World Record of the national championships (1888/89-2012)

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 MatchesGoals

SpielerVereinNationalitätSpieleTore

JugadorClubNacionalidadJuegosGoles

JoueurClubNationalitéMatchesButs






1.Aleksandar ĐurićTampines Rovers FCAustralia/Singapore>483348
2.Maksim Gruznov JK Trans Narva Eesti 495303
3.Rivaldo Vitor Borba FerreiraKabuscorp SC do Palanca LuandaBrasil 580283
4.Juan García Rivas Angostura FC Ciudad BolívarVenezuela 619271
5.Thierry Daniel HenryNew York Red BullsFrance525265
6.Sergio Ramón IbarraDeportivo Sport HuancayoArgentina/Perú499261
7.Raúl GonzálezAl-Sadd SC DohaEspaña628260
8.Jafar Irismetov FC Navbakhor NamanganUzbekistan441240
9.Rhys Griffiths Plymouth Argyle FCWales328237
10.Sebastián Washington AbreuFigueirense FC FlórianopolisUruguay428236
11.Daniel HussCS GrevenmacherLuxembourg346225
12.William Enrique ReyesDeportivo FAS Santa AnaEl Salvador442223
13.Ionel Daniel DănciulescuFC Dinamo BucureştiRomânia530222
14.Francesco Totti AS RomaItalia518221
15.Samuel Eto'oFC Anzhi MakhachkalaCameroun386214
16.Cristiano Ronaldo dos




   Santos AveiroReal Madrid CFPortugal339213
17.Alexander Frei FC BaselSchweiz400207
18.Juan Pablo ÁngelCD Chivas CarsonColombia568207
19.Anvar BerdievFC Neftchi FerganaUzbekistan433205
20.Zafar KholmuradovOlmaliq FKUzbekistan379200
  
Red coloured: updated  
 
Situation: 31st December 2012 
 
 
  
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Claudio Miguel Pizarro (Perú)born 8.10.1978






SeasonClubAppearancesGoals
1996Deportivo Pesquero173
1997Deportivo Pesquero248
1998Club Alianza Lima227
1999Club Alianza Lima2518
1999/00SV Werder Bremen2510
2000/01SV Werder Bremen3119
2001/02SV Werder Bremen3015
2002/03SV Werder Bremen3115
2003/04SV Werder Bremen3111
2004/05SV Werder Bremen2311
2005/06SV Werder Bremen2611
2006/07SV Werder Bremen338
2007/08Chelsea FC London212
2008/09SV Werder Bremen2617
2009/10SV Werder Bremen2616
2010/11SV Werder Bremen229
2011/12SV Werder Bremen2918
2012/13FC Bayern München100(19.2.2013)





total
452198
 
 

By Elí Schmerler (Perú), Ulrich Matheja (Deutschland) & Joel Miller (England)

 

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William Enrique Reyes

(El Salvador)

born 30.101976 in Honduras






SeasonClubAppearancesGoals





1997/98Deportes Savio Santa Rosa2nd Division

1998/99Deportes Savio Santa Rosa2nd Division

1999/00Deportes Savio Santa Rosa2nd Division

2000/01CD Dragón San Miguel3626
2001/02Deportivo FAS Santa Ana3627
2002/03Deportivo FAS Santa Ana3217
2003/04Deportivo FAS Santa Ana3528
2004/05Deportivo FAS Santa Ana3812
2005/06CD Isidro Metapán4113
2006/07CD Isidro Metapán3818
2007/08CD Isidro Metapán4025
2008/09CD Isidro Metapán4018
2009/10Deportivo FAS Santa Ana3916
20010/11Deportivo FAS Santa Ana278
2011/12Deportivo FAS Santa Ana3414
2012/13Deportivo FAS Santa Ana61(31.12.2012)





total
442223
 

By Raúl Soriano (El Salvador)

  
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Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sverige)born 3.10.1981






SeasonClubAppearancesGoals





1999Malmö FF61
2000Malmö FFII.Division (26/12)

2001Malmö FF83
2001/02AFC Ajax Amsterdam246
2002/03AFC Ajax Amsterdam2513
2003/04AFC Ajax Amsterdam2213
2004/05AFC Ajax Amsterdam33
2004/05Juventus FC Torino3516
2005/06Juventus FC Torino357
2006/07FC Internazionale Milano2715
2007/08FC Internazionale Milano2617
2008/09FC Internazionale Milano3525
2009/10FC Barcelona2916
2010/11Milan AC2914
2011/12Milan AC3228
2012/13Paris St. Germain FC2221(18.2.2013)





total
358198
 
By Nils Johansson (Sverige), Dick Holstein (Nederland), Gianluca Cugini (Italia) & Pierre Cazal (France). 
 
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Lionel Andrés Messi (Argentina)born 24.6.1987




SeasonClubAppearancesGoals




2004/05FC Barcelona71
2005/06FC Barcelona176
2006/07FC Barcelona2614
2007/08FC Barcelona2810
2008/09FC Barcelona3123
2009/10FC Barcelona3534
2010/11FC Barcelona3331
2011/12FC Barcelona3750
2012/13FC Barcelona2437

(17.2.2013)



total
238206





By Víctor Martínez Patón (España)

 
 
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Alessando Del Piero (Italia)born 9.11.1974






SeasonClubAppearancesGoals





1991/92Calcio PadovaSerie B (4/0)

1992/93Calcio PadovaSerie B (10/1)

1993/95Juventus FC Torino115
1994/95Juventus FC Torino298
1995/96Juventus FC Torino296
1996/97Juventus FC Torino228
1997/98Juventus FC Torino3221
1998/99Juventus FC Torino82
1999/00Juventus FC Torino349
2000/01Juventus FC Torino259
2001/02Juventus FC Torino3216
2002/03Juventus FC Torino2416
2003/04Juventus FC Torino228
2004/05Juventus FC Torino3014
2005/06Juventus FC Torino3312
2006/07Juventus FC TorinoSerie B (35/20)

2007/08Juventus FC Torino3721
2008/09Juventus FC Torino3113
2009/10Juventus FC Torino239
2010/11Juventus FC Torino338
2011/12Juventus FC Torino233
2012/13Sydney FC1711(11.02.2013)





total
495199
 

By Gianluca Cugini (Italia) & Peter Burns (Australia)

 
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Juan Pablo Ángel (Colombia)born 24.10.1975




SeasonClubAppearancesGoals




1993CDC Atlético Nacional Medellín31
1994CDC Atlético Nacional Medellín318
1995CDC Atlético Nacional Medellín228
1995/96CDC Atlético Nacional Medellín3511
1996/97CDC Atlético Nacional Medellín5617
1997/98CA River Plate Buenos Aires122
1898/99CA River Plate Buenos Aires3111
1999/00CA River Plate Buenos Aires3520
2000/01CA River Plate Buenos Aires1813
2000/01Aston Villa FC91
2001/02Aston Villa FC2912
2002/03Aston Villa FC151
2003/04Aston Villa FC3316
2004/05Aston Villa FC357
2005/06Aston Villa FC313
2006/07Aston Villa FC234
2007Red Bulls New York2419
2008Red Bulls New York2314
2009Red Bulls New York2512
2010Red Bulls New York3013
2011Los Angeles Galaxy223
2011CD Chivas Carson97
2012CD Chivas Carson174




total
568207
(31.12.2012) 
By Colin Jose (Canada), Joel Miller (England), Roberto Sergio Glucksman (Argentina), Juan Manuel Uribe (Colombia) & Juan Guillermo Ruiz (Colombia).
 
 
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Ionel Daniel Dănciulescu (România)born 6.12.1976






SeasonClubAppearancesGoals





1993/94Electroputere Craiova41
1994/95Electroputere Craiova277
1995/96FC Dinamo Bucareşti3214
1996/97FC Dinamo Bucareşti328
1997/98Altay SK İzmir71
1997/98FC Steaua Bucareşti2514
1998/99FC Steaua Bucareşti3315
1999/00FC Steaua Bucareşti3014
2000/01FC Steaua Bucareşti276
2001/02FC Steaua Bucareşti145
2001/02FC Dinamo Bucareşti133
2002/03FC Dinamo Bucareşti2616
2003/04FC Dinamo Bucareşti2921
2004/05FC Dinamo Bucareşti1511
2005Shandong Luneng Taishan2610
2005/06FC Dinamo Bucareşti142
2006/07FC Dinamo Bucareşti3115
2007/08FC Dinamo Bucareşti3221
2008/09FC Dinamo Bucareşti3412
2009/10FC Dinamo Bucareşti42
2009/10Hércules AlicanteII.Division(25/10)
2010/11FC Dinamo Bucareşti297
2011/12FC Dinamo Bucareşti3213
2012/13FC Dinamo Bucareşti144(31.12.2012)





Total
530222
 

By Răzvan Toma (Rumânia) and Çağlar Şahin (Türkiye)

   
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Alexander Frei (Schweiz)born 15.7.1979






SeasonClubAppearancesGoals





1997/98FC Basel111
1998/99FC ThunII. Division (32/6)

1999/00FC Luzern3213
2000/01FC Luzern204
2001/02Servette FC Genève126
2001/02Servette FC Genève3317
2002/03Servette FC Genève1913
2002/03Stade Rennais FC131
2003/04Stade Rennais FC2820
2004/05Stade Rennais FC3620
2005/06Stade Rennais FC237
2006/07BV Borussia Dortmund3216
2007/08BV Borussia Dortmund136
2008/09BV Borussia Dortmund2912
2009/10FC Basel1915
2010/11FC Basel3527
2011/12FC Basel3124
2012/13FC Basel145(31.12.2012)





Total
400207
 
 
By Pierre Cazal (France) and Ulrich Matheja (Deutschland).
  
 
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                                The World‘s most effective Top Division Goal Scorers (1888-2012)
                                   Die effektivsten Erst-Liga-Torschützen der Welt (1888-2012)
                           Los más efectivos Goleadores del Mundo en Primera División (1888-2012)
                             Les plus effectives Buteurs Mondiaux en Première Division (188-2012)
  
 

PlayerNationalityAppearanceGoalsPeriodGoal quotient







1.Fernando Baptista PeyroteoPortugal1973311937-19491,680
2.Josef BicanÖsterreich / Československo3415181931-19551,519
3.Imre SchlosserMagyarország3184171905-19281,311
4.Joseph Absolom BambrickIreland 2643451926-19381,307
5.Ferenc DeákMagyarország2383051944-19541,282
6.Isidro LángaraEspaña2873361933-19481,171
7.Jimmy JonesIreland2853291947-19641,154
8.Franz BinderÖsterreich2432681931-19491,103
9.Arthur FriedenreichBrasil3233541910-19341,096
10.Gyula ZsengéllerMagyarország3944161935-19521,056
11.Valeriano López MendiolaPerú 1992071946-19611,040
12.Bernabé FerreyraArgentina2282321929-19391,018
13.József TakácsMagyarország3553601920-19401,014
14.José Pinto Carvalho dos





   Santos ÁguasPortugal2882921950-19641,014
15.James Edward McGroryScotland4084101922-19380,995
16.Ştefan/Istvár Auer-AvarRomânia / Magyarország2232191927-19410,982
17.László CsehMagyarország2052011931-19410,980
18.Pauli JørgensenDanmark2522451924-19420,972
19.Jean CapelleBelgique2462381929-19440,967
20.Edson Arantes do





    Nascimento »Pelé«Brasil5605411957-19770,966
21.Atilio Ceferino GarcíaArgentina2352261934-19510,962
22.James SmithScotland2342251929-19390,962
23.Ferenc PuskásMagyarország / España5335111943-19660,959
24.Karl DeckerÖsterreich3022881938-19580,954
25.Telmo Zarraonandía ZarraEspaña2762591940-19550,938
26.Robert DienstÖsterreich3493211943-19620,920
27.Eusébio Ferreira da SilvaPortugal3733421960-19770,917
28.Dr. György SárosiMagyarország3833511930-19480,916
29.Archibald McPherson StarkUSA3283001921-19310,915
30.John NelsonUSA2502231924-19310,892
31.Arsenio Pastor EricoParaguay3723311930-19490,890
32.Jozef MermansBelgique3823391941-19570,887
33.Albert De CleynBelgique3953501932-19540,886
34.Sándor KocsisMagyarország3352941945-19650,878
35.Raymond BraineBelgique3703221922-19440,870
36.William Ralph DeanEngland 3693201924-19390,867
37.Hugh FergusonScotland 4223611916-19300,855
38.Fernando MorenaUruguay3092641968-19840,854
39.Metin OktayTürkiye2652261958-19690,853
40.Ferenc Szusza Magyarország4623931940-19610,851
41.Tanju ÇolakTürkiye2812391982-19930,851
 
 
The Argentinian Lionel Andrés Messi can manage 2013 that after 20 years for the first time again a player is placed among the "Top 40". Lionel Messi scored in 231 Top Division appearances 195 goals for FC Barcelona. (ø 0,844 goals per match - 31st December 2012).
  
Uwe Seeler has a league goal qutient ø 0,858 (446 goals for Hamburger SV and Cork Celtic FC in total 520 appearances, but in these numbers are included his goals in the Oberliga North (pre-Bundesliga time 1954-1963).