IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST GOAL SCORER 2023 at JANUARY 31
Picture : Already 8 goals in January for Declan McManus !
IFFHS Men’s World Best Goal Scorer 2023 at 31 January: Declan McManus
The Scottish forward Declan McManus playing in Welsh league for The New Saints is the first leader in the category of World’s best goal-scorers. He netted 8 times in January, more than any other top-tier player.
Kylian Mbappé, the winner of 2022 award, takes 35th position with 5 goals (all in a single Cup game vs D6 opposition).
| Player | Total | Goals | Country | Club | ||||
| NL | NC | ICC | NT | |||||
| 1 | Declan McManus | 8 | 6 | 2 | Scotland | The New Saints (Wales) | ||
| 2 | Eetu Vertainen | 7 | 7 | Finland | Linfield (Northern Ireland) | |||
| 3 | Ronaldo Córdoba | 7 | 7 | Panama | Herrera | |||
| 4 | Vangelis Pavlidis | 7 | 6 | 1 | Greece | AZ (Netherlands) | ||
| 5 | Enner Valencia | 7 | 6 | 1 | Ecuador | Fenerbahce (Turkey) | ||
| 6 | Ademola Lookman | 7 | 5 | 2 | Nigeria | Atalanta (Italy) | ||
| 7 | Eran Zahavi | 7 | 5 | 2 | Israel | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| 8 | Ben Clark | 7 | 5 | 2 | Wales | The New Saints | ||
| 9 | Ronan Hale | 7 | 4 | 3 | Republic of Ireland | Cliftonville (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 10 | Marcus Rashford | 7 | 3 | 4 | England | Manchester United | ||
| 11 | Lelê | 6 | 6 | Brazil | Volta Redonda | |||
| 12 | Kevin Nisbet | 6 | 6 | Scotland | Hibernian | |||
| 13 | Cenk Tosun | 6 | 5 | 1 | Turkey | Besiktas | ||
| 14 | Lautaro Martínez | 6 | 4 | 2 | Argentina | Internazionale (Italy) | ||
| 15 | Youssef En-Nesyri | 6 | 2 | 4 | Morocco | Sevilla (Spain) | ||
| 16 | Aymen Mahious | 5 | 5 | Algeria | USM Alger | |||
| 17 | Victor Osimhen | 5 | 5 | Nigeria | Napoli (Italy) | |||
| 18 | Henry Martín | 5 | 5 | Mexico | América | |||
| 19 | Paul Bassène | 5 | 5 | Senegal | Mouloudia Oujda (Morocco) | |||
| 20 | Ben Malango | 5 | 5 | Congo DR | Qatar SC (Qatar) | |||
| 21 | Diego Maurício | 5 | 5 | Brazil | Odisha (India) | |||
| 22 | Iker Guarrotxena | 5 | 5 | Spain | Goa (India) | |||
| 23 | Mfon Udoh | 5 | 5 | Nigeria | Sheikh Russel (Bangladesh) | |||
| 24 | Wissam Ben Yedder | 5 | 4 | 1 | France | Monaco | ||
| 25 | Oday Dabbagh | 5 | 4 | 1 | Palestine | Arouca (Portugal) | ||
| 26 | Anastasios Douvikas | 5 | 4 | 1 | Greece | Utrecht (Netherlands) | ||
| 27 | Jairo | 5 | 4 | 1 | Brazil | Pafos (Cyprus) | ||
| 28 | Gabriel Barbosa | 5 | 3 | 2 | Brazil | Flamengo | ||
| 29 | Riyad Mahrez | 5 | 3 | 2 | Algeria | Manchester City (England) | ||
| 30 | Thijs Dallinga | 5 | 3 | 2 | Netherlands | Toulouse (France) | ||
| 31 | Kyogo Furuhashi | 5 | 3 | 2 | Japan | Celtic (Scotland) | ||
| 32 | Karim Benzema | 5 | 2 | 3 | France | Real Madrid (Spain) | ||
| 33 | Alexandre Lacazette | 5 | 2 | 3 | France | Lyon | ||
| 34 | Abderrazak Hamdallah | 5 | 2 | 3 | Morocco | Al Ittihad (Saudi Arabia) | ||
| 35 | Kylian Mbappé | 5 | 5 | France | PSG |
All goals at top senior level are counted: top national leagues plus Paulista and Carioca (NL), national cups (NC), official international club tournaments (ICC), official games between national teams (NT).
Period: from 1 January to 31 January, 2023.
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 (on IFFHS ranking), 5) number of total games played.