnas	1999–2007	94
9	Vidas Dančenka	1991–2003	89
10	Egidijus Varnas	1996–Present	88

Note: Remigijus Pocius scored 176, Darius Maciulevičius - 117, Eimantas Poderis - 105, Vidas Dančenka - 93 goals including Lithuanian SSR league and Baltic League.

Luxembourg

Name	Goals
Armin Krings	255
Patrick Morocutti	223
Bert Heger	176
Daniel Huss	170
Théo Scholten	155
Henri Cirelli	152
Furio Cardoni	150
Markus Krahen	148
Josy Roller	148
Alphonse Schumacher	141

Malta

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Stefan Sultana	1983–2009	198
2	Tony Nicholl	1934–1954	173
3	Gilbert Agius	1990–Present	172
4	Michael Galea	1997–Present	168
5	Danilo Doncic	?	151
6	Ivan Woods	1994–Present	139
7	Joe Zarb	?	134
8	Tony Cauchi	?	125
9	Adrian Mifsud	1995–Present	123
10	Joe Brincat	1986–2007	111

Mexico

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Cabinho	1974–1987	415	312	75%
2	Carlos Hermosillo	1983–2001	560	294	53%
3	Jared Borgetti	1994–2010	475	259	53%
4	José Saturnino Cardozo	1995–2005	332	249	75%
5	Horacio Casarín	1935–1956	304	238	78%
6	Osvaldo Castro	1971–1984	388	214	55%
7	Zague	1985–2003	572	209	37%
8	Carlos Eloir Peruci	1972–1984	?	197	?
9	Adalberto López	1940/50s	?	196	?
10	Sergio Lira	1978–1996	564	190	34%

Moldova

Name	Years	Matches	Goals
Vladimir Cosse	1992–1999	193	131
Iurie Miterev	1992–2002	250	129
Serghei Rogaciov	1993–2009	171	127
Vladislav Gavriliuc	1992–2002	191	116
Ruslan Barbaros	1994–2005	232	94

Morocco

Name	Years	Goals
Simsan Zaki	1960–1984	297
Hassan Erouali	1956–1973	276
Ahmad Meroebi	1958–1976	221

Netherlands

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Willy van der Kuijlen	1964–1982	545	311	57%
2	Ruud Geels	1965–1983	401	265	66%
3	Johan Cruyff	1964–1984	308	215	70%
4	Kees Kist	1972–1986	372	212	57%
5	Tonnie van der Linden	1956–1968	305	204	67%
6	Henk Groot	1959–1969	283	194	69%
7	Peter Houtman	1978–1992	372	178	48%
8	Sjaak Swart	1956–1973	463	175	38%
9	Leo van Veen	1962–1986	555	175	32%
10	Cor van der Gijp	1955–1964	233	162	70%

Northern Ireland

(as of 31 October 2010)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Jimmy Jones	1947–1964	285	332	116%
2	Joe Bambrick	1926–1935	205	314	153%
3	Glenn Ferguson	1987–2011	644	311	48%
4	Des Dickson	1967–1982	271	219	81%
5	Jimmy Kelly	1928–1952	410	218	53%

Norway

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Harald Brattbakk	1990–2005	255	166	65%
2	Petter Belsvik	1989–2003	292	159	54%
3	Odd Iversen	1967–1982	225	158	70%
4	Sigurd Rushfeldt	1992–Present	254	154	61%
5	Per Kristoffersen	1957–1968	194	145	75%
6	Jostein Flo	1987–2001	213	114	54%
7	Jan Fuglset	1967–1982	209	109	52%
8	Thorstein Helstad	1995–2008	200	108	54%
9	Arne Pedersen	1951–1966	231	107	46%
10	Svein Mathisen	1973–1989	327	106	32%

Pakistan

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Arif Mehmood	2003–present	156	79	51%

Panama

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	José Ardines	1989–2002	197

Paraguay

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Juan Samudio	1997–present	111
2	Mauro Caballero	1992–2007	107

Peru

Name	Years	Goals
Sergio Ibarra	1993–Present	229
Oswaldo Ramírez	1966-81	190
Waldir Sáenz	1992–2008	170
Germán Carty	1988–Present	164
Jorge Soto	1990–2008	161
Emilio Salinas	1948-61	159
Teodoro Fernández	1931-53	156
Teófilo Cubillas	1966-87	152
Paul Cominges	1993–Present	151
Valeriano López	1946-60	150

Poland

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Ernest Pol	1954–1967	264	186	70%
2	Lucjan Brychczy	1954–1972	368	182	49%
3	Gerard Cieslik	1946–1959	237	167	70%
4	Wlodzimierz Lubanski	1963–1975	234	155	66%
5	Teodor Peterek	1928–1948	189	154	81%
6	Kazimierz Kmiecik	1967–1982	304	153	50%
7	Jan Liberda	1949–1969	304	145	48%
8	Teodor Aniola	1945–1961	196	141	72%
9	Fryderyk Scherfke	1927–1939	?	131	?
10	Tomasz Frankowski	1992–Present	212	130	61%

Portugal

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Fernando Peyroteo	1937-49	197	330	168%
Eusébio	1960-77	313	319	102%
Fernando Gomes	1974-91	405	318	79%
José Águas	1950-63	281	290	103%
Néné	1968-86	421	262	62%
Manuel Fernandes	1970-88	485	243	50%
Matateu	1951-67	289	218	75%
José Augusto Torres	1959-80	384	217	57%
Rui Jordão	1971-89	360	215	60%
Arsénio Duarte	1943-59	313	211	67%

Romania

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Dudu Georgescu	1970–1986	370	252	68%
2	Rodion Camataru	1974–1989	377	198	53%
3	Marin Radu	1974–1989	384	190	49%
4	Ionel Danciulescu	1993–present	427	187	44%
5	Ion Oblemenco	1964–1976	272	170	62%
6	Florea Dumitrache	1966–1983	357	170	48%
7	Mircea Sandu	1970–1987	407	167	41%
8	Victor Piturca	1975–1989	301	166	55%
9	Mihai Adam	1962–1976	353	160	45%
10	Titus Ozon	1947–1964	270	157	58%

Russia

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Oleg Veretennikov	1992–2002	273	143	52%
2	Dmitry Kirichenko	1998–Present	336	119	35%
3	Dmitry Loskov	1992–Present	422	117	28%
4	Andrey Tikhonov	1992–2008	345	98	29%
5	Alexandr Kerzhakov	2001–Present	238	96	40%
6	Sergey Semak	1993–Present	420	95	23%
7	Valery Yesipov	1992–2007	390	88	23%
8	Yegor Titov	1995–2008	336	88	27%
9	Oleg Teryokhin	1995–2005	208	84	40%
10	Roman Pavlyuchenko	1998–2008	206	83	40%
10	Igor Semshov	1996–Present	366	83	23%

Serbia

All-time top scorers in the SuperLiga
(SuperLiga goals only)

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Lamine Diarra	45
2	Dragan Mrđa	35
3	Nenad Milijaš	33
4	Andrija Kaluđerović	32
5	Dušan Tadić	29
6	Aleksandar Jevtić	26
7	Cléo	24
8	Nikola Simić	22
9	Ranko Despotović	21
10	Almami Moreira	19
As of 29 August 2010 (Bold denotes players still in SuperLiga). (Italics denotes players still playing professional football).

Scotland

• See also: List of footballers in England and Scotland by number of league goals

South Korea

(These stats include League and League Cup)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Woo Sung-Yong	1996–Present	439	116	26%
2	Kim Do-Hoon	1995–2005	257	114	44%
3	Kim Hyun-Seok	1990–2003	371	110	30%
4	Saša Drakulić	1995–2003	271	104	38%
5	Yoon Sang-Chul	1988–1997	300	101	34%
6	Shin Tae-Yong	1992–2004	401	99	25%
7	Lee Dong-Gook	1998–Present	219	86	39%
8	Kim Eun-Jung	1997–2008	300	80	27%
9	Roh Sang-Rae	1995–2004	246	76	31%
10	Lee Won-Sik	1996–2006	270	73	27%

Soviet Union

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Oleg Blokhin	1969-87	432	211	49%
Alexander Ponomarev	1938-52	249	152	61%
Nikita Simonyan	1946-59	267	144	54%
Sergei Solovyov	1939-52	226	143	63%
Grigori Fedotov	1937-49	169	132	78%
Eduard Markarov	1961-75	370	129	35%
Avtandil Gogoberidze	1945-61	341	128	38%
Oleg Protasov	1982-90	218	125	57%
Valentin Ivanov	1953-66	287	124	43%
Ramaz Shengelia	1977-88	283	120	42%

Spain

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Telmo Zarra	1939-55	277	251	91%
Hugo Sánchez	1981-92, 93-94	347	234	67%
Raúl	1994–2010	550	228	42%
Alfredo di Stéfano	1953-66	329	227	69%
César Rodríguez	1939-55	353	226	64%
Quini	1970-75, 77-84	448	219	49%
Pahiño	1943-56	278	210	76%
Mundo	1939-51	231	195	84%
Carlos Santillana	1971-89	461	186	40%
Guillermo Gorostiza	1929-46	257	185	72%

Sweden

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Sven Jonasson	1927-47	252
2	Carl-Erik Holmberg	1924-39	194
3	Filip Johansson	1924-36	182
4	Harry Lundahl	1924-38	179
5	Bertil Johansson	1954-68	162
6	Harry Bild	1956-73	162
7	Sven Rydell	1924-34	156
8	Gunnar Nordahl	1940-49	151
9	Tore Keller	1924-40	150
10	Knut Kroon	1925-42	140

Switzerland

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Jacques Fatton	1944–1960	358	274	77%
2	Eugen Meier	1951–1965	320	249	78%
3	Josef Hügi	1948–1963	322	244	76%
4	Lauro Amadò	1932–1949	355	243	68%
5	Charles Antenen	1945–1965	444	233	52%
6	Peter Risi	1970–1984	369	217	59%
7	Alessandro Frigerio	1933–1949	264	211	80%
8	Alfred Bickel	1934–1957	405	202	50%
9	Fritz Künzli	1964–1978	313	201	64%
10	Robert Ballaman	1944–1963	?	194	?

Turkey

Top Levels (includes Istanbul Football League)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Metin Oktay	1955–1969	318	294	92%
2	Hakan Sükür	1987–2008	485	249	51%
3	Tanju Çolak	1982–1993	276	240	87%
4	Hami Mandirali	1985–2003	465	219	47%
5	Aykut Kocaman	1984–2000	352	200	56%
6	Feyyaz Uçar	1982–1996	375	191	51%
7	Serkan Aykut	1993–2006	337	188	56%
8	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	1941–1964	329	187	57%
9	Şeref Görkey	1930–1950	186	165	89%
10	Hakkı Yeten	1931–1948	180	164	91%

Süper Lig only (since 1959)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Hakan Sükür	1987–2008	485	249	51%
2	Tanju Çolak	1982–1993	276	240	87%
3	Hami Mandirali	1985–2003	465	219	47%
4	Metin Oktay	1959–1969	252	217	86%
5	Aykut Kocaman	1984–2000	352	200	56%
6	Feyyaz Uçar	1982–1996	375	191	51%
7	Serkan Aykut	1993–2006	337	188	56%
8	Fevzi Zemzem	1960–1974	305	144	47%
9	Cenk İşler	1992–2011	349	137	39%
10	Ümit Karan	1996–2011	360	136	37%

Ukraine

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Serhiy Rebrov	1992–2007	261	123	47%
2	Maksim Shatskikh	1999–Present	222	100	45%
3	Andriy Vorobei	1997–Present	282	99	35%
4	Oleksandr Haidash	1992–2003	259	95	37%
5	Serhiy Mizin	1992–2007	342	90	26%
6	Timerlan Huseinov	1992–2000	215	85	40%
7	Oleksandr Kosyrin	1999–Present	230	83	36%
8	Oleh Matviiv	1992–2002	210	81	39%
9	Oleksandr Palyanytsia	1992–2003	260	79	30%
10	Valentyn Poltavets	1994–2007	322	77	24%

Uruguay

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Fernando Morena	1969–1984	244	230	94%
2	Atilio García	1938–1950	210	208	99%
3	Héctor Scarone	1916–1934	191	163	85%
4	Pablo Terevinto	1920–1931	157	124	79%
5	Alberto Spencer	1960–1970	166	113	68%
6	René Borjas	1920–1931	199	109	55%
7	Héctor Castro	1921–1936	181	107	59%
8	Oscar Míguez	1948–1960	137	107	78%
9	Pedro Petrone	1923–1933	97	103	106%
10	Peregrino Anselmo	1922–1935	180	102	57%

USA

MLS (Stats correct through Matches of 23 October 2011)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Jeff Cunningham	1998–Present	365	134	37%
2	Jaime Moreno	1996–2010	340	133	39%
3	Landon Donovan	2001–Present	255	115	45%
4	Ante Razov	1996–2009	262	114	44%
5	Jason Kreis	1996-2007	305	108	35%
6	Taylor Twellman	2002–2010	174	101	58%
7	Dwayne De Rosario	2001-current	274	93	34%
8	Edson Buddle	2001–2010	231	90	39%
9	Carlos Ruiz	2002-2008, 2011	169	88	52%
10	Roy Lassiter	1996-2002	179	88	49%

Totals top level (ASL+NASL+MLS)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Archie Stark (ASL)	1921–1931	293	253	86%
2	Johnny Nelson (ASL)	1923–1931	250	223	89%
3	Giorgio Chinaglia (NASL)	1976–1983	213	193	91%
4	Davey Brown (ASL)	1921–1931	276	189	68%
5	Bill Paterson (ASL)	1926–1931	196	152	78%
6	Andy Stevens (ASL)	1924–1930	177	150	85%
7	Jerry Best (ASL)	1924–1931	232	138	59%
8	Bart McGhee (ASL)	1922–1931	350	137	39%
9	Harold Brittan (ASL)	1921–1928	168	135	80%
10	Jeff Cunningham (MLS)	1998–Present	365	134	37%

Uzbekistan

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Zafar Xolmurodov	1997–Present	?	176	?
2	Ravshan Bozorov	1992–2007	?	171	?
3	Umid Isoqov	1994–Present	?	163	?
4	Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev	1997–Present	?	159	?
5	Oybek Usmonxo'jayev	1992–2005	?	157	?
6	Shuhrat Mirxoldirshayev	2000–Present	?	157	?
7	Jafar Irismetov	1993–2003	206	156	76%
8	Anvar Berdiyev	1995–Present	?	140	?
9	Rustam Do'rmonov	1992–2002	?	133	?
10	Farid Xabibullin	1992–2004	?	130	?

Venezuela

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Juan Enrique García	1988–Present	262
2	Rafael Castellín	1992–Present	164
3	Cristian Cásseres	1996–Present	119
4	Alexander Rondón	1998–Present	114
5	Ruberth Morán	1993–2009	111
6	Wilfredo Moreno	?	101
7	Alexis Chirinos	?-Present	84
8	Dionny Guerra	?	72
9	Daniel Delfino	2001–Present	70
10	Johnny Carneiro	?-Present	69

Wales

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Marc Lloyd Williams	1992–Present	468	319	68%
2	Rhys Griffiths	2001–Present	291	213	73%
3	Chris Summers	1992–2006	275	177	64%
4	John Toner	1997–2010	346	161	47%
5	Graham Evans	1995–2010	349	157	46%
6	Stuart Rain	1992–2007	390	150	38%
7	Paul Roberts	1993–2010	347	147	43%
8	Kevin Morrison	1992–2001	233	140	60%
9	Eifion Williams	1995–1999	135	131	97%
10	Ken McKenna	1994–2005	188	127	68%
10	Danny Barton	1997–2007	268	127	47%

Yemen

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Adel Al-Salimi	1997–2011	140

Yugoslavia

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Slobodan Santrac	1962–1977	364	218	60%
2	Darko Pančev	1982–1992	243	168	69%
3	Dušan Bajević	1963–1983	322	166	52%
4	Bora Kostić	1951–1966	258	158	61%
5	Frane Matošić	1935–1956	?	149	?
6	Todor Veselinovic	1948–1968	227	145	64%
7	Stjepan Bobek	1945–1958	201	129	64%
8	Zoran Prljinčević	?	?	129	?
9	Dušan Savić	1973–1983	202	120	59%
10	Dragan Džajić	1961–1978	305	113	37%

See also

• List of top association football goal scorers

References

Data adapted from research carried out by the contributors at RSSSF.com.
Swedish data from http://www.bolletinen.se/.
USA data from http://web.mlsnet.com/mls/history/alltime_leaders.jsp.
Russian data from: http://bombarder.narod.ru/.
Brazilian data from http://www.netvasco.com.br/mauroprais/futbr/artilbr.html.
Netherlands data from: http://www.beijen.net/frank/nlalrtchto.htm