WORLD'S BEST GOAL SCORER OF XXI CENTURY - THE TOP 62

• Mar 5, 2024
• History Statistics

The World’s Best Goal Scorer of XXI Century after 2023: Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo (picture) led the category of best goal-scorers in the world top football in XXI century after the end of 2023 with 873 goals.
Lionel Messi took the second place with 821 goals. 
62 players in the world have scored 300+ goals in XXI century; active players are taken in bold.

THE RANKING

	THE WORLD's BEST	GOAL-SCORERS
	IN XXI CENTURY	2001-2023
	Player	Nationality	DL	DC	ICC	NT	Total	Total	Total
							XXI	XX	Career
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	532	52	161	128	873		873
2	Lionel Messi	Argentina	497	71	147	106	821		821
3	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	375	53	102	82	612		612
4	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	393	46	57	62	558	3	561
5	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	388	48	53	68	557		557
6	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	293	95	30	58	476		476
7	Karim Benzema	France	290	44	101	37	472		472
8	Edinson Cavani	Uruguay	276	50	56	58	440		440
9	Neymar	Brazil	257	43	60	79	439		439
10	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	282	40	63	41	426		426
11	Aleksandar Đurić	Singapore	304	57	37	27	425	36	461
12	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	254	33	58	65	410		410
13	Samuel Eto'O	Cameroon	282	28	49	51	410	13	423
14	Fred	Brazil	307	41	38	18	404		404
15	Eran Zahavi	Israel	269	44	47	34	394		394
16	Ricardo Oliveira	Brazil	260	86	39	5	390	1	391
17	David Villa	Spain	280	18	28	59	385		385
18	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Netherlands	257	28	55	42	382		382
19	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	219	25	49	83	376		376
20	Óscar Cardozo	Paraguay	278	30	56	12	376		376
21	Harry Kane	England	234	24	49	62	369		369
22	Gonzalo Higuaín	Argentina	279	17	39	31	366		366
23	Bader Al-Mutawa	Kuwait	163	86	58	55	362		362
24	Wayne Rooney	England	231	31	45	53	360		360
25	Dejan Damjanović	Montenegro	268	39	43	8	358		358
26	Luís Fabiano	Brazil	235	52	40	28	355	15	370
27	Firas Al-Khatib	Syria	186	101	27	36	350	5	355
28	Bafétimbi Gomis	France	262	37	48	3	350		350
29	Hulk	Brazil	237	33	68	11	349		349
30	Álvaro Saborío	Costa Rica	281	5	24	36	346		346
31	Omar Al Somah	Syria	224	59	40	21	344		344
32	Radamel Falcao	Colombia	225	23	59	36	343		343
33	Robbie Keane	Republic of Ireland	224	34	23	61	342	27	369
34	Nicolás Muñoz	Panama	325		16	1	342		342
35	Ali Mabkhout	UAE	215	23	17	85	340		340
36	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	188	36	50	65	339		339
37	André-Pierre Gignac	France	280	18	32	7	337		337
38	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	224	31	51	30	336		336
39	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	206	17	56	55	334		334
40	Sunil Chhetri	India	174	47	20	93	334		334
41	Vágner Love	Brazil	244	27	58	4	333		333
42	Thierry Henry	France	232	15	42	43	332	79	411
43	Sebastián Tagliabúe	UAE	241	60	22	5	328		328
44	Nemanja Nikolić	Hungary	239	67	14	8	328		328
45	Magno Alves	Brazil	244	69	15		328	57	385
46	Dayro Moreno	Colombia	285	23	15	3	326		326
47	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	204	39	29	50	322		322
48	Marcus Berg	Sweden	230	29	39	24	322		322
49	Carlos Tevez	Argentina	225	41	43	13	322		322
50	Rhys Griffiths	Wales	272	44	4		320		320
51	Cristian Gonzáles	Indonesia	250	49	7	12	318		318
52	José Alfredo Castillo	Bolivia	289	4	15	6	314	4	318
53	Luis Tejada	Panama	242	11	15	43	311	11	322
54	Rodrigo Tabata	Qatar	218	66	25	2	311		311
55	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Morocco	229	46	29	6	310		310
56	Mario Gómez	Germany	205	30	42	31	308		308
57	Sebastián Soria	Qatar	216	38	15	39	308		308
58	Hernán Barcos	Argentina	262	10	36		308		308
59	Kylian Mbappé	France	182	35	43	46	306		306
60	Martin Kamburov	Bulgaria	287	18	1		306	2	308
61	Baghdad Bounedjah	Algeria	189	49	40	26	304		304
62	Esteban Paredes	Chile	243	23	22	12	300		300

DL – domestic leagues (national and regional top tier)
DC – relevant domestic cups
ICC – international club competitions
NT – national team

Tie-breaker: more international goals (ICC + NT).
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).