Most Goals for National Football Team — Men (All Time)
About This Dataset
Most Goals for National Football Team — Men (All Time)
Male international footballers ranked by total official goals scored for their national team. Cristiano Ronaldo holds the men's international record with 136 goals for Portugal — a total accumulated across more than two decades of international football, surpassing the previous record holder Ali Daei of Iran who scored 109, and representing one of the most contested and frequently broken records in the sport's history.
Analysis
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) heads the table on 136, ahead of Ali Daei (Iran) (109) and Lionel Messi (Argentina) (109) in International Goals (Men). The total is spread widely: even Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) accounts for only 18.1% of the 8 combined. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 109 to 69.
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) leads in International Goals (Men) with 136.
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Average International Goals (Men): 94 · median: 85.
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Gap: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) is 2× larger than Hossam Hassan (Egypt).
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 8 observations
- Measure
- International Goals (Men)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
Data Sources & References
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