IFFHS World Top Scorer November 2015.. 20 Goals for Khalil and Lewandowski
Emirate striker Ahmed Khalil and Polish goal machine Lewandowski top the poll of IFFHS Goal Scorers at the end of November. With 20 goals each, Khalil comes first in the list, having scored more goals for his national team. He scored 14 for UAE and 6 for his club, Al Ahli Dubai, whereas Lewandowski scored 11 for Poland and 9 for FC Bayern Munich.
The due are followed by another pair of Asians, Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad Al-Sahlawi of Al-Qadisiyah Al Khubar with 18 and China’s Xu Yang of Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C., who is tied with Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid C.F. with 15.
48 players scored 8 or more goals. By nationality, 15 come from AFC, 13 from CONMEBOL, 11 from UEFA, 6 from CAF and 3 from CONCACAF. By club football, 24 play in UEFA countries, 16 play in AFC, 4 in CONMEBOL, and 2 in each of CONCACAF and CAF.
With 5 players, Argentina is the country with most players in the list, followed by Brazil with 3.
For leagues, a remarkable number of 7 players in the list play in each of Spanish La Liga (including Hernández who left Real Madrid C.F. for Bayer Leverkusen) and German Bundesliga (including Heung-min Son who left Bayer 04 Leverkusen for Tottenham Hotspur and Hernández who joined Bayer Leverkusen from Real Madrid C.F.). Another 4 players are in Chinese league, while 3 play in UAE.
With the MNS trio of Messi, Neymar and Suárez, FC Barcelona is the top club with 3 players. The trio are all in the top 20 and scored a total of 49 goals for Barcelona and 24 goals for their South American national teams. Barcelona is followed by Real Madrid C.F. with 2 players (including Hernández who left) and 2 for FC Bayern Munich.
| 1 | Ahmed Khalil | UAE | AFC | Al Ahli Dubai | UAE | AFC | 14 | 6 | 20 | ||
| 2 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | UEFA | FC Bayern Munich | Germany | UEFA | 11 | 9 | 20 | ||
| 3 | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | Saudi Arabia | AFC | Al-Qadisiyah Al Khubar | Saudi Arabia | AFC | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| 4 | Xu Yang | China | AFC | Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. | China | AFC | 9 | 6 | 15 | ||
| 5 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | UEFA | Real Madrid C.F. | Spain | UEFA | 3 | 12 | 15 | ||
| 6 | Thomas Müller | Germany | UEFA | FC Bayern Munich | Germany | UEFA | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 7 | Ali Mabkhout | UAE | AFC | Al Jazira Club | UAE | AFC | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| 7 | Hamza Al Dardour | Jordan | AFC | Al-Ramtha SC | Jordan | AFC | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| 9 | Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior | Brazil | CONMEBOL | FC Barcelona | Spain | UEFA | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||
| 10 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden | UEFA | Paris Saint-Germain | France | UEFA | 11 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 11 | Sergio Agüero | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Manchester City F.C. | England | UEFA | 10 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 12 | Dabao Yu | China | AFC | Beijing Guoan F.C. | China | AFC | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Heung-min Son | South Korea | AFC | Bayer 04 Leverkusen / Tottenham Hotspur | Germany / England | UEFA | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 14 | Manuchekhr Dzhalilov | Tajikistan | AFC | FC Istiklol | Tajikistan | AFC | 7 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 15 | Luis Suárez | Uruguay | CONMEBOL | FC Barcelona | Spain | UEFA | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||
| 16 | Keisuke Honda | Japan | AFC | A.C. Milan | Italy | UEFA | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 17 | Miller Bolaños | Ecuador | CONMEBOL | Club Sport Emelec | Ecuador | CONMEBOL | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 17 | Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon | CAF | FC Porto | Portugal | UEFA | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 19 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | CONMEBOL | FC Barcelona | Spain | UEFA | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 19 | Thamsanqa Gabuza | South Africa | CAF | Orlando Pirates | South Africa | CAF | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 21 | Mbwana Samatta | Tanzania | CAF | TP Mazembe | DR Congo | CAF | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 22 | Clint Dempsey | USA | CONCACAF | Seattle Sounders FC | USA | CONCACAF | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 22 | Tim Cahill | Australia | AFC | Shanghai Greenland | China | AFC | 9 | 9 | |||
| 24 | Edin Džeko | Bosnia & Berzgovina | UEFA | AS Roma | Italy | UEFA | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 25 | Hassan Al-Haidos | Qatar | AFC | Al-Sadd SC | Qatar | AFC | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 25 | Igor Sergeev | Uzbekistan | AFC | Pakhtakor Tashkent FK | Uzbekistan | AFC | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 27 | Paolo Guerrero | Peru | CONMEBOL | Sport Club Corinthians Paulista | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 27 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Gabon | CAF | Borossia Dortmund | Germany | UEFA | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 29 | Bader Al-Mutawa | Kuwait | AFC | Qadsia SC | Kuwait | AFC | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 29 | Ivan Perišić | Croatia | UEFA | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | UEFA | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 29 | Oribe Peralta | Mexico | CONCACAF | Club América | Mexico | CONCACAF | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 32 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Argentina | CONMEBOL | S.S.C. Napoli | Italy | UEFA | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 33 | Thievy Bifouma | Congo | CAF | UD Almería | Spain | UEFA | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 34 | Marc Janko | Austria | UEFA | FC Basel | Switzerland | UEFA | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 35 | Younis Mahmoud | Iraq | AFC | Erbil SC | Iraq | AFC | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 36 | Alexis Sanchez | Chile | CONMEBOL | Arsenal FC | England | UEFA | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 37 | Arkadiusz Milik | Poland | UEFA | AFC Ajax Amsterdam | Netherlands | UEFA | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 38 | Asamoah Gyan | Ghana | CAF | Al-Ain FC | UAE | AFC | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 38 | Javier Hernández | Mexico | CONCACAF | Real Madrid C.F. / Bayer Leverkusen | Spain / Germany | UEFA | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 38 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | Netherlands | UEFA | FC Schalke 04 | Germany | UEFA | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 41 | Carlos Bacca | Colombia | CONMEBOL | Sevilla FC | Spain | UEFA | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 41 | Givanildo Vieira de Sousa “Hulk” | Brazil | CONMEBOL | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg | Russia | UEFA | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 43 | Alvaro Morata | Spain | UEFA | Juventus Torino | Italy | UEFA | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 44 | Daniel McBreen | Australia | AFC | South China AA | Hong Kong | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 44 | Gustavo Bou | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Racing Club de Avellaneda | Argentina | CONMEBOL | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 44 | Ricardo Goulart | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | China | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 44 | Riste Naumov | Macedonia | UEFA | Ayeyawady United | Burma | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 44 | Ramón Ábila | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Club Atlético Huracán | Argentina | CONMEBOL | 0 | 8 | 8 |