List of football players with at least 50 international goals

The following list contains the football players who have scored at least 50 goals in international matches for the senior national teams. So far, only one player, Iranian Ali Daei , has managed to score over 100 goals. For the Thai player Piyapong Piew-on , more than 100 goals are cited in some sources, but FIFA does not count many of the games in which he scored goals as A-internationals.

The youngest player to score the 50th goal was Mokhtar Dahari from Malaysia with 21.1 years. The oldest player to score the 50th goal was Australian Tim Cahill , aged 37.8. Brazil and Hungary have the most “fifties” with four players. Three of the Hungarian players scored their last goal before the first of the Brazilians ( Pelé ) scored his first goal. The Hungarian Imre Schlosser was the first player to score his 50th international goal on November 5, 1916. The last player to do so was Edinson Cavani , who scored his 50th international goal on November 18, 2019.

Bobby Charlton ended his international career as well as Sven Rydell and Lukas Podolski with 49 goals. For the Ivorian Abdoulaye Traoré 50 goals were initially counted, from May 28, 2020 rsssf.com will only count 49 goals, as he scored one goal in a game against the Nigerian U-20 team.

Only three “Fifties” scored an average of more than one goal per game and only Ali Daei scored more than 100 goals, of which only 1 goal against a team from the top 10 of the FIFA world rankings and 55 goals against teams that are on Ranks 100 to 208 in the FIFA world rankings.

The Englishman Vivian Woodward also scored more than 50 goals, but only 29 for the senior team and 44 goals for the amateur national team , but these against other senior national teams, which at the time were usually also amateur teams. If you add up all his goals, he was the first player to score the 50th international goal on May 31, 1909 in an 8-2 win against Hungary , scoring four goals.

Fifties

No.	player	country	continental association	vintage	Gates	Games	cut	Age 1st gate	Age 50th gate	Age last goal	WM	Continental championship	OIL
1	Ali Daei	Iran	AFC	1969	109	149	0.73	24.3	30.8	36.9	0	14th	NQ
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	UEFA	1985	99	164	0.60	19.4	29.4		7th	9	1
3	Mokhtar Dahari †	Malaysia	AFC	1953	86	131	0.66	18.6	21.1	27.8	NQ	NQ	NQ
4th	Ferenc Puskás †	Hungary	UEFA	1927	84	089	0.94	18.4	25.3	29.6	4th	KW	4th
5	Godfrey Chitalu †	Zambia	CAF	1947	79	111	0.70	20.7	31.1	33.2	NT	1	2
6th	Hussain Said	Iraq	AFC	1958	78	137	0.57	19.5	24.9	31.1	0	NT	3
7th	Pelé	Brazil	CONMEBOL	1940	77	092	0.84	16.7	24.7	30.7	12	8th	NT
8th	Bashar Abdullah	Kuwait	AFC	1977	75	134	0.56	18.6	25.2	29.7	0	3	NQ
	Kunishige Kamamoto	Japan	AFC	1944	75	076	0.99	19.9	28.3	32.4	NQ	NQ	3
	Sándor Kocsis †	Hungary	UEFA	1927	75	068	1.10	18.7	25.0	27.1	11	KW	6th
11	Majid Mohammed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	AFC	1959	72	117	0.62	20.2	29.2	35.4	0	3	NT
	Sunil Chhetri	India	AFC	1984	72	115	0.63	20.9	31.4		NQ	4th	NQ
13	Miroslav Klose	Germany	UEFA	1978	71	137	0.52	22.8	32.1	36.1	16	3	NT
	Kinnah Phiri	Malawi	CAF	1954	71	117	0.61	19.2	23.7	26.7	NQ	NQ	NQ
	Kiatisak Senamuang	Thailand	AFC	1973	71	134	0.53	19.7	27.5	33.4	NQ	1	NQ
16	Star john	Trinidad and Tobago	CONCACAF	1976	70	115	0.61	18.3	27.6	35.1	0	3	NQ
	Lionel Messi	Argentina	CONMEBOL	1987	70	138	0.51	18.7	28.8		6th	9	2
	Piyapong Piew-on *	Thailand	AFC	1959	70	100	0.70	21.6	29.2	37.9	NQ	NT	NQ
19th	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	CAF	1966	68	176	0.39	21.9	32.1	39.5	0	11	NQ
	Robbie Keane	Ireland	UEFA	1980	68	146	0.47	18.3	30.9	36.1	3	0	NQ
	Gerd Mueller *	BR Germany	UEFA	1945	68	062	1.10	21.4	26.6	28.7	14th	4th	NT
	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	CONCACAF	1979	68	133	0.51	19.5	32.9	37.0	NQ	8th	NQ
23	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	CAF	1978	65	104	0.63	24.9	33.9	36.3	2	11	NT
24	Jasem al-Huwaidi *	Kuwait	AFC	1972	63	074	0.85	20.1	27.9	29.3	NQ	8th	NT
	Ali Mabkhout	UA Emirates	AFC	1990	63	83	0.76	22.0	28.5		NQ	9	NT
26th	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	UEFA	1981	62	116	0.53	20.0	32.9	34.1	0	6th	NT
	Ahmed Radhi	Iraq	AFC	1964	62	121	0.51	19.6	28.3	33.1	1	NT	2
	Ronaldo	Brazil	CONMEBOL	1976	62	098	0.63	17.6	29.8	27.2	15th	10	NT
29	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	UEFA	1988	61	112	0.54	20.1	29.1		0	2	NQ
	Neymar	Brazil	CONMEBOL	1992	61	101	0.60	18.5	24.8		6th	7th	7th
31	Imre Schlosser † *	Hungary	UEFA	1889	59	068	0.87	17.0	27.0	32.0	KW	KW	4th
	Luis Suarez	Uruguay	CONMEBOL	1987	59	113	0.52	20.7	31.2		7th	6th	0
	David Villa	Spain	UEFA	1981	59	098	0.60	24.3	29.9	32.6	8th	4th	NT
34	Bum-kun Cha	South Korea	AFC	1953	58	136	0.43	19.0	24.3	25.6	0	1	NQ
	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	UEFA	1986	58	107	0.54	21.2	31.0		1	NQ	NQ
36	Clint Dempsey	United States	CONCACAF	1983	57	141	0.40	22.2	33.3	34.1	4th	16	NT
	Landon Donovan	United States	CONCACAF	1982	57	157	0.36	18.7	31.4	31.5	5	18th	NT
	Yunis Mahmud	Iraq	AFC	1983	57	148	0.39	19.5	31.0	32.7	NQ	8th	0
	Carlos Pavón	Honduras	CONCACAF	1973	57	101	0.56	22.2	35.5	36.3	0	9	0
40	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	CAF	1981	56	118	0.47	16.4	30.5	33.2	3	18th	1
41	Fandi Ahmad	Singapore	AFC	1962	55	101	0.54	17.8	33.6	35.4	NQ	NT	NQ
	Jan Koller	Czech Republic	UEFA	1973	55	091	0.60	25.9	34.5	35.2	1	3	NT
	Kazuyoshi Miura	Japan	AFC	1967	55	089	0.62	25.5	30.6	33.3	NT	2	NT
	Bader al-Mutawa	Kuwait	AFC	1985	55	178	0.30	18.7	30.7		NQ	2	NQ
	Romario	Brazil	CONMEBOL	1966	55	070	0.79	21.3	34.7	39.3	5	7th	7th
46	Gabriel Batistuta *	Argentina	CONMEBOL	1969	54	077	0.70	22.4	31.4	33.4	10	13	NT
47	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	AFC	1985	53	080	0.66	18.3	31.0		NQ	NQ	NQ
	Zainal Abidin Hassan	Malaysia	AFC	1961	53	102	0.52	20.0	34.6	35.4	NQ	NQ	NQ
	Wayne Rooney	England	UEFA	1985	53	120	0.44	17.9	29.9	30.7	1	6th	NT
	Joachim Streich	GDR	UEFA	1951	53	098	0.54	20.5	32.3	33.5	2	NQ	6th
51	Chicharito	Mexico	CONCACAF	1988	52	109	0.48	21.7	30.1		4th	9	NT
	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	UEFA	1993	52	084	0.62	19.4	26.4		3	2	NQ
	Poul Nielsen †	Denmark	UEFA	1891	52	038	1.37	20.5	33.5	33.8	KW	KW	1
	Adnan at-Talyani	UA Emirates	AFC	1964	52	161	0.32	19.4	32.5	33.2	0	3	NQ
	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	UEFA	1976	52	112	0.46	20.6	31.3	33.8	5	3	NQ
	Phil Younghusband	Philippines	AFC	1987	52	108	0.48	19.3	30.6		NQ	0	NQ
57	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	CAF	1983	51	108	0.47	18.0	31.6		6th	8th	NT
	Thierry Henry	France	UEFA	1977	51	123	0.41	20.8	32.1	32.1	6th	6th	NQ
	Lê Công Vinh	Vietnam	AFC	1985	51	083	0.61	18.7	31.0	31.0	NQ	1	NQ
	Hakan Şükür	Turkey	UEFA	1971	51	112	0.46	20.6	35.1	35.8	1	2	NQ
	Lajos Tichy †	Hungary	UEFA	1935	51	072	0.71	20.1	29.1	29.1	7th	0	NT
62	Karim Bagheri	Iran	AFC	1974	50	087	0.57	19.3	34.9	34.9	0	4th	NQ
	Tim Cahill	Australia	OFC / AFC	1979	50	108	0.46	24.5	37.8	37.8	5	12	1
	Edinson Cavani	Uruguay	CONMEBOL	1987	50	116	0.43	21.0	32.8		5	2	0
	Hwang Sun-hong	South Korea	AFC	1968	50	103	0.49	20.4	33.9	33.9	2	5	0
	Shinji Okazaki	Japan	AFC	1986	50	119	0.42	22.8	30.9		2	4th	0
	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	UEFA	1983	50	102	0.49	21.9	32.2	32.2	6th	3	NT

1. ↑ Players in bold are still active, but players in italics have not been used in the national team in the last six months.
2. ↑ If bolded, the player is the country's record goal scorer
3. ↑ When italicized, the player scored all goals before the association was founded. If bold is the player's record goal scorer of the continental federation.
4. ↑ Africa Cup , Asian Championship , Copa América , European Championship and Gold Cup
5. ↑ Only up to 1956 A international matches - see: FIFA regulations on international matches
6. ↑ Including 4 international matches for Spain without a goal
7. ↑ In previous lists it was led with up to 140 games.
8. ↑ In previous RSSSF lists, one goal in the game against Cameroon on June 10, 2009 was taken into account, but it does not count as an off game, as it was played over 3 × 30 minutes.
9. ↑ In some sources, e.g. B. the match report of the association El fútbol de España embruja - RFEF - Luis Arnáiz, enviado especial - Murcia - 09-06-2010 ( memento of October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Villa is also attributed the 1-0 against Poland, in other sources, e.g. B. on futbol.sportec.com ( Memento from September 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) the goal is counted as an own goal by Poland Grzegorz Wojtkowiak .
10. ↑ Incl. Copa America
11. ↑ 2 previously considered games in which he scored a goal are no longer counted as A international matches. [1]
12. ↑ In the 2000 final, which does not count as an A international match and is not included in its 56.
13. ↑ All goals in 1988, in games that do not count as A international match and are therefore not included in his 55.
14. ↑ Joachim Streich in the database of the German Football Association . Retrieved November 22, 2019.
15. ↑ Not included in the total as not recognized by FIFA as A internationals

Notes: NT = not qualified, NT = not participated, KW = the competition did not exist when the player was active.
highlighted in green: the player is the record holder at the respective tournament.
* The player was at times the record holder for his country

Players with at least 50 goals, some of which were scored in games no longer recognized as an international match

player	country	vintage	Gates	Games	cut	Age 1st d.	Age 50 T.	Age l. T.	WM	KT	OIL	OL-Q
Zico	Brazil	1953	52	072	0.72	23.0	33.2	33.2	5	2	NT
Włodzimierz Lubański	Poland	1947	50	75	0.67	16.5	33.6	33.6	0	NT	2	4th

1. ↑ If bolded, the player is the country's record goal scorer
2. ↑ Africa Cup , Asian Championship , Copa América , European Championship and Gold Cup
3. ↑ Only up to 1956 A international matches - see: FIFA regulations on international matches
4. ↑ Including 4 goals in a game against the Irish league team on September 23, 1981
5. ↑ Including a game against the Irish league team on September 23, 1981
6. ↑ Both goals against senior national teams ( Ghana and Morocco )
7. ↑ Two goals against senior national teams ( Soviet Union and Bulgaria )

Notes: NT = not participated.

Special 50th goals

• Ferenc Puskás: Olympic Games 1952 preliminary round
• Gerd Müller: European Championship finals 1972
• Hwang Seon-hong: World Cup preliminary round 2002
• Miroslav Klose: World Cup round of 16 2010
• Cristiano Ronaldo: World Cup preliminary round 2014
• Clint Dempsey: Copa America Centenario 2016 preliminary round

See also

• List of record goalscorers in international football matches
• List of football players with at least 100 international matches
• List of national soccer players
• Women:
  • List of female soccer players with at least 50 international goals
  • List of female soccer players with at least 100 international matches
  • List of national soccer players

Individual evidence

1. ↑ auf.org: Edinson Cavani llegó a 50 goles con Uruguay
2. ↑ rsssf.com: Abdoulaye Traoré - Goals in International Matches
3. ↑ Karel Stokkermans: Vivian John Woodward - International Appearances. In: rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation , accessed August 28, 2013 . 
4. ↑ For the 2004 Olympic team , not included in the 99 goals.
5. ^ Including four goals in four qualifying games for the 1976 Olympic Games
6. ↑ Including three goals against Zanzibar , which is not a member of FIFA, 2 goals in the Olympic Games and 2 goals in qualifying games for the Olympic Games, which are not recognized by FIFA, and 3 goals against a Cypriot league selection, which are also not recognized by FIFA are counted.
7. ↑ Two games against Zanzibar , which is not a member of FIFA, 3 games at the Olympic Games and 2 qualifying games for the Olympic Games, as well as 3 games against a Cypriot league selection, none of which are recognized by FIFA.
8. ↑ Incl. 9 goals in the qualifying games for the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games and 3 goals in the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games, none of which are recognized by FIFA.
9. ↑ Incl. 21 qualifying games for the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games and 9 games for the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, none of which are recognized by FIFA.
10. ↑ 19 goals in qualifying games for the Olympic Games in 1968, 1972 and 1976 and 3 goals in the Olympic Games in 1968
11. ↑ Including 14 appearances in qualifying games for the Olympic Games in 1968, 1971 and 1976 and 2 appearances in the Olympic Games in 1964 and 1968
12. ↑ Including one goal in a qualifying match for the 1976 Olympic Games and four goals against Zanzibar, which are not recognized by FIFA.
13. ↑ Including two qualifying games for the 1976 Olympic Games and five games against Zanzibar, which are not recognized by FIFA.
14. ↑ For the 2008 Olympic team , not included in the 70 goals.
15. ^ Including 5 goals in qualifying games for the 1984 Olympic Games
16. ^ Including 10 qualifying games for the 1984 Olympic Games
17. ^ In addition, a goal on September 18, 1992 at the Arab Nations Cup, which is counted as an unofficial game
18. ^ Also four unofficial games at the 1992 Arab Nations Cup
19. ↑ Neymar scored all goals with the Brazilian Olympic team, not included in the total
20. ↑ In his RSSSF statistics , the door is not counting on 10 June 2012 the Uruguayan Association has it in his Torstatistik 50th international goal with
21. ↑ Before June 9, 2016, it was listed with 55 goals.
22. ↑ Before June 9, 2016, it was listed with 121 goals.
23. ↑ ^{a b} Incl. a goal in a game against Guadeloupe that is not taken into account by FIFA as Guadeloupe is not a FIFA member.
24. ↑ 56 goals were counted up to July 14, 2016, two goals against a Slovak league selection on June 22, 1995 are no longer counted.
25. ↑ Up to July 14, 2016, 77 games were counted, a game against a Slovakian league selection on June 22, 1995 is no longer counted.
26. ^ Including six goals in eight qualifying games for the 1984 Olympic Games
27. ^ Including 1 goal at the Copa America and 8 goals at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
28. ↑ In previous RSSSF lists 53 goals in 164 games were named.
29. ↑ Incl. of the game against South Africa on June 15, 2019, in which more than 6 players were substituted.
30. ↑ 6 goals at the 2004 Oceania Championship and 6 goals at the 2007, 2011 and 2015 Asian Championship
31. ↑ Not included in the total, as the games do not count as A international matches.

Web links

• FACT Sheet FIFA Century Club (as of June 30, 2020)
• International Caps (English, as of March 1, 2020, last updated on August 6, 2020)
• eu-football.info: List of European national players (updated shortly after the games)
• International Goals - Trivia (players with 40 and more international goals) (Last update: August 6, 2020)