IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL GOALSCORER 2025
IFFHS Men’s World Best National Goalscorer 2025 at 31 March: Mohanad Ali
The 24-year-old Iraqi striker Mohanad Ali topped the world’s national goal-scorers’ ranking for the first time. He has scored 15 goals for Al-Shorta since the start of 2025.
He pushed Al Hilal’s Marcos Leonardo, who led the ranking in January, into second place.
The February chart leader Ivan Toney failed to score anything in March and dropped to fourth place.
Player | Goals | Country | Club (League) | |
Alex | 17 | Brazil | Dewa United (Indonesia) | |
1 | Mohanad Ali | 15 | Iraq | Al Shorta |
2 | Marcos Leonardo | 14 | Brazil | Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) |
3 | Ousmane Dembélé | 13 | France | PSG |
4 | Ivan Toney | 13 | England | Al Ahli (Saudi Arabia) |
5 | Kylian Mbappé | 12 | France | Real Madrid (Spain) |
6 | Mika Biereth | 12 | Denmark | Monaco (France) |
7 | Viktor Gyökeres | 12 | Sweden | Sporting (Portugal) |
8 | Abderrazak Hamdallah | 12 | Morocco | Al Shabab (Saudi Arabia) |
9 | Gustavo Henrique | 12 | Brazil | Zakho (Iraq) |
10 | Victor Osimhen | 11 | Nigeria | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
11 | Diber Cambindo | 11 | Colombia | Necaxa (Mexico) |
12 | Daizen Maeda | 11 | Japan | Celtic (Scotland) |
13 | Louis Munteanu | 11 | Romania | Cluj |
Lennart Thy | 11 | Germany | Lion City Sailors (Singapore) | |
Takumu Nishihara | 11 | Japan | Young Elephants (Laos) | |
14 | Mateo Retegui | 10 | Italy | Atalanta |
15 | Mohamed Salah | 10 | Egypt | Liverpool (England) |
16 | Sem Steijn | 10 | Netherlands | Twente |
17 | Youssef En-Nesyri | 10 | Morocco | Fenerbahçe (Turkey) |
18 | Uroš Đurđević | 10 | Montenegro | Atlas |
19 | Guilherme | 10 | Brazil | Santos |
20 | Maxuell Samurai | 10 | Brazil | Birkirkara (Malta) |
21 | Guillaume Lopez | 10 | France | Inter Club d'Escaldes (Andorra) |
Fily Traoré | 10 | Mali | Asswehly (Libya) | |
Kevin Hernández | 10 | Puerto Rico | Academia Quintana | |
Noah Baffoe | 10 | Spain | Eastern (Hong Kong) | |
22 | Robert Lewandowski | 9 | Poland | Barcelona (Spain) |
23 | Emanuel Emegha | 9 | Netherlands | Strasbourg (France) |
24 | Emam Ashour | 9 | Egypt | Al Ahly |
25 | Alexis Vega | 9 | Mexico | Toluca |
26 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 9 | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) |
27 | Jhonny Vidales | 9 | Peru | Tarma |
28 | Marwan Hussein | 9 | Iraq | Newroz |
29 | Saif Rashed Hameed | 9 | Iraq | Al-Qasim |
30 | Alaaeddine Ajaraie | 9 | Morocco | NorthEast United (India) |
Saikou Ceesay | 9 | Gambia | Manila Digger (Philippines) |
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 31 March 2025.
Tie-breaker: 1) stronger league (by IFFHS leagues’ ranking).