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, 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 those who were active in the highest level 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 30 October 2018. Rank Player Goals Matches Ratio Years / Josef Bican 805 530 1.52 1931 -- 1955 Romário 772 994 0.78 1985 -- 2007 Pelé 767 831 0.92 1957 -- 1977 Ferenc Puskás 746 754 0.99 1943 -- 1966 Gerd Müller 735 793 0.93 1962 -- 1981 6 Cristiano Ronaldo 683 963 0.71 2001 -- present 7 Lionel Messi 656 832 0.79 2003 -- present 8 Ferenc Deák 576 -- 1940 -- 1957 9 Uwe Seeler 575 -- 1953 -- 1978 Túlio Maravilha 575 -- 1988 -- 2012 11 Arthur Friedenreich 557 -- 1909 -- 1935 12 / Ernst Willimowski 554 -- 1934 -- 1955 13 Eusébio 552 -- 1957 -- 1979 14 Jimmy McGrory 550 -- 1922 -- 1937 15 Franz Binder 546 -- 1930 -- 1949 16 Fernando Peyroteo 544 -- 1937 -- 1949 17 Hugo Sánchez 541 -- 1976 -- 1997 18 Fritz Walter 539 -- 1937 -- 1959 19 József Takács 523 -- 1917 -- 1934 20 Gyula Zsengellér 522 -- 1935 -- 1953 Zico 522 -- 1971 -- 1994 22 / Alfredo Di Stéfano 514 -- 1945 -- 1966 Hans Krankl 514 -- 1970 -- 1989 24 Gunnar Nordahl 513 -- 1937 -- 1958 25 Roberto Dinamite 512 -- 1971 -- 1993 Zlatan Ibrahimović 512 883 0.58 1999 -- present 27 Jimmy Greaves 511 -- 1957 -- 1980 28 Ferenc Bene 508 -- 1961 -- 1978 Source : Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation See also List of men 's footballers with 50 or more international goals 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 ^ Cristiano Ronaldo at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2018. Jump up ^ Lionel Messi at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2018. Jump up ^ Zlatan Ibrahimović at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2018. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_men%27s_footballers_with_500_or_more_goals&oldid=866518448 '' Categories : Association football records and statistics Lists of association football players Hidden categories : Soccerway template with ID not in Wikidata Use dmy dates from September 2018 Articles with hCards Talk About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca বাংলা Ελληνικά Español Italiano Norsk Português Svenska Türkçe Türkmençe 4 more Edit links This page was last edited on 30 October 2018, at 20 : 45 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who scored the most goals in football career
Answer: Josef Bican