Highest International Goalscorers Thread.

[Flex]

7 goals to meet Pele

Top international association football goal scorers by country

# - Country - Name - International Goals - Caps

1  Iran, Ali Daei, 109, 149
2  Hungary, Ferenc Puskás, 84, 85
3  Brazil, Pelé, 77, 92
4  Trinidad and Tobago, Stern John, 70, 110
5  Germany, Gerd Müller, 68, 62
6  Iraq, Hussein Saee, 63, 126
7  Argentina, Gabriel Batistuta, 56, 78
7  Honduras, Carlos Pavón, 56, 96
9  Czech Republic, Jan Koller, 55, 91
10  United Arab Emirates, Adnan Al Talyani, 53, 164
11  Denmark, Poul Nielsen/Jon Dahl Tomasson, 52, 38/112
12  Republic of Ireland, Robbie Keane, 51, 108
12  Turkey, Hakan Sükür, 51, 112
12  France, Thierry Henry, 51, 123
15  Côte d'Ivoire, Didier Drogba, 50, 75
16  Sweden, Sven Rydell, 49, 43
16  England, Bobby Charlton, 49, 106
18  Poland, Wlodzimierz Lubanski, 48, 75
18  Bulgaria, Dimitar Berbatov, 48, 76
20  Spain, David Villa, 47, 72
20  Portugal, Pauleta, 47, 88
20  Costa Rica, Rolando Fonseca, 47, 107
23  Mexico, Jared Borgetti, 46, 90
23  Cameroon, Samuel Eto'o, 46, 102
23  United States, Landon Donovan, 46, 128
26  Croatia, Davor Šuker, 45, 69
26  Ukraine, Andriy Shevchenko, 45, 95
28  Austria, Toni Polster, 43, 95
28  India, Baichung Bhutia, 43, 109
30  Switzerland, Alexander Frei, 42, 82
30  Soviet Union, Oleg Blokhin, 42, 112
32  El Salvador, Mágico González, 41, 48
32  Guatemala, Carlos Ruíz, 41, 83

[Big Magician]

mama...check Puskas record
maybe he had to cuss de crowd also

14

[Bitter]

mama...check Puskas record
maybe he had to cuss de crowd also

14

Like yuh eh make out Muller @ #5. More goals than caps...

[Touches]

I want Stern reach right up dey and pass Ali Daie...go #14

[andre samuel]

Buss the net brother, i seeing ah double against Bermuda

[Cocorite]

Legend

[Socapro]

Top international association football goal scorers by country

# - Country - Name - International Goals - Caps

1  Iran, Ali Daei, 109, 149
2  Hungary, Ferenc Puskás, 84, 85
3  Brazil, Pelé, 77, 92
4  Trinidad and Tobago, Stern John, 70, 110
5  Germany, Gerd Müller, 68, 62
6  Iraq, Hussein Saee, 63, 126
7  Argentina, Gabriel Batistuta, 56, 78
7  Honduras, Carlos Pavón, 56, 96
9  Czech Republic, Jan Koller, 55, 91
10  United Arab Emirates, Adnan Al Talyani, 53, 164
11  Denmark, Poul Nielsen/Jon Dahl Tomasson, 52, 38/112
12  Republic of Ireland, Robbie Keane, 51, 108
12  Turkey, Hakan Sükür, 51, 112
12  France, Thierry Henry, 51, 123
15  Côte d'Ivoire, Didier Drogba, 50, 75
16  Sweden, Sven Rydell, 49, 43
16  England, Bobby Charlton, 49, 106
18  Poland, Wlodzimierz Lubanski, 48, 75
18  Bulgaria, Dimitar Berbatov, 48, 76
20  Spain, David Villa, 47, 72
20  Portugal, Pauleta, 47, 88
20  Costa Rica, Rolando Fonseca, 47, 107
23  Mexico, Jared Borgetti, 46, 90
23  Cameroon, Samuel Eto'o, 46, 102
23  United States, Landon Donovan, 46, 128
26  Croatia, Davor Šuker, 45, 69
26  Ukraine, Andriy Shevchenko, 45, 95
28  Austria, Toni Polster, 43, 95
28  India, Baichung Bhutia, 43, 109
30  Switzerland, Alexander Frei, 42, 82
30  Soviet Union, Oleg Blokhin, 42, 112
32  El Salvador, Mágico González, 41, 48
32  Guatemala, Carlos Ruíz, 41, 83

It will be good if we can get a subset from that list of players who are still active as professional football players!
I've highlighted the two I am aware of!

[NUFF]

David Villa still active too.

[Trinimassive]

David Villa still active too.

Plus these

7 Honduras, Carlos Pavón, 56, 96
12  France, Thierry Henry, 51, 123
12  Republic of Ireland, Robbie Keane, 51, 108
18  Bulgaria, Dimitar Berbatov, 48, 76
23  Cameroon, Samuel Eto'o, 46, 102
23  United States, Landon Donovan, 46, 128
26  Ukraine, Andriy Shevchenko, 45, 95
32  Guatemala, Carlos Ruíz, 41, 83

[Coop's]

Where is Maradona and Messi?i'm surprised to see Iran and Iraq up there even one from India.

[davidephraim]

All hail King Stern. Dat is some Royal company we boy in dey. Do yuh ting stern.

[Sam]

Bull them hard Stern John !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kicker]

Where is Maradona and Messi?i'm surprised to see Iran and Iraq up there even one from India.

Only one from each country.  Batistuta is Argentina's all time top scorer to date... That's why he's on the list. 

It's not the top 32 scorers of all time.  It's a top 32 list of each association's all time top scorer...

e.g. Ronaldo has about 60-65 goals from Brazil but he's not on the list because Pele is the top scorer for Brazil.

[Socapro]

Top international association football goal scorers by country

# - Country - Name - International Goals - Caps

1  Iran, Ali Daei, 109, 149
2  Hungary, Ferenc Puskás, 84, 85
3  Brazil, Pelé, 77, 92
4  Trinidad and Tobago, Stern John, 70, 110
5  Germany, Gerd Müller, 68, 62
6  Iraq, Hussein Saee, 63, 126
7  Argentina, Gabriel Batistuta, 56, 78
7  Honduras, Carlos Pavón, 56, 96
9  Czech Republic, Jan Koller, 55, 91
10  United Arab Emirates, Adnan Al Talyani, 53, 164
11  Denmark, Poul Nielsen/Jon Dahl Tomasson, 52, 38/112
12  Republic of Ireland, Robbie Keane, 51, 108
12  Turkey, Hakan Sükür, 51, 112
12  France, Thierry Henry, 51, 123
15  Côte d'Ivoire, Didier Drogba, 50, 75
16  Sweden, Sven Rydell, 49, 43
16  England, Bobby Charlton, 49, 106
18  Poland, Wlodzimierz Lubanski, 48, 75
18  Bulgaria, Dimitar Berbatov, 48, 76
20  Spain, David Villa, 47, 72
20  Portugal, Pauleta, 47, 88
20  Costa Rica, Rolando Fonseca, 47, 107
23  Mexico, Jared Borgetti, 46, 90
23  Cameroon, Samuel Eto'o, 46, 102
23  United States, Landon Donovan, 46, 128
26  Croatia, Davor Šuker, 45, 69
26  Ukraine, Andriy Shevchenko, 45, 95
28  Austria, Toni Polster, 43, 95
28  India, Baichung Bhutia, 43, 109
30  Switzerland, Alexander Frei, 42, 82
30  Soviet Union, Oleg Blokhin, 42, 112
32  El Salvador, Mágico González, 41, 48
32  Guatemala, Carlos Ruíz, 41, 83

Okay, I've highlighted all the players who are still active as professional football players in list above and made a seperate list of them below!

Active players who can close the gap on Stern before they retire!

# - Country - Name - International Goals - Caps

4  Trinidad and Tobago, Stern John, 70, 110
7 Honduras, Carlos Pavón, 56, 96
12  France, Thierry Henry, 51, 123
12  Republic of Ireland, Robbie Keane, 51, 108
18  Bulgaria, Dimitar Berbatov, 48, 76
20  Spain, David Villa, 47, 72
23  Cameroon, Samuel Eto'o, 46, 102
23  United States, Landon Donovan, 46, 128
26  Ukraine, Andriy Shevchenko, 45, 95
32  Guatemala, Carlos Ruíz, 41, 83

Luckily for Stern all the players above him are no longer active and he is 14 goals ahead of Carlos Pavón of Honduras who is the nearest active player below him in the list!

Stern needs just 15 more goals to go to 2nd in the all time scoring list which I think is quite do-able.
He would need 40 more goals to go to the top of the all time scoring list before he retires which will be very difficult but knowing Stern if he keeps fit and in the mix for national selection, who knows?!  Head coach Pfister has already said that Stern is capable of playing at the national level for at least 3 more years and it would be quite possible for Stern to score his 40 required goals in that time. That will be at a do-able rate of 13 goals a year or an average of 1 goal per game if he is selected for the T&T national team and T&T plays at least 12 senior games per year in our campaign to qualify for Brazil 2014 provided we can last the distance and make it into the Hex!!

Big up to Stern, you have every right to cuss the doubters whenever you score goals in our games!
How could people in their right minds doubt your ability to keep scoring goals for your country once you are match fit and hungry?!

[trini_stallion]

he getttting tha.. all yuhhhhl shhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

[FireBrand]

Go get dem Bravo! According to Pfister yuh have 3 years to do it, but I hoping it can be done against yuh next 3 opponents. Ah brace against Bermuda on de 2nd and a goal in each of the remaining fixtures.  

[Big Magician]

wey Fuller and shelton and Marlon King and dem shithongs ??

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

wey Fuller and shelton and Marlon King and dem shithongs ??

where Zamora?

[Coop's]

Where is Maradona and Messi?i'm surprised to see Iran and Iraq up there even one from India.

Only one from each country.  Batistuta is Argentina's all time top scorer to date... That's why he's on the list. 

It's not the top 32 scorers of all time.  It's a top 32 list of each association's all time top scorer...

e.g. Ronaldo has about 60-65 goals from Brazil but he's not on the list because Pele is the top scorer for Brazil.

       Thanks for clearing that up,now i understand

[elan]

Alyuh good yes.

[Flex]

Portugal star Ronaldo becomes second men's player to reach 100 international goals
Yahoo News

Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has become just the second player to ever reach 100 international goals.

Ronaldo reached the milestone just before half-time of Tuesday's Nations League match against Sweden, slamming home a free-kick from outside the box to score the game's first goal.

The 35 year-old is only the second men's player to reach 100 goals for his country after Ali Daei, who scored 109 times for Iran.

Ronaldo's goal was also the 57th of his career from a direct free-kick and the 10th for Portugal.

Ronaldo had to wait 10 months to reach the 100-goal milestone, with his last international strike coming in November 2019 against Luxembourg. The forward had netted a hat-trick in the previous match against Lithuania to take his total to 98.

The coronavirus put a halt to Ronaldo's pursuit of 100 goals, however, with Portugal's match against Croatia last week their first since the Luxembourg fixture.

Ronaldo was forced to sit that match out due to a toe infection, with Portugal winning by a comfortable 4-1 margin even without the Juventus star.

Portugal are looking to defend their Nations League title, having won the inaugural competition last year when they defeated the Netherlands 1-0 in the final.

Ronaldo helped lead his country to that final in June, having netted a hat-trick against Switzerland in the semi-final in a 3-1 win.

At the age of 19, Ronaldo scored his first international goal at Euro 2004. He has gone on to pass the likes of Eusebio and Pauleta to become Portugal's all-time top goalscorer and has now more than doubled previous record-holder Pauleta, who netted 47 times for Portugal.

Ronaldo would see his Portugal side fall to Greece in the Euro 2004 final, but he has gone on to lead Portugal to major honours in the form of Euro 2016 and the inaugural Nations League title in 2019.

On an individual level, Ronaldo has established himself as one of the game's all-time greats in a club career that has seen him represent Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.

In addition to numerous trophies with his club sides, Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Or on five occasions.

Top 22

1. Ali Daei (Iran) - 109
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) - 100
3. Mokhtar Dahari (Malaysia) - 86
4. Ferenc Puskás (Hungary) - 84
5. Godfrey Chitalu (Zambia) - 79
6. Hussein Saeed (Iraq) - 78
7. Pelé (Brazil) - 77
8. Kunishige Kamamoto (Japan) - 75
8. Bashar Abdullah (Kuwait) - 75
19. Sunil Chhetri (India) - 72
10. Majed Abdullah (Saudi Arabia) - 72
12. Kinnah Phiri (Malawi) - 71
12. Kiatisuk Senamuang (Thailand) - 71
12. Miroslav Klose (Germany) - 71
15. Stern John (Trinidad and Tobago) - 70
15. Lionel Messi (Argentina) - 70
17. Carlos Ruiz (Guatemala) - 68
17. Robbie Keane (Republic of Ireland) - 68
19. Hossam Hassan (Egypt) - 67
20. Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) - 65
21. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) - 62
22. Robert Lewandowski (Poland) - 61

[asylumseeker]

Messi finally ketch Stern.

[soccerman]

Ronaldo actually have 101 goals, he was on 99 and scored 2 yesterday.

[Deeks]

Big argument! Is he the GOAT and/or the best goal scorer of his time/generation?

[Mad Scorpion a/k/a Big Bo$$]

Big argument! Is he the GOAT and/or the best goal scorer of his time/generation?

I can't see any argument that says no.

[Flex]

Ronaldo becomes all-time top scorer
REUTERS.

Ronaldo has just become the all-time top scorer in men's international football with 111 goals after he headed two late goals to give Portugal a 2-1 comeback victory over Ireland in Group A of World Cup Qualifying

(SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) PORTUGAL COACH, FERNANDO SANTOS, SAYING:

"Of course, we are all satisfied. All Portuguese are pleased to have the best goalscorer ever, but it was going to happen anyway. I don't believe that with five, six, ten or fifteen more matches that Ronaldo still has to play that he wouldn't break the record. He was already tied. If there were eight, nine or ten goals to get to break the record, maybe we would question if he could get it or not, but with only one goal to get, if not today, it would've been another day.''

Ronaldo signed a two-year deal to re-join Manchester United from Juventus

He called his return to the club ‘the best decision’ and said his mentor Sir Alex Ferguson played a big role in the move