National team goalscorers in the 1970s, 80s and 90s

 

Players having had the major part of their carreers in the 1960s or 2000s are not included in the list. In bold text, topscorers in World Cups.

56 Batistuta
55 Streich, Romário
52 Zico
48 Lineker
47 Bonev, Völler, Klinsmann
46 Šuker [for Yugoslavia & Croatia]
45 Kh. Rummenigge, Lato
44 Polster
42 Blokhin
41 Platini, Deyna
39 Bebeto
38 Elkjær
37 M. Laudrup, Stoichkov, Bergkamp
35 Hagi, Kirsten
34 Krankl, Maradona, Zamorano, Türkyilmaz
33 Cruyff
32 Nyilasi, Szarmach, Fischer
31 K. Andersson, Nehoda
30 Dalglish, Papin, Shearer
29 Anastopoulos, Bajevic, Careca, Dahlin, Caszely, Protasov [URSS & Ukraine]
28 Rush, Djorkaeff, Kiprich
27 R. Baggio, Platt
26 Butragueño, Cubillas, Roberto Dinamite, Brolin, Kostadinov, Robson, Herzog, Iordănescu, Knup
25 Altobelli, Zl. Vujovic, Iguarán, Bölöni
24 Boniek, Fazekas, Van Basten
23 Graziani, Sirakov, Schachner, Ceulemans, Degryse, Matthäus, J. Salinas, Aguilera, Busuttil
22 Nené, Saravakos, Luque, Sócrates, Morena, Cămătaru, Saunders
21 B. Laudrup, Povlsen, Sušić, Michel, Quinn, Răducioiu, Michel, Georgescu
20 Kempes, Vandenbergh, Rossi, Dziekanowski, Simonsen, Asprilla, Hjelm, Stapleton, Fjørtoft
19 Cascarino, D. Bertoni, Bettega, Aldridge,McCoist, Rubén Sosa, Savićević

Goals per appearance:
0,784 Bajevic 
0,764 Romário
0,722 Zico
0,718 Batistuta
0,711 Fischer
0,688 Cruyff
0,648 Šuker
0,600 Lineker
0,592 Caszely
0,569 Platini
0,567 J. Bosman
0,556 Papin
0,553 Roberto Dinamite, Brolin
0,551 Elkjær
0,548 Türkyilmaz
0,539 Streich
0,531 Knup
0,525 Szarmach, Răducioiu
0,522 Völler
0,520 Bebeto
0,493 Krankl, Zamorano
0,490 Bonev
0,489 Luque
0,483 Careca, Dahlin
0,482 R. Baggio
0,477 Georgescu
0,476 Shearer
0,474 Kh. Rummenigge
0,468 Bergkamp
0,465 Kempes
0,463 Polster
0,457 Nyilasi
0,455 R. Díaz, Victorino
0,452 Bettega
0,450 Lato
0,446 Stoichkov
0,435 Klinsmann, Platt
0,423 Deyna
0,420 Protasov
0,417 Vandenbergh, Rossi
0,414 Van Basten
0,413 Rubén Sosa
0,412 G. Balint
0,410 Altobelli
0,407 Morena
0,406 Romero, Iordănescu
0,405 Sandberg
0,400 Kiprich
0,393 J. Salinas
0,392 Anastopoulos
0,389 Sušić 
0,387 D. Bertoni
0,385 Shengelija
0,384 Rush
0,382 Elstrup
0,381 Woodcock, Riedle
0,378 Reinaldo
0,377 Butragueño
0,375 Blokhin, Edström
0,374 Maradona
0,373 K. Andersson
0,371 Mariner, Kostadinov
0,368 M. Johnston, Iguarán
0,367 Sócrates, Fonseca
0,365 Degryse
0,364 Simonsen
0,359 Graziani, Schachner
0,357 Zl. Vujovic
0,356 M. Laudrup
0,354 Aguilera
0,351 Asprilla
0,350 Kirsten
0,349 Jordão
0,347 Neeskens, Skuhravý
0,344 Michel, Nehoda
0,341 Djorkaeff
0,339 Povlsen, Savićević
0,333 Nené, Kiss, Stopyra, Claesen
0,323 Dziekanowski, Kushta
0,321 Cubillas
0,320 Caniggia
0,318 F. Vanderelst
0,316 Lacombe, Letelier
0,311 Sjöberg, McCoist
0,306 Mavros
0,304 Rensenbrink, Valdano
0,300 Boniek, M. Magnusson
0,297 Balbo
0,295 Thom
0,294 Dalglish
0,293 Cămătaru, Saunders