List of handballers with 1000 or more international goals

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Iceland's Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson holds the record with 1879 goals. Sigurdsson 04.jpg
Iceland's Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson holds the record with 1879 goals.
Kiril Lazarov of North Macedonia holds the record for most goals per game. Kiril Lazarov 06.jpg
Kiril Lazarov of North Macedonia holds the record for most goals per game.

In total, 27 handballers to date have scored 1000 or more goals for their national teams at senior level.

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A vast majority of the players who scored at least 1000 goals, are from the modern era of the sport. This is partly because fewer games were played at international level than today. Péter Kovács held the record for most goals scored, until Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson beat his record in 2018. France is the country with the most entries on this list, with four players having scored 1000 or more goals. Only two players on this list have played for two different federations. Frank-Michael Wahl scored 1338 goals for East Germany and 74 goals for the German national team, also Talant Duyshebaev, who scored 726 goals[ citation needed ] for USSR, Unified Team and Russia and 569 goals for Spain. [1] Only goals scored at the highest international level are included, meaning goals for national junior and youth teams aren't. Only one player scoring more than 1000 goals managed to reach a goals per game ratio 7.0 and above, while the lowest ratio is 3.09. Out of 27 players to score 1000 or more goals in history, only 10 of them have won the World Championship at least once. Ahmed El-Ahmar is the only non-European player to appear on this list.

By player

Players in bold are still active.

Men's handball

RankPlayerGoalsRatio
1 Flag of Iceland.svg Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson [2] 18795.15
2 Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Kovács [3] 17975.56
3 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Kiril Lazarov [4] 17287.32
4 Flag of Iceland.svg Ólafur Stefánsson [5] 15624.75
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Lars Christiansen [6] 15034.45
6 Flag of France.svg Jérôme Fernandez [7] 14633.75
7 Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Resende [8] 14445.78
8 Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed El-Ahmar [9] 14254.43
9 Flag of Romania.svg Vasile Stîngă [10] 14145.26
10 Flag of East Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Frank-Michael Wahl [11] 14124.1
11 Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Hansen [12] 13875.03
12 Flag of Italy.svg Settimio Massotti [13] 13714.54
13 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olympic flag.svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Spain.svg Talant Duyshebaev 1342[ citation needed ]—
14 Flag of France.svg Nikola Karabatić [14] 12933.66
15 Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Wislander [15] 11853.09
16 Flag of Poland.svg Jerzy Klempel [16] 11705.6
17 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Lövgren [17] 11384.25
18 Flag of Iceland.svg Kristján Arason [18] 11234.58
19 Flag of Russia.svg Eduard Koksharov [19] 11104.91
20 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Andy Schmid [20] 10945.02
21 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Baumgartner [21] 10936.47
22 Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Dittert [22] 10895.36
23 Flag of Romania.svg Robert Licu [23] 10544.34
24 Flag of Sweden.svg Per Carlén [24] 10323.14
25 Flag of France.svg Michaël Guigou [25] 10213.61
26 Flag of France.svg Frédéric Volle [26] 10164.22
27 Flag of Denmark.svg Erik Veje Rasmussen [27] 10154.36

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  6. ↑ "Lars Christiansen statistics" . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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  13. ↑ "Settimio Massotti statistics" . Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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  16. ↑ "Jerzy Klempel statistics" . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  17. ↑ "Stefan Lövgren statistics" . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  18. ↑ "Kristján Arason more than 1000 goals" . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  19. ↑ "Eduard Koksharov statistics" . Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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