List of men 's footballers with 500 or more goals - wikipedia List of men 's footballers with 500 or more goals In top - level football, at least 28 players have scored 500 or more goals over the course of their career, according to research by the Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. Only players who were active in top division football for all or most of their careers are considered. The ranking below takes into account goals scored in official matches played with national teams at all age levels and clubs in all divisions. Ranking Key Unverified data is excluded from players ' data ; goal and match totals may be higher. Players in bold are currently active ; data is accurate as of the 12 August 2018. Rank Player Goals Matches Ratio Years AUT / CZE Josef Bican 805 530 1.52 1931 -- 1955 Romário ( BRA ) 772 994 0.78 1985 -- 2007 Pelé ( BRA ) 767 831 0.92 1957 -- 1977 Ferenc Puskás ( HUN ) 746 754 0.99 1943 -- 1966 Gerd Müller ( GER ) 735 793 0.92 1962 -- 1981 6 Cristiano Ronaldo ( POR ) 676 951 0.71 2001 -- present 7 Lionel Messi ( ARG ) 644 821 0.78 2003 -- present 8 Ferenc Deák ( HUN ) 576 1940 -- 1957 9 Uwe Seeler ( GER ) 575 649 0.89 1953 -- 1978 Túlio Maravilha ( BRA ) 575 -- 1988 -- 2012 11 Arthur Friedenreich ( BRA ) 557 1909 -- 1935 12 Ernst Willimowski ( POL ) 554 -- 1934 -- 1955 13 Eusébio ( POR ) 552 -- 1957 -- 1979 14 Jimmy McGrory ( SCO ) 550 -- 1922 -- 1937 15 Franz Binder ( AUT ) 546 -- 1930 -- 1949 16 Fernando Peyroteo ( POR ) 544 354 1.54 1937 -- 1949 17 Hugo Sánchez ( MEX ) 541 -- 1976 -- 1997 18 Fritz Walter ( GER ) 539 -- 1937 -- 1959 19 József Takács ( HUN ) 523 -- 1917 -- 1934 20 Gyula Zsengellér ( HUN ) 522 -- 1935 -- 1953 Zico ( BRA ) 522 -- 1971 -- 1994 22 Alfredo Di Stéfano ( ARG ) 514 -- 1945 -- 1966 Hans Krankl ( AUT ) 514 -- 1970 -- 1989 24 Gunnar Nordahl ( SWE ) 513 -- 1937 -- 1958 25 Roberto Dinamite ( BRA ) 512 -- 1971 -- 1993 26 Jimmy Greaves ( ENG ) 511 -- 1957 -- 1980 27 Ferenc Bene ( HUN ) 508 -- 1961 -- 1978 28 Zlatan Ibrahimović ( SWE ) 505 875 0.58 1999 -- present Source : Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation See also List of men 's footballers with 50 or more international goals List of footballers with 100 or more caps List of top international association football goal scorers by country List of footballers with most goals in World Cup qualifiers List of footballers with the most official appearances References ^ Jump up to : Kolos, Vladimir ( 21 January 2016 ). `` Prolific Scorers Data : Best Goalscorers All - Time ( Official Matches ) ''. Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 March 2016. Jump up ^ `` Matches of Cristiano Ronaldo ''. Soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2016. Jump up ^ `` Matches of L. Messi ''. Soccerway. Retrieved 16 April 2016. Jump up ^ https://zivotopis.osobnosti.cz/josef-bican.php Jump up ^ https://www.lidovky.cz/fotbalovy-slechtic-prekazel-komunistum-fd7-/lide.aspx?c=A151101_171029_lide_ELE Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_men%27s_footballers_with_500_or_more_goals&oldid=854711343 '' Categories : Association football records and statistics Lists of association football players Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Talk About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca বাংলা Ελληνικά Español Italiano Norsk Português Türkçe Türkmençe 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 13 August 2018, at 07 : 47 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who has the highest number of goals in football history
Answer: Josef Bican