Cristiano Ronaldo tops all-time scoring list with 979 goals; Lionel Messi 932 — Khel Now
Cristiano Ronaldo is listed as football’s all-time leading goalscorer with 979 official goals and Lionel Messi is shown with 932, according to a Khel Now article published on October 7, 2026.
The Khel Now compilation ranks the game’s highest scorers across club and country and highlights names from different eras, including Pelé, Romário, Ferenc Puskás and Josef Bican. The piece records Pelé’s 643 goals for Santos and notes disputed claims of totals exceeding 1,200 for the club, alongside his 77 Brazil goals. It also records Romário on 756 goals from a reported 1,000 matches, Puskás with 725 goals in 754 appearances, and Bican with a career total of 722 goals and 395 goals in 217 games for Slavia Prague.
On Cristiano Ronaldo, the article lists 979 career goals and states he has scored 146 goals for Portugal, calling him the all-time leading goalscorer in men’s international football; it also references his spells at Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus and says that, being active, he is on course to surpass 1,000 career goals soon.
For Lionel Messi, the article records 932 career goals and notes his Copa America triumph with Argentina in 2024; it describes Messi as one of the game’s leading goalscorers and assist providers without adding further numerical breakdowns.
The historical European scorers are given specific honours: Gerd Müller is credited with 634 career goals, a 1974 World Cup win with Germany and the 1970 Ballon d’Or, while Ferenc Puskás is listed with 725 goals in 754 appearances plus three European Cup wins with Real Madrid and an Olympic gold with Hungary.
Other names profiled include Josef Bican (722 career goals, with 395 in 217 matches for Slavia Prague), Romário (756 goals from a reported 1,000 games and a 1994 World Cup winner with Brazil), and Pelé, whose club total for Santos is stated as 643 but whose combined official club-and-country total is also recorded elsewhere in the article as 762 official goals.
The piece highlights several players from the British and Irish game: Joe Bambrick, active between 1926 and 1943, is credited with more than 600 league goals across clubs including Chelsea and Walsall and with 12 goals in 11 appearances for his national team, featuring six in one match against Wales which the article says remains a British Isles record; Jimmy Jones is noted for 269 goals for Glenavon and for three senior Northern Ireland caps with one goal.
Robert Lewandowski is described as Poland’s all-time leading scorer with 92 goals and is credited in the article with achieving notable domestic and European success at Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barcelona, including eight consecutive Bundesliga titles with Bayern and a Champions League win, plus three LaLiga titles after his move to Barcelona.
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