IFFHS MEN'S WORLD ALL TIME RANKING CLUB GOAL SCORERS

• Mar 4, 2023
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Picture : Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo scored more than 700 club goals since 20 years. They are always on the Top in 2023 !

IFFHS World all-time ranking for club goal-scorers

We update the ranking of world’s all-time best club scorers, with Lionel Messi becoming few days ago the 2nd player to reach 700 top-level club goals. He did it 4.5 month after Cristiano Ronaldo who was the first ever conqueror of this “peak”.
Total amount of goals for each player is presented along with its breakdown by competitions.

	ALL-TIME BEST	CLUB	GOAL	SCORERS
	Player	Goals	Nationality	Period	League		Cups		ICC		Total	Total	Total
					NL	RL	NC	OC	MICC	OICC	DL	DC	ICC
	Erwin Helmchen	729	Germany	1923-1951	23	690	16				713	16	0
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	709	Portugal	2002-	506		41	10	152		506	51	152
2	Lionel Messi	700	Argentina	2004-	492		56	15	137		492	71	137
3	Romário	691	Brazil	1985-2007	311	233	51	42	54		544	93	54
4	Josef Bican	690	Austria, BM, CS	1931-1955	515		75	59	15	26	515	134	41
5	Pelé	679	Brazil	1957-1977	138	466		49	23	3	604	49	26
6	Ferenc Puskás	640	Hungary, Spain	1943-1966	515		69		38	18	515	69	56
7	Jimmy Jones	636	Northern Ireland	1947-1964	332		43	247	2	12	332	290	14
8	Joe Bambrick	608	Northern Ireland	1926-1943	348		40	220			348	260
9	Abe Lenstra	591	Netherlands	1936-1963	289	284	18				573	18
10	Eusébio	578	Portugal	1957-1978	422		97		59		422	97	59
11	Gerd Müller	566	Germany	1964-1981	405		78	14	69		405	92	69
12	Glenn Ferguson	563	Northern Ireland	1987-2011	313		56	185	6	3	313	241	9
13	Jimmy McGrory	540	Scotland	1922-1937	409		77	54			409	131
14	Fernando Peyroteo	539	Portugal	1937-1949	332	132	70	2		3	464	72	3
15	Robert Lewandowski	513	Poland	2008-	359		43	10	101		359	53	101
16	Uwe Seeler	509	Germany	1954-1978	180	267	24	17	21		447	41	21
17	Alfredo Di Stéfano	501	Argentina, Spain	1945-1966	376		55		50	20	376	55	70

Domestic Leagues (DL) = 
National Leagues (NL, only top tier) + relevant Regional Leagues (RL).
Domestic Cups (DC) = 
major National Cups (NC) + other relevant national competitions (OC) of this kind, including League Cup, SuperCup etc.
International Club Competitions (ICC) = 
major ICC (MICC), including UEFA and CONMEBOL continental tournaments, Mitropa Cup until 1940, InterContinental Cup, Club World Cup + other relevant ICC (OICC).
Erwin Helmchen is included in the list but not ranked as his RL are not considered relevant.