IFFHS' World's Best Goal Scorers of the Year 1997-2006


World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year
Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorers
Best Top Division Goal Scorers

World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year

overview

1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 1991

  
 1. Jean-Pierre Papin 	Olympique Marseille 		France 		16 ( 7/ 9) 
 2. Gabriel Batistuta 	Boca Juniors + Fiorentina	Argentina 	12 ( 6/ 6) 
    Darko Pancev 	Crvena zvezda Beograd 		Yugoslavia 	12 ( 6/ 6) 
 4. Gary Lineker 	Tottenham Hotspur		England 	11 ( 9/ 2) 
 5. Magidu Musisi	Nakivubo Villa Kampala 		Uganda 		11 ( 8/ 3) 
 6. Dean Saunders 	Derby County + Liverpool 	England 	11 ( 2/ 9) 
 7. "Gaúcho" 		CR Flamengo			Brazil 		11 ( 0/11) 
 8. Dejan Savicevic	Crvena zvezda Beograd 		Yugoslavia 	10 ( 5/ 5) 
 9. Antony De Avila	América Cali 			Colombia 	 9 ( 5/ 4) 
10. Adrian Knup 	FC Luzern 			Switzerland	 8 ( 8/ 0) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 1992

  
 1. César Obando 	Deportivo Motagua		Honduras 	12 (12/ 0) 
 2. Dennis Bergkamp 	Ajax Amsterdam 			Netherlands 	12 ( 7/ 5) 
 3. Raí 		São Paulo FC 			Brazil 		12 ( 6/ 6) 
 4. József Kiprich 	Feyenoord Rotterdam 		Hungary 	10 ( 6/ 4) 
 5. Abdoulaye Traoré 	ASEC Mimosas Abidjan 		Ivoiry Coast 	10 ( 5/ 5) 
 6. Ian Rush 		Liverpool 			Wales 		10 ( 4/ 6) 
 7. Fernando Hierro 	Real Madrid 			Spain 		10 ( 3/ 7) 
    "Zague" 		América Ciudad			Mexico 		10 ( 3/ 7) 
 9. Francisco Uribe 	CS y Deportivo León 		Mexico 		 9 ( 9/ 0) 
10. Jean-Pierre Papin 	Olympique Marseille + Milan AC 	France 		 9 ( 7/ 2) 
    Kevin Mutale        Nkana Red Devils Kitwe 		Zambia 		 9 ( 7/ 2) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 1993

  
 1. Said Al-Owairan	FC Riyadh 			Saudi Arabia 	18 (15/ 3) 
 2. Kazuyoshi Yomiuri 	Nippon FC Kawasaki 		Japan		16 (16/ 0) 
 3. "Zague" 		América Ciudad de México 	Mexico 		14 (14/ 0) 
 4. Roberto Baggio 	Juventus Turin		 	Italy 		13 ( 5/ 8) 
 5. Piyapong Pue-on 	Royal Thailand Air Force	Thailand 	12 (12/ 0) 
 6. Andreas Möller 	Juventus  		 	Germany 	11 ( 7/ 4) 
 7. Raúl Arce 		Luis Ángel Firpo		El Salvador 	11 ( 5/ 6) 
 8. Dennis Bergkamp 	Ajax Amsterdam + Inter Milan 	Netherlands 	11 ( 4/ 7) 
 9. Ahmed Radhi Zawra 	Club Baghdad 			Iraq		 9 ( 9/ 0) 
    Rashidi Yekini 	Vitória Setúbal 		Nigeria		 9 ( 9/ 0) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 1994

  
 1. Hristo Stoichkov 	FC Barcelona 			Bulgaria 	17 ( 9/ 8) 
 2. Sun-Hong Hwang 	Pochul Atoms 			South Korea 	16 (16/ 0) 
 3. Romário		FC Barcelona 			Brazil 		15 (10/ 5) 
 4. Ulf Kirsten 	Bayer Leverkusen 		Germany 	13 ( 3/10) 
 5. Jürgen Klinsmann 	AS de Monaco + Tottenham 	Germany 	12 (11/ 1) 
 6. Bebeto 		Deportivo La Coruña 		Brazil 		12 ( 8/ 4) 
 7. Ilie Dumitrescu 	Steaua Bucuresti + Tottenham	Romania 	11 (11/ 0) 
 8. Tomas Brolin 	Parma AC 			Sweden		10 ( 9/ 1) 
 9. Henrik Larsson 	Feyenoord Rotterdam 		Sweden		10 ( 4/ 6) 
10. George Weah 	Paris Sait-Germain		Liberia 	 9 ( 1/ 8) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 1995

   
 1. Jürgen Klinsmann 	Tottenham + Bayern München 	Germany 	17 ( 6/11) 
 2. Mário Jardel	Grêmio Porto-Alegre 		Brazil 		16 ( 0/16) 
 3. Enzo Francescoli	River Plate			Uruguay 	14 ( 3/11) 
 4. Rodney Jack 	Stingers FC 			St.Vincent/Gr.  13 (13/ 0) 
 5. Edmundo		SE Pailmeiras + CR Flamengo	Brazil 		12 ( 5/ 7) 
 6. Andrzej Juskowiak 	Sporting CP + Olympiakos Pireus Poland 		11 ( 8/ 3) 
    Davor Suker 	Sevilla CF 			Croatia 	11 ( 8/ 3) 
 8. Eduardo Hurtado 	Emelec Guayaquil 		Ecuador 	11 ( 6/ 5) 
    Gianfranco Zola 	Parma AC 			Italy 		11 ( 6/ 5) 
10. Petr Samec 		Hradec Králové 			Czech Rep. 	11 ( 2/ 9) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 1996

    
 1. Ali Daei 		Pirouzi Teheran + Al-Sadd Doha 	Iran 		22 (22/ 0) 
 2. Natipong Sritong-In Thai Farmers Bank		Thailand 	16 (16/ 0) 
 3. Hernán Crespo 	River Plate			Argentina 	16 ( 6/10) 
 4. Moh.Salem Al-Enazi 	Rayyan Sport Club Doha 		Qatar 		13 (13/ 0) 
 5. Faustino Asprilla 	Parma AC / Newcastle United	Colombia 	13 ( 8/ 5) 
 6. Kiatisuk Senamuang 	Thai Farmers Bank		Thailand 	12 (12/ 0) 
 7. Ronaldo		PSV Eindhoven + FC Barcelona 	Brazil 		12 (10/ 2) 
 8. Jürgen Klinsmann 	Bayern München 			Germany 	12 ( 8/ 4) 
 9. Antony De Avila 	América Cali 			Colombia 	12 ( 1/11) 
10. Bebeto 		Dep. La Coruña + CR Flamengo	Brazil 		11 (10/ 1) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 1997

   
 1. Ronaldo		FC Barcelona + Inter Milan 	Brazil 		22 (17/ 5) 
 2. Karim Bagheri 	Pirouzi + Arminia Bielefeld 	Iran 		20 (20/ 0) 
 3. Romário		CR Flamengo + Valencia CF 	Brazil 		19 (19/ 0) 
    Kazuyoshi Yomiuri 	Verdy Kawasaki        		Japan		19 (19/ 0) 
 5. Carlos Hermosillo	Cruz Azul 			Mexico 		18 ( 8/10) 
 6. Marcelo Salas 	River Plate			Chile 		16 ( 9/ 7) 
 7. Ivo Basay 		Colo Colo Santiago 		Chile 		15 ( 0/15) 
 8. Ariel Lentini	Emelec Guayaquil 		Ecuador 	14 (10/ 4) 
 9. Alessandro Del Piero  Juventus 			Italy 		12 ( 4/ 8) 
10. Yong-Su Choi 	Anyang Lucky Goldstar		South Korea 	11 (11/ 0) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 1998

  
 1. Jassem Al-Houwaidi	SC Kuwait-City 			Kuwait 		20 (20/ 0) 
 2. Gabriel Batistuta 	AC Fiorentina			Argentina 	14 (13/ 1) 
 3. Luis Hernández 	Necaxa Ciudad de México 	Mexico 		13 (13/ 0) 
 4. Davor Suker 	Real Madrid 			Croatia 	13 (12/ 1) 
 5. Marcelo Salas 	River Plate + Lazio Roma 	Chile 		13 (10/ 3) 
 6. Zlatko Zahovic 	FC Porto 			Slovenia	13 ( 6/ 7) 
 7. Yong-Soo Choi 	Sangmoo Army FC 		South Korea 	12 (12/ 0) 
    Hossam Hassan 	National SC Cairo 		Egypt 		12 (12/ 0) 
 9. Shaun Bartlett 	FC Zürich 			South Africa 	12 ( 4/ 8) 
10. Sergey Rebrov 	Dynamo Kiev 			Ukraine 	12 ( 3/ 9) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 1999

  
 1. Raúl 		Real Madrid 			Spain 		14 (10/4) 
 2. Rivaldo		FC Barcelona 			Brazil 		13 ( 8/5) 
 3. Alex 		SE Palmeiras São Paulo 		Brazil 		13 ( 6/7) 
 4. Badran Shaqran 	Ramtha Sport Club 		Jordan 		12 (12/0) 
 5. Tore André Flo 	Chelsea FC 			Norway 		12 ( 6/6) 
 6. Valery Karpin 	Celta de Vigo 			Russia 		11 ( 6/5) 
 7. Sergey Rebrov 	Dynamo Kiev 			Ukraine 	11 ( 4/7) 
 8. Rolando Fonseca  	Club Comunicaciones Guatemala 	Costa Rica 	10 ( 8/2) 
    Zlatko Zahovic 	Olympiakos Pireas 		Slovenia 	10 ( 8/2) 
10. Luis Enrique	FC Barcelona 			Spain 		10 ( 4/6) 
    Hossam Hassan 	National SC Cairo 		Egypt 		10 ( 4/6) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 2000

 1. Rivaldo		FC Barcelona 			Brazil 		21 ( 8/13) 
 2. Romário		Vasco da Gama			Brazil 		21 ( 7/14) 
 3. Ali Daei            Hertha BSC Berlin 		Iran 		20 (18/ 2) 
 4. Patrick Kluivert 	FC Barcelona 			Netherlands 	18 (12/ 6) 
 5. Bashar Abdullah	Salmiya SC 			Kuwait 		17 (17/ 0) 
 6. Luiz Carlos Luizão  Corinthians 			Brazil 		16 ( 0/16) 
 7. Carlos Pavón 	Morelia México 			Honduras 	14 (14/ 0) 
 8. Cuauhtemoc Blanco 	América México + Valladolid 	Mexico 		14 ( 5/ 9) 
 9. Raúl		Real Madrid 			España 		14 ( 3/11) 
10. Mário Jardel	FC Porto /Galatasaray		Brazil 		14 ( 1/13) 
11. Guilherme		Atlético Mineiro B.Horizonte 	Brazil 		14 ( 0/14) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 2001

 1. Hani Al-Dhabit	Dhofar Club Salalah 		Oman 		22 (22/ 0) 
 2. Kiatisuk Senamuang 	Armed Forces FC 		Thailand 	16 (16/ 0) 
    Archibald Thompson 	Marconi Fairfield Stallions	Australia 	16 (16/ 0) 
 4. Raúl		Real Madrid			Spain 		16 ( 6/10) 
 5. Luis Figo 		Real Madrid			Portugal 	15 ( 9/ 6) 
 6. Michael Owen 	Liverpool FC 			England 	15 ( 6/ 9) 
 7. Obaid Al-Dossary	Jeddah 				Saudi Arabia 	14 (14/ 0) 
    David Zdrilic 	SpVgg. Unterhaching 		Australia 	14 (14/ 0) 
 9. Rolando Fonseca 	Saprissa San José + La Piedad 	Costa Rica 	14 (12/ 2) 
10. Talal Al-Meshal	FC Riyadh 			Saudi Arabia 	13 (13/ 0) 
    Yasser Salem Saleh 	Al-Wahda Club 			Abu-Dhabi UAE 	13 (13/ 0) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 2002

 1. Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United		Netherlands	14 ( 1/13) 
 2. Miroslav Klose 	1.FC Kaiserslautern 		Germany 	13 (13/ 0) 
 3. Jon Dahl Tomasson  	Feyenoord Rotterdam + Milan AC 	Denmark 	13 (10/ 3) 
 4. Ronaldo		Inter Milan + Real Madrid 	Brazil 		12 (11/ 1) 
 5. Michael Owen  	Liverpool FC 			England 	12 ( 6/ 6) 
    Raúl 		Real Madrid			Spain  		12 ( 6/ 6) 
 7. Filippo Inzaghi 	Milan AC 			Italy 		12 ( 0/12) 
 8. Jan Koller 		Borussia Dortmund 		Czech Rep. 	11 ( 5/ 6) 
 9. Ahmed Belal   	National SC Cairo 		Egypt 		11 ( 4/ 7) 
10. Richard Morales  	Nacional Montevideo 		Uruguay  	11 ( 3/ 8) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 2003

Top 11

 1. Thierry Henry       Arsenal FC            		France         	15 (11/ 4) 
 2. David Trezeguet  	Juventus Turin          	France         	15 ( 8/ 7) 
 3. Raúl		Real Madrid        		Spain          	14 ( 8/ 6) 
 4. Sarayoot Chaikamdee Port Authority     		Thailand       	13 (13/ 0) 
 5. Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United  		Netherlands    	13 ( 5/ 8) 
 6. Ronaldo             Real Madrid        		Brazil         	12 ( 3/ 9) 
 7. Fawzi Bashir        Al-Nasr Salalah  		Oman           	11 (11/ 0) 
 8. Jan Koller          Borussia Dortmund  		Czech Rep.	11 ( 7/ 4) 
 9. Wai-Lun Au          South China        		Hongkong       	10 (10/ 0) 
10. Martín Liguera      CA Fénix Montevideo           	Uruguay        	10 ( 7/ 3) 
11. Derlei            	FC Porto        		Brazil         	10 ( 0/10)

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 2004

Top 10

1.  Ali Daei 		Pirouzi FC Teheran
                        + Saba Teheran 			Iran 		17 (17/ 0) 
2.  Carlos Tévez 	CA Boca Juniors Buenos Aires 	Argentina 	16 (10/ 6) 
3.  Adriano 		Internazionale Milan 		Brazil 		15 ( 8/ 7) 
4.  Didier Drogba 	Olympique de Marseille
			+ Chelsea FC London 		Ivory Coast 	15 ( 6/ 9) 
5.  Jared Borgetti 	Club Santos Laguna de Torreon
			+ Dorados de Sinaloa Culiacán 	México 		14 (10/ 4) 
6.  Dimitar Berbatov 	TSV Bayer Leverkusen  		Bulgaria 	14 ( 9/ 5) 
7.  Ruud Van Nistelrooij Manchester United  		Netherlands 	14 ( 6/ 8) 
8.  A'ala Hubail 	Al-Ittihad Doha-Gharrafa 	Bahrain 	13 (13/ 0) 
9.  Kevin Kuranyi	VfB Stuttgart 			Germany 	13 (10/ 3) 
10. Luís Fabiano 	São Paulo FC + FC Porto 	Brazil 		13 ( 5/ 8) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 2005

Top 11

 1. Adriano 		Internazionale Milano 		Brazil		18 (10/ 8) 
 2. Wilmer Velásquez 	CD Olimpia Tegucigalpa		Honduras	15 (13/ 2) 
 3. Ronaldinho		FC Barcelona			Brazil		14 ( 7/ 7) 
    Motaeb		National SC Cairo		Egypt		14 ( 7/ 7) 
 5. Djbriel Cissé 	Liverpool FC 			France		13 ( 5/ 8) 
 6. Amr Zaki 		ENPPI Cairo			Egypt		12 (12/ 0) 
 7. Jared Borgetti	Pachuca CF + Bolton Wanderers	Mexico		12 ( 8/ 4) 
 8. Hernán Crespo	Milan AC + Chelsea FC London 	Argentina	12 ( 6/ 6) 
 9. Robinho		Santos FC + Real Madrid 	Brazil		11 ( 5/ 6) 
10. Javier Luis Garcia	Liverpool FC			Spain 		11 ( 3/ 8) 
11. Andriy Shevshenko	Milan AC			Ukraine		11 ( 2/ 9) 

IFFHS' World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year 2006

Top 10

 1. Humberto Suazo 	CSD Colo Colo Santiago		Chile		17 ( 4/13) 
 2. Peter Crouch 	Liverpool FC			England		16 (11/ 5) 
 3. Mohamed Aboutreika 	National SC Cairo		Egypt		14 ( 3/11) 
 4. Miroslav Klose	SV Werder Bremen 		Germany		13 (13/ 0) 
 5. Lukas Podolski	FC Bayern München 		Germany		13 (12/ 1) 
 6. Didier Drogba	Chelsea FC London		Ivory Coast	13 ( 8/ 5) 
 7. Agustin Delgado 	LDU Quito 			Ecuador		13 ( 7/ 6) 
 8. Fahed Attal		Islamic Club Qalqilia
                        + Al-Jazeera Club		Palestine	12 (12/ 0) 
 9. Bastian Schweinsteiger FC Bayern München 		Germany		12 (10/ 2) 
10. David Villa 	Valencia CF 			Spain		12 ( 8/ 4) 

Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorers

overview

1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004

IFFHS' World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 1997

Top 5

1. Hakan Sükür 			Galatasaray Istanbul 	Turkey 		38/32 = 1,188 
2. Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto 	Vasco da Gama Rio de J. Brazil 		29/28 = 1,036 
3. Sabin Ilie 			Steaua Bucuresti 	Romania 	31/31 = 1,000 
4. Sigurd Rushfeldt		Rosenborg Trondheim 	Norway 		25/25 = 1,000 
5. Hristo Marachliev 		Levski Kustendil 
				and Spartak Varna 	Bulgaria 	20/20 = 1,000 

IFFHS' World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 1998

Top 8

1. Masashi Nakayama 		Jubilo Iwata 		Japan 		37/29 = 1,276 
2. Marco Negri 			Glasgow Rangers 	Italy 		32/29 = 1,103 
3. Nikolaos Mahlas 		Vitesse Arnhem 		Greece 		34/32 = 1,063 
4. Sigurd Rushfeldt 		Rosenborg Trondheim 	Norway 		27/26 = 1,038 
5. Hakan Sükür 			Galatasaray Istanbul 	Turkey 		32/31 = 1,032 
6. Jaime Iván Kaviedes 		Emelec Guayaquil 	Ecuador 	43/43 = 1,000 
   Sasa Markovic 		Crvena Zvezda Beograd 	Yugoslavia 	27/27 = 1,000 
   Christian Vieri 		Atlético de Madrid 	Italy 		24/24 = 1,000 

IFFHS' World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 1999

Top 5

1. Mário Jardel Almeida Ribeiro FC Porto 		Brazil  	36/32 = 1,125 
2. Guilherme de Cássio Alves 	Mineiro Belo Horizonte 	Brazil 		28/27 = 1,037 
3. Cuauhtémoc Blanco 		América Ciudad		Mexico 		31/30 = 1,033 
4. Alves do Nascimento		Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte Brazil 		22/22 = 1,000 
5. Ruud van Nistelrooy 		PSV Eindhoven 		Netherlands 	31/33 = 0,939 

IFFHS' World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 2000

Top 5
  
1. Hamzah Idris Fallateh 	Al-Ittihad Club Jeddah 	Saudi Arabia 	33/25 = 1,320 
2. Ruud van Nistelrooy 		PSV Eindhoven 		Netherlands 	29/23 = 1,261 
3. Mário Jardel  		FC do Porto 		Brazil  	38/32 = 1,188 
4. Assi Tubi Maccabi 		Petah Tikva 		Israel 		27/26 = 1,038 
5. José Eduardo Esidio 		Universitario Lima 	Brazil  	37/38 = 0,974 

IFFHS' World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 2001

Top 5
 
1. Romário de Souza Faria 	Vasco da Gama Rio de J.	Brazil  	21/18 = 1,167 
2. José Alfredo Castillo 	Oriente Petrolero	Bolivia 	42/38 = 1,105 
3. Jared Borgetti 		Santos Laguna Torreon 	Mexico 		41/39 = 1,051 
4. Dejan Osmanovic 		Hajduk Rodic Kula 	Yugoslavia 	25/25 = 1,000 
5. Georgi Alexandrov Ivanov 	Slavia Sofia 		Bulgaria 	22/22 = 1,000 

IFFHS' World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 2002

Top 5
  
1. Mário Jardel              	Sporting Club Portugal	Brazil          42/30 = 1,400
2. Joaquin Botero		Bolivar La Paz		Bolivia		49/39 = 1,256 
3. José Alfredo Castillo 	Oriente Petrolero	Bolivia 	46/38 = 1,211
4. Peter Ijeh			Malmoe FF		Nigeria		24/23 = 1,043 
5. Sebastian Washington Abreu	Nacional Montevideo
				and CD Cruz Azul Mexico Uruguay		38/38 = 1,000

IFFHS' World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 2003

Top 5

1. José Cardozo    		CD Toluca       	Paraguay        58/42 = 1.381 
2. Mateja Kezman  		PSV Eindhoven 		Serbia & Mont.	35/33 = 1,061 
3. Georgi Chilikov 		Levski Sofia 		Bulgaria 	22/21 = 1,048 
4. Christian Vieri		Internazionale Milan 	Italia 		24/23 = 1,043 
5. Sebastián González 		Atlante de México 	Chile 		29/29 = 1,000 

IFFHS' World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 2004

Top 5
  
1. Shukhrat Mirkhaldirshayev    Navbakhor Namangan 	Uzbekistan 	31/26 = 1.192 
2. Zafar Kholmurodov 		Nasaf Qarshi 		Uzbekistan 	29/25 = 1,160 
3. Mateja Kezman  		PSV Eindhoven 		Serbia & Mont.	31/29 = 1,069 
4. Carlos Bueno  		CA Peñarol Montevideo  	Uruguay 	26/26 = 1,000 
5. Luigi Pieroni  		Excelsior Mouscron  	Belgium 	28/30 = 0,933 

Best Top Division Goal Scorers

overview

1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006

IFFHS' World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 1997

	
Top 10  
    
1. Hakan Sükür 			Galatasaray Istanbul 		Turkey 		38 
2. Ronaldo Nazário de Lima  	FC Barcelona 			Brazil 		34 
3. Sabin Ilie  			Steaua Bucuresti 		Romania 	31 
4. Mário Jardel Almeida Ribeiro FC do Porto 			Brazil 		30 
5. Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto 	CR Vasco da Gama Rio de Janeiro Brazil 		29 
6. Viorel Moldovan 		Grasshopper-Club Zürich 	Romania 	27 
7. Jorge Ramírez Gallego 	Deportivo Tolima Ibague 	Colombia 	27 
8. Robert Spehar 		Club Brugge  			Croatia 	26 
9. Todor Pramatarov 		Slavia Sofia 			Bulgaria 	26 
10.Jon Miklos Molnar 		Lyngby FC 			Denmark 	26 

IFFHS' World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 1998

Top 10  
 
1. Jaime Kaviedes 		Emelec Guayaquil 		Ecuador 	43 
2. Masashi Nakayama  		Jubilo FC Iwata 		Japan 		37 
3. Víctor Bonilla 		Asociación Deportivo Cali 	Colombia 	37 
4. Nikolaos Mahlas 		Vitesse Arnhem 			Greece		34 
5. Marco Negri 			Glasgow Rangers 		Italy 		32 
6. Hakan Sükür 			Galatasaray Istanbul 		Turkey 		32 
7. Krzysztof Warzycha 		Panatinaikos Athens 		Poland 		32 
8. Víctor Hugo Antelo 		Club Blooming de Santa Cruz 	Bolivia 	32 
9. Stern John 			Columbus Crew 			Trinidad & T. 	29 
10.Víctor Marcelo Soria 	Sociedad Deportivo Quito 	Argentina 	29 

IFFHS' World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 1999

Top 10  
 
1. Mário Jardel Almeida Ribeiro FC do Porto 			Brazil 		36 
2. Mario Núñez Villarroel 	O'Higgins Rancagua 		Chile 		34 
3. José Saturnio Cardozo 	Club Deportivo Toluca 		Paraguay 	33 
4. Martín Palermo 		Boca Juniors Buenos Aires 	Argentina 	32 
5. Israel Zúñiga 		Mariano Melgar FBC Arequipa 	Peru 		32 
6. Cuauhtémoc Blanco 		América Ciudad de México 	Mexico 		31 
7. Ruudgers van Nistelrooy 	PSV Einhoven 			Netherlands	31 
8. Víctor Hugo Antelo 		Blooming Santa Cruz 		Bolivia 	31 
9. Antonio Vidal González 	The Strongest La Paz 		Argentina 	30 
10.Henrik Larsson 		Glasgow Celtic  		Sweden		29 

IFFHS' World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 2000

Top 10
  
1. Mário Jardel Almeida Ribeiro FC do Porto 			Brazil 		38 
2. José Eduardo Esidio 		Universitario de Deportes Lima 	Brazil 		37 
3. Hamzah Idris Fallateh 	Al-Ittihad Club Jeddah 		Saudi Arabia 	33 
4. Ernesto Javier Chevantón 	Danubia Montevideo 		Uruguay 	33 
5. Ivica Vastic 		Sturm Graz 			Austria 	32 
6. Antonio Brogno 		VC Westerlo 			Belgium 	30 
7. Ole Martin Aarst 		KAA Gent 			Norge 		30 
   Serkan Aykut 		Samsunspor Samsun 		Turkey 		30 
9. Kevin Phillips 		Sunderland FC 			England 	30 
10.Ruud van Nistelrooy  	PSV Eindhoven 			Netherlands	29 

IFFHS' World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 2001

Top 10  
 
1. José Alfredo Castillo 	Oriente Petrolero Santa Cruz 	Bolivia 	42 
2. Jared Borgetti 		Santos Laguna de Torreon 	Mexico 		41 
3. Henrik Larsson 		Glasgow Celtic 			Sweden 		35 
4. Joaquín Botero 		Bolívar La Paz 			Bolivia 	33 
5. Carlos Castro 		Los Millonarios Bogotá 		Colombia 	29 
6. Jorge Horacio Serna 		Independiente Medellín 		Colombia 	29 
7. José Saturnino Cardozo  	CD Toluca 			Paraguay 	28 
8. Petar Divic 			OFK Beograd 			Yugoslavia	27 
9. Horacio Chiorazzo 		Bolívar La Paz 			Argentina 	27 
10. Hernán Jorge Crespo 	SS Lazio Roma 			Argentina 	26 

IFFHS' World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 2002

Top 10 
  
1. Joaquín Botero            	Bolívar La Paz                	Bolivia         49 
2. José Alfredo Castillo 	Oriente Petrolero Santa Cruz 	Bolivia 	46 
3. Mário Jardel 		Sporting Clube de Portugal	Brasil 		42 
4. Sebastián Washington Abreu 	Nacional Montevideo 
				and Cruz Azul México 		Uruguay 	38 
5. Sebastián González Valdes  	CSD Colo Colo Santiago 
				Atlante Ciudad de México 	Chile 		31 
   Christan Reynaldo Bamin 	Real Potosí 			Bolivia 	31 
7. Wesley Sonck 		Racing Club Genk 		Belgium 	30 
8. Juan Carlos Plata 		Municipal Ciudad de Guatemala 	Guatemala 	30 
9. Henrik Larsson 		Glasgow Celtic 			Sweden 		29 
10.Christian Giménez 		FC Lugano
				and FC Basel 			Argentina 	28 

IFFHS' World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 2003

Top 13 

1. José Cardozo    		CD Toluca                  	Paraguay        58
2. Claudio Ciccia  		Club Deportivo Cartagiñés 	Uruguay 	39 
3. Mateja Kezman 		PSV Eindhoven 			Serbia & Mont.	35 
4. Gustavo Biscayzacú 		Deportivo Unión Española	Uruguay 	31 
5. "Dimba" 			Goias EC Goiania 		Brazil 		31 
6. Renaldo 			Paraná Clube Curitiba 		Brazil 		30 
7. Luis Fabiano 		São Paulo FC 			Brazil 		29 
8. Sebastián González 		Atlante FC Ciudad de México 	Chile  		29 
9. Rudolfus Makaay 		RC Deportivo de La Coruña 	Netherlands 	29 
10.Petrus van Hooijdonk 	Feyenoord Rotterdam 		Netherlands 	28 
11.Henrik Larsson 		Glasgow Celtic 			Sweden		28 
12.Thiago Leitão 		Jorge Wilsterman Cochabamba 	Brazil 		28 
13.Do-Hun Kim 			Seongnam Ilwha Chunma 		South Korea	28 

IFFHS' World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 2004

Top 10 

1. Patricio Galaz 		CD Cobreloa Calama 		Chile 		42
2. Gabriel García 		Mariano Melgar Arequipa 	Uruguay 	36 
3. Washington Stecanela		Atletico Paranaense Curitiba 	Brazil 		34 
4. Shukhrat Mirkhaldirshayev 	Navbakhor Namangan 		Uzbekistan 	31 
5. Mateja Kezman 		PSV Eindhoven 			Serbia & Mont.	31 
6. Therry Henry 		Arsenal London 			France 		30 
7. Henrik Larsson 		Glasgow Celtic  		Sweden		30 
8. Zafar Kholmurodov 		Nasaf Qarshi 			Uzbekistan 	29 
9. Johan Coronel 		Bolognesi Tacna 		Peru 		29 
10.José Cardozo 		CD Toluca 			Paraguay 	29 

IFFHS' World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 2005

Top 10 

 1. Clemerson de Araujo Soares  Gamba Osaka  			Brazil  	33 
 2. Fatih Tekke  		Trabzonspor	 		Turkey  	31 
 3. Dirk Kuijt  		Feyenoord Rotterdam  		Netherlands  	29 
 4. Wilson Segura Angulo 	LDU de Loja  			Colombia  	28 
 5. Martin Kambourov  		Lokomotiv Plovdiv  		Bulgaria  	27 
 6. Vicente Matias Vuoso  	Santos Laguna de Torreon  	Argentina  	27 
    Mantas Savenas  		Ekranas Panevezys  		Latvia  	27 
 8. Felix Alexander Borja 	Club El Nacional Quito 		Ecuador 	26 
 9. Collins Mbesuma  		Kaiser Chiefs Johannesburg  	Zambia  	25 
10. Víctor Hugo Aristizabal  	CDC Atlético Nacional Medellín  Colombia  	25 
    Liédson da Silva Nuniz  	Sporting Clube de Portugal	Brazil  	25 

IFFHS' World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer of the Year 2006

Top 10 

 1. Klaas Jan Huntelaar 	SC Heerenveen + Ajax Amsterdam 	Netherlands  	35 
 2. Humberto Andrés Suazo 	CSD Colo Colo Santiago 		Chile  		34 
 3. Alfredo Cristiano Bamin 	Real Potosi 			Paraguay  	34 
 4. Kris Boyd 			Kilmarnock FC + Glasgow Rangers	Scotland  	32 
 5. Maksim Gruznov 		JK Trans Narva 			Estonia  	31 
 6. Luca Toni 			AC Fiorentina 			Italy  		31 
 7. Leonardo Monje 		Deportivo Puerto Montt
                                + Universidad de Concepción 	Chile  		30 
 8. Hamdi Salihi 		SK Tirana 			Albania  	29 
 9. Luis Miguel Escalada 	SC Emelec Guayaquil 		Argentina  	29 
    Matías Fernández 		CSD Colo Colo Santiago 		Chile  		29 

About this document

With thanks to Rui Silva

Source: Libero (IFFHS Magazine)

Prepared and maintained by Erik Garin for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Erik Garin (garinerik@hispeed.ch)
Last updated: 2 Aug 2007

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