List of soccer players with the most first division goals

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This is a list of soccer players with the highest number of first division players , broken down by country. Overall, Pelé worldwide and Josef Bican in Europe have the most goals of this type. With a stricter interpretation - if only goals in single-track leagues from FIFA associations count, but not those in the regional championship of São Paulo or the German league , Ferenc Puskás is at the top with his goals in Hungary and Spain.

Europe

Belgium

Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond (KBVB) / Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football-Association (URBSFA)

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Bert De Cleyn 1932 - 55 488 377 0.77
Jef Mermans 1941 - 57 382 339 0.89
Bernard Voorhoof 1927 - 48 473 281 0.60
Arthur Ceuleers 1933 - 51 401 280 0.70
Henri Coppens 1946 - 62 389 258 0.66
Erwin Vandenbergh 1976 - 95 425 252 0.59
Paul Van Himst 1959 - 76 482 237 0.49
Raymond Braine 1922 - 44 243 192 0.79

As of May 30, 2020

Federal Republic of Germany

German Football Association (DFB) and German Football League

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game Finals foreign countries
Uwe Seeler 1954 - 72 , 1978 476 404 0.85 40 0 2 IRL 0 0
Gerd Müller 1965 - 79 427 365 0.85 0 0 40 0USA
Ottmar Walter 1945 - 59 275 295 1.07 29 0
Max Morlock 1945 - 64 472 294 0.62 21st 0
Fritz Walter 1945 - 59 320 271 0.85 23 0
Klaus Fischer 1968 - 88 535 268 0.50
Werner Bassler 1945 - 60 296 263 0.89 16 0
Hans Schäfer 1949 - 65 395 243 0.62 13 0
Ötti Meyer 1947 - 60 316 238 0.75 4th 0
Robert Lewandowski 2010 - 317 231 0.73 68 0POL
Jupp Heynckes 1965 - 78 369 220 0.60
Herbert Martin 1951 - 61 279 215 0.77 9 0
Alfred Kelbassa 1947 - 63 371 215 0.58 14th 0
Manfred Burgsmüller 1969 - 90 447 213 0.48

As of May 30, 2020, source: weltfussball.de

All goals in the Oberliga (first class until 1963) and Bundesliga were rated. Next to it are the goals from the finals for the German championship and those scored in other 1st leagues (these are not included in the total ). The four upper league years before the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany are included in this list.

Kirsten (GDR plus Bundesliga) as well as Ernst Willimowski and Lothar Emmerich also scored more than 200 first division goals if you count their goals in Poland, Belgium and Austria. More recently, the same applies to Dieter Müller , Klaus Allofs , Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , Rudi Völler and Jürgen Klinsmann . Gerd Müller has 405 including the USA.

German Democratic Republic

German Football Association (DFV)

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Joachim Streich 1969 - 85 378 229 0.61
Eberhard Vogel 1962 - 82 440 188 0.43
Peter Ducke 1960 - 77 532 153 0.29
Henning Frenzel 1960 - 78 420 152 0.36
Günter Schröter 1950 - 63 321 142 0.44
Hans-J. Screech 1964 - 77 256 131 0.51
Rüdiger snuff 1971 - 86 320 123 0.38
Dieter Kühn 197? - 91 294 122 0.41
Bernd belly spit 1959 - 73 264 120 0.45
Jürgen Heun 1976 - 91 341 115 0.34

England

The Football Association (FA)

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Jimmy Greaves 1957 - 72 516 357 0.69
Steve Bloomer 1892 - 10 536 317 0.59
William 'Dixie' Dean 1924 - 38 362 310 0.86
Gordon Hodgson 1925 - 40 456 287 0.63
Alan Shearer 1992 - 2006 441 260 0.59
Charlie Buchan 1912 - 28 482 257 0.53
Nat Lofthouse 1946 - 60 452 255 0.56
Joe Bradford 1921 - 35 410 248 0.60
Hugh Gallacher 1925 - 38 355 246 0.69

As of May 30, 2020

Finland

Suomen Palloliitto (SPL / FBF)

Surname Years Gates
Heikki Suhonen 1969 - 86 206
Kai Pahlman 1956 - 72 191
Ismo Lius 1983 - 99 189
Olavi Rissanen 1969 - 87 185
Valeri Popovitch 1993 - 09 166
Ari Hjelm 1981 - 96 152
Rafael 1997 - 2016 136
Arto Tolsa 1963 - 82 126
Stig-Göran Myntti 1944 - 62 121
Martti Hyvärinen 1958 - 72 119

As of May 30, 2020

France

Fédération Française de Football (FFF)

(As of May 30, 2020)

see also Ligue 1 / top scorer

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Delio Onnis 1971 - 86 449 299 0.67
Bernard Lacombe 1969 - 87 497 255 0.51
Hervé Revelli 1965 - 78 389 216 0.56
Roger Courtois 1933 - 56 288 210 0.73
Thadée Cisowski 1947 - 61 286 206 0.72
Roger Piantoni 1950 - 66 394 203 0.52
Joseph Ujlaki 1947 - 64 438 189 0.43
Fleury Di Nallo 1960 - 75 425 187 0.44
Carlos Bianchi 1973 - 80 220 179 0.81
Gunnar Andersson 1950 - 60 234 179 0.76

Greece

Elliniki Podosferiki Omospondia (EPO)

Surname Games Gates Goals / game
Thomas Mavros 501 260 0.52
Krzysztof Warzycha 390 245 0.63
Dimitrios Papaioannou 480 234 0.49
Georgios Sideris ? 229 ?
Antonios Antoniadis 242 187 0.77
Alekos Alexandris 387 186 0.48
Dimitrios Saravakos 443 186 0.42
Georgios Dedes 429 181 0.42
Nikolaos Anastopoulos 405 179 0.45
Michalis criticism opoulos 422 175 0.41

As of May 30, 2020

Italy

Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC)

Surname Games Gates Goals / game
Silvio Piola 537 274 0.51
Francesco Totti 618 250 0.40
Gunnar Nordahl 291 225 0.77
José Altafini 459 216 0.47
Giuseppe Meazza 367 216 0.59
Antonio Di Natale 445 209 0.47
Roberto Baggio 452 205 0.45
Kurt Hamrin 400 190 0.48
Giuseppe Signori 344 188 0.55
Alessandro Del Piero 478 188 0.39
Alberto Gilardino 502 188 0.37

As of May 30, 2020

Yugoslavia

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Slobodan Santrač 1962 - 77 364 218 0.60
Darko Pančev 1982 - 92 242 168 0.69
Dušan Bajević 1966 - 77 and 1981 - 83 322 166 0.52
Burjivoye Kostic 1956 - 64 ? 158 ?
Franjo Matosić ? ? 149 ?
Todor Veselinović 1946 - 61 ? 145 ?
Stjepan Bobek 1945 - 58 ? 129 ?
Zlatko Prlincević ? ? 129 ?
Dušan Savić 1973 - 82 ? 120 ?
Dragan Džajic ? ? 113 ?

Norway

Norges Fotball Association (NFF)

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Sigurd Rushfeldt 1992 - 11 299 172 0.58
Harald Brattbakk 1990 - 05 255 166 0.65
Petter Belsvik 1989 - 03 292 159 0.54
Odd Iversen 1967 - 82 225 158 0.70
Per Kristoffersen 1957 - 68 194 145 0.75
Frode Johnsen 1999 - 15 301 132 0.44
Thorstein Helstad 1995 - 13 234 116 0.50
Bengt Sæternes 1996 - 11 280 116 0.41
Jostein Flo 1987 - 01 213 114 0.54
Arild Sundgot 1995 - 11 325 111 0.34

As of May 30, 2020

Austria

Austrian Football Association (ÖFB)

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Robert service 1943 - 62 351 323 0.92
Hans Krankl 1971 - 88 427 320 0.75
Franz Binder 1930 - 49 261 298 1.14
Karl Decker 1938 - 54 276 282 1.02
Friedrich Cejka 1947 - 66 438 245 0.56
Anton Schall 1925 - 41 285 231 0.81
Wilhelm Hahnemann 1931 - 52 , 59 308? 230 0.75
Johann Buzek 1955 - 73 384 226 0.59
Erich Hof 1954 - 69 314 224 0.71
Ernst Stojaspal 1942 - 54 197 224 1.14

As of May 30, 2020

Poland

Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej (PZPN)

Surname Years Gates
Ernst Pohl 1954 - 67 186
Lucjan Brychczy 1954 - 69 182
Gerard Cieślik 1948 - 59 168
Tomasz Frankowski 1992 - 13 167
Teodor Peterek 1928 - 48 157
Włodzimierz Lubański 1962 - 75 155
Kazimierz Kmiecik 1969 - 83 153
Jan Liberda 1955 - 71 146
Paweł Brożek 2001 - 18 140
Teodor Aniola 1948 - 57 138

As of May 30, 2020

Portugal

Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (FPF)

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Fernando Peyroteo 1937 - 49 197 332 1.68
Eusebio 1960 - 77 313 320 1.02
Fernando Gomes 1974 - 91 404 319 0.79
José Águas 1950 - 63 281 291 1.03
Nene 1968 - 86 422 264 0.62
Manuel Fernandes 1970 - 88 485 243 0.50
Matateu 1951 - 67 291 219 0.75
José Augusto Torres 1959 - 80 378 218 0.58
Arsénio Duarte 1943 - 59 313 215 0.69
Rui Jordão 1971 - 89 360 213 0.69

As of May 30, 2020

Scotland

Scottish Football Association (SFA)

Surname Years Gates Games
Jimmy McGrory 1922 - 38 410 408
Robert McPhail 1923 - 39 305
Hugh Ferguson 1916 - 30 285
William Reid 1904 - 22 275
Ally McCoist 1980 - 81 , 1983 - 01 260
James McColl 1913 - 32 258
Robert Ferrier 1917 - 37 255
David Wilson 1928 - 39 254
William MacFadyen 1921 - 36 251
Andrew Cunningham 1909 - 29 237
James Smith 1928 - 39 225

As of May 30, 2020

Sweden

Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF)

Surname Years Gates
Sven Jonasson 1927 - 47 254
Carl-Erik Holmberg 1924 - 39 194
Filip Johansson 1924 - 36 182
Harry Lundahl 1924 - 38 179
Bertil Johansson 1954 - 68 162
Harry picture 1956 - 73 162
Sven Rydell 1924 - 34 156
Gunnar Nordahl 1940 - 49 151
Tore basement 1924 - 40 150
Knut Kroon 1925 - 42 140

As of May 30, 2020

Soviet Union

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / Games
Oleg Blochin 1969-87 432 211 0.49
Alexander Ponomarev 1938-52 249 152 0.52
Nikita Simonyan 1946-59 267 144 0.54
Sergei Solovyov 1939-52 226 143 0.63
Grigory Fedotov 1937-49 169 132 0.78
Eduard Markarov 1961-75 370 129 0.35
Avtandil Gogoberidze 1945-61 341 128 0.20
Oleg Protasov 1982-90 218 125 0.57
Valentin Ivanov 1953-66 287 124 0.43
Ramas Schengelia 1977-88 283 120 0.42

Spain

Primera División

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Lionel Messi 2004 - 700 532 0.96
Cristiano Ronaldo 2009 - 2018 292 311 1.07
Zarra 1939 - 55 277 251 0.90
Hugo Sánchez 1981 - 92 , 93 - 94 347 234 0.67
Raúl 1994 - 2010 550 228 0.41
Alfredo Di Stéfano 1953 - 66 329 227 0.69
César Rodríguez 1939 - 55 353 225 0.64
Quini 1970 - 75 , 77 - 84 448 219 0.49
Pahiño 1943 - 56 278 210 0.76
Mundo 1939 - 51 231 195 0.84
Santillana 1971 - 89 461 187 0.41

As of March 7, 2020, source: weltfussball.de

Czechoslovakia

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Josef Bican 1936 - 39 , 46 - 50 ? 218 ?
Miroslav Wiecek 1947 - 65 325 174 0.54
Jozef Adamec 1958 - 77 383 170 0.44
František Kloz 1928 - 41 , 1942 / 43 ? 168
Ladislav Pavlovič 1949 - 66 347 164 0.47
Oldřich Nejedlý 1931 - 39 187 161 0.86
Vlastimil Kopecký 1931 - 39 , 46 - 50 232 160 0.69
Jiří Pešek 1946 - 65 298 149 0.50
Zdeněk Nehoda 1967 - 82 346 145 0.42

Czech Republic

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
David Lafata 1999 - 2018 418 198 0.48
Horst Siegl 1993 - 2006 310 134 0.43
Libor Došek 1999 - 2017 407 125 0.31
Milan Škoda 2004 - 2020 302 94 0.32
Stanislav Vlček 1993 - 2012 436 94 0.22
Luděk Zelenka 1995 - 2010 342 92 0.27
Marek Kulič 1995 - 2014 389 88 0.23
Vratislav Lokvenc 1993 - 2000 201 82 0.41
Pavel Horváth 1993 - 2015 426 82 0.19
Jan Nezmar 1999 - 2012 311 80 0.26

ČMFS , as of May 23, 2020, source: weltfussball.de

Turkey

Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu (TFF)

Surname Years Gates
Hakan Şükür 1990 - 2001 , 2004 -2008 259
Tanju Çolak 1985 - 1993 240
Hami Mandıralı 1987 - 2003 219
Metin octay 1959 - 1969 217
Aykut Kocaman 1988 - 1996 200
Feyyaz Uçar 1984 - 1997 191
Burak Yılmaz 2002 -0000 190
Serkan Aykut 1994 - 2005 188
Umut Bulut 2001 -0000 157
Necati Ateş 1997 - 2016 138

As of May 30, 2020

Ukraine

Federazija Futbolu Ukrajiny Status: end of season 2015/16; Players still active in the 1st Ukrainian League are shown in bold

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Maxim Shatskix 1996 - 2016 341 124 0.36
Serhiy Rebrow 1992 - 2008 261 123 0.47
Yevhen Seleznyov 2002 - 2016 230 111 0.48
Andrij Vorobej 1997 - 2013 315 105 0.33
Andrij Yarmolenko 2008 - 2017 228 99 0.43
Oleksandr Haydasch 1991 - 2004 258 95 0.37
Marko Devic 2006 - 2014 219 90 0.41
Serhiy Misin 1992 - 2008 342 90 0.26
Timerlan Huseinow 1992 - 2001 215 85 0.39
Oleksandr Kosirin 1991 - 2010 240 84 0.35
Olexandr Hladkyj 2003 - 2018 300 84 0.28

As of May 30, 2020

Hungary

Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség (MLSz)

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Imre locksmith 1906 - 28 301 411 1.37
Ferenc Szusza 1940 - 61 462 393 0.85
Gyula Zsengellér 1935 - 47 325 387 1.19
József Takács 1920 - 40 355 360 1.01
Ferenc Puskás 1943 - 56 354 357 1.01
György Sárosi 1931 - 48 383 351 0.92
Gyula Szilágyi 1943 - 60 390 313 0.80
Ferenc Deák 1944 - 54 238 305 1.28
Ferenc Bene 1960 - 78 418 303 0.72
Géza Toldi 1928 - 46 324 271 0.84

As of May 30, 2020

South America

Argentina

Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA)

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Arsenio Erico 1934 - 47 332 293 0.88
Angel Labruna 1939 - 59 515 292 0.57
Herminio Masantonio 1931 - 45 358 256 0.72
Manuel Pelegrina 1938 - 56 490 231 0.47
Martin Palermo 1992 - 00 , 2004 - 11 330 227 0.69
José Francisco Sanfilippo 1953 - 63 , 1966 - 67 , 72 330 226 0.68
Ricardo Infante 1942 - 61 439 217 0.49
Óscar Mas 1964 - 77 , 79 , 82 , 85 429 215 0.50
Bernabé Ferreira 1931 - 39 197 206 1.05
Carlos Bianchi 1967 - 72 , 80 - 84 324 206 0.64

As of May 30, 2020

Bolivia

Federación Boliviana de Fútbol (FBF)

Surname Years Gates
Victor Hugo Antelo 1983 - 00 350
Juan Carlos Sánchez 1979 - 92 261
Carlos Saucedo 2006 -0000 254
José Alfredo Castillo 2000 -0000 241
Pablo Daniel Escobar 2004 - 18 228
Luis Fernando Salinas 1980 - 93 201
Jesús Reynaldo 1977 - 93 196
William Ferreira 2009 - 2019 186
Limberg Gutiérrez 1996 - 14 167
Horacio Baldessari 1978 - 88 161

As of May 30, 2020

Ecuador

Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol

Surname Years Gates
Hermen Benítez 1980-95 191
Jorge Vinicio Ron 1972-87 181
Evelio Agustín Ordóñez 1996-2010 159
Fabián Paz y Miño 1972-88 155
Geovanny Alfonso Mera 1980-95 150
Hamilton Emilio Cuvi 1978-96 147
Carlos Alberto Juarez 1996-2008 141
Ariel Graziani 1995-2006 134
Angel Luis Liciardi 1970-78 130
José Voltaire Villafuerte 1975-89 125

As of May 30, 2020

Colombia

Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (COLFUTBOL)

Surname Gates
Sergio Galvan 224
Iván René Valenciano 217
Hugo Horacio Londero 211
Oswaldo Marcial Palavecino 204
Jorge Ramírez Gallego 201
Omar Lorenzo Devanni 198
Víctor Aristizábal 187
Arnoldo Iguarán 186
Willington Ortíz 184
José Omar Verdún 184

As of May 30, 2020

North and Central America

Mexico

Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, AC (FMF)

Surname Years Gates
Evanildo Castro "Cabinho" 1974-1985 312
Carlos Hermosillo 1984-2001 294
Jared Borgetti 1994-2010 252
José Saturnino Cardozo 1995-2004 249
Horacio Casarín 1936-1956 238
Osvaldo Castro 1971-1984 214
Luis Roberto Alves “Zague” 1985-2003 209
Adalberto Lopez 1941-1954 201
Carlos Eloir Peruci 1972-1984 199
Sergio Lira 1978-1996 191

As of May 30, 2020

USA ( MLS )

United States Soccer Federation (USSF)

Surname Years Games Gates Goals / game
Landon Donovan 2001 - 2016 305 108 0.35
Chris Wondolowski 2005 - 364 160 0.44
Jaime Moreno 1996 - 2010 372 145 0.39
Jeff Cunningham 1998 - 2011 387 139 0.36
Kei Kamara 2007 - 357 132 0.37
Ante Razov 1996 - 2010 297 125 0.42
Bradley Wright-Phillips 2013 - 161 77 0.54
Jason Circle 1996 - 2007 215 117 0.35
Taylor Twellman 2002 - 2010 194 10 0.57
Dwayne De Rosario 1997 - 2014 367 108 0.29

As of March 9, 2020, source: weltfussball.de

Africa

Egypt

Egyptian Football Association

Surname Gates
Hassan El-Shazly 176
Hossam Hassan 168
Moustafa Reyadh 123
El-Sayed El-Dhizui 112
Mahmoud El-Khatib 109
Ahmed El-Kass 107
Mohamed Abo Treka 106
Abdallah El Said 104
Gamel Abdel Hamid 101

As of May 30, 2020

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For an overall ranking it should be taken into account that many players were active in different countries. The IFFHS has presented such a ranking list based on the status quo at the time in the world's best first division goal scorers of the century (Wiesbaden 1998, title sic). This was updated in the IFFHS magazine Libero International in 2000 and 2002 and is currently available on the IFFHS website .
  2. ↑ He scored another 5 goals in the (then canceled) autumn series of the Oberliga Südwest 1946/47. Including this, it would be exactly 300 goals.

The data used here is based on rsssf.com on RSSSF.com . For Germany, the Oberliga books of the Klartext publishing house were also used, information on Ottmar Walter also comes from the Chronicle 50 Years of Holstein Kiel from 1950. The data for the USA are from http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/Tore -alltime.html (currently not online).