IFFHS ranking for one-edition goal-scorers in continental championships
Picture : The record belongs to Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" (Mexico) who scored 11 goals in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 1993.
IFFHS ranking for one-edition goal-scorers in continental championships
Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) became the AFCON 2021 top goal-scorer with 8 goals. As we have already reported, this is the 2nd one-edition result in the history of the tournament (only 1 goal behind the record). Besides, this is one of the best feats in the history of all continental championships.
For the first time we publish the ranking of the best goal-scorers in a single edition of any confederation’s championship. Data for six confederations are taken into account:
European Nations' Cup/UEFA European Championship,
South American Championship/CONMEBOL Copa América,
CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup,
Africa Cup of Nations,
AFC Asian Cup,
OFC Nations Cup.
| CONFEDERATION CHAMPIONSHIPS | |||||
| PLAYERS WITH MOST GOALS | IN ONE EDITION | (FINAL STAGES) | |||
| Player | Conferedation | Country | Goals | Edition | |
| 1 | Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" | CONCACAF | Mexico | 11 | 1993 |
| 2 | Damian Mori | OFC | Australia | 10 | 1998 |
| 3 | Jair | CONMEBOL | Brazil | 9 | 1949 |
| Javier Ambrois | CONMEBOL | Uruguay | 9 | 1957 | |
| Humberto Maschio | CONMEBOL | Argentina | 9 | 1957 | |
| Ndaye Mulamba | CAF | Zaire | 9 | 1974 | |
| Michel Platini | UEFA | France | 9 | 1984 | |
| Almoez Ali | AFC | Qatar | 9 | 2019 | |
| 9 | Nicolás Falero | CONMEBOL | Uruguay | 8 | 1947 |
| Rodolfo Micheli | CONMEBOL | Argentina | 8 | 1955 | |
| Antonio Angelillo | CONMEBOL | Argentina | 8 | 1957 | |
| Didi | CONMEBOL | Brazil | 8 | 1957 | |
| Evaristo | CONMEBOL | Brazil | 8 | 1957 | |
| Pelé | CONMEBOL | Brazil | 8 | 1959 | |
| Laurent Pokou | CAF | Ivory Coast | 8 | 1970 | |
| Ali Daei | AFC | Iran | 8 | 1996 | |
| Shane Smeltz | OFC | New Zealand | 8 | 2008 | |
| Vincent Aboubakar | CAF | Cameroon | 8 | 2022 | |
| 19 | David Arellano | CONMEBOL | Chile | 7 | 1926 |
| Raúl Toro Julio | CONMEBOL | Chile | 7 | 1937 | |
| Herminio Masantonio | CONMEBOL | Argentina | 7 | 1942 | |
| José Manuel Moreno | CONMEBOL | Argentina | 7 | 1942 | |
| José María Medina | CONMEBOL | Uruguay | 7 | 1946 | |
| Ademir | CONMEBOL | Brazil | 7 | 1949 | |
| Tesourinha | CONMEBOL | Brazil | 7 | 1949 | |
| Dionisio Arce | CONMEBOL | Paraguay | 7 | 1949 | |
| Jorge Duilio Benítez | CONMEBOL | Paraguay | 7 | 1949 | |
| Francisco Molina | CONMEBOL | Chile | 7 | 1953 | |
| Steve David | CONCACAF | Haiti | 7 | 1973 | |
| Behtash Fariba | AFC | Iran | 7 | 1980 | |
| Choi Soon-ho | AFC | South Korea | 7 | 1980 | |
| Kris Trajanovski | OFC | Australia | 7 | 1996 | |
| Hossam Hassan | CAF | Egypt | 7 | 1998 | |
| Benni McCarthy | CAF | South Africa | 7 | 1998 | |
| Adriano | CONMEBOL | Brazil | 7 | 2004 | |
| Javier Hernández "Chicharito" | CONCACAF | Mexico | 7 | 2011 | |
| Clint Dempsey | CONCACAF | USA | 7 | 2015 |