IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST TOP DIVISION GOALSCORER 2021



The World’s Best National Top Division Goal Scorer 2021 by IFFHS :

ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI  





With 43 goals scored in the German Bundesliga for Bayern (highest ever annual tally since Bundesliga creation), Robert Lewandowski became the best National Top Division Scorer in 2021. He won this Award for the FIRST time in his career and succeeded Cristiano Ronaldo.
His runner-up Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina has scored 10 goals fewer in the Italian Serie A, one goal more than Jerry Bengtson ,with CD Olympia in Honduras.


Jerry Bengtson (up)  and Dusan Vlahovic (down) complete the podium.


THE WORLD RANKING 2021

 PlayerClubCountryGoals
1Robert Lewandowski Bayern (Germany)Poland43
2Dusan VlahovicFiorentina (Italy)Serbia33
3Jerry BengtsonOlimpia TegucigalpaHonduras32
4Karim BenzemaReal Madrid (Spain)France30
5Erling HaalandBorussia Dortmund (Germany)Norway30
6Paul OnuachuGenk (Belgium)Nigeria30
7Jay DonnellyGlentoranNorthern Ireland30
8Imre BadalassiTre Penne (San Marino)Italy30
9Rodolfo ZelayaAlianza San SalvadorEl Salvador29
10Mohamed Abdel RahmanAl-Hilal OmdurmanSudan28
11Gabriel BarbosaFlamengoBrazil27
12Michael FreyWaasland-Beveren, Antwerp (Belgium)Switzerland27
13Bafétimbi GomisAl Hilal (Saudi Arabia)France27
14Ohi OmoijuanfoMoldeNorway27
15Lucas dos Santos Managua (Nicaragua)Brazil27
16Jamie MaclarenMelbourne CityAustralia27
17Mikkel DahlHB Tórshavn (Faroe Islands)Denmark27
18Jonathan BaumanMushuc Runa, Independiente Valle (Ecuador)Argentina26
19Fernando ZampedriUniversidad Católica (Chile)Argentina26
20Thomas Lehne OlsenLillestrømNorway26
21Arthur CabralBasel (Switzerland)Brazil26
22Baghdad BounedjahAl Sadd (Qatar)Algeria26
23Henri AnierPaideEstonia26
24Ifedayo OlusegunSelangor (Malaysia)Nigeria26
25Cristiano RonaldoJuventus (Italy), Manchester United (England)Portugal 25
26Gonzalo BergessioNacional (Uruguay)Argentina25
27Ayoub El KaabiWydad, Hatayspor (Turkey)Morocco25
28Dominik StolzHesperange (Luxembourg)Germany25
29Dejvid SinaniFola Esch, F91 DudelangeLuxembourg25
30Ciro ImmobileLazioItaly24
31Mohamed SalahLiverpool (England)Egypt24
32Lionel Messi Barcelona (Spain), PSG (France)Argentina24
33André SilvaEintracht, Leipzig (Germany)Portugal24
34Kylian MbappéPSGFrance24
35Florin TanaseFCSBRomania24
36Ignacio RamírezLiverpool Montevideo, Saint-Etienne (France)Uruguay24
37Peter ShalulileMamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)Namibia24
38Zakaria BeglarishviliLevadia (Estonia)Georgia24
39Nemanja BilbijaZrinjskiBosnia and Herzegovina24
40Jonathan DavidLille (France)Canada23
41Wissam Ben YedderMonacoFrance23
42Sébastien HallerAjax (Netherlands)Côte d'Ivoire23
43Gonzalo SosaMelipilla (Chile)Argentina23
44Kyogo FuruhashiVissel Kobe, Celtic (Scotland)Japan23
45Leandro DamiãoKawasaki Frontale (Japan)Brazil23
46Daizen MaedaYokohama F. MarinosJapan23
47Rauno SappinenFloraEstonia23
48Ryan CurranCliftonvilleNorthern Ireland23
49Zachary HadjiFola (Luxembourg)France23
50Adel BettaiebF91 Dudelange (Luxembourg)Tunisia23
51BérgsonJohor Darul Ta'zim (Malaysia)Brazil23
52Alex GreiveWaitakere, Birkenhead New Zealand23


All goals scored in top national divisions worldwide are taken in account.
Period: from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.
Tiebreaking criteria in case of equal number of total goals: 
1) strength of the league (according to IFFHS ranking), 
2) number of games played.