Most Goals for National Football Team — Men (All Time)

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Most Goals for National Football Team — Men (All Time)

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Key Findings

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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) leads in International Goals (Men) with 136.

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Average International Goals (Men): 94.13 · median: 84.50.

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Gap: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) is 2× larger than Hossam Hassan (Egypt).

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.

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8 categories · 1 year

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136

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

International Goals (Men) · All Time

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International Goals (Men)

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All Time

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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

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Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · International Goals (Men) · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)	136
🥈	Ali Daei (Iran)	109
🥉	Lionel Messi (Argentina)	109
4	Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)	85
5	Ferenc Puskas (Hungary)	84
6	Robert Lewandowski (Poland)	82
7	Godfrey Chitalu (Zambia)	79
8	Hossam Hassan (Egypt)	69

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo Visit ↗

2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Daei Visit ↗

3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi Visit ↗

4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romelu_Lukaku Visit ↗

5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lewandowski Visit ↗

6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferenc_Pusk%C3%A1s Visit ↗

7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Chitalu Visit ↗

8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossam_Hassan Visit ↗

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