Sardar Azmoun scored against Palestine to reach the 50-goal mark equaling Karim Bagheri. As Azmoun has a higher Goal Per Match GPM, he stands second only to the legendary Ali Daei whose record will not be broken anytime soon.
Azmoun is only 29 years old and has a good 5-6 years left for him to reach a scoring figure close to Daei. He has been playing for a decade for Team Melli and narrowly missed selection for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014. However, he has been present in every season since, and this year he celebrates 10 years with an amazing record of 50 goals.
Azmoun’s records show that he played an average of 7.6 matches for Team Melli every year and scored 5 goals in these 7.6 matches an average of .66 GPM. A terrific record only bettered by the legendary Ali Daei whose Goals Per Match is 0.74
Astonishingly, Sardar has yet to play in the domestic league, although he was registered with Sepahan at the start of his career. As he was playing abroad all his career, he missed many chances to play for Team Melli.
| SARDAR AZMOUN CAREER |
| Season | Openin. | Subst. | Caps. | Goals | Yellows | Reds |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 63 | 13 | 76 | 50 | 10 | 0 |
TEAM MELLI TOP SCORING CHART
| RANK | SCORER | GOALS | GPM | ACTIVE |
| 1 | ALI DAEI | 113 | .74 | N |
| 2 | SARDAR AZMOUN | 50 | .66 | Y |
| 3 | KARIM BAGHERI | 50 | .54 | N |
| 4 | MEHDI TAREMI | 45 | .58 | Y |
| 5 | JAVAD NEKOUNAM | 41 | .26 | N |
| 6 | MOHAMMAD ALI KARIMI | 38 | .29 | N |
| 7 | KARIM ANSARIFARD | 29 | .29 | Y |
| 8 | GHOLAMHOSSEIN MAZLOOMI | 19 | .45 | N |
THE 100 CAPS (CENTURY) CLUB
Only 8 players in the history of Team Melli have managed to pass the 100 caps club, the latest of them is Karim Ansarifard. The list is headed by Javas Nekounam followed by Daei with Ehsan Hajsafy lurking in third place with 15 matches short of Daei. The 33-year-old Team Melli Captain has a good chance of surpassing both Daei and Nekounam as Team Melli is involved in the FIFA World Cup 2026 preliminaries with games coming thick and fast.
| Rank | Player | Caps |
| 1 | Javad NEKOUNAM | 157 |
| 2 | Ali DAEI | 151 |
| 3 | Ehsan HAJSAFI | 136 |
| 4 | Mohammad Ali KARIMI | 130 |
| 5 | Jalal HOSSEINI | 114 |
| 6 | Mehdi MAHDAVIKIA | 111 |
| 7 | Andranik TEYMOURIAN | 101 |
| 8 | Karim ANSARIFARD | 101 |