Last match included: Gibraltar-Netherlands, 21-11-2023.
Name CM WM EM WC Eu WQ EQ Fin Qual
1.Edwin VAN DER SAR K 80 43 37 11 16 32 21 27 53
2.Wesley SNEIJDER 79 41 38 17 8 24 30 25 54
3.Daley BLIND 75 * 35 40 12 4 23 36 16 59
4.Robin VAN PERSIE 67 39 28 17 7 22 21 24 43
5.Frank DE BOER 66 35 31 11 9 24 22 20 46
6.Rafael VAN DER VAART 62 30 32 8 9 22 23 17 45
Georginio WIJNALDUM 62 * 26 36 7 4 19 32 11 51
8.Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST 61 36 25 10 11 26 14 21 40
Dirk KUIJT 61 39 22 15 6 24 16 21 40
Arjen ROBBEN 61 40 21 15 9 25 12 24 37
11.Memphis DEPAY 59 * 24 35 9 4 15 31 13 46
12.Phillip COCU 56 35 21 11 13 24 8 24 32
13.Marc OVERMARS 55 31 24 11 8 20 16 19 36
14.Ruud KROL 54 32 22 14 5 18 17 19 35
15.Aron WINTER 52 25 27 17 9 8 18 26 26
16.Dennis BERGKAMP 51 26 25 12 12 14 13 24 27
17.Virgil VAN DIJK 49 * 17 32 5 0 12 32 5 44
18.Frenkie DE JONG 48 * 15 33 5 4 10 29 9 39
Ronald KOEMAN 48 25 23 9 9 16 14 18 30
20.Mark VAN BOMMEL 47 30 17 10 2 20 15 12 35
Joris MATHIJSEN 47 21 26 9 5 12 21 14 33
22.Nigel DE JONG 46 * 27 19 11 6 16 13 17 29
Clarence SEEDORF 46 17 29 4 10 13 19 14 32
24.Willy VAN DE KERKHOF 45 24 21 7 5 17 16 12 33
25.Hans VAN BREUKELEN K 44 19 25 4 9 15 16 13 31
Jasper CILLESSEN K 44 * 14 30 7 0 7 30 7 37
Denzel DUMFRIES 44 * 15 29 5 4 10 25 9 35
Ruud GULLIT 44 15 29 4 9 11 20 13 31
Frank RIJKAARD 44 26 18 8 9 18 9 17 27
30.Wim JANSEN 43 24 19 14 2 10 17 16 27
Patrick KLUIVERT 43 18 25 4 9 14 16 18 25
Stefan DE VRIJ 43 * 20 23 7 4 13 19 11 32
Jan WOUTERS 43 22 21 8 9 14 12 17 26
34.Marco VAN BASTEN 42 18 24 4 9 14 15 13 29
Ruud VAN NISTELROOIJ 42 18 24 3 8 15 16 11 31
Wim SUURBIER 42 25 17 11 2 14 15 13 29
37.John HEITINGA 41 20 21 10 8 10 13 18 23
Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR 41 * 17 24 7 4 10 20 11 30
39.Ryan BABEL 40 * 13 27 1 0 12 27 1 39
Ronald DE BOER 40 21 19 9 7 12 12 16 24
41.Edgar DAVIDS 38 15 23 6 12 9 11 18 20
Michael REIZIGER 38 16 22 4 10 12 12 14 24
43.Jaap STAM 36 18 18 7 9 11 9 16 20
Maarten STEKELENBURG K 36 * 18 18 7 8 11 10 15 21
44.Johan NEESKENS 34 22 12 12 1 10 11 13 21
Marten DE ROON 34 * 9 25 5 3 4 22 8 26
46.Adri VAN TIGGELEN 33 13 20 4 9 9 11 13 20
47.Johan CRUIJFF 32 19 13 7 1 12 12 8 24
René VAN DE KERKHOF 32 18 14 8 4 10 10 12 20
Matthijs DE LIGT 32 * 9 23 2 3 7 20 5 27
Johnny REP 32 24 8 14 3 10 5 17 15
Piet SCHRIJVERS K 32 9 23 3 5 6 18 8 24
52.Nathan AKÉ 31 8 23 5 2 3 21 7 24
Willem VAN HANEGEM 31 20 11 7 1 13 10 8 23
Wim JONK 31 23 8 11 1 12 7 12 19
Rob RENSENBRINK 31 21 10 13 2 8 8 15 16
56.Davy KLAASSEN 30 21 9 4 0 17 9 4 26
André OOIJER 30 15 15 5 3 10 12 8 22
Note: * indicates the player is still active, at least at club level
K indicates goal keeper
Abbreviations used:
CM: number of competitive matches played
WM: number of World Cup matches (qualifying and final tournaments) played
EM: number of European Championship matches (qualifying and final tournaments) played
WC: number of World Cup matches (final tournaments only) played
Eu: number of European Championship matches (final tournaments only) played
WQ: number of World Cup matches (qualifying tournaments only) played
EQ: number of European Championship matches (qualifying tournaments only) played
Fin: number of competitive matches (final tournaments only) played
Qual: number of competitive matches (qualifying tournaments only) played
Name CG (CM) WG (WM) EG (EM) WCup Euro WQual EQual Fin Qual
1.Robin VAN PERSIE 35 (67) 19 (39) 16 (28) 6 (17) 3 ( 7) 13 (22) 13 (21) 9 (24) 26 (43)
2.Memphis DEPAY 34 (59) * 18 (24) 16 (35) 3 ( 9) 2 ( 4) 15 (15) 14 (31) 5 (13) 29 (46)
3.Ruud VAN NISTELROOIJ 29 (42) 14 (18) 15 (24) 1 ( 3) 6 ( 8) 13 (15) 9 (16) 7 (11) 22 (31)
4.Dennis BERGKAMP 27 (51) 18 (26) 9 (25) 6 (12) 5 (12) 12 (14) 4 (13) 11 (24) 16 (27)
5.Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR 26 (41) * 7 (17) 19 (24) 2 ( 7) 1 ( 4) 5 (10) 18 (20) 3 (11) 23 (30)
6.Johan CRUIJFF 25 (32) 13 (19) 12 (13) 3 ( 7) 0 ( 1) 10 (12) 12 (12) 3 ( 8) 22 (24)
7.Georginio WIJNALDUM 24 (62) * 4 (26) 20 (36) 1 ( 7) 3 ( 4) 3 (19) 17 (32) 4 (11) 20 (51)
8.Patrick KLUIVERT 22 (43) 9 (18) 13 (25) 2 ( 4) 6 ( 9) 7 (14) 7 (16) 8 (13) 14 (30)
9.Arjen ROBBEN 22 (61) 18 (40) 4 (21) 6 (15) 1 ( 9) 12 (25) 3 (12) 7 (24) 19 (37)
10.Wesley SNEIJDER 21 (79) 11 (41) 10 (38) 6 (17) 2 ( 8) 5 (24) 8 (30) 8 (25) 13 (54)
11.Marco VAN BASTEN 18 (42) 2 (18) 16 (24) 0 ( 4) 5 ( 9) 2 (14) 11 (15) 5 (13) 13 (29)
12.Dirk KUIJT 15 (61) 7 (39) 8 (22) 1 (15) 1 ( 6) 6 (24) 7 (16) 2 (21) 13 (40)
13.Rafael VAN DER VAART 15 (62) 9 (30) 6 (32) 0 ( 8) 1 ( 9) 9 (22) 5 (23) 1 (17) 14 (45)
14.Ruud GULLIT 14 (44) 3 (15) 11 (29) 1 ( 4) 1 ( 9) 2 (11) 10 (20) 2 (13) 12 (31)
15.Johan NEESKENS 12 (34) 9 (22) 3 (12) 5 (12) 0 ( 1) 4 (10) 3 (11) 5 (13) 7 (21)
16.Pierre VAN HOOIJDONK 11 (26) 10 (19) 1 ( 7) 1 ( 3) 0 ( 2) 9 (16) 1 ( 5) 1 ( 5) 10 (21)
17.Rob RENSENBRINK 11 (31) 6 (21) 5 (10) 6 (13) 0 ( 2) 0 ( 8) 5 ( 8) 6 (15) 5 (16)
18.Johnny REP 11 (32) 9 (24) 2 ( 8) 7 (14) 1 ( 3) 2 (10) 1 ( 5) 8 (17) 3 (15)
19.Ronald DE BOER 11 (40) 7 (21) 4 (19) 2 ( 9) 1 ( 7) 5 (12) 3 (12) 3 (16) 8 (24)
20.Marc OVERMARS 11 (55) 4 (31) 7 (24) 1 (11) 2 ( 8) 3 (20) 5 (16) 3 (19) 8 (36)
21.John BOSMAN 10 (15) 6 ( 7) 4 ( 8) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 2) 6 ( 7) 4 ( 6) 0 ( 2) 10 (13)
Ruud GEELS 10 (15) 4 ( 6) 6 ( 9) 0 ( 0) 2 ( 2) 4 ( 6) 4 ( 7) 2 ( 2) 8 (13)
Note: * indicates the player is still active, at least at club level
Abbreviations used:
CG: number of goals scored in competitive matches
CM: number of competitive matches played
WG: number of goals scored in World Cup matches (qualifying and final tournaments)
WM: number of World Cup matches (qualifying and final tournaments) played
EG: number of goals scored in European Championship matches (qualifying and final tournaments)
EM: number of European Championship matches (qualifying and final tournaments) played
WCup: goals scored/matches played (World Cup final tournaments only)
Euro: goals scored/matches played (European Championship final tournaments only)
WQual: goals scored/matches played (World Cup qualifying tournaments only)
EQual: goals scored/matches played (European Championship qualifying tournaments only)
Fin: goals scored/matches played (final tournaments only)
Qual: goals scored/matches played (qualifying tournaments only)
Remarks: considering all 22 players with at least 10 competitive goals for Oranje, by far
the best rate of goals scored per (competitive) match is held by Johan Cruijff,
with 78%, including a very impressive 92% in qualifying matches and a rather
less spectacular 38% in final tournaments;
he is followed by Ruud van Nistelrooij with 69%, fairly evenly distributed over
World Cups and European Championships, qualifying matches and final tournaments
(it remains a shame he was not fielded against Portugal at the 2006 World Cup);
Klaas Jan Huntelaar, John Bosman and Ruud Geels all scored in roughly two out of
three competitive matches;
Memphis Depay, still active, has an average of just under 60%;
Robin van Persie, Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Kluivert all boast rates of (just)
over 50% (Kluivert, born on the same day as "Van the Man", played one more
competitive match for Oranje but managed only three quarters of his goal tally);
Marco van Basten has the poorest record among reputed Dutch goalgetters with a
mere 43%, including a catastrophical 11% in World Cup matches (a tournament at
which his coaching left much to be desired as well); Van Basten played as many
competitive matches for the Netherlands as Van Nistelrooij but scored fewer than
two thirds of his amount of goals.
Record International Players - Netherlands
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