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This article features a list of men's professional FIFA records in association football, in any football league, cup, or other competition around the world, including professionals, semi-professionals, and amateurs. Friendly club matches are generally not eligible for the records. The article includes comprehensive statistics on official football leagues worldwide in general, without taking league rankings or coefficients into account.
These records are divided based on whether they relate to players, coaches, or clubs.
Players
[edit]Players in bold are still active.
- As of 15 November 2024
Goals records
[edit]Most goals
[edit]
- Most official goals: 910 –
Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002–[note 1] - Most overall goals: 1917 –
Lajos Tichy, 1953–1971[note 2] - Most clubs goals: 780 –
Josef Bican, 1931–1957[note 3] - Most international goals: 135 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2004–[1]
- Most domestic league goals[note 4]: 641 – Josef Bican, 1931–1957
- Most domestic national league goals: 606 –
Pelé, 1956–1977[2][note 5] - Most national cup goals: 97 – Eusébio, 1961–1974[5]
- Most international club goals: 166 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002–
- Most goals scored for a single club: 672 –
Lionel Messi for Barcelona, 2004–2021[note 6] - Most goals scored in a single league: 474 – Lionel Messi in La Liga, 2004–2021
In a year / season
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- Most goals scored in a calendar year: 91 – Lionel Messi, 2012[6][7][note 7]
- Most goals scored in a football season: 97 –
Ernst Wilimowski, 1940–41[9] - Most club goals scored in a football season: 96[note 8] –
Fred Roberts, 1930–31[10][11][note 9][note 10] - Most domestic league goals scored in a football season: 67[note 11]
- Most international goals in a calendar year: 23 –
Sándor Kocsis, 1954[15]
In a match
[edit]- Most goals scored in official match: 21 –
Yanick Manzizila, Kongo United 30–0 Balrog Botkyrka, Swedish seventh division, 11 August 2014 - Most goals scored in a top-tier league match: 17 –
Passang Tshering, RIHS 0–20 Transport United, 2007 Bhutan A-Division, 4 August 2007 - Most goals scored in a domestic cup match: 16 –
Stefan Dembicki, Lens 32–0 Auby Asturies, 1942–43 French Cup, 11 December 1942[16] - Most goals scored in an international match: 13 –
Archie Thompson, Australia 31–0 American Samoa, 11 April 2001
Youngest and oldest
[edit]- Oldest goalscorer in a professional match: 50 years and 14 days –
Kazuyoshi Miura, Yokohama v Thespa Gunma, J2 League, 12 March 2017[17] - Youngest international goalscorer: 14 years and 93 days –
Aung Kyaw Tun, Myanmar v Thailand, 2000 AFF Championship, 6 November 2000[18] - Oldest international goalscorer: 45 years and 73 days –
Billy Meredith, Wales v England, 1919–20 British Home Championship, 11 October 1919[note 12][19]
By method
[edit]- Most penalty kick goals (excluding shoot-outs): 169 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2004–[20]
- Most free kick goals: 77 – Juninho, 1993–2013[21][note 13]
- Most direct corner-kick goals: 32 –
Şükrü Gülesin, 1940–1955[24][25] - Most headed goals: 151 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002–
- Most right foot goals: 581 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002–
- Most left foot goals: 711 – Lionel Messi, 2004–
- Most bicycle kick goals: 35 –
Hugo Sánchez, 1976–1997[26]
Others
[edit]- Most hat-tricks: 141 – Erwin Helmchen, 1924–1951[27][note 14]
- Most goals scored by a substitute in a single game: 5 –
Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich v Wolfsburg, 2015–16 Bundesliga, 22 September 2015[28] - Most matches scoring: 604 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002–
- Most international matches scoring: 88 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2004–
- Most top-level club games scoring: 516 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002–
- Most top club competitions scored in one season with the same team: 7 –
Fernando Torres, 2012–13 for Chelsea (Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, FA Community Shield, FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League)[29][30] - Most goals scored by a goalkeeper: 129 – Rogério Ceni, 1997–2015[31][32]
- Most goals scored by a defender: 252 –
Ronald Koeman, 1980–1997[33]
Appearances records
[edit]Most appearances
[edit]
- Most official matches: 1,397 –
Peter Shilton, 1966–1997 - Most club matches: 1,333 – Fábio, 1997–[34]
- Most international caps: 219 –
Soh Chin Ann, 1969–1984 - Most matches for one club: 1,197 – Rogério Ceni, 1992–2015
- Most domestic club competition matches: 1,073 – Fábio, 1997–
- Most international club competition matches: 223 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002–
- Most international competition appearances (club + national team): 440 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002–
Youngest and oldest
[edit]- Youngest footballer at senior level: 10 years and 11 months –
Eric Godpower Marshall, Gar'ou v Haifa, Liberia's fourth division, 7 April 2021[35][36][37][38] - Youngest footballer in first division: 12 years and 362 days –
Mauricio Baldivieso, Aurora v La Paz, Bolivian Primera División, 19 July 2009 - Youngest footballer in a international match: 14 years and 2 days –
Lucas Knecht, Northern Mariana Islands v Guam, 2008 East Asian Football Championship, 1 April 2007[39][40][note 15] - Oldest professional football player: 58 years – Kazuyoshi Miura, 1986–
- Oldest footballer in a international match: 51 years and 345 days – George Weah, Liberia v Nigeria, friendly match, 11 September 2018[45][46]
Others
[edit]- Most matches as captain for one club: 982 – Rogério Ceni for São Paulo, 2001–2015
- Most seasons as captain for one club: 19 –
Francesco Totti for Roma, 1998–2017 - Most years at the same club: 27
- Said Altınordu with Altınordu, 1929–1956
Lee Casciaro with Lincoln Red Imps, 1998–2025 (ongoing)
- Professional footballer to play in five different decades: 5 – Kazuyoshi Miura, (1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s)[47]
Other players records
[edit]Titles
[edit]- Most decorated player: 59 – Lee Casciaro, 2000–[48][note 16]
- Most international club titles: 16
- Toni Kroos, 2013–2024
Luka Modrić, 2014–- Dani Carvajal, 2014–
- Most national team titles: 7
Ángel Romano, 1916–1926- Héctor Scarone, 1917–1930
- José Nasazzi, 1923–1935
Goalkeeping
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- Most clean sheets: 537 – Ray Clemence, 1965–1988[50]
- Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal: 1,816 minutes – Mazaropi with Vasco da Gama, 1977–1978[51]
- Most penalties saved: +150 –
Lev Yashin, 1949–1971[52]
Matches Results
[edit]- Most matches won: 826 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002–[53]
- Most club matches won: 694 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002–[54]
- Most international matches won: 132 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2003–[55]
- Most unbeaten matches: 1062 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002–[56]
Trivia
[edit]- Most sent-off: 46 –
Gerardo Bedoya, 1995–2015[57] - Longest distance goal scored: 96.01 meters –
Tom King, 21 January 2021[58] - Most played with different clubs: 37 – Carlos Frontini, 2001–2020[59][note 17]
- Most played in different continental associations: 6 – Lutz Pfannenstiel, 1991–2011[62]
- Player to win top scorer awards in most continents: 3 – Isidro Lángara, with Real Club España in Mexico (CONCACAF) in 1944, 1946, Real Oviedo in Spain (UEFA) in 1934, 1935, 1936 and San Lorenzo in Argentina (CONMEBOL) in 1940
- Player to win top-scorer awards in most first tier national leagues: 4 – Cristiano Ronaldo, with Manchester United (Premier League) in 2008; with Real Madrid (La Liga) in 2011, 2014 and 2015; with Juventus (Serie A) in 2021 and with Al Nassr (Saudi Pro League) in 2024[63]
- Most domestic top scorer awards: 14 – Josef Bican, Austrian Championship in 1934; Czechoslovak First League in 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1950; Bohemian/Moravian league in 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944; Czechoslovak Second League in 1949 and 1952
- Most consecutive domestic top scorer awards: 9 – Pelé, 9 consecutive wins in Campeonato Paulista
- Player with biggest gap between spells at a club: 29 –
Paulo da Silva, Paulo da Silva left Paraguayan club Atlántida in 1995 and returned in 2024, after 29 years[64]
Managers
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Coaches in bold are still active.
- Most decorated manager: 49 –
Alex Ferguson, 1974–2013[65] - Most major international titles: 9 – Guillermo Stábile; Stábile won the Copa America with Argentina (1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1957), the Pan American Games (1951, 1955) and the Panamerican Championship (1960).
- Most first-division league titles: 18 – Bill Struth, 1920–1954
- Most international club titles: 14 – Carlo Ancelotti, 1997–
- Most won finals: 64 – Bill Struth, 1920–1954
- Longest-serving manager in history: 53 years – Amadeu Teixeira for América de Manaus, 1955–2008[66]
- Most international games in charge: 286 –
Bora Milutinovic, 1983–2009[67][68] - Coach with biggest gap between spells at a club: 34 years – Ronnie McFall for Glentoran, 1984–2018[69]
- Coach with biggest gap between spells at a national team: 38 years –
Mircea Lucescu for Romania, 1986–2024[70]
Clubs
[edit]- Most international major trophies won: 34 – Real Madrid, 1955–2024[71]
- Most trophies won in top level competitions: 132 –
Al Ahly, 1923–2024[72] - Most titles in the same competition: 57 – ABC, 1920–2022; the club won Campeonato Potiguar 57 times[73]
- Most national championships won in a row: 15 –
Tafea, 1994–2009; the club won 15 Port Vila Football League consecutive titles[74] - Oldest football club that is still active: Since 1848 – Sheffield[75]
- Most goals in football history: 13,075 (up to 3 November 2024) – Flamengo, 1912–2024[76][77][78]
- Most goals in history in top-level competitions: 9,219 (up to 2023) – Liverpool, 1896–2023[79]
Streaks
[edit]- Longest winning streak: 61 –
Arkadag, 2023–2024[80][81][82][83] - Longest unbeaten streak: 62 – Celtic, 1915–1917[note 18][86]
- Longest losing streak: 62 – Corintians de Casa Branca, 1980–1984; 62 consecutive losses at Paulista third level[87]
- Longest streak scoring at least 1 goal: 96 – River Plate, 1936–1939[88]
Other world records
[edit]- Highest score in a single match: –
AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne, 31 October 2002[89] - Highest score in a single competitive match: – Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, 12 September 1885[90]
- Highest score in an international match: – Australia 31–0 American Samoa, 11 April 2001[91]
- Highest score in an youth international match: – Vanuatu 46–0 Micronesia (u-23), 7 July 2015[92]
- Highest score in a penalty shootout in history: – Washington 3–3 Bedlington, (25–24 p), 54 penalties taken, 9 March 2022[93]
- Longest penalty shootout in history: – Dimona 2–2 Shimshon Tel Aviv (23–22 p), 56 penalties taken, 20 May 2024[94][95]
- Most red cards given in a match: – Claypole – Victoriano Arenas, 36 red cards, 3 March 2011[96]
- Competition with most clubs participated in total –
Copa Perú, More than 20000 at the District stage[97] - Football League with less clubs: 2 clubs –
Isles of Scilly Football League; Only two clubs contests the league: Woolpack Wanderers and the Garrison Gunners, playing each other eighteen times every season.[98] - Football League with most clubs: 100+ clubs –
Cape Verdean Football Championship - Shortest National Championship: 7 days –
Greenlandic Football Championship[99] - Longest football match: 3 hours and 23 minutes – Stockport County 3–2 Doncaster Rovers, On, 30 March 1946. It was a Division Three North Cup replay, after the first game ended 2–2 and as it would turn out, 203 more minutes could not yield a victor. Tied once more at 2–2 after 90 minutes, the game between Stockport and Doncaster then went into extra time, but 30 more minutes were insufficient, with the two teams unable to score in that time period. The 'play to win' rule was commonplace in English football during the wartime period of the 1940s and it was a form of 'golden goal' – in essence, 'next goal wins'. Stockport thought they had clinched the winner on the 173rd minute.[100][101]
- Team that played most games on the same day: 3 matches – Grêmio; On 11 December 1994, Grêmio played three matches on a single day during the 1994 Campeonato Gaúcho, with kick-off times of 2PM, 4PM, and 6PM, due to their extensive schedule. They won two and drew the third match, using a total of 34 different players.[102]
See also
[edit]- Fastest goals in association football
- List of men's footballers with 1,000 or more official appearances
- List of footballers with 500 or more goals
- List of players with the most goals in an association football game
- List of most expensive association football transfers
- Lists of hat-tricks
- Progression of association football caps record
- European association football club records and statistics
- List of longest managerial reigns in association football
- List of world champion football club winning managers
Notes
[edit]- ^ Erwin Helmchen could have scored 989 goals in his career.
- ^ Including friendly matches and competitions.
- ^ Erwin Helmchen could have scored 870 club goals.
- ^ Including other categories than top-tier division, except regional and local leagues.
- ^ Pelé scored the vast majority of his goals in Campeonato Paulista, but Série A still wasn't the top-tier league in Brazil in those years. If we exclude that goals, Cristiano Ronaldo would be the record holder with 553 goals.[3] Including regional and local leagues, the record is 713 goals by Erwin Helmchen.[4]
- ^ Counting all matches in one club, Gerd Müller scored 1256 goals for Bayern Munich.
- ^ Godfrey Chitalu is claimed to have scored 109 official goals in 1972 for Kabwe Warriors and Zambia. However, the officiality of this tally is disputed.[8]
- ^ This tally includes 35 goals at regional and local cups, which are in any case official competitions.
- ^ At top-level football, excluding regional and local competitions, the most widely recognized record is Lionel Messi's 73 goals for Barcelona during the 2011–12 season.[12][13]
- ^ Godfrey Chitalu is also claimed to have scored 97 official goals in the 1972 season for Kabwe Warriors. However, the officiality of this tally is disputed.[8]
- ^ The Guinness World Records named Dixie Dean with 60 goals in 39 games in 1927–28 First Division for Everton.[14]
- ^ This match was not a full international (instead termed a "Victory international").
- ^ Other sources show Zico as the footballer with more free kicks scored in history with 101.[22] Even Marcelinho Carioca could have that honour with 86 free kicks, depending on the source.[23]
- ^ Counting only top matches, Pelé with 92 hat-tricks is the record holder.
- ^ Gali Freitas is claimed by the AFF to have debuted with East Timor on 1 September 2018 in a match against Brunei, aged 13 years and 244 days. However, there is controversy whether he was born in 2004 or in 1996.[19][41] Souleymane Mamam is claimed by FIFA to have debuted with Togo in 2021 in a FIFA World Cup qualifier match, aged 13 years and 310 days. However, there is controversy whether he was born in 1987 or in 1985.[42][43] Abel Josiah Samson was also suposed to have played an international match with Tanzania national football team at 14 years old.[44]
- ^ At top-level football, the most widely recognized record is Lionel Messi's 45 trophies.[49]
- ^ Sebastián Abreu has the Guinness World Record with 32 different teams, because the majority of the teams recognised to Frontini are in any case top-level clubs.[60][61]
- ^ Celtic also played in their unbeaten run, from 20 November 1915 to 14 April 1917, in two regional cups, the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup and Glasgow Cup. Including two matches each in the 1915–16 Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, in May 1916,[84] and in the 1916–17 Glasgow Cup, in October 1916,[85] Celtic was unbeaten for 66 games.[86]
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