List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals

Table columns:
#
Name
Nation
Confederation
International goals
Caps
Goals per match
Career span
Notes

Table rows:
cells: 1
Ali Daei
Iran
AFC
109
149.0
0.73
1993–2006
[2]
cells: 2
Ferenc Puskás
Hungary Spain
UEFA
84
89.0
0.94
1945–1956 1961–1962
cells: 3
Kunishige Kamamoto
Japan
AFC
80
84.0
0.95
1964–1977
cells: 4
Godfrey Chitalu
Zambia
CAF
79
108.0
0.71
1968–1980
[3]
cells: 5
Hussein Saeed
Iraq
AFC
78
137.0
0.57
1977–1990
cells: Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
UEFA
78
144
0.54
2003–
[4]
cells: 7
Pelé
Brazil
CONMEBOL
77
91.0
0.85
1957–1971
[5]
cells: 8
Sándor Kocsis
Hungary
UEFA
75
68.0
1.10
1948–1956
cells: Bashar Abdullah
Kuwait
AFC
75
133
0.56
1996–2007
cells: 10
Kinnah Phiri
Malawi
CAF
71
115.0
0.62
1973–1981
cells: Majed Abdullah
Saudi Arabia
AFC
71
116
0.61
1977–1994
cells: Kiatisuk Senamuang
Thailand
AFC
71
134
0.53
1993–2007
cells: Miroslav Klose
Germany
UEFA
71
137
0.52
2001–2014
cells: 14
Stern John
Trinidad and Tobago
CONCACAF
70
115.0
0.61
1995–2012
cells: Piyapong Pue-on
Thailand
AFC
70
100
0.7
1981–1997
cells: 16
Hossam Hassan
Egypt
CAF
69
169.0
0.41
1985–2006
[6][7]
cells: 17
Gerd Müller
West Germany
UEFA
68
62.0
1.10
1966–1974
cells: Carlos Ruiz
Guatemala
CONCACAF
68
132
0.52
1998–2016
cells: Robbie Keane
Republic of Ireland
UEFA
68
146
0.46
1998–2016[8]
[2][9][10]
cells: 20
Jasem Al-Huwaidi
Kuwait
AFC
65
100.0
0.65
1992–2003
cells: 21
Didier Drogba
Ivory Coast
CAF
65
104.0
0.61
2002–2014
[11]
cells: 22
Ronaldo
Brazil
CONMEBOL
62
98.0
0.63
1994–2011
cells: Zlatan Ibrahimović
Sweden
UEFA
62
116
0.53
2001–2016
cells: Ahmed Radhi
Iraq
AFC
62
121
0.51
1982–1997
cells: 25
David Villa
Spain
UEFA
59
98.0
0.60
2005–
cells: Imre Schlosser
Hungary
UEFA
59
68
0.87
1906–1927
cells: 27
Lionel Messi
Argentina
CONMEBOL
58
119.0
0.49
2005–
cells: Cha Bum-kun
South Korea
AFC
58
135
0.42
1972–1986
cells: 29
Carlos Pavón
Honduras
CONCACAF
57
101.0
0.56
1993–2010
cells: Clint Dempsey
United States
CONCACAF
57
138
0.41
2004–
cells: Younis Mahmoud
Iraq
AFC
57
148
0.39
2002–2016
cells: Landon Donovan
United States
CONCACAF
57
157
0.36
2000–2014
cells: 33
Romário
Brazil
CONMEBOL
55
70.0
0.79
1987–2005
cells: Kazuyoshi Miura
Japan
AFC
55
89
0.62
1990–2000
cells: Jan Koller
Czech Republic
UEFA
55
91
0.6
1999–2009
cells: Fandi Ahmad
Singapore
AFC
55
101
0.55
1979–1997
cells: 37
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina
CONMEBOL
54
77.0
0.70
1991–2002
cells: Sunil Chhetri
India
AFC
54
94
0.57
2005–
cells: Samuel Eto'o
Cameroon
CAF
54
118
0.46
1997–2014
[12]
cells: 40
Joachim Streich
East Germany
UEFA
53
98.0
0.54
1969–1984
[13]
cells: Wayne Rooney
England
UEFA
53
119
0.44
2003–2017
cells: 42
Poul Nielsen
Denmark
UEFA
52
38.0
1.37
1910–1925
cells: Ali Ashfaq
Maldives
AFC
52
77
0.67
2003–2016
cells: Neymar
Brazil
CONMEBOL
52
78
0.67
2010–
cells: Jon Dahl Tomasson
Denmark
UEFA
52
112
0.46
1997–2010
cells: Adnan Al Talyani
United Arab Emirates
AFC
52
161
0.32
1983–1997
cells: 47
Lajos Tichy
Hungary
UEFA
51
72.0
0.71
1955–1971
cells: Lê Công Vinh
Vietnam
AFC
51
83
0.61
2004–2016
cells: Asamoah Gyan
Ghana
CAF
51
106
0.48
2003–
cells: Hakan Şükür
Turkey
UEFA
51
112
0.46
1992–2007
cells: Thierry Henry
France
UEFA
51
123
0.41
1997–2010
cells: Bader Al-Mutawa
Kuwait
AFC
51
158
0.32
2003–2015
cells: 53
Edin Džeko
Bosnia and Herzegovina
UEFA
50
85.0
0.59
2007–
cells: Karim Bagheri
Iran
AFC
50
87
0.58
1993–2010
cells: Robin van Persie
Netherlands
UEFA
50
102
0.49
2005–
cells: Hwang Sun-hong
South Korea
AFC
50
103
0.48
1988–2002
cells: Shinji Okazaki
Japan
AFC
50
108
0.46
2008–

Questions about this table:
originalText: who has the most goals in international soccer
answer: answerTexts: Ali Daei