NEYMAR SURPASSES PELE !

• Sep 9, 2023
• History Statistics

Picture : A brace today against Bolivia allowed Neymar to break Pelé's record !

Neymar surpasses Pelé as Brazil top scorer!

Neymar has finally broken Pele's old record for most goals in Brazil national team. After a brace in the World Cup qualifying match vs Bolivia (5-1), Neymar now has 79 goals, 2 more than “O Rei”.
Pele has held the national record since 16 May 1962. On this day, in a friendly vs Wales (3-1), he scored two goals that became his 32nd and 33rd in the national team jersey and allowed him to overtake the former record holder Ademir (32).
After that, Pele increased the record to 77 goals, a figure big enough to hold it for more than 60 years. This record outlived Pele himself, although not for long.

	BRAZIL    ALL-TIME	BEST	GOAL	SCORERS
	Player	Goals	Period	Games
1	Neymar	79	2010-	125
2	Pelé	77	1957-1971	91
3	Ronaldo	62	1994-2011	98
4	Romário	55	1987-2005	70
5	Zico	48	1976-1986	71
6	Bebeto	39	1985-1998	75
7	Rivaldo	35	1993-2003	74
8	Jairzinho	33	1963-1982	80
9	Ronaldinho	33	1999-2013	97
10	Ademir de Menezes	32	1945-1953	39
11	Tostão	31	1966-1972	53
12	Zizinho	30	1942-1957	53
13	Careca	29	1982-1993	60
14	Kaká	29	2002-2016	92
15	Luís Fabiano	28	2003-2013	45
16	Robinho	28	2003-2017	100
17	Adriano	27	2000-2010	48
18	Roberto Rivellino	25	1965-1978	91