IFFHS GOAL SCORERS STATS


Picture : Another brace for Cristiano Ronaldo yesterday !


Super-dominant national team goal-scorers

Cristiano Ronaldo, with his another brace for Portugal in a qualifier vs Luxembourg (6:0), set a rare achievement. Now he has scored more goals for Portugal (122) than 3 next players following him in the Portugal’s all-time goal-scoring ranking combined.
Pauleta (47 goals), Eusebio (41) and Luis Figo (32), who take the places from 2 to 4 in the national historical ranking, have 120 goals together, 2 fewer than Cristiano Ronaldo alone.
This is a rare achievement but not unique. There are 3 other countries in which the national team's top scorer has netted more or as many goals as 3 of his followers combined. 
Details are in the table. Active players are marked in bold.
In the case of Ireland, the 4th place is shared by three players (John Aldridge, Tony Cascarino, Don Givens); any of them can actually be chosen here. The same is about India (4th place shared by Shabbir Ali and Jeje Lalpekhlua).    


SUPER DOMINANTTOP GOAL SCORERSINNATIONAL TEAMS  
      
CountryRecord HolderGoalsNext ThreeGoalsSum
      
PortugalCristiano Ronaldo122Pauleta47120
   Eusébio41 
   Luís Figo32 
      
IndiaSunil Chhetri84Inivalappil Mani Vijayan3284
   Baichung Bhutia                        29 
   Shabbir Ali                            23 
      
Republic of IrelandRobbie Keane68Niall Quinn2160
   Frank Stapleton     20 
   John Aldridge      19 
      
MaldivesAli Ashfaq                      58Ibrahim Fazeel                  2250
   Ahmed Thariq                    15 
   Ali Fasir                       13