List of record goalscorers in international football matches

The list of record goal scorers in international matches shows the respective record goal scorers (according to the number of goals) of the individual countries in A international matches , as far as known.

Explanations

• Country: The number of players with at least 30 goals is shown in brackets; Teams in italics no longer exist or are no longer FIFA members.
• Players: Players in bold are still active, but in italics have not been used in the national team in the last 6 months.

Africa ( CAF )

country	player	vintage	Gates	Games	cut	Age 1st d.	Age l. T.	WM	KT	OIL
Egypt (6)	Hossam Hassan *	1966	68	176	0.39	21.9	39.5	0	11	NT
Algeria (1)	Abdelhafid Tasfaout	1969	36	080	0.45	24.7	33.9	NT	2	NT
Angola (2)	Fabrice Maceio "Akwá"	1977	39	078	0.50	17.9	29.0	0	0	NT
Equatorial Guinea (0)	Emilio Nsue	1989	11	023	0.48	23.5		NT	1	NT
Benin (0)	Stéphane Sességnon	1984	24	082	0.29	21.3		NT	0	NT
Botswana (0)	Jerome Ramatlhakwane	1985	24	061	0.39	21.5		NT	0	NT
Burkina Faso (1)	Moumouni Dagano	1985	34	083	0.41	17.6	31.8	NT	1	NT
Burundi (0)	Fiston Razak	1991	19th	047	0.40	22.2		NT	NT	NT
Djibouti (0)	Ahmed Hence	1982	04th	014th	0.29	25.2	26.2	NT	NT	NT
Ivory Coast (2)	Didier Drogba	1978	65	105	0.62	24.9	36.3	2	11	NT
Gabon (0)	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	1989	25th	063	0.40	19.8		NT	5	NT
Ghana (2)	Asamoah Gyan *	1985	51	108	0.47	18.0		6th	8th	NT
Guinea (0)	Pascal Feindouno	1981	28+	067+	<0.42	19.1	28.3	NT	8th	NT
Cameroon (3)	Samuel Eto'o	1981	56	118	0.47	16.4	33.2	3	18 *	1
Cape Verde (0)	Héldon Ramos	1988	15th	052	0.29	20.8		NT	2	NT
Kenya (1)	Dennis Oliech	1985	34	072	0.47	17.6	28.0	NT	1	NT
Comoros (0)	Ben Nabouhane	1989	08th	18th	0.44	26.8		NT	NT	NT
Democratic Republic of the Congo (0)	Dieumerci Mbokani	1985	18th	41	0.44	20.0		NT	5	NT
Republic of the Congo (0)	Thievy Bifouma	1992	15th	030th	0.50	22.3	26.5	NT	NT	NT
Liberia	George Weah	1966	18th	075	0.24	20.3	35.3	NT	1	NT
Madagascar	Faneva Andriatsima	1984	14th	047	0.30	21.4		NT	1	NT
Malawi (1)	Kinnah Phiri	1954	71	117	0.61	19.2	26.7	NT	NT	NT
Mali (0)	Seydou Keïta *	1980	25th	102	0.24	22.0	34.9	NT	8th	NT
Morocco (0)	Ahmed Faras	1946	36	094	0.38	20.9	32.9	0	6th	3
Mauritius (0)	Daniel Imbert †	1952	17th	053	0.32	19.4	30.3	NT	2	NT
Mozambique (1)	Tico-Tico	1973	30th	094	0.32	19.0	36.1	NT	1	NT
Namibia (0)	Rudolf Bester	1983	13	042	0.31	23.0	30.8	NT	NT	NT
Nigeria (1)	Rashidi Yekini †	1963	37	062	0.60	21.5	34.4	1	13	NT
Rwanda (0)	Olivier Karekezi	1983	24+	053	0.45	18.6	28.6	NT	NT	NT
Zambia (3)	Godfrey Chitalu †	1947	79	111	0.71	20.7	33.2	NT	1	2
Senegal (0)	Henri Camara *	1977	29	099	0.29	22.1	31.1	2	5	NT
Seychelles (0)	Philip Zialor	1976	10	021st	0.48	22nd	32	NT	NT	NT
Zimbabwe (1)	Peter Ndlovu	1973	38	065	0.58	18.1	32.3	NT	3	NT
South Africa (1)	Benni McCarthy	1977	31	079	0.39	20.3	30.9	2	8th	NT
Togo (1)	Emmanuel Adebayor	1984	32	086	0.37	20.1		0	1	NT
Tunisia (1)	Issam Jemâa	1984	36	084	0.43	21.6	29.6	NT	1	NT
Central African Republic (0)	Foxi Kéthévoama	1986	8th	045	0.18	26.0		NT	NT	NT
	Hilaire Momi	1990	8th	028	0.32	17.0		NT	NT	NT
Record mark

Asia ( AFC )

country	player	vintage	Gates	Games	cut	Age 1st d.	Age l. T.	WM	KT	OIL
Afghanistan (0)	Belal Arezou	1988	9	16+	<0.56	22.5		NT	NT	NT
Australia (1)	Tim Cahill	1979	50	108	0.46	24.5	37.8	5	12	1
Bahrain (2)	Ismail Abdullatif	1986	41	120	0.34	20.9		NT	5	NT
Bhutan (0)	Chencho Gyeltshen	1996	10	035	0.29	14.9		NT	NT	NT
China (1)	Hao Haidong *	1970	41	107	0.38	22.2	34.0	0	4th	NT
Guam (0)	Jason Cunliffe	1983	22nd	053	0.42	25.4		NT	NT	NT
Hong Kong (1)	Chan Siu Ki	1985	40	070	0.57	19.7		NT	NT	NT
India (2)	Sunil Chhetri *	1984	72	115	0.63	20.9		NT	4th	NT
Indonesia (2)	Bambang Pamungkas *	1981	38	087	0.44	18.1	31.5	NT	1	NT
Iraq (4)	Hussain Said *	1958	78	137	0.57	19.5	31.1	0	NT	3
Iran (4)	Ali Daei *	1969	109	149	0.73	24.3	36.9	0	14 *	NT
Japan (6)	Kunishige Kamamoto	1944	75	076	0.99	19.9	32.4	NT	2	3
Yemen (0)	Ali Al-Nono	1980	28	020+	<1.40	20.9	31.6	NT	NT	NT
Jordan (1)	Hassan Abdel Fattah Mahmoud	1982	30th	088	0.34	22.6	33.2	NT	1	NT
Qatar (4)	Mubarak Mustafa Fazli Noorallah	1973	41	85	0.48	19.2	31.4	NT	1	NT
Kyrgyzstan (0)	Anton Zemlyanuchin	1988	13	029	0.46	20.7		NT	0	NT
Kuwait (5)	Bashar Abdullah *	1977	75	134	0.56	18.6	29.7	NT	3	NT
Laos (0)	Visay Phaphouvanin *	1985	18th	071	0.25	17.5		NT	NT	NT
Lebanon (0)	Hassan Maatouk	1987	21st	084	0.25	24.0		NT	1	NT
Macau (0)	Chan Kin Seng	1985	17th	027	0.63	21.1		NT	NT	NT
Malaysia	Mokhtar Dahari †	1953	86	131	0.66	18.6	27.8	NQ	NQ	NQ
Maldives (1)	Ali Ashfaq	1985	53	080	0.66	18.3		NT	NT	NT
Mongolia (0)	Lumbengarav Donorov	1977	8th	035	0.23	26.1	37.5	NT	NT	NT
	Nyam-Osor Naranbold	1992	8th	018th	0.44	24.4		NT	NT	NT
North Korea (0)	Jong Il-gwan	1992	25th	074	0.34	21.6		NT	NT	NT
Northern Mariana Islands (0)	Joe Wang Miller	1989	4th	006th	0.67	19.2	?	NT	NT	KM
Oman (4)	Hani Al-Dhabit	1979	43	102	0.42	17.8	28.5	NT	NT	NT
East Timor (0)	Rufino Gama	1998	7th	018th	0.39	18.2		NT	NT	NT
Palestine (0)	Fahed Attal	1985	16	036	0.44	21.1	27.2	NT	NT	NT
Philippines (1)	Phil Younghus Band *	1987	52	108	0.48	19.3		NT	0	NT
Saudi Arabia (5)	Majid Mohammed Abdullah	1959	72	117	0.62	20.2	35.4	0	3	NT
Singapore (4)	Fandi Ahmad	1962	55	101	0.54	17.8	35.4	NT	NT	NT
Sri Lanka (0)	Kasun Weerarathne Jayasuriya	1984	29	057+	<0.51	18.6	28.9	NT	NT	NT
South Korea (4)	Bum-kun Cha *	1953	58	136	0.43	19.0	25.6	0	1	NT
Syria (2)	Firas Al Khatib	1983	36	072	0.50	17.9		NT	1	NT
Tajikistan (0)	Numonjon Khakimov	1978	16	unknown	unknown	25.2	31.5	NT	NT	NT
Thailand (4)	Kiatisak Senamuang	1973	71	134	0.53	19.7	33.4	NT	1	NT
Turkmenistan (0)	Charyar Mukhadov	1969	13	unknown	unknown	23	30th	NT	NT	NT
Uzbekistan (3)	Maksim Shatskix	1978	34	061	0.56	21.0	33.0	NT	4th	NT
UA Emirates (4)	Ali Mabkhout	1990	63	083	0.76	22.0		NT	9	NT
Vietnam (2)	Lê Công Vinh	1985	51	083	0.61	18.7	31.0	NT	1	NT
World record

Europe ( UEFA )

country	player	vintage	Gates	Games	cut	Age 1st d.	Age l. T.	WM	KT	OIL
Albania (0)	Erjon Bogdani	1977	18th	074	0.24	21.8	35.8	NT	NT	NT
Andorra (0)	Ildefons Lima *	1979	11	128	0.09	17.5		NT	NT	NT
Armenia (0)	Henrich Mchitarjan	1989	29	086	0.34	20.2		NT	NT	NT
Azerbaijan (0)	Qurban Qurbanov	1972	14th	068	0.21	21.2	32.2	NT	NT	NT
Belgium (4)	Romelu Lukaku	1993	52	084	0.62	19.4		5	2	NT
Bohemia (0)	Jan Košek †	1885	4th	003	1.33	21.2	22.7	NT	NT	NT
	Josef Bělka †	1886	4th	004th	1.00	21.6	22.1	NT	NT	NT
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)	Edin Džeko *	1986	58	107	0.55	21.2		1	NT	NT
Bulgaria (3)	Dimitar Berbatov	1981	48	078	0.62	18.8	28.8	NT	0	NT
Denmark (6)	Poul Nielsen †	1891	52	038	1.37	20.5	33.8	KW	KW	1
	Jon Dahl Tomasson	1976	52	112	0.46	20.6		5	3	NT
Germany ( 14 )	Miroslav Klose	1978	71	137	0.52	22.8	36.1	16 *	3	NT
GDR (1)	Joachim Streich *	1951	53	098	0.54	20.5	33.5	2	0	6th
England (9)	Wayne Rooney	1985	53	120	0.44	17.9	30.5	1	6th	KM
Estonia (1)	Andre's opera	1977	38	134	0.28	19.6	35.0	NT	NT	NT
Faroe Islands (0)	Rógvi Jacobsen	1979	10	054	0.19	23.0	28.7	NT	NT	NT
Finland (1)	Jari Litmanen *	1971	32	137	0.23	20.2	39.8	NT	NT	NT
France (8)	Thierry Henry	1977	51	123	0.41	20.8		6th	6th	NT
Georgia (0)	Shota Arweladze	1973	26th	061	0.43	19.6	34.1	NT	NT	NT
Gibraltar (0)	Lee Casciaro	1981	3	033	0.09	33.5		NT	NT	KM
Greece (0)	Nikolaos Anastopoulos	1958	29	074	0.39	22.0	30.7	NT	1	NT
Ireland (1)	Robbie Keane *	1980	68	146	0.47	18.3	36.1	3	0	NT
Iceland (0)	Eiður Guðjohnsen	1978	26th	088	0.30	21.0	37.8	NT	0	NT
	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	1990	26th	057	0.46	20.0		NT	2	NT
Israel (0)	Mordechai Spiegler *	1944	24	057	0.42	19.8	28.8	1	4th	1
	Yossi Benayoun *	1980	24	102	0.24	19.0	31.1	NT	NT	NT
Italy (3)	Luigi Riva	1944	35	042	0.83	22.2	29.5	3	1	NT
Yugoslavia (4)	Stjepan Bobek * †	1923	38	063	0.60	22.8	30.9	1	KW	7th
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro   (1)	Savo Milošević *	1973	35	101	0.36	21.4	31.1	0	5	NT
Kazakhstan (0)	Ruslan Baltiev *	1978	13	073	0.18	19.0	31.0	NT	NT	NT
Kosovo (0)	Vedat Muriqi	1994	8th	023	0.35	23.6		NT	NT	NT
Croatia (2)	Before that, Šuker	1968	45	069	0.65	24.8	34.3	6th	3	NT
Latvia (0)	Māris Verpakovskis	1979	29	104	0.28	19.7	33.0	NT	1	NT
Liechtenstein (0)	Mario Frick	1974	16	125	0.13	23.0		NT	NT	NT
Lithuania (0)	Tomas Danilevičius	1978	19th	072	0.26	22.6	31.2	NT	NT	NT
Luxembourg (0)	Léon Mart †	1914	16	024	0.67	20.1	30.7	NT	KW	0
Malta (1)	Michael Mifsud *	1981	41	142	0.29	18.8		NT	NT	NT
Moldova (0)	Serghei Cleșcenco *	1972	11	069	0.16	22.3	34.3	NT	NT	NT
Montenegro (0)	Stevan Jovetić	1989	24	051	0.47	18.8		NT	NT	NT
Netherlands (10)	Robin van Persie	1983	50	102	0.49	21.9	32.2	6th	3	NT
Northern Ireland (1)	David Healy	1979	36	095	0.38	20.6	33.3	NT	NT	KM
North Macedonia (1)	Goran Pandev *	1983	34	108	0.31	19.1		NT	NT	NT
Norway (1)	Jørgen Juve †	1906	33	045	0.73	22.6	27.6	NT	KW	0
Austria (2)	Toni upholstery *	1964	44	095	0.46	18.7	34.3	1	NT	NT
Poland (6)	Robert Lewandowski *	1988	61	112	0.54	20.1		0	2	NT
Portugal (4)	Cristiano Ronaldo *	1985	99	164	0.60	19.4		7th	9 *	NT
Romania (3)	Adrian Mutu	1979	35	077	0.45	21.3	34.2	0	1	NT
	Gheorghe Hagi *	1965	35	124	0.28	19.6	34.6	3	0	NT
Russia (1)	Alexander Kerhakov	1982	30th	091	0.33	19.7	32.3	1	0	NT
Saarland (0)	Herbert Binkert †	1923	6th	012	0.50	27.7	31.7	NT	KW	NT
	Herbert Martin †	1925	6th	017th	0.35	25.2	28.6	NT	KW	NT
San Marino (0)	Andy Selva *	1976	8th	0 73	0.11	22.5	32.4	NT	NT	NT
Scotland (2)	Denis Law *	1940	30th	055	0.55	18.7	32.3	0	NT	KM
	Kenny Dalglish *	1951	30th	102	0.29	21.7	33.7	2	NT	KM
Sweden (7)	Zlatan Ibrahimović	1981	62	116	0.53	20.0	34.1	0	6th	NT
Switzerland (4)	Alexander Frei	1979	42	0 84	0.50	21.7		2	0	NT
Serbia (1)	Aleksandar Mitrovic	1994	34	55	0.62	19.0		1	NT	NT
Slovakia (0)	Marek Hamšík *	1987	25th	120	0.21	20.2		0	1	NT
Slovenia (1)	Zlatko Zahovič *	1971	35	080	0.44	23.8	33.3	0	3	NT
Soviet Union (1)	Oleg Blochin *	1952	35	101	0.35	19.7	34.0	7th	NT	7th
Spain (4)	David Villa	1981	59	098	0.60	24.3	32.6	9	4th	NT
Czech Republic (2)	Jan Koller	1973	55	091	0.60	25.9	35.2	1	3	NT
Czechoslovakia (2)	Antonín Puč †	1907	34	060	0.57	19.1	32.5	2	KW	NT
Turkey (1)	Hakan Şükür	1971	51	112	0.46	20.6	35.8	1	2	NT
Ukraine (2)	Andrij Shevchenko *	1976	48	111	0.43	19.6		2	2	NT
Hungary (10)	Ferenc Puskás * †	1927	84	089	0.94	18.4	29.6	4th	KW / NT	4th
Wales (1)	Gareth Bale	1989	33	083	0.40	17.1		NT	3	NT
Belarus (0)	Maksim Ramashchanka	1976	20th	063	0.32	21.9	31.5	NT	NT	NT
Cyprus (1)	Michalis Konstantinou	1978	32	084	0.38	21.0	33.0	NT	NT	NT
Record mark

North, Central America and the Caribbean ( CONCACAF )

country	player	vintage	Gates	Games	cut	Age 1st d.	Age l. T.	WM	KT	OIL
Anguilla (0)	Richard O'Connor	1978	5	006th	0.83	21.5	28.1	NT	NT	NT
Antigua and Barbuda (1)	Peter Byers	1984	43	087	0.49	20.2		NT	NT	NT
Bahamas (0)	Lesly St. Fleur	1989	10	020th	0.50	19.0		NT	NT	NT
Belize (0)	Deon McCaulay	1987	25th	052	0.48	19.4		NT	NT	NT
Costa Rica (3)	Rolando Fonseca	1974	47	113	0.42	18.8	32.8	0	5	NT
Dominica (0)	Kurlson Benjamin	1983	14th	16+	<0.88	25.0		NT	NT	NT
Dominican Republic (0)	Jonathan Faña Frías	1987	18th	33	0.55	19.5		NT	NT	NT
El Salvador (1)	Raúl Díaz Arce	1970	39	072	0.54	21.2	30.5	0	4th	NT
French Guiana (0)	Gary Pigrée	1988	16	020th	0.84	24.3	26.0	NT	NT	KM
Grenada (1)	Ricky Charles	1975	31+	38+	<0.82	19.8	35.4	NT	NT	NT
Guatemala (2)	Carlos Ruiz *	1979	68	133	0.51	19.5	37.0	NT	8th	NT
Guyana (0)	Nigel Codrington	1979	17th	033	0.52	21.7	29.1	NT	NT	NT
Honduras (4)	Carlos Pavón	1973	57	101	0.56	22.2	36.3	0	9	0
Jamaica (1)	Luton Shelton	1985	35	075	0.47	19.0	26.9	NT	2	NT
Canada (0)	Dwayne De Rosario	1978	22nd	081	0.27	23.7	36.7	NT	6th	NT
Cuba (0)	Lester Moré	1978	29	069	0.42	18.8	29.5	NT	2	NT
Martinique (1)	Kévin Parsemain	1988	35	055	0.64	22.3		KM	5	KM
Mexico (7)	Chicharito	1988	52	109	0.48	21.7		4th	9	NT
Nicaragua (0)	Juan Barrera	1989	18th	057	0.32	19.7		NT	0	NT
Panama (2)	Luis Tejada	1982	43	108 (106)	0.41	21.3		0	11	NT
	Blow Pérez	1981	42 (43)	122 (119)	0.35 (0.36)	20.1	36.3	0	13	NT
Puerto Rico (0)	Hector Ramos	1990	18th	036	0.50	20.4		NT	NT	NT
St. Vincent and Grenadines (1)	Shandel Samuel *	1982	33	063	0.52	18.3		NT	NT	NT
Trinidad and Tobago (2)	Star john	1976	70	115	0.61	18.3	35.1	0	3	NT
Turks and Caicos Islands (0)	Billy Forbes	1982	8th	012	0.67	24.3		NT	NT	NT
USA (5)	Clint Dempsey	1983	57	141	0.40	22.2	34.1	4th	16	NT
	Landon Donovan	1982	57	157	0.36	18.7	31.5	5	18 *	NT
Record mark

South America ( CONMEBOL )

country	player	vintage	Gates	Games	cut	Age 1st d.	Age l. T.	WM	KT	OIL
Argentina (6)	Lionel Messi	1987	70	138	0.51	18.7		6th	9	2
Bolivia (0)	Joaquín Botero	1977	20th	048	0.42	22.2	31.3	NT	1	NT
Brazil (12)	Pelé	1940	77	092	0.84	16.7	30.7	12	8th	NT
Chile (4)	Alexis Sánchez *	1988	43	132	0.33	18.7		2	7th	NT
Ecuador (2)	Agustín Delgado	1974	31	071	0.44	21.8	31.5	3	4th	NT
	Enner Valencia	1989	31	054	0.57	24.0		3	5	NT
Colombia (1)	Falcao	1986	34	089	0.38	21.3	0	1	2	NT
Paraguay (1)	Roque Santa Cruz	1981	32	112	0.29	17.8	33.8	1	7th	NT
Peru (1)	Paolo Guerrero	1984	39	102	0.38	20.9		1	14th	NT
Uruguay (4)	Luis Suarez	1987	59	113	0.52	20.7		7th	6th	0
Venezuela (1)	Salomón Rondón	1989	30th	80	0.38	18.5	30.2	NT	4th	NT
Record mark

Oceania ( OFC )

country	player	vintage	Gates	Games	cut	Age 1st d.	Age l. T.	WM	KT	OIL
New Caledonia (0)	Michel Hmaé	1978	22nd	028	0.79	25th		NT	NT	KM
New Zealand (0)	Vaughan Coveny *	1971	28	064	0.44	23.5	34.5	NT	9	NT
Solomon Islands (1)	Commins Menapi	1985	34	037	0.92	22.8	30.0	NT	7th	NT
Vanuatu (0)	Richard Iwai	1979	19th	10+	<1.9	21.1	28.5	NT	4th	NT
Record mark

Remarks:

* - The player is also the record player for his country

* - The player was also the record international player for his country at times

* - The player is the championship record scorer

NT - Not participated

KW - The competition did not exist when the player was active

KM - The national association was not a member of FIFA and / or the IOC and was therefore not eligible to participate.

See also

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

Web links

• FACT Sheet FIFA Century Club (as of June 30, 2020)
• Players with 100+ international matches and 30+ international goals ( 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) (as of March 1, 2020, last updated on August 6, 2020)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ African Football Championship
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Olympic Games - European teams until 1956
3. ↑ The FIFA statistics list 170 games in which he scored 66 goals. See list of football players with at least 100 international matches
4. ↑ In previous RSSSF lists, a goal in the game against Cameroon on June 10, 2009 was taken into account, but it does not count as an official game because it was played over 3 × 30 minutes.
5. ↑ Incl. of the game against South Africa on June 15, 2019, in which more than 6 players were substituted.
6. ↑ In the 2000 final, which does not count as an A international match and is not included in its 54.
7. ↑ Including one goal in a qualifying match for the 1976 Olympic Games and four goals against Zanzibar, which are not recognized by FIFA.
8. ↑ Including two qualifying games for the 1976 Olympic Games and five games against Zanzibar, which are not recognized by FIFA.
9. ↑ FIFA does not count 11 goals in 18 qualifying games for the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games and 3 goals in five games at the 1972 Olympic Games, making Salaheddine Bassir the record scorer with 27 goals.
10. ↑ FIFA does not include 18 games in qualifying for the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games, 5 games at the 1972 Olympic Games and four games at the 1967 and 1971 Mediterranean Games.
11. ↑ Including 4 goals in 7 games against Réunion , which are not counted by FIFA
12. ↑ Including three goals against Zanzibar , which is not a member of FIFA.
13. ↑ 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 and 3 goals against a Cypriot league selection, none of which are recognized by FIFA.
14. ↑ 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.
15. ↑ Football Asia Cup
16. ↑ 6 goals at the 2004 Oceania Championship and 6 goals at the 2007, 2011 and 2015 Asian Championship
17. ↑ ^{a b} Not included in the total because the games do not count as A international matches.
18. ↑ In previous statistics 115 games were counted.
19. ↑ Including 5 goals in 3 games against the Northern Mariana Islands , which are not members of FIFA.
20. ↑ ^{a b} In addition, 1 goal and a game against the Cameroonian B team and a goal in a game against Qatar on July 17, 2011, which are not counted by FIFA and rsssf.com
21. ↑ 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.
22. ↑ 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.
23. ↑ Incl. 19 goals in qualifying games for the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and 3 goals in the 1968 Olympics, none of which are recognized by FIFA.
24. ↑ Incl. 14 qualifying games for the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games and 2 games for the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games, none of which are recognized by FIFA.
25. ↑ Another player has more than 30 goals reported as unsafe
26. ^ Including four goals in four qualifying games for the 1976 Olympic Games
27. ↑ In previous lists it was led with up to 140 games.
28. ↑ Thereof 4 goals, including the first goal in qualifying games for the Olympic football tournaments in 1980 and 1988
29. ↑ Before June 9, 2016, it was listed with 55 goals. FIFA does not count two goals in qualifying for the 1976 Olympic Games.
30. ↑ Before June 9, 2016, it was listed with 121 goals and up to July 2, 2020 with 134 games. FIFA only counts 130 games, as it excludes six games in qualifying for the 1976 Olympics in which he scored two goals.
31. ↑ European Football Championship
32. ↑ In the RSSSF statistics of the Czech team , he is out with six goals in four games, and there still the game on April 5, 1903 with a goal on October 7, 1906 the of /eu-football.info is attributed to Jindrich Baumruk , and a goal on October 5, 1907, attributed to Josef Bělka by eu-football.info , should be counted for him.
33. ↑ ^{a b} The Bohemian team wanted to take part in the soccer tournament at the 1908 Olympic Games , but had to withdraw under pressure from the Austrian government.
34. ↑ See note on Jan Košek
35. ↑ Hristo Bonew also scored 48 goals for Bulgaria, but four of them in nine qualifying games for the Olympic Games in 1968, 1972 and 1976.
36. ↑ For Streich, the DFB also counts the six goals he scored at the 1972 Olympic Games against the German Olympic team, Ghana, Colombia, Mexico and Poland, and so comes to a total of 59 and 105 international games dfb.de: Player Info Streich
37. ↑ ^{a b} Not included in the total as not recognized by FIFA as A international matches
38. ↑ Another game against Bulgaria on February 9, 2011 is listed in the RSSSF statistics , which is not taken into account by the Estonian Association or FIFA.
39. ↑ Thereof unclear status in two games
40. ↑ The Israeli federation counts 9 more goals, including 1 against a league team from Hong Kong on January 2, 1964, 2 goals against Finland on April 6, 1966, the 4 goals in the Olympic qualification in 1964 and 1972, the goal in the 1968 Olympic Games and a goal in qualifying for the World Cup on March 16, 1973 against Japan, which according to other sources was scored by his teammate Moshe Onana .
41. ↑ When he scored his first goal by the Israeli Association, he was 19.4 years old.
42. ↑ In addition, 4 goals in qualifying games for the Olympic Games, which, like the goal in the 1968 Olympic Games, are not taken into account by FIFA.
43. ↑ 32 goals in 71 games for the FR of Yugoslavia and 3 in 30 games for Serbia & Montenegro. In addition, 2 goals for Serbia in one game.
44. ↑ Thereof 70 games for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and 30 games for Serbia & Montenegro. Also 1 game for Serbia.
45. ↑ He was 35.2 years old when he last scored for Serbia.
46. ↑ Also 1 goal in 2 games for Yugoslavia
47. ↑ He was 23.4 years old when he scored his first goal for Yugoslavia.
48. ↑ 11 goals against B teams. The players in the following places also scored the most goals against B-teams. Only Robert Langers scored his 8 goals only against senior national teams
49. ^ Including 15 games against B teams
50. ↑ Incl. of the abandoned game against Russia on March 27, 2015
51. ↑ Including 3 goals against amateur teams that are not counted as senior national teams by the opposing associations (Austria and Hungary)
52. ↑ Including 4 games against amateur teams that are not counted as a national team by the opposing associations (Austria, Hungary and Wales)
53. ↑ ^{a b} Including 5 goals against B teams
54. ↑ Thereof 7 games against B-teams
55. ↑ Thereof 8 games against B-teams
56. ↑ In some sources, e.g. B. the match report of the association El fútbol de España embruja ( Memento from October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Villa is also attributed the 1-0 against Poland, in other sources, e.g. B. on PARTIDOS DE LA SELECCIÓN ESPAÑOLA futbol.sportec.com ( Memento from September 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) the goal is counted as the own goal of Poland Grzegorz Wojtkowiak .
57. ↑ Also 1 gate for Bohemia and Moravia
58. ↑ Also 1 game for Bohemia and Moravia
59. ↑ Including 4 international matches for Spain without a goal
60. ↑ From eu-football.info it is only led with 31 goals, since the goal there in the game against Georgia on October 10, 2008 is attributed to Andreas Konstantinou , while weltfussball.de and Europe - Group 8 - FIFA ( Memento from 12. October 2013 in the Internet Archive ) it should be attributed to Michalis Konstantinou. The Cypriot Association also names him with 32 goals. In the RSSSF statistics , on the other hand, a goal against Israel on September 8, 2004 is missing, but it is attributed to him by FIFA
61. ^ CONCACAF Gold Cup and partly Copa América
62. ↑ Including 3 goals against CONCACAF members who are not members of FIFA
63. ↑ 2 previously considered games in which he scored a goal are no longer counted as A international matches. [1]
64. ↑ ^{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.
65. ↑ Two goals against Martinique, which is not a member of FIFA.
66. ↑ Including 25 goals against FIFA members, plus one goal in an unofficial game on August 28, 2010 against Saint Lucia [2]
67. ^ Including 1 goal at the Copa America and 8 goals at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
68. ↑ 11 at the CONCACAF Gold Cup and 2 at the Copa América
69. ↑ Incl. Copa America
70. ^ Copa America
71. ↑ For the 2008 Olympic team, not included in the 58 goals.
72. ↑ 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
73. ^ Football Oceania Championship
74. ^ Including 8 goals against non-FIFA members.
75. ↑ 7 goals against non-FIFA members
76. ↑ 7 goals in two games against teams that were not part of FIFA at the time of the games ( Richard Iwai - Goals in International Matches )