The best football scorers in history left their mark for a long time. They know about them, they remember them, they continue to admire them - those who have not played for a long time. And those athletes who continue their playing career are still respected people who are not tired of delighting their fans with goals.
Last lines of the TOP
So, telling who the best football scorers in history were and are, it is worth starting with those athletes who distinguished themselves by their performances for the national teams.
Recall, for example, Boom Kun Cha - the star of South Korean sport. He spent more than three hundred games in the German championships in the 80s and scored 98 goals. And for his national team, he played 121 matches. And scored 55 goals. Actually, 55 is the so-called “minimum” in all kinds of ratings.
At the same mark, player Kazuyoshi Miura, the scorer of the Japanese team, stopped. Even when he was deeply over 40, he continued to play, defending the honor of FC “Yokohama”. He stopped playing for the national team in 2000.
The third scorer, who scored 55 goals, is Jan Koller, who played for Samara's “Wings of the Soviets”. He scored 55 goals for his native Czech team.
Joachim Streich sent the same number of goals to the opponents. And this person is included not only in the rating called “The best football scorers in history”. He is also one of the most eminent players in the GDR. It’s more correct to say that he was the best in the GDR.
And finally, Gabriel Batistuta is one of the top scorers in the history of Argentinean football. Also 55 goals in his account.
Carlos Pavon, the footballer of the Honduran national team, also scored 55 goals. Although, according to some estimates, even more - either 56 or 58.
Miroslav Klose and Ronaldo “Critters”
But Miro Klose needs to be told separately. For 23 matches - 16 goals! The absolute record holder. The German attack finisher managed to score 16 goals in less time than the legendary Brazilian Ronaldo. The German footballer played at four world championships in a row, and breaking the record of “Nibbler” was probably one of his main goals. By the way, the fact that the sixteenth, historical goal, Miroslav scored in a match against the Brazilian national team is very symbolic.
What about Ronaldo? For 19 matches, scored 15 goals. No wonder this football player is called the Brazilian legend of the late twentieth and early 21st century. The favorite of millions - he, like Klose, participated in the four Mundial. In general, we can say with confidence that these two are the best football scorers in history.
Legends of the past
Continuing the theme, we should talk about the athletes who performed in the last century. They deserve considerable respect. Take, for example, the German footballer Gerd Muller. For 13 World Cup matches, he scored 14 goals! Until recently, he remained the top scorer in Germany. Indeed, for 62 matches in general, he scored 68 (!) Goals. In 2014, he was beaten by the notorious Klose - for 133 games, 70 goals were drawn. But still, Gerd has remained in history as one of the greatest athletes in the world and Germany.
Just Fontaine is a French athlete. This is a unique person. He is definitely on the list of top scorers in the history of football. He played only in one world tournament - back in 1958. But how did he do it! In six games, he scored 13 goals against opponents. And not only to weak opponents, but also to the strongest teams. For example, he sent four goals to the net to the Germans, and at that time they were world champions.
Three memorable personalities
Perhaps, if you ask someone about which of the age-related athletes has a status that sounds like “the best scorer in the history of football”, then many will name a person named Pele. Everyone knows this living legend. No wonder his name is “King of football”. He is the best player of the 20th century. He played in four world championships, starting with the distant 1958. He was 17 years old at that time. And Pele is the only footballer to have won the World Cup three times as an active field player. And now, his best indicator is 12 goals in 14 matches.
Sandor Kocsis is a Hungarian player who was also able to become famous. He participated only in one single tournament, in 1954. He managed to become famous due to the fact that he scored at every match. Only in the final failed to arrange a goal. And therefore, probably, Hungary lost to the Germans. In total, he scored 11 goals.
Jürgen Klinsmann boasts the same rate. In general, a very famous player. He and Rudi Feller in 1990 made a formidable duet and in tandem with the rest of the players won gold at the World Cup for their native Germany.
Final rating
Talking about age-old football players, it is worth mentioning those five forwards who complete the ratings under the title “Top scorers in the history of football for the XX century”.
Helmut Rahn played for the German national team. He also scored two goals in the legendary final of the 1954 World Cup. He was called the "Gun of Essen." 10 goals
Gabriel Batistuta had the same rate. He is a charismatic, famous, popular and once talented Argentine striker.
Following is Gary Lineker, an Englishman who became the only footballer in England who was awarded the title of top scorer of the World Cup. On his account then there were also 10 goals.
Like Grzegorz Lato, a Pole who participated in the 1974 and 1982 World Cup. In those years, his team won bronze.
And the last athlete - Teofilo Cubillas from Peru, he also has 10 goals. He is recognized as the best Peruvian football player of the 20th century. Worthy of respect.
Little-known names
Above were listed athletes who, one way or another, are included in the rankings under the title “10 best scorers in the history of football” according to different versions. But there are still many good players who have distinguished themselves by good performance, only their names are not so famous.
Take, for example, the Hassanov brothers. Their names are Ahmed and Hossam, and they played for the Egyptian national team. Few follow the Egyptian team, so this should be interesting to many. Ahmed is the world record holder in the number of games held per team. Hossam, his brother, went down three lines from him. But it was he who set the record for the number of goals scored for the African team. It was thanks to him that Egypt at the beginning of the new century often took the Africa Cup.
Stern John is an Englishman who has played for less than 10 successful clubs for ten years. But in the team he was indispensable. John became the team's top scorer, scoring 69 goals.
The name Kunishige Kamamoto is known to connoisseurs of Japanese sports. This player played in the 60-70s for his national team. He scored 75 goals in the net. It was he who was called the top scorer of the 1968 Olympics. Seven times this man won the sniper race of the Japanese championship. In total, in the championships he scored more than two hundred goals!
Modest biography - solid achievements
It was precisely such a sport as football that helped to reveal many talented personalities. The best scorers in the world in history could not have become such if they had failed in time, as they say, to "find themselves." But many, even if they became the best in this matter, they are still not known to all. Take, for example, a Kuwaiti striker named Bashar Abdullah. He scored as many as 75 goals for the national team. Although they do not know about him because his team rarely achieved success in the championships.
Clifton Sandvilet is also not a very popular footballer. That's just he scored 81 goals for his Surinamese team. A good indicator.
Club players
Of course, the topic of the best club scorers is very large and detailed, but the names of famous football players cannot be ignored. Everyone who loves this sport knows these names. Lionel Messi, Raul, Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Pogba, Wayne Rooney, Thomas Muller ... There are actually quite a few names. Much more than in the case of the top scorers who distinguished themselves in the world championships. But in fact, the presence of such talented football players in European clubs cannot but rejoice. After all, while the teams have clogging players, this means that the vast majority of matches can be compared with real field battles for the ball. This means that football will remain an interesting sport.