IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST GOALSCORER 2025
Picture : Kylian Mbappé is always the leader in 2025 !
IFFHS Men’s World Best Goal Scorer 2025 at 31 August: Kylian Mbappé
Kylian Mbappé retains the leadership in global 2025 goal-scorers’ ranking for 4th month in a row having 35 goals after August.
Patrick Pedersen, a Dane playing in Iceland for Valur, quite surprisingly keeps the 2nd position (32 goals), whilst Harry Kane, netting 6 times for Bayern at the start of German season, got up to the 3rd (31).
THE RANKING 2025
| Player | Goals | DL | DC | ICC | NT | Country | Clubs (Leagues) | |
| 1 | Kylian Mbappé | 35 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 2 | France | Real Madrid (Spain) |
| 2 | Patrick Pedersen | 32 | 18 | 14 | Denmark | Valur (Iceland) | ||
| 3 | Harry Kane | 31 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 4 | England | Bayern (Germany) |
| 4 | Ousmane Dembélé | 30 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | France | PSG |
| 5 | Serhou Guirassy | 30 | 18 | 1 | 11 | Guinea | Borussia Dortmund (Germany) | |
| 6 | Victor Osimhen | 30 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Nigeria | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
| Kevin Hernández | 30 | 29 | 1 | Puerto Rico | Academia Quintana | |||
| 7 | Viktor Gyökeres | 29 | 23 | 5 | 1 | Sweden | Sporting (Portugal), Arsenal (England) | |
| 8 | Lionel Messi | 27 | 19 | 8 | Argentina | Inter Miami (USA) | ||
| 9 | Guilherme Bissoli | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | Brazil | Buriram (Thailand) | |
| 10 | Ivan Toney | 27 | 21 | 4 | 2 | England | Al Ahli (Saudi Arabia) | |
| 11 | Vangelis Pavlidis | 26 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | Greece | Benfica (Portugal) |
| Alan Grafite | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | Brazil | Cong An Ha Noi (Vietnam) | ||
| 12 | Ismael Díaz | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | Panama | Universidad Católica (Ecuador), Leon (Mexico) | |
| 13 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 24 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) |
| 14 | Kasper Høgh | 24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | Denmark | Bodø/Glimt (Norway) | |
| 15 | Youssef En-Nesyri | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | Morocco | Fenerbahçe (Turkey) | |
| 16 | Darko Lemajić | 24 | 22 | 2 | Serbia | RFS (Latvia) | ||
| 17 | Pablo Vegetti | 23 | 17 | 1 | 5 | Argentina | Vasco da Gama (Brazil) | |
| 18 | Róger Guedes | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | Brazil | Al Rayyan (Qatar) | |
| 19 | Lennart Thy | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | Germany | Lion City Sailors (Singapore) | |
| Mohanad Ali | 23 | 23 | Iraq | Al Shorta, Dibba (UAE) | ||||
| 20 | Klaemint Olsen | 23 | 22 | 1 | Faroe Islands | NSÍ | ||
| 21 | Efthymios Koulouris | 23 | 20 | 3 | Greece | Pogon Szczecin (Poland) | ||
| Noah Baffoe | 23 | 16 | 7 | Spain | Eastern, Lee Man (Hong Kong) | |||
| 22 | Erling Haaland | 22 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | Norway | Manchester City (England) |
| 23 | Dayro Moreno | 22 | 14 | 8 | Colombia | Once Caldas | ||
| 24 | Denis Bouanga | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | Gabon | Los Angeles (USA) | |
| 25 | Brian White | 22 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | USA | Vancouver Whitecaps |
| 26 | Paulinho | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | Portugal | Toluca (Mexico) | |
| 27 | Páll Klettskarð | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | Faroe Islands | KÍ Klaksvík | |
| 28 | Sam Surridge | 22 | 20 | 2 | England | Nashville (USA) | ||
| Alex | 22 | 21 | 1 | Brazil | Dewa United (Indonesia) | |||
| 29 | Salem Al-Dawsari | 21 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Saudi Arabia | Al Hilal |
| 30 | Marcos Leonardo | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | Brazil | Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) | |
| 31 | Patrik Schick | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | Czechia | Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) | |
| Peeter Phanthavong | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | Laos | Ezra | ||
| 32 | Daizen Maeda | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | Japan | Celtic (Scotland) | |
| 33 | Claudio Spinelli | 20 | 13 | 7 | Argentina | Independiente del Valle (Ecuador) | ||
| 34 | Germán Berterame | 20 | 14 | 6 | Mexico | Monterrey | ||
| 35 | Mikael Ishak | 20 | 14 | 6 | Sweden | Lech Poznan (Poland) | ||
| 36 | Julián Álvarez | 20 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Argentina | Atletico Madrid (Spain) |
| 37 | Robert Lewandowski | 20 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | Poland | Barcelona (Spain) |
| 38 | Evander | 20 | 16 | 4 | Brazil | Cincinnati (USA) | ||
| 39 | Alexander Sørloth | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | Norway | Villarreal, Atletico Madrid (Spain) | |
| 40 | Sem Steijn | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | Netherlands | Twente, Feyenoord | |
| 41 | Aimen Mahious | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | Algeria | Belouizdad, Kabylie | |
| 42 | Valeri Qazaishvili | 20 | 19 | 1 | Georgia | Shandong Taishan (China) | ||
| Jorge Rivera | 20 | 20 | Puerto Rico | Metropolitan FA | ||||
| Alaeddine Ajaraie | 20 | 9 | 11 | Morocco | North East Utd (India) |
All goals at top senior level are counted: domestic (top national and regional) leagues (DL), domestic cups (DC), official international club tournaments (ICC), official games between national teams (NT).
The players from the leagues below top 100 are also listed in the standings but not classified (highlighted in grey).
Period: from 1 January to 31 August 2025.
Tie-breakers: 1) more international goals (ICC + NT), 2) more goals for national team (NT), 3) stronger league (by IFFHS ranking), 4) goals in domestic leagues (DL).