Ronaldo and Messi top international goalscoring list
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the top two goal scorers in men's international football history. Ronaldo leads with 136 goals for Portugal, while Messi has netted 112 goals for Argentina. Many other famous players are on the list of the top 30 international goalscorers. Romelu Lukaku from Belgium and Neymar from Brazil also feature prominently. Other stars in the top 10 include Robert Lewandowski, Ferenc Puskas, and Miroslav Klose. In the 30th to 21st position, Edin Dzeko from Bosnia is at number 30 with 67 goals. Tied at 68 goals are legends Gerd Muller from Germany, Robbie Keane from Ireland, Carlos Ruiz from Guatemala, and Hossam Hassan from Egypt. Luis Suarez from Uruguay and Stern John are both at 69 goals, while Piyapong Pue-on and Abdul Kadir have 70 goals each. Moving up to the 20th to 11th positions, Miroslav Klose and Harry Kane have both scored 71 goals. Close behind are Majed Abdullah with 72 and Bashar Abdullah and Kunishige Kamamoto with 75 each. Pele scored 77 goals for Brazil, while Hussein Saeed Mohammed has 78 for Iraq. The top 10 is made up of football's elite forwards. Neymar and Godfrey Chitalu are tied for the 10th spot with 79 goals. Ferenc Puskas scored 84, and Robert Lewandowski and Ali Mabkhout both have 85 goals. Romelu Lukaku has 88 goals, followed by Mokhtar Dahari with 89, Sunil Chhetri with 94, and Ali Daei, who scored 109 goals. Cristiano Ronaldo has played the most international matches, with 219 appearances. These statistics reflect the incredible achievements of these players on the international stage.