List of top international men's association football goal scorers by country
List of players
As of 26 March 2019 Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation.

List of top international men's association football goal scorers by country

Section Title: List of players
Table Section Text: As of 26 March 2019 Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation.

#	Name	Country	International goals	Caps	Goals per match	Ref

1	Ali Daei	Iran	109	149	0.73

2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	85	156	0.54

3	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary	84	89	0.94

4	Kunishige Kamamoto	Japan	80	84	0.95

5	Godfrey Chitalu	Zambia	79	111	0.71

6	Hussein Saeed	Iraq	78	137	0.57

7	Pelé	Brazil	77	92	0.84

8	Bashar Abdullah	Kuwait	75	134	0.56

9	Kinnah Phiri	Malawi	71	115	0.62

Majed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	71	116	0.61

Kiatisuk Senamuang	Thailand	71	134	0.53

Miroslav Klose	Germany	71	137	0.52

13	Stern John	Trinidad and Tobago	70	115	0.61

Hossam Hassan	Egypt	70	169	0.41

15	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	68	133	0.52

Robbie Keane	Republic of Ireland	68	146	0.47

17	Sunil Chhetri	India	67	107	0.63

18	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	65	105	0.62

Lionel Messi	Argentina	65	129	0.5

20	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	62	116	0.53

21	David Villa	Spain	59	98	0.6

22	Cha Bum-kun	South Korea	58	135	0.43

23	Carlos Pavón	Honduras	57	101	0.57

Clint Dempsey / Landon Donovan	United States	57 / 57	141 / 157	0.4 / 0.36

25	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	56	104	0.54

Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	56	118	0.47

27	Jan Koller	Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic	55	91	0.6

Fandi Ahmad	Singapore	55	101	0.54

Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	55	101	0.54

Luis Suárez	Uruguay	55	104	0.53

31	Joachim Streich	East Germany	53	98	0.54

Wayne Rooney	England	53	120	0.44

33	Poul Nielsen / Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	52 / 52	38 / 112	1.37 / 0.46

Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	52	78	0.67

Phil Younghusband	Philippines	52	108	0.48

Adnan Al Talyani	United Arab Emirates	52	161	0.32	.

37	Lê Công Vinh	Vietnam	51	83	0.61

Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	51	106	0.48

Javier Hernández	Mexico	51	108	0.47

Hakan Şükür	Turkey	51	112	0.46

Thierry Henry	France	51	123	0.41

42	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	50	102	0.49

Tim Cahill	Australia	50	108	0.46

44	Dimitar Berbatov / Hristo Bonev	Bulgaria	48 / 48	78 / 96	0.62 / 0.5

Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	48	111	0.43

46	Emmanuel Sanon	Haiti	47	100	0.47

Rolando Fonseca	Costa Rica	47	113	0.42

48	Davor Šuker	Croatia	45	69	0.65

Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	45	78	0.58

50	Toni Polster	Austria	44	95	0.46

51	Hani Al-Dhabit	Oman	43	102	0.42

Luis Tejada	Panama	43	107	0.4

53	Ahmed Faras	Morocco	42	77	0.55

Alexander Frei	Switzerland	42	84	0.5

Peter Byers	Antigua and Barbuda	42	85	0.49

Oleh Blokhin	Soviet Union / Russia	42	112	0.38

57	Hao Haidong	China PR	41	107	0.38

Alexis Sánchez	Chile	41	124	0.33

Michael Mifsud	Malta	41	136	0.3

60	Sebastián Soria	Qatar	40	119	0.34

61	Raúl Díaz Arce	El Salvador	39	72	0.54

Akwá	Angola	39	78	0.5

Ismail Abdul-Latif	Bahrain	39	112	0.35

64	Stjepan Bobek	Yugoslavia / Serbia	38	63	0.6

Peter Ndlovu	Zimbabwe	38	74	0.51

Bambang Pamungkas	Indonesia	38	86	0.44

Andres Oper	Estonia	38	134	0.28

68	Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	37	58	0.64

Chan Siu Ki	Hong Kong	37	67	0.55

70	Issam Jemâa	Tunisia	36	84	0.43

David Healy	Northern Ireland	36	95	0.38

72	Luigi Riva	Italy	35	42	0.83

Luton Shelton	Jamaica	35	75	0.47

Adrian Mutu / Gheorghe Hagi	Romania	35 / 35	77 / 125	0.45 / 0.28

Zlatko Zahovič	Slovenia	35	80	0.44

Paolo Guerrero	Peru	35	91	0.38

77	Maksim Shatskikh	Uzbekistan	34	61	0.56

Dennis Oliech	Kenya	34	72	0.47

Abdelhafid Tasfaout	Algeria	34	79	0.43

Moumouni Dagano	Burkina Faso	34	83	0.41

81	Jørgen Juve	Norway	33	45	0.73

Shandel Samuel	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	33	63	0.52

Radamel Falcao	Colombia	33	83	0.4

Mordechai Spiegler	Israel	33	83	0.4

Goran Pandev	Macedonia	33	101	0.33

86	Shaun Goater	Bermuda	32	36	0.89

Raja Rafe	Syria	32	77	0.42

Benni McCarthy	South Africa	32	80	0.4

Michalis Konstantinou	Cyprus	32	84	0.38

Emmanuel Adebayor	Togo	32	87	0.37

Roque Santa Cruz	Paraguay	32	111	0.29

Jari Litmanen	Finland	32	137	0.23

93	Agustín Delgado	Ecuador	31	70	0.44

Gareth Bale	Wales	31	75	0.41

95	Denis Law / Kenny Dalglish	Scotland	30 / 30	55 / 102	0.55 / 0.29

Hassan Abdel-Fattah	Jordan	30	88	0.34

97	Lester Moré	Cuba	29	69	0.42

Nikos Anastopoulos	Greece	29	73	0.4

Henri Camara	Senegal	29	99	0.29

Māris Verpakovskis	Latvia	29	104	0.28

101	Vaughan Coveny	New Zealand	28	64	0.44

Pascal Feindouno	Guinea	28	68	0.41

Ali Al-Nono	Yemen	28	–	–

104	Commins Menapi	Solomon Islands	27	35	0.77

Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Armenia	27	82	0.33

Tico-Tico	Mozambique	27	83	0.33

Kasun Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	27	–	–

108	Shota Arveladze	Georgia	26	60	0.43

Eiður Guðjohnsen	Iceland	26	88	0.3

110	Chen Po-liang	Chinese Taipei	25	70	0.36

Mrisho Ngasa	Tanzania	25	100	0.25

Seydou Keita	Mali	25	102	0.25

113	Stevan Jovetić	Montenegro	24	51	0.47

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	24	59	0.41

Jerome Ramatlhakwane	Botswana	24	60	0.4

Olivier Karekezi	Rwanda	24	–	–

117	Getaneh Kebede	Ethiopia	23	42	0.55

Llewellyn Riley	Barbados	23	43	0.53

Deon McCaulay	Belize	23	44	0.52

Safee Sali	Malaysia	23	74	0.31

Róbert Vittek	Slovakia	23	81	0.28

Juan Arango	Venezuela	23	129	0.18

123	Geofrey Massa	Uganda	22	72	0.31

Dwayne De Rosario	Canada	22	81	0.27

Esala Masi	Fiji	22	–	–

126	Ricky Charles	Grenada	21	50	0.42

Razak Omotoyossi / Stéphane Sessègnon	Benin	21	55 / 70	0.38 / 0.3

Jong Il-gwan	North Korea	21	64	0.33

129	Bertrand Kaï	New Caledonia	20	31	0.65

Haytham Tambal	Sudan	20	41	0.49

Joaquín Botero	Bolivia	20	48	0.42

Roda Antar / Hassan Maatouk	Lebanon	20	59 / 75	0.34 / 0.27

Maksim Romaschenko	Belarus	20	63	0.32

Earl Jean	Saint Lucia	20	–	–

Sentence(s)

For the United States men's team, Donovan with Clint Dempsey was leader in scoring.

final_sentence: For the United States men's team, Donovan with Clint Dempsey was leader in scoring.