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| Sport | Association football |
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| Awarded for | Best goal scorer of the calendar year |
| Presented by | International Federation of Football History & Statistics |
| History | |
| First award | 2011 (retroactive) |
| Editions | 15 |
| First winner |  Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Most wins | Cristiano Ronaldo (5 awards) |
| Most recent |  Kylian Mbappé (2nd award) |
| Website | www |
The IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer is a football award given annually since 2020, [1] and retroactively for the years 2011 to 2019, [2] to the world's top goalscorer in the calendar year. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).
Contents
- Men's winners
- List of winners
- Statistics
- The World's Best Top Goal Scorer of the First Decade (2001–2010)
- The World's Best Top Goal Scorer of the Second Decade (2011–2020)
- The World's Best Top Goal Scorer of the Third Decade (2021–2030)
- All-time World's Best Goal Scorer ranking
- Women's winners
- List of winners 2
- Statistics 2
- See also
- Notes
- References
All international goals and all competitive goals for clubs playing in their country's top level division scored from 1 January to 31 December are taken into consideration.
Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most wins (5) while Lionel Messi holds the record for most goals in a calendar year (91 in 2012). Robert Lewandowski won the award with the fewest goals (47 in 2020).
Ronaldo (5), Messi (2), Lewandowski (2) & Kylian Mbappė (2) are the only players who have won the award more than once.
Ronaldo (Real Madrid & Al Nassr) & Mbappė (PSG & Real Madrid) are the only players to win the award with multiple clubs.
Meanwhile, Al Nassr (Abderrazak Hamdallah in 2019 & Ronaldo in 2023) & Real Madrid (Ronaldo in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 & Mbappė in 2025) are the only clubs with multiple winners.
In 2021, the IFFHS awarded the World's Best Goal Scorer of the first and second decade of the 21st century, considering the years 2001 to 2010 and 2011 to 2020. [3] [4]
