IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORERS OF XXI CENTURY

• Jan 15, 2022
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Picture : Cristiano Ronaldo, already winner of 8 IFFHS Awards, leads the Ranking !

IFFHS Ranking for World’s Best Internationals Goal-Scorers of XXI Century 

Cristiano Ronaldo leads the category of best international goal-scorers in the world football in XXI Century at the beginning of 2022. He has 265 goals at his tally, 150 of them for clubs and 115 for country (Portugal).
All goals scored in the official international club competitions (ICC) and official games between national teams (NT) from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2021 are taken in account.
Lionel Messi has reached 200-goal milestone past year and is the runner-up with 213 goals.
In total, 16 players have scored 100+ international goals in XXI century so far, 12 of them active (taken in bold) and 4 retired. 
Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) and Sunil Chhetri (India) entered the ranking in 2021.
Thierry Henry is also conditionally added to this list; he scored essential majority of his international goals (85 out of 110) in XXI century. For him and other two players who have some goals in XX century, these goals are taken in brackets.

	WORLD's BEST	INTERNATIONAL
	GOAL-SCORERS	IN XXI CENTURY
	Player	Country	Goals		Total	Total	Total
			ICC	NT	XXI	XX	Career
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	150	115	265		265
2	Lionel Messi	Argentina	133	80	213		213
3	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	91	74	165		165
4	Neymar	Brazil	57	70	127		127
5	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	57	62	119		119
6	Bader Al-Mutawa	Kuwait	63	56	119		119
7	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	53	65	118		118
8	Karim Benzema	France	80	36	116		116
9	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	50	65	115		115
10	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	50	60	110		110
11	Edinson Cavani	Uruguay	55	53	108		108
12	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	39	68	107		107
13	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	63	41	104		104
14	Sunil Chhetri	India	20	80	100		100
15	Miroslav Klose	Germany	29 (+2)	71	100	2	102
16	Samuel Eto'O	Cameroon	49	51 (+5)	100	5	105
	Thierry Henry	France	42 (+17)	43 (+8)	85	25	110