Lewandowski cracks 600 goals – Better hit rate than Ronaldo

Number 15 & 16 for Barca

With his 15th and 16th goals for FC Barcelona in the 3-0 win over Villarreal, Robert Lewandowski set a milestone in his career: the Polish centre-forward has broken the 600-goal mark. Among the active players, only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo managed to do that. World footballer Karim Benzema ranks sixth with 432 goals.

21 players break the 300 mark: Active footballers with the most goals

Active players with the most goals for club & national team

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21 Nemanja Nikolics (34) | Pendikspor | 573 Games | 301 goals

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Goals per game: 0.53 | As of October 21, 2022

20 Ruben Castro (41) | Malaga FC | 745 Games | 309 goals

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Goals per game: 0.41

19 André-Pierre Gignac (36) | Tigers | 710 Games | 315 goals

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Goals per game: 0.44

18 Harry Kane (29) | Tottenham | 523 Games | 320 goals

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Goals per game: 0.61

17 Dejan Damjanovic (41) | Kitchen | 617 Games | 329 goals

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Goals per game: 0.53

16 Pierre Emerick Aubameyang (33) | Chelsea | 651 Games | 331 goals

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Goals per game: 0.51

15 Eran Zahavi (35) | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 578 Games | 333 goals

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Goals per game: 0.58

14 Radamel Falcao (36) | Rayo Vallecano | 645 Games | 335 goals

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Goals per game: 0.52

13 Romelu Lukaku (29) | Inter Milan | 657 Games | 335 goals

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Goals per game: 0.51

12 Bafétimbi Gomis (37) | Galatasaray | 753 Games | 344 goals

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Goals per game: 0.46

11 Neymar (30) | PSG | 601 Games | 362 goals

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Goals per game: 0.6

10 Gonzalo Higuaín (34) | Inter Miami CF | 785 Games | 366 goals

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Goals per game: 0.47

9 Edin Dzeko (36) | Inter Milan | 826 Games | 377 goals

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Goals per game: 0.46

8 Hulk (36) | Clube Atlético Mineiro | 736 Games | 380 goals

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Goals per game: 0.52

7 Edinson Cavani (35) | Valencia FC | 751 Games | 419 goals

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Goals per game: 0.56

6 Karim Benzema (34) | Madrid | 861 Games | 432 goals

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Goals per game: 0.5

5 Luis Suarez (35) | Club National | 845 Games | 508 goals

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Goals per game: 0.6

4 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (41) | AC Milan | 936 Games | 554 goals

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Goals per game: 0.59

3 Robert Lewandowski (34) | FC Barcelona | 824 Games | 601 goals

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Goals per game: 0.73

2 Lionel Messi (35) | PSG | 990 games | 781 goals

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Goals per game: 0.79

1 Cristiano Ronaldo (37) | United | 1,136 games | 817 goals

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Goals per game: 0.72

At Barça, Lewandowski averages 1.14 goals per game – over his entire career at club and national team level he averages 0.73 goals per game. This puts him ahead of Ronaldo (0.72), who was last a reserve player at Manchester United.

The Portuguese had a rate of 1.03 goals per game in the Real jersey from 2009 to 2018, Lewandowski’s average at Bayern was 0.92. He scored 344 times for the record champions, he scored his other goals for BVB (103), Poland (76), Lech Posen (41) and at his first professional stop Znicz Pruszkow (21).


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Lewandowski’s career in numbersTo overview
There are a total of 21 active footballers who have scored over 300 goals in the course of their careers – three of them with a Bundesliga background. Goals for first and second division teams as well as goals in national and international cup competitions and the national team were included in the evaluation.

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