IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST GOALSCORER 2025
IFFHS Men’s World Best Goalscorer 2025 at 31 March: Ousmane Dembélé
Ousmane Dembélé continues to lead sovereign the IFFHS ranking for global goal-scorers 2025, without slowing down his pace. At the end of March, he already has amassed 23 goals, being 4 goals ahead of his compatriot Kylian Mbappe, who lifted to the 2nd place.
Victor Osimhen scored more than anyone else in the world in March (9 goals). He also climbed onto the podium.
THE RANKING 2025
| Player | Goals | DL | DC | ICC | NT | Country | Club (League) | |
| 1 | Ousmane Dembélé | 23 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | France | PSG |
| 2 | Kylian Mbappé | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | France | Real Madrid (Spain) | |
| Peeter Phanthavong | 18 | 7 | 11 | Laos | Ezra | |||
| 3 | Victor Osimhen | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | Nigeria | Galatasaray (Turkey) | |
| 4 | Youssef En-Nesyri | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | Morocco | Fenerbahçe (Turkey) | |
| 5 | Daizen Maeda | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | Japan | Celtic (Scotland) | |
| Alex | 17 | 17 | Brazil | Dewa United (Indonesia) | ||||
| 6 | Robert Lewandowski | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Poland | Barcelona (Spain) |
| 7 | Marcos Leonardo | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | Brazil | Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) | |
| 8 | Harry Kane | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | England | Bayern (Germany) | |
| 9 | Viktor Gyökeres | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | Sweden | Sporting (Portugal) | |
| Lennart Thy | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | Germany | Lion City Sailors (Singapore) | ||
| 10 | Mohanad Ali | 15 | 15 | Iraq | Al Shorta | |||
| 11 | Ivan Toney | 14 | 13 | 1 | England | Al Ahli (Saudi Arabia) | ||
| 12 | Vangelis Pavlidis | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | Greece | Benfica (Portugal) | |
| 13 | Erling Haaland | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Norway | Manchester City (England) |
| 14 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) | |
| 15 | Patrik Schick | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | Czechia | Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) | |
| 16 | Mohamed Salah | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Egypt | Liverpool (England) |
| 17 | Sem Steijn | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | Netherlands | Twente | |
| 18 | Aimen Mahious | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | Algeria | Belouizdad | |
| 19 | Abderrazak Hamdallah | 13 | 12 | 1 | Morocco | Al Shabab (Saudi Arabia) | ||
| 20 | Julián Álvarez | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Argentina | Atletico Madrid (Spain) |
| 21 | Serhou Guirassy | 12 | 8 | 4 | Guinea | Borussia Dortmund (Germany) | ||
| 22 | Emam Ashour | 12 | 9 | 3 | Egypt | Al Ahly | ||
| 23 | Guilherme Bissoli | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | Brazil | Buriram (Thailand) | |
| 24 | Mika Biereth | 12 | 12 | Denmark | Monaco (France) | |||
| 25 | Gustavo Henrique | 12 | 12 | Brazil | Zakho (Iraq) | |||
| Tomoyuki Doi | 12 | 6 | 6 | Japan | Geylang (Singapore) | |||
| Noah Baffoe | 12 | 10 | 2 | Spain | Eastern (Hong Kong) | |||
| 26 | Georges Mikautadze | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Georgia | Lyon (France) |
| 27 | Raphinha | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Brazil | Barcelona (Spain) |
| 28 | Lautaro Martínez | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | Argentina | Inter (Italy) | |
| 29 | Gonçalo Ramos | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Portugal | PSG (France) |
| 30 | Raniel | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | Brazil | Pathum United (Thailand) | |
| 31 | Cyriel Dessers | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | Nigeria | Rangers (Scotland) | |
| 32 | Alexander Isak | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | Sweden | Newcastle (England) | |
| 33 | Mateo Retegui | 11 | 10 | 1 | Italy | Atalanta | ||
| 34 | Diber Cambindo | 11 | 11 | Colombia | Necaxa (Mexico) | |||
| 35 | Louis Munteanu | 11 | 11 | Romania | Cluj | |||
| 36 | Guillaume Lopez | 11 | 10 | 1 | France | Inter Club d'Escaldes (Andorra) | ||
| Takumu Nishihara | 11 | 11 | Japan | Young Elephants (Laos) | ||||
| 37 | Sardar Azmoun | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | Iran | Shabab Al Ahli (UAE) | |
| 38 | Mohammed Amoura | 10 | 5 | 5 | Algeria | Wolfsburg (Germany) | ||
| 39 | Salem Al-Dawsari | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Saudi Arabia | Al Hilal |
| 40 | Bruno Fernandes | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Portugal | Manchester United (England) | |
| 41 | Chris Wood | 10 | 7 | 3 | New Zealand | Nottingham Forest (England) | ||
| 42 | Akram Afif | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | Qatar | Al Sadd | |
| 43 | Adrian Segecic | 10 | 7 | 3 | Australia | Sydney | ||
| 44 | Róger Guedes | 10 | 8 | 2 | Brazil | Al Rayyan (Qatar) | ||
| 45 | Martin Boyle | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | Australia | Hibernian (Scotland) | |
| 46 | Ferran Torres | 10 | 6 | 4 | Spain | Barcelona | ||
| 47 | Uroš Đurđević | 10 | 10 | Montenegro | Atlas (Mexico) | |||
| 48 | Guilherme | 10 | 10 | Brazil | Santos | |||
| 49 | Germán Cano | 10 | 6 | 4 | Argentina | Fluminense (Brazil) | ||
| 50 | Maxuell Samurai | 10 | 10 | Brazil | Birkirkara (Malta) | |||
| Fily Traoré | 10 | 10 | Mali | Asswehly (Libya) | ||||
| Kevin Hernández | 10 | 10 | Puerto Rico | Academia Quintana |
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).
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-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).