IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2022 at SEPTEMBER 30
Picture : MBappé leads always the ranking.
The World’s Best Goal Scorer 2022: Mbappe’s sovereign lead
Kylian Mbappe had a successful month of September with 6 goals scored for PSG and France. Due to this, he increased the gap from other strikers to 4 goals (38 against 34 at runner-up Germán Cano).
All goals at top senior level are counted (top national divisions, national cups, official international club tournaments, official games between national teams).
Brazilian state championships Paulista and Carioca have status equal to national leagues (according to IFFHS decision).
| Player | Club | Country | Goals | Total | |||||
| NL | NC | ICC | NT | ||||||
| 1 | Kylian Mbappé | PSG | France | 26 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 38 | |
| 2 | Germán Cano | Fluminense (Brazil) | Argentina | 23 | 5 | 6 | 34 | ||
| 3 | Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Manchester City (England) | Norway | 20 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 33 | |
| 4 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern (Germany), Barcelona (Spain) | Poland | 24 | 7 | 2 | 33 | ||
| 5 | Bergson | Johor Darul Ta'zim (Malaysia) | Brazil | 22 | 4 | 6 | 32 | ||
| 6 | Ricardo Gomes | Partizan (Serbia) | Cape Verde | 19 | 2 | 9 | 30 | ||
| 7 | Boris Kopitović | Tampines Rovers (Singapore) | Montenegro | 29 | 1 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid (Spain) | France | 15 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 29 | |
| 9 | Sadio Mané | Liverpool (England), Bayern (Germany) | Senegal | 13 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 28 | |
| 10 | Kodai Tanaka | Albirex Niigata (Singapore) | Japan | 28 | 28 | ||||
| 11 | Amahl Pellegrino | Bodø/Glimt | Norway | 19 | 1 | 7 | 27 | ||
| 12 | Gabriel Barbosa | Flamengo | Brazil | 19 | 3 | 5 | 27 | ||
| 13 | Neymar | PSG (France) | Brazil | 18 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 26 | |
| 14 | Mehdi Taremi | Porto (Portugal) | Iran | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 26 | |
| 15 | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig (Germany) | France | 17 | 5 | 4 | 26 | ||
| 16 | Nicolás Ibáñez | Pachuca (Mexico) | Argentina | 26 | 26 | ||||
| 17 | Hany Mukhtar | Nashville (USA) | Germany | 23 | 3 | 26 | |||
| 18 | Pedro | Flamengo | Brazil | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 25 | |
| 19 | Michael Olunga | Al Duhail (Qatar) | Kenya | 16 | 5 | 4 | 25 | ||
| 20 | Harry Kane | Tottenham | England | 19 | 3 | 3 | 25 | ||
| 21 | Chico | Bolívar (Bolivia) | Brazil | 21 | 3 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Fernando Zampedri | Universidad Católica (Chile) | Argentina | 16 | 5 | 3 | 24 | ||
| 23 | Nemanja Bilbija | Zrinjski | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22 | 2 | 24 | |||
| 24 | Sølvi Vatnhamar | Víkingur | Faroe Islands | 18 | 4 | 2 | 24 | ||
| 25 | Garbhan Coughlan | Cashmere Technical (New Zealand) | Republic of Ireland | 24 | 24 | ||||
| 26 | Heung-Min Son | Tottenham (England) | South Korea | 18 | 5 | 23 | |||
| 27 | Ikhsan Fandi | Pathum United (Thailand) | Singapore | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | |
| 28 | Cody Gakpo | PSV | Netherlands | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 23 | |
| 29 | Nökkvi Thórisson | Akureyri, Beerschot (D2 Belgium) | Iceland | 17 | 6 | 23 | |||
| 30 | Julián Álvarez | River Plate, Manchester City (England) | Argentina | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 22 | |
| 31 | Vangelis Pavlidis | AZ (Netherlands) | Greece | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 22 | |
| 32 | Mislav Oršić | Dinamo Zagreb | Croatia | 15 | 7 | 22 | |||
| 33 | Mohamed Abdel Rahman | Al-Hilal Omdurman | Sudan | 17 | 1 | 4 | 22 | ||
| 34 | Matías Rotondi | Municipal (Guatemala) | Argentina | 19 | 3 | 22 | |||
| 35 | Odion Ighalo | Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) | Nigeria | 17 | 2 | 3 | 22 | ||
| 36 | Gelson Dala | Al Wakrah (Qatar) | Angola | 16 | 4 | 2 | 22 | ||
| 37 | Marcos Riquelme | Always Ready (Bolivia) | Argentina | 20 | 2 | 22 | |||
| 38 | Marko Livaja | Hajduk Split | Croatia | 21 | 1 | 22 | |||
| 39 | Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba | Al Ain (UAE) | Togo | 18 | 3 | 1 | 22 | ||
| 40 | Shin-wook Kim | Lion City Sailors (Singapore) | South Korea | 20 | 2 | 22 |
Abbreviatures:
NL – National League
NC – National Cups
ICC – International Club Competitions
NT – National Team
Period: from January 1 to September 30, 2022.
Tie-breaking criteria in case of equal number of total goals: 1) international goals (ICC + NT), 2) goals scored for national team (NT), 3) goals scored in domestic league (NL), 4) strength of the league (according to IFFHS ranking), 5) number of total games played.