List of top international men's football goalscorers by country

:Players in bold are still active at international level. :Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. :Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Fourteen nations (Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Eritrea, Faroe Islands, Romania, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied for national leader while Anguilla has three players tied as their leading scorer. ==List of non-FIFA top scorers==

These are the top scorers for nations that do not have FIFA membership, but are associate members of one of FIFA's affiliated confederations. :Players in bold are still active at international level. :Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. ==List of top scorers from defunct nations==

These are the top scorers for defunct nations that do not have a FIFA recognised successor team. :Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. ==Notes==