TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS OF ALL TIME
^(Calculated on 17 Nov 2017)
| Rank | Goalscorer | Top Division Leagues | Matches | Period | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferenc PUSKAS | Hungary/Spain | 533 | 1943-1966 | 511 |
| 2 | Imre SCHLOSSER | Hungary/Austria | 318 | 1905-1928 | 417 |
| 3 | Gyula ZSENGELLER | Hungary/Italia/Colombia | 394 | 1935-1952 | 416 |
| 4 | James Edward MC GRORY | Scotland | 408 | 1922-1938 | 410 |
| 5 | Gerhard “Gerd” MULLER | Germany | 507 | 1965-1981 | 405 |
| Roger MILLA | Cameroon/France/Indonesia | 712 | 1970-1996 | 405 | |
| 7 | Hugo SANCHEZ | Mexico/USA/Spain | 684 | 1976-1998 | 400 |
| 8 | Ferenc SZUSZA | Hungary | 462 | 1940-1961 | 393 |
| 9 | Carlos BIANCHI | Argentina/France | 546 | 1967-1984 | 385 |
| 10 | Alfredo DI STEFANO | Argentina/Colombia/Spain | 521 | 1945-1966 | 377 |
| 11 | Gunnar NORDHAL | Sweden/Italy | 463 | 1940-1958 | 376 |
| 12 | Cristiano RONALDO | Portugal/England/Spain | 493 | 2002- | 373 |
| 13 | James Peter GREAVES | England/Italy | 527 | 1957-1971 | 366 |
| 14 | Delio ONNIS | Argentina/France | 560 | 1968-1986 | 363 |
| 15 | Hugh FERGUSON | Scotland/England | 422 | 1916-1930 | 361 |
| Lionel MESSI | Argentina/Spain | 392 | 2004- | 361 | |
| 17 | Jozsef TAKACS | Hungary | 355 | 1920-1940 | 360 |
| 18 | Johann KRANKL | Austria/Spain | 473 | 1970-1988 | 354 |
| 19 | György SAROSI | Hungary | 383 | 1930-1948 | 351 |
| Osvaldo CASTRO | Chile/Mexico | 592 | 1966-1984 | 351 | |
| 21 | Albert DE CLEYN | Belgium | 395 | 1932-1954 | 350 |
| 22 | EUSEBIO | Portugal/USA/Mexico | 373 | 1960-1977 | 342 |
| 23 | Josef MERMANS | Belgium | 382 | 1941-1957 | 339 |
| 24 | Isidro LANGARA | Spain/Argentina/Mexico | 287 | 1933-1948 | 336 |
| Hugh Kilpatrick GALLACHER | Scotland/England | 466 | 1921-1938 | 336 |
THE WORLD’S BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORERS 2007-2017
| Year | Name | Club | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Hakan Sukur | Galatasaray | Turkey |
| 1998 | Jaime Juan | Kaviedes Guayaquil | Ecuador |
| 1999 | Mario Jardel | Porto | Brazil |
| 2000 | Mario Jardel | Porto | Brazil |
| 2001 | José Alfredo Castillo | Santa Cruz | Bolivia |
| 2002 | Joaquin Botero | La Paz | Bolivia |
| 2003 | José Cardozo | Toluca | Paraguay |
| 2004 | Patrizio Calaz | Calame | Chile |
| 2005 | Clemerson « Araujo » | Osaka | Brazil |
| 2006 | Klaus Jan Huntelaar | Ajax Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| 2007 | Afonso Alves | Heerenveen | Brazil |
| 2008 | Lucas Barrios | Colo Colo Santiago | Argentina |
| 2009 | Marc Janko |
Rookie Robert Edwards piled up 1,400 total yards and 12 TDs in 1998, helping the Patriots and their young head coach Pete Carroll earn a Wild Card berth. The future looked bright, but during Pro Bowl weekend in Hawaii, Edwards participated in the first (and only) Rookie Beach Ball game. During the contest, he badly injured his knee (his leg was nearly amputated), essentially ending his career.
This was a very sad ending* to a promising career, but what happened next will blow your mind:
—Next season in 1999, without their young stud RB, the Pats finish 8-8, barely missing out on the playoffs.
—New England fires Pete Carroll.
—Carroll is replaced by Bill Belichick.
—Patriots draft Tom Brady.
—Carroll goes to USC to be the Trojans head coach.
—The Patriots win multiple Super Bowls.
—USC wins multiple national championships.
—Carroll goes to the Seahawks.
—Seahawks win a Super Bowl.
—The Patriots defeat Carroll’s Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX.
In 1999, the Pats finished 23rd in rushing. With a healthy Edwards, there is a good chance the Patriots win at least an extra 1-2 games, securing a playoff spot and saving Carroll’s job. If that happens, who knows where Belichick ends up? Who knows where Brady ends up? Who knows who’s coaching USC in the 2000s? And who the hell knows how things play out over the last two decades?
Bottom line: If Edwards doesn’t get hurt in that dumb ass beach ball game, the last 20 years of football history would have been a lot different.
*Edwards actually mounted a heroic, but short-lived comeback in 2002, appearing in 12 games for the Dolphins and rushing for 107 yards.
What is an idea behind this article?
2017 season is over and right now we have a time to summarize everything in statistical point of view. I have seen a lot of people that started to being football fans in the last 2-3 years and they lack knowledge about the clubs and football history - there is nothing wrong about it, everyone started to follow this beautiful sport at some point. That is why I made this article (and the 2 next that are coming with 1970 to 1992 and years before 1970) - to show you breakdown of football history in a single place. Why now? 25 seasons since 1992 to 2007 is a great number to show stats - it's big enough sample size!
Why do you start from 1992 and why do you use ELO ranking?/what does ELO ranking mean?
About 1992 - it's pretty simple - in this year we seen two events that modernized football in the current way - European Cup becoming Champions League and Football League becoming Premier League.
I decided to use CLUB ELO Ranking by Lars Schiefler (http://clubelo.com/) - I think it's the best possible ranking to see in the internet and I will allow myself to copy some information about ELO/ranking from the website:
"The Elo system with a few modifications (home field advantage, goal difference, inter-league adjustments) is used to determine the club's Elo values. The match odds are based on a result histogram for the two club's Elo difference. At the core of these ratings runs the Elo system, a widely used method to measure relative strength levels. The advantage of Elo lies in its simplicity, there is only one value per club for each point in time, the higher the better. The Elo difference between two clubs is directly linked to the win probability of both teams in a direct confrontation (draws counting as half win/ half loss). International results on records come from the former Coppa Latina, the European Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup as well as the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. Neither the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the UEFA Super Cup, nor the UEFA Intertoto Cup are taken into account simply because not all of the participants have played or play these competitions seriously. Domestic league results are taken into account and 2nd league results from the big 5 associations (Spain, England, Germany, Italy, France). Post-season-playoffs are included as long as all participants have played in a covered league in that season. National cup games are not included, because firstly it is un
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