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List of top international men's football goal scorers by country

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This article lists the top all-time goalscorer for each men's national football team. This list is not an all-time top international goalscorers list, as several countries have two or more players with more goals than another country's top scorer. It simply lists only the top scorer for each country.

Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal is the all-time leading goalscorer for men's national teams.

List of top scorers

Players in bold are still active at international level.
Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation.
Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Thirteen nations (Aruba, Bulgaria, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Lesotho, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Scotland, Suriname, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied for national leader. Anguilla, Eritrea and Nepal have three players tied as their leading scorer. These are all counted as one nation each.
Rank Player Country Goals Caps Ratio First cap Last cap Ref.
1 Cristiano Ronaldo   Portugal 128 206 0.62 20 August 2003 26 March 2024
2 Ali Daei   Iran 108 148 0.73 6 June 1993 21 June 2006
3 Lionel Messi   Argentina 106 180 0.59 17 August 2005 21 November 2023
4 Sunil Chhetri   India 94 150 0.63 12 June 2005 26 March 2024
5 Mokhtar Dahari   Malaysia 89 142 0.63 5 June 1972 19 May 1985
6 Ali Mabkhout   United Arab Emirates 85 114 0.75 15 November 2009 30 December 2023
7 Ferenc Puskás   Hungary 84 85 0.99 20 August 1945 14 October 1956
8 Romelu Lukaku   Belgium 83 114 0.73 3 March 2010 26 March 2024
9 Robert Lewandowski   Poland 82 148 0.55 10 September 2008 26 March 2024
10 Godfrey Chitalu   Zambia 79 111 0.71 29 June 1968 12 December 1980
Neymar   Brazil 79 128 0.62 10 August 2010 17 October 2023
12 Hussein Saeed   Iraq 78 137 0.57 5 September 1976 3 March 1990
13 Kunishige Kamamoto   Japan 75 76 0.99 3 March 1964 15 June 1977
Bashar Abdullah   Kuwait 75 134 0.56 16 March 1996 26 May 2018
15 Majed Abdullah   Saudi Arabia 72 117 0.62 10 December 1978 29 June 1994
16 Kinnah Phiri   Malawi 71 117 0.61 8 July 1973 20 November 1981
Kiatisuk Senamuang   Thailand 71 134 0.53 8 April 1993 3 October 2007
Miroslav Klose   Germany 71 137 0.52 24 March 2001 13 July 2014
19 Abdul Kadir   Indonesia 70 111 0.63 11 August 1967 7 May 1979
Stern John   Trinidad and Tobago 70 115 0.61 15 February 1995 11 November 2011
21 Carlos Ruiz   Guatemala 68 133 0.51 18 November 1998 6 September 2016
Luis Suárez   Uruguay 68 138 0.49 7 February 2007 21 November 2023
Robbie Keane   Republic of Ireland 68 146 0.47 25 March 1998 31 August 2016
Hossam Hassan   Egypt 68 176 0.39 10 September 1985 7 February 2006
25 Didier Drogba   Ivory Coast 65 105 0.62 8 September 2002 24 June 2014
Edin Džeko   Bosnia and Herzegovina 65 134 0.49 2 June 2007 21 March 2024
27 Harry Kane   England 62 89 0.7 27 March 2015 20 November 2023
Zlatan Ibrahimović   Sweden 62 122 0.51 31 January 2001 24 March 2023
29 David Villa   Spain 59 98 0.6 9 February 2005 2 September 2017
30 Ali Ashfaq   Maldives 58 98 0.59 25 March 2003 21 March 2023
Cha Bum-kun   South Korea 58 136 0.43 7 May 1972 10 June 1986
32 Aleksandar Mitrović   Serbia 57 89 0.64 7 June 2013 25 March 2024
Carlos Pavón   Honduras 57 101 0.56 17 July 1993 16 June 2010
Olivier Giroud   France 57 131 0.44 11 November 2011 26 March 2024
Clint Dempsey   United States 57 141 0.4 17 November 2004 10 October 2017
Landon Donovan 57 157 0.36 25 October 2000 10 October 2014
36 Samuel Eto'o   Cameroon 56 118 0.47 9 March 1997 13 June 2014
37 Jan Koller   Czech Republic 55 91 0.6 9 February 1999 5 September 2009
Fandi Ahmad   Singapore 55 101 0.54 22 September 1979 18 October 1997
39 Almoez Ali   Qatar 54 112 0.48 21 December 2013 26 March 2024
40 Poul Nielsen   Denmark 52 38 1.37 5 May 1910 27 September 1925
Jon Dahl Tomasson 52 112 0.46 29 March 1997 24 June 2010
Phil Younghusband   Philippines 52 108 0.48 12 November 2006 16 January 2019
Javier Hernández   Mexico 52 109 0.48 30 September 2009 6 September 2019
43 Lê Công Vinh   Vietnam 51 83 0.61 9 June 2004 7 December 2016
Asamoah Gyan   Ghana 51 109 0.47 16 November 2003 8 July 2019
Hakan Şükür   Turkey 51 112 0.46 25 March 1992 17 October 2007
Alexis Sánchez   Chile 51 162 0.31 27 April 2006 26 March 2024
47 Robin van Persie   Netherlands 50 102 0.49 4 June 2005 31 August 2017
Tim Cahill   Australia 50 108 0.46 30 March 2004 20 November 2018
49 Dimitar Berbatov   Bulgaria 48 78 0.62 17 November 1999 3 March 2010
Hristo Bonev 48 96 0.5 22 March 1967 25 April 1979
Andriy Shevchenko   Ukraine 48 111 0.43 25 March 1995 19 June 2012
51 Rolando Fonseca   Costa Rica 47 113 0.42 27 May 1992 26 March 2011
Ismail Abdullatif   Bahrain 47 133 0.35 27 October 2005 21 March 2024
53 Davor Šuker   Croatia 45 68 0.65 22 October 1992 3 June 2002
Islam Slimani   Algeria 45 101 0.45 26 May 2012 23 January 2024
55 Peter Byers   Antigua and Barbuda 44 91 0.48 18 February 2004 8 June 2021
Toni Polster   Austria 44 95 0.46 17 November 1982 1 September 2000
57 Hani Al-Dhabit   Oman 43 102 0.42 25 March 1997 14 November 2014
Sadio Mané   Senegal 43 107 0.4 25 May 2012 26 March 2024
Luis Tejada   Panama 43 108 0.4 5 August 2001 28 June 2018
60 Alexander Frei    Switzerland 42 84 0.5 24 March 2001 26 March 2011
Oleg Blokhin   Soviet Union 42 112 0.38 16 July 1972 21 September 1988
Michael Mifsud   Malta 42 143 0.29 10 February 2000 11 November 2020
63 Salomón Rondón   Venezuela 41 104 0.39 3 February 2008 24 March 2024
Gareth Bale   Wales 41 111 0.37 27 May 2006 29 November 2022
65 Ali Al-Biski   Libya 40 44 0.91 3 September 1961 27 December 1970
Chan Siu Ki   Hong Kong 40 70 0.57 30 November 2004 5 September 2017
Eldor Shomurodov   Uzbekistan 40 71 0.56 3 September 2015 26 March 2024
Enner Valencia   Ecuador 40 83 0.48 29 February 2012 17 October 2023
Teemu Pukki   Finland 40 120 0.33 4 February 2009 26 March 2024
70 Raúl Díaz Arce   El Salvador 39 66 0.59 14 April 1991 2 September 2000
Akwá   Angola 39 78 0.5 8 January 1995 21 June 2006
Hao Haidong   China 39 106 0.37 22 August 1992 17 November 2004
Paolo Guerrero   Peru 39 117 0.33 9 October 2004 26 March 2024
73 Goran Pandev   North Macedonia 38 122 0.31 6 June 2001 21 June 2021
Andres Oper   Estonia 38 134 0.28 19 May 1995 26 May 2014
76 Rashidi Yekini   Nigeria 37 62 0.6 30 October 1983 28 June 1998
Emmanuel Sanon   Haiti 37 65 0.57 14 April 1970 15 November 1981
Ricky Charles   Grenada 37 71 0.52 21 March 1995 13 June 2011
Peter Ndlovu   Zimbabwe 37 81 0.46 25 August 1990 25 March 2007
80 Roy Krishna   Fiji 36 52 0.69 25 August 2007 21 March 2024
Myo Hlaing Win   Myanmar 36 63 0.57 25 November 1992 15 January 2005
Firas Al-Khatib   Syria 36 72 0.5 4 May 2001 5 September 2019
Issam Jemâa   Tunisia 36 84 0.43 27 May 2005 10 October 2014
Ahmed Faras   Morocco 36 94 0.38 19 April 1966 9 December 1979
David Healy   Northern Ireland 36 95 0.38 23 February 2000 26 March 2013
Radamel Falcao   Colombia 36 104 0.35 7 February 2007 28 March 2023
87 Gigi Riva   Italy 35 42 0.83 27 June 1965 19 June 1974
William Ouma   Kenya 35 66 0.53 28 February 1965 22 January 1977
Eran Zahavi   Israel 35 74 0.47 2 September 2010 21 March 2024
Luton Shelton   Jamaica 35 75 0.47 2 October 2004 10 September 2013
Stevan Jovetić   Montenegro 35 76 0.46 24 March 2007 25 March 2024
Adrian Mutu   Romania 35 77 0.45 29 March 2000 26 March 2013
Gheorghe Hagi 35 124 0.28 10 August 1983 24 June 2000
Zlatko Zahovič   Slovenia 35 80 0.44 18 November 1992 28 April 2004
94 Commins Menapi   Solomon Islands 34 36 0.94 21 June 2000 7 September 2007
Chris Wood   New Zealand 34 74 0.46 3 June 2009 21 November 2023
Moumouni Dagano   Burkina Faso 34 83 0.41 23 August 1998 10 February 2013
97 Jørgen Juve   Norway 33 45 0.73 3 June 1928 13 June 1937
Ibrahima Kandia Diallo   Guinea 33 56 0.59 2 October 1960 16 January 1973
Getaneh Kebede   Ethiopia 33 66 0.5 4 December 2010 17 January 2022
Hamza Al-Dardour   Jordan 33 116 0.28 2 January 2011 29 January 2024
101 Shandel Samuel   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32 63 0.51 14 March 2001 25 March 2016
Michalis Konstantinou   Cyprus 32 84 0.38 14 February 1997 12 October 2012
Emmanuel Adebayor   Togo 32 87 0.37 8 July 2000 24 March 2019
Henrikh Mkhitaryan   Armenia 32 95 0.34 14 January 2007 14 November 2021
Roque Santa Cruz   Paraguay 32 112 0.29 28 April 1999 10 November 2016
106 Benni McCarthy   South Africa 31 79 0.39 4 June 1997 27 May 2010
Marcelo Moreno   Bolivia 31 108 0.29 12 September 2007 21 November 2023
108 Denis Law   Scotland 30 55 0.55 18 October 1958 14 June 1974
Kenny Dalglish 30 102 0.29 10 November 1971 12 November 1986
Lester Moré   Cuba 30 60 0.5 12 May 1996 8 June 2007
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang   Gabon 30 74 0.41 28 March 2009 9 September 2023
Tico-Tico   Mozambique 30 94 0.32 16 August 1992 20 January 2010
112 Ali Al-Nono   Yemen 29 51 0.57 10 February 2000 28 November 2010
Cyle Larin   Canada 29 66 0.44 23 May 2014 23 March 2024
Nikos Anastopoulos   Greece 29 74 0.39 21 September 1977 2 November 1988
Jong Il-gwan   North Korea 29 79 0.37 26 March 2011 21 March 2024
Māris Verpakovskis   Latvia 29 104 0.28 9 June 1999 29 May 2014
117 Deon McCaulay   Belize 28 63 0.44 8 February 2007 14 June 2022
Emmanuel Okwi   Uganda 28 95 0.29 7 March 2009 18 June 2023
119 Teaonui Tehau   Tahiti 27 40 0.68 3 April 2011 30 November 2023
Nasr Eddin Abbas   Sudan 27 52 0.52 1963 1972
Kasun Jayasuriya   Sri Lanka 27 56 0.48 23 April 1999 11 December 2009
Gylfi Sigurðsson   Iceland 27 80 0.34 29 May 2010 16 October 2023
123 Vedat Muriqi   Kosovo 26 53 0.49 9 October 2016 26 March 2024
Shota Arveladze   Georgia 26 61 0.43 23 February 1994 24 March 2007
Jason Cunliffe   Guam 26 66 0.39 3 April 2006 17 October 2023
Marek Hamšík   Slovakia 26 138 0.19 7 February 2007 20 June 2023
127 Chen Po-liang   Chinese Taipei 25 84 0.3 22 February 2006 26 March 2024
Mrisho Ngasa   Tanzania 25 100 0.25 25 November 2006 14 November 2015
Seydou Keita   Mali 25 102 0.25 4 October 1998 28 January 2015
130 Keith Gumbs   Saint Kitts and Nevis 24 41 0.59 2 April 1993 15 November 2011
Jonathan Faña   Dominican Republic 24 47 0.51 29 September 2006 18 November 2022
Jerome Ramatlhakwane   Botswana 24 61 0.39 15 November 2006 18 April 2018
Olivier Karekezi   Rwanda 24 70 0.34 9 April 2000 16 June 2013
Juan Barrera   Nicaragua 24 86 0.28 22 January 2009 26 March 2024
Stéphane Sessègnon   Benin 24 89 0.27 23 May 2004 9 September 2023
136 Bertrand Kaï   New Caledonia 23 43 0.53 14 June 2008 24 March 2022
Llewellyn Riley   Barbados 23 43 0.53 26 March 1995 24 February 2005
Hassan Maatouk   Lebanon 23 121 0.19 27 January 2006 26 March 2024
139 Emilio Nsue   Equatorial Guinea 22 45 0.49 24 March 2013 25 March 2024
Dieumerci Mbokani   DR Congo 22 49 0.45 1 July 2005 29 March 2022
141 Gerson Rodrigues   Luxembourg 21 61 0.34 25 March 2017 26 March 2024
142 Shaun Goater   Bermuda 20 22 0.91 18 February 1988 13 June 2004
Earl Jean   Saint Lucia 20 23 0.87 27 May 1990 19 December 2004
Hok Sochetra   Cambodia 20 26 0.77 10 December 1995 19 December 2002
Richard Iwai   Vanuatu 20 34 0.59 11 April 2000 24 January 2011
Julian Wade   Dominica 20 46 0.43 6 October 2010 12 October 2023
Manuchekhr Dzhalilov   Tajikistan 20 51 0.39 2 September 2011 17 June 2023
Victorien Adebayor   Niger 20 54 0.37 31 March 2015 18 June 2023
Maksim Romaschenko   Belarus 20 63 0.32 7 August 1998 27 May 2008
150 Billy Forbes   Turks and Caicos Islands 19 32 0.59 6 February 2008 26 March 2024
Fiston Abdul Razak   Burundi 19 53 0.36 2 December 2009 9 January 2024
Tomas Danilevičius   Lithuania 19 72 0.26 14 October 1998 12 October 2012
153 Nigel Codrington   Guyana 18 26 0.69 23 March 2001 1 December 2010
Héctor Ramos   Puerto Rico 18 36 0.5 4 October 2010 24 March 2019
Rangelo Janga   Curaçao 18 38 0.47 23 March 2016 20 November 2023
Visay Phaphouvanin   Laos 18 51 0.35 18 December 2002 6 March 2013
George Weah   Liberia 18 75 0.24 23 February 1986 11 September 2018
Erjon Bogdani   Albania 18 75 0.24 24 April 1996 26 March 2013
Ryan Mendes   Cape Verde 18 77 0.23 11 August 2010 25 March 2024
160 Chan Kin Seng   Macau 17 29 0.59 2 April 2006 17 March 2013
Ben Nabouhane   Comoros 17 37 0.46 5 March 2014 22 September 2022
Oday Dabbagh   Palestine 17 38 0.45 27 March 2018 26 March 2024
Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu   Bangladesh 17 50 0.34 1975 1985
Daniel Imbert   Mauritius 17 53 0.32 21 May 1972 16 July 1983
Sabelo Ndzinisa   Eswatini 17 66 0.26 11 November 2012 26 March 2024
167 Wladimir Baýramow   Turkmenistan 16 35 0.46 12 February 2000 26 March 2013
Thievy Bifouma   Congo 16 41 0.39 2 August 2014 10 September 2023
Peter Shalulile   Namibia 16 54 0.3 10 September 2014 27 January 2024
Mirlan Murzayev   Kyrgyzstan 16 60 0.27 28 March 2009 11 September 2023
Mario Frick   Liechtenstein 16 125 0.13 26 October 1993 12 October 2015
171 Ion Nicolaescu   Moldova 15 43 0.35 8 September 2018 26 March 2024
Paulin Voavy   Madagascar 15 67 0.22 29 March 2003 27 September 2022
173 Gleofilo Vlijter   Suriname 14 20 0.7 30 April 2015 15 October 2023
Stefano Rijssel 36 0.39 11 September 2010 23 March 2019
Philip Zialor   Seychelles 14 33 0.42 11 August 1998 20 October 2009
Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov   Kazakhstan 14 36 0.39 23 March 2018 26 March 2024
Ezechiel N'Douassel   Chad 14 49 0.29 8 February 2005 29 March 2022
Gurban Gurbanov   Azerbaijan 14 68 0.21 17 September 1992 7 September 2005
178 Reggie Davani   Papua New Guinea 13 17 0.76 12 March 2002 6 June 2012
Raymond Gunemba 28 0.46 8 April 2012 8 October 2023
Nirajan Rayamajhi     Nepal 13 20 0.65 12 February 2000 15 October 2008
Hari Khadka 41 0.32 29 March 1995 2 April 2006
Anjan Bista 63 0.21 31 October 2014 21 March 2024
Lesly St. Fleur   Bahamas 13 39 0.33 2 September 2006 21 November 2023
Assan Ceesay   Gambia 13 41 0.32 7 September 2013 23 January 2024
Chencho Gyeltshen   Bhutan 13 46 0.28 19 March 2011 25 March 2024
Bessam   Mauritania 13 66 0.2 2 March 2013 27 January 2023
184 Lyle Taylor   Montserrat 12 16 0.75 27 March 2015 13 October 2023
Lee Ramoon   Cayman Islands 12 17 0.71 10 May 1991 26 January 2004
Sera Motebang   Lesotho 12 61 0.2 29 March 2016 24 March 2024
Jane Thabantso 83 0.14 25 March 2015 24 March 2024
187 Louis Mafouta   Central African Republic 11 23 0.48 27 March 2017 20 November 2023
Luís Leal   São Tomé and Príncipe 11 26 0.42 16 June 2012 22 March 2024
Muhammad Essa   Pakistan 11 37 0.3 13 May 2001 8 December 2009
Ildefons Lima   Andorra 11 137 0.08 22 June 1997 12 September 2023
191 Rógvi Jacobsen   Faroe Islands 10 54 0.19 18 August 1999 14 October 2009
Klæmint Olsen 58 0.17 7 September 2012 22 March 2024
Faysal Shayesteh   Afghanistan 10 57 0.18 13 April 2014 17 October 2023
193 Nando Có   Guinea-Bissau 9 6 1.5 16 June 1996 7 November 2001
Desmond Fa'aiuaso   Samoa 9 20 0.45 7 April 2001 5 June 2016
195 Samuel Akinbinu   Djibouti 8 18 0.44 15 June 2021 20 March 2024
Shahrazen Said   Brunei 8 22 0.36 19 October 2008 11 June 2019
Naranbold Nyam-Osor   Mongolia 8 29 0.28 23 July 2014 11 June 2022
Lümbengarav Donorovyn 35 0.23 29 February 2000 25 July 2014
Mohamed Kallon   Sierra Leone 8 40 0.2 7 January 1995 8 September 2012
Andy Selva   San Marino 8 73 0.11 10 October 1998 11 October 2016
200 Taylor Saghabi   Cook Islands 7 17 0.41 27 August 2011 26 March 2024
Unaloto Feao   Tonga 7 17 0.41 7 April 2001 12 December 2017
Rufino Gama   East Timor 7 22 0.32 2 June 2016 16 July 2022
203 Terence Groothusen   Aruba 6 15 0.4 6 September 2019 20 November 2023
Ronald Gómez 22 0.27 11 August 2002 5 June 2021
James Moga   South Sudan 6 18 0.33 10 July 2012 22 July 2017
205 Richard O'Connor   Anguilla 5 5 1 25 February 2000 24 September 2006
Terrence Rogers 16 0.31 25 February 2000 14 October 2012
Girdon Connor 29 0.17 25 February 2000 18 November 2018
Berhane Aregai   Eritrea 5 11 0.45 6 December 2002 17 December 2007
Yonas Fesehaye 19 0.26 6 June 1999 17 December 2007
Yidnekachew Shimangus 22 0.23 4 October 1998 11 December 2007
Avondale Williams   British Virgin Islands 5 15 0.33 30 July 1995 5 September 2012
Roy Chipolina   Gibraltar 5 75 0.07 19 November 2013 21 March 2024
Liam Walker 77 0.06 19 November 2013 26 March 2024
209 Abdullahi Sheikh Mohamed   Somalia 3 6 0.5 19 April 2000 29 November 2005
Jamie Browne   U.S. Virgin Islands 3 11 0.27 27 September 2006 14 June 2022
J. C. Mack 18 0.17 9 September 2018 16 November 2023
Ramin Ott   American Samoa 3 15 0.2 10 May 2004 4 September 2015

List of non-FIFA top scorers

These are the top scorers for nations that do not have FIFA membership, but are associate members of one of FIFA's affiliated confederations.

Players in bold are still active at international level.
Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation.
Rank Player Country Goals Caps Ratio First cap Last cap Ref.
1 Kévin Parsemain   Martinique 35 56 0.63 11 October 2008 9 June 2022
2 Gerwin Lake   Sint Maarten 17 18 0.94 23 March 2019 19 November 2023
Dominique Mocka   Guadeloupe 17 38 0.45 7 July 2002 27 October 2012
4 Gary Pigrée   French Guiana 16 20 0.8 21 March 2012 29 March 2015
5 Jean-Michel Fontaine   Réunion 15 29 0.52 12 June 2007 3 September 2023
6 Abdallah Juma Ally   Zanzibar 9 13 0.69 2 December 2003 18 December 2007
Alopua Petoa   Tuvalu 9 13 0.69 22 August 2011 18 July 2019
8 Axel Raga   Saint Martin 8 4 2 7 September 2023 21 November 2023
9 Ayrton Cicilia   Bonaire 6 12 0.5 9 September 2018 28 March 2023
Yurick Seinpaal 20 0.3 14 November 2013 12 October 2023
10 Joe Wang Miller   Northern Mariana Islands 4 15 0.27 27 April 2008 4 July 2016
11 Lawrence Nemeia   Kiribati 2 3 0.67 30 June 2003 7 July 2003

List of top scorers from defunct nations

These are the top scorers for defunct nations that do not have a FIFA recognised successor team.

Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation.
Rank Player Country International goals Caps Goals per match First cap Last cap Ref.
1 Joachim Streich   East Germany 55 102 0.54 8 December 1969 20 October 1984
2 Herbert Binkert   Saar 6 12 0.5 27 May 1951 6 June 1956
Herbert Martin 17 0.35 22 November 1950 6 June 1956
3 Mohammed Hussein   South Yemen 3 2 1.5 3 November 1989 5 November 1989

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