IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer
| Sport | Association football |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best international goal scorer of the calendar year |
| Presented by | International Federation of Football History & Statistics |
| History | |
| First award | 1997 |
| Editions | 28 |
| First winner |  Hakan Şükür |
| Most wins |  Lionel Messi (4 awards) |
| Most recent |  Viktor Gyökeres (36 goals in 2024) |
| Website | www |
This award is given annually since 1997 to the player who scores the most goals in a league season (in a calendar year since 2020) in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year).
Men's winners
List of winners
Statistics
| Player | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Lionel Messi | 4 | 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 (shared) |
 Luis Suárez | 3 | 2010, 2014 (shared), 2016 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Cristiano Ronaldo | 2014 (shared), 2015, 2020 | |
 Mário Jardel | 2 | 1999, 2000 |
The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the First Decade (2001–2010)
The final list includes the 18 players who scored 150 or more goals in top-tier national leagues in the period of time from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2010.
The results were posted on the IFFHS' official website on 25 September 2022.[6]
The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Second Decade (2011–2020)
The final list includes the 36 players who scored 150 or more goals in top-tier national leagues in the period of time from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2020.
The results were posted on the IFFHS' official website on 6 January 2021.[7]
| Rank | Player | Nation | Goals | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 346 |  Barcelona (2011–20) |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 332 | Real Madrid (2011–18) Juventus (2018–20) |
| 3 | Robert Lewandowski |  Poland | 248 |  Borussia Dortmund (2011–14) Bayern Munich (2014–20) |
| 4 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden | 236 | Milan (2011–12; 2019–20) Paris Saint-Germain (2012–16) Manchester United (2016–18) LA Galaxy (2018–19) |
| 5 | Luis Suárez | Uruguay | 224 | Liverpool (2011–14) Barcelona (2014–20) Atlético Madrid (2020) |
| 6 | Carlos Saucedo |  Bolivia | 213 | San José (2012–13; 2017–19) Saprissa (2014) Oriente Petrolero (2015) Blooming (2015–16) Real Potosí (2016) Guabirá (2017) Royal Pari (2020) |
| 7 | Edinson Cavani | Uruguay | 209 | Napoli (2011–13) Paris Saint-Germain (2013–20) Manchester United (2020) |
All-time World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer ranking
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| Rank | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 565 |
| 2 | Lionel Messi | 519 |
| 3 |   Josef Bican | 515 |
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| 5 | Imre Schlosser | 417 |
| 6 | Gyula Zsengellér | 416 |
| 7 |  Jimmy McGrory | 409 |
| 8 | Robert Lewandowski | 408 |
| 9 | Gerd Müller | 405 |
| 10 | Luis Suárez | 402 |
Women's winners
List of winners
The women's award was introduced in 2021.
| Year | Winner | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Lucie Martínková[12] | Sparta Prague | 38 |
| 2022 | Mia Fishel[13] |  UANL | 33 |
| 2023 | Charlyn Corral[14] | Pachuca | 34 |
| 2024 | Charlyn Corral[15] | Pachuca | 42 |
See also
- International Federation of Football History & Statistics
- IFFHS World's Best Club
- IFFHS World's Best Player
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
- IFFHS World's Best International Goal Scorer
- IFFHS World Team
- IFFHS World's Best Club Coach
- IFFHS World's Best National Coach
References
- ^ "IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST TOP DIVISION GOALSCORER 2021". IFFHS. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER". IFFHS. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2023". IFFHS. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - VIKTOR GYOKERES, MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOALSCORER". IFFHS. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ "The World's Best Football Men National Goal Scorer (National Goals)". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER OF THE DECADE 2001-2010 : Aleksandar Đurić". IFFHS. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 : LIONEL MESSI". IFFHS. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "Suárez and Lewandowski reached 400 national league goals". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "CR7, new best ever national leagues' goal-scorer !". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS OF ALL TIME : FERENC PUSKAS LEADS THE RANKING". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER OF XXI CENTURY". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2021". IFFHS. 30 December 2021. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER". IFFHS. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "IFFHS WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2023". IFFHS. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - CHARLYN CORRAL, WOMEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOALSCORER". IFFHS. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
External links
Men's winners
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