All Time Highest International Goal Scorers | Ronaldo Ahead Of Messi

The eternal rivalry and the battle for supremacy between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi continue unabated. The Portuguese and Real Madrid forward is a long way ahead of Messi in the list of all time highest International goal scorers. However, the Madeira born forward has to do with the 12^th position in the all time highest international goal scorers. Who else amongst past and current footballers have a place in this list? Relax and watch as we bring you the all time highest international goal scorers.

It will be surprising for you to find out that the highest International goal scorer is not Pele, neither is it Diego Maradona. No. Rather, it is Ali Daei, an Iran former player. He is the clear highest scorer with 109 goals while the nearest is Ferenc Puskas, the Hungarian and Real Madrid legend (84 goals). Let us quickly bring you the list of all time highest international goal scorers.

All Time Highest International Goal Scorers (Top 20)

Rank	Player	Country	Goals	Appearance	Goals Per Match
1	Ali Daei	Iran	109	149	0.73
2	Ferenc Puskas	Hungary	84	85	0.99
3	Kunishige Kamamoto	Japan	80	84	0.95
4	Godfrey Chitalu	Zambia	79	111	0.71
5	Hussein Saeed	Iraq	78	137	0.57
6	Pelé	Brazil	77	91	0.85
7	Bashar Abdullah	Kuwait	75	133	0.56
=8	Kinnah Phiri	Malawi	71	115	0.62
=8	Majed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	71	116	0.61
=8	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Thailand	71	134	0.53
=8	Miroslav Klose	Germany	71	137	0.52
=12	Stern John	Trinidad and Tobago	70	115	0.61
=12	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	70	137	0.51
=13	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	68	132	0.52
=13	Robbie Keane	Republic of Ireland	68	146	0.46
=13	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	68	178	0.38
17	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	65	104	0.63
18	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	62	116	0.53
19	David Villa	Spain	59	97	0.61
20	Lionel Messi	Argentina	58	117	0.50

Note: This list is not an all-time top international goal scorers list, as some country’s second-top scorer could have scored more than another country’s top scorer. It lists only the top scorer for each country.

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From the table above, Lionel Messi is on the 20^th position having scored 58 career goals from 117 games. On the other hand, Cristiano Ronaldo is comfortably placed at 12 with 70 goals from 137 appearances. In this list of the al time highest international goal scorers, while Ferenc Puskas is second on the list, he has the highest scoring consistency with 0.99 goals per match. The difference between Ronaldo and Messi isn’t great. While Ronaldo has 0.51 goals per match, Messi scores 0.50 goals per match.

From 1^st down to 12 have all retired while some are dead. Ali Daei’s position is not threatened and will remain so for long. However, Ronaldo has just 14 goals to catch up with Puskas on the all time highest international goal scorer. Can he do it? Only time will tell. However, we must not rule out the reigning World Best Player. He has a way of surprising his critcics.

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