List of Eredivisie top scorers

Last updated May 17, 2024

This is a list of players who scored over 100 goals in Eredivisie , Netherlands' top flight football league, during its history starting from the 1956 season.

All-time top scorers

Key

Bold shows players still playing in Eredivisie.
Italics show players still playing professional football in other leagues.

As of matches played 12 May 2024^[1]

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	First	Last	Club(s) (goals/apps)
1	Willy van der Kuijlen	311	544	0.57	1964	1982	PSV Eindhoven (308/528), MVV Maastricht (3/16)
2	Ruud Geels	265	393	0.67	1966	1983	Telstar (5/8), Feyenoord (46/89), Go Ahead Eagles (35/62), Ajax (123/132), Sparta Rotterdam (35/48), PSV Eindhoven (15/32), NAC Breda (6/22)
3	Johan Cruyff	215	308	0.7	1964	1984	Ajax (204/275), Feyenoord (11/33)
4	Kees Kist	212	372	0.57	1972	1985	AZ Alkmaar
5	Tonny van der Linden	208	324	0.64	1956	1967	Utrecht
6	Henk Groot	196	283	0.69	1959	1969	Ajax (164/229), Feyenoord (34/54)
7	Peter Houtman	180	339	0.53	1978	1992	Feyenoord (84/132), Groningen (62/116), Sparta Rotterdam (32/76), Den Haag (2/15)
8	Luuk de Jong	176	305	0.58	2008	2024	De Graafschap (2/14), Twente (39/75), PSV Eindhoven (135/216)
9	Sjaak Swart	175	463	0.38	1956	1973	Ajax
10	Leo van Veen	174	491	0.35	1965	1984	Utrecht (174/468), Ajax (0/23)
11	Cor van der Gijp	162	212	0.76	1956	1963	Feyenoord
12	Wim Kieft	158	266	0.59	1980	1994	Ajax (68/96), PSV Eindhoven (90/170)
13	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	154	233	0.66	2002	2021	PSV Eindhoven (0/1), De Graafschap (0/9), Heerenveen (33/46), Ajax (121/177)
14	Dirk Kuyt	153	324	0.47	1998	2017	Utrecht (51/160), Feyenoord (102/164)
15	Henk Bosveld	152	362	0.42	1961	1979	Enschede (43/84), Sparta Rotterdam (94/222), Vitesse (15/56)
15	Hallvar Thoresen	152	314	0.48	1976	1987	Twente (46/135), PSV Eindhoven (106/179)
17	John Bosman	146	304	0.48	1983	2002	Ajax (77/125), PSV Eindhoven (11/30), Twente (34/87), AZ Alkmaar (24/62)
	Willy Brokamp	146	352	0.41	1964	1976	MVV Maastricht (123/297), Ajax (23/55)
	Piet Keizer	146	364	0.4	1961	1974	Ajax
20	Lex Schoenmaker	144	396	0.36	1966	1982	ADO Den Haag (96/292), Feyenoord (48/104)
21	Cees van Kooten	134	385	0.35	1972	1984	Telstar (45/138), Go Ahead Eagles (79/198), PEC Zwolle (11/49)
21	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	134	316	0.42	1996	2012	Twente (59/142), PSV Eindhoven (75/174)
23	Piet Kruiver	133	236	0.56	1957	1968	PSV Eindhoven (36/90), Feyenoord (74/94), DWS (23/52)
24	Ove Kindvall	129	144	0.9	1966	1971	Feyenoord
25	Marco van Basten	128	133	0.96	1982	1987	Ajax
26	Martin van Geel	127	403	0.32	1979	1995	Ajax (9/22), Roda JC (53/198), Feyenoord (24/50), Willem II (41/133)
27	Theo de Jong	126	373	0.34	1970	1984	NEC Nijmegen (20/57), Feyenoord (61/163), Roda JC (41/125), Den Bosch (4/28)
	Piet Keur	126	300	0.42	1981	1995	Haarlem (66/165), Twente (33/60), Feyenoord (15/42), SV SVV (4/15), Heerenveen (8/18)
	Ronald Koeman	126	342	0.37	1980	1997	Groningen (33/89), Ajax (23/94), PSV Eindhoven (51/98), Feyenoord (19/61)
	Willem van Hanegem	126	494	0.26	1966	1983	Xerxes (32/67), Feyenoord (81/298), AZ Alkmaar (10/75), Utrecht (3/54)
31	Pierre van Hooijdonk	125	191	0.65	1993	2007	Vitesse (25/29), NAC Breda (40/64), Feyenoord (60/98)
32	Gerald Vanenburg	124	381	0.33	1980	1997	Ajax (64/173), PSV Eindhoven (58/199), Utrecht (2/9)
33	Klaas Nuninga	121	328	0.37	1961	1972	Groningen (37/87), Ajax (76/152), DWS (8/89)
34	Coen Dillen	120	133	0.91	1956	1961	PSV Eindhoven
35	Dušan Tadić	119	295	0.4	2010	2023	Groningen (14/68), Twente (28/66), Ajax (77/161)
35	René van de Kerkhof	119	377	0.32	1970	1983	Twente (34/99), PSV Eindhoven (85/278)
37	Dick Nanninga	118	261	0.45	1974	1986	Roda JC (107/226), MVV Maastricht (11/35)
38	Matthew Amoah	117	310	0.38	1998	2014	Vitesse (62/174), Fortuna Sittard (10/15), NAC Breda (43/105), Heracles Almelo (2/16)
39	Leo Canjels	114	148	0.77	1956	1963	NAC Breda
39	Blaise N'Kufo	114	223	0.51	2003	2010	Twente
41	Steven Berghuis	113	324	0.35	2010	2024	Twente (1/8), VVV-Venlo (2/16), AZ Alkmaar (19/70), Feyenoord (70/149), Ajax (21/81)
41	Henk Wery	113	367	0.31	1963	1976	DWS (2/15), Utrecht (62/179), Feyenoord (49/173)
43	Jon Dahl Tomasson	112	237	0.47	1994	2010	Heerenveen (37/78), Feyenoord (75/159)
44	Henny Meijer	111	328	0.34	1984	1996	Volendam (9/33), Roda JC (27/65), Ajax (11/26), Groningen (49/146), Cambuur (8/25), Heerenveen (2/13), De Graafschap (5/20)
45	Luc Nilis	110	164	0.67	1994	2000	PSV Eindhoven
46	Dick van Dijk	109	149	0.73	1967	1972	Twente (52/65), Ajax (57/84)
46	Jacques Visschers	109	251	0.43	1959	1971	NAC Breda
48	Bryan Linssen	108	340	0.32	2010	2022	VVV-Venlo (12/70), Heracles Almelo (21/64), Groningen (13/55), Vitesse (41/88), Feyenoord (21/63)
49	André Hoekstra	106	317	0.33	1981	1994	Feyenoord (66/181), RKC Waalwijk (40/136)
50	Mateja Kežman	105	122	0.86	2000	2004	PSV Eindhoven
	Carol Schuurman	105	166	0.63	1957	1963	ADO Den Haag
	Frans Rutten [ nl ]	105	213	0.49	1956	1964	MVV Maastricht (71/149), Roda JC (25/29), Fortuna Sittard (9/35)
	Kenneth Pérez	105	325	0.32	1997	2010	MVV Maastricht (16/47), AZ Alkmaar (51/164), PSV Eindhoven (8/14), Ajax (19/43), Twente (11/57)
54	Spitz Kohn	104	190	0.55	1959	1968	Enschede (12/18), Fortuna Sittard (81/143), Twente (11/29)
54	John van Loen	104	313	0.33	1983	1998	Roda JC (25/56), Ajax (11/37), Feyenoord (17/54), Utrecht (51/166)
56	John Eriksen	103	175	0.59	1979	1986	Roda JC (81/144), Feyenoord (22/31)
56	Chris Coenen [ nl ]	103	342	0.3	1956	1969	MVV Maastricht (84/237), Fortuna Sittard (19/105),
58	Dennis Bergkamp	102	186	0.55	1986	1993	Ajax
	Hans Gillhaus	102	237	0.43	1983	1997	Den Bosch (45/105), PSV Eindhoven (23/67), Vitesse (33/54), AZ Alkmaar (1/11)
	Ronald Lengkeek	102	240	0.43	1979	1989	Sparta Rotterdam
	Harry Lubse	102	320	0.32	1969	1984	PSV Eindhoven (83/254), Helmond Sport (19/66)
62	Jan Jeuring	101	326	0.31	1966	1977	Twente
63	Rick Hoogendorp	100	241	0.41	1998	2009	RKC Waalwijk (95/218), ADO Den Haag (5/23)
63	Arnold Bruggink	100	310	0.32	1993	2011	Twente (34/105), PSV Eindhoven (59/152), Heerenveen (7/53)

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All-time top scorers

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