List of Iran international footballers

Javad Nekounam is Iran's most capped international of all time with 149 caps.

The Iran national football team has represented Iran in international football since 1941. Organized by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran, it is one of the 47 members of the Asian Football Confederation. The team's first international was a 0–0 draw with Afghanistan on 25 August 1941.

Players

As of match played 26 March 2024

Key

Bold	Played for the national team in the past year

Ali Daei is Iran's record goalscorer with 108 goals from 148 caps.

Iran national team footballers with at least 40 appearances

No.	Name	National career	Caps	Goals
1	Javad Nekounam	2000–2015	149	38
2	Ali Daei	1993–2006	148	108
3	Ehsan Hajsafi	2008—	142	7
4	Ali Karimi	1998–2012	127	38
5	Seyed Jalal Hosseini	2007–2018	114	8
6	Mehdi Mahdavikia	1996–2009	110	13
7	Karim Ansarifard	2009—	104	30
8	Andranik Teymourian	2005–2016	101	9
9	Karim Bagheri	1993–2010	87	50
	Masoud Shojaei	2004–2019	87	8
	Mehdi Taremi	2015—	87	50
12	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	2013—	85	17
13	Hossein Kaebi	2002–2010	84	1
14	Sardar Azmoun	2014—	83	53
15	Hamid Estili	1990–2000	81	12
16	Mohammad Nosrati	2002–2013	80	5
17	Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh	1987–1998	79	0
	Javad Zarincheh	1987–2000	79	1
19	Ali Parvin	1970–1980	76	13
	Seyed Mehdi Rahmati	2004–2012	76	0
21	Yahya Golmohammadi	1996–2006	73	5
22	Vahid Amiri	2015–2023	72	2
	Alireza Beiranvand	2015—	72	0
	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	2000–2008	72	14
25	Ibrahim Mirzapour	2001–2010	70	0
26	Hadi Aghily	2006–2012	69	10
	Saeid Ezatolahi	2015—	69	1
28	Mehrdad Minavand	1996–2002	66	4
	Afshin Peyrovani	1994–2003	66	0
	Parviz Qleechkhani	1964–1977	66	14
31	Ramin Rezaeian	2015—	65	6
32	Omid Ebrahimi	2012—	64	1
	Nader Mohammadkhani	1988–1999	64	1
34	Milad Mohammadi	2015—	63	1
35	Khosrow Heydari	2007–2015	60	0
	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	2008–2014	60	5
37	Ashkan Dejagah	2012–2019	59	11
38	Nasser Hejazi	1969–1980	58	0
39	Eman Mobali	2001–2011	57	2
40	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	2018—	54	4
	Morteza Pouraliganji	2015–2023	54	2
	Rahman Rezaei	2001–2007	54	3
43	Saman Ghoddos	2017—	52	3
44	Mohammad Khakpour	1989–2000	51	2
	Pejman Montazeri	2008–2019	51	1
46	Gholamreza Rezaei	2008–2013	50	11
47	Vahid Hashemian	1998–2009	49	15
	Hamed Kavianpour	2000–2004	49	1
	Mehdi Torabi	2015—	49	6
50	Mostafa Arab	1959–1972	48	2
51	Alireza Mansourian	1996–1998	46	8
52	Khodadad Azizi	1992–2004	45	11
	Farhad Majidi	1997–2011	45	10
	Majid Namjoo-Motlagh	1986–1997	45	4
	Mohammad Panjali	1978–1991	45	0
56	Pejman Nouri	2003–2013	44	4
57	Sirous Dinmohammadi	1993–2001	43	6
	Reza Ghoochannejhad	2012–2018	43	17
59	Mehdi Fonounizadeh	1986–1993	42	3
	Shojae Khalilzadeh	2009—	42	2
	Mehrzad Madanchi	2003–2010	42	8
62	Hamid Derakhshan	1980–1993	41	9
63	Sirous Ghayeghran	1986–1992	40	6
	Sattar Hamedani	1998–2001	40	1
	Javad Kazemian	2001–2011	40	3