10 All Time Best Football Striker

It is quite hard to cut down the list of best all time strikers to ten as there are a remarkable number of great strikers in the world. Nonetheless, here are the top ten best soccer strikers of all time and the major clubs they played for.

10. Fernando Peyroteo

Club: Sporting

Fernando Peyroteo

Peyroteo played for just one club in his entire career. He won eleven major titles with the club and was the league’s top scorer six times. He scored 14 goals for Portugal in 20 matches.

9. Arthur Friedenreich

Clubs: Germania and Sao Paulo

 Arthur Friedenreich

Pele came first on the list but a fellow Brazilian player surpassed his goal tally. Arthur Friedenreich scored 1329 goals in 1239 appearances over his 26-year career. However, the reported number of goals has been a point of discussion with some claiming he scored 1239 goals in 1329 games.

8. Alfredo di Stefano

Club: Real Madrid

Alfredo di Stefano

He is the second Real Madrid’s all-time leading goalscorer with 305 goals from 392 appearances. Di Stefano won the Ballon d’Or in 1957 and 1959. At the international level, he has represented Argentina, Spain and Colombia.

7. Marco van Basten

Clubs: AC Milan and Ajax

Marco van Basten

 The Dutch striker was the top scorer in the 1988 tournament of the European Championship. He helped his team emerge winners and this rests in the minds of many since the Dutch have not won any other major football honor. Van Basten has won the Ballon d’Or thrice and was the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1992.

6. Romario

Club: Vasco da Gama

 Romario

 Romario played for quite a number of clubs, including Barcelona and PSV Eindhoven, though he is mainly linked with Vasco da Gama. He has 70 caps for the national team with 55 goals, becoming the third all-time highest goal scorer for his team. Romario has over a 1000 goals, a proper justification for a spot in this list.

5. Gerd Muller

Club: Bayern Munich

Gerd Muller

 At the national level, he helped West Germany win the 1974 World Cup and the 1972 European Championships. Muller was the top scorer in 1970 World Cup with 10 goals, the same year he was named the European Footballer of the Year. He found the net 68 times for his national team in 62 matches.

4. Eusebio

Club: Benfica

Eusebio

 Eusebio was in the Portugal team that emerged third in the 1966 World Cup. His 9 goals made him the top scorer of the tournament. Eusebio won the Ballon d’Or in 1965 and was the first to win the European Golden Boot in 1968. He was the Primeira Liga top scorer for a record seven times.

3. Ronaldo

Clubs: Real Madrid and Inter Milan

Ronaldo

 Brazilian sneaks in to the top three for his renowned skill and natural talent. Ronaldo held the record as the leading all time World Cup goalscorer since 2006 with 15 goals, which was broken during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He played a vital role as Brazil clinched a record fifth World Cup title in 2002 and part of the squad that won in 1994.

2. Ferenc Puskas

Clubs: Real Madrid and Budapest Honved

 Ferenc Puskas

 Clearly, the number of goals scored by a striker act as a major basis for gauging his performance. Ferenc Puskas of Hungary netted 514 goals in 529 league games.

1. Pele

Club: Santos

 Pele

 Pele tops the list for his remarkable achievements. The Brazilian has 1281 goals to his name from 1363 appearances at all levels. He consistently had the goals coming over his 18-year professional career. Just to mention, Pele scored five goals in a match six times and four goals thirty times.