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The World‘s most successful Top Division Goal Scorers 1888-1996
Die erfolgreichsten Erst-Liga-Torschützen 1888-1996
Los Mejores Goleadores de Primera División 1888-1996
Les meilleurs buteurs en Première Division 1888-1996
by IFFHS

  1. Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" (Brasil & USA)    541 (goals)
  2. Josef Bican (Österreich & Česká & Československo) 518
  3. Ferenc Puskás (Magyarország & España)    511
  4. Carlos Roberto de Oliveira "Dinamite" (Brasil & España) 470
  5. Imre Schlosser (Magyarország & Österreich) 417
  6. Gyula Zsengéller (Magyarország & Italia & Colombia) 416
  7. James Edward McGrory (Scotland)   410
  8. Arthur Antunes Coimbra "Zico" (Brasil & Italia & Japan)   406
  9. Gerhard Müller (Deutschland & USA)    405
10. Hugo Sánchez (México & USA & España)   394 *
11. Ferenc Szusza (Magyarország)   393
12. Carlos Bianchi (Argentina & France)     385
13. Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina & Colombia & España) 377
14. Gunnar Nordahl (Sverige & Italia)   376
15. James Peter Greaves (England & Italia) 366
16. Delio Onnis (Argentina & France)   363
17. Hugh Ferguson (Scotland & England)    361
18. József Takács (Magyarország)    360
19. Arthur Friedenreich (Brasil)   354
20. Johann Krankl (Österreich & España)    354
21. Dr. György Sárosi (Magyarország)    351
22. Osvaldo Castro (Chile & México)   351
23. Albert De Cleyn (Belgique)   350
24. Joseph Absolom Bambrick (Ireland & England)   345
25. Eusébio Ferreira da Silva (Portugal & USA & México)   342
26. Jozef Mermans (Belgique)   339
27. Isidro Lángara (España & Argentina & México)    336
28. Hugh Kilpatrick Gallacher (Scotland & England)    336
29. Arsenio Pastor Erico (Paraguay & Argentina)   331
30. Evanivaldo Castro Cabinho (Brasil & México)    331
31. Fernando Baptista Peyroteo (Portugal)    330
32. Fernando Gomes (Portugal & España)    330
33. Jimmy Jones (Ireland)    329
34. Raymond Braine (Belgique & Československo)   322
35. Robert Dienst (Österreich)    321
36. William Ralph Dean (England & Éire)   320
37. Giorgio Chinaglia (Italia & USA)   319
38. Geertruida Maria Geels (Nederland & Belgique)   318
39. Stephen Bloomer (England) 317
40. David Prophet McLean (Scotland & England) 316
41. Gyula Szilágyi (Magyarország)    313
42. Ferenc Bene (Magyarország & Suomi)    313
43. Wilhelmus Martinus Leonardus Johannes van der Kuylen (Nederland)   311
44. Jacques Fatton (Schweiz & France)    307
45. Ernst Stojaspal (Österreich & France)   306
46. Ferenc Deák (Magyarország)   305
47. Robert McPhail (Scotland)   305
48. David Halliday (Scotland & England)   303
49. Archibald McPherson Stark (USA)     300
50. Ángel Amadeo Labruna (Argentina & Uruguay & Chile)    296
51. Sándor Kocsis (Magyarország & Schweiz & España)    -294
52. José Pinto Carvalho dos Santos Águas (Portugal & Österreich)     292
53. Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (Nederland & España & USA)     290
54. László Fazekas (Magyarország & Belgique)    290
55. Erwin Vandenbergh (Belgique & France)    290
56. Silvio Piola (Italia)     290
57. Karl Decker (Österreich & France & Schweiz)     288
58. Gordon Hodgson (England)     287
59. Bernard Voohoof (Belgique)    281
60. Arthur Ceuleers (Belgique)      280
61. Mario Alberto Kempes (Argentina & España & Österreich)      276
62. William Reid (Scotland)     275
63. Géza Toldi (Magyarország)     271

* Hugo Sánchez scored his last two league goals 1997 for Club Atlético Celaya.
[Between 1996-2008 achieved Romário de Souza Farias (Brasil & Nederland & España & Australia - 489 goals), Víctor Hugo "Tucho" Antelo (Bolivia - 350), Carlos Hermosillo (México & Belgique & USA - 323), José Saturnino Cardozo (Paraguay & Schweiz & Chile & México & Argentina - 316), Krzysztof "Gucio" Warzycha (Polska & Hellas - 312), Anton "Toni" Polster (Österreich & Italia & España & Deutschland - 304), Juan Carlos Plata Guatemala - 287), José Roberto Gama de Oliveira "Bebeto" (Brasil & España & México & Japan - 283), Alan Shearer (England - 281), Marc Lloyd Williams (Wales & Northern Ireland - 278), Glenn Ferguson (Northern Ireland - 276), Alistair Murdoch McCoist (England & Scotland - 270) in the "Top 75" of all time.]

(The IFFHS Executive Committee decided only later to accept the Campeonatio Paulista and Campeonato Carioca as a national championship until in Brazil a normal national league was introduced - following the three best-placed Brazilians could not be invited to Munich).

Honour of the first-placed goal scorers - World Football Gala on 20th January 1997 in the hotel "Bayerischer Hof", München.

Monika Fasnacht (Presenter / Switzerland), Josef Bican (Czech Republic)
Foto: IFFHS

Monika Fasnacht, Ferenc Puskás (Hungary), Adrienn Mizer (Interpreter / Hungary)
Foto: IFFHS

Dr. Alfredo Pöge (IFFHS President), Ferenc Puskás.
Foto: IFFHS

Monika Fasnacht, Gyula Zsengéller (Hungary), Adrienn Mizer.
Foto: IFFHS

Monika Fasnacht, "Gerd" Müller (Germany), Dr. Alfredo Pöge (IFFHS President)
Foto: IFFHS

Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (Germany), Dr. Alfredo Pöge (IFFHS President)
Foto: IFFHS

Gerhard "Gerd" Müller
Foto: IFFHS

Monika Fasnacht, Hugo Sánchez (Mexico).
Foto: IFFHS

Hugo Sánchez, Jørgen Nielsen (IFFHS Vice-President / Denmark)
Foto: IFFHS

Monika Fasnacht, Ferenc Szusza (Hungary), Adrienn Mizer.
Foto: IFFHS

Ferenc Szusza, Sándor Szabó (IFFHS Executive Committee).
Foto: IFFHS

Ferenc Szusza
Foto: IFFHS

Monika Fasnacht, Carlos Bianchi (Argentina)
Foto: IFFHS

Carlos Bianchi, Jean Norbert Fraiponts (IFFHS Vice-President)
Foto: IFFHS

Carlos Bianchi
Foto: IFFHS

Carlos Bianchi, Hugo Sánchez, Ferenc Puskás, Gyula Zsengellér, Ferenc Szusza, Ferenc Deák, "Gerd" Müller.
Foto: IFFHS

Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" (Brazil / born 23.10.1940)
Foto: IFFHS

Josef Bican (Czech Republic / 25.9.1913-12.12.2001)
Foto: Karel Novák

Ferenc "Öcsi" Puskás (Hungary / 2.4.1927-17.11.2006)
Foto: IFFHS

Carlos Roberto de Oliveira "Dinamite" (Brazil / born 13.4.1954)
Foto: CONMEBOL

Imre "Slózi" Schlosser (Hungary / 24.1.1889-19.7.1959))
Foto: IFFHS

Gyula Zsentgellér (Hungary / 27.12.1915-29.3.1999)
Foto: IFFHS

James Edward McGrory (Scotland / 26.4.1904-20.10.1982)
Foto: Colorsport

Arthur Antunes Coimbra "Zico" (Brzil / 3.3.1953)
Foto: Johannes Kösegi

Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (Germany / born 3.11.1945)
Foto: Horst Müller

Hugo "Hugol" Sánchez (Mexico / born 11.7.1958)
Foto: IFFHS

Ferenc "Musztáng" Szusza (Hungary / 1.12.1923-1.8.2006)
Foto: IFFHS

Carlos "Carlitos" Bianchi (Argentina / born 26.4.1949))
Presse Sports

Alfredo "La Saeta Rubia" Di Stéfano (Argentina/Spain / born 4.6.1926)
Foto: IFFHS

Gunnar "Il Popiere" Nordahl (Sweden / 19.10.1921-15.9.1995)
Foto: IFFHS

James Peter "Jimmy" Greaves (England / born 20.2.1940)
Foto: Colorsport

Delio Onnis (Argentina / born 24.3.1948)
Foto: Presse Sports

Hugh "Hughie" Ferguson (Scotland / 2.3.1898-9.1.1930)
Foto: Colorsport

József "Kis Taki" Takács (Hungary / 30.6.1904-3.9.1983)
Foto: IFFHS

Arthur Friedenreich (Brazil / 18.7.1892-20.11.1969)
Foto: Centro Pró-Memória do CA Paulistano

Johann "Hans" Krankl (Austria / born 14.2.1953)
Foto: IFFHS

Dr. György "Gyuri" Sárosi (Hungary / 16.9.1912-20.6.1993)
Foto: IFFHS

Osvaldo "Pata Bendita" Castro (Chile / born 19.4.1947)
Foto: IFFHS

Albert "Bert" De Cleyn (Belgium / 28.6.1917-13.9.1990)
Foto: IFFHS

Joseph Absolom "Joe" Bambrick (Ireland / 3.11.1905-13.10.1983)
Foto: Colorsport

"Pantera Negra" Eusébio Ferreira da Silva (Portugal / born 25.1.1942)
Foto: IFFHS

Jozef "Jef" Mermans (Belgium / 16.2.1922-20.1.1996)
Foto: IFFHS

Isidro "Vasco" Lángara (Spain / 25.5.1912-21.8.1992)
Foto: EFE

Hugh Kilpatrick "Hughie" Gallacher (Scotland /2.2.1903-11.6.1957)
Foto: Colorsport

Arsenio Pastor "El Saltarín Roja" Erico (Paraguay / 30.3.1915-23.7.1977)
Foto: CONMEBOL

Evanivaldo Castro Cabinho (Brazil/Mexico / born 28.4.1948)
Foto: IFFHS

Fernando Baptista de Seixas Peyroteo (Portugal / 10.3.1918-28.11.1978)
Foto: A Bola

Fernando Gomes (Portugal / born 22.11.1956)
Foto: EFE

Jimmy Jones (Ireland / born 25.7.1928)
Foto: Colorsport

Raymond Braine (Belgium / 28.4.1907-24.12.1978)
Foto: Karel Novák

Robert "Bär" Dienst (Austria / 1.3.1928-13.6.2000)
Foto: IFFHS

William Ralph "Dixie" Dean (England / 22.1.1907-1.3.1980)
Foto: Colorsport

Giorgio "Long John" Chinaglia (Italy / born 24.1.1947)
Foto: IFFHS

Geertruida Maria "Ruud" Geels (Netherlands / born 28.7.1948)
Foto: Piet Bouts

Stephen "Steve" Bloomer (England / 20.1.1874-16.4.1938)
Foto: IFFHS

David Prophet "Dave" McLean (Scotland / 13.12.1887-21.12.1967)
Foto: IFFHS

Gyula "Sziszi" Szilágyi (Hungary / 18.1.1923- )
Foto: IFFHS

Ferenc "Ferike" Bene (Hungary / 17.12.1944-27.2.2006)
Foto: IFFHS

Wilhelmus Martinus Leonardus Johannes "Willy" van der Kuylen(Netherlands / born 6.12.1946)
Foto: Piet Bout

Jacques "Jacky" Fatton (Switzerland / born 19.12.1925)
Foto: IFFHS

Ernst "Stoissi" Stojaspal (Austria / 14.1.1925-2.4.2002)
Foto: IFFHS

Ferenc Deák (Hungary /16.1.1922-18.4.1998)
Foto: IFFHS

Robert "Bob" McPhail (Scotland / 25.10.1905-24.August 2000)
Foto. Colorsport

David Halliday (Scotland / 11.12.1897-January 1970)
Foto: IFFHS

Archibald McPherson Stark (USA / 21.12.1897-27.5.1985)
Foto: Hall of Fame

Ángel Amadeo "Angelito" Labruna (Argentina / 26.9.1918-19.9.1983)
Foto: El Gráfico

Sándor "Schani" Kocsis (Hungary / 23.9.1929-21.7.1978)
Foto: IFFHS

José Pinto Carvalho dos Santos Águas (Portugal / 9.9.1930-10.12.2000)
Foto: A Bola

Hendrik Johannes "Johan I" Cruijff (Netherlands / born 25.4.1947)
Foto: Piet Bouts

László "Kapa" Fazekas (Hungary / born 15.10.1947)
Foto: IFFHS

Erwin Vandenbergh (Belgium / born 26.1.1959)
Foto: Piet Bouts

Silvio Piola (Italy / 29.9.1913-3.10.1996)
Foto: IFFHS

Karl "Juderl" Decker (Austria / 5.9.1921-27.9.2005)
Foto: IFFHS

Gordon Hodgson (England / 16.4.1904-14.6.1951)
Foto: Colorsport

Bernard Voohoof (Belgium / 10.5.1910-18.2.1974)
Foto: IFFHS

Arthur "Tuur" Ceuleers (Belgium / 28.2.1916-5.8.1998)
Foto: IFFHS

Mario Alberto "Matador" Kempes (Argentina / born15.7.1954)
Foto: IFFHS

William "Willie" Reid (Scotland / 1886-.5.1966))
Foto: IFFHS

Géza Toldi (Hungary / 11.2.1909-16.8.1985)
Foto: IFFHS

The World‘s most successful Top Diviosion Goal Scorer in a one Season over the period 1888-1996
Die erfolgreichsten Erst-Liga-Torschützen der Welt in einer Saison in der Periode 1888-1996
Los más eficazes Goleadores del Mundoin una Temporada en Primera División en el periodo 1888-1996
Les Meilleurs Buteurs Mondiaux pendant une Saison en Première Division en la période 1888-1996
by IFFHS

1. Archibald McPherson Stark (USA)                1924/25: 67 goals in 44 league matches
  2. Ferenc Deák (Magyarország)                        1945/46: 66 goals in 34 league matches
  3. William Ralph Dean (England)                      1927/28: 60 goals in 39 league matches
4. Héctor Horacio Scotta (Argentina)               1975: 60 goals in 57 league matches
5. Refik Resmja (Albania)                              1951: 59 goals in 23 league matches
  6. Ferenc Deak (Magyaország)                        1948/49: 59 goals in 30 league matches
  7. Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" (Brasil) 1958: 58 goals in 38 league Matches
  8. Josef Bican (Česká)                                    1943/44: 57 goals in 23 league matches
  9. Gyula Zsentgellér (Magyarország)                1938/39: 56 goals in 26 league matches
10. Frederick Roberts (Northern Ireland)             1930/31: 55 goals in 26 league matches

Honour of the first-placed goal scorers - World Football Gala on 20th January in München (Hotel "Bayerischer Hof").

(Arhcibald McPherson Stark and William Ralph Dean were already died and could not be honoured)
[Between 1996-2008 scored José Saturnino Cardozo (Paraguay / CD Toluca) in the season 2002/03 58 goals in 42 league matches and achieved in the "Top 10" of all time.]