CRISTIANO RONALDO ALWAYS LEADER

• May 23, 2023
• History Statistics

Cristiano Ronaldo, most dominant national team goal-scorer

After 4 goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo for Portugal in the March Euro qualifiers, a distance between him and the player who follows him in the all-time ranking of Portugal national team goal-scorers (Pauleta) has increased to 75 (their amounts are 122 and 47 goals resp.).
This is maximal gap between a record holder and his runner-up for all national teams in the world.
The ranking of dominant national team goal-scorers is in the table below. All cases with 30+ goal intervals are listed.
Active players are taken in bold. 

	MOST DOMINANT	TOP GOAL SCORERS		IN NATIONAL		TEAMS
	Country	Record Holder	Goals	Runner-Up	Goals	Difference
1	Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo	122	Pauleta	47	75
2	Iran	Ali Daei	109	Karim Bagheri	50	59
3	India	Sunil Chhetri	85	Inivalappil Mani Vijayan	32	53
4	Republic of Ireland	Robbie Keane	68	Niall Quinn	21	47
5	Argentina	Lionel Messi	102	Gabriel Batistuta	56	46
6	Malawi	Kinna Phiri	71	Lawrence Waya	28	43
7	Belgium	Romelu Lukaku	72	Eden Hazard	33	39
8	Zambia	Godfrey Chitalu	79	Alex Chola	43	36
9	Maldives	Ali Ashfaq	58	Ibrahim Fazeel	22	36
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Edin Džeko	63	Vedad Ibišević	28	35
11	Trinidad and Tobago	Stern John	70	Angus Eve	36	34
12	Guatemala	Carlos Ruiz	68	Juan Carlos Plata	35	33
13	Poland	Robert Lewandowski	78	Wlodzimierz Lubanski	48	30