List of footballers with 500 or more goals

In top-level football, 51 players have scored 500 or more goals over the course of their career, according to research by the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Only those who were active at the highest level football for most of their careers are considered. The rankings below take into account goals scored in official matches played with national teams at all age levels and clubs in all divisions while mostly directly reflecting RSSSF data, which includes mainly original research.

Ranking

Men

As of 10 June 2021.

Bold indicates players currently active.

"+" indicates the actual number is higher, but the exact number is unknown.

Rank	Player	Total goals	Total matches	Ratio	Years
1	Erwin Helmchen	+982	575	1.71	1924–1951
2	Josef Bican	+948	621	1.53	1930–1957
3	Ferenc Puskas	808	794	1.02	1943-1967
4	Cristiano Ronaldo	796	1105	0.72	2001-present
5	Ferenc Deák	+794	+510	1.56	1939–1959
6	Romário	780	1000	0.78	1984–2009
7	Pele	775	841	0.92	1956–1977
8	Lionel Messi	773	979	0.79	2003–present
9	Gerd Müller	735	793	0.93	1958–1981
10	Abe Lenstra	+710	752	0.94	1936–1963
11	Joe Bambrick	+678	565	1.2	1925–1943
12	Jimmy Jones	+673	635	1.06	1946–1965
13	Ernest Wilimowski	+663	474	1.4	1932–1957
14	Tommy Lawton	+657	742	0.89	1933–1956
15	Ferenc Bene	630	946	0.67	1959–1985
16	Gyula Zsengellér	611	641	0.95	1931–1953
17	Fernando Peyroteo	597	369	1.62	1937–1949
18	Eusébio	+591	631	0.94	1957–1980
19	Uwe Seeler	582	686	0.85	1946–1978
20	Túlio Maravilha	575	838	0.69	1987–2019
21	Fritz Walter	+574	572	1	1928–1959
22	Zlatan Ibrahimović	573	965	0.59	1999–present
23	Franz Binder	+569	430	1.32	1927–1949
24	Imre Schlosser	+569	458	1.24	1905–1928
25	Jimmy Greaves	567	812	0.7	1955–1980
26	Glenn Ferguson	563	1058	0.53	1987–2011
27	Hugo Sánchez	562	956	0.59	1972–1997
28	José Torres	561	615	0.91	1953–1980
29	Robert Lewandowski	558	829	0.67	2004–present
30	Sándor Kocsis	556	537	1.04	1945–1966
31	Fred Roberts	+554	427	1.3	1923–1937
32	James McGrory	549	545	1.01	1918–1938
33	Zico	545	797	0.68	1960–1994
34	Boy Martin	+541	479	1.13	1930–1947
35	Ferenc Szusza	541	594	0.91	1940–1960
36	Jimmy Kelly	+538	951	0.57	1926–1956
37	Isidro Lángara	+534	433	1.23	1930–1948
38	Dixie Dean	531	577	0.92	1923–1940
39	Nándor Hidegkuti	526	678	0.78	1938–1958
40	József Takács	518	505	1.03	1917–1942
41	Hans Krankl	518	725	0.71	1970–1989
42	Roberto Dinamite	517	852	0.61	1969–1993
43	Alfredo Di Stéfano	513	703	0.73	1944–1966
44	Gunnar Nordahl	+510	587	0.87	1936–1961
45	Joseph Mermans	509	634	0.8	1932–1960
46	Luis Suárez	508	816	0.62	2005–present
47	Hughie Gallacher	+507	657	0.77	1920–1940
48	György Sárosi	507	592	0.86	1929–1949
49	Steve Bloomer	+505	753	0.67	1890–1914
50	Roger Milla	+503	905	0.56	1967–1996
51	Lajos Tichy	500	610	0.82	1952–1971

See also

• List of top international men's association football goal scorers by country
• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
• List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
• List of men's footballers with the most official appearances
• List of goalscoring goalkeepers
• List of hat-tricks