Progression of association football goalscoring record

This is a progressive list of men's association footballers who have held or co-held the world record for international goals, beginning with England's William Kenyon-Slaney, and currently held by Iran's Ali Daei.

World record

Player Country Goal Date Opponent Score Notes
William Kenyon-Slaney  England 2 [lower-alpha 1] 1873-03-08  Scotland 4–2 [lower-alpha 2] The first ever player to score in an international football match;[1][2]
held the goalscoring record for almost 3 years.
Henry McNeil  Scotland 2 1876-03-04  England 3–0 [3]
Henry McNeil  Scotland 3 1876-03-25  Wales 4–0
John Ferguson  Scotland 3 1877-03-03  England 3–1 [4]
Henry McNeil  Scotland 5 1878-03-02  England 7–2 [3]
John Ferguson  Scotland 5 1878-03-23  Wales 9–0 [4]
Billy MacKinnon  Scotland 5 1879-04-05  England 4–5 [5]
John Smith  Scotland 6 1881-03-12  England 6–1 [6]
George Ker  Scotland 7 1881-03-14  Wales 5–1 Held the record for 3 years.[7]
George Ker  Scotland 9 1882-03-11  England 5–1
George Ker  Scotland 10 1882-03-25  Wales 5–0
John Smith  Scotland 10 1884-03-15  England 1–0 [6]
Charles Bambridge  England 10 1885-02-28  Ireland 4–0 Held the record for 3 years.[8]
Charles Bambridge  England 11 1885-03-21  Scotland 1–1
Tinsley Lindley  England 11 1888-03-31  Ireland 5–1 [9]
Fred Dewhurst  England 11 1889-02-23  Wales 4–1 [10]
Tinsley Lindley  England 12 1890-03-15  Wales 3–1 Held the record for more than 8 years.[9]
Tinsley Lindley  England 14 1891-03-07  Ireland 6–1
Steve Bloomer  England 15 1898-04-02  Scotland 3–1 Held the record for about 11 years.[11][12]
Steve Bloomer  England 17 1899-02-18  Ireland 13–2
Steve Bloomer  England 19 1899-03-20  Wales 4–0
Steve Bloomer  England 20 1900-04-07  Scotland 1–4
Steve Bloomer  England 24 1901-03-18  Wales 6–0
Steve Bloomer  England 25 1901-03-30  Scotland 2–2
Steve Bloomer  England 26 1904-04-09  Scotland 1–0
Steve Bloomer  England 27 1905-02-25  Ireland 1–1
Steve Bloomer  England 28 1907-04-06  Scotland 1–1
Vivian Woodward  England 29 1911-03-13  Wales 3–0 [13][14]
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 29 1912-06-23  Norway 6–0 Held the record for more than 41 years.[15]
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 32 1912-07-03 Germany 3–1
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 33 1912-07-05  Austria 3–0
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 35 1912-07-12 Russian Empire Russia 9–0
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 40 1912-07-14 Russian Empire Russia 12–0
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 42 1912-11-03  Austria 4–0
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 43 1913-05-18  Sweden 2–0
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 44 1914-06-19  Sweden 5–1
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 45 1914-06-21  Sweden 1–1
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 46 1914-10-04  Austria 2–2
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 47 1915-05-30  Austria 2–1
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 48 1915-10-03  Austria 2–4
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 49 1916-06-04  Austria 2–1
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 50 1916-11-05  Austria 3–3
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 51 1917-05-06  Austria 1–1
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 53 1917-06-03  Austria 6–2
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 54 1917-07-15  Austria 4–1
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 55 1918-04-14  Austria 2–0
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 56 1918-05-12   Switzerland 2–1
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 57 1918-06-02  Austria 2–0
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 58 1921-06-05  Germany 3–0
Imre Schlosser  Hungary 59 1921-11-06  Sweden 4–2
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 59 1953-10-04 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 5–1 Held the record for more than 47 years,
which is the longest duration of the record held by a single player.[16][17]
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 61 1953-11-25  England 6–3
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 63 1954-02-12  Egypt 3–0
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 65 1954-05-23  England 7–1
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 67 1954-06-17  South Korea 9–0
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 68 1954-06-20  West Germany 8–3
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 69 1954-07-04  West Germany 2–3
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 70 1955-05-08  Norway 5–0
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 72 1955-05-11  Sweden 7–3
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 73 1955-05-19  Finland 9–1
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 75 1955-09-17   Switzerland 5–4
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 76 1955-09-25  Soviet Union 1–1
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 77 1955-10-16  Austria 6–1
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 78 1955-11-13  Sweden 4–2
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 79 1955-11-27  Italy 2–0
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 80 1956-02-19  Turkey 1–3
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 81 1956-02-29  Lebanon 4–1
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 82 1956-06-03  Belgium 4–5
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 83 1956-09-16  Yugoslavia 3–1
Ferenc Puskás  Hungary 84 1956-10-14  Austria 2–0
Ali Daei  Iran 84 2003-11-19  Lebanon 3–0 Current record holder;
holding the record since 28 November 2003.[18][19]
Ali Daei  Iran 85 2003-11-28  Lebanon 1–0
Ali Daei  Iran 86 2003-12-02  Kuwait 1–3
Ali Daei  Iran 87 2004-02-18  Qatar 3–1
Ali Daei  Iran 89 2004-03-31  Laos 7–0
Ali Daei  Iran 92 2004-06-17  Lebanon 4–0
Ali Daei  Iran 93 2004-06-21  Syria 7–1
Ali Daei  Iran 94 2004-06-25  Syria 4–1
Ali Daei  Iran 95 2004-07-20  Thailand 3–0
Ali Daei  Iran 97 2004-08-06  Bahrain 4–2
Ali Daei  Iran 98 2004-09-08  Jordan 2–0
Ali Daei  Iran 102 [lower-alpha 3] 2004-11-17  Laos 7–0[20]
Ali Daei  Iran 103 2004-12-18  Panama 1–0
Ali Daei  Iran 104 2005-02-02  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1
Ali Daei  Iran 105 2005-08-17  Japan 1–2
Ali Daei  Iran 106 2005-08-24  Libya 4–0
Ali Daei  Iran 107 2005-11-13  Togo 2–0
Ali Daei  Iran 108 2006-02-22  Chinese Taipei 4–0
Ali Daei  Iran 109 2006-03-01  Costa Rica 3–2

See also

Remarks

  1. ↑ William Kenyon-Slaney was selected to play for England against Scotland in this match, which was incidentally his only international appearance, and he scored twice in the match.
  2. ↑ This was only the second international football match in the history of international football, the first being the famous 1872 Scotland vs England football match.
  3. ↑ In this match, Ali Daei scored his 100th international goal. It was the first time ever in international football that a male footballer touched the 100 goal mark in his international career.

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