EDIN DZEKO IN THE HISTORY TOP 20 !

• Sep 12, 2023
• History Statistics

All-time ranking for players with most games scoring

Edin Džeko's appearance (PICTURE) for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a Euro 2004 qualifying match against Liechtenstein (2-1) was his 50th game for the national team where he scored goals.
Džeko became the 20th player in football history to reach this milestone.
To use the occasion, we publish for the first time the all-time ranking for the strikers who have played the most games scoring (SG).
The world record belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo (80 such games).
Active players are highlighted in bold.

	MOST GAMES	SCORING  IN  NATIONAL	TEAM
	Player	Team(s)	Period	Games	SG
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	2003-	201	80
2	Ali Daei	Iran	1993-2006	148	74
3	Lionel Messi	Argentina	2005-	176	73
4	Sunil Chhetri	India	2005-	143	69
5	Mokhtar Dahari	Malaysia	1972-1985	142	64
6	Neymar	Brazil	2010-	125	60
7	Hussein Saeed	Iraq	1976-1990	137	55
8	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	2008-	144	54
9	Godfrey Chitalu	Zambia	1968-1980	111	53
10	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	2007-	137	53
11	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	1985-2006	176	53
12	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary, Spain	1945-1962	89	52
13	Pelé	Brazil	1957-1971	91	51
14	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	2002-2014	105	51
15	Stern John	Trinidad and Tobago	1995-2011	115	51
16	Robbie Keane	Ireland	1998-2016	146	51
17	Abdul Kadir	Indonesia	1967-1979	101	50
18	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	2010-	109	50
19	Majed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	1978-1994	117	50
20	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2007-	131	50