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# Player Team(s) M. goals Penalty Ø
1 Ferenc Puskás Hungary
 77 76 7 0.99
2 Sándor Kocsis Hungary
 58 58 0 1.00
3 Imre Schlosser Hungary
 65 55 0 0.85
4 Lionel Messi * Argentina
 56 51 10 0.91
Pelé Brazil
 65 51 2 0.78
6 Poul Nielsen Denmark
 33 47 0 1.42
7 Neymar * Brazil
 70 46 13 0.66
8 Sunil Chhetri * India
 64 45 7 0.70
9 Vivian Woodward England
England
 32 44 0 1.38
10 Pauli Jørgensen Denmark
 46 43 0 0.93
Sven Rydell Sweden
 38 43 2 1.13
12 Jimmy Greaves England
 45 40 0 0.89
13 Ali Mabkhout * UA Emirates
 54 39 6 0.72
14 Gunnar Nordahl Sweden
 29 36 0 1.24
Lajos Tichý Hungary
 51 36 3 0.71
16 Bobby Charlton England
 77 35 3 0.45
György Sárosi Hungary
 56 35 2 0.63
18 Iuliu Bodola Romania
Hungary
 53 34 0 0.64
Blagoje Marjanović Yugoslavia
 51 34 0 0.67
20 Jørgen Juve Norway
 41 33 1 0.80
Antonín Puč CSSR
Bohemia/Moravia
 55 33 0 0.60
22 Nándor Hidegkuti Hungary
 55 32 0 0.58
23 Enrique Borja Mexico
 52 31 0 0.60
Faas Wilkes Netherlands
 31 31 1 1.00
25 Abe Lenstra Netherlands
 43 30 1 0.70
Zico Brazil
 43 30 2 0.70
27 Ferenc Deák Hungary
 20 29 0 1.45
Olivier Giroud * France
 55 29 1 0.53
Gunnar Gren Sweden
 47 29 3 0.62
Gerd Müller Germany
 31 29 2 0.94
Uwe Seeler Germany
 43 29 0 0.67
Ernst Willimowski Germany
Poland
 27 29 0 1.07
33 Max Abegglen Switzerland
 59 28 0 0.47
Josef Bican CSSR
Austria
Bohemia/Moravia
 29 28 0 0.97
Steve Bloomer England
 23 28 0 1.22
Édinson Cavani * Uruguay
 47 28 4 0.60
Tom Finney England
 60 28 2 0.47
Giuseppe Meazza Italy
 44 28 2 0.64
Jef Mermans Belgium
 53 28 1 0.53
Joachim Streich GDR
 62 28 0 0.45
Fritz Walter Germany
 47 28 0 0.60
42 Stjepan Bobek Yugoslavia
 41 27 1 0.66
Teerasil Dangda Thailand
 44 27 5 0.61
Javier Hernández Mexico
 52 27 3 0.52
Michael Mifsud Malta
 57 27 3 0.47
Ernest Pol Poland
 32 27 5 0.84
Josef Silný CSSR
 48 27 0 0.56
48 Karl Decker Germany
Austria
 33 26 0 0.79
Ernst Lehner Germany
 55 26 2 0.47
Gary Lineker England
 40 26 1 0.65
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