List of top association football goal scorers by country

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This is a list of the top goalscorers of all-time in each country's top association football division. Where possible, the top ten scorers in the country are given.

Contents 1 Argentina 2 Armenia 3 Australia 4 Austria 5 Belgium 6 Bolivia 7 Brazil 8 Bulgaria 9 Chile (for National Team) 10 Colombia 11 Croatia 12 Czechoslovakia 13 Czech Republic 14 Ecuador 15 Egypt 16 England 17 East Germany 18 Greece 19 Honduras 20 Hungary 21 Iran 22 Iraq 23 Israel (Ligat ha'Al) 24 Italy (Serie A) 25 Japan (J. League Div 1) 26 Kazakhstan 27 Latvia 28 Lithuania 29 Mexico 30 Moldova 31 Morocco 32 Netherlands 33 Norway 34 Paraguay 35 Poland 36 Portugal 37 Russia 38 Scotland 39 Soviet Union 40 Spain 41 Sweden 42 Turkey 43 Ukraine 44 Uruguay 45 USA (MLS) 46 Yugoslavia 47 References

[edit] Argentina

Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)	Clubs
Arsenio Erico	1934-47	332	293	88%	Independiente
Angel Labruna	1939-59	515	292	57%	River Plate
Herminio Masantonio	1931-45	358	256	72%	Huracán, Banfield
Manuel Pellegrina	1938-56	490	231	47%	Estudiantes, Huracán
José Francisco Sanfilippo	1953-63, 66-67, 72	330	226	68%	San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors
Ricardo Infante	1942-61	439	217	49%	Estudiantes, Huracán, Gimnasia La Plata
Oscar Más	1964-77, 79, 82, 85	429	215	50%	River Plate
Bernabé Ferreyra	1931-39	197	206	105%	Tigre, River Plate
Carlos Bianchi	1967-72, 80-84	324	206	64%	Vélez Sársfield
Miguel Angel Brindisi	1967-76, 79-83	441	194	44%	Huracàn, Boca Juniors

[edit] Armenia

Name	Goals
Arsen Avetisian	165
Artur Petrosian	129
Tigran Yesaian	125
Ara Hakobian	114
Gegham Hovhannisian	105
Artur Kocharian	101
Armen Shahgeldian	101
Aram Hakobian	101
Arman Karamian	100

[edit] Australia

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Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
Archie Thompson	2005-Present	75	38	51%
Danny Allsopp	2005-Present	84	35	42%
Joel Griffiths	2006-Present	59	28	48%
Sasho Petrovski	2005-Present	85	28	33%
Alex Brosque	2005-Present	81	25	31%
Kevin Muscat	2005-Present	77	22	29%
Shane Smeltz	2007-Present	39	21	54%
Jamie Harnwell	2005-Present	77	21	27%
Travis Dodd	2005-Present	91	20	22%
Mark Bridge	2005-Present	71	17	24%

[edit] Austria

Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
Robert Dienst	1943-62	351	323	92%
Johann Krankl	1971-88	427	320	75%
Franz Binder	1930-49	261	298	114%
Karl Decker	1938-54	276	282	102%
Friedrich Cejka	1947-66	438	245	56%
Anton Schall	1925-41	285	231	81%
Wilhelm Hahnemann	1931-52, 59	308?	230	75%
Johann Buzek	1955-73	384	226	59%
Erich Hof	1954-69	314	224	71%
Ernst Stojaspal	1942-54	197	224	114%

[edit] Belgium

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Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
Bert De Cleyn	1932-54	488	377	77%
Jef Mermans	1941-57	384	343	89%
Bernard Voorhoof	1927-48	474	296	82%
Arthur Ceuleers	1933-51	398	288	72%
Rik Coppens	1946-62	389	261	67%
Erwin Vandenbergh	1976-95	430	255	59%
Paul Dechamps	1945-56	299	241	81%
Jean Capelle	1929-44	251	240	96%
Paul Van Himst	1959-76	478	235	49%
Jan Ceulemans	1974-91	518	229	44%

[edit] Bolivia

Name	Years	Goals
Víctor Hugo Antelo	1983-00	341
Juan Sanchez	1979-92	261
Luis Fernando Salinas	1980-93	201
Jesús Reynaldo	1977-93	196
Raúl Horacio Baldessari	1977-89	161
Silvio Edmundo Rojas	1977-92	140
Luis Ramallo	1982-99	138
Berthy Suarez	1990-00	135
Erwin Romero	1977-92	134
Carlos Fernando Borja	1977-95	129

[edit] Brazil

The Campeonato Brasileiro (with this name and format), begins in 1971, almost out-career for many players (like Pelé, that played until 1974).

Name	Years	Goals
Roberto Dinamite	1971-1989	190
Romário	1986-2008	158
Edmundo	1990-2008	153
Zico	1974-1989	135
Túlio	1987-2001	129
Serginho Chulapa	1975-1988	125
Dario	1971-1985	113
Evair	1986-2003	101
Careca	1978-1986	92
Reinaldo	1973-1985	90

[edit] Bulgaria

Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
Petar Zhekov	1963-1976	333	253	76%
Nasko Sirakov	1980-1998	294	196	67%
Dinko Dermendzhiev	1961-1974	447	194	43%
Hristo Bonev	1966-1984	410	185	45%
Dimitar Yakimov	1956-1974	308	151	49%
Georgi Asparuhov	1961-1971	247	150	61%
Atanas Mihaylov	1964-1981	348	148	43%
Todor Diev	1953-1967	308	146	47%
Pavel Panov	1968-1981	309	140	45%
Ivan Kolev	1950-1967	325	136	42%
Andrey Zhelyazkov	1971-1982	338	136	40%

[edit] Chile (for National Team)

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps
1.	Marcelo Salas	1994 - 2007	37	68
2.	Ivan Zamorano	1987 - 2001	34	69
3.	Carlos Caszely	1969 - 1985	29	49
4.	Leonel Sanchez	1955 - 1968	23	84
5.	Jorge Aravena	1983 - 1989	22	36
6.	Juan Carlos Letelier	1979 - 1989	18	57
7.	Enrique Hormazabal	1950 - 1963	17	42
8.	Alberto Fouilloux	1960 - 1972	12	70
9.	Jaime Ramirez Banda	1954 - 1966	12	46
10.	Hugo Rubio	1985 - 1992	12	29

[edit] Colombia

Name	Goals
Iván René Valenciano	211
Hugo Horacio Lóndero	205
Oswaldo Marcial Palavecino	203
Jorge Ramirez Gallego	201
Omar Lorenzo Devanni	195
Arnoldo Iguarán	185
Willington Ortiz	183
José Omar Verdún	182
Jorge Ramón Cáceres	182
Rubén Darío Hernández	180

[edit] Croatia

Name	Goals
Igor Cvitanović	126
Joško Popović	111
Tomislav Erceg	97
Miljenko Mumlek	89
Renato Jurčec	87
Davor Vugrinec	87
Robert Špehar	86
Marijo Dodik	80
Veldin Karić	75
Eduardo da Silva	73

[edit] Czechoslovakia

Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
Josef Bican	1936-39, 46-50	?	218	?
Ladislav Vízek	1950-70	325	174	54%
Josef Adamec	1958-77	383	170	44%
František Kloz	?	?	168	?
Ladislav Pavlovič	1949-66	347	164	47%
Oldřich Nejedlý	1931-39	187	161	86%
Vlastimil Kopecký	1931-39, 46-50	232	160	69%
Karel Pešek	1913-33	?	149	?
Jiří Pešek	1946-65	298	149	50%
Zdeněk Nehoda	1967-82	346	145	42%

[edit] Czech Republic

Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)	Clubs
Horst Siegl	1993-04	277	121	44%	Sparta Praha
Vratislav Lokvenc	1993-00	200	78	39%
Vítězslav Tuma	1993-04	192	66	34%
Luděk Zelenka	1995-04	236	63	27%
Radek Drulák	1994-99	94	60	64%
Karel Vácha	1993-03	186	58	31%
Josef Obajdin	1993-03	210	57	27%
Marek Kincl	1994-04	187	55	29%
Pavel Verbíř	1996-04	210	55	26%
Richard Dostálek	1993-03	262	54	21%

[edit] Ecuador

Name	Years	Goals
Hermen De Jesús Benitez	1980-95	191
Jorge Vinicio Ron	1972-87	181
Angel Luis Liciardi	1970-78	154
José Fabian Pazymino	1972-88	153
Geovanny Alfonso Mera	1980-95	150
Hamilton Emilio Cuvi	1978-96	147
Evelio Agustín Ordonez	1996-	126
José V. Villafuerte	1975-89	125
Carlos Alberto Juárez	1996-	123
César Fabian Cubero	1989-	120

[edit] Egypt

Name	Goals
Hassan El-Shazly	176
Hossam Hassan	149
Moustafa Reyadh	123
El-Sayed El-Dhizui	112
Mahmoud El-Khateeb	108
Ahmed El-Kass	107
Gamel Abdel Hamid	99

[edit] England

Totals top level (First Division, then Premier League)

Rank	Name	Years	Games	Goals	Goals/Games
1	Jimmy Greaves	1957-1972	516	357	69%
2	Steve Bloomer	1892-1910	536	317	59%
3	William 'Dixie' Dean	1924-1938	362	310	86%
4	Gordon Hodgson	1925-1940	456	287	63%
5	Alan Shearer	1987-2006	559	283	51%
6	Charlie Buchan	1912-1928	482	257	53%
7	Nat Lofthouse	1946-1960	452	255	56%
8	Joe Bradford	1921-1935	410	248	60%
9	Hugh Gallacher	1925-1938	355	246	69%
10	Joe Smith	1911-1927	410	243	59%

Only Premier League

Rank	Name	Years	Games	Goals	Goals/Games
1	Alan Shearer	1992-2006	441	260	59%
2	Andy Cole	1993-2007	407	188	46%
3	Thierry Henry	1999-2007	254	174	69%
4	Robbie Fowler	1992-2007	376	162	43%
5	Les Ferdinand	1992-2005	351	149	43%
6	Teddy Sheringham	1992-2007	418	147	35%
7	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	1997-2007	288	127	44%
8	Michael Owen	1996-2007	230	125	54%
9	Dwight Yorke	1992-2005	348	122	35%
10	Ian Wright	1992-1999	213	113	53%

[edit] East Germany

Name	Years	Games	Goals	Goals/Games
Joachim Streich	1969-85	378	229	0,61
Wolfgang Seguin	1964-81	380	199	0,52
Eberhard Vogel	1962-82	440	188	0,43
Peter Ducke	1960-77	352	153	0,43
Henning Frenzel	1960-78	420	152	0,36
Günter Schröter	1950-63	321	142	0,44
Hans-J. Kreische	1964-77	256	131	0,51
Rüdiger Schnuphase	1971-8?	320	123	0,38
Dieter Kühn	197?-91	294	122	0,41
Bernd Bauchspieß	1957-73	264	120	0,45

[edit] Greece

Name	Goals	Matches per Goal (avg)	Years
Thomas Mavros	281	1,92	1970-1991
Krzysztof Warzycha	244	1,59	1989-2004
Dimitrios Papaioannou	234	2,06	1963-1980
Jiorgios Sideris	228	-	1958-1972
Antonios Antoniadis	187	1,5	1967-1980
Dimitrios Saravakos	185	2,33	1979-1998
Nikos Anastopoulos	181	2,23	1978-1991
Jiorgos Dedes	181	2,37	1963-1975
Michalis Kritikopoulos	175	-	-
Mimis Domazos	142	3,77	1959-1980

[edit] Honduras

Name	Years	Games	Goals
Denilson Costa	1991-Present	???	154
Wilmer Velasquez	1991-Present	???	149
Francisco Ramirez	1998-Present	???	92
Prudencio Norales	1977-88	???	88
Danilo Tosello	1999-Present	???	86
Oscar Hernández	???-???	???	86
Juan Manuel Cárcamo	???-Present	???	85
Reynaldo Mejiá	???-Present	???	83
Antonio Obando	1973-86	???	83
Roy Castaneda	???-???	???	79

[edit] Hungary

Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
Imre Schlosser	1906-28	301	417	139%
Ferenc Szusza	1940-61	462	393	85%
Gyula Zsengellér	1935-47	325	387	119%
József Takács	1920-40	355	360	101%
Ferenc Puskás	1943-56	354	357	101%
György Sárosi	1931-48	383	351	92%
Gyula Szilágyi	1943-60	390	313	80%
Ferenc Deák	1944-54	238	305	128%
Ferenc Bene	1960-78	418	303	72%
Géza Toldi	1928-46	324	271	84%

[edit] Iran

Name	Years	Goals
Farshad Pious	1985-1988,1989-1998	96
Edmond Bezik	1994-2006	84
Ali Asghar Modirroosta	1991-2003	82
Reza Enayati	2001-2006	80
Ali Daei	1994-1996,2003-2007	72
Reza Sahebi	1989-2003	67
Rasoul Khatibi	1997-1999,2000-2006	66
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi	1971-1979	63
Mohsen Garousi	1989-2002	61
Behnam Seraj	1996-2004	59

[edit] Iraq

Name	Goals	Years	Clubs
Elias Thomas	1087	1931 - 1959	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Badir Al-Elmas	1034	1934 - 1956	Al-Shorta
Emmanuel Estrada	901	1937 - 1962	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Elias Thamir Assoufi	745	1969 - 1987	Al-Zawraa
Elviro Souza	714	1962 - 1980	Al-Shorta
Hussein Saeed	685	1970 - 1989	Al-Talaba
Caywan Al-Emas	603	1974 - 1992	Al-Kahraba
Ahmed Radhi	579	1982-93, 1997-99	Al Zawraa

[edit] Israel (Ligat ha'Al)

Name	Years	Goals
Alon Mizrahi	1989 - 2005	207
Oded Machnes	1974 - 1990	196
Moshe Romano	1965 - 1982	193
Avi Nimni	1989 - present	192
Mordechai Spiegler	1963 - 1977	168

[edit] Italy (Serie A)

Rank	Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
1	Silvio Piola	1929-1954	537	274	51%
2	Gunnar Nordahl	1949-1958	291	225	77%
3	Giuseppe Meazza	1929-1947	367	216	59%
3	José Altafini	1958-1976	459	216	47%
5	Roberto Baggio	1985-2004	452	205	45%
6	Kurt Hamrin	1956-1971	400	190	48%
7	Giuseppe Signori	1991-2004	344	188	55%
8	Gabriel Batistuta	1991-2003	318	184	58%
9	Francesco Totti	1992-present	419	178	42%
10	Giampiero Boniperti	1946-1961	444	178	40%

[edit] Japan (J. League Div 1)

Rank	Name	Years	Games	Goals
1	Masashi Nakayama	1994-2007	337	156
2	Kazuyoshi Miura	1993-2007	319	140

[edit] Kazakhstan

Name	Years	Goals
Oleg Litvinenko	1992-2004	147
Nurken Mazbayev	1992-Present	137
Andrey Miroshnichenko	1992-2002	115

[edit] Latvia

Name	Years	Goals
Mihails Miholaps	1995-Present	199
Viktors Dobrecovs	1993-2005	168
Vits Rimkus	1992-Present	115

[edit] Lithuania

Name	Years	Goals
Remigijus Pocius	1991-2003	148
Povilas Lukšys	1995-Present	106
Darius Maciulevičius	1991-2008	101
Andrius Velicka	1998-Present	95
Eimantas Poderis	1991-Present	94

[edit] Mexico

Name	Goals
Evanildo Castro, “Cabinho”	312
Carlos Hermosillo	294
José Saturnino Cardozo	228
Jared Borgetti	217
Oswaldo Castro	214
Zague	209
Carlos Eloir Peruci	197
Adalberto López	196
Sergio Lira	190
Ricardo Pelaez	187

[edit] Moldova

Name	Years	Games	Goals
Vladimir Cosse	1992-1999	193	131
Iurie Miterev	1992-2002	250	129
Serghei Rogaciov	1993-2000	163	124
Vladislav Gavriliuc	1992-2002	191	116
Ruslan Barbaros	1994-2005	232	94

[edit] Morocco

Name	Years	Goals
Simsan Zaki	1960-1984	297
Hassan Erouali	1956-1973	276
Ahmad Meroebi	1958-1976	221

[edit] Netherlands

Name	Goals
Willy van der Kuijlen	311
Ruud Geels	265
Johan Cruijff	215
Kees Kist	212
Tonnie van der Linden	204
Henk Groot	194
Peter Houtman	178
Sjaak Swart	175
Leo van Veen	175
Cor van der Gijp	162

[edit] Norway

Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
Harald Brattbakk	1990-05	255	166	65%
Petter Belsvik	1989-03	292	159	54%
Odd Iversen	1967-82	225	158	70%
Per Kristoffersen	1957-68	194	145	75%
Sigurd Rushfeldt	1992-present	207	137	66%
Jostein Flo	1987-01	213	114	54%
Jan Fuglset	1967-82	209	109	52%
Arne Pedersen	1951-66	231	107	46%
Svein Mathisen	1973-89	327	106	32%
Mini Jakobsen	1988-99	194	98	51%

[edit] Paraguay

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Juan Samudio	1997-present	111
2	Mauro Caballero	1992-2007	107

[edit] Poland

Name	Years	Goals
Ernest Pol	1954-67	186
Lucjan Brychczy	1954-69	182
Gerard Cieslik	1948-59	167
Włodzimierz Lubański	1962-75	155
Teodor Peterek	1928-48	154 (+2?)
Kazimierz Kmiecik	1969-83	153
Jan Liberda	1955-71	145
Teodor Anioła	1948-57	140
Fryderyk Scherfke	1927-39	131
Jerzy Podbrożny	1986-96, 2003-04	122

[edit] Portugal

Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
Fernando Peyroteo	1937-49	197	330	168%
Eusébio	1960-77	313	319	102%
Fernando Gomes	1974-91	405	318	79%
Jose Aguas	1950-63	281	290	103%
Néné	1968-86	421	262	62%
Manuel Fernandes	1970-88	485	243	50%
Matateu	1951-67	289	218	75%
José Augusto Torres	1959-80	384	217	57%
Rui Jordao	1971-89	360	215	60%
Arsénio Duarte	1943-59	313	211	67%

[edit] Russia

Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
Oleg Veretennikov	1992-2002	273	143	52%
Dmitry Loskov	1992- present	386	111	30%
Dmitry Kirichenko	1998- present	281	103	38%
Andrey Tikhonov	1992-2004, 2007-2008	345	98	29%
Valery Yesipov	1992-2007	390	88	23%
Yegor Titov	1995-2008	336	88	27%
Oleg Teryokhin	1995-2005	208	84	40%
Sergey Semak	1993- present	374	86	23%
Roman Pavlyuchenko	1992-2008	206	83	40%
Alexandr Shirko	1995-2008	281	78	29%

[edit] Scotland

Name	Years	Goals
Jimmy McGrory	1922-1938	550
Bob McPhail	1923-1939	305
Hughie Ferguson	1916-1930	285
William Reid	1904-1922	275
Bobby Lennox	1962-1977	273
Ally McCoist	1980-2001	260
James McColl	1913-1932	258
Robert Ferrier	1917-1937	255
David Wilson	1928-1939	254
Willie MacFadyen	1921-1936	251

[edit] Soviet Union

Name	Years	Games	Goals
Oleg Blokhin	1969-87	432	211
Alexander Ponomarev	1938-52	249	152
Nikita Simonyan	1946-59	267	144
Sergei Soloviev	1939-52	226	143
Grigori Fedotov	1937-49	169	132
Eduard Markarov	1961-75	370	129
Avtandil Gogoberidze	1945-61	341	128
Oleg Protasov	1982-90	218	125
Valentin Ivanov	1953-66	287	124
Ramaz Shengelia	1977-88	283	120

[edit] Spain

Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
Telmo Zarra	1939-55	277	251	91%
Hugo Sánchez	1981-92, 93-94	347	234	67%
Alfredo Di Stéfano	1953-66	329	227	69%
César Rodríguez	1939-55	353	226	64%
Raul	1994-present	515	223	43%
Enrigue Castro, “Quini”	1970-75, 77-84	448	219	49%
Pahíño	1943-56	278	210	76%
Edmundo Suárez, “Mundo”	1939-51	231	195	84%
Carlos Santillana	1971-89	461	186	40%
Guillermo Gorostiza	1929-46	257	185	72%

[edit] Sweden

Name	Years	Goals
Sven Jonasson	1927-47	252
Carl-Erik Holmberg	1924-39	194
Filip Johansson	1924-36	182
Harry Lundahl	1924-38	179
Bertil Johansson	1954-68	162
Harry Bild	1956-73	162
Sven Rydell	1924-34	156
Gunnar Nordahl	1940-49	151
Tore Keller	1924-40	150
Knut Kroon	1925-42	140

[edit] Turkey

Name	Years	Goals
Hakan Şükür	1990- 2008	249
Tanju Çolak	1985-1993	240
Hami Mandıralı	1987-2003	219
Metin Oktay	1959-1969	217
Aykut Kocaman	1988-1996	200
Feyyaz Uçar	1984-1997	191
Serkan Aykut	1994-2005	188
Umit Karan	1996- present	148
Fevzi Zemzem	1960-1974	144
Saffet Sancakli	1987-1998	130
Mehmet Özdilek	1988-2001	130

[edit] Ukraine

Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
Serhiy Rebrov	1992-2000,2005-present	267	125	47%
Andriy Shevchenko	1994-1999	117	60	51.3%
Aleksandr Zavarov	1977-1979,1982,1983-1988	189	43	23%

[edit] Uruguay

Name	Goals	Clubs
Fernando Morena	235	Peñarol
Attilio García	208	Nacional

[edit] USA (MLS)

Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
Jaime Moreno	1996-	300	124	41%
Ante Razov	1996-	262	114	44%
Jason Kreis	1996-2007	305	108	35%
Jeff Cunningham	1998-	295	104	35%
Taylor Twellman	2002-	172	99	58%
Landon Donovan	2001-	190	89	47%
Roy Lassiter	1996-2002	179	88	49%
Raul Diaz Arce	1996-2001	150	82	55%
Carlos Ruiz	2002-2008	155	82	53%
Preki	1996-2005	242	79	33%

Stats correct through games of 06 May 2009

[edit] Yugoslavia

Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
Frane Matošić	1935-56	739	729	98%
Dragan Džajić	?	590	287	49%
Slobodan Santrač	1962-77	364	218	60%
Darko Pančev	1982-92	242	171	70.7%
Dušan Bajević	?	322	149	46%
Bora Kostić	1956-64	?	158	?
Todor Veselinović	1946-61	?	145	?
Stjepan Bobek	1945-58	?	129	?
Zlatko Prljinčević	?	?	129	?
Dušan Savić	1973-83	202	120	59%

[edit] References

Data adapted from research carried out by the contributors at RSSSF.com.
Swedish data from http://www.bolletinen.se/.
USA data from http://web.mlsnet.com/mls/history/alltime_leaders.jsp.
Russian data from: http://bombarder.narod.ru/.
Brazilian data from http://www.netvasco.com.br/mauroprais/futbr/artilbr.html.
Netherlands data from: http://www.beijen.net/frank/nlalrtchto.htm