<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indicates the top scorer of the respective confederation . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indicates the top scorer of the respective nation . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Nation </Th> <Th> Confederation </Th> <Th> International goals </Th> <Th> Caps </Th> <Th> Goals per match </Th> <Th> Career span </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ali Daei </Td> <Td> Iran </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 109 </Td> <Td> 149 </Td> <Td> 0.73 </Td> <Td> 1993--2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cristiano Ronaldo </Td> <Td> Portugal </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 85 </Td> <Td> 154 </Td> <Td> 0.56 </Td> <Td> 2003--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ferenc Puskás </Td> <Td> Hungary <P> Spain </P> </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 84 </Td> <Td> 89 </Td> <Td> 0.94 </Td> <Td> 1945--1962 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kunishige Kamamoto </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 80 </Td> <Td> 84 </Td> <Td> 0.95 </Td> <Td> 1964--1977 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Godfrey Chitalu </Td> <Td> Zambia </Td> <Td> CAF </Td> <Td> 79 </Td> <Td> 108 </Td> <Td> 0.71 </Td> <Td> 1968--1980 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Hussein Saeed </Td> <Td> Iraq </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 78 </Td> <Td> 137 </Td> <Td> 0.57 </Td> <Td> 1977--1990 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Pelé </Td> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> CONMEBOL </Td> <Td> 77 </Td> <Td> 91 </Td> <Td> 0.85 </Td> <Td> 1957--1971 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Sándor Kocsis </Td> <Td> Hungary </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 75 </Td> <Td> 68 </Td> <Td> 1.10 </Td> <Td> 1948--1956 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bashar Abdullah </Td> <Td> Kuwait </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 75 </Td> <Td> 134 </Td> <Td> 0.56 </Td> <Td> 1996--2018 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Kinnah Phiri </Td> <Td> Malawi </Td> <Td> CAF </Td> <Td> 71 </Td> <Td> 115 </Td> <Td> 0.62 </Td> <Td> 1973--1981 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Majed Abdullah </Td> <Td> Saudi Arabia </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 71 </Td> <Td> 116 </Td> <Td> 0.61 </Td> <Td> 1977--1994 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kiatisuk Senamuang </Td> <Td> Thailand </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 71 </Td> <Td> 134 </Td> <Td> 0.53 </Td> <Td> 1993--2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Miroslav Klose </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 71 </Td> <Td> 137 </Td> <Td> 0.52 </Td> <Td> 2001--2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Piyapong Pue - on </Td> <Td> Thailand </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> 100 </Td> <Td> 0.70 </Td> <Td> 1981--1997 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stern John </Td> <Td> Trinidad and Tobago </Td> <Td> CONCACAF </Td> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> 115 </Td> <Td> 0.61 </Td> <Td> 1995--2012 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hossam Hassan </Td> <Td> Egypt </Td> <Td> CAF </Td> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> 169 </Td> <Td> 0.41 </Td> <Td> 1985--2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Gerd Müller </Td> <Td> West Germany </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 68 </Td> <Td> 62 </Td> <Td> 1.10 </Td> <Td> 1966--1974 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carlos Ruiz </Td> <Td> Guatemala </Td> <Td> CONCACAF </Td> <Td> 68 </Td> <Td> 132 </Td> <Td> 0.52 </Td> <Td> 1998--2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robbie Keane </Td> <Td> Republic of Ireland </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 68 </Td> <Td> 146 </Td> <Td> 0.46 </Td> <Td> 1998--2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Didier Drogba </Td> <Td> Ivory Coast </Td> <Td> CAF </Td> <Td> 65 </Td> <Td> 104 </Td> <Td> 0.61 </Td> <Td> 2002--2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lionel Messi </Td> <Td> Argentina </Td> <Td> CONMEBOL </Td> <Td> 65 </Td> <Td> 128 </Td> <Td> 0.51 </Td> <Td> 2005--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Sunil Chhetri </Td> <Td> India </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 64 </Td> <Td> 101 </Td> <Td> 0.63 </Td> <Td> 2005--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Ronaldo </Td> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> CONMEBOL </Td> <Td> 62 </Td> <Td> 98 </Td> <Td> 0.63 </Td> <Td> 1994--2011 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Zlatan Ibrahimović </Td> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 62 </Td> <Td> 116 </Td> <Td> 0.53 </Td> <Td> 2001--2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ahmed Radhi </Td> <Td> Iraq </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 62 </Td> <Td> 121 </Td> <Td> 0.51 </Td> <Td> 1982--1997 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> Imre Schlosser </Td> <Td> Hungary </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 59 </Td> <Td> 68 </Td> <Td> 0.87 </Td> <Td> 1906--1927 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Villa </Td> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 59 </Td> <Td> 98 </Td> <Td> 0.60 </Td> <Td> 2005--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> Cha Bum - kun </Td> <Td> South Korea </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 58 </Td> <Td> 135 </Td> <Td> 0.42 </Td> <Td> 1972--1986 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> Neymar </Td> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> CONMEBOL </Td> <Td> 57 </Td> <Td> 90 </Td> <Td> 0.63 </Td> <Td> 2010--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carlos Pavón </Td> <Td> Honduras </Td> <Td> CONCACAF </Td> <Td> 57 </Td> <Td> 101 </Td> <Td> 0.56 </Td> <Td> 1993--2010 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clint Dempsey </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> CONCACAF </Td> <Td> 57 </Td> <Td> 141 </Td> <Td> 0.40 </Td> <Td> 2004--2018 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Landon Donovan </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> CONCACAF </Td> <Td> 57 </Td> <Td> 157 </Td> <Td> 0.36 </Td> <Td> 2000--2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Younis Mahmoud </Td> <Td> Iraq </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 57 </Td> <Td> 148 </Td> <Td> 0.39 </Td> <Td> 2002--2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> Romário </Td> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> CONMEBOL </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> 0.79 </Td> <Td> 1987--2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kazuyoshi Miura </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> 89 </Td> <Td> 0.62 </Td> <Td> 1990--2000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jan Koller </Td> <Td> Czech Republic </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> 91 </Td> <Td> 0.60 </Td> <Td> 1999--2009 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Lewandowski </Td> <Td> Poland </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> 98 </Td> <Td> 0.56 </Td> <Td> 2008--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fandi Ahmad </Td> <Td> Singapore </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> 101 </Td> <Td> 0.55 </Td> <Td> 1979--1997 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bader Al - Mutawa </Td> <Td> Kuwait </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> 162 </Td> <Td> 0.32 </Td> <Td> 2003--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> Gabriel Batistuta </Td> <Td> Argentina </Td> <Td> CONMEBOL </Td> <Td> 54 </Td> <Td> 77 </Td> <Td> 0.70 </Td> <Td> 1991--2002 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Samuel Eto'o </Td> <Td> Cameroon </Td> <Td> CAF </Td> <Td> 54 </Td> <Td> 118 </Td> <Td> 0.46 </Td> <Td> 1997--2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 42 </Td> <Td> Joachim Streich </Td> <Td> East Germany </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 53 </Td> <Td> 98 </Td> <Td> 0.54 </Td> <Td> 1969--1984 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Luis Suárez </Td> <Td> Uruguay </Td> <Td> CONMEBOL </Td> <Td> 53 </Td> <Td> 103 </Td> <Td> 0.51 </Td> <Td> 2007--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wayne Rooney </Td> <Td> England </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 53 </Td> <Td> 119 </Td> <Td> 0.44 </Td> <Td> 2003--2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 45 </Td> <Td> Poul Nielsen </Td> <Td> Denmark </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 52 </Td> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> 1.37 </Td> <Td> 1910--1925 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ali Ashfaq </Td> <Td> Maldives </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 52 </Td> <Td> 78 </Td> <Td> 0.66 </Td> <Td> 2003--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edin Džeko </Td> <Td> Bosnia and Herzegovina </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 52 </Td> <Td> 89 </Td> <Td> 0.59 </Td> <Td> 2007--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jon Dahl Tomasson </Td> <Td> Denmark </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 52 </Td> <Td> 112 </Td> <Td> 0.46 </Td> <Td> 1997--2010 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Adnan Al Talyani </Td> <Td> United Arab Emirates </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 52 </Td> <Td> 161 </Td> <Td> 0.32 </Td> <Td> 1983--1997 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> Lajos Tichy </Td> <Td> Hungary </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 51 </Td> <Td> 72 </Td> <Td> 0.71 </Td> <Td> 1955--1971 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lê Công Vinh </Td> <Td> Vietnam </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 51 </Td> <Td> 83 </Td> <Td> 0.61 </Td> <Td> 2004--2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Asamoah Gyan </Td> <Td> Ghana </Td> <Td> CAF </Td> <Td> 51 </Td> <Td> 106 </Td> <Td> 0.48 </Td> <Td> 2003--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hakan Şükür </Td> <Td> Turkey </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 51 </Td> <Td> 112 </Td> <Td> 0.46 </Td> <Td> 1992--2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thierry Henry </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 51 </Td> <Td> 123 </Td> <Td> 0.41 </Td> <Td> 1997--2010 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> Karim Bagheri </Td> <Td> Iran </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> 87 </Td> <Td> 0.58 </Td> <Td> 1993--2010 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Phil Younghusband </Td> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> 97 </Td> <Td> 0.52 </Td> <Td> 2006--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robin van Persie </Td> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> UEFA </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> 102 </Td> <Td> 0.49 </Td> <Td> 2005--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hwang Sun - hong </Td> <Td> South Korea </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> 103 </Td> <Td> 0.49 </Td> <Td> 1988--2002 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Javier Hernández </Td> <Td> Mexico </Td> <Td> CONCACAF </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> 106 </Td> <Td> 0.48 </Td> <Td> 2009--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tim Cahill </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> OFC / AFC </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> 107 </Td> <Td> 0.47 </Td> <Td> 2004--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Shinji Okazaki </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> AFC </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> 116 </Td> <Td> 0.43 </Td> <Td> 2008--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Nation </Th> <Th> Confederation </Th> <Th> International goals </Th> <Th> Caps </Th> <Th> Goals per match </Th> <Th> Career span </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

Who scored most goals in international football history