# Progression of Australia association football goalscoring record

This is a progressive list of association footballers who have held or co-held the record for internationals goals scored for the Australia national soccer team, beginning with William Maunder, who scored in the 3–1 defeat by New Zealand in Australia's first international game.
The record is held by Tim Cahill, with 50 goals, a record he set after scoring twice against Syria in 2017. Cahill moved beyond Damian Mori's 29 international goals when he scored twice against Ecuador in September 2014. Mori had taken the position of Australia's leading goalscorer in April 2001, when his four goals saw him overtakes Attila Abonyi.

## Criteria

This list contains records from only "A" internationals, as recognised by Football Federation Australia.

## Australia record

| Player | Goals | Date | Opponent | Score | Notes |
| William Maunder | 1 | 17 June 1922 | New Zealand | 1–3 | |
| Wilfred Bratten | 1 | 24 June 1922 | New Zealand | 1–1 | Jointly with Maunder |
| George Brown | 1 | 8 July 1922 | New Zealand | 1–3 | Jointly with Maunder and Bratten |
| William Maunder | 2 | 9 June 1923 | New Zealand | 2–1 | |
| Percy Lennard | 2 | 16 June 1923 | New Zealand | 2–3 | Jointly with Maunder |
| William Maunder | 3 | 30 June 1923 | New Zealand | 1–4 | |
| William Maunder | 5 | 23 June 1924 | Canada | 4–1 | 2 goals |
| William Maunder | 6 | 12 July 1924 | Canada | 1–4 | |
| George Smith | 7 | 24 June 1933 | New Zealand | 4–2 | 2 goals |
| George Smith | 11 | 4 July 1936 | New Zealand | 7–1 | 4 goals |
| George Smith | 16 | 11 July 1936 | New Zealand | 10–0 | 5 goals |
| Attila Abonyi | 16 | 24 March 1973 | Indonesia | 6–0 | 2 goals, to equal Smith |
| Ray Baartz | 16 | 24 March 1973 | Indonesia | 6–0 | Jointly with Abonyi and Smith |
| Attila Abonyi | 17 | 18 August 1973 | Iran | 3–0 | |
| Ray Baartz | 17 | 11 November 1973 | South Korea | 2–2 | Jointly with Abonyi |
| Ray Baartz | 18 | 27 April 1974 | Uruguay | 2–0 | |
| Attila Abonyi | 18 | 2 March 1976 | New Zealand | 3–1 | Jointly with Baartz |
| Attila Abonyi | 19 | 18 August 1976 | Hong Kong | 2–0 | |
| Attila Abonyi | 20 | 20 October 1976 | Indonesia | 1–1 | |
| Attila Abonyi | 21 | 24 October 1976 | Hong Kong | 2–0 | |
| Attila Abonyi | 22 | 13 March 1977 | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | |
| Attila Abonyi | 23 | 16 March 1977 | Chinese Taipei | 2–1 | |
| Attila Abonyi | 24 | 30 October 1977 | Hong Kong | 5–2 | |
| Attila Abonyi | 25 | 13 November 1977 | Singapore | 2–0 | |
| Damian Mori | 26 | 9 April 2001 | Tonga | 22–0 | 4 goals |
| Damian Mori | 27 | 6 July 2001 | Vanuatu | 2–0 | |
| Damian Mori | 28 | 8 July 2001 | New Caledonia | 11–0 | |
| Damian Mori | 29 | 14 July 2001 | Tahiti | 2–1 | |
| Tim Cahill | 31 | 5 March 2014 | Ecuador | 3–4 | 2 goals |
| Tim Cahill | 32 | 26 May 2014 | South Africa | 1–1 | |
| Tim Cahill | 33 | 13 June 2014 | Chile | 1–3 | |
| Tim Cahill | 34 | 18 June 2014 | Netherlands | 2–3 | |
| Tim Cahill | 35 | 8 September 2014 | Saudi Arabia | 3–2 | |
| Tim Cahill | 36 | 18 November 2014 | Japan | 1–2 | |
| Tim Cahill | 37 | 9 January 2015 | Kuwait | 4–1 | |
| Tim Cahill | 39 | 22 January 2015 | China | 2–0 | 2 goals |
| Tim Cahill | 41 | 8 September 2015 | Tajikistan | 3–0 | 2 goals |
| Tim Cahill | 42 | 12 November 2015 | Kyrgyzstan | 3–0 | |
| Tim Cahill | 45 | 17 November 2015 | Bangladesh | 4–0 | 3 goals |
| Tim Cahill | 47 | 29 March 2016 | Jordan | 5–1 | 2 goals |
| Tim Cahill | 48 | 6 September 2016 | United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | |
| Tim Cahill | 50 | 10 October 2017 | Syria | 2–1 | 2 goals |