Cristiano Ronaldo may turn 39 in just over a month, but he remains at the top of the soccer world for another calendar year.
The Portuguese superstar has dominated the goalscoring charts in Saudi Arabia, helping Al Nassr challenge for trophies at home and abroad. He has also committed feverishly to the Portuguese national team in front of the net, proving he can perform on the European stage despite moving his club career to the Asian confederation.
Between club and country, Ronaldo will end 2023 as the world’s top scorer in men’s football in the final calendar year.
In his productive season, Ronaldo is currently at the top of the Saudi Pro League goalscorers list and finished Euro 2024 qualifying as the competition’s top goalscorer. There is little doubt that he will lead his country’s challenge at the Euro 2024 finals in Germany next year.
What a year it has been for Ronaldo, he narrowly edged out Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe to secure the World Cup.
The best goal scorers in the world: Most scored worldwide in 2023
Al-Nassr-Star Cristiano Ronaldo leads all global scorers in 2023 54 Tore for club and country.
In a year in which he ended his career at Tottenham and made a brilliant start to his time at Bayern Munich, Harry Kane fell just short of the top spot and ended 2023 with 52 Tore when the German league went into the winter break. The same applies to Kylian Mbappéwho achieved the same total before PSG’s fixture list for the year came to an end.
But Man City still has a few games left Erling Haaland won’t get a chance to compete as a foot injury plagued him throughout December. He is not expected to play again until January.
Ferencvaros Frontmann Barnabas Varga is a lesser-known contender, as his club form in Hungary’s top flight and the Europa Conference League helped the 29-year-old earn a place in the Hungarian national team, where he scored four goals in his first seven international appearances.
Over in America, where the club season is played on a calendar year schedule, LAFC striker Denis Bouanga won the MLS Golden Boot and set the league record for goals in a year in all competitions, surpassing teammate Carlos Vela’s mark. Fluminense striker German canoe led his Brazilian club to their first Copa Libertadores title and to the final of the FIFA Club World Cup.
Pos.
player
Goals
Association
Nation
1. Cristiano Ronaldo
54
Al Nassr Portugal 2. Harry Kane
52
Bayern Munich England Kylian Mbappe
52
PSG France 4. Erling Haaland
50
Manchester City Norway 5. Denis Bouanga 40 LAFC Gabon German Kanu
40
Fluminense Argentinian 7. Santiago Gimenez
39
Feyenoord Mexico Romelu Lukaku
39
AS Rom Belgien Barnabas Varga
39
Ferencvaros Ungarn 10. Lautaro Martinez
37
Inter Milan Argentina
The top global goalscorers of the last 10 years
Cristiano Ronaldo And Lionel Messi are known for their scoring prowess, but the global leader in goals in a calendar year has actually been spread across a range of players, nations, clubs and continents over the last decade.
Ronaldo and Messi are on the list four times in total, but others also appear. Robert LewandowskiIn the two years he went through the COVID seasons, he was famously stripped of the Ballon d’Or Harry Kane He was the star in 2017 and replaced Lewandowski at Bayern this season.
Year
player
Goals
Association
Nation
2023 Cristiano Ronaldo
54
Al Nassr Portugal 2022 Kylian Mbappé
56
PSG France 2021 Robert Lewandowski
69
Bayern Munich Poland 2020 Robert Lewandowski
47
Bayern Munich Poland 2019 Abderrazak Hamdallah
57
Al Nassr Marokko 2018 Bagdad Bounedjah
58
Al Sadd Algerien 2017 Harry Kane
56
Tottenham
England
2016
Lionel Messi
58
Barcelona Argentina 2015 Cristiano Ronaldo
57
Real Madrid
Portugal
2014
Cristiano Ronaldo
61
Real Madrid
Portugal
All-time top goalscorer in a calendar year
The official FIFA record for most goals in a calendar year is held by Lionel Messi His legendary 2012 campaign saw him score 91 goals for club and country, helping lead Barcelona to the La Liga title in 2012/13 and reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League in both 2011/12 and 2012/13.
During this run, Messi also set the record for most consecutive games with a goal in a single competition, scoring an incredible 21 consecutive games in La Liga.
Messi’s mark broke a 40-year record held by the German superstar Gerd Müller His tally of 85 goals from 1972 has stood the test of time over an astonishing four decades.
However, there is an unofficially recognized submission that some believe still holds the record. Godfrey Chitalu of Zambia, who played for the Kabwe Warriors for most of his club career, is said to have scored 116 goals in 1972. In the same season, Muller set his official record, which would stand for 40 years. Despite this, FIFA did not monitor Zambia’s domestic competition, so this was never officially confirmed.
Year
player
Goals
Association
Nation
2012 Lionel Messi
91
Barcelona Argentina 1972 Gerd Müller
85
Bayern Munich Germany 1958 Pele
75
Santos Brazil 1965 Pele
72
Santos Brazil 1979 Zico
72
Flamengo Brasilien 2000 Romario
72
Fluminense Brazil 2021 Robert Lewandowski
69
Bayern Munich Poland 2013 Cristiano Ronaldo
69
Real Madrid
Portugal
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