Only 'official games' are counted by RSSSF, and no one has yet scored 1,000 goals.
The following is the list
- #1: Czech Republic - Josef Bican - 805 goals from 530 matches
- #2: Brazil - Romario - 772 goals from 993 matches
- #3: Brazil - Pele - 767 goals from 831 matches
- #4: Hungary - Ferenc Puskas - 746 goals from 754 matches
- #5: Germany - Gerd Muller - 735 goals from 793 matches
- #6: Portugal - Cristiano Ronaldo - 700 goals from 973 matches
- #7: Argentina - Lionel Messi - 672 goals from 828 matches
- #8: Hungary - Ferenc Deak - 576 goals from 822 matches.
Gerd Mueller scored 'just' 658 goals in League games, according to
German Wikipedia. Now add 68 goals scored while playing for the German national team:
658+68=736, which is close to the 735 mentioned above. And one more statistic:
he scored 1455 documented goals in 1204 games (1.2 goals per game) with his team, including cup and friendly games.
