IFFHS AWARDS 2024 - VIKTOR GYOKERES, MEN'S WORLD BEST GOALSCORER 2024
IFFHS Men’s World Best Goal Scorer 2024: Viktor Gyökeres
Viktor Gyökeres has won the IFFHS award of the World’s Best Goal Scorer 2024 with 62 goals for his club (Sporting Lisbon) and country (Sweden) and a solid 13-goal margin in front of the second-placed Erling Haaland (49).
In XXI century, only 2 winners had a bigger advantage to the runner-ups: Lionel Messi in 2012 (28: his 91 against 63 of Cristiano Ronaldo) and
Robert Lewandowski in 2021 (18: his 69 against 51 of Kylian Mbappe).
Gyökeres became the 4th player in the century to have scored 60+ goals in a calendar year (after Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lewandowski).
THE RANKING 2024
| Player | Total | DL | DC | ICC | NT | Country | Clubs (Leagues) | |
| 1 | Viktor Gyökeres | 62 | 36 | 9 | 7 | 10 | Sweden | Sporting (Portugal) |
| 2 | Erling Haaland | 49 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 11 | Norway | Manchester City (England) |
| 3 | Harry Kane | 46 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 7 | England | Bayern (Germany) |
| 4 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 43 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 7 | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) |
| 5 | Robert Lewandowski | 42 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 2 | Poland | Barcelona (Spain) |
| 6 | Wu Lei | 42 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 4 | China | Shanghai Port |
| 7 | Ayoub El Kaabi | 41 | 22 | 15 | 4 | Morocco | Olympiakos (Greece) | |
| 8 | Jonathan David | 41 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 5 | Canada | Lille (France) |
| 9 | Rafaelson | 40 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 5 | Brazil | Nam Định (Vietnam) |
| 10 | Akram Afif | 39 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 13 | Qatar | Al Sadd |
| 11 | Kylian Mbappé | 39 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 2 | France | PSG, Real Madrid (Spain) |
| 12 | Martín Cauteruccio | 39 | 35 | 4 | Uruguay | Sporting Cristal (Peru) | ||
| 13 | Guilherme Bissoli | 38 | 30 | 6 | 2 | Brazil | Buriram United (Thailand) | |
| 14 | Aleksandar Mitrović | 37 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 2 | Serbia | Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) |
| 15 | Alex Arce | 37 | 28 | 3 | 6 | Paraguay | Rivadavia (Argentina), LDU Quito (Ecuador) | |
| 16 | Anderson Lopes | 36 | 24 | 2 | 10 | Brazil | Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan) | |
| 17 | Noah Baffoe | 35 | 19 | 13 | 3 | Spain | Eastern (Hong Kong) | |
| 18 | Vinicius Junior | 34 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 2 | Brazil | Real Madrid (Spain) |
| 19 | Garbhan Coughlan | 34 | 34 | Rep. of Ireland | Cashmere Technical (New Zealand) | |||
| 20 | Krzysztof Piątek | 33 | 23 | 9 | 1 | Poland | İstanbul Başakşehir (Turkey) | |
| 21 | Mohamed Salah | 33 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Egypt | Liverpool (England) |
| 22 | Ángel Rodado | 33 | 24 | 3 | 6 | Spain | Wisła Kraków (Poland) | |
| 23 | Alexander Isak | 33 | 25 | 3 | 5 | Sweden | Newcastle (England) | |
| 24 | Javier Gayoso | 33 | 32 | 1 | Philippines | Kaya, Phnom Penh (Cambodia) | ||
| 25 | Tomoyuki Doi | 33 | 33 | Japan | Geylang (Singapore) | |||
| 26 | Miguel Borja | 32 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | Colombia | River Plate (Argentina) |
| 27 | Jorginho Monteiro | 32 | 25 | 4 | 3 | Portugal | Differdange (Luxembourg) | |
| 28 | Aymen Hussein | 31 | 17 | 14 | Iraq | Al Quwa Al Jawiya, Al Khor (Qatar) | ||
| 29 | Yuri Alberto | 31 | 20 | 2 | 9 | Brazil | Corinthians | |
| 30 | Cole Palmer | 31 | 26 | 3 | 2 | England | Chelsea | |
| 31 | Guy Melamed | 31 | 26 | 4 | 1 | Israel | Hapoel Haifa | |
| 32 | Soufiane Rahimi | 30 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 4 | Morocco | Al Ain (UAE) |
| 33 | Salomón Rondón | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | Venezuela | Pachuca (Mexico) | |
| 34 | Adrián Martínez | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | Argentina | Racing Club | |
| 35 | Denis Bouanga | 30 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Gabon | Los Angeles (USA) |
| 36 | Alexander Sørloth | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | Norway | Villarreal, Atletico Madrid (Spain) | |
| 37 | Pedro | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | Brazil | Flamengo | |
| 38 | Alex Tamm | 30 | 28 | 2 | Estonia | Nõmme Kalju | ||
| 39 | Bérgson | 30 | 21 | 8 | 1 | Brazil | Johor Darul Ta'zim (Malaysia) | |
| 40 | Dean David | 30 | 27 | 2 | 1 | Israel | Maccabi Haifa | |
| 41 | Alejandro Steinwascher | 30 | 25 | 5 | USA | Coastal Spirit (NZ) | ||
| 42 | Serhou Guirassy | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | Guinea | Stuttgart, Borussia Dortmund (Germany) | |
| 43 | Wessam Abou Ali | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | Palestine | Al Ahly (Egypt) | |
| 44 | Lionel Messi | 29 | 21 | 2 | 6 | Argentina | Inter Miami (USA) | |
| 45 | Kévin Denkey | 29 | 22 | 5 | 2 | Togo | Cercle Brugge (Belgium) | |
| 46 | Oscar Faulds | 29 | 27 | 2 | Sweden | Napier City Rovers (NZ) | ||
| 47 | Ademola Lookman | 28 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 6 | Nigeria | Atalanta (Italy) |
| 48 | Florian Wirtz | 28 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 6 | Germany | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 49 | Raphinha | 28 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | Brazil | Barcelona (Spain) |
| 50 | Lautaro Martínez | 28 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 11 | Argentina | Inter (Italy) |
| 51 | Frantzdy Pierrot | 28 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 7 | Haiti | Maccabi Haifa (Israel), AEK (Greece) |
| 52 | Benjamin Šeško | 28 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Slovenia | RB Leipzig (Germany) |
| 53 | Barnabás Varga | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | Hungary | Ferencvaros | |
| 54 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 28 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Gabon | Marseille (France), Al Qadisiya (Saudi Arabia) |
| 55 | Iqraam Rayners | 28 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | South Africa | Stellenbosch, Mamelodi Sundowns |
| 56 | Luuk de Jong | 28 | 24 | 3 | 1 | Netherlands | PSV | |
| 57 | Imre Badalassi | 28 | 26 | 2 | Italy | Tre Penne, Cosmos (San Marino) |
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 December 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).
