Top 10 Football Scorers: All-Time Records and RSSSF Rankings

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These are the all time great scorers at club and national levels across football history. GOAL rates the top ten all time scorers using the RSSSF rankings as the basis for the list. After returning to the Premier League, Cristiano Ronaldo has continued his extraordinary scoring pace with Manchester United and remains at the top of the roll call. Lionel Messi sits in third place and remains in fierce competition with the Portuguese icon to the very end, highlighting one of sport’s great rivalries.

Updated February 9, 2023

10. Tulio Miracle | Brazil | 575 goals

Clubs: Goiás, Botafogo, Corinthians, Vitória, Fluminense, Cruzeiro…

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9. Your Seeler | Germany | 575 goals

Clubs: Hamburg

8. Ferenc Deak | Hungary | 576 goals

Clubs: Szentlorinci AC, Ferencváros, Ujpest…

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7. Gerd Muller | Germany | 738 goals

Clubs: Fort Lauderdale Strikers, Bayern and Nordingen

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6. Ferenc Puskas | Hungary | 746 goals

Clubs: Budapest Honved and Real Madrid

5. Pele | Brazil Portugal | 767 goals

Clubs: Santos and NY Cosmos

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4. Romario | Brazil | 772 goals

Clubs: PSV, Barcelona, Valencia, Vasco de Gama, Flamengo…

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3. Lionel Messi | Argentinian | 795 goals

Clubs: Barcelona and PSG

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2. Josef Bican | Austria, Bohemia/Moravia | 805 goals

Clubs: Rapid Wien, Slavia Prague…

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1. Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 824 goals

Clubs: Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus and Al Nassr

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