THE WORLD’S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2018 at end May : TWO AFRICAN PLAYERS AT THE TOP !
Picture : The Spanish Forward Bienvenido Maranon has scored 10 international goals in 2018 with his team Ceres Negros FC and taken the third place in the ranking at end May.
The IFFHS Goal scorers list of May 2018 is headed by 2 African players: Moroccan Ayoub El Kaabi of RS Berkane with 14 goals, followed by Algerian Baghdad Bounedjah of Al Sadd SC with 11. Spanish Bienvenido Marañón of Ceres Negros FC is third with 10 goals. El Kaabi is the player with most national team goals while Marañón scored most club goals, both with 10.
32 players scored 6 or more goals. They are classified as follows:
· By National Team:
– By Confederation: AFC (10), CAF (9), UEFA (7), CONMEBOL (5), OFC (1)
– By Country: Argentina, Brazil, Morocco, DR Congo, Senegal (2)
– By Club Football:
– By Confederation: AFC (19), UEFA (6), CAF and OFC (3), CONMEBOL (1)
– By Country: New Zealand, Qatar and Spain (3), DR Congo, England and UAE (2),
– By Club: Liverpool and Team Wellington (2)
It is remarkable that the 3 players in New Zealand are from 3 different continents!
RANKING AT END MAY 2018
| Player | Country | Confederation | Club | Country | Confederation | Country | Club | Total | ||
| Ayoub El Kaabi | Morocco | CAF | RS Berkane | Morocco | CAF | 10 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Baghdad Bounedjah | Algeria | CAF | Al Sadd SC | Qatar | AFC | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||
| Bienvenido Marañón | Spain | UEFA | Ceres Negros FC | Philippines | AFC | 0 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Marko Šimić | Croatia | UEFA | Persija Jakarta | Indonesia | AFC | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Sekou Sylla | Guinea | CAF | Yangon United F.C | Myanmar | AFC | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Youssef El-Arabi | Morocco | CAF | Al-Duhail SC | Qatar | AFC | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | UEFA | Real Madrid | Spain | UEFA | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| An Il-bom | North Korea | AFC | April 25 Sports Club | North Korea | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Angus Kilkolly | New Zealand | OFC | Team Wellington | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Emiliano Tade | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Auckland City FC | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Ben Malango Ngita | DR Congo | CAF | TP Mazembe | DR Congo | CAF | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Ahmad Zreik | Lebanon | AFC | Al-Ahed Sport Club | Lebanon | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Carlos Leonel | Macao | AFC | S.L. Benfica de Macau | Macau | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Marcus Berg | Sweden | UEFA | Al Ain FC | UAE | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Ricardo Goulart | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. | China | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Ross Allen | England | UEFA | Team Wellington | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Sadio Mané | Senegal | CAF | Liverpool | England | UEFA | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Song Ui-young | South Korea | AFC | Home United FC | Singapore | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Lionel Messi | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Barcelona | Spain | UEFA | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Mehdi Taremi | Iran | AFC | Al-Gharafa | Qatar | AFC | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Mohamed Salah | Egypt | CAF | Liverpool | England | UEFA | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Muhannad Assiri | Saudi Arabia | AFC | Al Ahli Saudi FC | Saudi Arabia | AFC | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Altymyrat Annadurdyýew | Turkmenistan | AFC | Altyn Asyr FK | Turkmenistan | AFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Amjad Radhi | Iraq | AFC | Air Force Club | Iraq | AFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Ciro Immobile | Italy | UEFA | Lazio Roma | Italy | UEFA | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Jean-Marc Makusu | DR Congo | CAF | AS Vita Club | DR Congo | CAF | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Ali Ashfaq | Maldives | AFC | New Radiant S.C. | Maldives | AFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Antoine Griezmann | France | UEFA | Atlético Madrid | Spain | UEFA | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Mame Thiam | Senegal | CAF | Esteghlal F.C | Iran | AFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Miguel Borja | Colombia | CONMEBOL | SE Palmeiras | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Musa Al-Taamari | Jordan | AFC | Al-Jazeera Club | Jordan | AFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Romário Ricardo Silva “Romarinho” | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Al-Jazira | UAE | AFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||