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Cristiano Ronaldo (left) has won the most awards (4) since 2011 while Lionel Messi (right) set the record for most calendar year goals (91) in 2012.

The IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer is a football award given annually since 2021, and retroactively for the years 2011 to 2020, to the world's top goalscorer in the calendar year. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).

All international goals and all competitive goals for clubs playing in their top division scored from 1 January to 31 December are taken into consideration.

Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most wins (4) while Lionel Messi hold the record for most goals in a calendar year (91 in 2012). Robert Lewandowski won the award with the fewest goals (47 in 2020). Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the only players to have won the award more than once, with the former being the only player to win the award in successive seasons.

Plus, the IFFHS has awarded the World's Best Goal Scorer of the Decade in 2021, considering the years 2011–2020.[1]

List of winners

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Year Winner Club(s) Goals Second place Club(s) Goals Third place Club(s) Goals
2011 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo[2] Spain Real Madrid 60 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 59 Latvia Aleksandrs Čekulajevs Estonia Narva Trans 56
2012 Argentina Lionel Messi[3] Spain Barcelona 91 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 63 Brazil Neymar Brazil Santos 55
2013 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo[4] Spain Real Madrid 69 Maldives Ali Ashfaq Maldives New Radiant 58 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović France Paris Saint-Germain 47
2014 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo[5] Spain Real Madrid 61 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 58 Spain Jonathan Soriano Austria Red Bull Salzburg 55
2015 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo[6] Spain Real Madrid 57 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 52 Poland Robert Lewandowski Germany Bayern Munich 49
2016 Argentina Lionel Messi[7] Spain Barcelona 58 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 55 Uruguay Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona 51
2017 England Harry Kane[8] England Tottenham Hotspur 56 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 54 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 53
2018 Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah[9] Qatar Al-Sadd 58 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 51 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid
Italy Juventus
49
2019 Morocco Abderrazak Hamdallah[10] Saudi Arabia Al Nassr 57 Poland Robert Lewandowski Germany Bayern Munich 54 Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 50
2020 Poland Robert Lewandowski[11] Germany Bayern Munich 47 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Italy Juventus 44 Belgium Romelu Lukaku Italy Inter Milan 40


Statistics

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Multiple winners

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Player Wins Years
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 4 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
Argentina Lionel Messi 2 2012, 2016

Most goals in a year

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Rank Player Year Goals
1 Argentina Lionel Messi 2012 91
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2013 69
3 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2012 63
4 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2014 61
5 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2011 60
6 Argentina Lionel Messi 2011 59
7 Maldives Ali Ashfaq 2013 58
Argentina Lionel Messi 2014
Argentina Lionel Messi 2016
Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah 2018

Winners by club

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Club(s) Total Players
Spain Real Madrid 4 1
Spain Barcelona 2 1
Saudi Arabia Al Nassr 1 1
Qatar Al Sadd 1 1
Germany Bayern Munich 1 1
England Tottenham Hotspur 1 1

Winners by nationality

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Nationality Total Players
Portugal Portugal 4 1
Argentina Argentina 2 1
Algeria Algeria 1 1
England England 1 1
Morocco Morocco 1 1
Poland Poland 1 1

The World's Best Top Goal Scorer of the Decade (2011–2020)

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The results have been posted on the IFFHS' official website on January 4, 2021.[1]

The final list includes the 41 players who scored 200 or more goals in top-tier national leagues, national cups, continental and international competitions with both club and national teams in the period of time from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2020.

Rank Player Nation Club(s) Goals for country Goals for club(s) Total goals Source
1 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Portugal Spain Real Madrid
Italy Juventus
77 473 550 [12]
2 Lionel Messi Argentina Argentina Spain Barcelona 56 493 549
3 Robert Lewandowski Poland Poland Germany Borussia Dortmund
Germany Bayern Munich
54 363 417
4 Zlatan Ibrahimović Sweden Sweden Italy Milan
France Paris Saint-Germain
England Manchester United
United States LA Galaxy
37 303 340
5 Luis Suárez Uruguay Uruguay England Liverpool
Spain Barcelona
Spain Atlético Madrid
47 288 335
6 Edinson Cavani Uruguay Uruguay Italy Napoli
France Paris Saint-Germain
England Manchester United
43 291 334
7 Neymar[13] Brazil Brazil Brazil Santos
Spain Barcelona
France Paris Saint-Germain
63 264 327
8 Sergio Agüero Argentina Argentina Spain Atlético Madrid
England Manchester City
32 270 302
9 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang[14] Gabon Gabon France Saint-Étienne
Germany Borussia Dortmund
England Arsenal
21 257 278
10 Sebastián Tagliabúe United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia Ettifaq
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr
1 264 265
11 Eran Zahavi Israel Israel Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv
Italy Palermo
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
China Guangzhou R&F
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
24 240 264
12 Karim Benzema France France Spain Real Madrid 16 243 259
13 Romelu Lukaku[15] Belgium Belgium Belgium Anderlecht
England West Bromwich Albion
England Everton
England Manchester United
Italy Inter Milan
55 203 258
14 Omar Al Somah Syria Syria Syria Al Futowa
Kuwait Al Qadsia
Saudi Arabia Al Ahli
15 240 255
15 Ali Mabkhout United Arab Emirates UAE United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 65 185 250
16 Gonzalo Higuaín Argentina Argentina Spain Real Madrid
Italy Napoli
Italy Juventus
Italy Milan
England Chelsea
United States Inter Miami
24 218 242
17 Ali Ashfaq Maldives Maldives Maldives VB Sports Club
Maldives New Radiant
Malaysia PDRM FA
Maldives Maziya S&RC
Maldives TC Sports Club
Maldives Club Green Streets
Maldives Club Valencia
37 205 242
18 Nemanja Nikolić Hungary Hungary Hungary Videoton
Poland Legia Warsaw
United States Chicago Fire
Hungary Fehérvár
7 235 242
19 Abderrazak Hamdallah Morocco Morocco Morocco Olympic Safi
Norway Aalesund
China Guangzhou R&F
Qatar El Jaish
Qatar Al-Rayyan SC
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
6 231 237
20 Harry Kane[16] England England England Tottenham Hotspur 32 204 236
21 Burak Yılmaz Turkey Turkey Turkey Trabzonspor
Turkey Galatasaray
China Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Turkey Beşiktaş
France Lille
24 210 234
22 Mohamed Salah Egypt Egypt Egypt Al Mokawloon
Switzerland Basel
England Chelsea
Italy Fiorentina
Italy Roma
England Liverpool
43 186 229
23 Antoine Griezmann France France Spain Real Sociedad
Spain Atlético Madrid
Spain Barcelona
33 196 229
24 Carlos Saucedo[17] Bolivia Bolivia Bolivia San José
Costa Rica Saprissa
Bolivia Oriente Petrolero
Bolivia Blooming
Bolivia Real Potosí
Bolivia Guabirá
Bolivia Royal Pari
7 221 228
25 Edin Džeko Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina England Manchester City
Italy Roma
42 185 227
26 Bafetimbi Gomis France France France Lyon
England Swansea City
France Marseille
Turkey Galatasaray
Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
1 225 226
27 Baghdad Bounedjah Algeria Algeria Algeria USM El Harrach
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Qatar Al Sadd
17 207 224
28 Radamel Falcao Colombia Colombia Portugal Porto
Spain Atlético Madrid
France Monaco
England Manchester United
England Chelsea
Turkey Galatasaray
29 194 223
29 Youssef El-Arabi Morocco Morocco France Caen
Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
Spain Granada
Qatar Al-Duhail
Greece Olympiacos
16 207 223
30 Klæmint Olsen Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík 5 215 220
31 André-Pierre Gignac France France France Marseille
Mexico UANL
3 216 219
32 Olivier Giroud France France France Montpellier
England Arsenal
England Chelsea
44 174 218
33 Thomas Müller Germany Germany Germany Bayern Munich 33 180 213
34 Dejan Damjanović Montenegro Montenegro South Korea FC Seoul
China Jiangsu Suning
China Beijing Sinobo Guoan
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
South Korea Daegu FC
6 204 210
35 Jonathan Soriano[18] Spain Spain Austria Red Bull Salzburg
China Beijing Sinobo Guoan
Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
0 207 207
36 Hulk Brazil Brazil Portugal Porto
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
China Shanghai SIPG
11 194 205
37 Dries Mertens Belgium Belgium Netherlands Utrecht
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Italy Napoli
21 182 203
38 Esteban Paredes Chile Chile Chile Colo-Colo
Mexico Atlante
Mexico Querétaro
6 196 202
39 Greg Draper New Zealand New Zealand Wales The New Saints 0 202 202
40 Bas Dost[19] Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Heerenveen
Germany VfL Wolfsburg
Portugal Sporting CP
Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
1 200 201
41 Joe Gormley[20] Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Cliftonville 0 200 200

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 - CRISTIANO RONALDO". www.iffhs.com. Retrieved 2021-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
  5. ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
  6. ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
  7. ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
  8. ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
  9. ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
  10. ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". www.iffhs.com. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "THE WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2020 : ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI (POLAND/FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN)". IFFHS. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  12. ^ "IFFHS (International Federation of Football for History & Statistics". iffhs.de. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  13. ^ In regards to Neymar's statistics during his spell at Santos (2011-2013), the IFFHS chose to consider the Campeonato Paulista (the top-flight league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, of which Santos is a municipality) as a national league. As a result, the official stats for Neymar include goals scored in two different Brazilian leagues: the Campeonato Paulista and the Brasileirão.
  14. ^ As the statistics are calculated starting from January 1, 2011, two goals from Aubameyang's loan spell at Monaco (from AC Milan) in the first half of the 2010-11 season are left out of the total amount. The Gabonese striker joined Saint-Étienne in January 2011 on another loan, and eventually signed for the French team on a permanent deal the following December.
  15. ^ Lukaku was registered for Chelsea between 2011 and 2014, but he never scored during his first season with the club and was loaned, respectively, to West Bromwich Albion and Everton (which eventually signed him permanently) during the following couple of years.
  16. ^ 14 goals scored during 2011 and 2013 are not counted, as Kane was playing in lower divisions (for Leyton Orient, Milwall and Leicester City): plus, he never scored during his time in Premier League with Norwich City. For this reason, while his first goal in a continental competition traces back to December 15, 2011 (on a 4-0 away win against Shamrock Rovers in the UEFA Europa League group stage), he scored his first goal with a top-tier club, Tottenham, on October 30, 2013 (in the League Cup) and on April 7, 2014 (in Premier League).
  17. ^ Saucedo's spell at Independiente Medellín (Colombia) in 2011 wasn't considered, as the Bolivian striker never scored during that time.
  18. ^ The goals scored by Soriano for Barcelona B throughout 2011 are not counted, as the team was competing in the Spanish second tier. For the same reason, his only goal scored for Girona in the 2019-20 season is left out of the total amount.
  19. ^ On December 24, 2020, Dost joined Club Brugge on a permanent basis, but his first goal for the Belgian team is not counted, as it was scored on January 10, 2021, ten days after the limit date set for the counting (December 31, 2020).
  20. ^ In 2016, Gormley played for Scottish Premiership team St Johnstone (on loan from English League One side Peterborough United), but never scored a goal during that spell.