World Record of the national championships (1888/89-2009)

The World's most successful Top Division Goal Scorer among the still active Players
Die erfolgreichsten Erst-Liga-Torschützen unter den aktiven Spielern
Los máximo goleadores de Primera División en activo
Le meilleur buteur de la Première Division encore en activité
by IFFHS
 
 
 
      

Player Club Nationality Matches Goals

SpielerVereinNationalitätSpieleTore

JugadorClubNacionalidadJuegosGoles

JoueurClubNationalitéMatchesButs






1.Marc Lloyd-Williams Airbus UK FC BroughtonWales 445313
2.Juan Carlos PlataCSD Municipal Ciudad de GuatemalaGuatemala553299
3.Glenn Ferguson Lisburn Distillery FC Northern Ireland 589296
4.Aleksandar DuricSingapore Armed Forces FCAustralia/Singapore<493291
5.Maksim Gruznov Sillamäe JK Kalev Eesti 405277
6.Henrik Larsson Helsingborgs IF Sverige 478268
7.Juan García Rivas AC Mineros de Guayana Puerto Ordaz Venezuela576265
8.Rivaldo Vitor Borba FerreiraFK Bunyodkor Tashkent Brasil 518261
9.Damian Mori Adelaide City FCAustralia 495259
10.Jared Francisco Borgetti Puebla FCMéxico 582254
11.Rodolfus Antonius MakaayFeyenoord RotterdamNederland513251
12.Ronaldo Luís Nazário da LimaSC Corinthians Paulista São PauloBrasil 335240
13.Thierry HenryFC BarcelonaFrance443230
14.Sergio Ramón IbarraClub Juan Aurich de ChiclayoArgentina/Perú>398229
15.Sigurd RushfeldtTromsø ILNorge437228
16.Mihails Miholaps *RFS/Olimps RīgaLatvija/Russian 337225
17.Raúl GonzálezReal Madrid CFEspaña534225
18.Jafar Irismetov Liaoning Hongyun FCUzbekistan381222
19.Sergio Galván ReyCDC Atlético Nacional MedellínArgentina/Colombia583222
20.Martín PalermoCA Boca Juniors Buenos AiresArgentina432221
21.Rudgerus Johannes Martinus




van NistelrooyReal Madrid CFNederland316216
22.Sebastián Washington AbreuAris SalonikiUruguay374212
23.Mark Viduka **present without clubAustralia409201
24.Andriy ShevshenkoDinamo KyivUkraine402200
 
Red coloured: updated  
 
*   He is ethnical Russian with Latvian citizenship, following the Russian variant of his name is Mikhail Mikholap.
** Mark Viduka is back in Australia, but he is taking a time out at the moment.
Evgeniy Boldygin (Kyrgyzstan), who scored 222 goals in 284 Top Division appearances, finished his active player career.
After an interruption of ten years played the 45-year-old Colombian Anthony de Ávila in the 2nd half-year 2009 for CD América Cali still 9 matches (2 goals) in the Primera División. In the meantime he retired again.
 
 
Situation: 31.12.2009
 
 
 Aleksandar Duric was born as a Serbian on 12th August 1970 in Doboj (district Bosnia and Hercegovina). He was a multi-talent - played handball and football as well as kayak. He attended the high school and military school and became an officer. He decided only 19-year-old for the soccer and played in 3rd Division teams in Yugoalavia (Serbia & Macedonia). „Aleks“ Duric emigrated 1991 (because of the war and his profession) to Hungary and played for the 2nd Division team from Szeged. He took part on the Olympic Games 1992 in Barcelona in the kayak for Bosnia and Hercegovina. Aleksandar Duric emigrated to Australia in the European summer 1995 and played until 1999 for seven different clubs in Oceania. In the Victoria League for Port Melbourne and Heidelberg United FC as well as in the Australian Top Division for South Melbourne FC (5/0), Morwell Falcons (15/4), West Adelaide SC (35/8), Marconi Stallions FC Sydney (15/2) and Sydney Olympic FC (3/0) - total 14 goals in 73 appearances. In 1998 he played also some months in China for the 2nd Division club Dalian Railways. "Aleks" Duric was naturalized in Australia in 1995 and married later an Australian lady. He changed 1999 to Sinapore and played since those year in the national Top Division of this country, was naturalized 2007 and played afterwards also for the national team of Singapore. For Tanjong Pagar United played er 1999 (16 appearances/11 goals), for Home United in 2000 (<22/11), for Geyland United FC from 2001 to 2004 (<126/114) and for Singapore Armed Forces FC from 2005 till today.
   
Concerning the Brazilian players - please see decision of the IFFHS Executive Committee.Since the Campeonato Brasileira will played in a normal league (1st and 2nd leg each other), the Campeonato Carioca and Campeonato Paulista will not more take into consideration.