IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer

The IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer is a football award given annually since 1991 to the world's top international goalscorer in the calendar year. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.
Only international goals from 1 January to 31 December in international matches, Olympic tournaments, FIFA Club World Cup, official matches between the topical continental club champions, and the continental club competitions of FIFA, AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA, as well as, the continental Super Cup matches of the six confederations are taken into consideration. If the number of goals is equal, the player who scored more goals in international matches is ranked higher.
Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most wins, and most goals in a calendar year. Dennis Bergkamp, Raí and César Obando won the award with the fewest goals. Neymar and Gabriel Batistuta are the players with the most runner-up appearances. Cristiano Ronaldo is the player with most third-place finishes. Ali Daei, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski and Romelo Lukaku are the only players who have won the award more than once. Ronaldo and Messi are the only players to win the award in successive seasons, with Ronaldo achieving this twice. Ali Ashfaq scored the most goals without winning. Real Madrid and Barcelona are tied for the clubs with the most wins.
In 2012, the IFFHS awarded the World's Best Goal Scorer of the First Decade, considering the years 2001 to 2010.

Men's winners

List of winners

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Statistics

Player	Wins	Years
Cristiano Ronaldo	5	2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
Lionel Messi	3	2011, 2012, 2022
Ali Daei	2	1996, 2004
Robert Lewandowski	2	2015, 2021
Romelu Lukaku	2	2020, 2023
Jean-Pierre Papin	1	1991
Dennis Bergkamp	1	1992
Saeed Al-Owairan	1	1993
Hristo Stoichkov	1	1994
Jürgen Klinsmann	1	1995
Ronaldo	1	1997
Jasem Al-Huwaidi	1	1998
Raúl	1	1999
Rivaldo	1	2000
Hani Al-Dhabit	1	2001
Ruud van Nistelrooy	1	2002
Thierry Henry	1	2003
Adriano	1	2005
Humberto Suazo	1	2006
Trésor Mputu	1	2007
Rico	1	2008
Shinji Okazaki	1	2009
Bader Al-Mutawa	1	2010
Baghdad Bounedjah	1	2018
Soufiane Rahimi	1	2024
Erling Haaland	1	2025

Rank	Player	Year	Goals
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	2017	32
2	Erling Haaland	2025	29
3	Lionel Messi	2012	25
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	2013	25
5	Cristiano Ronaldo	2016	24
5	Robert Lewandowski	2021	24

Club	Total	Players
Real Madrid	5	2
Barcelona	4	3
Inter Milan	3	3
Bayern Munich	3	2
Al Sadd	2	2
Ajax	1	1
Al-Kuwait	1	1
Al-Muharraq	1	1
Al Shabab	1	1
Arsenal	1	1
Colo-Colo	1	1
Dhofar	1	1
Juventus	1	1
Qadsia	1	1
Manchester United	1	1
Marseille	1	1
Motagua	1	1
Paris Saint-Germain	1	1
Saba Battery	1	1
São Paulo	1	1
Shimizu S-Pulse	1	1
	1	1
TP Mazembe	1	1
AS Roma	1	1
Al Ain	1	1
Manchester City	1	1

Nationality	Total	Players
	5	5
	5	1
	3	1
	2	2
	2	2
	2	2
	2	1
	2	1
	2	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1

The World's Best Top International Goal Scorer of the First Decade (2001–2010)

The awards were part of the IFFHS World Football Gala 2012 which took place in Barcelona in May 2012.
For the final list of 15 players, international goals scored from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2010 were taken into consideration.

Rank	Player	Nation	Club	Goals for country	Goals for club	Total goals
1			Manchester United Real Madrid Hamburger SV	33	53	86
2	Thierry Henry		Arsenal Barcelona	43	42	85
3	Didier Drogba		Marseille Chelsea	45	38	83
4	Miroslav Klose		Werder Bremen	58	23	81
5	Samuel Eto'o		Mallorca Barcelona Inter Milan	44	35	79
6	Flávio Amado		Petro Atlético Al Ahly Al Shabab	32	41	73
7	Dimitar Berbatov		Bayer Leverkusen Manchester United	46	25	71
8	Raúl		Real Madrid Schalke 04	26	45	71
9	David Villa		Zaragoza Valencia Barcelona	44	24	68
10	Andriy Shevchenko		Milan Chelsea Dynamo Kyiv	32	36	68
11	Alexander Frei		Servette Rennes Basel	42	21	63
12	Henrik Larsson		Celtic Barcelona Manchester United Helsingborgs IF	25	36	61
13	Jon Dahl Tomasson		Feyenoord Milan VfB Stuttgart Villarreal	43	16	59
14	Jared Borgetti		Santos Laguna Pachuca Bolton Wanderers Al-Ittihad Morelia	41	17	58
15	Adriano		Parma Inter Milan São Paulo Flamengo	27	31	58

All-time Best International Goal Scorer ranking

Rank	Player									Total	Years
1	Cristiano Ronaldo*	155	0	2	6	2	7	0	138	310	2002–present
2	Lionel Messi*	136	0	0	12	3	6	0	112	269	2004–present
3		105	0	8	0	0	2	0	85	200	2008–present
4	Harry Kane	40	0	18	6	0	3	0	73	142	2011–present
5		21	0	27	0	1	2	0	89	140	2009–present
6	Neymar	58	0	0	0	1	1	0	79	139	2009–present
7	Karim Benzema	90	0	0	3	2	6	0	37	138	2009–present
8		34	20	4	7	3	1	0	68	137	1964–1981
9	Edin Džeko	33	0	28	4	0	0	0	68	133	2003–present
10		36	0	16	5	1	6	0	69	133	2005–present
11	Ferenc Puskás	36	0	0	3	0	2	0	84	125	1943–1966
12	Raúl	71	0	4	0	1	3	0	44	123	1994–2015
13	Ali Daei	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	108	121	1994–2007
14		51	0	10	0	0	0	0	60	121	2009–present
15		49	0	8	0	0	0	0	62	119	1999–2023
16		36	0	25	0	0	0	0	58	119	2005–present
17		45	0	6	0	0	0	0	65	116	2002–2016
18		59	0	7	0	1	0	0	48	115	1992–2012
19		15	0	5	0	0	0	0	95	115	2002–present
20	Hossam Hassan	17	10	4	10	0	0	2	69	112	1984–2008
21	Ronaldo	21	5	15	8	0	1	0	62	112	1993–2011
22		51	0	8	0	0	0	0	51	110	1994–2012
23	Ali Mabkhout	16	0	0	6	0	1	0	85	108	2008–present
24	Romário	24	0	0	24	0	4	0	55	107	1985–2007
25	Kylian Mbappé	55	0	0	0	1	1	0	50	107	2015–present
26	Samuel Eto'o	33	0	15	0	0	1	0	56	105	1999–2019
27	Sergio Agüero	47	0	15	0	1	0	0	41	104	2003–2021
28	Pelé	18	0	0	0	0	7	1	77	103	1957–1977
29	Sándor Kocsis	8	3	0	17	0	0	0	75	103	1945–1965
30	Miroslav Klose	15	0	16	0	0	0	0	71	102	1999–2016
31	Thomas Müller	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	102	2008–present
32	Olivier Giroud	25	0	16	1	1	0	0	57	100	2010–present
33	Eusébio	46	7	0	4	0	2	0	41	100	1957–1978
34	Bader Al-Mutawa	12	0	31	++	0	0	0	56	99+	2003–present

Women's winners

Statistics

Rank	Player	Year	Goals
1	Ellen White	2021	21
2	Sam Kerr	2022	17
2	Vivianne Miedema	2021	17
2	Lea Schüller	2021	17
5	Beth Mead	2022	15
5	Ewa Pajor	2022	15
5	Barbra Banda	2022	15
8	Salma Paralluelo	2023	14
8	Lea Schüller	2024	14

Nationality	Total	Players
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1