IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2022 at OCTOBER 31
Picture : After the duo Messi-Ronaldo, the duo of the new generation Mbappé-Haaland !
IFFHS World’s Best Goal Scorer 2022: Mbappe keeps 4-goal lead
The leader of the goal-scorers’ ranking Kylian Mbappe has maintained a 4-goal lead from his pursuerswhich he had a month ago. The Frenchman increased his annual tally to 45 goals. Erling Haaland, at second place, has 41.
Robert Lewandowski and Bergson have already reached the milestone of 40 goals as well.
THE RANKING 2022 at October 31
| Player | Club | Country | Goals | Total | ||||
| NL | NC | ICC | NT | |||||
| 1 | Kylian Mbappé | PSG | France | 30 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 45 |
| 2 | Erling Haaland | Borussia D (Germany), Man City (England) | Norway | 26 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern (Germany), Barcelona (Spain) | Poland | 29 | 9 | 2 | 40 | |
| 4 | Bergson | Johor Darul Ta'zim (Malaysia) | Brazil | 29 | 5 | 6 | 40 | |
| 5 | Germán Cano | Fluminense (Brazil) | Argentina | 27 | 5 | 6 | 38 | |
| 6 | Boris Kopitović | Tampines Rovers (Singapore) | Montenegro | 35 | 1 | 1 | 37 | |
| 7 | Ricardo Gomes | Partizan (Serbia) | Cape Verde | 23 | 2 | 11 | 36 | |
| 8 | Kodai Tanaka | Albirex Niigata (Singapore) | Japan | 33 | 3 | 36 | ||
| 9 | Sadio Mané | Liverpool (England), Bayern (Germany) | Senegal | 15 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 33 |
| 10 | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig (Germany) | France | 22 | 5 | 6 | 33 | |
| 11 | Amahl Pellegrino | Bodø/Glimt | Norway | 23 | 1 | 8 | 32 | |
| 12 | Michael Olunga | Al Duhail (Qatar) | Kenya | 16 | 12 | 4 | 32 | |
| 13 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid (Spain) | France | 17 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 31 |
| 14 | Nicolás Ibáñez | Pachuca (Mexico) | Argentina | 31 | 31 | |||
| 15 | Pedro | Flamengo | Brazil | 14 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 30 |
| 16 | Mehdi Taremi | Porto (Portugal) | Iran | 17 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 30 |
| 17 | Harry Kane | Tottenham | England | 23 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 30 |
| 18 | Neymar | PSG (France) | Brazil | 20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 29 |
| 19 | Gabriel Barbosa | Flamengo | Brazil | 20 | 3 | 6 | 29 | |
| 20 | Wissam Ben Yedder | Monaco | France | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 28 |
| 21 | Nemanja Bilbija | Zrinjski | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26 | 2 | 28 | ||
| 22 | Reo Nishiguchi | Tanjong Pagar (Malaysia) | Japan | 26 | 2 | 28 | ||
| 23 | Lionel Messi | PSG (France) | Argentina | 12 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 27 |
| 24 | Fernando Zampedri | Universidad Católica (Chile) | Argentina | 18 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
| 25 | Sølvi Vatnhamar | Víkingur | Faroe Islands | 20 | 5 | 2 | 27 | |
| 26 | Garbhan Coughlan | Cashmere Technical (New Zealand) | Republic of Ireland | 27 | 27 | |||
| 27 | Cody Gakpo | PSV | Netherlands | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 26 |
| 28 | Miguel Borja | Junior, River Plate (Argentina) | Colombia | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 26 |
| 29 | Páll Klettskarð | KÍ | Faroe Islands | 18 | 5 | 3 | 26 | |
| 30 | Marko Livaja | Hajduk Split | Croatia | 25 | 1 | 26 | ||
| 31 | Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba | Al Ain (UAE) | Togo | 22 | 3 | 1 | 26 | |
| 32 | Hany Mukhtar | Nashville (USA) | Germany | 23 | 3 | 26 | ||
| 33 | Heung-Min Son | Tottenham (England) | South Korea | 18 | 2 | 5 | 25 | |
| 34 | Lautaro Martínez | Internazionale (Italy) | Argentina | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| 35 | Georgios Giakoumakis | Celtic (Scotland) | Greece | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| 36 | Marcos Riquelme | Always Ready (Bolivia) | Argentina | 23 | 2 | 25 | ||
| 37 | Jonathan Calleri | São Paulo (Brazil) | Argentina | 24 | 1 | 25 | ||
| 38 | André-Pierre Gignac | Tigres UANL (Mexico) | France | 25 | 25 | |||
| 39 | Martin Ádám | Paksi, Ulsan (South Korea) | Hungary | 25 | 25 | |||
| 40 | Sebastián Driussi | Austin (USA) | Argentina | 25 | 25 | |||
| 41 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool (England) | Egypt | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 42 | Chico | Bolívar (Bolivia) | Brazil | 21 | 3 | 24 | ||
| 43 | Dániel Gazdag | Philadelphia Union (USA) | Hungary | 23 | 1 | 24 | ||
| 44 | Bobir Abdikholikov | Energetyk-BGU (Belarus) | Uzbekistan | 23 | 1 | 24 | ||
| 45 | Shin-wook Kim | Lion City Sailors (Singapore) | South Korea | 21 | 3 | 24 |
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).
Abbreviatures:
NL – National League
NC – National Cups
ICC – International Club Competitions
NT – National Team
Period: from January 1 to October 31, 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.