IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2022 (at January 31)
Picture : Akram Afif scored already 8 goals !
The World’s Best National Top Division Scorer 2022: Akram Afif takes the lead
Akram Afif dominates the ranking of the goal-scorers in the top national leagues at the end of January with 8 goals.
Only 8 players have reached the mark of 5 goals so far. For comparison: in 2021 there were as many as 34 such players at this point of the year! The reasons for such a sharp reduction are the intensive calendar of national team games this January and the postponement of a fairly large number of domestic league matches due to the pandemic.
Of the 8 players listed in the ranking, 3 represent the Qatari Stars League: Akram Afif, Aymen Hussein and Gelson Dala.
RANKING 2022
| Player | Club | Country | Goals | |
| 1 | Akram Afif | Al Sadd | Qatar | 8 |
| 2 | Emre Akbaba | Alanyaspor | Turkey | 6 |
| 3 | Aymen Hussein | Umm Salal (Qatar) | Iraq | 6 |
| 4 | Bartholomew Ogbeche | Hyderabad (India) | Nigeria | 6 |
| 5 | Alen Ožbolt | Hapoel Haifa (Israel) | Slovenia | 5 |
| 6 | Gelson Dala | Al Wakrah (Qatar) | Angola | 5 |
| 7 | Craig Goodwin | Adelaide United | Australia | 5 |
| 8 | Ayoub El Hmidi | Mons Calpe | Gibraltar | 5 |
All goals scored in top national divisions worldwide are taken in account.
Period: from January 1 to January 31, 2022.
Tiebreaking criteria in case of equal number of total goals: strength of the league (according to IFFHS ranking).