THE WORLD’S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER at end October 2018 : 2 AFRICAN IN TOP 3
Picture : Romelu Lukaku took the second place in the ranking two months before the end of the year.
BOUNEDJAH LEADS BEFORE LUKAKU AND EL KAABI
Algerian Baghdad Bounedjah scored an African Nations Cup Qualifier goal and another AFC Champions League for Al-Sadd FC in october and stayed on top of the list with 18 goals. He is followed by Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku and Moroccan Ayouub El Kaabi, both with 15 goals. Mohamed Salah, Antoine Griezmann and Edin Dzeko scored 13 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi 12.
Lukaku is the top National Team goal scorer with 14, followed by Serbian Aleksandar Mitrović with 10, while Bounedjah is the top goal scorer on club level with 13, followed by North Korean An Il-bom of April 25 SC and DR Congo’s Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele of AS Vita Club, both with 12.
Till end of October, 36 players scored 8 or more goals:
- National Team Wyse:
– By Confederation: UEFA (13), CAF (10), AFC, CONMEBOL (6), OFC (1)
– By country: Morocco (3), Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, DR Congo, France, Spain (2),
- Club wyse:
– By Confederation: UEFA (16), AFC (12), CAF (5), OFC (2), CONMEBOL (1)
– By Country: England (6), Spain (5), France (3), Germany, Morocco, New Zealand, Qatar (2)
– By Club: Liverpool, Paris Saint Germain (3), Atlético Madrid (2)
| Player | Country | Conf. | Club | Country | Conf. | Country | Club | Total | ||
| Baghdad Bounedjah | Algeria | CAF | Al Sadd SC | Qatar | AFC | 5 | 13 | 18 | ||
| Romelu Lukaku | Belgium | UEFA | Manchester United | England | UEFA | 14 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Ayoub El Kaabi | Morocco | CAF | RS Berkane | Morocco | CAF | 11 | 4 | 15 | ||
| Mohamed Salah | Egypt | CAF | Liverpool | England | UEFA | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Antoine Griezmann | France | UEFA | Atlético Madrid | Spain | UEFA | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||
| Edin Džeko | Bosnia and Herzegovina | UEFA | Roma | Italy | UEFA | 3 | 10 | 13 | ||
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | UEFA | Real Madrid | Spain | UEFA | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Lionel Messi | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Barcelona | Spain | UEFA | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||
| An Il-bom | North Korea | AFC | April 25 Sports Club | North Korea | AFC | 0 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele | DR Congo | CAF | AS Vita Club | DR Congo | CAF | 0 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Kylian Mbappé | France | UEFA | Paris Saint Germain | France | UEFA | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Mahmoud Benhalib | Morocco | CAF | Raja Casablanca | Morocco | CAF | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Aleksandar Mitrović | Serbia | UEFA | Fulham FC | England | UEFA | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Sunil Chhetri | India | AFC | Bengaluru FC | India | AFC | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Harry Kane | England | UEFA | Tottenham Hotspur | England | UEFA | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Miguel Borja | Colombia | CONMEBOL | SE Palmeiras | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 1 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Bienvenido Marañón “Bienve” | Spain | UEFA | Ceres Negros FC | Philippines | AFC | 0 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Paris Saint-Germain | France | UEFA | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Diego Costa | Spain | UEFA | Atlético Madrid | Spain | UEFA | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Lazarous Kambole | Zambia | CAF | ZESCO United | Zambia | CAF | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Roberto Firmino | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Liverpool | England | UEFA | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Sadio Mané | Senegal | CAF | Liverpool | England | UEFA | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Dejan Damjanović | Montenegro | UEFA | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | South Korea | AFC | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Marko Šimić | Croatia | UEFA | Persija Jakarta | Indonesia | AFC | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Sekou Sylla | Guinea | CAF | Yangon United F.C | Myanmar | AFC | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Song Ui-young | South Korea | AFC | Home United FC | Singapore | AFC | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Youssef El-Arabi | Morocco | CAF | Al-Duhail SC | Qatar | AFC | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Edinson Cavani | Uruguay | CONMEBOL | Paris Saint-Germain | France | UEFA | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Michy Batshuayi | Belgium | UEFA | Borussia Dortmund / Valencia | Germany / Spain | UEFA | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Robert Lewandowski | Poland | UEFA | Bayern Munich | Germany | UEFA | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Ben Malango Ngita | DR Congo | CAF | TP Mazembe | DR Congo | CAF | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Carlos Leonel | Macao | AFC | S.L. Benfica de Macau | Macau | AFC | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Altymyrat Annadurdyýew | Turkmenistan | AFC | Altyn Asyr FK | Turkmenistan | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Angus Kilkolly | New Zealand | OFC | Team Wellington | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Emiliano Tade | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Auckland City FC | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Hammadi Ahmad Al-Daiya | Iraq | AFC | Air Force Club | Iraq | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 |