IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL GOALSCORER 2025
Picture : Viktor Gyökeres is now second of the ranking for national top division goals.
IFFHS Men’s World Best National Scorer 2025 at 31 August: Kylian Mbappé
Courtesy of 3 goals scored at the start of La Liga, Kylian Mbappé restored his leadership in the national goal-scorers’ ranking with a total of 24.
Real Madrid’s star topped it already after May.
The July’s chart leader Ali Mohanad dropped to the 3rd position, letting ahead also Viktor Gyökeres (due to tie-breaker; both have 23 goals).
THE RANKING 2025
| Player | Goals | Nation | Clubs (Leagues) | |
| Kevin Hernández | 29 | Puerto Rico | Academia Quintana | |
| 1 | Kylian Mbappé | 24 | France | Real Madrid (Spain) |
| 2 | Viktor Gyökeres | 23 | Sweden | Sporting (Portugal), Arsenal (England) |
| 3 | Mohanad Ali | 23 | Iraq | Al Shorta, Dibba (UAE) |
| 4 | Darko Lemajić | 22 | Serbia | RFS (Latvia) |
| 5 | Klaemint Olsen | 22 | Faroe Islands | NSÍ |
| 6 | Ivan Toney | 21 | England | Al Ahli (Saudi Arabia) |
| Alex | 21 | Brazil | Dewa United (Indonesia) | |
| 7 | Efthymios Koulouris | 20 | Greece | Pogon Szczecin (Poland) |
| 8 | Sam Surridge | 20 | England | Nashville (USA) |
| Jorge Rivera | 20 | Puerto Rico | Metropolitan FA | |
| 9 | Victor Osimhen | 19 | Nigeria | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
| 10 | Lionel Messi | 19 | Argentina | Inter Miami (USA) |
| 11 | Valeri Qazaishvili | 19 | Georgia | Shandong Taishan (China) |
| Jhonathan Rivas | 19 | Colombia | Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) | |
| 12 | Serhou Guirassy | 18 | Guinea | Borussia Dortmund (Germany) |
| 13 | Agustín Rodríguez | 18 | Uruguay | Juventud |
| 14 | Abel Hernández | 18 | Uruguay | Liverpool Montevideo |
| 15 | Ali Sulieman | 18 | Eritrea | Hawassa, Kahrabaa Ismailia (Egypt) |
| 16 | Facundo Callejo | 18 | Argentina | Cusco (Peru) |
| 17 | Patrick Pedersen | 18 | Denmark | Valur (Iceland) |
| 18 | Guillaume Lopez | 18 | Andorra | Inter Club d'Escaldes |
| Martín Bueno | 18 | Uruguay | Miramar (New Zealand) | |
| 19 | Pablo Vegetti | 17 | Argentina | Vasco da Gama (Brazil) |
| 20 | Sem Steijn | 17 | Netherlands | Twente, Feyenoord |
| 21 | Nicolás López | 17 | Uruguay | Nacional |
| 22 | Paulinho | 17 | Portugal | Toluca (Mexico) |
| 23 | Fabio Abreu | 17 | Angola | Beijing Guoan (China) |
| 24 | Páll Klettskarð | 17 | Faroe Islands | KÍ Klaksvík |
| Lennart Thy | 17 | Germany | Lion City Sailors (Singapore) | |
| Fily Traoré | 17 | Mali | Asswehly (Libya) | |
| Gustavo Henrique | 17 | Brazil | Zakho (Iraq), Ninh Binh (Vietnam) | |
| 25 | Vangelis Pavlidis | 16 | Greece | Benfica (Portugal) |
| 26 | Youssef En-Nesyri | 16 | Morocco | Fenerbahçe (Turkey) |
| 27 | Abderrazak Hamdallah | 16 | Morocco | Al Shabab, Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) |
| 28 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 16 | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) |
| 29 | Byron Palacios | 16 | Ecuador | Universidad Catolica |
| 30 | Kasper Høgh | 16 | Denmark | Bodø/Glimt (Norway) |
| 31 | Jhonny Vidales | 16 | Peru | Tarma, Melgar |
| 32 | Evander | 16 | Brazil | Cincinnati (USA) |
| 33 | Tai Baribo | 16 | Israel | Philadelphia Union (USA) |
| 34 | Dejan Joveljić | 16 | Serbia | Sporting Kansas City (USA) |
| 35 | Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting | 16 | Cameroon | New York Red Bulls (USA) |
| 36 | Róger Guedes | 16 | Brazil | Al Rayyan (Qatar) |
| 37 | Matheus Souza | 16 | Brazil | Strassen (Luxembourg) |
| Alan Grafite | 16 | Brazil | Cong An Ha Noi (Vietnam) | |
| Hassan Maatouk | 16 | Lebanon | Al-Ansar | |
| Gabriel Méndez | 16 | Argentina | Metropolitan (Puerto Rico) | |
| Noah Baffoe | 16 | Spain | Eastern, Lee Man (Hong Kong) |
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 August 2025.
Tie-breaker: 1) stronger league (by IFFHS leagues’ ranking).