EDIN DZEKO IN THE HISTORY TOP 20 !
All-time ranking for players with most games scoring
Edin Džeko's appearance (PICTURE) for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a Euro 2004 qualifying match against Liechtenstein (2-1) was his 50th game for the national team where he scored goals.
Džeko became the 20th player in football history to reach this milestone.
To use the occasion, we publish for the first time the all-time ranking for the strikers who have played the most games scoring (SG).
The world record belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo (80 such games).
Active players are highlighted in bold.
MOST GAMES | SCORING IN NATIONAL | TEAM | |||
Player | Team(s) | Period | Games | SG | |
1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2003- | 201 | 80 |
2 | Ali Daei | Iran | 1993-2006 | 148 | 74 |
3 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 2005- | 176 | 73 |
4 | Sunil Chhetri | India | 2005- | 143 | 69 |
5 | Mokhtar Dahari | Malaysia | 1972-1985 | 142 | 64 |
6 | Neymar | Brazil | 2010- | 125 | 60 |
7 | Hussein Saeed | Iraq | 1976-1990 | 137 | 55 |
8 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | 2008- | 144 | 54 |
9 | Godfrey Chitalu | Zambia | 1968-1980 | 111 | 53 |
10 | Luis Suárez | Uruguay | 2007- | 137 | 53 |
11 | Hossam Hassan | Egypt | 1985-2006 | 176 | 53 |
12 | Ferenc Puskás | Hungary, Spain | 1945-1962 | 89 | 52 |
13 | Pelé | Brazil | 1957-1971 | 91 | 51 |
14 | Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | 2002-2014 | 105 | 51 |
15 | Stern John | Trinidad and Tobago | 1995-2011 | 115 | 51 |
16 | Robbie Keane | Ireland | 1998-2016 | 146 | 51 |
17 | Abdul Kadir | Indonesia | 1967-1979 | 101 | 50 |
18 | Romelu Lukaku | Belgium | 2010- | 109 | 50 |
19 | Majed Abdullah | Saudi Arabia | 1978-1994 | 117 | 50 |
20 | Edin Džeko | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2007- | 131 | 50 |