IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer

The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).

Ronaldo (Real Madrid & Al Nassr) is the only player to win the award with multiple clubs.

Meanwhile, Al Nassr is the only club with multiple winners (Abderrazak Hamdallah in 2019 & Ronaldo in 2023).

In 2021, the IFFHS awarded the World's Best Goal Scorer of the first and second decade of the 21st century, considering the years 2001 to 2010 and 2011 to 2020.

[3] The provisional results were posted on the IFFHS' official website on 7 January 2025.

Cristiano Ronaldo (left) has won the most awards while Lionel Messi (right) set the record for most calendar year goals.
From 2011 to 2020, Zlatan Ibrahimović scored a total of 340 goals for club and country.
Romário ranks 4th in the All-time World's Best Goal Scorer ranking with 756 goals.