List of world association football World Record & Statistics

List of world association football World Record & Statistics

Here we are sharing a List of world association football World records and Statistics by individual players in FIFA World Cup, Club matches, in any football league and competition. Soccer is one of the most entertaining sports in the world and FIFA is the international governing body of association football. FIFA exists to govern football and to develop the game around the world.

And now,  in your correspondent’s humble opinion, FIFA World Cup News has a list of world association football World Records & Statistics of all time.

List of the International Association football competition records and statistics‎ . This organization holds all the records related to football. So here are a few football World records & Statistics listed below –

List of world association football World Record & Statistics

FIFA World Cup History Winner Team List

Highest Goal-Scoring Goalkeeper

Highest Goal-Scoring Goalkeeper Rogério Ceni

Highest goal-scoring goalkeeper of the all-time record held by Brazilian star Rogério Ceni with 131 goals in 1,266 apps. He is one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, and he is a one-club man. He holds the football World Record for Goal Scoring.

Name Countries Years Highlight
Rogério Ceni Brazil 1990–2015 Highest Goal-Scoring Goalkeeper

Most Official Goals (Single club)

Lionel Messi FIFA World Cup Lionel Messi FIFA World Cup

Argentina superstar Lionel Messi has scored the most official goals for a single club with 700 + goals for Barcelona. He holds the record for most goals in La Liga 474 and Messi has won a record seven Ballon d’Or awards which is a football World Record.

Name Countries Years Highlight
Lionel Messi Argentina 2005–2021 Most Official Goals

World’s All-Time Goal Scorer (Guinness Book of World Records and FIFA)

World's All-Time Goal Scorer (Guinness Book of World Records and FIFA)

The world’s all-time goal scorer player is Pelé. He is a Brazilian star. He has 1,283 goals in 1,384 games from 1953 to 1977. The record is according to the Guinness Book of World Records and FIFA.

Name Countries Years Highlight
Pelé  Brazil 1953–1977 World’s All-Time Goal Scorer

World’s All-Time Goal Scorer(Official matches)

World's All-Time Goal Scorer(official matches) Erwin Helmchen Germany

The world’s all-time goal scorer according to RSSSF  was Erwin Helmchen. He is the most prolific goal scorer in official matches in recorded history according to RSSSF with at least 987 goals scored in 578 official matches.

Name Countries Years Highlight
Erwin Helmchen  Germany 1926–1952 World’s All-Time Goal Scorer

World’s All-Time Goal Scorer (all matches)

World's All-Time Goal Scorer (all matches) Lajos Tichy Hungary

The world’s all-time goal scorer according to RSSSF was Lajos Tichy. He is the most prolific goal scorer in total matches in recorded history according to RSSSF with over 1912 goals scored in over 1301 matches.

Name Countries Years Highlight
Lajos Tichy  Hungary 1953–1971 World’s All-Time Goal Scorer

Most Goals in International Club

Ronaldo Records & Achievements

Ronaldo holds the most goals in international club competitions with 152 goals.  Portugal star Ronaldo holds the records for most 183 apps, 140 goals, and 42 assists in the Champions League, 14 goals in the European Championship, 123 international goals, and 200 international appearances by a European.

Name Countries Years Highlight
Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal 2004–present Most Goals in International Club

Top-Scorer Awards (All Division)

Robert Lewandowski Barcelona and Polish football player

Robert Lewandowski is the only player to win top-scorer awards in the third, second, first-division, and international competitions. He is the top scorer in the Bundesliga in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 where he was awarded 2 times for the European Golden Shoe. He is on the list of football World Records in all divisions.

Name Countries Years Highlight
Robert Lewandowski  Poland 2005–present Top-scorer Awards

Which country has the most World Cup trophies?

With 5 titles, Brazil is the most successful World Cup team and is the king of the FIFA World Cup.

Brazil national team

Countries Name Champions Runners Total Appearances
Brazil  5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)) 2 (1950, 1998) 22

IFFHS World’s Best Top Goal Scorer

Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal national team

The award is given annually since 2011 by IFFHS. All international and club Goles are included in the top division soccer match for the world’s top goal scorer in the calendar year. Cristiano Ronaldo leads the table of most goals in a calendar year.

Player Wins Years
Cristiano Ronaldo 4 2011 – 60 Goals
2013 – 69 Goals
2014 – 58 Goals
2015 – 57 Goals

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