10 footballers with the highest number of goals (all time)

#4 Ferenc Puskás - 746 Career Goals

Ferenc Puskas was known as 'The Galloping Major', a key man in two of the greatest sides in football history: Hungary's 'Magnificent Magyars' and Real Madrid's 1960 European Cup winners. The Hungarian legend has scored over 746 senior career goals for club and country, which includes 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 358 goals for Budapest Honved in the Hungarian leagues and 156 goals for Real Madrid in Spanish leagues.

HIs best years were 1950 to 1954. He was named Hungarian player of the year in 1950, then European and world soccer player of the year in 1953. While he played the 1954 World Cup final against West Germany with a hairline fracture. Despite this, he scored his fourth goal of the tournament to put Hungary ahead after six minutes but the West Germans pulled back two goals before halftime, with six minutes left the West Germans scored the winner. Two minutes from the end of the match, Puskás appeared to score an equalizer but the goal was disallowed due to an offside call. He was truly a legend, who gave his team an outside chance to win World Cup despite fracture. In 2014, Puskas became the first player to be inducted into Goal Hall of Fame.

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#3 Pelé - 767 Career Goals

Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pelé) is one of the most famous and possibly the best-paid athlete in the world during his time. He was part of the Brazilian national teams that won three World Cup championships in 1958, 1962, and 1970. In 2000, He became one of the two footballers who were given of the FIFA Player of the Century award and was elected as Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee.

The Brazilian legend has scored over 767 senior career goals for club and country, which includes 77 national goals for Brazil, 619 goals for the Santos and 31 goals for New York Cosmos.

Pelé won his first major title with Santos in 1958 as the team won the Campeonato Paulista; Pelé finishes the tournament with record 58 goals, a record that stands till date. As per IFFHS, Pelé is the most successful league goal-scorer in the world, scoring 1281 goals in 1363 games, which included unofficial friendlies and tour games and on 19 November 1969, Pelé scored his 1000th overall goal in all competitions, in what was a highly anticipated moment in Brazil.