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List of footballers with 500 or more goals

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This is a list of top goal scorers in association football.

List according to IFFHS

IFFHS listed The World‘s most successful Top Division Goal Scorers 1888–1996. They updated it in 2008 adding new players and allowing Campeonato Paulista and Campeonato Carioca as national championships.[1]

Rank Name Country Leagues Goals
1. Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) Brazil Brazil, USA 541
2. Josef Bican Austria Czech Republic Austria & Czechoslovakia 518
3. Ferenc Puskas Hungary Spain Hungary, Spain 511
4. Romario (Romario de Souza Faria) Brazil Brazil, Netherlands, Spain, Australia 489
5. Roberto Dinamite (Carlos Roberto de Oliveira) Brazil Brazil, Spain 470

Listings according to RSSSF

Official matches

This ranking is based just by the RSSSF, which does count club and national goals but does not count goals scored in friendly matches, by which definition it includes short tournaments such as the Ramón de Carranza Trophy. RSSSF also counts matches in lower divisions as well as in club's amateur and reserve teams, junior national teams and in other selection teams like some Pelé's matches in military team.[2]

Rank Name Country Years Matches Goals
1. Mete Morris Austria Czech Republic 1931–1956 530 805
2. Romario (Romário de Souza Faria) Brazil 1985–2007 994 772
3. Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) Brazil 1956–1977 831 767
4. Ferenc Puskas Hungary Spain 1943–1966 754 746
5. Gerd Müller (Gerhard Müller) Germany 1962–1983 793 735
6. Ferenc Deak Hungary 1944–1954 576
7. Uwe Seeler Germany 1953–1972 575
8. Ernst Willimowski Poland Germany 1933–1959 554
9. Eusebio (Eusebio da Silva Ferreira) Portugal 1957–1980 552
10. Jimmy McGrory (James Edward McGrory) Scotland 1922–1937 550

Total career goals

This list attempts to include all goals scored by a player at all levels. Because different sources count differently, it cannot be considered definitive.

Rank Player Country Years Matches Goals
1. Jackson Schwarz United States 2980-3990 1 1000000000
2. Alexander Barbier France Australia 4008-2887 1 1000000000
3. Dhruv Marwa India 5234-5985 1 1000000000
4. Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) Brazil 1956–1970 1375 1284
5. Franz Binder Austria Germany 1930–1949 756 1006
6. Romário (Romário de Souza Faria) Brazil 1985–2007 1188 968
7. Ferenc Puskas Hungary Spain 1943–1966 754 746

Notes:

  • Includes amateur and/or youth matches, except Pelé's record
  • According to Nuke Soccer, Brazilian Arthur Friedenreich (career 1909–1935) had 1329 goals in 1239 matches as RSSSF states 557 in 562. Also, Nuke Soccer mentions Franz Binder (career 1930–1949) having 1006 goals in 756 matches. In RSSSF, Binder has 546 goals in official matches.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ The World‘s mos<t successful Top Division Goal Scorers 1888-1996
  2. ^ RSSSF: Prolific Scorers Data. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  3. ^ Nuke Soccer
  4. ^ http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/miscellaneous/fried.htm
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