The IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer is a football award given annually since 2021, and retroactively for the years 2011 to 2020, to the world's top goalscorer in the calendar year. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).
All international goals and all competitive goals for clubs playing in their top division scored from 1 January to 31 December are taken into consideration.
Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most wins (4) while Lionel Messi hold the record for most goals in a calendar year (91 in 2012). Robert Lewandowski won the award with the fewest goals (47 in 2020). Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the only players to have won the award more than once, with the former being the only player to win the award in successive seasons.
Plus, the IFFHS has awarded the World's Best Goal Scorer of the Decade in 2021, considering the years 2011–2020.[1]
List of winners edit
Statistics edit
Multiple winners edit
| Player | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
 Cristiano Ronaldo
|
4 | 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
 Lionel Messi
|
2 | 2012, 2016 |
Most goals in a year edit
| Rank | Player | Year | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi
|
2012 | 91 |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo
|
2013 | 69 |
| 3 | Cristiano Ronaldo
|
2012 | 63 |
| 4 | Cristiano Ronaldo
|
2014 | 61 |
| 5 | Cristiano Ronaldo
|
2011 | 60 |
| 6 | Lionel Messi
|
2011 | 59 |
| 7 |  Ali Ashfaq
|
2013 | 58 |
| Lionel Messi
|
2014 | ||
| Lionel Messi
|
2016 | ||
 Baghdad Bounedjah
|
2018 |
Winners by club edit
| Club(s) | Total | Players |
|---|---|---|
 Real Madrid
|
4 | 1 |
| Barcelona
|
2 | 1 |
 Al Nassr
|
1 | 1 |
 Al Sadd
|
1 | 1 |
 Bayern Munich
|
1 | 1 |
 Tottenham Hotspur
|
1 | 1 |
Winners by nationality edit
| Nationality | Total | Players |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal
|
4 | 1 |
| Argentina
|
2 | 1 |
| Algeria
|
1 | 1 |
| England
|
1 | 1 |
 Morocco
|
1 | 1 |
 Poland
|
1 | 1 |
The World's Best Top Goal Scorer of the Decade (2011–2020) edit
The results have been posted on the IFFHS' official website on January 4, 2021.[1]
The final list includes the 41 players who scored 200 or more goals in top-tier national leagues, national cups, continental and international competitions with both club and national teams in the period of time from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2020.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER OF THE DECADE 2011-2020 - CRISTIANO RONALDO". www.iffhs.com. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". IFFHS. 22 January 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORERS 2011 TO 2020". www.iffhs.com. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "THE WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2020 : ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI (POLAND/FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN)". IFFHS. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "IFFHS (International Federation of Football for History & Statistics". iffhs.de. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ^ In regards to Neymar's statistics during his spell at Santos (2011-2013), the IFFHS chose to consider the Campeonato Paulista (the top-flight league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, of which Santos is a municipality) as a national league. As a result, the official stats for Neymar include goals scored in two different Brazilian leagues: the Campeonato Paulista and the Brasileirão.
- ^ As the statistics are calculated starting from January 1, 2011, two goals from Aubameyang's loan spell at Monaco (from AC Milan) in the first half of the 2010-11 season are left out of the total amount. The Gabonese striker joined Saint-Étienne in January 2011 on another loan, and eventually signed for the French team on a permanent deal the following December.
- ^ Lukaku was registered for Chelsea between 2011 and 2014, but he never scored during his first season with the club and was loaned, respectively, to West Bromwich Albion and Everton (which eventually signed him permanently) during the following couple of years.
- ^ 14 goals scored during 2011 and 2013 are not counted, as Kane was playing in lower divisions (for Leyton Orient, Milwall and Leicester City): plus, he never scored during his time in Premier League with Norwich City. For this reason, while his first goal in a continental competition traces back to December 15, 2011 (on a 4-0 away win against Shamrock Rovers in the UEFA Europa League group stage), he scored his first goal with a top-tier club, Tottenham, on October 30, 2013 (in the League Cup) and on April 7, 2014 (in Premier League).
- ^ Saucedo's spell at Independiente Medellín (Colombia) in 2011 wasn't considered, as the Bolivian striker never scored during that time.
- ^ The goals scored by Soriano for Barcelona B throughout 2011 are not counted, as the team was competing in the Spanish second tier. For the same reason, his only goal scored for Girona in the 2019-20 season is left out of the total amount.
- ^ On December 24, 2020, Dost joined Club Brugge on a permanent basis, but his first goal for the Belgian team is not counted, as it was scored on January 10, 2021, ten days after the limit date set for the counting (December 31, 2020).
- ^ In 2016, Gormley played for Scottish Premiership team St Johnstone (on loan from English League One side Peterborough United), but never scored a goal during that spell.