ANOTHER WORLD RECORD FOR LIONEL MESSI
Picture : Lionel Messi from 2006 to 2022 !
Messi: all-time top scorer in major tournaments for national teams
With a brace in the 2022 World Cup final, Lionel Messi has scored 26 goals in major international tournaments for Argentina (13 in World Cup, 13 in Copa América). He surpassed Ronaldo who held the world record in this category before him with 25 goals.
Now we publish for the first time the all-time global ranking for goal-scorers in major competitions for national teams (World Cups and continental championships).
| TOP GOAL | SCORERS IN | WORLD CUP | |||||
| AND CONTINENTAL | CHAMPIONSHIPS | COMBINED | |||||
| Player | Country | Confederation | Goals | Total | NT Career | ||
| World | Cont. | ||||||
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | UEFA | 13 | 13 | 26 | 2005- |
| 2 | Ronaldo | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 15 | 10 | 25 | 1994-2011 |
| 3 | Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | CONMEBOL | 10 | 13 | 23 | 1991-2002 |
| 4 | Landon Donovan | USA | CONCACAF | 5 | 18 | 23 | 2000-2014 |
| 5 | Ademir | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 9 | 13 | 22 | 1945-1953 |
| 6 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | UEFA | 8 | 14 | 22 | 2003- |
| 7 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon | CAF | 3 | 18 | 21 | 1997-2014 |
| 8 | Pelé | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 12 | 8 | 20 | 1957-1971 |
| 9 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | UEFA | 16 | 3 | 19 | 2001-2014 |
| 10 | Zizinho | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 2 | 17 | 19 | 1942-1957 |
| 11 | Gerd Müller | Germany | UEFA | 14 | 4 | 18 | 1966-1974 |