MOHANAD ALI, AFC NUMBER 1 IN 2025
The AFC Best Goal Scorer 2025: Mohanad Ali
Iraqui striker Mohanad Ali got a distinction as the best goal-scorer of 2025 among the players from AFC countries. He has scored 34 goals; 28 of them for his two clubs (first a native Al Shorta and then UAE’s Dibba) in all competitions and 6 for his national team.
Igor Sergeev (Uzbekistan) took the 2nd place with 29 goals; Daizen Maeda (Japan) the 3rd with 27.
| AFC | TOP | GOAL SCORERS 2025 | ||||||
| Player | Total | DL | DC | ICC | NT | Country | Clubs (Leagues) | |
| 1 | Mohanad Ali | 34 | 27 | 1 | 6 | Iraq | Al Shorta, Dibba (UAE) | |
| Peeter Phanthavong | 31 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | Laos | Ezra | |
| 2 | Igor Sergeev | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | Uzbekistan | Pakhtakor | |
| Tomoyuki Doi | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | Japan | Geylang (Singapore), Pathum (Thailand) | ||
| 3 | Daizen Maeda | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | Japan | Celtic (Scotland) | |
| 4 | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | 26 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Iran | Tractor |
| 5 | Ayase Ueda | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | Japan | Feyenoord (Netherlands) | |
| 6 | Salem Al-Dawsari | 25 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | Saudi Arabia | Al Hilal |
| 7 | Omar Khribin | 23 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | Syria | Al Wahda (UAE) |
| Hassan Maatouk | 23 | 23 | Lebanon | Al-Ansar, Jwaya | ||||
| Finn McDaniel | 22 | 22 | Philippines | Stallion Laguna | ||||
| 8 | Akram Afif | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | Qatar | Al Sadd | |
| 9 | Nasser Al-Gahwashi | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | Yemen | Zakho (Iraq) |
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).
Period: from 1 January to 31 December 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).
The scorers from leagues below top 100 are listed (in grey) but not classified.