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The Race for 1000 Goals
Who will cross the bar of 1k Goals? Tracking active football legends, rising contenders, and their historic season-by-season performance. Updated: September 18, 2026
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 27 | 28 | 49 | 21 | 28 |
| 4 | 41 | 50 | 97 | 65 | 56 |
| 5 | 70 | 90 | 130 | 112 | 64+ |
| 6 | 117 | 140 | 175 | 147 | |
| 7 | 144 | 195 | 222 | 208 | |
| 8 | 178 | 272 | 275 | 252 | |
| 9 | 234 | 344 | 329 | 297 | |
| 10 | 301 | 391 | 375 | 359 | |
| 11 | 361 | 457 | 435 | 365+ | |
| 12 | 422 | 502 | 443+ | ||
| 13 | 488 | 564 | |||
| 14 | 542 | 613 | |||
| 15 | 597 | 668 | |||
| 16 | 652 | 704 | |||
| 17 | 686 | 743 | |||
| 18 | 737 | 763 | |||
| 19 | 776 | 802 | |||
| 20 | 813 | 821 | |||
| 21 | 833 | 850 | |||
| 22 | 893 | 896 | |||
| 23 | 935 | 929+ | |||
| 24 | 976 | ||||
| 25 | 979+ |
- Ronaldo
- Messi
- Mbappé
- Haaland
- Yamal
| Player | 🇵🇹Cristiano Ronaldo | 🇦🇷Lionel Messi | 🇫🇷Kylian Mbappé | 🇳🇴Erling Haaland | 🇪🇸Lamine Yamal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 979~41/year | 929~43/year | 443~42/year | 365~36/year | 64~20/year |
| World Cup goals | 🌐11 | 🌐21 | 🌐22 | 🌐7 | 🌐1 |
| World Cups | —6 apps | 🏆16 apps | 🏆1🥾23 apps | —1 app | 🏆11 app |
| Ballons d'Or | ⚽️5 | ⚽️8 | — | — | — |
| Golden Shoes | 👟4 | 👟6 | 👟1 | 👟1 | — |
| Olympic Games | —1 app | 🥇11 app | — | — | — |
| Debut age | 17y 6mSporting vs Inter '02/03 | 17y 3mBarça vs Espanyol '04/05 | 16y 11mMonaco vs Caen '15/16 | 15y 9mBryne vs Ranheim 2016 | 15y 9mBarça vs Betis '22/23 |
| 1st goal | 17y 8mSporting vs Moreirense '02/03 | 17y 10mBarça vs Albacete '04/05 | 17y 2mMonaco vs Troyes '15/16 | 16y 9mMolde vs Volda 2017 | 16y 2mBarça vs Granada '23/24 |
| Seasons played | 23.9'02/03–present | 21.7'04/05–present | 10.6'15/16–present | 10.12016–present | 3.2'22/23–present |
| Goals by season | |||||
| Season 1 |
'02/03 5 ∑=5
|
'04/05 1 ∑=1
|
'15/16 1 ∑=1
|
2016 0 ∑=0
|
'22/23 0 ∑=0
|
| Season 2 |
'03/04 6 ∑=11
|
'05/06 8 ∑=9
🌐1 |
'16/17 26 ∑=27
|
2017 4 ∑=4
|
'23/24 9 ∑=9
|
| Season 3 |
'04/05 16 ∑=27
|
'06/07 19 ∑=28
|
'17/18 22 ∑=49
🏆🌐4 |
2018 17 ∑=21
|
'24/25 19 ∑=28
|
| Season 4 |
'05/06 14 ∑=41
🌐1 |
'07/08 22 ∑=50
|
'18/19 48 ∑=97
|
'19/20 44 ∑=65
|
'25/26 28 ∑=56
🏆🌐1 |
| Subtotals | ∑=41 | ∑=50 | ∑=97 | ∑=65 | ∑=56 |
| Season 5 |
'06/07 29 ∑=70
|
'08/09 40 ∑=90
⚽️🥇 |
'19/20 33 ∑=130
(COVID impact) |
'20/21 47 ∑=112
|
'26/27 8 ∑=64
(current season) |
| Season 6 |
'07/08 47 ∑=117
⚽️👟 |
'09/10 50 ∑=140
⚽️👟 |
'20/21 45 ∑=175
|
'21/22 35 ∑=147
(injury) |
'27/28
(contract signed) |
| Season 7 |
'08/09 27 ∑=144
(injury) |
'10/11 55 ∑=195
⚽️ |
'21/22 47 ∑=222
|
'22/23 61 ∑=208
👟 |
'28/29
(contract signed) |
| Season 8 |
'09/10 34 ∑=178
🌐1 (injury) |
'11/12 77 ∑=272
⚽️👟 |
'22/23 53 ∑=275
🥾🌐8 |
'23/24 44 ∑=252
|
'29/30
(contract signed) |
| Season 9 |
'10/11 56 ∑=234
👟 |
'12/13 72 ∑=344
👟 |
'23/24 54 ∑=329
|
'24/25 45 ∑=297
|
'30/31
(contract signed) |
| Season 10 |
'11/12 67 ∑=301
|
'13/14 47 ∑=391
🌐4 |
'24/25 46 ∑=375
👟 |
'25/26 62 ∑=359
🌐7 |
|
| Subtotals | ∑=301 | ∑=391 | ∑=375 | ∑=359 | |
| Season 11 |
'12/13 60 ∑=361
⚽️ |
'14/15 66 ∑=457
⚽️ |
'25/26 60 ∑=435
🥾🌐10 |
'26/27 6 ∑=365
(current season) |
|
| Season 12 |
'13/14 61 ∑=422
⚽️👟 |
'15/16 45 ∑=502
|
'26/27 8 ∑=443
(current season) |
'27/28
(contract signed) |
|
| Season 13 |
'14/15 66 ∑=488
👟🌐1 |
'16/17 62 ∑=564
👟 |
'27/28
(contract signed) |
'28/29
(contract signed) |
|
| Season 14 |
'15/16 54 ∑=542
⚽️ |
'17/18 49 ∑=613
👟🌐1 |
'28/29
(contract signed) |
'29/30
(contract signed) |
|
| Season 15 |
'16/17 55 ∑=597
⚽️ |
'18/19 55 ∑=668
⚽️👟 |
'30/31
(contract signed) |
||
| Season 16 |
'17/18 55 ∑=652
🌐4 |
'19/20 36 ∑=704
|
'31/32
(contract signed) |
||
| Season 17 |
'18/19 34 ∑=686
|
'20/21 39 ∑=743
⚽️ |
'32/33
(contract signed) |
||
| Season 18 |
'19/20 51 ∑=737
|
'21/22 20 ∑=763
(COVID) |
'33/34
(contract signed) |
||
| Season 19 |
'20/21 39 ∑=776
|
'22/23 39 ∑=802
⚽️🏆🌐7 |
|||
| Season 20 |
'21/22 37 ∑=813
|
2023 19 ∑=821
(half-season) |
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| Season 21 |
'22/23 20 ∑=833
🌐1 (MU conflict) |
2024 29 ∑=850
|
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| Season 22 |
'23/24 60 ∑=893
|
2025 46 ∑=896
|
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| Subtotals | ∑=893 | ∑=896 | |||
| Season 23 |
'24/25 42 ∑=935
|
2026 33 ∑=929
🌐8 (current season) |
|||
| Season 24 |
'25/26 41 ∑=976
🌐3 |
2027
(contract signed) |
|||
| Season 25 |
'26/27 3 ∑=979
(current season) |
2028
(contract signed) |
Goal totals follow the IFFHS criteria used in the
List of footballers with 500 or more goals:
- ✅ Top-level club goals — league, national cup, and continental competition goals for first-team squads
- ✅ Senior national team goals — all competitive and friendly internationals for the senior squad
- ❌ Reserve / B-team / youth team goals excluded (e.g. Haaland's Bryne 2 & Molde 2, Mbappe's Monaco II, Yamal's Barça B)
Season totals (per row in the chart) combine club goals from that football season with international goals from the corresponding calendar year. World Cup goals (🌐) are attributed to the season in which the tournament was played and are included in the season total.
Markers: 🌐 World Cup goals subset · 🥾 World Cup Golden Boot · 🏆 World Cup winner · 👟 European Golden Shoe · ⚽️ Ballon d'Or
Data sources
en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_footballers_with_500_or_more_goals&action=raw