Most times league topscorers

 

12 times : Josef "Pepi" Bican (11 Czechoslovakian League, 1 Austrian League)
9 : Gunnar Nordahl (5 Italian, 4 Swedish League)

8 : Lionel Messi (8 Spanish League)
8 : Ferenc Puskás (4 Hungarian, 4 Spanish League)
8 : Alfredo Di Stéfano (5 Spanish, 2 Colombian, 1 Argentine League)
8 : Carlos Bianchi (5 French, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Gerd Müller (7 German League)  
7 : Romário (3 Brazilian, 3 Dutch, 1 Spanish League)
7 : Eusébio (7 Portuguese League)
7 : Imre Schlosser (7 Hungarian League)
7 : Luis Artime (4 Uruguayan, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Fernando Morena (7 Uruguayan League)

World Soccer's reader poll: the top 200 players of all time [1999]

 

1. Pelé : 5499 points
2. Diego Maradona : 3949
3. Johan Cruyff : 3388
4. Franz Beckenbauer : 2780
5. Michel Platini : 1854
6. Alfredo Di Stéfano : 1541
7. Ferenc Puskás : 1537
8. George Best : 1190
9. Marco van Basten : 1026
10. Eusébio : 1022
11. Lev Yashin : 821
12. Bobby Charlton : 680
13. Ronaldo : 541
14. Bobby Moore : 539
15. Gerd Müller : 498
16. Roberto Baggio : 486
17. Stanley Matthews : 429
18. Zico : 390
19. Franco Baresi : 371
20. Garrincha : 361
21. Paolo Maldini : 345
22. Kenny Dalglish : 334
23. Gabriel Batistuta : 300
24. Éric Cantona : 299
25. Gheorghe Hagi : 293
26. Romário : 257
27. Jairzinho : 248
28. Zinédine Zidane : 238
29. Ruud Gullit : 221
30. John Charles : 212
31. Lothar Matthäus : 202
32. Gordon Banks : 178
33. Jürgen Klinsmann : 168
34. Dennis Bergkamp : 150
35. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge : 149
36. Gary Lineker : 134
37. Giuseppe Meazza : 132
38. Rivelino : 124
39. Didi : 123
40. Ian Rush : 109
41. Peter Schmeichel & Paolo Rossi : 104
43. George Weah : 99
44. Michael Owen : 90
45. Just Fontaine : 88
46. Duncan Edwards : 86
47. Dino Zoff : 80
48. Hristo Stoichkov : 77
49. David Beckham : 74
50. Tom Finney : 72
51. Rivaldo : 71
52. Claudio Caniggia : 64
53. Tostão : 63
54. Frank Rijkaard : 62
55. José Luis Chilavert : 61
56. Kevin Keegan : 60
57. Paul Gascoigne : 57
58. Roger Milla : 56
59. Michael Laudrup : 55
60. Andriy Shevchenko : 54
61. David Ginola, Glenn Hoddle & Sócrates : 53
64. Roberto Carlos & Alan Shearer : 52
66. Daniel Passarella : 51
67. Davor Suker : 50
68. "Dixie" Dean, Sándor Kocsis, Christian Vieri & Juan Schiaffino : 49
72. Mario Kempes, Johan Neeskens & Gigi Riva : 47
75. José Nasazzi & Günter Netzer : 46
77. Alessandro Del Piero & Carlos Valderrama : 43
79. Ricardo Zamora : 42
80. Enzo Francescoli : 41
81. Edgard Davids & Paco Gento : 40
83. Jim Baxter, Falcão, Ryan Giggs & Sepp Maier : 38
87. Zbigniew Boniek, Pat Jennings & György Sárosi : 37
90. Giacinto Facchetti : 36
91. Alan Hansen, Raymond Kopa, Bryan Robson & Mattias Sammer : 34
95. László Kubala & Neville Southall : 33
97. Gerson : 32
98. Paulo Futre & Preben Elkjær : 31
100. Bebeto : 30
101. Mattias Sindelar, Jaap Stam, Luis Suárez [Spain], Gianni Rivera, Andoni Zubizarreta, Ariel Ortega, László Détári & Jürgen Kohler : 29
109. Teófilo Cubillas, Sunday Oliseh, Nílton Santos, Gaetano Scirea & Steve McManaman : 28
114. Giuseppe Bergomi, Marcelo Salas, Bernd Schuster & Oleh Blokhin : 27
118. Fernando Hierro, Gianfranco Zola & Gianluca Vialli : 26
121. Thomas Hässler, Nwankwu Kanu, Ronald Koeman, Sandro Mazzola & Liam Brady : 25
126. Dragan Džajić, Billy Bremner, Marius Lăcătuş, Brian Laudrup, Jimmy Greaves & Zoltán Czibor : 24
131. John Barnes, Edwin van der Sar, Jimmy Johnstone, Dejan Savičević & Claudio López : 23
136. Claudio Gentile & Geoff Hurst : 22
138. Ángel Amadeo Labruna, Sol Campbell, Diego Simeone & Nándor Hidegkuti : 21
142. Danny Blanchflower & Luis Hernández : 20
144. Leônidas, Ciro Ferrara, Hugo Sánchez & Denílson : 19
148. Emilio Butragueño, Obdulio Varela, Dwight Yorke & Salvatore Schillaci : 18
152. Dunga, Mario Basler, Silvio Piola, Rudi Völler, Ray Wilson, Gheorghe Popescu, Djalma Santos, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Roberto Mancini & Colin Bell : 17
162. Ray Clemence, Wolfgang Overath, Karlheinz Förster, Juan Sebastián Verón, Oliver Bierhoff, Peter Shilton & Jozsef Boszik : 16
170. Gilmar, Rob Rensenbrink, Billy Wright & Alan McInally : 15
174. Éder, Lawton, Domingos da Guia, I. Wright, Krol, Giles & Ardiles : 14
181. Ademir, L. Sánchez, van Hanegem, Ugarte, Thuram & Köpke : 13
187. Roy Keane, Kluivert, H. Larsson, McCoist, Moreno, Rui Costa, Seeler, Haller & Cafu : 12
196. Jorginho, Juninho Paulista, Pearce, Plánička, Vavá & Friedenreich : 11.



Per nation:
1. Brazil : 27
2. England : 26
3. Italy : 21
4. Germany : 19
5. Holland : 14
6. Argentina : 13
7. Hungary : 8
8. Scotland, France & Spain : 7
11. Uruguay, Wales & Denmark : 4
14. Yugoslavia, Romania, Portugal, Ireland & Northern Ireland : 3
19. Cameroon, Nigeria, Chile, Ukraine, Soviet Union, Mexico : 2

Most times league topscorers

 

12 times : Josef "Pepi" Bican (11 Czechoslovakian League, 1 Austrian League)
9 : Gunnar Nordahl (5 Italian, 4 Swedish League)
8 : Ferenc Puskás (4 Hungarian, 4 Spanish League)
8 : Alfredo Di Stéfano (5 Spanish, 2 Colombian, 1 Argentine League)
8 : Carlos Bianchi (5 French, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Gerd Müller (7 German League)  
7 : Romário (3 Brazilian, 3 Dutch, 1 Spanish League)
7 : Eusébio (7 Portuguese League)
7 : Imre Schlosser (7 Hungarian League)
7 : Luis Artime (4 Uruguayan, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Fernando Morena (7 Uruguayan League)

Some recent GOAT rankings

 FourFourTwo (Nov 2022) UK
1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Cristiano Ronaldo
4. Pelé
5. Zidane
6. Cruyff
7. Best
8. Beckenbauer
9. Puskás
10. Ronaldo
11. G. Müller
12. Di Stéfano
13. Platini
14. Zico
15. Garrincha
16. B. Charlton
17. Maldini
18. Romário
19. Meazza
20. Iniesta

SportMob (Nov 2022) 
1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Pelé
4. Cristiano Ronaldo
5. Cruyff
6. Di Stéfano
7. Beckenbauer
8. Zidane
9. Puskás
10. Garrincha
11. Ronaldo
12. Platini
13. van Basten
14. Best
15. F. Baresi
16. Zico
17. G. Müller
18. Meazza
19. B. Charlton
20. Ronaldinho

Wow Nieuws (2022) Netherlands
1. Messi
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
3. Maradona
4. Pelé
5. Cruyff
6. Di Stéfano
7. Beckenbauer
8. Zidane
9. Puskás
10. Ronaldo
11. Garrincha
12. Platini
13. van Basten
14. Best
15. F. Baresi
16. Zico
17. G. Müller
18. Meazza
19. B. Charlton
20. Maldini

Memorias del Fútbol (Oct 2021) Spain
1. Maradona
2. Messi
3. Pelé
4. Di Stéfano
5. Cristiano Ronaldo
6. Cruyff
7. Beckenbauer
8. Ronaldo
9. Puskás
10. Platini
11. Zidane
12. Garrincha
13. Ronaldinho
14. Eusébio
15. van Basten
16. Best
17. G. Müller
18. Zico
19. Maldini
20. Romário

 Fútbol Moderno (Jan 2021) Spain
1. Messi
2. Pelé
=. Maradona
4. Cruyff
5. Di Stéfano
6. Zidane
7. Beckenbauer
8. Ronaldo
9. Cristiano Ronaldo
10. Platini
11. Ronaldinho
12. G. Müller
13. Maldini
14. Puskás
15. F. Baresi
16. Zico
17. Best
18. van Basten
19. Iniesta
20. Baggio

90Min (Aug 2020) Germany
1. Messi
2. Pelé
3. Maradona
4. Beckenbauer
5. Cruyff
6. Zidane
7. Ronaldo
8. Platini
9. Baggio
10. Di Stéfano
11. Cristiano Ronaldo
12. G. Müller
13. Garrincha
14. Maldini
15. Puskás
16. F. Baresi
17. Zico
18. Best
19. Ronaldinho
20. van Basten

Sports (July 2020) France
1. Pelé
2. Maradona
3. Messi
4. Cruyff
5. Ronaldo
6. Cristiano Ronaldo
7. Zidane
8. Platini
9. Beckenbauer
10. Di Stéfano
11. G. Müller
12. Garrincha
13. Romário
14. Best
15. Puskás
16. Eusébio
17. van Basten
18. Ronaldinho
19. Yashin
20. B. Charlton

Sports Illustrated (May 2019) USA
1. Maradona
2. Pelé
3. Messi
4. Beckenbauer
5. Cruyff
6. Zidane
7. Ronaldo
8. Platini
9. Baggio
10. Di Stéfano
11. Garrincha
12. G. Müller
13. Maldini
14. Puskás
15. Cristiano Ronaldo
16. F. Baresi
17. Zico
18. Best
19. van Basten
20. Eusébio  

FourFourTwo (July 2017) UK
1. Maradona
2. Messi
3. Pelé
4. Cruyff
5. Cristiano Ronaldo
6. Di Stéfano
7. Beckenbauer
8. Zidane
9. Puskás
10. Ronaldo
11. Garrincha
12. Platini
13. van Basten
14. Best
15. F. Baresi
16. Zico
17. G. Müller
18. Meazza
19. B. Charlton
20. Maldini

Voetbal International (June 2017) Netherlands
1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Cruyff
4. Pelé
5. Di Stéfano
6. Ronaldo
7. Cristiano Ronaldo
8. Zidane
9. Beckenbauer
10. van Basten
11. Garrincha
12. Best
13. Romário
14. Puskás
15. Zico
16. Platini
17. Ronaldinho
18. G. Muller
19. Yashin
20. B. Charlton

Xtrahistory (Jan 2013)
1. Messi
2. Pelé
3. Maradona
4. Cristiano Ronaldo
5. Cruyff
6. Beckenbauer
7. Di Stéfano
8. Platini
9. Puskás
10. Zidane
11. Zico
12. Garrincha
13. G. Müller
14. Ronaldo
15. Matthäus
16. Eusébio
17. Meazza
18. B. Charlton
19. Kopa
20. Maldini

World Soccer (Dec 1999) UK
1. Pelé
2. Maradona
3. Cruyff
4. Beckenbauer
5. Platini
6. Di Stéfano
7. Puskás
8. Best
9. van Basten
10. Eusébio
11. Yashin
12. B. Charlton
13. Ronaldo
14. Moore
15. G. Müller
16. Baggio
17. Matthews
18. Zico
19. F. Baresi
20. Garrincha

 

Top 250 best football players of all time

Based on 41 rankings published in 13 European and American countries between 2015 and June 2021.

1. Messi 

2. Maradona 

3. Pelé 

4. Cruyff 

5. Beckenbauer 

6. Di Stéfano 

7. Zidane 

8. Cristiano Ronaldo 

9. Ronaldo 

10. Platini 

11. Garrincha 

12. Puskás 

13. G. Müller 

14. Best 

15. van Basten 

16. Eusébio 

17. Zico 

18. Maldini 

19. F. Baresi 

20. Ronaldinho 

21. B. Charlton 

22. Romário 

23. Meazza 

24. Yashin 

25. Matthäus 

26. R. Baggio 

27. Kopa 

28. Iniesta 

29. Gullit 

30. Xavi 

31. Buffon 

32. Sócrates 

33. Carlos Alberto Torres 

34. Moore 

35. Rivelino 

36. Kh. Rummenigge 

37. Luis Suárez (Spain) 

38. Charro Moreno 

39. Neeskens 

40. Jairzinho 

41. Didi 

42. Rivera 

43. M. Laudrup 

44. Rossi 

45. Matthews 

46. Zoff 

47. V. Mazzola 

48. Gento 

49. Sindelar 

50. Hidegkuti 

51. Henry 

52. Nílton Santos 

53. Bergkamp 

54. Dalglish 

55. Breitner 

56. Kocsis 

57. Rijkaard 

58. Nordahl

59. Schiaffino 

60. Roberto Carlos 

61. Banks 

62. Stoichkov

63. F. Walter 

64. Netzer

65. Rivaldo

66. H. Sánchez 

67. Cafu 

68. Keegan 

69. Figo 

70. Casillas 

71. Weah 

72. Passarella 

73. Ibrahimovic 

74. Blokhin 

75. P. Schmeichel  

76. J. Charles 

77. Facchetti 

78. Pedernera 

79. Fontaine 

80. Batistuta 

81. Andrade 

82. Neymar 

83. Sergio Ramos 

84. Scirea 

85. Pirlo

86. Raúl 

87. Giggs 

88. Sívori 

89. Cubillas 

90. Kempes 

91. S. Mazzola 

92. Kaká 

93. Eto'o 

94. Djalma Santos

95. Klinsmann 

96. Hagi 

97. Džajić

98. Dean

99. Cantona

100. Litmanen 

101. Bozsik 

102. Kahn 

103. Zizinho 

104. Totti 

105. Del Piero 

106. Johnstone 

107. Redondo 

108.  Thuram 

109. F. Albert 

110. Law

111. O. Varela 

112. Seeler

113. R. Koeman 

114. Drogba 

115. Masopust 

116. Shevchenko 

117. Coluna 

118. Riva

119. Krol 

120. Puyol  

121. Francescoli  

122. Boniek 

123. Papin 

124. Tostão

125. Lahm 

126. Nedved

127. Lineker 

128. Figueroa 

121. Vogts

129. F. Cannavaro 

130. Kubala 

131. Desailly 

132. Greaves

133. Nesta 

134. Hamrin 

135. Gerrard 

136. Maier 

137. Lewandowski

138. J. Zanetti

139. Seedorf

140. Clodoaldo

141. Riquelme 

142. Bican 

143. Simonsen

144. N. Franklin

145. Schuster

146. Kroos

147. Modrić 

148. Gérson 

149. Butragueño 

150. Vieira

151. Luis Suárez (Uruguay)

152. Fillol 

153. Falcão

154. Ribéry

155. Roy Keane

156. Valderrama 

157. Benzema 

158. Völler

159. Sárosi 

160. Mbappé

161. van Nistelrooy

162. Milla 

163. Leônidas 

164. De Bruyne

165. Dasaev 

166. Bergomi 

167. Finney 

168. Beckham 

169. Dani Alves 

170. Robben 

171. Tardelli 

172. Piola

173. Klose 

174. Erico

175. Shearer

176. Sammer

177. Griezmann 

178. Vialli 

179. Amancio

180. Busquets 

181. Krankl

182. Y. Touré 

183. Gentile

184. Owen

185. Marcelo 

186. Hierro 

187. Rush 

188.  Zamora 

189. Burgnich

190. Keizer

191. Falcao García

192. Bryan Robson 

193. Skoglund

194. Elkjær

195. Bale

196. D. Edwards

197. Rooney

198. Guardiola

199. Bochini

200. Xabi Alonso 

201. Chilavert 

202. Lampard

203. Overath

204. Salif Keita

205. Blanchflower

206. Kónrád

207. Deschamps

208. J. Jones

209. Gascoigne

210. Zarra

211. Neuer

212. van der Sar 

213. Bloomer

214. David Villa 

215. Lato

216. Carrizo 

217. Mágico González

218. Madjer 

219. M. Olsen

220. Van Himst

221. Rensenbrink

222. Santamaría

223. Savićević

224. Cabrini

225. Ardiles 

226. E. Hazard

227. Trésor

228. Prohaska

229. Brehme

230. Belanov

231. Tigana

232. Ademir 

233. Agüero

234. Ballack

235. Deyna

236. T. Müller

237. Pichichi

238. A. Schaffer

239. Davids

240. Blanc

241. B. Wright

242. Suurbier

243. McGrory

244. Liedholm

245. Fàbregas

246. Scifo

247. Scholes

248. Júnior

249. Czibor

250. Scarone 

Memory Lane: European topscorers in the 1954 World Cup.

Including Qualifiers.

   12: Maxl Morlock (BRD)
   11: Sándor Kocsis (Hungary), Erich Probst (Austria)
   6: Nat Lofthouse (England), Josef Hügi (Switzerland)
   5: Hans Schäfer, Ottmar Walter & Helmut Rahn (BRD), Henri Coppens & Léopold Anoul (Belgium), Burhan Sargun (Turkey)
   4: Ferenc Puskás & Nándor Hidegkuti (Hungary), ­Theodor Wagner & Ernst Stojaspal (Austria), Robert Ballaman (Switzerland), Nils-Åke "Kajan" Sandell (Sweden), Suat Mamat (Turkey)
   3: Fritz Walter (BRD), Zoltán Czibor (Hungary), Amleto Frignani & Giampiero Boniperti (Italy), Ivor Broadis & Dennis Wilshaw (England), Jean Vincent & Just Fontaine (France), Ernst Ocwirk (Austria), Kalevi Lehtovirta (Finland), John Charles (Wales)
   2: Roger Piantoni, Raymond Kopa, Léon Glovacki, Pierre Flamion, Joseph Ujlaki & Jean Desgranges (France), Mihály Lantos & Péter Palotás (Hungary), Miloš Milutinović & Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia), Harald Hassall & Jimmy Mullen (England), Robert Körner (Austria), Mathieu Bollen (Belgium), Lefter Küçükandonyadis (Turkey), Egisto Pandolfini (Italy), Charlie Fleming & Allan Brown (Scotland), Reg Ryan & Arthur Fitzsimmons (Ireland), František Vlk (Czechoslovakia), Olavi Lahtinen (Finland), Peter McParland (Northern Ireland), Ivor Allchurch (Wales), József Pecsovszky/Iosif Petschovschi (Romania), Ivan Kolev (Bulgaria)

Most times national topscorer.

12 times : Josef "Pepi" Bican (11 Czechoslovakian League, 1 Austrian League)
9 : Gunnar Nordahl (5 Italian, 4 Swedish League)
8 : Ferenc Puskás (4 Hungarian, 4 Spanish League)
8 : Alfredo Di Stéfano (5 Spanish, 2 Colombian, 1 Argentine League)
8 : Carlos Bianchi (5 French, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Gerd Müller (7 German League)  
7 : Romário (3 Brazilian, 3 Dutch, 1 Spanish League)
7 : Eusébio (7 Portuguese League)
7 : Imre Schlosser (7 Hungarian League)
7 : Luis Artime (4 Uruguayan, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Fernando Morena (7 Uruguayan League)

Football's all time top scorers.

According to El Gráfico magazine (Argentina), April 2012.

768: Romário (Brazil) 1985-2007
759: Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia) 1928-56
757: Pelé (Brazil) 1956-79
709: Ferenc Puskás (Hungary) 1943-66
680: Gerd Müller (West Germany) 1964-81
625: Eusébio (Portugal) 1957-79
576: Ferenc Deak (Hungary) 1940-54
568: Uwe Seeler (West Germany) 1953-72
538: Túlio (Brazil) 1988-2012
516: Zico (Brazil) 1971-94
500: Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina) 1945-66
498: Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden) 1937-58
493: Jimmy McGrory (Scotland) 1922-37
493: Roberto Dinamite (Brazil) 1971-93
492: Gyula Zsengellér (Hungary) 1935-53
486: Hugo Sánchez (Mexico) 1976-97
483: Jimmy Greaves (England) 1957-80
481: Ernest Wilimowski (Poland) 1933-59
476: Imre Schlosser (Hungary) 1906-28
470: Henrik Larsson (Sweden) 1988-2009
466: Artur Friedenreich (Brazil) 1911-35
454: Johann Krankl (Austria) 1970-89
453: "Dixie" Dean (England) 1923-40
434: Raúl (Spain) 1994-2012.

Top goalscorers in football history.

According to El Gráfico magazine (Argentina), April 2012.

768: Romário (Brazil) 1985-2007
759: Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia) 1928-56
757: Pelé (Brazil) 1956-79
709: Ferenc Puskás (Hungary) 1943-66
680: Gerd Müller (West Germany) 1964-81
625: Eusébio (Portugal) 1957-79
576: Ferenc Deak (Hungary) 1940-54
568: Uwe Seeler (West Germany) 1953-72
538: Túlio (Brazil) 1988-2012
516: Zico (Brazil) 1971-94
500: Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina) 1945-66
498: Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden) 1937-58
493: Jimmy McGrory (Scotland) 1922-37
493: Roberto Dinamite (Brazil) 1971-93
492: Gyula Zsengeller (Hungary) 1935-53
486: Hugo Sánchez (Mexico) 1976-97
483: Jimmy Greaves (England) 1957-80
481: Ernest Wilimowski (Poland) 1933-59
476: Imre Schlosser (Hungary) 1906-28
470: Henrik Larsson (Sweden) 1988-2009
466: Artur Friedenreich (Brazil) 1911-35
454: Johann Krankl (Austria) 1970-89
453: "Dixie" Dean (England) 1923-40
434: Raúl (Spain) 1994-2012.

Memory Lane: Clásico goalscorers 1950s & 1960s.

Real Madrid players in bold text.


1950-59
6: César, Di Stéfano
4: Basora, Pahiño, Roque Olsen, Rial
3: Tejada, Evaristo, Molowny, Narro, Arsuaga.

1960-69
9: Di Stéfano, Gento, Puskás
6: Zaldúa
4: Fusté, Amancio
3: Del Sol, Pirri.

National team goalscorers, all times.

European and South American nations only. World Cup topscorers in bold text.

84 : Puskás
77 : Pelé
75 : Kocsis
68 : G. Müller
64 : Klose
62 : Ronaldo
59 : Schlosser
56 : Batistuta
55 : Streich, Romário
54 : Robbie Keane
52 : Zico, Tomasson, P. Nielsen, Villa
51 : Tichy, Hakan Şükür, Henry
49 : B. Charlton
48 : Lubanski, Lineker, Shevchenko, Berbatov
47 : Bonev, Völler, Klinsmann
46 : Šuker
45 : Kh. Rummenigge, Lato
44 : Pauli Jørgensen, Greaves, Polster, Podolski
43 : S. Rydell, G. Nordahl, Seeler
42 : Sárosi, O. Madsen, Blokhin, Ballack
41 : Eusébio, Platini, Deyna, Baros
40 : Owen, Kluivert
39 : Hidegkuti, Pol, Bebeto
38 : Bobek, Elkjær
37 : Galic, M. Laudrup, Stoichkov, Bergkamp, Cristiano Ronaldo, H. Larsson, Bierhoff, Salas
36 : Marjanovic, Bene
35 : Puč, Riva, Jairzinho, Wilkes, Hagi, Kirsten, Van Nistelrooy, Crespo
34 : Max Abegglen, Wilimowski, Bican, Krankl, Maradona, Zamorano, Türkyilmaz, Mutu, Trezeguet
33 : Meazza, Juve, Cruyff, F. Walter, Lenstra, Tostão, Ibrahimović, Forlán, Ronaldinho
32 : Zsengellér, Gren, Ademir, Tostão, Mitic, Nyilasi, Szarmach, Fischer, Huntelaar
31 : Lehner, Scarone, Albert, K. Andersson, Nehoda, Fernando Torres, A. Delgado, Zidane
30 : Piola, Voorhoof, Bodola, Zizinho, Fontaine, Finney, Lofthouse, Dalglish, Papin, Shearer, Van Himst, Van Persie, Allbäck
29 : Woodward, André Abegglen, Nejedlý, J. Horvath, Smit, Di Stéfano, Fatton, Enoksen, Anastopoulos, Bajevic, Careca, Dahlin, Caszely, Protasov, Wilmots, Rooney, Deák
28 : Bakhuys, Bloomer, Romano, Veselinovic, Rush, Djorkaeff, Kiprich, E. Hof, Messi, Luis Suárez, Luís Fabiano
27 : Conen, Sindelar, Schall, Simonsson, Míguez, Sándor, Mermans, Cieslik, R. Baggio, Platt, Kaká, Adriano

Players among top 50:
8 : (West) Germany
6 : Hungary
5 : Brazil, Denmark
4 : England, Poland
2 : Bulgaria, Sweden, France

Among top 100:
12 : (West) Germany
10 : Hungary, Brazil
7 : Holland
6 : Denmark, Poland, Sweden
5 : Czechoslovakia
4 : England, France, Yugoslavia

Goals in the national team, 1940s, 50s and 60s.

World Cup topscorers in bold text.

84 Puskás
77 Pelé
75 Kocsis
68 G. Müller
51 Tichy
49 B. Charlton
48 Lubanski
44 Greaves
43 G. Nordahl, Seeler
42 O. Madsen
41 Eusébio
39 Hidegkuti, Pol
38 Bobek
37 Galic
36 Bene
35 Riva, Jairzinho, Wilkes
33 F. Walter, Lenstra
32 Gren, Ademir, Tostão, Mitic
31 Albert
30 Zizinho, Fontaine, Finney, Lofthouse
29 Di Stéfano [Argentina/Colombia/Spain], Fatton, Enoksen, Deák
28 Veselinovic, E. Hof
27 Simonsson, Míguez, Sándor, Mermans, Cieslik
26 V. Ivanov 

Goals per appearance:
1,429 Fontaine -photo-
1,303 G. Nordahl
1,103 Kocsis
1,097 G. Müller
1,000 Zarra
0,960 Artime
0,944 Puskás
0,921 Wilkes
0,920 Mortensen
0,909 Lofthouse
0,848 Pol
0,840 O. Madsen
0,837 Pelé
0,833 Riva
0,821 Ademir
0,773 K. Aa. Hansen
0,772 Greaves
0,757 Veselinovic, E. Hof
0,750 Palotás
0,725 Galic
0,724 Sanfilippo
0,708 Tichy, Præst
0,707 Di Stéfano
0,702 Lenstra
0,692 Míguez
0,690 Ponedelnik
0,677 Zambata 
0,676 Hügi
0,641 Eusébio
0,640 Lubanski
0,611 Scherer
0,603 Bobek 
0,600 Cieslik
0,597 Seeler
0,593 Tostão
0,581 Hennum
0,566 Zizinho
0,565 Hidegkuti
0,564 Jair
0,561 Gren
0,548 Baltazar
0,547 Fatton
0,542 Mitic 
0,541 F. Walter
0,538 Abbadie
0,537 Enoksen
0,531 Hamrin
0,529 Simonsson, Hunt
0,525 Rahn
0,522 Liedholm
0,516 Ambrois
0,500 Sideris
0,490 Hurst
0,486 Piantoni
0,485 Milutinovic
0,482 Mermans
0,481 Julinho
0,478 Vincent
0,474 Bene, J. P. Hansen
0,469 Stojaspal
0,462 B. Charlton, Kotkov
0,459 Labruna
0,448 Machos
0,447 Coppens
0,440 Jarosik
0,438 L. Suárez
0,435 Tesourinha
0,433 V. Ivanov
0,432 Jairzinho
0,423 Mannion
0,422 O. Iversen
0,421 P. Vandenbergh
0,419 Corbatta
0,417 Anoul
0,400 Kopa, Moravčík
0,395 Finney, J. Charles
0,394 Haller
0,393 Rajkov
0,389 Cantwell
0,380 Asparukhov, Banishevski
0,377 Chislenko
0,372 Kindvall

La Liga: all time top scorers.

234 goals: Hugo Sánchez (-photo-, 1981–94) : 0,67/match
228: Raúl (1994–2010) : 0,41
227: Alfredo Di Stéfano (1953–66) : 0,69
223: César Rodríguez (1939–55) : 0,64
219: Quini (1970–87) : 0,49
210: Pahiño (1943–56) : 0,76
195: Edmundo Suárez (1939–50) : 0,81
186: Carlos Santillana (1970–88) : 0,40
182: Juan Arza (1943–59) : 0,52
178: Guillermo Gorostiza (1929–45) : 0,70
169: Lionel Messi (2004– 12) : 0,78
162: Samuel Eto'o (1998–2009) : 0,58
160: David Villa (2003–12) : 0,55
160: Luis Aragonés (1960–74) : 0,44
156: Ferenc Puskás (1958–66) : 0,87
152: Julio Salinas (1982–2000) : 0,36
150: Adrián Escudero (1945–58) : 0,52
149: Raúl Tamudo (1996–2012) : 0,37
147: Daniel Ruiz (1974–86) : 0,49
141: Silvestre Igoa (1941–56) : 0,50
139: Manuel Badenes (1946–59) : 0,69
139: Juan Araujo Pino (1945–56) : 0,67
139: José Mari Bakero (1980–97) : 0,29
138: László Kubala (1951–64) : 0,64
136: José Luis Panizo (1939–55) : 0,42
133: Satrústegui (1973–86) : 0,45
132: Murillo Pascual (1954–64) : 0,58
130: Fernando Ansola (1959–75) : 0,40
130: Ismael Urzaiz (1991–2007) : 0,29
129: Lyuboslav Penev (1989–99) : 0,42
128: Diego Forlán (2004–11) : 0,53
128: Francisco Gento (1946–59) : 0,29
124: Fernando Morientes (1993–2009) : 0,37
123: Emilio Butragueño (1984–95) : 0,36
123: Pirri (1964–80) : 0,29
120: Agustín Gaínza (1940–59) : 0,31
119: Amancio (1962–76) : 0,35
117: Ronaldo (1996–2007) : 0,71
116: Marañón (1970–83) : 0,38
115: Waldo (1961–69) : 0,53
114: Davor Šuker (1991–99) : 0,48
113: Cristiano Ronaldo (2009–12) : 1,11
112: Pedro Uralde (1979–92) : 0,36
111: Carlos (1984–96) : 0,35
111: José Ángel "Cuco" Ziganda (1987–2001) : 0,29

Olympic finals, 1908-2008.

2008
Argentina-Nigeria 1-0
1-0 58' Di María. Att: 89.102 (Beijing, National Stadium).


2004
Argentina-Paraguay 1-0
1-0 18' Tevez. Att: 41.116 (OAKA, Athens).


2000
Cameroon-Spain 2-2 (5-3 pen.)
0-1 2' Xavi, 0-2 45' Gabri, 1-0 53' og Amaya, 2-2 58' Eto'o. Sent-off: 70' Gabri, 90' José Mari. Penalties: Mboma, Eto'o, Geremi, Lauren and Wome scored for Cameroon;  Xavi, Capdevila and Albelda scored, Amaya missed for Spain. Att: 104.098 (Olympic Stadium, Sydney).


1996
Nigeria-Argentina 3-2
0-1 3' C. López, 1-1 27' Babayaro, 1-2 50' Crespo penalty, 2-2 74' Amokachi, 3-2 89' Amunike. Att: 86.100 (Athens, Georgia).


1992
Spain-Poland 3-2
0-1 44' Kowalczyk, 1-1 65' Abelardo, 2-1 72' Kiko, 2-2 76' Staniek, 3-2 90' Kiko. Att: 95.000 (Camp Nou, Barcelona).


1988
Soviet Union-Brazil 2-1 aet
0-1 30' Romário, 1-1 61' Dobrovolski penalty, 2-1 103' Savichev. Att: 74.000 (Olympic Stadium, Seoul).


1984
France-Brazil 2-0
1-0 55' Brisson, 2-0 62' Xuereb. Att: 101.799 (Rose Bowl, Pasadena).


1980
Czechoslovakia-East Germany 1-0
1-0 77' Svoboda. Att: 70.000 (Lenin Stadium, Moscow). 


1976
East Germany-Poland 3-1
1-0  7' Schade, 2-0 14' Hoffmann, 2-1 59' Lato, 3-1 79' Häfner. Att: 71.617 (Olympic Stadium, Montreal).


1972
Poland-Hungary 2-1
0-1 42' Varadi, 1-1 47' Deyna, 2-1 68' Deyna. Att: 40-50.000 (heavy rain; 75.000 tickets sold, Olympiastadion, Munich).


1968
Hungary-Bulgaria 4-1
0-1 22' Dimitrov, 1-1 40' Menczel, 2-1 41' A. Dunai, 3-1 49' A. Dunai, 4-1 62' Juhasz. Sent-off: Ivkov & Christov (B), Juhasz (H). Att: 75.000 (Estadio Azteca, Ciudad de México).


1964
Hungary-Czechoslovakia 2-1
1-0 47' og Weiss, 2-0 59' Bene, 2-1 80' Brumovský. Att: 75.000 (National Stadium, Tokyo).


1960
Yugoslavia-Denmark 3-1
1-0 1' Galic, 2-0 11' Matuš, 3-0 69' Kostic, 3-1 90' Flemming Nielsen. Att: 40.000 (Stadio Flaminio, Rome).


1956
Soviet Union-Yugoslavia 1-0
1-0 48' Ilyin. Att: 86.716 (Melbourne).

1952
Hungary-Yugoslavia 2-0
1-0 70' Puskás, 2-0 88' Czibor. Att: 58.553 (Olympiastadion, Helsinki). 


1948
Sweden-Yugoslavia 3-1
1-0 24' Gren, 1-1 42' Bobek, 2-1 48' G. Nordahl, 3-1 67' Gren. Att: 40-60.000 (Wembley, London).


1936
Italy-Austria  2-1 aet
1-0 70' Frossi, 1-1 80' K. Kainberger, 2-1 92' Frossi. Att: 85-90.000 (Olympiastadion, Berlin).

1928
Uruguay-Argentina 1-1 aet
1-0 23' Petrone, 1-1 50' M. Ferreira. Att: 28.253 (Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam)


Replay:
Uruguay-Argentina 2-1
1-0 17' Figueroa, 1-1 28' Monti, 2-1 73' Scarone. Att: 28.113.


1924
Uruguay-Switzerland 3-0
1-0 27' Petrone, 2-0 63' Cea, 3-0 81' Romano. Att: 60.000 (41.000 paying; Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris).


1920
Belgium-Czechoslovakia w. o. (2-0)
1-0 6' Coppée penalty, 2-0 30' Larnoe. Att: 35.000 (Kielstadion, Antwerp).
Match abandoned after 39 minutes; Czechoslovakia left the pitch in protest of perceived biased refereeing, but their protests were dismissed, and they were disqualified from the tournament..


1912
Great Britain-Denmark 4-2
1-0 10' Walden, 2-0 22' Hoare, 2-1 27' Anthon Olsen, 3-1 41' Hoare, 4-1 43' Berry, 4-2 81' Anthon Olsen. Att: 22.000 (Olympiastadion, Stockholm)


1908
Great Britain-Denmark 2-0
1-0 20' Chapman, 2-0 46' Woodward. Att: 8000 (White City, London).

World Soccer's reader poll: the top 200 players of all time [1999]

1. Pelé : 5499 points
2. Maradona : 3949
3. Cruyff : 3388
4. Beckenbauer : 2780
5. Platini : 1854
6. Di Stéfano : 1541
7. Puskás : 1537
8. Best : 1190
9. Van Basten : 1026
10. Eusébio : 1022
11. Jashin : 821
12. B. Charlton : 680
13. Ronaldo : 541
14. Moore : 539
15. G. Müller : 498
16. R. Baggio : 486
17. Matthews : 429
18. Zico : 390
19. F. Baresi : 371
20. Garrincha : 361
21. Maldini : 345
22. Dalglish : 334
23. Batistuta : 300
24. Cantona : 299
25. Hagi : 293
26. Romário : 257
27. Jairzinho : 248
28. Zidane : 238
29. Gullit : 221
30. J. Charles : 212
31. Matthäus : 202
32. Banks : 178
33. Klinsmann : 168
34. Bergkamp : 150
35. Kh Rummenigge : 149
36. Lineker : 134
37. Meazza : 132
38. Rivelino : 124
39. Didi : 123
40. Rush : 109
41. Schmeichel & P. Rossi : 104
43. Weah : 99
44. Owen : 90
45. Fontaine : 88
46. D. Edwards : 86
47. Zoff : 80
48. Stoichkov : 77
49. Beckham : 74
50. Finney : 72
51. Rivaldo : 71
52. Caniggia : 64
53. Tostão : 63
54. Rijkaard : 62
55. Chilavert : 61
56. Keegan : 60
57. Gascoigne : 57
58. Milla : 56
59. M. Laudrup : 55
60. Shevchenko : 54
61. Ginola, Hoddle & Sócrates : 53
64. Roberto Carlos & Shearer : 52
66. Passarella : 51
67. Suker : 50
68. Dean, Kocsis, Vieri & Schiaffino : 49
72. Kempes, Neeskens & Riva : 47
75. Nasazzi & Netzer : 46
77. Del Piero & Valderrama : 43
79. R. Zamora : 42
80. Francescoli : 41
81. Davids & Gento : 40
83. J. Baxter, Falcão, Giggs & S. Maier : 38
87. Boniek, Jennings & Sárosi : 37
90. Facchetti : 36
91. A. Hansen, Kopa, Bryan Robson & Sammer : 34
95. Kubala & Southall : 33
97. Gerson : 32
98. Futre & Elkjær : 31
100. Bebeto : 30
101. Sindelar, Stam, L. Suárez, Rivera, Zubizarreta, Ortega, Détári & Kohler : 29
109. Cubillas, Oliseh, N. Santos, Scirea & McManaman : 28
114. Bergomi, Salas, Schuster & Blokhin : 27
118. Hierro, Zola & Vialli : 26
121. Hässler, Kanu, R. Koeman, S. Mazzola & Brady : 25
126. Džajić, Bremner, Lăcătuş, B. Laudrup, Greaves & Czibor : 24
131. J. Barnes, Van der Sar, J. Johnstone, Savičević & C. López : 23
136. Gentile & Hurst : 22
138. Labruna, S. Campbell, Simeone & Hidegkuti : 21
142. Blanchflower & Luis Hernández : 20
144. Leônidas, Ferrara, H. Sánchez & Denílson : 19
148. Butragueño, Varela, D. Yorke & Schillaci : 18
152. Dunga, Basler, Piola, Völler, R. Wilson, Gh. Popescu, D. Santos, Solskjær, Mancini & Bell : 17
162. Clemence, Overath, Kh Förster, Verón, Bierhoff, Shilton & Boszik : 16
170. Gilmar, Rensenbrink, W. Wright & McInally : 15
174. Éder, Lawton, Domingos da Guia, I. Wright, Krol, Giles & Ardiles : 14
181. Ademir, L. Sánchez, Van Hanegem, Ugarte, Thuram & Köpke : 13
187. Roy Keane, Kluivert, H. Larsson, McCoist, Moreno, Rui Costa, Seeler, Haller & Cafu : 12
196. Jorginho, Juninho Paulista, Pearce, Plánička, Vavá & Friedenreich : 11.



Per nation:
1. Brazil : 27
2. England : 26
3. Italy : 21
4. Germany : 19
5. Holland : 14
6. Argentina : 13
7. Hungary : 8
8. Scotland, France & Spain : 7
11. Uruguay, Wales & Denmark : 4
14. Yugoslavia, Romania, Portugal, Ireland & Northern Ireland : 3
19. Cameroon, Nigeria, Chile, Ukraine, Soviet Union, Mexico : 2