THE WORLD’S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER at end March 2017 : AL MUQBALI LEADS THE RANKING
The Top Goalscorers list for March is headed by Omani player Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali [1]. He scored 6 goals in one Asian
Cup Qualifier match against Bhutan [2], leading his team to a 14-0 win. Al-Muqbali is 27 years old and plays as a center
forward for his national team and his local club, Fanja SC . He is followed by Jordanian Hamza Al Dardour, who scored
a hat-trick against Cambodia and a friendly goal against Hong Kong to raise his total to 5.
Al-Muqbali scored the highest number of national team goals, while 3players shared the highest goalscorer on club level
with 5 goals each :Guilherme Guedes de Freitas (Marist F.C.), Vanuatu Tony Kaltack (Erakor Golden Star F.C.) and North
Korean Yu-Song Kim (April 25).
Till end of March, 56 players scored 3 or more goals. They are classified as follows:
1- On National Team level:
(a) Confederation wise: CAF (17), UEFA (13), AFC (10), CONMEBOL and OFC (7), and CONCACAF (2)
(b) Country wise: Brazil (5), France (4), Algeria, New Zealand and Oman (3)
2- On Club level:
(a) Confederation wise: UEFA (22), AFC (16), OFC (11), CAF (5), CONCACAF (2)
(b) Country wise: China, England, France (4), New Zealand, Germany, Turkey (3)
(c) Club wise: Olympique Lyon (3), Guangzhou Evergrande, Auckland City FC, Leicester City, Manchester United, AS Roma, Beşiktaş (2)
It was interesting that the list included Olympique Lyon’s French Trio (Fekir, Lacazette and Diakhaby), Guangzhou Evergrande’s Brazilian duo
(Junior and Douglas) and Leicester City’s Algerian duo (Slimani and Mahrez).
| # | Player | Country | Confederation | Club | Country | Confederation | Country | Club | Total | ||
| 1 | Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali | Oman | AFC | Fanja SC | Oman | AFC | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2 | Hamza Al Dardour | Jordan | AFC | Al Kuwait Kaifan | Kuwait | AFC | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 3 | Cenk Tosun | Turkey | UEFA | Beşiktaş | Turkey | UEFA | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | Mehdi Taremi | Iran | AFC | Persepolis FC | Iran | AFC | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Gabon | CAF | Borussia Dortmund | Germany | UEFA | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon | CAF | Beşiktaş | Turkey | UEFA | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Guilherme Guedes de Freitas | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Marist F.C. | Solomon Island | OFC | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Tony Kaltack | Vanuatu | OFC | Erakor Golden Star F.C. | Vanuatu | OFC | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Yu-Song Kim | North Korea | AFC | April 25 | North Korea | AFC | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 10 | Clint Dempsey | USA | CONCACAF | Seattle Sounders | USA | CONCACAF | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Islam Slimani | Algeria | CAF | Leicester City | England | UEFA | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Khalid Khalifa Al-Hajri | Oman | AFC | Al Dhafra SCC | UAE | AFC | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Nasser Al Shamrani | Saudi Arabia | AFC | Al Ain FC | UAE | AFC | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Paulinho Junior | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Guangzhou Evergrande | China | AFC | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 15 | Mbwana Samatta | Tanzania | CAF | Genk. | Belgium | UEFA | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 15 | Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Barcelona | Spain | UEFA | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 17 | Edin Džeko | Bosnia-Herzegovina | UEFA | AS Roma | Italy | UEFA | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 17 | Rodrigo Tabata | Qatar | AFC | Al-Rayan | Qatar | AFC | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 19 | Bertrand Kaï | New Caledonia | OFC | Hienghène Sport | New Caledonia | OFC | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 19 | César Castillo | Chile | CONMEBOL | A.S. Central Sport | French Polynesia | OFC | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 19 | Ibrahim Chenihi | Algeria | CAF | Club Africain | Tunisia | CAF | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 19 | Nabil Fekir | France | UEFA | Olympique Lyon | France | UEFA | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 19 | Nicolas Marin | France | UEFA | AS Magenta | New Caledonia | OFC | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 19 | Ryan De Vries | New Zealand | OFC | Auckland City FC | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 19 | Tom Jackson | New Zealand | OFC | Team Wellington | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 26 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | UEFA | Real Madrid | Spain | UEFA | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 26 | Junior Kabananga | Congo DR | CAF | FK Astana | Kazahstan | UEFA | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 26 | Michael Olunga | Kenya | CAF | Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng | China | AFC | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 26 | Mohammad Al Sahlawi | Saudi Arabia | AFC | Al-Nassr | Saudi Arabia | AFC | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 26 | Moussa Sow | Senegal | CAF | Fenerbahçe | Turkey | UEFA | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 26 | Riyad Mahrez | Algeria | CAF | Leicester City | England | UEFA | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 32 | Aristide Bancé | Burkina Faso | CAF | ASEC Mimosas | Ivory Coast | CAF | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 32 | Bertrand Traoré | Burkina Faso | CAF | Ajax | Netherlands | UEFA | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 32 | Mohamed Salah | Egypt | CAF | AS Roma | Italy | UEFA | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 32 | Sunil Chhetri | India | AFC | Bengaluru | India | AFC | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 32 | Sylvain Graglia | Tahiti | OFC | A.S. Tefana | French Polynesia | OFC | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 37 | Edinson Cavani | Uruguay | CONMEBOL | Paris Saint-Germain | France | UEFA | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 37 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Armenia | UEFA | Manchester United | England | UEFA | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 37 | Raymond Gunemba | Papua New Guinea | OFC | Lae City Dwellers FC | Papua New Guinea | OFC | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 37 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | UEFA | Bayern Munich | Germany | UEFA | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Ahmed Hamoudane | Morocco | CAF | IR Tanger | Morocco | CAF | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Alan Douglas | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Guangzhou Evergrande | China | AFC | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Alexandre Lacazette | France | UEFA | Olympique Lyon | France | UEFA | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Bakri Al-Madina | Sudan | CAF | Al-Merrikh Omdurman | Sudan | CAF | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Bienvenido Marañón Morejón | Spain | UEFA | Ceres–Negros F.F. | Philippines | AFC | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Cherbel Khouchaba | New Zealand | OFC | Lupe o le Soaga | Samoa | OFC | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Frank Acheampong | Ghana | CAF | Anderlecht | Belgium | UEFA | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Givanildo Vieira de Souza “Hulk” | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Shanghai SIPG | China | AFC | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | João Moreira | Portugal | UEFA | Auckland City FC | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Kellyn Acosta | USA | CONCACAF | FC Dallas | USA | CONCACAF | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Lars Stindl | Germany | UEFA | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Germany | UEFA | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Mohammed Ahmed Bashir “Bisha” | Sudan | CAF | Al-Hilal Omdurman | Sudan | CAF | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Mohammed Al Ghassani | Oman | AFC | Saham | Oman | AFC | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Mouctar Diakhaby | France | UEFA | Olympique Lyon | France | UEFA | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Youssef El-Arabi | Morocco | CAF | Lekhwiya SC | Qatar | AFC | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 41 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden | UEFA | Manchester United | England | UEFA | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||