IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER 2025
IFFHS Men's World Best International Goal Scorer 2025 at 30 June: Ismael Díaz
There have been some dramatic changes in the ranking for international goal-scorers 2025 in June.
Ousmane Dembélé, who was in the lead a month ago, has been overtaken by no fewer than 5 players and is now only in 6th place. Note that Dembélé led the ranking continuously from the very beginning of the year until May.
Ismael Díaz and Harry Kane have made an impressive leap in the past month, now both are at the top with 13 goals and a good 3-goal margin over the rest.
Kane has scored 5 goals in June (2 for England and 3 for Bayern at the Club World Cup), Diaz even more, 7 (all for Panama).
28-year old Diaz gets an advantage between them due to the greater number of goals for the national team.
A rare feat: he currently leads the scoring сontest in two international tournaments, both for clubs (Copa Sudamericana) and nations (Gold Cup).
But the Panamanian has already finished his performances at the Gold Cup and will not play other international games in July, while Kane continues to play in CWC and has a prospect to move forward in the next chart.
We should also note the bright performance of the Angolan striker Depú, who exploded in June by scoring 8 goals for his national team in the 2025 COSAFA Cup.
Depú, aged 25, burst into 7th place in the ranking. Amazingly, being so successful playing for his nation, he still has no goals in a domestic (Serbian) league this year.
THE RANKING 2025
| Player | ICC | NT | Goals | Country | Clubs (Leagues) | |
| 1 | Ismael Díaz | 6 | 7 | 13 | Panama | Universidad Católica (Chile) |
| 2 | Harry Kane | 9 | 4 | 13 | England | Bayern (Germany) |
| 3 | Ángel Sepúlveda | 9 | 1 | 10 | Mexico | Cruz Azul |
| 4 | Lautaro Martínez | 10 | 10 | Argentina | Inter (Italy) | |
| 5 | Erling Haaland | 5 | 4 | 9 | Norway | Manchester City (England) |
| 6 | Ousmane Dembélé | 8 | 1 | 9 | France | PSG |
| 7 | Depú | 8 | 8 | Angola | Vojvodina (Serbia) | |
| 8 | Jonathan David | 3 | 5 | 8 | Canada | Lille (France) |
| 9 | Vangelis Pavlidis | 7 | 1 | 8 | Greece | Benfica (Portugal) |
| 10 | Salem Al-Dawsari | 7 | 1 | 8 | Saudi Arabia | Al Hilal |
| 11 | Raphinha | 7 | 1 | 8 | Brazil | Barcelona (Spain) |
| 12 | Serhou Guirassy | 8 | 8 | Guinea | Borussia Dortmund (Germany) | |
| 13 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 4 | 3 | 7 | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) |
| 14 | Lamine Yamal | 4 | 3 | 7 | Spain | Barcelona |
| 15 | Kylian Mbappé | 5 | 2 | 7 | France | Real Madrid (Spain) |
| 16 | Denis Bouanga | 5 | 2 | 7 | Gabon | Los Angeles (USA) |
| 17 | Brian White | 6 | 1 | 7 | USA | Vancouver Whitecaps |
| 18 | Bruno Fernandes | 7 | 7 | Portugal | Manchester United (England) | |
| 19 | Georges Mikautadze | 2 | 4 | 6 | Georgia | Lyon (France) |
| 20 | Victor Osimhen | 3 | 3 | 6 | Nigeria | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
| 21 | Ivan Perišić | 3 | 3 | 6 | Croatia | PSV (Netherlands) |
| 22 | Mikel Oyarzabal | 3 | 3 | 6 | Spain | Real Sociedad |
| 23 | Michael Olise | 4 | 2 | 6 | France | Bayern |
| 24 | Vinícius Júnior | 4 | 2 | 6 | Brazil | Real Madrid (Spain) |
| 25 | Fiston Mayele | 5 | 1 | 6 | Congo DR | Pyramids (Egypt) |
| 26 | Sardar Azmoun | 5 | 1 | 6 | Iran | Shabab Al Ahli (UAE) |
| 27 | Achraf Hakimi | 5 | 1 | 6 | Morocco | PSG (France) |
| 28 | Lionel Messi | 6 | 6 | Argentina | Inter Miami (USA) | |
| 29 | Kasper Høgh | 6 | 6 | Denmark | Bodø/Glimt (Norway) | |
| 30 | Riyad Mahrez | 6 | 6 | Algeria | Al Ahli (Saudi Arabia) | |
| 31 | Cédric Bakambu | 6 | 6 | Congo DR | Betis (Spain) |
All goals for national team (NT) in the “full international” games and for clubs at the main stages of major international club competitions (ICC), that is without qualifiers, are taken into account for the ranking.
Period: from 1 January to 30 June 2025.
Tie-breaker: more NT goals.