THE WORLD’S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2017 at end June : A NEW WORLD RECORD FOR CRISTIANO RONALDO ?
Cristiano Ronaldo is towards breaking the current world record, 25 goals, scored by Lionel Messi in 2012 and himself in 2013. Midway through 2017, he scored already 17 goals, 7 with his national team and 10 on club level, both highest till end of June.
He is followed by 2 Asian players : North Korean Kim Yu-song of the club April 25 and Iranian Mehdi Taremi of Persepolis FC, with 10 and 9 goals respectively.
29 players scored 6 or more goals till end of June. They are classified as follows :
– by national team goals :
Confederation wise : AFC (10), UEFA (9), CONMEBOL (5), OFC (3) and CAF (2)
Country wise : Brazil, France and New Zealand (3), Iran, Oman and Portugal (2)
– by club goals :
Confederation wise : AFC (13), UEFA (10), OFC ‘3), CONMEBOL (2) and CAF (1)
Country wise : New Zealand (3), Brazil, China, England, France, Germany, Iran, Oman and UAE (2)
Club wise : Al-Ain FC, Auckland City FC and FC Bayern München (2)
| Player | Country | Conf. | Club | Country | Confederation | Country | Club | Total | ||
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | UEFA | Real Madrid | Spain | UEFA | 7 | 10 | 17 | ||
| Kim Yu-song | North Korea | AFC | April 25 | North Korea | AFC | 1 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Mehdi Taremi | Iran | AFC | Persepolis FC | Iran | AFC | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Armenia | UEFA | Manchester United | England | UEFA | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Paulinho Junior | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Guangzhou Evergrande | China | AFC | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Bienvenido Marañón | Spain | UEFA | Ceres–Negros FC | Philippines | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Gabriel Guerra | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Johor Darul Ta’zim F.C. | Malaysia | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Robert Lewandowski | Poland | UEFA | Bayern München | Germany | UEFA | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon | CAF | Beşiktaş | Turkey | UEFA | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Manuchekhr Dzhalilov | Tajikistan | AFC | Lokomotiv Moskva | Russia | UEFA | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Omar Abdulrahman | UAE | AFC | Al Ain FC | UAE | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Stipe Plazibat | Croatia | UEFA | Home United | Singapore | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali | Oman | AFC | Fanja | Oman | AFC | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Olivier Giroud | France | UEFA | Arsenal FC | England | UEFA | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paolo Guerrero | Peru | CONMEBOL | Flamengo RJ | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Arturo Vidal | Chile | AFC | Bayern Munich | Germany | UEFA | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Bertrand Traoré | Burkina Faso | CAF | AFC Ajax | Netherlands | UEFA | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Nasser Al Shamrani | Saudi Arabia | AFC | Al Ain FC | UAE | AFC | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Myrat Ýagşyýew | Turkmenistan | AFC | Altyn Asyr FK | Turkmenistan | AFC | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Alexandre Lacazette | France | UEFA | Olympique Lyon | France | UEFA | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Fred Guedes | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Givanildo Vieira de Souza “Hulk” | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Shanghai SIPG | China | AFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Jeremy Brockie | New Zealand | OFC | SuperSport United | South Africa | CAF | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| João Moreira | Portugal | UEFA | Auckland City FC | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Kaveh Rezaei | Iran | AFC | Esteghlal Tehran | Iran | AFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Kylian Mbappé | France | UEFA | AS Monaco | France | UEFA | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Mohammed Al Ghassani | Oman | AFC | Saham Club | Oman | AFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Ryan De Vries | New Zealand | OFC | Auckland City FC | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Tom Jackson | New Zealand | OFC | Team Wellington | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 6 | 6 |