Details of football

List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals

In top-level association football, 27 players have scored 500 or more goals over the course of their career, according to research by the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Only players who were active in top division football for all or most of their careers are considered. The ranking below takes into account goals scored in official matches played with national teams at all age levels and clubs in all divisions.^[1]

Ranking

Key

 Unverified data is excluded from players' data; goal and match totals may be higher.
Players in bold are currently active; data is accurate as of 26 January 2018.^[2][3]

Rank	Player	Goals	Matches	Ratio	Years
1	Josef Bican (CZE)	805	530	1.52	1931–1956
2	Romário (BRA)	772	994	0.78	1985–2007
3	Pelé (BRA)	767	831	0.92	1957–1977
4	Ferenc Puskás (HUN)	746	754	0.99	1943–1966
5	Gerd Müller (GER)	735	793	0.93	1962–1981
6	Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)	644	925	0.7	2002–present
7	Lionel Messi (ARG)	621	792	0.78	2004–present
8	Ferenc Deák (HUN)	576	—		1940–1957
9	Uwe Seeler (GER)	575	—		1953–1978
	Túlio Maravilha (BRA)	575	—		1988–2012
11	Arthur Friedenreich (BRA)	557	—		1909–1935
12	Ernst Willimowski (POL)	554	—		1934–1955
13	Eusébio (POR)	552	—		1957–1979
14	Jimmy McGrory (SCO)	550	—		1922–1937
15	Franz Binder (AUT)	546	—		1949–1976
16	Fernando Peyroteo (POR)	544	—		1937–1949
17	Hugo Sánchez (MEX)	541	—		1976–1997
18	Fritz Walter (GER)	539	—		1937–1959
19	József Takács (HUN)	523	—		1917–1934
20	Gyula Zsengellér (HUN)	522	—		1935–1953
	Zico (BRA)	522	—		1971–1994
22	Alfredo Di Stéfano (ARG)	514	—		1945–1966
	Hans Krankl (AUT)	514	—		1970–1989
24	Gunnar Nordahl (SWE)	513	—		1937–1958
25	Roberto Dinamite (BRA)	512	—		1971–1993
26	Jimmy Greaves (ENG)	511	—		1957–1980
27	Ferenc Bene (HUN)	508	—		1961–1978