UEFA BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER OF XXI CENTURY

• Feb 20, 2024
• History Statistics

The UEFA Best National Goal Scorer of XXI Century: Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo leads the ranking of best European goal-scorers in XXI century in the national leagues after the end of 2023.
The Portuguese has scored 532 goals in the current century.
41 players in total have reached the 200-goal mark. 
Several other players are below 200 goals in XXI but reached this amount adding their goals from XX century (having still scored a significant majority of their goals in XXI; so they can be conditionally categorized as the “goal-scorers of XXI century”). They are also listed in the table but not classified.

	BEST NATIONAL SCORERS	UEFA
	IN XXI CENTURY	2001-2023
	Player	Nationality	Goals
			XXI	XX	Career
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	532		532
2	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	393	1	394
3	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	375		375
4	Karim Benzema	France	290		290
5	Martin Kamburov	Bulgaria	287	1	288
6	David Villa	Spain	280		280
	André-Pierre Gignac	France	280		280
8	Rhys Griffiths	Wales	272		272
9	Eran Zahavi	Israel	269		269
10	Dejan Damjanović	Montenegro	268		268
11	Bafétimbi Gomis	France	262		262
12	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Netherlands	257		257
13	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	254		254
14	Nemanja Nikolić	Hungary	239		239
15	Marc Lloyd Williams	Wales	236	83	319
	Klæmint Olsen	Faroe Islands	236		236
	Burak Yılmaz	Turkey	236		236
18	Harry Kane	England	234		234
19	Michael Wilde	England	233		233
20	Thierry Henry	France	232	53	285
21	Wayne Rooney	England	231		231
22	Marcus Berg	Sweden	230		230
	Kris Boyd	Scotland	230		230
	Chris Venables	England	230		230
25	Robbie Keane	Republic of Ireland	224	12	236
26	Bas Dost	Netherlands	220		220
27	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	219		219
28	Hamdi Salihi	Albania	217		217
29	Dirk Kuyt	Netherlands	213	19	232
30	Antonio Di Natale	Italy	209		209
	Lee Hunt	England	209		209
32	Andrew Waterworth	Northern Ireland	207		207
33	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	Estonia	206	6	212
34	Mario Gómez	Germany	205		205
35	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	204		204
	David Lafata	Czech Republic	204		204
37	Ciro Immobile	Italy	203		203
	Tarmo Neemelo	Estonia	203	1	204
39	Francesco Totti	Italy	201	49	250
40	Daniel Huss	Luxembourg	200	28	228
	Jason Byrne	Republic of Ireland	200	17	217
	Maksim Gruznov	Estonia	199	105	304
	Roy Makaay	Netherlands	168	89	257
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	159	73	232
	Ionel Dănciulescu	Romania	148	77	225
	Roman Vasilyuk	Belarus	143	78	221
	Vioresin Sinani	Albania	179	34	213
	Alessandro Del Piero	Italy	152	61	213
	Alexander Frei	Switzerland	191	18	209
	Liédson	Portugal	187	22	209
	Dimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria	181	28	209
	Daniel Xhafaj	Albania	176	31	207
	Povilas Lukšys	Lithuania	180	25	205

Only top national divisions are taken into account.
The players in bold are currently active.
Period:
from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2023 (for the ranking Total XXI);
from career start to December 31, 2023 (for the ranking Total Career).