#7 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) - 75 goals
While Ferenc Puskas is regarded to be the greatest Hungarian Footballer of all time, Sandor Kocsis is definitely one of the most prolific strikers Hungary ever produced. Had it not been for his premature international retirement, he possibly would have been ranked much higher on this list.
It took a mere 68 matches for Kocsis to score his 75 goals. His impressive goals/game average of 1.103 is the highest for footballers with more than 43 caps.
Kocsis was an integral entity of the dominant Hungary squad of the 1950s nicknamed “Magical Magyars” that won the gold medal at the 1952 Olympics at Helsinki and reached the final of the 1954 World Cup where they lost to West Germany; thus ending a 31-match unbeaten streak over four years.
Kocsis was the top scorer of the 1954 World Cup with 11 goals and was named in the Team of the Tournament alongside the other main players of the Magical Magyars including Ferenc Puskas, Gyula Grosics, Jozsef Bozsik, Nandor Hidegkuti and Zoltan Czibor.
However, the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 prompted Kocsis to end his international career prematurely at the age of 27.
