IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer

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IFFHS World's Best Man International Goal Scorer
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest top division goal scorer of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award1997
Editions25
First winnerTurkey Hakan Şükür
Most winsArgentina Lionel Messi (4 awards)
Most recentPoland Robert Lewandowski
Websitewww.iffhs.com
Hakan Şükür was the first winner of the award in 1997.

The IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer is a football award given annually since 1997 to the player who scores the most goals in a calendar year (in a league season from 1997 to 2019) in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year). The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).[1]

Lionel Messi holds the record for most wins (4). Mário Jardel, Luis Suárez, and Cristiano Ronaldo are the three other players to have won the award more than once, all of them managing to win the award in successive seasons. José Cardozo holds the record for most goals in a season (58 in 2003).

Plus, the IFFHS has awarded the World's Best National Goal Scorer of the Decade in 2021, considering the years 2011–2020.[2]

Men's winners[]

List of winners[]

Year Rank Player Club(s) Goals
Season goals
1997 1st Turkey Hakan Şükür[3] Turkey Galatasaray 38
2nd Brazil Ronaldo Spain Barcelona 34
3rd Romania Sabin Ilie Romania FCSB 31
1998 1st Ecuador Iván Kaviedes[4] Ecuador Emelec 43
2nd Japan Masashi Nakayama
Colombia Víctor Bonilla 		Japan Júbilo Iwata
Colombia Deportivo Cali 		37
3rd –
1999 1st Brazil Mário Jardel[5] Portugal Porto 36
2nd Chile Mario Núñez Chile O’Higgins 34
3rd Paraguay José Cardozo Mexico Toluca 33
2000 1st Brazil Mário Jardel[6] Portugal Porto 38
2nd Brazil Eduardo Esidio Peru Universitario 37
3rd Saudi Arabia Hamzah Idris
Uruguay Javier Chevantón 		Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Uruguay Danubio 		33
2001 1st Bolivia José Alfredo Castillo[7] Bolivia Oriente Petrolero 42
2nd Mexico Jared Borgetti Mexico Santos Laguna 41
3rd Sweden Henrik Larsson Scotland Celtic 35
2002 1st Bolivia Joaquín Botero[8] Bolivia Club Bolívar 49
2nd Bolivia José Alfredo Castillo Bolivia Oriente Petrolero 46
3rd Brazil Mário Jardel Portugal Sporting CP 42
2003 1st Paraguay José Cardozo[9] Mexico Toluca 58
2nd Uruguay Claudio Ciccia Costa Rica Cartaginés 39
3rd Serbia and Montenegro Mateja Kežman Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 35
2004 1st Chile Patricio Galaz[10] Chile Cobreloa 42
2nd Uruguay Peru Melgar 36
3rd Brazil Washington Brazil Athletico Paranaense 34
2005 1st Brazil Araújo[11] Japan Gamba Osaka 33
2nd Turkey Fatih Tekke Turkey Trabzonspor 31
3rd Netherlands Dirk Kuyt Netherlands Feyenoord 29
2006 1st Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar[12] Netherlands Ajax 35
2nd Chile Humberto Suazo
Paraguay Cristino Jara 		Chile Colo-Colo
Bolivia Real Potosí 		34
3rd –
2007 1st Brazil Afonso Alves[13] Netherlands Heerenveen 34
2nd Croatia Eduardo da Silva Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 34
3rd Russia Dmitry Lipartov Estonia Narva Trans 30
2008 1st Argentina Lucas Barrios[14] Chile Colo-Colo 37
2nd Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Netherlands Ajax 33
3rd Uruguay Miguel Ximénez Peru Sporting Cristal 32
2009 1st Austria Marc Janko[15] Austria Red Bull Salzburg 39
2nd –
3rd
2010 1st Uruguay Luis Suárez[16] Netherlands Ajax 35
2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 34
3rd Ivory Coast Seydou Doumbia Switzerland Young Boys 30
2011 1st Latvia Aleksandrs Čekulajevs[17] Estonia Narva Trans 46
2nd Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 40
3rd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 31
2012 1st Argentina Lionel Messi[18] Spain Barcelona 50
2nd Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 46
3rd Netherlands Bas Dost Netherlands Heerenveen 31
2013 1st Argentina Lionel Messi[19] Spain Barcelona 46
2nd Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 34
3rd Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony
Bolivia Carlos Saucedo 		Netherlands Vitesse
Bolivia San José 		31
2014 1st Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo[20]
Uruguay Luis Suárez 		Spain Real Madrid
England Liverpool 		31
2nd –
3rd Iceland Alfreð Finnbogason Netherlands Heerenveen
Spain Real Sociedad 		29
2015 1st Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo[21] Spain Real Madrid 48
2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 43
3rd France Alexandre Lacazette France Lyon 27
2016 1st Uruguay Luis Suárez[22] Spain Barcelona 40
2nd Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović France Paris Saint-Germain 38
3rd Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Italy Napoli 36
2017 1st Argentina Lionel Messi[23] Spain Barcelona 37
2nd Uruguay Edinson Cavani France Paris Saint-Germain 35
3rd Netherlands Bas Dost Portugal Sporting CP 34
2018 1st Argentina Lionel Messi
Brazil Jonas 		Spain Barcelona
Portugal Benfica 		34
2nd –
3rd
2019 1st Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah[24] Qatar Al Sadd 39
2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 36
3rd Morocco Abderrazak Hamdallah Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 34
Calendar year goals
2020 1st Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo[25] Italy Juventus 33[note 1]
2nd Poland Robert Lewandowski Germany Bayern Munich 32
3rd Cuba Marcel Hernández Costa Rica Cartaginés 30
2021 1st Poland Robert Lewandowski[26] Germany Bayern Munich 43
2nd Serbia Dusan Vlahovic Italy Fiorentina 33
3rd Honduras Jerry Bengtson Honduras Olimpia 32

Notes:

  1. ^ While Ronaldo finished the 2019–20 season of Serie A with 31 goals, five less than top scorer Ciro Immobile from Lazio, the results were counted from 1 January to 31 December 2020.

Statistics[]

Lionel Messi has won the award a record 4 times.
José Cardozo scored a record 58 goals in the 2003 season.


Winners (1997–present)
Player Wins Years
Argentina Lionel Messi 4 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 (shared)
Uruguay Luis Suárez 3 2010, 2014 (shared), 2016
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2014 (shared), 2015, 2020
Brazil Mário Jardel 2 1999, 2000
Turkey Hakan Şükür 1 1997
Ecuador Iván Kaviedes 1998
Bolivia José Alfredo Castillo 2001
Bolivia Joaquín Botero 2002
Paraguay José Cardozo 2003
Chile Patricio Galaz 2004
Brazil Araújo 2005
Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2006
Brazil Afonso Alves 2007
Argentina Lucas Barrios 2008
Austria Marc Janko 2009
Brazil Jonas 2018
Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah 2019
Poland Robert Lewandowski 2021
Most goals in a year
Rank Player Year Goals
1 Paraguay José Cardozo 2003 58
2 Argentina Lionel Messi 2012 50
3 Bolivia Joaquín Botero 2002 49
4 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2015 48
5 Bolivia José Alfredo Castillo 2002 46
Latvia Aleksandrs Čekulajevs 2011
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2012
Argentina Lionel Messi 2013
9 Ecuador Iván Kaviedes 1998 43
Argentina Lionel Messi 2015
Poland Robert Lewandowski 2021
Winners by club
Club Total Players
Spain Barcelona 4 1
Netherlands Ajax 2 2
Portugal Porto 2 1
Spain Real Madrid 2 1
Qatar Al Sadd 1 1
Germany Bayern Munich 1 1
Portugal Benfica 1 1
Bolivia Club Bolívar 1 1
Chile Cobreloa 1 1
Chile Colo-Colo 1 1
Ecuador Emelec 1 1
Turkey Galatasaray 1 1
Japan Gamba Osaka 1 1
Netherlands Heerenveen 1 1
Italy Juventus 1 1
England Liverpool 1 1
Estonia Narva Trans 1 1
Bolivia Oriente Petrolero 1 1
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1 1
Mexico Toluca 1 1
Winners by nationality
Nationality Total Players
Brazil Brazil 5 4
Argentina Argentina 5 2
Portugal Portugal 3 1
Uruguay Uruguay 3 1
Bolivia Bolivia 2 2
Algeria Algeria 1 1
Austria Austria 1 1
Chile Chile 1 1
Ecuador Ecuador 1 1
Latvia Latvia 1 1
Netherlands Netherlands 1 1
Paraguay Paraguay 1 1
Poland Poland 1 1
Turkey Turkey 1 1

The World's Best National Goal Scorer of the Decade (2011–2020)[]

Luis Suárez scored 224 goals between 2011 and 2020, making him the 5th Best National Goal Scorer of the Decade.
Players with at least 150 goals[2]
Rank Player Clubs Goals
1 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 346
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid
Italy Juventus 		332
3 Poland Robert Lewandowski Germany Borussia Dortmund
Germany Bayern Munich 		248
4 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Italy Milan
France Paris Saint-Germain
England Manchester United
United States LA Galaxy 		236
5 Uruguay Luis Suárez England Liverpool
Spain Barcelona
Spain Atlético Madrid 		224
6 Israel Eran Zahavi Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
Italy Palermo
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
China Guangzhou R&F
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 		213
7 Uruguay Edinson Cavani Italy Napoli
France Paris Saint-Germain
England Manchester United 		209
8 Bolivia Carlos Saucedo Bolivia San José
Costa Rica Saprissa
Bolivia Oriente Petrolero
Bolivia Blooming
Bolivia Real Potosí
Bolivia Guabirá
Bolivia Royal Pari 		195
9 United Arab Emirates Sebastián Tagliabúe Saudi Arabia Ettifaq
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr 		193
10 Argentina Sergio Agüero Spain Atlético Madrid
England Manchester City 		193
11 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang France Saint-Étienne
Germany Borussia Dortmund
England Arsenal 		192
12 Faroe Islands Klæmint Olsen Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 190
13 Turkey Burak Yılmaz Turkey Trabzonspor
Turkey Galatasaray
China Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Turkey Beşiktaş
France Lille 		186
14 France André-Pierre Gignac France Marseille
Mexico UANL 		183
15 Brazil Neymar Brazil Santos
Spain Barcelona
France Paris Saint-Germain 		181
16 Hungary Nemanja Nikolić Hungary Videoton
Poland Legia Warsaw
United States Chicago Fire
Hungary Fehérvár 		177
17 Morocco Abderrazak Hamdallah Morocco Olympic Safi
Norway Aalesund
China Guangzhou R&F
Qatar El Jaish
Qatar Al-Rayyan SC
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 		173
18 Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Spain Real Madrid
Italy Napoli
Italy Juventus
Italy Milan
England Chelsea
United States Inter Miami 		172
19 Syria Omar Al Somah Syria Al Futowa
Kuwait Al Qadsia
Saudi Arabia Al Ahli 		169
20 France Karim Benzema Spain Real Madrid 168
21 Morocco Youssef El-Arabi France Caen
Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
Spain Granada
Qatar Al-Duhail
Greece Olympiacos 		168
22 Mexico Guatemala Universidad SC
Guatemala Municipal
Guatemala Xelajú
Guatemala Iztapa 		165
23 France Bafetimbi Gomis France Lyon
England Swansea City
France Marseille
Turkey Galatasaray
Saudi Arabia Al Hilal 		163
24 New Zealand Greg Draper Wales The New Saints 163
25 Netherlands Bas Dost Netherlands Heerenveen
Germany VfL Wolfsburg
Portugal Sporting CP
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 		162
26 Montenegro Dejan Damjanović South Korea FC Seoul
China Jiangsu Suning
China Beijing Sinobo Guoan
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
South Korea Daegu FC 		162
27 Maldives Ali Ashfaq Maldives VB Sports Club
Maldives New Radiant
Malaysia PDRM FA
Maldives Maziya S&RC
Maldives TC Sports Club
Maldives Club Green Streets
Maldives Club Valencia 		161
28 Argentina Germán Cano Colombia Deportivo Pereira

Paraguay Club Nacional
Colombia Independiente Medellín
Mexico Pachuca
Mexico León
Brazil Vasco da Gama

160
29 Bolivia Pablo Escobar Bolivia The Strongest 159
30 Northern Ireland Andrew Waterworth Northern Ireland Glentoran
Northern Ireland Linfield 		158
31 Belgium Romelu Lukaku Belgium Anderlecht
England West Bromwich Albion
England Everton
England Manchester United
Italy Inter Milan 		155
32 Chile Esteban Paredes Chile Colo-Colo
Mexico Atlante
Mexico Querétaro 		154
33 Mexico Agustín Herrera Guatemala Coatepeque
Guatemala Comunicaciones
Guatemala Antigua 		154
34 England Wales Llanelli Town AFC
Wales Aberystwyth Town
Wales Bala Town 		153
35 England Harry Kane England Tottenham Hotspur 152
36 Northern Ireland Joe Gormley Northern Ireland Cliftonville 152

All-time World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer ranking[]

Ferenc Puskás is the All-time Best Top Division Goal Scorer.
As of 5 January 2022[27][28]
Bold indicates players currently active.
Players with at least 300 goals
Rank Player Goals Years
1 Hungary Ferenc Puskás 511 1943–1966
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 487 2002–present
3 Argentina Lionel Messi 475 2004–present
4 Hungary Imre Schlosser 417 1905–1928
5 Hungary Gyula Zsengellér 416 1935–1952
6 Scotland Jimmy McGrory 410 1922–1938
7 Germany Gerd Müller 405 1965–1981
Cameroon Roger Milla 1970–1996
9 Mexico Hugo Sánchez 400 1976–1998
10 Hungary Ferenc Szusza 393 1940–1961
11 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 392 1999–present
12 Argentina Carlos Bianchi 385 1967–1984
13 Argentina Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano 377 1945–1966
14 Sweden Gunnar Nordahl 376 1940–1958
15 England Jimmy Greaves 366 1957–1971
16 Argentina Delio Onnis 363 1968–1986
17 Scotland Hughie Ferguson 361 1916–1930
18 Hungary József Takács 360 1920–1940
19 Austria Hans Krankl 354 1970–1988
20 Uruguay Luis Suárez 352 2005–present
21 Hungary György Sárosi 351 1930–1948
Chile Osvaldo Castro 1966–1984
23 Belgium Albert de Cleyn 350 1932–1954
24 Portugal Eusébio 342 1960–1977
25 Belgium Joseph Mermans 339 1941–1957
Singapore Aleksandar Đurić 1992–2019
27 Spain Isidro Langara 336 1933–1948
Scotland Hughie Gallacher 1921–1938
29 Poland Robert Lewandowski 328 2008–present
30 Estonia Maksim Gruznov 304 1992–2012
IFFHS World's Best Woman International Goal Scorer
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest top division goal scorer of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award2021
Editions1
First winnerCzech Republic Lucie Martínková
Most winsCzech Republic Lucie Martínková (1 award)
Most recentCzech Republic Lucie Martínková
Websitewww.iffhs.com

Women's winners[]

List of winners[]

Year Rank Player Club(s) Goals
2021 1st Czech Republic Lucie Martínková[29] Czech Republic Sparta Prague 38
2nd Mexico Alicia Cervantes Mexico Guadalajara 38
3rd Mexico Alison González Mexico Atlas 37

Statistics[]

Winners (2021–present)
Player Wins Years
Czech Republic Lucie Martínková 1 2021
Most goals in a year
Rank Player Year Goals
1 Czech Republic Lucie Martínková 2021 38
Mexico Alicia Cervantes 2021
3 Mexico Alison González 2021 37
Wins by club
Club Total Players
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 1 1
Wins by nationality
Nationality Total Players
Czech Republic Czech Republic 1 1

See also[]

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