World's top goal-scorers in 3rd decade of 21st century announced
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- 10 January, 2023
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The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) published the ranking of the world's top goal-scorers in 3rd decade of the 21st century based on the results of the first two years (2021 and 2022), with Robert Lewandowski still on top (111 goals), Report informs.
The Pole leads this ranking without any breaks since 6 March 2021, solitarily except a small period from 2 to 8 May 2021 when he had the same amount with Lionel Messi but still was placed above him due to a tie-breaker.
However, the distance between Lewandowski and Kylian Mbappe is rapidly shrinking; at the end of last year, it was already 4 goals. Perhaps there will be a change of leadership soon.
| BEST GOAL-SCORERS | IN 3rd DECADE | ||||||||
| OF XXI CENTURY | (2021-2030) | ||||||||
| Player | Country | Goals | Total1 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||
| NL | NC | ICC | NT | ||||||
| 1 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | 72 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 111 | 69 | 42 |
| 2 | Kylian Mbappé | France | 56 | 12 | 19 | 20 | 107 | 51 | 56 |
| 3 | Erling Haaland | Norway | 60 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 95 | 49 | 46 |
| 4 | Karim Benzema | France | 49 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 80 | 47 | 33 |
| 5 | Harry Kane | England | 44 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 79 | 44 | 35 |
| 6 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 36 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 78 | 43 | 35 |
| 7 | Gabriel Barbosa | Brazil | 47 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 73 | 44 | 29 |
| 8 | Mohamed Abdel Rahman | Sudan | 50 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 71 | 42 | 29 |
| 9 | Mehdi Taremi | Iran | 41 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 70 | 31 | 39 |
| 10 | Bérgson | Brazil | 52 | 11 | 6 | 69 | 23 | 46 | |
| 11 | Michael Olunga | Kenya | 35 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 68 | 36 | 32 |
| 12 | Mohamed Salah | Egypt | 39 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 67 | 39 | 28 |
| 13 | Tiago Azulão | Brazil | 50 | 5 | 11 | 66 | 27 | 39 | |
| 14 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 36 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 63 | 47 | 16 |
| 15 | Dušan Vlahović | Serbia | 47 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 62 | 41 | 21 |
| 16 | Julián Álvarez | Argentina | 34 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 60 | 28 | 32 |
| 17 | Ricardo Gomes | Cape Verde | 42 | 2 | 15 | 59 | 24 | 35 | |
| 18 | Wissam Ben Yedder | France | 45 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 59 | 29 | 30 |
| 19 | Paul Onuachu | Nigeria | 52 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 36 | 23 |
| 20 | Ali Mabkhout | UAE | 39 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 57 | 36 | 23 |
| 21 | Peter Shalulile | Namibia | 40 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 37 | 21 |
| 22 | Fernando Zampedri | Argentina | 44 | 9 | 5 | 58 | 31 | 27 | |
| 23 | Ayoub El Kaabi | Morocco | 40 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 57 | 41 | 16 |
| 24 | Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba | Togo | 47 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 24 | 33 | |
| 25 | Boris Kopitović | Montenegro | 51 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 16 | 41 | |
| 26 | Sadio Mané | Senegal | 27 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 23 | 33 |
| 27 | Christopher Nkunku | France | 36 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 19 | 37 | |
| 28 | Jamie Maclaren | Australia | 51 | 2 | 3 | 56 | 28 | 28 | |
| 29 | Lautaro Martínez | Argentina | 39 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 29 | 26 |
| 30 | Ciro Immobile | Italy | 44 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 32 | 23 |
| 31 | Henri Anier | Estonia | 37 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 38 | 17 | |
| 32 | Germán Cano | Argentina | 43 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 11 | 44 | |
| 33 | Marko Livaja | Croatia | 46 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 27 | 28 | |
| 34 | Eran Zahavi | Israel | 28 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 54 | 31 | 23 |
| 35 | Hulk | Brazil | 31 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 34 | 19 | |
| 36 | Kyogo Furuhashi | Japan | 41 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 35 | 18 |
| 37 | Nemanja Bilbija | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 25 | 28 | |
| 38 | Aleksandar Katai | Serbia | 40 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 26 | 26 | |
| 39 | Matías Rotondi | Argentina | 49 | 3 | 52 | 28 | 24 | ||
| 40 | Mislav Oršić | Croatia | 31 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 51 | 26 | 25 |
| 41 | Darwin Núñez | Uruguay | 35 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 51 | 25 | 26 |
| 42 | Memphis Depay | Netherlands | 25 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 50 | 39 | 11 |
| 43 | Pedro | Brazil | 29 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 50 | 20 | 30 |
| 44 | Jonathan David | Canada | 35 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 34 | 16 |
| 45 | Sébastien Haller | Côte d'Ivoire | 32 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 50 | 37 | 13 |
| 46 | Bafétimbi Gomis | France | 42 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 33 | 17 | |
| 47 | Zakaria Beglarishvili | Georgia | 45 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 28 | 22 | |
| 48 | Dominik Stolz | Germany | 49 | 1 | 50 | 25 | 25 | ||
| 49 | Jay Donnelly | Northern Ireland | 45 | 5 | 50 | 32 | 18 |
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