THE WORLD’S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER at end September 2017 : RONALDO ON THE TOP, KANE ON THE PODIUM !
Posted on Oct 3, 2017 | IFFHS News Category
Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo scored 4 more UEFA Champions League goals for Real Madrid CF to stay on top of the ranking with 24 goals. He scored twice as much as second place, North Korean Yu-Song Kim of April 25. Third comes English striker Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur FC and Cameroon forward Vincent Aboubakar of Besiktas and FC Porto with 10 goals each.
Ronaldo is the player to score most goals both on national team level and on club level.
28 players scored 7 or more goals. They re classified as follows :
– BY NATIONAL TEAM :
– Confederation-wise : UEFA (12), CONMEBOL (6), AFC (5), CAF (4), OFC (1)
– Country-wise : Brazil (4), France (3)
– BY FOOTBALL CLUB :
– Confederation-wise : UEFA (14), AFC (11) , CAF (3)
– Country-wise : England (4), China (3), Germany, Spain and Saudi Arabia (2)
– Club-wise : Tottenham Hotspur FC, Guangzhou Evergrande FC, Al Hilal Riyadh (2)
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | UEFA | Real Madrid | Spain | UEFA | 10 | 14 | 24 | ||
| Yu-Song kim | North Korea | AFC | April 25 | North Korea | AFC | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||
| Harry Kane | England | UEFA | Tottenham Hotspur | England | UEFA | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon | CAF | Beşiktaş / FC Porto | Turkey / Portugal | UEFA | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Bertrand Traoré | Burkina Faso | CAF | AFC Ajax/ OL Lyon | Netherlands | UEFA | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Mehdi Taremi | Iran | AFC | Persepolis FC | Iran | AFC | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Omar Kharbin | Syria | AFC | Al Hilal Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | AFC | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Sékou Camara | Guinea | CAF | Horoya AC | Guinea | CAF | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Robert Lewandowski | Poland | UEFA | Bayern München | Germany | UEFA | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Romelu Lukaku | Belgium | UEFA | Manchester United | England | UEFA | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Armenia | UEFA | Manchester United | England | UEFA | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Taha Yassine Khenissi | Tunisia | CAF | Espérance Sportive de Tunis | Tunisia | CAF | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Givanildo Vieira de Souza “Hulk” | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Shanghai SIPG | China | AFC | 0 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Manuchekhr Dzhalilov | Tajikistan | AFC | Lokomotiv Moskva | Russia | UEFA | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Paulinho Junior | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Guangzhou Evergrande FC | China | AFC | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Kylian Mbappé | France | UEFA | AS Monaco | France | UEFA | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Bienvenido Marañón | Spain | UEFA | Ceres–Negros FC | Philippines | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Gabriel Guerra | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Johor Darul Ta’zim F.C. | Malaysia | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Jeremy Brockie | New Zealand | OFC | SuperSport United | South Africa | CAF | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Stipe Plazibat | Croatia | UEFA | Home United | Singapore | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Olivier Giroud | France | UEFA | Arsenal FC | England | UEFA | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Arturo Vidal | Chile | CONMEBOL | Bayern München | Germany | UEFA | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Antoine Griezmann | France | UEFA | Atlético Madrid | Spain | UEFA | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Cenk Tosun | Turkey | UEFA | Beşiktaş | Turkey | UEFA | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Edin Džeko | Bosnia-Herzegovina | UEFA | AS Roma | Italy | UEFA | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Omar Abdulrahman | UAE | AFC | Al Ain FC | UAE | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Carlos Eduardo de Oliveira Alves | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Al Hilal Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Ricardo Goulart | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Guangzhou Evergrande FC | China | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 |