Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal is the all-time leading goalscorer for men's national teams.

This article lists the top all-time goalscorer for each men's national football team. This list is not an all-time top international goalscorers list, as several countries have two or more players with more goals than another country's top scorer. It simply lists only the top scorer for each country.

List of top scorers

Players in bold are still active at international level.

Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation.

Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Fourteen nations (Aruba, Bulgaria, Denmark, Eswatini, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Mongolia, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Scotland, Suriname, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied for national leader. Anguilla, Eritrea and Nepal have three players tied as their leading scorer. These are all counted as one nation each.

Rank	Player	Country	Goals	Caps	Ratio	First cap	Last cap	Ref.
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	128	205	0.62	20 August 2003	19 November 2023	[1]
2	Ali Daei[a]	Iran	108	148	0.73	6 June 1993	21 June 2006	[2]
3	Lionel Messi	Argentina	106	180	0.59	17 August 2005	21 November 2023	[3]
4	Sunil Chhetri	India	93	148	0.63	12 June 2005	23 January 2024	[4]
5	Mokhtar Dahari	Malaysia	89	142	0.63	5 June 1972	19 May 1985	[5]
6	Ali Mabkhout	United Arab Emirates	85	114	0.75	15 November 2009	30 December 2023	[6]
7	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary	84	85	0.99	20 August 1945	14 October 1956	[7]
8	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	83	113	0.73	3 March 2010	19 November 2023	[8]
9	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	82	146	0.56	10 September 2008	21 November 2023	[9]
10	Godfrey Chitalu	Zambia	79	111	0.71	29 June 1968	12 December 1980	[10]
	Neymar	Brazil	79	128	0.62	10 August 2010	17 October 2023	[11]
12	Hussein Saeed	Iraq	78	137	0.57	5 September 1976	3 March 1990	[12]
13	Kunishige Kamamoto	Japan	75	76	0.99	3 March 1964	15 June 1977	[13]
	Bashar Abdullah	Kuwait	75	134	0.56	16 March 1996	26 May 2018[b]	[14]
15	Majed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	72	117	0.62	10 December 1978	29 June 1994	[15]
16	Kinnah Phiri	Malawi	71	117	0.61	8 July 1973	20 November 1981	[16]
	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Thailand	71	134	0.53	8 April 1993	3 October 2007	[17]
	Miroslav Klose	Germany	71	137	0.52	24 March 2001	13 July 2014	[18]
19	Abdul Kadir	Indonesia	70	111	0.63	11 August 1967	7 May 1979	[19]
	Stern John	Trinidad and Tobago	70	115	0.61	15 February 1995	11 November 2011	[20]
21	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	68	133	0.51	18 November 1998	6 September 2016	[21]
	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	68	138	0.49	7 February 2007	21 November 2023	[22]
	Robbie Keane	Republic of Ireland	68	146	0.47	25 March 1998	31 August 2016	[23]
	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	68	176	0.39	10 September 1985	7 February 2006	[24]
25	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	65	105	0.62	8 September 2002	24 June 2014	[25]
	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	65	133	0.49	2 June 2007	16 October 2023	[26]
27	Harry Kane	England	62	89	0.7	27 March 2015	20 November 2023	[27]
	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	62	122	0.51	31 January 2001	24 March 2023	[28]
29	David Villa	Spain	59	98	0.6	9 February 2005	2 September 2017	[29]
30	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	58	98	0.59	25 March 2003	21 March 2023	[30]
	Cha Bum-kun	South Korea	58	136	0.43	7 May 1972	10 June 1986	[31]
32	Aleksandar Mitrović	Serbia	57	87	0.66	7 June 2013	19 November 2023	[32]
	Carlos Pavón	Honduras	57	101	0.56	17 July 1993	16 June 2010	[33]
	Clint Dempsey	United States	57	141	0.4	17 November 2004	10 October 2017	[34]
	Landon Donovan		57	157	0.36	25 October 2000	10 October 2014	[35]
35	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	56	118	0.47	9 March 1997	13 June 2014	[36]
	Olivier Giroud	France	56	129	0.43	11 November 2011	21 November 2023	[37]
37	Jan Koller	Czech Republic	55	91	0.6	9 February 1999	5 September 2009	[38]
	Fandi Ahmad	Singapore	55	101	0.54	22 September 1979	18 October 1997	[39]
39	Poul Nielsen	Denmark	52	38	1.37	5 May 1910	27 September 1925	[40]
	Jon Dahl Tomasson		52	112	0.46	29 March 1997	24 June 2010	[41]
	Phil Younghusband	Philippines	52	108	0.48	12 November 2006	16 January 2019	[42]
	Javier Hernández	Mexico	52	109	0.48	30 September 2009	6 September 2019	[43]
42	Lê Công Vinh	Vietnam	51	83	0.61	9 June 2004	7 December 2016	[44]
	Almoez Ali	Qatar	51	106	0.48	21 December 2013	17 January 2024	[45]
	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	51	109	0.47	16 November 2003	8 July 2019	[46]
	Hakan Åžükür	Turkey	51	112	0.46	25 March 1992	17 October 2007	[47]
	Alexis Sánchez	Chile	51	160	0.32	27 April 2006	21 November 2023	[48]
47	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	50	102	0.49	4 June 2005	31 August 2017	[49]
	Tim Cahill	Australia	50	108	0.46	30 March 2004	20 November 2018	[50]
49	Dimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria	48	78	0.62	17 November 1999	3 March 2010	[51]
	Hristo Bonev		48	96	0.5	22 March 1967	25 April 1979	[52]
	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	48	111	0.43	25 March 1995	19 June 2012	[53]
51	Rolando Fonseca	Costa Rica	47	113	0.42	27 May 1992	26 March 2011	[54]
52	Ismail Abdullatif	Bahrain	46	131	0.35	27 October 2005	3 December 2021	[55]
53	Davor Šuker	Croatia	45	68	0.65	22 October 1992	3 June 2002	[56]
	Islam Slimani	Algeria	45	101	0.45	26 May 2012	23 January 2024	[57]
55	Peter Byers	Antigua and Barbuda	44	91	0.48	18 February 2004	8 June 2021	[58]
	Toni Polster	Austria	44	95	0.46	17 November 1982	1 September 2000	[59]
57	Hani Al-Dhabit	Oman	43	102	0.42	25 March 1997	14 November 2014	[60]
	Luis Tejada	Panama	43	108	0.4	5 August 2001	28 June 2018	[61]
59	Alexander Frei	Switzerland	42	84	0.5	24 March 2001	26 March 2011	[62]
	Oleg Blokhin	Soviet Union[c]	42	112	0.38	16 July 1972	21 September 1988	[63]
	Michael Mifsud	Malta	42	143	0.29	10 February 2000	11 November 2020	[64]
62	Salomón Rondón	Venezuela	41	102	0.4	3 February 2008	21 November 2023	[65]
	Gareth Bale	Wales	41	111	0.37	27 May 2006	29 November 2022	[66]
	Sadio Mané	Senegal	41	104	0.39	25 May 2012	23 January 2024	[67]
65	Ali Al-Biski	Libya	40	44	0.91	3 September 1961	27 December 1970	[68]
	Chan Siu Ki	Hong Kong	40	70	0.57	30 November 2004	5 September 2017	[69]
	Enner Valencia	Ecuador	40	83	0.48	29 February 2012	17 October 2023	[70]
68	Raúl Díaz Arce	El Salvador	39	66	0.59	14 April 1991	2 September 2000	[71]
	Akwá	Angola	39	78	0.5	8 January 1995	21 June 2006	[72]
	Hao Haidong	China	39	106	0.37	22 August 1992	17 November 2004	[73]
	Teemu Pukki	Finland	39	118	0.33	4 February 2009	20 November 2023	[74]
72	Eldor Shomurodov	Uzbekistan	38	69	0.55	3 September 2015	21 November 2023	[75]
	Paolo Guerrero	Peru	38	115	0.33	9 October 2004	21 November 2023	[76]
	Goran Pandev	North Macedonia	38	122	0.31	6 June 2001	21 June 2021	[77]
	Andres Oper	Estonia	38	134	0.28	19 May 1995	26 May 2014	[78]
76	Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	37	62	0.6	30 October 1983	28 June 1998	[79]
	Emmanuel Sanon	Haiti	37	65	0.57	14 April 1970	15 November 1981	[80]
	Ricky Charles	Grenada	37	71	0.52	21 March 1995	13 June 2011	[81]
	Peter Ndlovu	Zimbabwe	37	81	0.46	25 August 1990	25 March 2007	[82]
80	Myo Hlaing Win	Myanmar	36	63	0.57	25 November 1992	15 January 2005	[83]
	Firas Al-Khatib	Syria	36	72	0.5	4 May 2001	5 September 2019	[84]
	Issam Jemâa	Tunisia	36	84	0.43	27 May 2005	10 October 2014	[85]
	Ahmed Faras	Morocco	36	94	0.38	19 April 1966	9 December 1979	[86]
	David Healy	Northern Ireland	36	95	0.38	23 February 2000	26 March 2013	[87]
	Radamel Falcao	Colombia	36	104	0.35	7 February 2007	28 March 2023	[88]
86	Gigi Riva	Italy	35	42	0.83	27 June 1965	19 June 1974	[89]
	Roy Krishna	Fiji	35	50	0.7	25 August 2007	21 November 2023	[90]
	William Ouma	Kenya	35	66	0.53	28 February 1965	22 January 1977	[91]
	Luton Shelton	Jamaica	35	75	0.47	2 October 2004	10 September 2013	[92]
	Adrian Mutu	Romania	35	77	0.45	29 March 2000	26 March 2013	[93]
	Gheorghe Hagi		35	124	0.28	10 August 1983	24 June 2000	[94]
	Zlatko Zahovi�	Slovenia	35	80	0.44	18 November 1992	28 April 2004	[95]
92	Commins Menapi	Solomon Islands	34	36	0.94	21 June 2000	7 September 2007	[96]
	Stevan Jovetić	Montenegro	34	74	0.46	24 March 2007	19 November 2023	[97]
	Chris Wood	New Zealand	34	74	0.46	3 June 2009	21 November 2023	[98]
	Moumouni Dagano	Burkina Faso	34	83	0.41	23 August 1998	10 February 2013	[99]
96	Jørgen Juve	Norway	33	45	0.73	3 June 1928	13 June 1937	[100]
	Ibrahima Kandia Diallo	Guinea	33	56	0.59	2 October 1960	16 January 1973	[101]
	Getaneh Kebede	Ethiopia	33	66	0.5	4 December 2010	17 January 2022	[102]
	Eran Zahavi	Israel	33	73	0.45	2 September 2010	18 November 2023	[103]
100	Shandel Samuel	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	32	63	0.51	14 March 2001	25 March 2016	[104]
	Michalis Konstantinou	Cyprus	32	84	0.38	14 February 1997	12 October 2012	[105]
	Emmanuel Adebayor	Togo	32	87	0.37	8 July 2000	24 March 2019	[106]
	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Armenia	32	95	0.34	14 January 2007	14 November 2021	[107]
	Hamza Al-Dardour	Jordan	32	112	0.29	2 January 2011	25 January 2024	[108]
	Roque Santa Cruz	Paraguay	32	112	0.29	28 April 1999	10 November 2016	[109]
106	Benni McCarthy	South Africa	31	79	0.39	4 June 1997	27 May 2010	[110]
	Marcelo Moreno	Bolivia	31	108	0.29	12 September 2007	21 November 2023	[111]
108	Denis Law	Scotland	30	55	0.55	18 October 1958	14 June 1974	[112]
	Kenny Dalglish		30	102	0.29	10 November 1971	12 November 1986	[113]
	Lester Moré	Cuba	30	60	0.5	12 May 1996	8 June 2007	[114]
	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	30	74	0.41	28 March 2009	9 September 2023	[115]
	Tico-Tico	Mozambique	30	94	0.32	16 August 1992	20 January 2010	[116]
112	Ali Al-Nono	Yemen	29	51	0.57	10 February 2000	28 November 2010	[117]
	Nikos Anastopoulos	Greece	29	74	0.39	21 September 1977	2 November 1988
	Jong Il-gwan	North Korea	29	78	0.37	26 March 2011	21 November 2023	[118]
	M�ris Verpakovskis	Latvia	29	104	0.28	9 June 1999	29 May 2014	[119]
116	Deon McCaulay	Belize	28	63	0.44	8 February 2007	14 June 2022	[120]
	Cyle Larin	Canada	28	65	0.43	23 May 2014	21 November 2023	[121]
	Emmanuel Okwi	Uganda	28	95	0.29	7 March 2009	18 June 2023	[122]
119	Teaonui Tehau	Tahiti	27	40	0.68	3 April 2011	30 November 2023	[123]
	Nasr Eddin Abbas[d]	Sudan	27	52	0.52	1963	1972
	Kasun Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	27	56	0.48	23 April 1999	11 December 2009	[124]
	Gylfi Sigurðsson	Iceland	27	80	0.34	29 May 2010	16 October 2023	[125]
123	Vedat Muriqi	Kosovo	26	51	0.51	9 October 2016	12 November 2023	[126]
	Shota Arveladze	Georgia	26	61	0.43	23 February 1994	24 March 2007	[127]
	Jason Cunliffe	Guam	26	66	0.39	3 April 2006	17 October 2023	[128]
	Marek Hamšík	Slovakia	26	138	0.19	7 February 2007	20 June 2023	[129]
127	Chen Po-liang	Chinese Taipei	25	82	0.3	22 February 2006	21 November 2023	[130]
	Mrisho Ngasa	Tanzania	25	100	0.25	25 November 2006	14 November 2015	[131]
	Seydou Keita	Mali	25	102	0.25	4 October 1998	28 January 2015	[132]
130	Keith Gumbs	Saint Kitts and Nevis	24	41	0.59	2 April 1993	15 November 2011	[133]
	Jonathan Faña	Dominican Republic	24	47	0.51	29 September 2006	18 November 2022	[134]
	Jerome Ramatlhakwane	Botswana	24	61	0.39	15 November 2006	18 April 2018	[135]
	Olivier Karekezi	Rwanda	24	70	0.34	9 April 2000	16 June 2013	[136]
	Juan Barrera	Nicaragua	24	84	0.29	22 January 2009	21 November 2023	[137]
	Stéphane Sessègnon	Benin	24	89	0.27	23 May 2004	9 September 2023	[138]
136	Bertrand Kaï	New Caledonia	23	43	0.53	14 June 2008	24 March 2022	[139]
	Llewellyn Riley[d]	Barbados	23	43	0.53	26 March 1995	24 February 2005
	Hassan Maatouk	Lebanon	23	119	0.19	27 January 2006	22 January 2024	[140]
139	Emilio Nsue	Equatorial Guinea	22	43	0.51	24 March 2013	22 January 2024	[141]
	Dieumerci Mbokani	DR Congo	22	49	0.45	1 July 2005	29 March 2022	[142]
141	Shaun Goater	Bermuda	20	22	0.91	18 February 1988	13 June 2004	[143]
	Earl Jean	Saint Lucia	20	23	0.87	27 May 1990	19 December 2004	[144]
	Hok Sochetra	Cambodia	20	26	0.77	10 December 1995	19 December 2002	[145]
	Richard Iwai	Vanuatu	20	34	0.59	11 April 2000	24 January 2011	[146]
	Julian Wade	Dominica	20	46	0.43	6 October 2010	12 October 2023	[147]
	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov	Tajikistan	20	51	0.39	2 September 2011	17 June 2023	[148]
	Victorien Adebayor	Niger	20	54	0.37	31 March 2015	18 June 2023	[149]
	Gerson Rodrigues	Luxembourg	20	59	0.34	25 March 2017	19 November 2023	[150]
	Maksim Romaschenko	Belarus	20	63	0.32	7 August 1998	27 May 2008	[151]
150	Fiston Abdul Razak	Burundi	19	53	0.36	2 December 2009	9 January 2024	[152]
	Tomas Danilevi�ius	Lithuania	19	72	0.26	14 October 1998	12 October 2012	[153]
152	Nigel Codrington	Guyana	18	26	0.69	23 March 2001	1 December 2010	[154]
	Billy Forbes	Turks and Caicos Islands	18	30	0.6	6 February 2008	20 November 2023	[155]
	Héctor Ramos	Puerto Rico	18	36	0.5	4 October 2010	24 March 2019	[156]
	Rangelo Janga	Curaçao	18	38	0.47	23 March 2016	20 November 2023	[157]
	Visay Phaphouvanin	Laos	18	51	0.35	18 December 2002	6 March 2013	[158]
	George Weah	Liberia	18	75	0.24	23 February 1986	11 September 2018[e]	[159]
	Erjon Bogdani	Albania	18	75	0.24	24 April 1996	26 March 2013	[160]
159	Chan Kin Seng	Macau	17	29	0.59	2 April 2006	17 March 2013	[161]
	Ben Nabouhane	Comoros	17	37	0.46	5 March 2014	22 September 2022	[162]
	Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu[d]	Bangladesh	17	50	0.34	1975	1985
	Daniel Imbert	Mauritius	17	53	0.32	21 May 1972	16 July 1983	[163]
163	Wladimir Baýramow	Turkmenistan	16	35	0.46	12 February 2000	26 March 2013	[164]
	Thievy Bifouma	Congo	16	41	0.39	2 August 2014	10 September 2023	[165]
	Peter Shalulile	Namibia	16	53	0.3	10 September 2014	24 January 2024	[166]
	Mirlan Murzayev	Kyrgyzstan	16	60	0.27	28 March 2009	11 September 2023	[167]
	Ryan Mendes	Cape Verde	16	73	0.22	11 August 2010	22 January 2024	[168]
	Mario Frick	Liechtenstein	16	125	0.13	26 October 1993	12 October 2015	[169]
169	Felix Badenhorst	Eswatini	15	41	0.37	23 May 2008	16 July 2021	[170]
	Sabelo Ndzinisa			63	0.24	11 November 2012	21 November 2023	[171]
	Paulin Voavy	Madagascar	15	67	0.22	29 March 2003	27 September 2022	[172]
171	Gleofilo Vlijter	Suriname	14	20	0.7	30 April 2015	15 October 2023	[173]
	Stefano Rijssel			36	0.39	11 September 2010	23 March 2019	[174]
	Philip Zialor	Seychelles	14	33	0.42	11 August 1998	20 October 2009	[175]
	Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov	Kazakhstan	14	34	0.41	23 March 2018	17 October 2023	[176]
	Fahed Attal	Palestine	14	40	0.35	2 September 2004	28 June 2012	[177]
	Ashraf Nu'man			56	0.25	26 March 2009	29 March 2016	[178]
	Ion Nicolaescu	Moldova	14	41	0.35	8 September 2018	20 November 2023	[179]
	Ezechiel N'Douassel	Chad	14	47	0.3	8 February 2005	29 March 2022	[180]
	Gurban Gurbanov	Azerbaijan	14	68	0.21	17 September 1992	7 September 2005	[181]
178	Reggie Davani	Papua New Guinea	13	17	0.76	12 March 2002	6 June 2012	[182]
	Raymond Gunemba [f]			28	0.46	8 April 2012	8 October 2023	[183]
	Nirajan Rayamajhi	Nepal	13	20	0.65	12 February 2000	15 October 2008	[184]
	Hari Khadka			41	0.32	29 March 1995	2 April 2006	[185]
	Anjan Bista			62	0.21	31 October 2014	21 November 2023	[186]
	Lesly St. Fleur	Bahamas	13	39	0.33	2 September 2006	21 November 2023	[187]
	Assan Ceesay	Gambia	13	41	0.32	7 September 2013	23 January 2024	[188]
	Chencho Gyeltshen	Bhutan	13	45	0.29	19 March 2011	17 October 2023	[189]
	Bessam	Mauritania	13	66	0.2	2 March 2013	27 January 2023	[190]
184	Lyle Taylor	Montserrat	12	16	0.75	27 March 2015	13 October 2023	[191]
	Lee Ramoon[g][d]	Cayman Islands	12	17	0.71	10 May 1991	26 January 2004
	Jane Thabantso	Lesotho	12	81	0.15	25 March 2015	10 January 2024	[192]
187	Louis Mafouta	Central African Republic	11	23	0.48	27 March 2017	20 November 2023	[193]
	Muhammad Essa	Pakistan	11	37	0.3	13 May 2001	8 December 2009	[194]
	Ildefons Lima	Andorra	11	137	0.08	22 June 1997	12 September 2023	[195]
190	Luís Leal	São Tomé and Príncipe	10	25	0.4	16 June 2012	10 September 2023	[196]
	Rógvi Jacobsen	Faroe Islands	10	54	0.19	18 August 1999	14 October 2009	[197]
	Klæmint Olsen			57	0.18	7 September 2012	10 September 2023	[198]
	Faysal Shayesteh	Afghanistan	10	57	0.18	13 April 2014	17 October 2023	[199]
193	Nando Có	Guinea-Bissau	9	6	1.5	16 June 1996	7 November 2001	[200]
	Desmond Fa'aiuaso	Samoa	9	20	0.45	7 April 2001	5 June 2016	[201]
195	Samuel Akinbinu	Djibouti	8	17	0.47	15 June 2021	9 January 2024	[202]
	Shahrazen Said	Brunei	8	22	0.36	19 October 2008	11 June 2019	[203]
	Naranbold Nyam-Osor	Mongolia	8	29	0.28	23 July 2014	11 June 2022	[204]
	Lümbengarav Donorovyn			35	0.23	29 February 2000	25 July 2014	[205]
	Mohamed Kallon	Sierra Leone	8	40	0.2	7 January 1995	8 September 2012	[206]
	Andy Selva	San Marino	8	73	0.11	10 October 1998	11 October 2016	[207]
200	Unaloto Feao	Tonga	7	17	0.41	7 April 2001	12 December 2017	[208]
	Rufino Gama	Timor-Leste	7	22	0.32	2 June 2016	16 July 2022	[209]
202	Terence Groothusen	Aruba	6	15	0.4	6 September 2019	20 November 2023	[210]
	Ronald Gómez			22	0.27	11 August 2002	5 June 2021	[211]
	Taylor Saghabi	Cook Islands	6	15	0.4	27 August 2011	24 November 2023	[212]
	James Moga	South Sudan	6	18	0.33	10 July 2012	22 July 2017	[213]
205	Richard O'Connor	Anguilla	5	5	1	25 February 2000	24 September 2006	[214]
	Terrence Rogers			16	0.31	25 February 2000	14 October 2012	[215]
	Girdon Connor			29	0.17	25 February 2000	18 November 2018	[216]
	Berhane Aregai	Eritrea	5	11	0.45	6 December 2002	17 December 2007	[217]
	Yonas Fesehaye			19	0.26	6 June 1999	17 December 2007	[218]
	Yidnekachew Shimangus			22	0.23	4 October 1998	11 December 2007	[219]
	Avondale Williams	British Virgin Islands	5	15	0.33	30 July 1995	5 September 2012	[220]
	Roy Chipolina [h]	Gibraltar	5	74	0.07	19 November 2013	21 November 2023	[221]
	Liam Walker [i]			75	0.07	19 November 2013	21 November 2023	[222]
209	Abdullahi Sheikh Mohamed	Somalia	3	6	0.5	19 April 2000	29 November 2005	[223]
	Jamie Browne	U.S. Virgin Islands	3	11	0.27	27 September 2006	14 June 2022	[224]
	J. C. Mack			18	0.17	9 September 2018	16 November 2023	[225]
	Ramin Ott	American Samoa	3	15	0.2	10 May 2004	4 September 2015	[226]