IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER 2025
IFFHS Men's World Best International Goal Scorer 2025 at 31 October: Erling Haaland
Erling Haaland, prolific again in October (three goals for Manchester City in the Champions League and three for Norway in World Cup qualifying), overtook the previous chart leader, Harry Kane.
The «Cyborg» now has 23 international goals to the Englishman's 21. He's already just one step away from the current decade's highest annual mark of 24 (Lewandowski and Kane in 2021).
Haaland should try to challenge Cristiano Ronaldo's world record of 32 international goals in a year (2017).
THE RANKING 2025 at 31 October
| Player | ICC | NT | Goals | Country | Clubs (Leagues) | |
| 1 | Erling Haaland | 10 | 13 | 23 | Norway | Manchester City (England) |
| 2 | Harry Kane | 14 | 7 | 21 | England | Bayern (Germany) |
| 3 | Kylian Mbappé | 11 | 5 | 16 | France | Real Madrid (Spain) |
| 4 | Lautaro Martínez | 13 | 3 | 16 | Argentina | Inter (Italy) |
| 5 | Ismael Díaz | 6 | 8 | 14 | Panama | Universidad Católica (Ecuador), Leon (Mexico) |
| 6 | Serhou Guirassy | 12 | 1 | 13 | Guinea | Borussia Dortmund (Germany) |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 4 | 8 | 12 | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) |
| 8 | Victor Osimhen | 6 | 6 | 12 | Nigeria | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
| 9 | Ousmane Dembélé | 11 | 1 | 12 | France | PSG |
| 10 | Oussama Lamlioui | 5 | 6 | 11 | Morocco | Berkane |
| 11 | Cédric Bakambu | 7 | 4 | 11 | Congo DR | Betis (Spain) |
| 12 | Mohammed Amoura | 10 | 10 | Algeria | Wolfsburg (Germany) | |
| 13 | Mikel Merino | 2 | 8 | 10 | Spain | Arsenal (England) |
| 14 | Denis Bouanga | 5 | 5 | 10 | Gabon | Los Angeles (USA) |
| 15 | Vangelis Pavlidis | 8 | 2 | 10 | Greece | Benfica (Portugal) |
| 16 | Ángel Sepúlveda | 9 | 1 | 10 | Mexico | Cruz Azul |
| 17 | Fiston Mayele | 9 | 1 | 10 | Congo DR | Pyramids (Egypt) |
| 18 | Dayro Moreno | 10 | 10 | Colombia | Once Caldas | |
| 19 | Memphis Depay | 1 | 8 | 9 | Netherlands | Corinthians (Brazil) |
| 20 | Mikel Oyarzabal | 3 | 6 | 9 | Spain | Real Sociedad |
| 21 | Jonathan David | 3 | 6 | 9 | Canada | Lille (France), Juventus (Italy) |
| 22 | Riyad Mahrez | 8 | 1 | 9 | Algeria | Al Ahli (Saudi Arabia) |
| 23 | Manfred Ugalde | 8 | 8 | Costa Rica | Spartak (Russia) | |
| 24 | Depú | 8 | 8 | Angola | Vojvodina (Serbia), Radomiak (Poland) | |
| 25 | Moise Kean | 2 | 6 | 8 | Italy | Fiorentina |
| 26 | Georges Mikautadze | 3 | 5 | 8 | Georgia | Lyon (France), Villarreal (Spain) |
| 27 | Rasmus Højlund | 3 | 5 | 8 | Denmark | Manchester United (England), Napoli (Italy) |
| 28 | Kerem Aktürkoğlu | 4 | 4 | 8 | Turkey | Benfica (Portugal), Fenerbahçe |
| 29 | Michael Olise | 5 | 3 | 8 | France | Bayern (Germany) |
| 30 | Lamine Yamal | 5 | 3 | 8 | Spain | Barcelona |
| 31 | Lionel Messi | 6 | 2 | 8 | Argentina | Inter Miami (USA) |
| 32 | Salem Al-Dawsari | 7 | 1 | 8 | Saudi Arabia | Al Hilal |
| 33 | Raphinha | 7 | 1 | 8 | Brazil | Barcelona (Spain) |
| 34 | Claudio Spinelli | 8 | 8 | Argentina | Independiente del Valle (Ecuador) | |
| 35 | José Manuel López | 8 | 8 | Argentina | Palmeiras (Brazil) | |
| 36 | Adrián Martínez | 8 | 8 | Argentina | Racing Club |
All goals for national team (NT) in the “full international” games and for clubs at the main stages of major international club competitions (ICC), that is without qualifiers, are taken into account for the ranking.
Period: from 1 January to 31 October 2025.
Tie-breaker: more NT goals.