IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer
Annual football award
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The IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer is a football award given annually since 1997 by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) to the player who scores the most goals in a league season (in a calendar year since 2020) in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year).
| Sport | Association football |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best top division goal scorer of the calendar year |
| Presented by | International Federation of Football History & Statistics |
| History | |
| First award | 1997 |
| Editions | 29 |
| First winner |  Hakan Şükür |
| Most wins |  Lionel Messi (4 awards) |
| Most recent |  Kylian Mbappé (39 goals in 2025) |
| Website | www |
Men's winners
List of winners
Statistics
| Player | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Lionel Messi |
4 | 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 (shared) |
 Luis Suárez |
3 | 2010, 2014 (shared), 2016 |
 Cristiano Ronaldo |
2014 (shared), 2015, 2020 | |
 Mário Jardel |
2 | 1999, 2000 |
The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the First Decade (2001–2010)
The final list includes the 18 players who scored 150 or more goals in top-tier national leagues in the period of time from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2010.
The results were posted on the IFFHS' official website on 25 September 2022.[7]
The World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Second Decade (2011–2020)
The final list includes the 36 players who scored 150 or more goals in top-tier national leagues in the period of time from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2020.
The results were posted on the IFFHS' official website on 6 January 2021.[8]
| Rank | Player | Nation | Goals | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
346 |  Barcelona (2011–20) |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
332 | Real Madrid (2011–18) Juventus (2018–20) |
| 3 | Robert Lewandowski |  Poland |
248 |  Borussia Dortmund (2011–14) Bayern Munich (2014–20) |
| 4 | Zlatan Ibrahimović |  Sweden |
236 | Milan (2011–12; 2019–20) Paris Saint-Germain (2012–16) Manchester United (2016–18) LA Galaxy (2018–19) |
| 5 | Luis Suárez | Uruguay |
224 | Liverpool (2011–14) Barcelona (2014–20) Atlético Madrid (2020) |
| 6 | Carlos Saucedo |  Bolivia |
213 | San José (2012–13; 2017–19) Saprissa (2014) Oriente Petrolero (2015) Blooming (2015–16) Real Potosí (2016) Guabirá (2017) Royal Pari (2020) |
| 7 | Edinson Cavani | Uruguay |
209 | Napoli (2011–13) Paris Saint-Germain (2013–20) Manchester United (2020) |
All-time World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer ranking
| Rank | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
581 |
| 2 | Lionel Messi |
552 |
| 3 |   Josef Bican |
515 |
  Ferenc Puskás | ||
| 5 | Robert Lewandowski |
420 |
| 6 | Luis Suárez |
419 |
| 7 | Imre Schlosser |
417 |
| 8 | Gyula Zsengellér |
416 |
| 9 |  Jimmy McGrory |
409 |
| 10 | Gerd Müller |
405 |
Women's winners
List of winners
The women's award was introduced in 2021.
| Year | Winner | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Lucie Martínková[13] |
Sparta Prague |
38 |
| 2022 | Mia Fishel[14] |
 UANL |
33 |
| 2023 | Charlyn Corral[15] |
Pachuca |
34 |
| 2024 | Charlyn Corral[16] |
Pachuca |
42 |
| 2025 | Charlyn Corral[17] |
Pachuca |
50 |