List of men 's footballers with 50 or more international goals - wikipedia List of men 's footballers with 50 or more international goals Ali Daei ( pictured in 2016 ) is the only male player to score over 100 goals in international football. As of 11 November 2017, a total of 59 male players have each scored fifty or more goals in official international association football matches. The only male player to score more than a hundred goals is Ali Daei, who scored 109 goals for Iran. List This list is sorted by the number of goals. Players with the same number of goals scored are sorted by the goals - per - match average. Players who are currently active at international level are indicated in bold type. As of December 22, 2017. Indicates the FIFA world top scorer. Indicates the top scorer of the respective confederation. Indicates the top scorer of the respective nation. # Name Nation Confederation International goals Caps Goals per match Career span Notes Ali Daei Iran AFC 109 149 0.73 1993 -- 2006 Ferenc Puskás Hungary Spain UEFA 84 89 0.94 1945 -- 1956 1961 -- 1962 Kunishige Kamamoto Japan AFC 80 84 0.95 1964 -- 1977 Godfrey Chitalu Zambia CAF 79 108 0.71 1968 -- 1980 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal UEFA 79 147 0.54 2003 -- 6 Hussein Saeed Iraq AFC 78 137 0.57 1977 -- 1990 7 Pelé Brazil CONMEBOL 77 91 0.85 1957 -- 1971 8 Sándor Kocsis Hungary UEFA 75 68 1.10 1948 -- 1956 Bashar Abdullah Kuwait AFC 75 133 0.56 1996 -- 2007 10 Kinnah Phiri Malawi CAF 71 115 0.62 1973 -- 1981 Majed Abdullah Saudi Arabia AFC 71 116 0.61 1977 -- 1994 Kiatisuk Senamuang Thailand AFC 71 134 0.53 1993 -- 2007 Miroslav Klose Germany UEFA 71 137 0.52 2001 -- 2014 14 Stern John Trinidad and Tobago CONCACAF 70 115 0.61 1995 -- 2012 Piyapong Pue - on Thailand AFC 70 100 0.70 1981 -- 1997 16 Hossam Hassan Egypt CAF 70 169 0.41 1985 -- 2006 17 Gerd Müller West Germany UEFA 68 62 1.10 1966 -- 1974 Carlos Ruiz Guatemala CONCACAF 68 132 0.52 1998 -- 2016 Robbie Keane Republic of Ireland UEFA 68 146 0.46 1998 -- 2016 20 Didier Drogba Ivory Coast CAF 65 104 0.61 2002 -- 2014 21 Jasem Al - Huwaidi Kuwait AFC 63 100 0.63 1992 -- 2003 22 Ronaldo Brazil CONMEBOL 62 98 0.63 1994 -- 2011 Zlatan Ibrahimović Sweden UEFA 62 116 0.53 2001 -- 2016 Ahmed Radhi Iraq AFC 62 121 0.51 1982 -- 1997 25 Lionel Messi Argentina CONMEBOL 61 123 0.50 2005 -- 26 David Villa Spain UEFA 59 98 0.60 2005 -- Imre Schlosser Hungary UEFA 59 68 0.87 1906 -- 1927 28 Cha Bum - kun South Korea AFC 58 135 0.42 1972 -- 1986 29 Carlos Pavón Honduras CONCACAF 57 101 0.56 1993 -- 2010 Clint Dempsey United States CONCACAF 57 141 0.40 2004 -- Younis Mahmoud Iraq AFC 57 148 0.39 2002 -- 2016 Landon Donovan United States CONCACAF 57 157 0.36 2000 -- 2014 33 Sunil Chhetri India AFC 56 97 0.58 2005 -- 34 Romário Brazil CONMEBOL 55 70 0.79 1987 -- 2005 Kazuyoshi Miura Japan AFC 55 89 0.62 1990 -- 2000 Jan Koller Czech Republic UEFA 55 91 0.60 1999 -- 2009 Fandi Ahmad Singapore AFC 55 101 0.55 1979 -- 1997 38 Gabriel Batistuta Argentina CONMEBOL 54 77 0.70 1991 -- 2002 Samuel Eto'o Cameroon CAF 54 118 0.46 1997 -- 2014 40 Neymar Brazil CONMEBOL 53 83 0.65 2010 -- Joachim Streich East Germany UEFA 53 98 0.54 1969 -- 1984 Wayne Rooney England UEFA 53 119 0.44 2003 -- 2017 43 Poul Nielsen Denmark UEFA 52 38 1.37 1910 -- 1925 Ali Ashfaq Maldives AFC 52 78 0.66 2003 -- Edin Džeko Bosnia and Herzegovina UEFA 52 89 0.59 2007 -- Jon Dahl Tomasson Denmark UEFA 52 112 0.46 1997 -- 2010 Adnan Al Talyani United Arab Emirates AFC 52 161 0.32 1983 -- 1997 48 Lajos Tichy Hungary UEFA 51 72 0.71 1955 -- 1971 Lê Công Vinh Vietnam AFC 51 83 0.61 2004 -- 2016 Robert Lewandowski Poland UEFA 51 91 0.56 2008 -- Asamoah Gyan Ghana CAF 51 106 0.48 2003 -- Hakan Şükür Turkey UEFA 51 112 0.46 1992 -- 2007 Thierry Henry France UEFA 51 123 0.41 1997 -- 2010 Bader Al - Mutawa Kuwait AFC 51 159 0.32 2003 -- 55 Karim Bagheri Iran AFC 50 87 0.58 1993 -- 2010 Robin van Persie Netherlands UEFA 50 102 0.49 2005 -- Hwang Sun - hong South Korea AFC 50 103 0.49 1988 -- 2002 Tim Cahill Australia AFC 50 104 0.49 2004 -- Shinji Okazaki Japan AFC 50 108 0.46 2008 -- See also Association football portal List of men 's footballers with 500 or more goals List of top international association football goal scorers by country List of footballers with 100 or more caps List of women 's footballers with 100 or more international goals References General Mamrud, Roberto ; Stokkermans, Karel ( 15 March 2017 ). `` Players with 100 + Caps and 30 + International Goals ''. Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 June 2017. Specific Jump up ^ `` Players with 30 or More Goals ''. RSSSF. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2016. ^ Jump up to : FIFA Century Club. FIFA.com Jump up ^ Godfrey Chitalu -- Century of International Appearances Jump up ^ UEFA.com, `` Ronaldo outright second on Europe 's all - time list of international scorers, '' August 31, 2017, http://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/newsid=2412422.html Jump up ^ PELÉ ( Edson Arantes do Nascimento ) -- The King of football ( FIFA.com ) Jump up ^ More goals than caps ( FIFA.com ) Jump up ^ The untouchables ( FIFA.com ) Jump up ^ Robbie Keane announces retirement from International Football at The Guardian Jump up ^ `` Robbie Keane -- Goals in International Matches ''. Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation ( RSSSF ). Retrieved 15 March 2016. Jump up ^ Robbie Keane at National-Football-Teams.com Jump up ^ `` 11 Didier DROGBA ''. FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016. Jump up ^ `` 9 Samuel ETOO ''. FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016. Jump up ^ Goalscoring for East Germany National Team ( RSSSF ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_men%27s_footballers_with_50_or_more_international_goals&oldid=821584544 '' Categories : National association football team records and statistics Lists of association football top scorers Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Română Русский Türkçe Edit links This page was last edited on 21 January 2018, at 11 : 05. About Wikipedia

Question: who has scored the most international goals in soccer
Answer: Ali Daei