World Best International Goal Scorer According IFFHS: The IFFHS World’s Best International Goal Scorer award is given every year to the player with the most international goals. It includes goals from international matches, Olympic tournaments, FIFA Club World Cup, and other official competitions. If two players score the same number of goals, the one with more international goals wins.
Cristiano Ronaldo has won the most times (5) and scored the most goals in a year (32 in 2017). Real Madrid and Barcelona have the most club wins (5). Messi and Ronaldo are the only ones to win in consecutive years. In 2012, IFFHS was also named the best goal scorer of 2001-2010.
Men’s Winners
Year
Winner
Goals
1991
Jean-Pierre Papin
16
1992
Dennis Bergkamp
12
1993
Saeed Al-Owairan
18
1994
Hristo Stoichkov
17
1995
Jürgen Klinsmann
17
1996
Ali Daei
22
1997
Ronaldo
22
1998
Jasem Al-Huwaidi
20
1999
Raúl
14
2000
Rivaldo
21
2001
Hani Al-Dhabit
22
2002
Ruud van Nistelrooy
14
2003
Thierry Henry
15
2004
Ali Daei
17
2005
Adriano
18
2006
Humberto Suazo
17
2007
Trésor Mputu
20
2008
Rico
19
2009
Shinji Okazaki
15
2010
Bader Al-Mutawa
17
2011
Lionel Messi
19
2012
Lionel Messi
25
2013
Cristiano Ronaldo
25
2014
Cristiano Ronaldo
20
2015
Robert Lewandowski
22
2016
Cristiano Ronaldo
24
2017
Cristiano Ronaldo
32
2018
Baghdad Bounedjah
20
2019
Cristiano Ronaldo
21
2020
Romelu Lukaku
16
2021
Robert Lewandowski
24
2022
Lionel Messi
22
2023
Romelu Lukaku
22
Most Wins (1991–2024)
Player
Wins
Years
Cristiano Ronaldo
5
2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
Lionel Messi
3
2011, 2012, 2022
Ali Daei
2
1996, 2004
Robert Lewandowski
2
2015, 2021
Romelu Lukaku
2
2020, 2023
Adriano
1
2005
Baghdad Bounedjah
1
2018
Bader Al-Mutawa
1
2010
Dennis Bergkamp
1
1992
Hani Al-Dhabit
1
2001
Hristo Stoichkov
1
1994
Humberto Suazo
1
2006
Jasem Al-Huwaidi
1
1998
Jean-Pierre Papin
1
1991
Jürgen Klinsmann
1
1995
Raúl
1
1999
Rico
1
2008
Rivaldo
1
2000
Ronaldo
1
1997
Ruud van Nistelrooy
1
2002
Saeed Al-Owairan
1
1993
Shinji Okazaki
1
2009
Thierry Henry
1
2003
Trésor Mputu
1
2007
Most International Goals in a Year
Rank
Player
Year
Goals
1
Cristiano Ronaldo
2017
32
2
Lionel Messi
2012
25
2
Cristiano Ronaldo
2013
25
3
Cristiano Ronaldo
2016
24
4
Robert Lewandowski
2021
24
Most Wins by Club
Club
Total Players
Real Madrid
5
Barcelona
4
Inter Milan
3
Bayern Munich
3
Al Sadd
2
Ajax
1
Al-Kuwait
1
Al-Muharraq
1
Al Shabab
1
Arsenal
1
Colo-Colo
1
Dhofar
1
Juventus
1
Qadsia
1
Manchester United
1
Marseille
1
Motagua
1
Paris Saint-Germain
1
Saba Battery
1
São Paulo
1
Shimizu S-Pulse
1
Tottenham Hotspur
1
TP Mazembe
1
AS Roma
1
Most Wins by Nationality
Nationality
Total Players
Brazil
5
Portugal
5
Argentina
3
France
2
Kuwait
2
Netherlands
2
Iran
2
Poland
2
Belgium
2
Algeria
1
Bulgaria
1
Chile
1
DR Congo
1
Germany
1
Honduras
1
Japan
1
Oman
1
Saudi Arabia
1
The World’s Best Top International Goal Scorer of the First Decade (2001–2010)
