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

The World's 313 most successful Top Division Goal Scorers of all time
Die 313 erfolgreichsten Erst-Liga-Torschützen aller Zeiten
Los 313 Mejores Goleadores de Primera División en la Historia
Les 313 meilleurs buteurs de tous les temps en Première Division
by IFFHS
 

Goal ScorerTop DivisionMatchsPeriodGoals

Torschütze1.LigaSpielePeriodeTore

GoleadorPrimera DivisiónPartidosPeriodoGoles

ButeurPremière DivisionMatchesPériodeButs






1.Edson Arantes do




Nascimento »Pelé«Brasil / USA5601957-1977541
2.Josef BicanÖsterreich / Československo3411931-1955518
3.Ferenc PuskásMagyarország / España5331943-1966511
4.Romário de Souza FariasBrasil / Nederland / España /




Australia6121985-2007489
5.Carlos Roberto de Oliveira




»Dinamite«Brasil / España7581971-1992470
6.Imre SchlosserMagyarország / Österreich3181905-1928417
7.Gyula ZsengéllerMagyarország / Italia / Colombia3941935-1952416
8.James Edward McGroryScotland4081922-1938410
9.Arthur Antunes Coimbra




»Zico«Brasil / Italia / Japan5961971-1994406
10.Gerhard MüllerDeutschland / USA5071965-1981405
11.Hugo SánchezMéxico / USA / España6621976-1997394
12.Ferenc Szusza Magyarország4621940-1961393
13.Carlos Bianchi Argentina / France5461967-1984385
14.Alfredo Di StéfanoArgentina / Colombia / España5211945-1966377
15.Gunnar NordahlSverige / Italia4631940-1958376
16.James Peter GreavesEngland / Italia5271957-1971366
17.Delio OnnisArgentina / France5601968-1986363
18.Hugh FergusonScotland / England4221916-1930361
19.József TakácsMagyarország3551920-1940360
20.Arthur FriedenreichBrasil3231910-1934354
21.Johann KranklÖsterreich / España4731970-1988354
22.Dr. György SárosiMagyarország3831930-1948351
23.Osvaldo CastroChile / México5921966-1984351
24.Albert De CleynBelgique3951932-1954350
25.Víctor Hugo AnteloBolivia4431983-2001350
26.Joseph Absolom BambrickIreland / England2641926-1938345
27.Eusébio Ferreira da SilvaPortugal / USA / México3731960-1977342
28.Jozef MermansBelgique3821941-1957339
29.Isidro LángaraEspaña / Argentina / México2871933-1948336
30.Hugh Kilpatrick GallacherScotland / England4661921-1938336
31.Arsenio Pastor EricoParaguay / Argentina3721930-1949331
32.Evanivaldo Castro CabinhoBrasil / México4811971-1987331
33.Fernando Baptista PeyroteoPortugal1971937-1949331
34.Fernando GomesPortugal / España4321974-1991330
35.Jimmy JonesIreland2851947-1964329
36.Carlos HermosilloMéxico / Belgique / USA5771983-2001323
37.Raymond BraineBelgique / Československo3701922-1944322
38.Robert DienstÖsterreich3491943-1962321
39.William Ralph DeanEngland / Éire3691924-1939320
40.Giorgio ChinagliaItalia / USA4291969-1983319
41.Geertruida Maria GeelsNederland / Belgique4831965-1983318
42.Stephen BloomerEngland5361892-1914317
43.José Saturnino CardozoParaguay / Schweiz / Chile /




México / Argentina4701989-2006316
44.David Prophet McLeanScotland / England5151907-1926316
45.Gyula SzilágyiMagyarország3901943-1960313
46.Marc Lloyd-WilliamsWales / Northern Ireland4451992-2009313
47.Ferenc BeneMagyarország / Suomi4561961-1982313
48.Krzysztof WarzychaPolska / Hellas5551983-2003312
49.Wilhelmus Martinus Leonardus




Johannes van der KuylenNederland5451964-1982311
50.Jacques FattonSchweiz / France4401943-1963307
51.Ernst StojaspalÖsterreich / France3801942-1962306
52.Ferenc DeákMagyarország2381944-1954305
53.Robert McPhailScotland4631923-1939305
54.Anton PolsterÖsterreich / Italia / España /




Deutschland5351982-2000304
55.David HallidayScotland / England3941921-1934303
56.Archibald McPherson StarkUSA3281921-1931300
57.Juan Carlos PlataGuatemala5531990-2009299
58.Ángel Amadeo LabrunaArgentina / Uruguay / Chile5361939-1961296
59.Glenn FergusonNorthern Ireland5891987-2009296
60.Sándor KocsisMagyarország / Schweiz / España3351945-1965294
61.José Pinto Carvalho dos




Santos Águas Portugal / Österreich 2881950-1964292
62.Aleksandar DuricAustralia / Singapore<3931995-2009291
63.Hendrik Johannes CruijffNederland / España / USA5061964-1984290
64.László FazekasMagyarország / Belgique5191965-1984290
65.Erwin VandenberghBelgique / France 5391976-1995290
66.Silvio PiolaItalia5661929-1954290
67.Karl DeckerÖsterreich / France / Schweiz3021938-1958288
68.Gordon HodgsonEngland4561925-1940287
69.José Roberto Gama de




Oliveira »Bebeto«Brasil / España / México / Japan5361983-2001283
70.Bernard Voohoof Belgique4731927-1948281
71.Alan ShearerEngland5531987-2006281
72.Arthur CeuleersBelgique4011933-1951280
73.Maksim Gruznov Eesti 4051992-2009277
74.Mario Alberto KempesArgentina / España / Österreich4941973-1992276
75.William ReidScotland3851904-1922275
76.Géza ToldiMagyarország3241928-1946271
77.Alistair Murdoch McCoistEngland / Scotland5321981-2001270
78.Luis Ernesto TapiaPanamá / El Salvador / Guatemala4851961-1981269
79.Franz BinderÖsterreich 2431931-1949268
80.Giuseppe MeazzaItalia4431927-1947268
81.Téofilo Juan CubillasPerú / Schweiz / Portugal / USA4691966-1987268
82.Henrik LarssonSverige / Nederland / Scotland /




España / England4781993-2009268
83.Hakan ŞükürTürkiye / Italia / England5341988-2008268
84.Klaus FischerDeutschland5351968-1988268
85.Juan Carlos SánchezArgentina / Bolivia3701973-1992266
86.Nándor Hidegkúti Magyarország3811942-1958265
87.Juan García RivasVenezuela / Colombia5761989-2009265
88.Fernando MorenaUruguay / España / Argentina3091968-1984264
89.Shota ArveladzeGeorgia / Türkiye / Nederland /




Scotland / España 4301991-2008263
90.Tamagnini Manuel Goles




Baptista »Nené«Portugal4211969-1986262
91.Rivaldo Vitor Borba Brasil / España / Italia / Hellas /



Ferreira Uzbekistan5181993-2009261
92.Oscar MasArgentina / España / Colombia5221964-1985261
93.Sotirios KaiafasCyprus3881967-1984260
94.Thomas MavrosHellas5071970-1991260
95.Telmo Zarraonandía MontoyaEspaña2761940-1955259
96.Herminio MasantonioArgentina / Uruguay3671931-1945259
97.Diego Armando MaradonaArgentina / España / Italia4901976-1997259
98.Damien MoriAustralia / Deutschland4951989-2009259
99.Henri CoppensBelgique3891946-1962258
100.Charles Murray BuchanEngland4821910-1928257
101.Vlastimil KopeckýČeskoslovensko3291931-1950256
102.Flórián Albert Magyarország3511958-1974256
103.Armin KringsLuxembourg3541981-2000256
104.John EriksenDanmark / Nederland / Schweiz3911978-1991256
105.Josip SkoblarJugoslavija / France / Deutschland4301959-1976255
106.James McCollScotland4491913-1930255
107.Nathaniel LofthouseEngland4521946-1960255
108.Robert FerrierScotland6251918-1937255
109.David WilsonScotland3301928-1939254
110.David Bone Nightingale JackEngland4761920-1934254
111.Bernard LacombeFrance4961970-1987254
112.Jared Francisco BorgettiMéxico / England / Saudi Arabia4821994-2009254
113.Petar JekovBulgaria3331962-1975253
114.Anthonie van der LindenNederland3611954-1967253
115.William MacFadyenScotland / England3981923-1938253
116.Dudu GeorgescuRomânia3701970-1987252
117.Héctor Casimiro YazaldeArgentina / Portugal / France3841967-1982252
118.Sven JonassonSverige4101927-1947252
119.Rodolfus Antonius MakaayNederland / España / Deutschland5131993-2009251
120.Jacobus Johannes BosmanNederland / Belgique5211983-2002251
121.Eugen MeierSchweiz3201951-1965249
122.Joseph Henry BakerScotland / England4321957-1972249
123.Joseph BradfordEngland4101921-1935248
124.Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Colombia / España / Brasil 4871990 -2007248
125.Slobodan SantracJugoslavija / Schweiz4061965-1983247
126.Pauli JørgensenDanmark2521924-1942245
127.David McCraeScotland / Northern Ireland3421923-1936245
128.Friedrich CejkaÖsterreich4381947-1966245
129.Carlos Manuel MoreteArgentina / España4851970-1986245
130.Hugo Ernesto GottardiArgentina / Colombia5511973-1988245
131.Lajos TichyMagyarország3201954-1971244
132.Josef HügiSchweiz3221948-1965244
133.Kurt HamrinSverige / Italia4621953-1971244
134.Oscar Enrique SánchezGuatemala 6091975-1993244
135.Dezső/Désiré KorányiFrance3281935-1950243
136.Angelo SchiavioItalia3471922-1938243
137.Lauro AmadòSchweiz3551933-1949243
138.Joseph SmithEngland4101911-1927243
139.Sonny Anderson da SilvaBrasil / Schweiz / France / España




/ Qatar 4691988-2006243
140.Manuel José Tavares




FernandezPortugal4851970-1988243
141.Horacio Casarin GarcilazoMéxico3041936-1957242
142.Vincent Thomas ArkinsÉire / Scotland / Northern Ireland4711989-2006242
143.Stéphane ChapuisatSchweiz / Deutschland5091987-2005241
144.Ronaldo Luís Nazário da Brasil / Nederland / España /



LimaItalia3351993-2009240
145.George BrownEngland3661921-1937240
146.Tanju ÇolakTürkiye2811982-1993239
147.Mihály KozmaMagyarország3961967-1984239
148.Ian James RushEngland / Italia5501980-1998239
149.Andrew CunninghamScotland / England5461909-1929239
150.Jean CapelleBelgique2461929-1944238
151.Egmar GonçalvesSingapore<2771996-2006238
152.Gilbert Cyrille NilisBelgique / Nederland / England3891986-2000238
153.Ulf KirstenDDR / Deutschland5041983-2003238
154.Alberto Federico AcostaArgentina / France / Chile / Japan




/ Portugal5351986-2003238
155.José Francisco SanfilippoArgentina / Uruguay3381953-1972237
156.Wlodzimierz LubanskiPolska / Belgique4261963-1982237
157.Luis ArtimeArgentina / Uruguay / Brasil3021959-1973236
158.Yeorgios SiderisHellas / Belgique3101959-1972236
159.Paul Van HimstBelgique4811959-1976236
160.William Semple Brown




WallaceScotland / England / Australia5361959-1977236
161.Roger CourtoisFrance / Schweiz3841933-1955235
162.Iván René ValencianoColombia / Italia / México /




Ecuador4311988-2006235
163.Ariel José GrazianiPerú / Ecuador /México / USA /




Argentina4531993-2006235
164.Mirko Grabovac *Hrvatska / Singapore3311993-2007234
165.Dimitrios PapaioanouHellas4811962-1979234
166.John HansenDanmark / Italia3081943-1959233
167.George Henry CamsellEngland3371927-1939233
168.Gabriel Omar BatistutaArgentina / Italia / Qatar4151988-2004233
169.Charles AntenenSchweiz4441945-1965233

Vahid HalilhodžićJugoslavija / France4441971-1987233
171.Bernabé FerreyraArgentina2281929-1939232
172.Ove Bengt KindvallSverige / Nederland3431962-1977232
173.Mário Jardel AlmeidaBrasil / Portugal / Türkiye /



RibeiroEngland / Argentina / Australia2841993-2008231
174.Anton SchallÖsterreich2851926-1941231
175.Dušan BajevićJugoslavija / Hellas4291966-1983231
176.Paul DechampsBelgique3001945-1956230
177.Raúl Ignacio Díaz Arce Guatemala / El Salvador / USA 4071988-2001230
178.Thierry HenryFrance / Italia / England / España4431994-2009230
179.James KellyNorthern Ireland / Éire4441927-1952230
180.Manuel PelegrinaArgentina4941938-1956230
181.Jan CeulemansBelgique5171974-1991230
182.Kenneth Mathieson DalglishScotland / England5581970-1988230
183.Johann BuzekÖsterreich3781955-1973229

Joachim StreichDDR3781969-1985229
185.Rui Manuel Trinidade JordãoPortugal / España3901971-1989229
186.Sergio Ramón IbarraPerú / El Salvador / Colombia>3981993-2009229
187.Brendan BradleyÉire3721969-1985228
188.Sigurd RushfeldtNorge / España / Österreich4371992-2009228
189.Alessandro FrigerioSchweiz / France2991933-1949227
190.Gheorghe HagiRomânia / España / Italia /Türkiye4851982-2001227
191.Camilo Rodolfo CervinoArgentina / Colombia5221944-1966227
192.Sir Geoffrey Charles HurstEngland / South Africa / Éire / USA5541960-1976227
193.Atilio Ceferino GarcíaArgentina / Uruguay2351934-1951226
194.Erich HofÖsterreich3171953-1969226
195.Metin OktayTürkiye / Italia2651958-1969226
196.Petrus Ferdinandus JohannesNederland / Scotland / Portugal /



van HooijdonkTürkiye3721993-2007226
197.James SmithScotland 2341929-1939225
198.Mihails MiholapsLatvija / Russia / Kazakhstan3371995-2009225
199.Raúl GonzálezEspaña5341994-2009225
200.Cornelis KistNederland / France4061972-1986224
201.José Manuel MorenoArgentina / México / Chile /




Uruguay / Colombia4891935-1961224
202.Miguel Ángel BrindisiArgentina / España / Uruguay5361967-1983224
203.William HoggEngland / Scotland / USA6111899-1929224
204.John NelsonUSA2501924-1931223
205.Patrick MorocuttiLuxembourg3431986-2002223
206.Dieter MüllerDeutschland / France / Schweiz4031973-1986223
207.Anthony Richard CotteeEngland / Malaysia /5621982-2001223
208.Evgeniy BoldyginKyrgyzstan2841995-2008222
209.József NemesMagyarország / France3441930-1946222
210.Vítor René MendietaPanamá / El Salvador / México /



OcampoEcuador / Honduras3751978-1997222
211.Jafar Irismetov Uzbekistan / Hellas / Russia /




Belarus / Ukraine / Kazakhstan3811993-2009222
212.Sergio Galván ReyColombia / USA5831996-2009222
213.David George Herd England / Éire4041954-1971222
214.Hugo Horacio LonderoArgentina / Colombia4751967-1981222
215.Hami MandiraliTürkiye / Deutschland4991985-2003222
216.Jean BaratteFrance3521941-1955221
217.Martín PalermoArgentina / España 4321992-2009221
218.Antony de ÁvilaColombia / Argentina / USA /




Ecuador6091982-2009221
219.Josef HeynckesDeutschland3691965-1978220
220.Albert Roger Miller »Milla«Cameroun / France4221970-1989220
221.Karl-Heinz RummeniggeDeutschland / Italia / Schweiz4241974-1989220
222.Stefan/Istvár Auer-AvarRomânia / Magyarország2231927-1941219
223.Desmond DicksonNorthern Ireland2711967-1982219
224.César Rodríguez AlvarezEspaña3541941-1960219
225.Joseph Harold HamptonEngland3601904-1922219
226.Marcel van BastenNederland / Italia2801982-1993218
227.Lucas Sebastião da Fonseca




»Matateu«Portugal2891951-1967218
228.David BrownUSA3081921-1931218
229.Robert Cunning HamiltonScotland3301897-1914218
230.John Edward Thimoson




MilburnEngland / Northern Ireland3441948-1960218
231.Zamirbek JumagulovKyrgyzstan3621992-2007218
232.Jean-Paul Nico BraunLuxembourg / Deutschland /




France / Belgique3681968-1985218
233.Enrique Castro González




»Quini«España4481970-1987218
234.Manuel Fernández PahíñoEspaña2791943-1956217
235.Salif KeitaFrance / España / Portugal / USA3461967-1980217
236.Peter RisiSchweiz3691970-1984217
237.José Augusto da Costa




Senica TorresPortugal3841960-1980217
238.Ricardo Roberto InfanteArgentina4381942-1961217
239.Oleg BlokhinSoviet Union / Österreich / Cyprus4711969-1990217
240.Rudgerus Johannes Martinus




van NisterlrooyNederland / England / España3161997-2009216
241.Raoul LambertBelgië3731962-1980216
242.Hervé RevelliFrance3851965-1978216
243.José João Altafini »Mazola«Brasil / Italia4591955-1978216
244.Francisco ValdesChile4781961-1983215
245.Ramón Ángel DíazArgentina / Italia / France / Japan5011978-1995215
246.Hermen Benítez MesíasEcuador / Honduras4041980-1996214
247.William Henry WalkerEngland4781919-1934214
248.Béla Illés Magyarország 5401986-2006214
249.Tibor NyilasiMagarország / Österreich3631972-1988213
250.Oleg ProtasovSoviet Union / Greece / Japan4461982-1999213
251.Manfred BurgsmüllerDeutschland4471969-1990213
252.Sebastián Washington AbreuUruguay / Argentina / España /




Brasil / México / Hellas3741995-2009212
253.Petar AlexandrovBulgaria / België / DDR / Schweiz4201982-2000212
254.Luboslav PenevBulgaria / España4391984-2002212
255.Pedro González VeraChile5451988-2006212
256.Arsénio Trindade DuartePortugal3121940-1955211
257.Denis LawEngland / Italia4041959-1974211
258.Alfred RiedlÖsterreich / België / France4211968-1984211
259.Helmut KöglbergerÖsterreich4251964-1981211
260.Klaus AllofsDeutschland / France5151975-1993211
261.Marc DegryseBelgië / England / Nederland5431983-2002211
262.Roberto Eugenio CherroArgentina2891926-1938210
263.James WardhaughScotland3161946-1961210
264.Francisco VaralloArgentina2721928-1939209
265.Lothar EmmerichDeutschland / Belgique /




Österreich3411960-1974209
266.Rodion CamataruRomania / Belgique / Nederland4231975-1991209
267.Julio César AndersonGuatemala / México / El Salvador5491967-1985209
268.István NyersMagyarország / France / Italia3311945-1956208
269.Nasko SirakovBulgaria / España / France3431980-1997208
270.Ronald AllenEngland4161949-1961208
271.Hristo StoichkovBulgaria / España / USA4341985-2003208
272.Valeriano López MendiolaPerú / Colombia / Argentina1991946-1961207
273.Harry BildSverige / Schweiz / Nederland3591956-1973207
274.Héctor Horace ScottaArgentina / España / 3721970-1982207
275.Michel PlatiniFrance / Italia4001973-1987207
276.Oswaldo Felipe Ramírez




SalcedoPerú / México / Venezuela4251966-1981207
277.Alan John GilzeanScotland / England / South Africa4771959-1974207
278.Andrew WilsonScotland / England5191899-1920207
279.Patrick GallagherIreland / Scotland5621911-1932207
280.Thadée CisowskiFrance2691948-1961206
281.Heikki SuhonenSuomi4271969-1986206
282.Roberto BaggioItalia4521986-2004206
283.James DunneEngland / Eire2881927-1942205
284.Harold JohnsonEngland3141919-1931205
285.Iván Luis ZamoranoChile / Schweiz / España / Italia /




México5461985-2003205
286.Osvaldo Marcial PalavecinoArgentina / Colombia4731972-1985205
287.Zlatko KranjarJugoslavija / Österreich4741973-1991205
288.James William FlemingScotland2861924-1936204
289.Jürgen KlinsmannDeutschland / Italia / France /




England4481984-1998204
290.Victor Martin WatsonEngland2951923-1832203
291.Antal DunaiMagyarország 3271961-1977203
292.Robert GurneyEngland3481925-1939203
293.Andrzej SzarmachPolska / France3551972-1985203
294.Roger PiantoniFrance3861950-1966203
295.Johann RieglerÖsterreich / France3871944-1963203
296.Dennis Sydney ViolletEngland / USA / Northern Ireland4371952-1970203
297.Brian KiddEngland / USA5111967-1984203
298.Kunishige KamamotoJapan2511967-1983202
299.Alexios AlexandrisHellas / Cyprus4081986-2006202
300.Fernando Salinas de los RíosBolivia3161980-1993202
301.Fritz KünzliSchweiz / USA3221964-1979202
302.László/Ladislav/LadislaoMagyarország / Československo /



KubalaEspaña / Schweiz / Canada3461944-1967202
303.Alfred BickelSchweiz4051935-1956202
304.Pieter Robert RensenbrinkNederland / Belgique / Canada4511965-1980202
305.László CsehMagyarország2051931-1941201
306.Mark VidukaAustralia, Croatia, Scotland,




England4091993-2009201
307.Rudolf VöllerDeutschland / Italia / France4321980-1996201
308.Dennis Nicolaas Maria




BergkampNederland / Italia / England5521986-2006201
309.Trevor John FrancisEngland / USA / Italia / Scotland5291972-1993201
310.Aykut KocamanTürkiye3521985-2000200
311.Andriy ShevshenkoUkraine / Italia / England4021994-2990200
312.Jorge GallegoColombia4061962-1975200
313.Davor ŠukerJugoslavija / España / England /




Deutschland4461985-2002200
 
 
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* Mirko Grabovac (born 10th January 1971 in Stobrac in Yugoslavia) is promoted with his home team Primorac Stobrec in the Croatian top division in 1993 and played onwards in the highest national league: 1993-1995 for Primorac Stobrec (53 appearances & 9 goals), 1995/96 for Cibalia Vinkovci (19 app. & 1 goal) and Zadarkomerc Zadar (11 app. & 1 goal). He played in the season 1997/98 again for Primorac Stobrec in the 2nd division and in the following season he began at Mladost IK Prolozac in a lower division. Mirko Grabovac went beginning 1999 to Singapore, where he became a goalgetter. He scored 223 goals in 248 appearances in the S.League for Singapore Armed Forces FC and from 2004 for Tampines Rovers FC. After the 2007 season he finished his career of player and went back to Croatia. He is coach of the Croatian 2nd division club Mosor Zrnovnica since February 2009. Here his league appearances and league goals - without other national competitions:

season  club                                  app.   goals
1999    Singapore Armed Forces FC    22     23
2000    Singapore Armed Forces FC    22    19
2001    Singapore Armed Forces FC   35     42
2002    Singapore Armed Forces FC   36     36
2003    Singapore Armed Forces FC   33     20
2004    Tampines Rovers FC             23     23
2005    Tampines Rovers FC             25     26
2006    Tampines Rovers FC             23     20
2007    Tampines Rovers FC             29     14

   

 

Situation: 31st December 2009