ERLING HAALAND LEADER
Top international Goal scorer in 3rd Decade XXI after 2025: Erling Haaland
Erling Haaland leads the ranking for best international scorers in the current decade (2021-2030) after the end of 2025. At the halfway point, he has amassed 91 goals; 42 for clubs and 49 for Norway.
Kylian Mbappé (85 international goals) and Harry Kane (82) are also on podium, with a big margin from all others.
Regarding club football, only major continental and global competitions under auspices of FIFA and confederations are considered (no regional tournaments).
| 3rd DECADE | INTERNATIONAL | 2021 | |||
| XXI CENTURY | TOP SCORERS | 2025 | |||
| Player | Country | ICC | NT | Goals | |
| 1 | Erling Haaland | Norway | 42 | 49 | 91 |
| 2 | Kylian Mbappé | France | 46 | 39 | 85 |
| 3 | Harry Kane | England | 36 | 46 | 82 |
| 4 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 19 | 44 | 63 |
| 5 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 22 | 41 | 63 |
| 6 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | 37 | 25 | 62 |
| 7 | Victor Osimhen | Nigeria | 23 | 27 | 50 |
| 8 | Mohamed Salah | Egypt | 28 | 22 | 50 |
| 9 | Ayoub El Kaabi | Morocco | 29 | 21 | 50 |
| 10 | Sadio Mané | Senegal | 16 | 32 | 48 |
| 11 | Mehdi Taremi | Iran | 13 | 34 | 47 |
| 12 | Romelu Lukaku | Belgium | 14 | 32 | 46 |
| 13 | Lautaro Martínez | Argentina | 21 | 25 | 46 |
| 14 | Riyad Mahrez | Algeria | 26 | 19 | 45 |
| 15 | Jonathan David | Canada | 18 | 26 | 44 |
| 16 | Aleksandar Mitrović | Serbia | 15 | 27 | 42 |
| 17 | Salem Al-Dawsari | Saudi Arabia | 28 | 14 | 42 |
| 18 | Julián Álvarez | Argentina | 29 | 13 | 42 |
| 19 | Bruno Fernandes | Portugal | 15 | 26 | 41 |
| 20 | Frantzdy Pierrot | Haiti | 14 | 26 | 40 |
| 21 | Vinícius Júnior | Brazil | 32 | 8 | 40 |
Period: from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025.
Tie-breaker: more NT goals.