THE WORLD’S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2017 at end June : A NEW WORLD RECORD FOR CRISTIANO RONALDO ?
Posted on Jul 6, 2017 | IFFHS News Category
Cristiano Ronaldo is towards breaking the current world record, 25 goals, scored by Lionel Messi in 2012 and himself in 2013. Midway through 2017, he scored already 17 goals, 7 with his national team and 10 on club level, both highest till end of June.
He is followed by 2 Asian players : North Korean Kim Yu-song of the club April 25 and Iranian Mehdi Taremi of Persepolis FC, with 10 and 9 goals respectively.
29 players scored 6 or more goals till end of June. They are classified as follows :
– by national team goals :
Confederation wise : AFC (10), UEFA (9), CONMEBOL (5), OFC (3) and CAF (2)
Country wise : Brazil, France and New Zealand (3), Iran, Oman and Portugal (2)
– by club goals :
Confederation wise : AFC (13), UEFA (10), OFC ‘3), CONMEBOL (2) and CAF (1)
Country wise : New Zealand (3), Brazil, China, England, France, Germany, Iran, Oman and UAE (2)
Club wise : Al-Ain FC, Auckland City FC and FC Bayern München (2)
| Player | Country | Conf. | Club | Country | Confederation | Country | Club | Total | ||
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | UEFA | Real Madrid | Spain | UEFA | 7 | 10 | 17 | ||
| Kim Yu-song | North Korea | AFC | April 25 | North Korea | AFC | 1 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Mehdi Taremi | Iran | AFC | Persepolis FC | Iran | AFC | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Armenia | UEFA | Manchester United | England | UEFA | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Paulinho Junior | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Guangzhou Evergrande | China | AFC | 3 | 5 | 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 | ||
| Robert Lewandowski | Poland | UEFA | Bayern München | Germany | UEFA | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon | CAF | Beşiktaş | Turkey | UEFA | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Manuchekhr Dzhalilov | Tajikistan | AFC | Lokomotiv Moskva | Russia | UEFA | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Omar Abdulrahman | UAE | AFC | Al Ain FC | UAE | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Stipe Plazibat | Croatia | UEFA | Home United | Singapore | AFC | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali | Oman | AFC | Fanja | Oman | AFC | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Olivier Giroud | France | UEFA | Arsenal FC | England | UEFA | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paolo Guerrero | Peru | CONMEBOL | Flamengo RJ | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Arturo Vidal | Chile | AFC | Bayern Munich | Germany | UEFA | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Bertrand Traoré | Burkina Faso | CAF | AFC Ajax | Netherlands | UEFA | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Nasser Al Shamrani | Saudi Arabia | AFC | Al Ain FC | UAE | AFC | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Myrat Ýagşyýew | Turkmenistan | AFC | Altyn Asyr FK | Turkmenistan | AFC | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Alexandre Lacazette | France | UEFA | Olympique Lyon | France | UEFA | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Fred Guedes | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Givanildo Vieira de Souza “Hulk” | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Shanghai SIPG | China | AFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Jeremy Brockie | New Zealand | OFC | SuperSport United | South Africa | CAF | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| João Moreira | Portugal | UEFA | Auckland City FC | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Kaveh Rezaei | Iran | AFC | Esteghlal Tehran | Iran | AFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Kylian Mbappé | France | UEFA | AS Monaco | France | UEFA | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Mohammed Al Ghassani | Oman | AFC | Saham Club | Oman | AFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Ryan De Vries | New Zealand | OFC | Auckland City FC | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Tom Jackson | New Zealand | OFC | Team Wellington | New Zealand | OFC | 0 | 6 | 6 |