IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST GOAL SCORER 2024
IFFHS Men’s World Best Goal Scorer 2024 at 31 July: Pedro
The leader of the IFFHS global goal-scorers’ ranking 2024 has been changed.
Flamengo’s prolific striker Pedro (picture) made another strong month (5 goals in July) and went ahead with a total of 28 goals.
The Brazilian amassed one goal more than runners-up Wu Lei and Martín Cauteruccio (27 each).
THE RANKING 2024
| Player | Total | DL | DC | ICC | NT | Country | Clubs (Leagues) | |
| 1 | Pedro | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | Brazil | Flamengo | |
| 2 | Wu Lei | 27 | 23 | 4 | China | Shanghai Port | ||
| 3 | Martín Cauteruccio | 27 | 23 | 4 | Uruguay | Sporting Cristal (Peru) | ||
| 4 | Akram Afif | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | Qatar | Al Sadd | |
| 5 | Aymen Hussein | 26 | 16 | 10 | Iraq | Al Quwa Al Jawiya | ||
| 6 | Miguel Borja | 26 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | Colombia | River Plate (Argentina) |
| 7 | Viktor Gyökeres | 26 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | Sweden | Sporting (Portugal) |
| 8 | Ayoub El Kaabi | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | Morocco | Olympiakos (Greece) | |
| 9 | Kylian Mbappé | 25 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | France | PSG |
| 10 | Salomón Rondón | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | Venezuela | Pachuca (Mexico) | |
| 11 | Harry Kane | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | England | Bayern (Germany) | |
| 12 | Erling Haaland | 23 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | Norway | Manchester City (England) |
| 13 | Javier Gayoso | 23 | 23 | Philippines | Kaya | |||
| 14 | Oscar Faulds | 23 | 21 | 2 | Sweden | Napier City Rovers (NZ) | ||
| 15 | Noah Baffoe | 23 | 14 | 9 | Spain | Eastern (Hong Kong) | ||
| 16 | Juan Martín Lucero | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | Argentina | Fortaleza (Brazil) | |
| 17 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 22 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) |
| 18 | Adrián Martínez | 21 | 2 | 13 | 6 | Argentina | Racing Club | |
| 19 | Jonathan David | 21 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Canada | Lille (France) |
| 20 | Tsukasa Shimomura | 21 | 21 | Japan | One Taguig (Philippines) | |||
| 21 | Rafaelson | 21 | 20 | 1 | Brazil | Nam Định (Vietnam) | ||
| 22 | Vinicius Junior | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Brazil | Real Madrid (Spain) |
| 23 | Gonzalo Mastriani | 20 | 14 | 6 | Uruguay | Athletico Paranaense (Brazil) | ||
| 24 | Alex Arce | 20 | 16 | 4 | Paraguay | LDU Quito (Ecuador) | ||
| 25 | Patrick Pedersen | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | Denmark | Valur (Iceland) | |
| 26 | Juninho | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | Brazil | Qarabağ (Azerbaijan) | |
| 27 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 19 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Gabon | Marseille (France) |
| 28 | Eran Zahavi | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Israel | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 29 | Brad Young | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | England | The New Saints (Wales) | |
| 30 | Alexander Sørloth | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | Norway | Villarreal (Spain) | |
| 31 | Luuk de Jong | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | Netherlands | PSV | |
| 32 | Cornelius Stewart | 19 | 19 | St. Vincent and Grenadines | Abahani Dhaka (Bangladesh) | |||
| 33 | Imre Badalassi | 19 | 18 | 1 | Italy | Tre Penne (San Marino) | ||
| 34 | Júnior Santos | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | Brazil | Botafogo | |
| 35 | Lautaro Martínez | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | Argentina | Inter (Italy) | |
| 36 | Robert Lewandowski | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Poland | Barcelona (Spain) |
| 37 | Alex Tamm | 18 | 16 | 2 | Estonia | Nõmme Kalju | ||
| 38 | Denis Bouanga | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | Gabon | Los Angeles (USA) | |
| 39 | Phil Foden | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | England | Manchester City | |
| 40 | Cole Palmer | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | England | Chelsea | |
| 41 | Andy Ryan | 18 | 13 | 5 | Scotland | Larne (N.Ireland) | ||
| 42 | Drilon Hazrollaj | 18 | 17 | 1 | Kosovo | Malisheva | ||
| 43 | Gustavo | 18 | 18 | Brazil | Shanghai Port (China) | |||
| 44 | Guilherme Bissoli | 18 | 16 | 2 | Brazil | Buriram United (Thailand) | ||
| 45 | Garbhan Coughlan | 18 | 18 | Republic of Ireland | Cashmere Technical (NZ) | |||
| 46 | Alejandro Steinwascher | 18 | 15 | 3 | USA | Coastal Spirit (NZ) | ||
| 47 | Yuri Alberto | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | Brazil | Corinthians | |
| 48 | Lionel Messi | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | Argentina | Inter Miami (USA) | |
| 49 | Anderson Lopes | 17 | 13 | 4 | Brazil | Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan) | ||
| 50 | Henry Martín | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | Mexico | América | |
| 51 | Mark Anders Lepik | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Estonia | Flora Tallinn |
| 52 | Isaac Kiese Thelin | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | Sweden | Malmö | |
| 53 | Christian Benteke | 17 | 16 | 1 | Belgium | D.C. United (USA) | ||
| 54 | Santeri Haarala | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | Finland | Ilves | |
| 55 | Cristian Arango | 17 | 17 | Colombia | Real Salt Lake (USA) | |||
| 56 | Dean David | 17 | 16 | 1 | Israel | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| 57 | Igor Jesus | 17 | 13 | 4 | Brazil | Shabab Al Ahli (UAE), Botafogo | ||
| 58 | Ronan Hale | 17 | 6 | 11 | Republic of Ireland | Cliftonville (N.Ireland), Ross (Scotland) | ||
| 59 | Promise David | 17 | 14 | 3 | Canada | Nõmme Kalju (Estonia), USG (Belgium) | ||
| 60 | Finn McDaniel | 17 | 17 | Philippines | Stallion Laguna |
All goals at top senior level are counted: domestic (top national and regional) leagues (DL), domestic cups (DC), official international club tournaments (ICC), official games between national teams (NT).
Period: from 1 January to 31 July 2024.
Tie-breakers: 1) more international goals (ICC + NT), 2) more goals for national team (NT), 3) stronger league (by IFFHS ranking), 4) goals in domestic leagues (DL).