IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER 2024
IFFHS Men’s World Best National Goal Scorer 2024 at 30 November: Martín Cauteruccio
Uruguayan Martín Cauteruccio (picture) continues to lead the IFFHS category for the best national goal-scorers 2024 with 35 goals. But it is not he who has an excellent chance of becoming the winner, but his runner-up Viktor Gyökeres, who is one goal behind.
Cauteruccio has no more league games with Sporting Cristal in 2024 while Győkeres will play for Sporting no less than 4 in Portuguese league in December. Given his fantastic form (16 goals in the first 12 rounds this season), this looks more than possible.
In case of a tie, Győkeres will have an advantage over Cauteruccio because he is featuring in a stronger league according to the IFFHS ranking.
Next positioned Wu Lei and Alex Tamm are no longer in contention for the award as they have already completed their league games of this year, and Harry Kane got injured. The rest of the scorers are far behind and unlikely to be able to intervene.
THE RANKING 2024 at NOVEMBER 30
| Player | Goals | Country | Clubs (Leagues) | |
| 1 | Martín Cauteruccio | 35 | Uruguay | Sporting Cristal (Peru) |
| 2 | Viktor Gyökeres | 34 | Sweden | Sporting (Portugal) |
| 3 | Wu Lei | 34 | China | Shanghai Port |
| Garbhan Coughlan | 34 | Republic of Ireland | Cashmere Technical (New Zealand) | |
| Tomoyuki Doi | 33 | Japan | Geylang (Singapore) | |
| Javier Gayoso | 32 | Philippines | Kaya, Phnom Penh (Cambodia) | |
| 4 | Harry Kane | 29 | England | Bayern (Germany) |
| 5 | Alex Tamm | 28 | Estonia | Nõmme Kalju |
| Rafaelson | 27 | Brazil | Nam Định (Vietnam) | |
| Oscar Faulds | 27 | Sweden | Napier City Rovers (NZ) | |
| Tsukasa Shimomura | 27 | Japan | One Taguig (Philippines) | |
| 6 | Robert Lewandowski | 26 | Poland | Barcelona (Spain) |
| 7 | Erling Haaland | 25 | Norway | Manchester City (England) |
| 8 | Dean David | 25 | Israel | Maccabi Haifa |
| 9 | Reginaldo Ramires | 25 | Brazil | Auda, Riga (Latvia) |
| 10 | Guilherme Bissoli | 25 | Brazil | Buriram United (Thailand) |
| Alejandro Steinwascher | 25 | USA | Coastal Spirit (NZ) | |
| 11 | Alex Arce | 24 | Paraguay | Rivadavia (Argentina), LDU Quito (Ecuador) |
| 12 | Anderson Lopes | 24 | Brazil | Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan) |
| 13 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 24 | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) |
| 14 | Jorginho Monteiro | 24 | Portugal | Differdange (Luxembourg) |
| 15 | Alexander Sørloth | 23 | Norway | Villarreal, Atletico Madrid (Spain) |
| 16 | Luuk de Jong | 23 | Netherlands | PSV |
| 17 | Aleksandar Mitrović | 23 | Serbia | Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) |
| 18 | Christian Benteke | 23 | Belgium | D.C. United (USA) |
| 19 | Ángel Rodado | 23 | Spain | Wisła Kraków (Poland) |
| 20 | Páll Klettskarð | 23 | Faroe Islands | KÍ Klaksvík |
| 21 | Imre Badalassi | 23 | Italy | Tre Penne, Cosmos (San Marino) |
| Jacob Mechell | 23 | New Zealand | Eastern Suburbs | |
| 22 | Pedro | 22 | Brazil | Flamengo |
| 23 | Samir Hadji | 22 | Morocco | Dudelange (Luxembourg) |
| 24 | Drilon Hazrollaj | 22 | Kosovo | Malisheva |
| 25 | Alioune Ndoye | 22 | Senegal | Valmiera (Latvia) |
| 26 | Cole Palmer | 21 | England | Chelsea |
| 27 | Jonathan David | 21 | Canada | Lille (France) |
| 28 | Ayoub El Kaabi | 21 | Morocco | Olympiakos (Greece) |
| 29 | Léo Ceará | 21 | Brazil | Cerezo Osaka (Japan) |
| 30 | Lionel Messi | 21 | Argentina | Inter Miami (USA) |
| 31 | Luis Suárez | 21 | Uruguay | Inter Miami (USA) |
| 32 | Denis Bouanga | 21 | Gabon | Los Angeles (USA) |
| 33 | Leonardo | 21 | Brazil | Zhejiang (China) |
| 34 | Benoný Andrésson | 21 | Iceland | KR |
| 35 | Bjørn Johnsen | 21 | Norway | Torpedo Kutaisi (Georgia) |
| 36 | Yair Delgadillo | 21 | Mexico | Municipal Limeño, Isidro Metapán (El Salvador) |
| Rivaldo Correa | 21 | Colombia | Cibao (Dominican Rep.) |
All goals scored in the top 100 national leagues worldwide and top divisions of Brazilian states are taken into account.
The players from the leagues below top 100 are also listed in the standings but not classified (highlighted in grey).
Period: from 1 January to 30 November 2024.
Tie-breaker: stronger league (by IFFHS leagues’ ranking).