World record top national team scorers
| Rank | Name | Country | Goals | Games | Years |
| 1 | Ali Daei | [Iran] | 110 | 151 | (1993-2006) |
| 2 | Ferenc Puskas | [Hungary/Spain] | 84 | 89 | (1945-1956) |
| 3 | "Pelé" | [Brazil] | 77 | 92 | (1957-1971) |
| 4 | Sandor Kocsis | [Hungary] | 75 | 68 | (1948-1956) |
| 5 | Gerd Müller | [West Germany] | 68 | 62 | (1966-1974) |
| 6 | Majed Abdullah | [Saudi Arabia] | 67 | 139 | (1978-1994) |
| 7 | Kiatisuk Senamuang | [Thailand] | 64* | 117 | (1993-2004) |
| 8 | Hossam Hassan | [Egypt] | 63* | 163 | (1985-2004) |
| Jassem Al-Houwaidi | [Kuwait] | 63* | 74 | (1992-2002) | |
| 10 | Imre Schlosser | [Hungary] | 59 | 68 | (1906-1927) |
| 11 | Gabriel Batistuta | [Argentina] | 56* | 78 | (1991-2002) |
| Stern John | [Trinidad/Tobago] | 56* | 75 | (1995-2005) | |
| Kazuyoshi Miura | [Japan] | 56* | 91 | (1990-2000) | |
| Ronaldo | [Brazil] | 56* | 85 | (1994-2004) | |
| 15 | Bashar Abdullah | [Kuwait] | 55* | 78 | (1996-2004) |
| Bum-Kun Cha | [South Korea] | 55 | 121 | (1972-1986) | |
| Kunishige Kamamoto | [Japan] | 55 | 61 | (1964-1977) | |
| 18 | Romario | [Brazil] | 54* | 69 | (1987-2001) |
| 19 | Joachim Streich | [East Germany] | 53 | 98 | (1969-1984) |
| Adnan Khamis Al-Talyani | [UAE] | 53 | 164 | (1984-1997) | |
| 21 | Poul "Tist" Nielsen | [Denmark] | 52 | 38 | (1910-1925) |
| Zico | [Brazil] | 52 | 72 | (1976-1986) | |
| 23 | Lajos Tichy | [Hungary] | 51 | 72 | (1955-1964) |
| 24 | Seon-Hong Hwang | [South Korea] | 50 | 103 | (1993-2002) |
| 25 | Bobby Charlton | [England] | 49 | 106 | (1958-1970) |
| Sven Rydell | [Sweden] | 49 | 43 | (1923-1932) | |
| 27 | Gary Lineker | [England] | 48 | 80 | (1984-1991) |
| 28 | Karim Bagheri | [Iran] | 47* | 80 | (1993-2001) |
| Jürgen Klinsmann | [(West) Germany] | 47 | 108 | (1987-1998) | |
| Rudi Voeller | [(West) Germany] | 47 | 90 | (1982-1994) | |
| 31 | Davor Suker | [Croatia/Yugoslavia] | 46 | 71 | (1990-2002) |
| Hakan Sükür | [Turkey] | 46* | 97 | (1992-2004) | |
| 33 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | [West Germany] | 45 | 95 | (1976-1986) |
| Laith Hussein Shihaib | [Iraq] | 45 | 96 | ||
| 35 | Jimmy Greaves | [England] | 44 | 57 | (1959-1967) |
| Pauli Jorgensen | [Denmark] | 44 | 47 | (1925-1939) | |
| Wlodzimierz Lubanski | [Poland] | 44 | 65 | (1963-1980) | |
| Toni Polster | [Austria] | 44 | 95 | (1982-2000) | |
| 39 | Gunnar Nordahl | [Sweden] | 43 | 33 | (1942-1948) |
| Uwe Seeler | [West Germany] | 43 | 72 | (1954-1970) | |
| 41 | Rolando Fonseca | [Costa Rica] | 42* | 96 | (1992-2005) |
| Grzegorz Lato | [Poland] | 42 | 95 | (1971-1984) | |
| Ole Madsen | [Denmark] | 42 | 51 | (1958-1969) | |
| Ahmed Radhi | [Iraq] | 42 | 72 | (1983-1997) | |
| Gyorgi Sarosi | [Hungary] | 42 | 62 | (1931-1943) | |
| 46 | Hristo Bonev | [Bulgaria] | 41 | 83 | (1967-1979) |
| Eusébio | [Portugal] | 41 | 64 | (1961-1973) | |
| Michel Platini | [France] | 41 | 72 | (1976-1987) | |
| Raul | [Spain] | 41* | 82 | (1996-2005) | |
| Paulo César Wanchope | [Costa Rica] | 41* | 58 | (1996-2005) | |
| 51 | Sami Al-Jaber | [Saudi Arabia] | 40* | 147 | (1992-2005) |
| Patrick Kluivert | [Netherlands] | 40* | 79 | (1994-2004) | |
| Rabah Madjer | [Algeria] | 40 | 87 | (1978-1992) | |
| Carlos Alberto Pavon | [Honduras] | 40* | 71 | (1993-2004) |