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List of footballers with 500 or more goals

October 20, 2023

In top-level association football competitions, 24 players have scored 500 or more goals over the course of their career in both club and international football, according to research by the IFFHS,[1] first published in 2007.[2] Taking into account competitions of all levels, 75 players have reached the milestone according to research by the RSSSF,[3] an organisation described by German newspaper Der Spiegel as a "Wikipedia of football statistics".[4] Hungarian Imre Schlosser was the first to reach the 500-goal mark, doing so in 1927 shortly before his retirement.[5] Eight players have accomplished the feat at a single club, among them Josef Bican (Slavia Prague), Jimmy Jones (Glenavon), Jimmy McGrory (Celtic), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich), Pelé (Santos), Fernando Peyroteo (Sporting CP), and Uwe Seeler (Hamburg).[6] Of these eight, Messi scored the most, with 672 goals between his debut in 2004 and his departure in 2021.[7]

With over 850 goals at club and international level combined, Cristiano Ronaldo is the top goalscorer of all time.

FIFA, the international governing body of football, has never released a list detailing the highest goalscorers and does not keep official records;[8][9] in 2020, it recognised Bican, an Austrian-Czech dual international who played between the 1930s and the 1950s,[10] as the record scorer with an estimated 805 goals,[11][12] although CNN, the BBC, France 24, and O Jogo all acknowledge that Bican's tally includes goals scored for reserve teams and in unofficial international matches.[9][13][14][15] UEFA, the governing body for European football, ranks him as the leading all-time goalscorer in European top-flight leagues with 518 goals, narrowly ahead of Hungarian Ferenc Puskás.[16] The RSSSF credits Bican with 948 goals, a tally which includes goals scored in winter tournaments, as well as when selected to represent regional and city teams,[17] and the Football Association of the Czech Republic claims a total of 821.[18][19] Spanish newspapers Marca and Sport state that both Bican and Pelé scored 762 goals.[20][21] Such is the difficulty for statisticians and media outlets to determine which goals to include that the topic has spurred controversy;[22][23] Bican once walked out of a gala held in his honour by the IFFHS after the organisation had excluded war-time goals from his tally, although it later recognised 229 goals he had scored during the period.[24]

Media outlets around the world such as Sky Sports, ESPN, and Globo Esporte argue that, for Brazilian forward Pelé and players of his era, friendly matches were highly important fixtures and held more resonance, and the tallies accumulated should be included,[25][26][27] while journalist Hugh McIlvanney once described them as mere "profit-making excursions" that bore little "relevance to Pelé's reality as a great player",[28] and Jonathan Liew stated that many of the friendlies were "against up-country teams or down-at-heel invitational sides".[29] When Argentinian forward Messi was reported to have broken the record for most goals for a single club (644 for Spanish club Barcelona), Pelé's former club Santos denied the claim, releasing a statement saying 448 of Pelé's goals scored in friendlies had been uncounted,[30] and arguing that many of the goals came against "the best teams of all time",[31] statements Pelé agreed with by publicly changing his overall tally to 1,283 on Instagram.[32] When reporting the statistics of Messi, Barcelona argued that because Bican and Pelé, as well as Erwin Helmchen and Abe Lenstra, among others, scored the majority of their goals in leagues which were not played at a national level, their tallies should be questioned and potentially not counted,[33] while goals scored during war-time, in lower-tiers and regional divisions, by players such as Bican, Ferenc Deák, Puskás, Seeler, Muller, Túlio Maravilha, and Robert Lewandowski, are also questioned.[34]

In 2021, Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo was reported to have broken the record when he scored his 760th goal,[35][36][37] although it was widely acknowledged it was impossible to quantify with certainty as statistics from previous generations are often disputed,[19][38][39][40][41][42] as highlighted by football journalist Jonathan Wilson and Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport's editor Ivan Zazzaroni, who recognised the possibility that German striker Helmchen had scored 981 goals.[17][43] Ronaldo himself addressed the issue, saying that "the world has changed since then and football has changed as well, but this doesn't mean that we can just erase history according to our interests".[44] There are other claims to the record; Guinness World Records credits Pelé as the scorer of the "most career goals", with 1,279,[45] and Brazilian striker Romário celebrated scoring what he claimed was his 1,000th goal in 2007 but later admitted his tally included friendly matches;[46] they are reported to have scored 767 and 772 goals, respectively,[19][47][48][49][50] with Pelé's total including one goal for the military team and nine goals for the state team of São Paulo at the State Team Championship.[51][52] The Encyclopædia Britannica notes that Brazilian Arthur Friedenreich is "officially recognised" by FIFA to have scored 1,329 goals,[53] although there is little evidence for, and no documentation of, this claim.[45][54] In March 2022, Ronaldo surpassed Bican's estimated tally of 805.[55][56]

Footballers with 500 or more goals

 
Lionel Messi has scored the most goals for one club.
 
Pelé held the world record for around 50 years.
 
Josef Bican is credited by FIFA with 805 goals.
 
Robert Lewandowski, the most recent to score 500 goals.
 
Alfredo Di Stéfano, the first South American to score 500 goals.
 
Imre Schlosser, the first footballer to score 500 goals.

According to the IFFHS and other media outlets, 24 players are credited with scoring 500 or more goals in top-level professional football competitions:

As of 17 October 2023.[1]
Bold indicates players currently active.
* indicates player has scored at least 500 goals for a single club.[57]
Rank Player Club Country and other Total Career span
League Cup Continental
1   Cristiano Ronaldo 522[a] 51 159 127 859[62] 2002–present
2   Lionel Messi* 497[b] 71 147 106 821[67] 2004–present
3   Pelé* 604[c] 49 26 83 762 1957–1977
4   Romário 544[d] 93 54 64 755 1985–2007
5     Ferenc Puskás 515[e] 69 56 84 724 1943–1966
6     Josef Bican* 515[f] 134 41 32 722 1931–1955
7   Jimmy Jones* 332[g] 290 14 12 648 1947–1964
8   Gerd Müller* 405[h] 92 69 68 634 1964–1981
9   Joe Bambrick 348[i] 260 0 21 629 1926–1943
10   Abe Lenstra 573[j] 18 0 33 624 1937–1960
11   Eusébio 422[k] 97 59 41 619 1957–1978
12   Robert Lewandowski 372[l] 53 102 81 608[72] 2008–present
13   Glenn Ferguson 313[m] 241 9 0 563 1987–2011
14   Zlatan Ibrahimović 394[n] 48 57 62 561 1999–2023
15   Fernando Peyroteo* 464[o] 72 3 14 553 1937–1949
16   Uwe Seeler* 447[p] 41 21 43 552 1954–1972
17   Jimmy McGrory* 409[q] 131 0 12 552 1922–1937
18   Luis Suárez 373[r] 45 53 68 539[77] 2005–present
19     Alfredo Di Stéfano 376[s] 55 70 29 530 1945–1966
20   György Sárosi 351[t] 22 102 42 517 1930–1948
21   Roberto Dinamite 476[u] 8 5 22 511 1971–1992
22   Hugo Sánchez 390[v] 49 38 30 507 1976–1997
23   Imre Schlosser 417[w] 18 10 59 504 1905–1928
24   Franz Binder 297[x] 93 87 26 503 1930–1949

RSSSF statistics

As the RSSSF uses different methodology from that of the IFFHS and other media outlets to determine which goals to include,[78] 75 players are credited with scoring 500 or more goals in matches taking into account competitions at all levels:

As of 7 July 2023.[3]
Bold indicates players currently active.
+ indicates player may have scored and played more.
Rank Player Goals Matches Ratio Career span
1   Erwin Helmchen 987+ 577 1.71 1924–1951
2     Josef Bican 950+ 624 1.52 1930–1957
3   Ronnie Rooke 931+ 1029 0.9 1929–1961
4   Cristiano Ronaldo 856 1204 0.71 2002–present
5   Jimmy Jones 840+ 756 1.11 1944–1965
6   Lionel Messi 836 1085 0.77 2003–present
7    Ferenc Puskás 802 792 1.01 1943–1967
8   Ferenc Deák 795+ 514 1.55 1939–1959
9   Abe Lenstra 789+ 850 0.93 1936–1964
10   Romário 785 1003 0.78 1984–2009
11   Pelé 778 851 0.91 1956–1977
12   Tommy Lawton 743+ 827 0.9 1935–1957
13   Gerd Müller 735 793 0.93 1963–1981
14   Sammy Hughes 722+ 748 0.97 1943–1963
15   Joe Bambrick 690+ 578 1.19 1925–1943
16     Ernst Wilimowski 683+ 484 1.41 1932–1957
17   Tom Waring 670+ 700+ 0.96 1924–1948
18   Robert Lewandowski 653 936 0.7 2004–present
19   Ferenc Bene 635 971 0.65 1959–1985
20   Eusébio 626+ 658 0.95 1960–1978
21   Joe Smith 616+ 903 0.68 1908–1931
22   Boy Martin 611+ 527 1.16 1930–1947
23   Gyula Zsengellér 611+ 649 0.94 1931–1953
24   Frederick Roberts 608+ 468 1.3 1922–1937
25   Stan Mortensen 606+ 810 0.75 1938–1962
26   Fernando Peyroteo 598 369 1.62 1937–1949
27   Jimmy Greaves 590+ 842 0.7 1956–1980
28   Uwe Seeler 586 688 0.85 1954–1972
29   Fritz Walter 586+ 583 1.01 1938–1959
30   Túlio Maravilha 585 950+ 0.62 1987–2014
31   Zlatan Ibrahimović 582 1001 0.58 1999–2023
32   Jimmy Kelly 571+ 1000 0.57 1925–1957
33   Imre Schlosser 570 464 1.23 1906–1928
34   Glenn Ferguson 569 1084 0.52 1987–2011
35   Franz Binder 569+ 431 1.32 1927–1949
36   Dixie Dean 568 612 0.93 1923–1940
37   Hughie Gallacher 566+ 715 0.79 1920–1940
38   John Aldridge 565+ 990 0.57 1976–1998
39   Hugo Sánchez 562 956 0.59 1974–1998
40   José Torres 561 615 0.91 1958–1980
41   Jimmy McGrory 558 549 1.02 1922–1938
42   Sándor Kocsis 556 537 1.04 1946–1966
43   Isidro Lángara 556+ 445 1.25 1930–1948
44   Paul Dechamps 552+ 608 0.91 1939–1964
45   David Wilson 551+ 605 0.91 1927–1947
46   Luis Suárez 550 923 0.6 2005–present
47   Tommy Dickson 546+ 782 0.7 1946–1966
48   Zico 546 798 0.68 1971–1994
49   Ferenc Szusza 544 599 0.91 1940–1961
50   Dave Halliday 543+ 640 0.85 1920–1938
51   Jock Dodds 542 612 0.89 1932–1950
52   József Takács 542 528 1.03 1920–1942
53   Jimmy Smith 540+ 516 1.05 1928–1947
54   Hughie Ferguson 528+ 559 0.94 1914–1930
55     Alfredo Di Stéfano 524 715 0.73 1945–1966
56   Nándor Hidegkuti 523 681 0.77 1938–1958
57   Des Dickson 523+ 716 0.73 1964–1983
58   Dennis Westcott 522+ 575 0.91 1933–1954
59   Roberto Dinamite 519 869 0.6 1971–1992
60   Hans Krankl 518 725 0.71 1970–1989
61   Joseph Mermans 518 644 0.8 1937–1960
62   Gunnar Nordahl 514+ 597 0.86 1936–1961
63   Giorgio Chinaglia 512+ 707 0.72 1962–1990
64   Trevor Thompson 512+ 585 0.88 1955–1969
65   David McLean 511+ 801 0.64 1906–1931
66   György Sárosi 509 597 0.85 1929–1948
67   Willy van der Kuijlen 504 807 0.62 1962–1983
68   Roger Milla 504+ 907 0.56 1968–1996
69   Steve Bloomer 504 755 0.67 1891–1920
70   Albert de Cleyn 503 588 0.86 1933–1955
71   George Camsell 503+ 590 0.85 1923–1942
72   Dennis Guy 503+ 630 0.8 1960–1976
73     István Avar 503+ 447 1.13 1922–1949
74   Arthur Rowley 502+ 729 0.69 1941–1967
75   Lajos Tichy 500 628 0.8 1952–1971

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Played club football for Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus, and Al Nassr.
  2. ^ Played club football for Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, and Inter Miami.
  3. ^ Played club football for Santos and New York Cosmos.
  4. ^ Played club football for Vasco da Gama, PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, Flamengo, Valencia, Fluminense, Al Sadd, Miami, Adelaide United, and America.
  5. ^ Played club football for Budapest Honved and Real Madrid.
  6. ^ Played club football for Rapid Vienna, Admira Vienna, Slavia Prague, FC Vítkovice, FC Hradec Králové, Dynamo Prague, Slovan Liberec, and Spartak Brno ZJŠ.
  7. ^ Played club football for Belfast Celtic, Glenavon, Portadown, and Bangor.
  8. ^ Played club football for Bayern Munich and Fort Lauderdale Strikers.
  9. ^ Played club football for Glentoran, Linfield, Chelsea, and Walsall.
  10. ^ Played club football for Heerenveen, SC Enschede, and Enschedese Boys.
  11. ^ Played club football for Sporting Lourenço Marques, Benfica, Boston Minutemen, Monterrey, Toronto Metros-Croatia, Beira-Mar, Las Vegas Quicksilvers, União de Tomar, and New Jersey Americans.
  12. ^ Played club football for Znicz Pruszków, Lech Poznań, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, and Barcelona.
  13. ^ Played club football for Ards, Glenavon, Linfield, and Lisburn Distillery.
  14. ^ Played club football for Malmö FF, Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, and LA Galaxy.
  15. ^ Played club football for Sporting CP.
  16. ^ Played club football for Hamburger SV and Cork Celtic.
  17. ^ Played club football for Celtic and Clydebank.
  18. ^ Played club football for Nacional, Groningen, Ajax, Liverpool, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, and Grêmio.
  19. ^ Played club football for River Plate, Huracán, Millonarios, Real Madrid, and Espanyol.
  20. ^ Played club football for Ferencvárosi.
  21. ^ Played club football for Vasco da Gama, Barcelona, Portuguesa, and Campo Grande.
  22. ^ Played club football for UNAM, San Diego Sockers, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid, América, Rayo Vallecano, Atlante, Linz, Dallas Burn, and Atlético Celaya.
  23. ^ Played club football for Ferencvárosi, MTK Hungária, Wiener AC, and Budai 33.
  24. ^ Played club football for Rapid Vienna.

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In top level association football competitions 24 players have scored 500 or more goals over the course of their career in both club and international football according to research by the IFFHS 1 first published in 2007 2 Taking into account competitions of all levels 75 players have reached the milestone according to research by the RSSSF 3 an organisation described by German newspaper Der Spiegel as a Wikipedia of football statistics 4 Hungarian Imre Schlosser was the first to reach the 500 goal mark doing so in 1927 shortly before his retirement 5 Eight players have accomplished the feat at a single club among them Josef Bican Slavia Prague Jimmy Jones Glenavon Jimmy McGrory Celtic Lionel Messi Barcelona Gerd Muller Bayern Munich Pele Santos Fernando Peyroteo Sporting CP and Uwe Seeler Hamburg 6 Of these eight Messi scored the most with 672 goals between his debut in 2004 and his departure in 2021 7 With over 850 goals at club and international level combined Cristiano Ronaldo is the top goalscorer of all time FIFA the international governing body of football has never released a list detailing the highest goalscorers and does not keep official records 8 9 in 2020 it recognised Bican an Austrian Czech dual international who played between the 1930s and the 1950s 10 as the record scorer with an estimated 805 goals 11 12 although CNN the BBC France 24 and O Jogo all acknowledge that Bican s tally includes goals scored for reserve teams and in unofficial international matches 9 13 14 15 UEFA the governing body for European football ranks him as the leading all time goalscorer in European top flight leagues with 518 goals narrowly ahead of Hungarian Ferenc Puskas 16 The RSSSF credits Bican with 948 goals a tally which includes goals scored in winter tournaments as well as when selected to represent regional and city teams 17 and the Football Association of the Czech Republic claims a total of 821 18 19 Spanish newspapers Marca and Sport state that both Bican and Pele scored 762 goals 20 21 Such is the difficulty for statisticians and media outlets to determine which goals to include that the topic has spurred controversy 22 23 Bican once walked out of a gala held in his honour by the IFFHS after the organisation had excluded war time goals from his tally although it later recognised 229 goals he had scored during the period 24 Media outlets around the world such as Sky Sports ESPN and Globo Esporte argue that for Brazilian forward Pele and players of his era friendly matches were highly important fixtures and held more resonance and the tallies accumulated should be included 25 26 27 while journalist Hugh McIlvanney once described them as mere profit making excursions that bore little relevance to Pele s reality as a great player 28 and Jonathan Liew stated that many of the friendlies were against up country teams or down at heel invitational sides 29 When Argentinian forward Messi was reported to have broken the record for most goals for a single club 644 for Spanish club Barcelona Pele s former club Santos denied the claim releasing a statement saying 448 of Pele s goals scored in friendlies had been uncounted 30 and arguing that many of the goals came against the best teams of all time 31 statements Pele agreed with by publicly changing his overall tally to 1 283 on Instagram 32 When reporting the statistics of Messi Barcelona argued that because Bican and Pele as well as Erwin Helmchen and Abe Lenstra among others scored the majority of their goals in leagues which were not played at a national level their tallies should be questioned and potentially not counted 33 while goals scored during war time in lower tiers and regional divisions by players such as Bican Ferenc Deak Puskas Seeler Muller Tulio Maravilha and Robert Lewandowski are also questioned 34 In 2021 Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo was reported to have broken the record when he scored his 760th goal 35 36 37 although it was widely acknowledged it was impossible to quantify with certainty as statistics from previous generations are often disputed 19 38 39 40 41 42 as highlighted by football journalist Jonathan Wilson and Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport s editor Ivan Zazzaroni who recognised the possibility that German striker Helmchen had scored 981 goals 17 43 Ronaldo himself addressed the issue saying that the world has changed since then and football has changed as well but this doesn t mean that we can just erase history according to our interests 44 There are other claims to the record Guinness World Records credits Pele as the scorer of the most career goals with 1 279 45 and Brazilian striker Romario celebrated scoring what he claimed was his 1 000th goal in 2007 but later admitted his tally included friendly matches 46 they are reported to have scored 767 and 772 goals respectively 19 47 48 49 50 with Pele s total including one goal for the military team and nine goals for the state team of Sao Paulo at the State Team Championship 51 52 The Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that Brazilian Arthur Friedenreich is officially recognised by FIFA to have scored 1 329 goals 53 although there is little evidence for and no documentation of this claim 45 54 In March 2022 Ronaldo surpassed Bican s estimated tally of 805 55 56 Contents 1 Footballers with 500 or more goals 1 1 RSSSF statistics 2 See also 3 References 4 NotesFootballers with 500 or more goalsThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed September 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message nbsp Lionel Messi has scored the most goals for one club nbsp Pele held the world record for around 50 years nbsp Josef Bican is credited by FIFA with 805 goals nbsp Robert Lewandowski the most recent to score 500 goals nbsp Alfredo Di Stefano the first South American to score 500 goals nbsp Imre Schlosser the first footballer to score 500 goals According to the IFFHS and other media outlets 24 players are credited with scoring 500 or more goals in top level professional football competitions As of 17 October 2023 1 Bold indicates players currently active indicates player has scored at least 500 goals for a single club 57 Rank Player Club Country and other Total Career spanLeague Cup Continental1 nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo 522 a 51 159 127 859 62 2002 present2 nbsp Lionel Messi 497 b 71 147 106 821 67 2004 present3 nbsp Pele 604 c 49 26 83 762 1957 19774 nbsp Romario 544 d 93 54 64 755 1985 20075 nbsp nbsp Ferenc Puskas 515 e 69 56 84 724 1943 19666 nbsp nbsp Josef Bican 515 f 134 41 32 722 1931 19557 nbsp Jimmy Jones 332 g 290 14 12 648 1947 19648 nbsp Gerd Muller 405 h 92 69 68 634 1964 19819 nbsp Joe Bambrick 348 i 260 0 21 629 1926 194310 nbsp Abe Lenstra 573 j 18 0 33 624 1937 196011 nbsp Eusebio 422 k 97 59 41 619 1957 197812 nbsp Robert Lewandowski 372 l 53 102 81 608 72 2008 present13 nbsp Glenn Ferguson 313 m 241 9 0 563 1987 201114 nbsp Zlatan Ibrahimovic 394 n 48 57 62 561 1999 202315 nbsp Fernando Peyroteo 464 o 72 3 14 553 1937 194916 nbsp Uwe Seeler 447 p 41 21 43 552 1954 197217 nbsp Jimmy McGrory 409 q 131 0 12 552 1922 193718 nbsp Luis Suarez 373 r 45 53 68 539 77 2005 present19 nbsp nbsp Alfredo Di Stefano 376 s 55 70 29 530 1945 196620 nbsp Gyorgy Sarosi 351 t 22 102 42 517 1930 194821 nbsp Roberto Dinamite 476 u 8 5 22 511 1971 199222 nbsp Hugo Sanchez 390 v 49 38 30 507 1976 199723 nbsp Imre Schlosser 417 w 18 10 59 504 1905 192824 nbsp Franz Binder 297 x 93 87 26 503 1930 1949RSSSF statistics As the RSSSF uses different methodology from that of the IFFHS and other media outlets to determine which goals to include 78 75 players are credited with scoring 500 or more goals in matches taking into account competitions at all levels As of 7 July 2023 3 Bold indicates players currently active indicates player may have scored and played more Rank Player Goals Matches Ratio Career span1 nbsp Erwin Helmchen 987 577 1 71 1924 19512 nbsp nbsp Josef Bican 950 624 1 52 1930 19573 nbsp Ronnie Rooke 931 1029 0 9 1929 19614 nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo 856 1204 0 71 2002 present5 nbsp Jimmy Jones 840 756 1 11 1944 19656 nbsp Lionel Messi 836 1085 0 77 2003 present7 nbsp nbsp Ferenc Puskas 802 792 1 01 1943 19678 nbsp Ferenc Deak 795 514 1 55 1939 19599 nbsp Abe Lenstra 789 850 0 93 1936 196410 nbsp Romario 785 1003 0 78 1984 200911 nbsp Pele 778 851 0 91 1956 197712 nbsp Tommy Lawton 743 827 0 9 1935 195713 nbsp Gerd Muller 735 793 0 93 1963 198114 nbsp Sammy Hughes 722 748 0 97 1943 196315 nbsp Joe Bambrick 690 578 1 19 1925 194316 nbsp nbsp Ernst Wilimowski 683 484 1 41 1932 195717 nbsp Tom Waring 670 700 0 96 1924 194818 nbsp Robert Lewandowski 653 936 0 7 2004 present19 nbsp Ferenc Bene 635 971 0 65 1959 198520 nbsp Eusebio 626 658 0 95 1960 197821 nbsp Joe Smith 616 903 0 68 1908 193122 nbsp Boy Martin 611 527 1 16 1930 194723 nbsp Gyula Zsengeller 611 649 0 94 1931 195324 nbsp Frederick Roberts 608 468 1 3 1922 193725 nbsp Stan Mortensen 606 810 0 75 1938 196226 nbsp Fernando Peyroteo 598 369 1 62 1937 194927 nbsp Jimmy Greaves 590 842 0 7 1956 198028 nbsp Uwe Seeler 586 688 0 85 1954 197229 nbsp Fritz Walter 586 583 1 01 1938 195930 nbsp Tulio Maravilha 585 950 0 62 1987 201431 nbsp Zlatan Ibrahimovic 582 1001 0 58 1999 202332 nbsp Jimmy Kelly 571 1000 0 57 1925 195733 nbsp Imre Schlosser 570 464 1 23 1906 192834 nbsp Glenn Ferguson 569 1084 0 52 1987 201135 nbsp Franz Binder 569 431 1 32 1927 194936 nbsp Dixie Dean 568 612 0 93 1923 194037 nbsp Hughie Gallacher 566 715 0 79 1920 194038 nbsp John Aldridge 565 990 0 57 1976 199839 nbsp Hugo Sanchez 562 956 0 59 1974 199840 nbsp Jose Torres 561 615 0 91 1958 198041 nbsp Jimmy McGrory 558 549 1 02 1922 193842 nbsp Sandor Kocsis 556 537 1 04 1946 196643 nbsp Isidro Langara 556 445 1 25 1930 194844 nbsp Paul Dechamps 552 608 0 91 1939 196445 nbsp David Wilson 551 605 0 91 1927 194746 nbsp Luis Suarez 550 923 0 6 2005 present47 nbsp Tommy Dickson 546 782 0 7 1946 196648 nbsp Zico 546 798 0 68 1971 199449 nbsp Ferenc Szusza 544 599 0 91 1940 196150 nbsp Dave Halliday 543 640 0 85 1920 193851 nbsp Jock Dodds 542 612 0 89 1932 195052 nbsp Jozsef Takacs 542 528 1 03 1920 194253 nbsp Jimmy Smith 540 516 1 05 1928 194754 nbsp Hughie Ferguson 528 559 0 94 1914 193055 nbsp nbsp Alfredo Di Stefano 524 715 0 73 1945 196656 nbsp Nandor Hidegkuti 523 681 0 77 1938 195857 nbsp Des Dickson 523 716 0 73 1964 198358 nbsp Dennis Westcott 522 575 0 91 1933 195459 nbsp Roberto Dinamite 519 869 0 6 1971 199260 nbsp Hans Krankl 518 725 0 71 1970 198961 nbsp Joseph Mermans 518 644 0 8 1937 196062 nbsp Gunnar Nordahl 514 597 0 86 1936 196163 nbsp Giorgio Chinaglia 512 707 0 72 1962 199064 nbsp Trevor Thompson 512 585 0 88 1955 196965 nbsp David McLean 511 801 0 64 1906 193166 nbsp Gyorgy Sarosi 509 597 0 85 1929 194867 nbsp Willy van der Kuijlen 504 807 0 62 1962 198368 nbsp 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