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List of men's field hockey players with 100 or more international goals

The top international goals scorer in classic field hockey is Dhyan Chand of India, he scored 570 goals in 185 international matches. However Balbir Singh Senior only played 61 games in his career and scored 264 goals. The player who was the second top international goals scorer in hockey and the top goal scorer in modern hockey on artificial turf was Paul Litjens of Netherlands. He scored a total of 268 international goals in 177 matches. He remained the top international goals scorer on artificial turf for 22 years, from 1982 to 2004, until Sohail Abbas of Pakistan broke the record against India at Amritsar in 2004.[1] Abbas became the sixth Pakistani to achieve 100 international goals in his career when he scored a hat-trick against Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He scored a record 348 international goals. He also played the fewest matches to score 100 goals on artificial turf.[2]

The first player from India to score 100 goals on artificial turf is Dhanraj Pillay, who scored a total of 170 international goals. Manzoor-ul-Hassan of Pakistan was the first player from Asia to score 100 international goals on artificial turf. The first player outside of Asia and Europe to score 100 international goals was Mark Hager of Australia. To date, eleven players representing India and ten from Netherlands and Pakistan each have scored 100 or more international goals, the most of any country. The Asian Hockey Federation and European Hockey Federation has the highest number of players who have scored 100 goals in their international career, with 23 players from AHF and 22 from EHF. The confederation having achieving the feat so far.

By player edit

As of 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Indicates the top scorer of all FIH's confederations.
Indicates the top scorer of the respective confederation.
Indicates the top scorer of the respective nation.
Rank Player Nation Confederation Goals Caps Goals
per match 		Career span Ref.
1 Dhyan Chand   India AHF 570 185 3.08 1926–1949 [3]
2 Sohail Abbas   Pakistan AHF 348 311 1.12 1998–2012 [4]
3 Paul Litjens   Netherlands EHF 268 177 1.51 1982–2004 [5]
4 Balbir Singh Sr.   India AHF 246 61 4.03 1947–1958 [6]
5 Greg Nicol   South Africa AfHF 245 200 1.23 1994–2004 [7]
6 Jamie Dwyer   Australia OHF 244 365 0.67 2001–2016 [8]
7 Jorge Lombi   Argentina PAHF 231 223 1.04 1991–2004 [9]
8 Björn Michel   Germany EHF 229 307 0.75 1993–2004 [10]
9 Taeke Taekema   Netherlands EHF 221 242 0.91 2000–2011 [11]
10 Teun de Nooijer   Netherlands EHF 219 453 0.48 1994–2012 [12]
11 Floris Jan Bovelander   Netherlands EHF 215 241 0.89 1985–1996 [13]
12 Mark Hager   Australia OHF 181 231 0.78 1988–1999 [8]
13 Harmanpreet Singh   India AHF 179 206 0.87 2016– [14]
14 Gonzalo Peillat   Argentina   Germany PAHF/EHF 178 155 1.15 2011– [15]
15 Jay Stacy   Australia OHF 172 321 0.54 1988–2000 [16][8]
16 Dhanraj Pillay   India AHF 170 339 0.5 1989–2004 [17]
17 Ties Kruize   Netherlands EHF 167 202 0.83 1972–1986 [18]
18 Christopher Zeller   Germany EHF 158 204 0.77 2003–2016 [19]
19 Carsten Fischer   Germany EHF 154 246 0.63 1982–1996 [citation needed]
20 Stephen Davies   Australia OHF 151 274 0.55 1989–2000 [8]
21 Hassan Sardar   Pakistan AHF 150 148 1.01 1979–1987 [20][21]
Phil Burrows   New Zealand OHF 150 343 0.44 2000–2015 [22]
22 Simon Child   New Zealand OHF 142 274 0.52 2005–2016 [23]
23 Bram Lomans   Netherlands EHF 141 205 0.69 1995–2007 [24][25]
24 Sandeep Singh   India AHF 138 186 0.74 2004–2012 [26]
25 Ashley Jackson   England   Great Britain EHF 137 250 0.55 2006–2021 [27]
26 Tahir Zaman   Pakistan AHF 134 252 0.53 1987–1998 [20]
27 V. R. Raghunath   India AHF 132 228 0.58 2005–2017 [28]
28 Kamran Ashraf   Pakistan AHF 129 166 0.78 1993–2002 [29]
29 Hanif Khan   Pakistan AHF 127 177 0.72 1976–1985 [30]
Hayden Shaw   New Zealand OHF 127 178 0.71 2002–2011 [23]
30 Santi Freixa   Spain EHF 126 193 0.65 2000–2014 [31]
31 Rupinder Pal Singh   India AHF 125 223 0.56 2010–2022 [32]
32 Tom Boon   Belgium EHF 124 304 0.41 2012– [19]
33 Pau Quemada   Spain EHF 119 293 0.41 2003–2021 [19]
Barry Middleton   England   Great Britain EHF 119 432 0.28 2003–2018 [33][34]
34 Taco van den Honert   Netherlands EHF 118 215 0.55 1987–1996 [19]
35 Luke Doerner   Australia OHF 117 175 0.67 2005–2012 [8]
36 Florian Fuchs   Germany EHF 116 239 0.49 2009–2021 [35]
Stephan Veen   Netherlands EHF 116 275 0.42 1989–2000 [36]
37 Mink van der Weerden   Netherlands EHF 115 191 0.6 2010–2021 [19]
Chris Ciriello   Australia OHF 115 195 0.59 2008–2017 [8]
38 Mandeep Singh   India AHF 114 225 0.51 2013–
39 Moritz Fürste   Germany EHF 112 262 0.43 2005–2016 [37]
40 Calum Giles   England   Great Britain EHF 110 143 0.77 1995–2000 [38]
Rehan Butt   Pakistan AHF 110 272 0.4 2001–2012
41 Jang Jong-hyun   South Korea AHF 109 287 0.38 2004–2012 [19]
42 Gagan Ajit Singh   India AHF 108 157 0.69 1997–2007
43 Prabhjot Singh   India AHF 107 250 0.43 2016–
44 Razie Rahim   Malaysia AHF 107 309 0.35 2006– [19]
45 Tom van 't Hek   Netherlands EHF 106 221 0.48 1976–1990 [39]
Muhammad Imran   Pakistan AHF 106 296 0.36
46 Troy Elder   Australia OHF 103 169 0.61 1998–2007 [8]
Shakeel Abbasi   Pakistan AHF 103 309 0.33 2003–2014
47 Manzoor-ul-Hassan   Pakistan AHF 101 154 0.66 1973–1982 [30]
Shahbaz Ahmed   Pakistan AHF 101 304 0.33 1986–2002 [19]
Matías Paredes   Argentina PAHF 101 356 0.28 2001– [20]
48 Baljit Singh Dhillon   India AHF 100 327 0.31 1993–2004

By nationality edit

Players Country Confederation
11   India AHF
10   Pakistan AHF
10   Netherlands EHF
7   Australia OHF
6   Germany[a] EHF
3   Argentina[b] PAHF
  England   Great Britain EHF
  New Zealand OHF
2   Spain EHF
1   Belgium EHF
  Malaysia AHF
  South Africa AfHF
  South Korea AHF
58 13 5

By confederation edit

Confederation Countries Players
AHF 4 23
EHF[c] 5 22
OHF 2 10
PAHF[d] 1 3
AfHF 1 1
Total 13 59

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Gonzalo Peillat has played for both Argentina and Germany. He has scored 176 goals for Argentina and 2 goals for Germany.[15][verification needed]
  2. ^ Gonzalo Peillat has played for both Argentina and Germany. He has scored 176 goals for Argentina and 2 goals for Germany.[15][verification needed]
  3. ^ Gonzalo Peillat has played for both Argentina and Germany. He has scored 176 goals for Argentina and 2 goals for Germany.[15]
  4. ^ Gonzalo Peillat has played for both Argentina and Germany. He has scored 176 goals for Argentina and 2 goals for Germany.[15]

See also edit

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