Top international goalscorers in men’s football: Ronaldo on top with 120 goals; Messi one away from 100 goals

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Published 26.03.2023
Top international goalscorers in men’s football: Ronaldo on top with 120 goals; Messi one away from 100 goals

Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal continues to be on the helm of the record of gamers with probably the most targets in worldwide soccer. The Portugal legend has 122 targets in 198 appearances to his identify.

Ronaldo, the most-capped worldwide, additionally holds the all-time document for many profession targets (832).

Iranian legend, Ali Daei, ranks second with 109 targets in 148 video games. Daei held the document for probably the most targets scored till September 2021, when Ronaldo surpassed him with a aim towards Ireland in a World Cup qualifier.

Argentina’s World Cup-winning staff captain Lionel Messi finds himself in third place with 99 targets in 173 matches. His aim towards Panama within the lately concluded worldwide pleasant made him solely the second participant after Ronaldo to attain 800 profession targets. The PSG star can be the second-highest goalscorer in worldwide soccer amongst energetic gamers.

The Argentine ahead is one aim away from turning into solely the third participant in historical past to attain 100 worldwide targets.

Mokhtar Dahari of Malaysia scored 89 targets in 142 matches, making him the fourth-best goalscorer on this record.

Indian captain Sunil Chhetri shares the fifth spot with Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas with 84 targets. Chhetri is third in the case of the record of energetic goalscorers after Ronaldo and Messi.

Robert Lewandowski of Poland and the Brazilian star Neymar discover themselves on the highest 15 record with 78 and 77 targets, respectively.

Most worldwide targets in males’s soccer

  • ⦿122 –  Cristiano Ronaldo* (Portugal) – 198 appearances
  • ⦿109 – Ali Daei (Iran) – 148 appearances
  • ⦿99 – Lionel Messi* (Argentina) – 173 appearances
  • ⦿89 – Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia) – 142 appearances
  • ⦿84 – Ferenc Puskás (Hungary) – 89 appearances
  • ⦿84 – Sunil Chhetri* (India) – 132 appearances
  • ⦿80 – Ali Mabkhout* (United Arab Emirates) – 109 appearances
  • ⦿79 – Godfrey Chitalu (Zambia) – 111 appearances
  • ⦿78 – Hussein Saeed (Iraq) – 137 appearances
  • ⦿78 – Robert Lewandowski* (Poland) – 139 appearances
  • ⦿77 – Neymar* (Brazil) – 124 appearances
  • ⦿77 – Pelé (Brazil) – 92 appearances
  • ⦿75 – Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) – 68 appearances
  • ⦿75 – Kunishige Kamamoto (Japan) – 76 appearances
  • ⦿75 – Bashar Abdullah (Kuwait) – 134 appearances

*- denotes gamers who’re nonetheless energetic