The World’s Best Top Goalscorer at end Feb 2016
4 Players with 4 Goals
The first IFFHS Goalscorers list of 2016 is headed by 3 Africans and a South American. Tunisian Ahmed Akaïchi, Chisom Chikatara from Nigeria and Meschak Eila of DR Congo scored 4 goals each in 2016 African Nations Championship. Joined by Brazilian Adriano who plays for FC Seoul in AFC Champions League, the 4 players top the poll.
Excluding continental club qualification rounds and Copa Libertadores first round, counting starts from the main rounds where the “big teams” enter. 49 players scored 2 or more goals; 17 Africans, 11 Europeans, 10 South Americans, 7 Asians and 4 from CONCACAF. Argentina is the country with most players with 4, followed by Spain and Brazil with 3.
By club football, 15 players are based in each of Europe and Africa, 11 in Asia, and 4 in each of South America and CONCACAF. Spanish clubs have the most number of players with 4 followed by DR Congo with 3. Manchester United (England), Valencia CF (Spain), TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Coton Sport Garoua (Cameroon) and Johor Darul Ta’zim (Malaysia) have 2 players.
| # | Player | Country | Conf. | Club | Country | Conf. | Country | Club | Total | ||
| 1 | Ahmed Akaïchi | Tunisia | CAF | Etoile Sprotive du Sahel | Tunisia | CAF | 4 | 4 | |||
| 1 | Chisom Chikatara | Nigeria | CAF | Abia Warriors FC | Nigeria | CAF | 4 | 4 | |||
| 1 | Meschak Eila | Congo DR | CAF | CS Don Bosco | DR Congo | CAF | 4 | 4 | |||
| 1 | Carlos Adriano de Souza Cruz “Adriano” | Brazil | CONMEBOL | FC Seoul | South Korea | AFC | 4 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Ernest Sugira | Rwanda | CAF | AS Kigali | Rwanda | CAF | 3 | 3 | |||
| 5 | Jonathan Bolingi | Congo DR | CAF | TP Mazembe | DR Congo | CAF | 3 | 3 | |||
| 7 | Jeje Lalpekhlua | India | ACF | Mohun Bagan A.C. | India | AFC | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | Karim Bellarabi | Germany | UEFA | Bayer Leverkusen | Germany | UEFA | 3 | 3 | |||
| 8 | Mohd Safiq Rahim | Malaysia | ACF | Johor Darul Ta’zim | Malaysia | AFC | 3 | 3 | |||
| 10 | Abdallah ElSaid | Egypt | CAF | Al-Ahly SC Cairo | Egypt | CAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Abdelghani Mouaoui | Morocco | CAF | Ittihad Tanger | Morocco | CAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Alsény Camara | Guinea | CAF | AS Kaloum Star | Guinea | CAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Ary Papel | Angola | CAF | CD Primeiro de Agosto | Angola | CAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Gregory Richardson | Guyana | CONCACAF | Alpha United | Guyana | CONCACAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Ibrahima Sankhon | Guinea | CAF | Horoya AC Conakre | Guinea | CAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Jozy Altidore | USA | CONCACAF | Toronto FC | Canada | CONCACAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Koffi Davy Bouah | Ivory Coast | CAF | ASEC Mimosas | Ivory Coast | CAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Naiz Hassan | Maldives | ACF | T.C. Sports Club | Maldives | AFC | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Nicolas Moumi | Cameroon | CAF | Coton Sport Garoua | Cameroon | CAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Saâd Bguir | Tunisia | CAF | Espérance Sportive de Tunis | Tunisia | CAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Shakawat Rony | Bangladesh | ACF | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club | Bangladesh | AFC | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | Yazid Atouba | Cameroon | CAF | Coton Sport Garoua | Cameroon | CAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Ángel Mena | Ecuador | CONMEBOL | Emelec | Ecuador | CONMEBOL | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Bakhtiar Rahmani | Iran | ACF | Tractor Sazi | Iran | AFC | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Clint Dempsey | USA | CONCACAF | Seattle Sounders | USA | CONCACAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Cornell Glen | Trinidad & Tobago | CONCACAF | Mohun Bagan A.C. | India | AFC | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Daniel Nii Adjei | Ghana | CAF | TP Mazembe | DR Congo | CAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Diego Morales | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Liga de Quito | Ecuador | CONMEBOL | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Dostonbek Khamdamov | Uzbekistan | ACF | Bunyodkor PFK | Uzbekistan | AFC | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Enrique Triverio | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Toluca | México | CONCACAF | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Esteban Paredes | Chile | CONMEBOL | Colo Colo | Chile | CONMEBOL | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Fernando Llorente | Spain | UEFA | Sevilla FC | Spain | UEFA | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Frank Acheampong | Ghana | CAF | RSC Anderlecht | Belgium | UEFA | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Hammadi Ahmad | Iraq | ACF | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Iraq | AFC | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Iván Alonso | Uruguay | CONMEBOL | River Plate Buenos Aires | Uruguay | CONMEBOL | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Josef de Souza Dias “Souza” | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Fenerbahçe | Turkyie | UEFA | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Juan Martín Lucero | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Johor Darul Ta’zim | Malaysia | AFC | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Julian Draxler | Germany | UEFA | VFL Wolfsburg | Germany | UEFA | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | CONMEBOL | FC Barcelona | Spain | UEFA | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Luca Zuffi | Switzerland | UEFA | FC Basel | Switzerland | UEFA | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Luciano Pereira | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Sepahan FC | Iran | AFC | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Marcus Rashford | England | UEFA | Manchester United | England | UEFA | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Memphis Depay | Netherlands | UEFA | Manchester United | England | UEFA | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Moustapha Sall | Senegal | CAF | AS Saint-Etienne | France | UEFA | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Nikola Stojiljković | Serbia | UEFA | Sporting Braga | Portugal | UEFA | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Pione Sisto | Denmark | UEFA | FC Midtjylland | Denmark | UEFA | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Rodrigo Moreno Machado | Spain | UEFA | Valencia CF | Spain | UEFA | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Santiago Mina Lorenzo “Santi Mina” | Spain | UEFA | Valencia CF | Spain | UEFA | 2 | 2 | |||
| 23 | Theofanis Gekas | Greece | UEFA | FCSion | Switzerland | UEFA | 2 | 2 |