Goalscorers aged 30+ in the top 5 leagues since 96/97

Since the ongoing football season is the first one in which both Cristiano Ronaldo & Leo Messi are 30+ years old, I've been keeping track of past goalscorers who were productive at that age. I've narrowed it down in two ways:

1: I've limited it to the top 5 leagues in the world, meaning Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga & Ligue 1.

2. I've limited it to every season after the Bosman ruling was announced, meaning the season 1996/1997 until now. In other words, players born between 1966-1987.

Since it's both difficult and time-consuming to have to account for each individual player's birth month, I'll simplify things by beginning the data gathering in the season that began in their 30th year. So, for someone who was born in 1976, that means the season 2006/2007 and beyond. The major flaw here is that someone born in January was 30+ the season prior to that (4 months worth of goals lost at most). Likewise, someone born in December would only be 29 years old for the beginning months of the 2006/2007 season.

Lastly, I don't consider the list to be complete, but the sample size that I've looked at so far is over 500 players, so I'd say that the vast majority of eligible players are in there. Still, please tell if anyone is missing. Especially someone of the same relatively low level of fame as Michael Preetz or Rubén Castro.

Also, I know that not all 5 leagues are/were, of equal overall quality, with some of them getting high numbers by facing arguably weaker opponents.


Top 100 goalscorers aged 30+ in the top 5 leagues (Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga & Ligue 1) since 1996/1997


Blue color = Active in top 5 league and can still climb the rankings.


1. Antonio Di Natale: 165 (Udinese)

2. Zlatan Ibrahimović: 158 (Milan, PSG & Manchester United)

3. Francesco Totti: 125 (Roma)

4. Luca Toni: 104 (Bayern München, Roma, Genoa, Juventus, Fiorentina & Hellas Verona)

5. Aritz Aduriz: 99 (Valencia & Athletic Bilbao)

6. Claudio Pizarro: 91 (Werder Bremen, Bayern München & Köln)

7. Alan Shearer: 84 (Newcastle)

8. Michael Preetz: 84 (Hertha Berlin)

9. Frank Lampard: 82 (Chelsea & Manchester City)

10. Alessandro Del Piero: 80 (Juventus)

11. Roberto Baggio: 78 (Bologna, Inter & Brescia)

12. Rubén Castro: 77 (Real Betis)

13. Martin Max: 77 (Schalke, 1860 München & Hansa Rostock)

14. Teddy Sheringham: 77 (Tottenham, Manchester United, Portsmouth & West Ham)

15. Pedro Pauleta: 76 (PSG)

16. Dario Hübner: 74 (Brescia, Piacenza, Ancona & Perugia)

17. Cristiano Ronaldo: 72 (Real Madrid)

18. Marco Di Vaio: 71 (Monaco, Genoa & Bologna)

19. Gianfranco Zola: 70 (Parma, Chelsea & Cagliari)

20. Raúl: 69 (Real Madrid & Schalke)

21. Miroslav Klose: 68 (Bayern München & Lazio)

22. Giuseppe Signori: 67 (Bologna)

23. Paolo Di Canio: 65 (Sheffield Wed., West Ham, Charlton & Lazio)

24. Les Ferdinand: 64 (Newcastle, Tottenham, West Ham, Leicester & Bolton)

25. Ruud van Nistelrooij: 62 (Real Madrid, Hamburg & Málaga)

26. Diego Milito: 62 (Inter)

27. Frédéric Kanouté: 62 (Sevilla)

28. Enrico Chiesa: 61 (Fiorentina, Lazio & Siena)

29. Sonny Anderson: 61 (Lyon & Villarreal)

30. Ismael Urzaiz: 61 (Bilbao)

31. Andy Cole: 61 (Manchester United, Blackburn, Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouth & Sunderland)

32. Sergio Pellissier: 58 (Chievo)

33. Germán Denis: 56 (Atalanta)

34. Cristiano Doni: 56 (Sampdoria, Mallorca & Atalanta)

35. Gabriel Batistuta: 55 (Fiorentina, Roma & Inter)

36. Nicola Amoruso: 55 (Messina, Reggina, Torino, Siena, Parma & Atalanta)

37. Didier Drogba: 54 (Chelsea)

38. Cristiano Lucarelli: 54 (Livorno, Parma & Napoli)

39. Mickaël Pagis: 54 (Sochaux, Strasbourg, Marseille & Rennes)

40. Sergej Barbarez: 54 (Hamburg & Leverkusen)

41. Gus Poyet: 54 (Chelsea & Tottenham)

42. Fabrizio Miccoli: 52 (Palermo)

43. Fabio Quagliarella: 51 (Juventus, Torino & Sampdoria)

44. Jermain Defoe: 49 (Tottenham, Sunderland & Bournemouth)

45. Jan Koller: 49 (Dortmund, Monaco & Nürnberg)

46. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: 49 (Chelsea, Middlesbrough & Charlton)

47. Robert Pirès: 48 (Arsenal, Villarreal & Aston Villa)

48. Oliver Bierhoff: 47 (Milan, Monaco & Chievo)

49. Cyril Théréau: 46 (Chievo, Udinese & Fiorentina)

50. Julio Cruz: 46 (Inter & Lazio)

51. Filippo Inzaghi: 46 (Milan)

52. Hernán Crespo: 45 (Chelsea, Inter, Genoa & Parma)

53. Massimo Maccarone: 45 (Siena, Palermo, Sampdoria & Empoli)

54. Alexander Meier: 44 (Frankfurt)

55. George Weah: 44 (Milan, Chelsea, Manchester City & Marseille)

56. Rodrigo Palacio: 43 (Inter & Bologna)

57. Peter Crouch: 43 (Tottenham & Stoke)

58. Ivica Olić: 43 (Bayern München, Wolfsburg & Hamburg)

59. Raúl Tamudo: 43 (Espanyol, Real Sociedad & Rayo Vallecano)

60. Alberto Gilardino: 42 (Bologna, Genoa, Fiorentina, Palermo, Empoli & Pescara)

61. Youri Djorkaeff: 42 (Inter, Kaiserslautern & Bolton)

62. Yaya Touré: 41 (Manchester City)

63. Javi Guerra: 41 (Valladolid, Malaga & Vallecano)

64. Edin Džeko: 40 (Roma)

65. Olaf Marschall: 40 (Kaiserslautern)

66. David Trezeguet: 40 (Juventus & Hércules)

67. Tommaso Rocchi: 40 (Lazio & Inter)

68. Cfhristian Vieri: 40 (Inter, Milan, Monaco, Atalanta & Fiorentina)

69. Steven Gerrard: 40 (Liverpool)

70. Thomas Häßler: 40 (Dortmund & 1860 München)

71. Dimitar Berbatov: 39 (Manchester United, Fulham & Monaco)

72. Diego Klimowicz: 39 (Wolfsburg, Dortmund & Bochum)

73. David Di Michele: 39 (Palermo, Torino, West Ham, Lecce & Chievo)

74. Radamel Falcao: 38 (Monaco)

75. Abel Balbo: 38 (Roma, Parma & Fiorentina)

76. Fabrizio Ravanelli: 38 (Marseille, Lazio, Derby & Perugia)

77. Arjen Robben: 37 (Bayern München)

78. Grégory Pujol: 37 (Valenciennes & Ajaccio)

79. Dion Dublin: 37 (Aston Villa)

80. Walter Pandiani: 37 (Espanyol & Osasuna)

81. Brian McBride: 37 (Everton & Fulham)

82. Kevin Davies: 36 (Bolton)

83. Dennis Bergkamp: 36 (Arsenal)

84. Pavel Nedvěd: 36 (Juventus)

85. Johan Micoud: 36 (Bremen & Bordeaux)

86. Thierry Henry: 35 (Barcelona)

87. Kevin Gallacher: 35 (Blackburn & Newcastle)

88. Savo Milošević: 35 (Celta Vigo & Osasuna)

89. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar: 35 (Schalke)

90. Ryan Giggs: 35 (Manchester United)

91. Juninho Pernambuco: 34 (Lyon)

92. Giovane Élber: 33 (Bayern München, Lyon & Borussia Mönchengladbach)

93. Roy Makaay: 33 (Bayern München)

94. Oliver Neuville: 33 (Bayer Leverkusen & Borussia Mönchengladbach)

95. Lilian Laslandes: 32 (Sunderland, Köln, Bastia, Nice & Bordeaux)

96. Benjamin Nivet: 31 (Caen & Troyes)

97. Vincenzo Montella: 31 (Roma, Fulham & Sampdoria)

98. Rickie Lambert: 31 (Southampton, Liverpool & West Bromwich)

99. Kevin Phillips: 31 (Southampton, Aston Villa & Crystal Palace)

100. Luís Figo: 31 (Real Madrid & Inter)

101. Clarence Seedorf: 31 (Milan)

Notable footballers to not make the cut: Villa, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Zidane, Forlán, Milito, Cassano, Recoba, Wiltord, Fabiano, Kaká, Kluivert, Robinho, Litmanen, Adebayor, Torres, Solskjær, Owen, Shevchenko, Ballack, Stoichkov, Adriano, Zamorano, Romário, Persie, Eto'o, Šuker, Caniggia, Morientes, Tevez, Anelka, Yorke, Cissé, Cantona & Fowler.

Just goes to show how rare it is to score a significant amount of goals at the highest level when you are in your 30s. That's why I have massive respect for someone like Di Natale, especially since he did it in a smaller club.

 

Here is an update:


1. Antonio Di Natale: 165 (Udinese)

2. Zlatan Ibrahimović: 158 (Milan, PSG & Manchester United)

3. Francesco Totti: 125 (Roma)

4. Luca Toni: 104 (Bayern München, Roma, Genoa, Juventus, Fiorentina & Hellas Verona)

5. Aritz Aduriz: 100 (Valencia & Athletic Bilbao)

6. Claudio Pizarro: 92 (Werder Bremen, Bayern München & Köln)

7. Cristiano Ronaldo: 86 (Real Madrid)

8. Alan Shearer: 84 (Newcastle)

9. Michael Preetz: 84 (Hertha Berlin)

10. Frank Lampard: 82 (Chelsea & Manchester City)

11. Alessandro Del Piero: 80 (Juventus)

12. Roberto Baggio: 78 (Bologna, Inter & Brescia)

13. Rubén Castro: 77 (Real Betis)

14. Martin Max: 77 (Schalke, 1860 München & Hansa Rostock)

15. Teddy Sheringham: 77 (Tottenham, Manchester United, Portsmouth & West Ham)

16. Pedro Pauleta: 76 (PSG)

17. Dario Hübner: 74 (Brescia, Piacenza, Ancona & Perugia)

18. Marco Di Vaio: 71 (Monaco, Genoa & Bologna)

19. Gianfranco Zola: 70 (Parma, Chelsea & Cagliari)

20. Raúl: 69 (Real Madrid & Schalke)

21. Miroslav Klose: 68 (Bayern München & Lazio)

22. Giuseppe Signori: 67 (Bologna)

23. Paolo Di Canio: 65 (Sheffield Wed., West Ham, Charlton & Lazio)

24. Les Ferdinand: 64 (Newcastle, Tottenham, West Ham, Leicester & Bolton)

25. Ruud van Nistelrooij: 62 (Real Madrid, Hamburg & Málaga)

26. Diego Milito: 62 (Inter)

27. Frédéric Kanouté: 62 (Sevilla)

28. Enrico Chiesa: 61 (Fiorentina, Lazio & Siena)

29. Sonny Anderson: 61 (Lyon & Villarreal)

30. Ismael Urzaiz: 61 (Bilbao)

31. Andy Cole: 61 (Manchester United, Blackburn, Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouth & Sunderland)

32. Sergio Pellissier: 58 (Chievo)

33. Germán Denis: 56 (Atalanta)

34. Cristiano Doni: 56 (Sampdoria, Mallorca & Atalanta)

35. Gabriel Batistuta: 55 (Fiorentina, Roma & Inter)

36. Nicola Amoruso: 55 (Messina, Reggina, Torino, Siena, Parma & Atalanta)

37. Didier Drogba: 54 (Chelsea)

38. Cristiano Lucarelli: 54 (Livorno, Parma & Napoli)

39. Mickaël Pagis: 54 (Sochaux, Strasbourg, Marseille & Rennes)

40. Sergej Barbarez: 54 (Hamburg & Leverkusen)

41. Gus Poyet: 54 (Chelsea & Tottenham)

42. Fabio Quagliarella: 53 (Juventus, Torino & Sampdoria)

43. Fabrizio Miccoli: 52 (Palermo)

44. Jermain Defoe: 50 (Tottenham, Sunderland & Bournemouth)

45. Jan Koller: 49 (Dortmund, Monaco & Nürnberg)

46. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: 49 (Chelsea, Middlesbrough & Charlton)

47. Robert Pirès: 48 (Arsenal, Villarreal & Aston Villa)

48. Cyril Théréau: 47 (Chievo, Udinese & Fiorentina)

49. Oliver Bierhoff: 47 (Milan, Monaco & Chievo)

50. Julio Cruz: 46 (Inter & Lazio)

51. Filippo Inzaghi: 46 (Milan)

52. Edin Džeko: 45 (Roma)

53. Hernán Crespo: 45 (Chelsea, Inter, Genoa & Parma)

54. Peter Crouch: 45 (Tottenham & Stoke)

55. Massimo Maccarone: 45 (Siena, Palermo, Sampdoria & Empoli)

56. Alexander Meier: 45 (Frankfurt)

57. Radamel Falcao: 44 (Monaco)

58. George Weah: 44 (Milan, Chelsea, Manchester City & Marseille)

59. Rodrigo Palacio: 43 (Inter & Bologna)

60. Ivica Olić: 43 (Bayern München, Wolfsburg & Hamburg)

61. Raúl Tamudo: 43 (Espanyol, Real Sociedad & Rayo Vallecano)

62. Alberto Gilardino: 42 (Bologna, Genoa, Fiorentina, Palermo, Empoli & Pescara)

63. Youri Djorkaeff: 42 (Inter, Kaiserslautern & Bolton)

64. Yaya Touré: 41 (Manchester City)

65. Javi Guerra: 41 (Valladolid, Malaga & Vallecano)

66. Olaf Marschall: 40 (Kaiserslautern)

67. David Trezeguet: 40 (Juventus & Hércules)

68. Tommaso Rocchi: 40 (Lazio & Inter)

69. Cfhristian Vieri: 40 (Inter, Milan, Monaco, Atalanta & Fiorentina)

70. Steven Gerrard: 40 (Liverpool)

71. Thomas Häßler: 40 (Dortmund & 1860 München)

72. Arjen Robben: 37 (Bayern München)

73. Dimitar Berbatov: 39 (Manchester United, Fulham & Monaco)

74. Diego Klimowicz: 39 (Wolfsburg, Dortmund & Bochum)

75. David Di Michele: 39 (Palermo, Torino, West Ham, Lecce & Chievo)

76. Abel Balbo: 38 (Roma, Parma & Fiorentina)

77. Fabrizio Ravanelli: 38 (Marseille, Lazio, Derby & Perugia)

78. Grégory Pujol: 37 (Valenciennes & Ajaccio)

79. Dion Dublin: 37 (Aston Villa)

80. Walter Pandiani: 37 (Espanyol & Osasuna)

81. Brian McBride: 37 (Everton & Fulham)

82. Kevin Davies: 36 (Bolton)

83. Dennis Bergkamp: 36 (Arsenal)

84. Pavel Nedvěd: 36 (Juventus)

85. Johan Micoud: 36 (Bremen & Bordeaux)

86. Thierry Henry: 35 (Barcelona)

87. Kevin Gallacher: 35 (Blackburn & Newcastle)

88. Savo Milošević: 35 (Celta Vigo & Osasuna)

89. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar: 35 (Schalke)

90. Ryan Giggs: 35 (Manchester United)

91. Lionel Messi: 34 (Barcelona)

92. Juninho Pernambuco: 34 (Lyon)

93. Salomon Kalou: 33 (Hertha Berlin)

94. Benjamin Nivet: 33 (Caen & Troyes)

95. Giovane Élber: 33 (Bayern München, Lyon & Borussia Mönchengladbach)

96. Roy Makaay: 33 (Bayern München)

97. Oliver Neuville: 33 (Bayer Leverkusen & Borussia Mönchengladbach)

98. Lilian Laslandes: 32 (Sunderland, Köln, Bastia, Nice & Bordeaux)

99. Vincenzo Montella: 31 (Roma, Fulham & Sampdoria)

100. Rickie Lambert: 31 (Southampton, Liverpool & West Bromwich)

101. Kevin Phillips: 31 (Southampton, Aston Villa & Crystal Palace)

102. Luís Figo: 31 (Real Madrid & Inter)

103. Clarence Seedorf: 31 (Milan)

 

Update:


1. Antonio Di Natale: 165 (Udinese)

2. Zlatan Ibrahimović: 158 (Milan, PSG & Manchester United)

3. Francesco Totti: 125 (Roma)

4. Cristiano Ronaldo: 107 (Real Madrid & Juventus)

5. Luca Toni: 104 (Bayern München, Roma, Genoa, Juventus, Fiorentina & Hellas Verona)

6. Aritz Aduriz: 102 (Valencia & Athletic Bilbao)

7. Claudio Pizarro: 97 (Werder Bremen, Bayern München & Köln)

8. Alan Shearer: 84 (Newcastle)

9. Michael Preetz: 84 (Hertha Berlin)

10. Frank Lampard: 82 (Chelsea & Manchester City)

11. Alessandro Del Piero: 80 (Juventus)

12. Fabio Quagliarella: 79 (Juventus, Torino & Sampdoria)

13. Roberto Baggio: 78 (Bologna, Inter & Brescia)

14. Teddy Sheringham: 77 (Tottenham, Manchester United, Portsmouth & West Ham)

15. Rubén Castro: 77 (Real Betis)

16. Martin Max: 77 (Schalke, 1860 München & Hansa Rostock)

17. Pedro Pauleta: 76 (PSG)

18. Sergio Pellissier: 75 (Chievo)

19. Dario Hübner: 74 (Brescia, Piacenza, Ancona & Perugia)

20. Marco Di Vaio: 71 (Monaco, Genoa & Bologna)

21. Lionel Messi: 70 (Barcelona)

22. Gianfranco Zola: 70 (Parma, Chelsea & Cagliari)

23. Raúl: 69 (Real Madrid & Schalke)

24. Miroslav Klose: 68 (Bayern München & Lazio)

25. Giuseppe Signori: 67 (Bologna)

26. Paolo Di Canio: 65 (Sheffield Wed., West Ham, Charlton & Lazio)

27. Les Ferdinand: 64 (Newcastle, Tottenham, West Ham, Leicester & Bolton)

28. Ruud van Nistelrooij: 62 (Real Madrid, Hamburg & Málaga)

29. Diego Milito: 62 (Inter)

30. Frédéric Kanouté: 62 (Sevilla)

31. Andy Cole: 61 (Manchester United, Blackburn, Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouth & Sunderland)

32. Enrico Chiesa: 61 (Fiorentina, Lazio & Siena)

33. Sonny Anderson: 61 (Lyon & Villarreal)

34. Ismael Urzaiz: 61 (Bilbao)

35. Germán Denis: 56 (Atalanta)

36. Cristiano Doni: 56 (Sampdoria, Mallorca & Atalanta)

37. Gabriel Batistuta: 55 (Fiorentina, Roma & Inter)

38. Nicola Amoruso: 55 (Messina, Reggina, Torino, Siena, Parma & Atalanta)

39. Edin Džeko: 54 (Roma)

40. Radamel Falcao: 54 (Monaco)

41. Didier Drogba: 54 (Chelsea)

42. Cristiano Lucarelli: 54 (Livorno, Parma & Napoli)

43. Sergej Barbarez: 54 (Hamburg & Leverkusen)

44. Gus Poyet: 54 (Chelsea & Tottenham)

45. Mickaël Pagis: 54 (Sochaux, Strasbourg, Marseille & Rennes)

46. Fabrizio Miccoli: 52 (Palermo)

47. Jan Koller: 49 (Dortmund, Monaco & Nürnberg)

48. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: 49 (Chelsea, Middlesbrough & Charlton)

49. Jermain Defoe: 48 (Tottenham, Sunderland & Bournemouth)

50. Robert Pirès: 48 (Arsenal, Villarreal & Aston Villa)

51. Cyril Théréau: 47 (Chievo, Udinese, Fiorentina & Cagliari)

52. Oliver Bierhoff: 47 (Milan, Monaco & Chievo)

53: Luis Suárez: 46 (Barcelona)

54. Edinson Cavani: 46 (PSG)

55. Rodrigo Palacio: 46 (Inter & Bologna)

56. Filippo Inzaghi: 46 (Milan)

57. Julio Cruz: 46 (Inter & Lazio)

58. Hernán Crespo: 45 (Chelsea, Inter, Genoa & Parma)

59. Peter Crouch: 45 (Tottenham, Stoke & Burnley)

60. Massimo Maccarone: 45 (Siena, Palermo, Sampdoria & Empoli)

61. Alexander Meier: 45 (Frankfurt)

62. George Weah: 44 (Milan, Chelsea, Manchester City & Marseille)

63. Cristhian Stuani: 44 (Middlesbrough & Girona)

64. Arjen Robben: 43(Bayern München)

65. Ivica Olić: 43 (Bayern München, Wolfsburg & Hamburg)

66. Raúl Tamudo: 43 (Espanyol, Real Sociedad & Rayo Vallecano)

67. Iago Aspas: 42 (Celta Vigo)

68. Alberto Gilardino: 42 (Bologna, Genoa, Fiorentina, Palermo, Empoli & Pescara)

69. Youri Djorkaeff: 42 (Inter, Kaiserslautern & Bolton)

70. Charles: 41 (Celta Vigo, Malaga & Eibar)

71. Yaya Touré: 41 (Manchester City)

72. Javi Guerra: 41 (Valladolid, Malaga & Vallecano)

73. David Trezeguet: 40 (Juventus & Hércules)

74. Christian Vieri: 40 (Inter, Milan, Monaco, Atalanta & Fiorentina)

75. Steven Gerrard: 40 (Liverpool)

76. Thomas Häßler: 40 (Dortmund & 1860 München)

77. Tommaso Rocchi: 40 (Lazio & Inter)

78. Olaf Marschall: 40 (Kaiserslautern)

79. Dimitar Berbatov: 39 (Manchester United, Fulham & Monaco)

80. Diego Klimowicz: 39 (Wolfsburg, Dortmund & Bochum)

81. David Di Michele: 39 (Palermo, Torino, West Ham, Lecce & Chievo)

82. Jamie Vardy: 38 (Leicester)

83. Abel Balbo: 38 (Roma, Parma & Fiorentina)

84. Fabrizio Ravanelli: 38 (Marseille, Lazio, Derby & Perugia)

85. Salomon Kalou: 37 (Hertha Berlin)

86. Grégory Pujol: 37 (Valenciennes & Ajaccio)

87. Dion Dublin: 37 (Aston Villa)

88. Walter Pandiani: 37 (Espanyol & Osasuna)

89. Brian McBride: 37 (Everton & Fulham)

90. Dennis Bergkamp: 36 (Arsenal)

91. Pavel Nedvěd: 36 (Juventus)

92. Johan Micoud: 36 (Bremen & Bordeaux)

93. Kevin Davies: 36 (Bolton)

94. Dries Mertens: 35 (Napoli)

95. Glenn Murray: 35 (Crystal Palace, Bournemouth & Brighton)

96. Thierry Henry: 35 (Barcelona)

97. Ryan Giggs: 35 (Manchester United)

98. Savo Milošević: 35 (Celta Vigo & Osasuna)

99. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar: 35 (Schalke)

100. Kevin Gallacher: 35 (Blackburn & Newcastle)

 

Update:

1. Zlatan Ibrahimović: 183 (Milan, PSG & Manchester United)

2. Cristiano Ronaldo: 167 (Real Madrid & Juventus)

3. Antonio Di Natale: 165 (Udinese)

4. Lionel Messi: 125 (Barcelona)

5. Francesco Totti: 125 (Roma)

6. Luca Toni: 104 (Bayern München, Roma, Genoa, Juventus, Fiorentina & Hellas Verona)

7. Fabio Quagliarella: 103 (Juventus, Torino & Sampdoria)

8. Aritz Aduriz: 103 (Valencia & Athletic Bilbao)

9. Robert Lewandowski: 97 (Bayern München)

10. Claudio Pizarro: 97 (Werder Bremen, Bayern München & Köln)

11. Alan Shearer: 84 (Newcastle)

12. Michael Preetz: 84 (Hertha Berlin)

13: Luis Suárez: 83 (Barcelona & Atético Madrid)

14. Frank Lampard: 82 (Chelsea & Manchester City)

15. Alessandro Del Piero: 80 (Juventus)

16. Roberto Baggio: 78 (Bologna, Inter & Brescia)

17. Edin Džeko: 77 (Roma)

18. Teddy Sheringham: 77 (Tottenham, Manchester United, Portsmouth & West Ham)

19. Rubén Castro: 77 (Real Betis)

20. Martin Max: 77 (Schalke, 1860 München & Hansa Rostock)

21. Jamie Vardy: 38 (Leicester)

22. Pauleta: 76 (PSG)

23. Dario Hübner: 74 (Brescia, Piacenza, Ancona & Perugia)

24. Marco Di Vaio: 71 (Monaco, Genoa & Bologna)

25. Karim Benzema: 70 (Real Madrid)

26. Iago Aspas: 70 (Celta Vigo)

27. Gianfranco Zola: 70 (Parma, Chelsea & Cagliari)

28. Raúl: 69 (Real Madrid & Schalke)

29. Miroslav Klose: 68 (Bayern München & Lazio)

30. Giuseppe Signori: 67 (Bologna)

31. Paolo Di Canio: 65 (Sheffield Wed., West Ham, Charlton & Lazio)

32. Les Ferdinand: 64 (Newcastle, Tottenham, West Ham, Leicester & Bolton)

33. Ruud van Nistelrooij: 62 (Real Madrid, Hamburg & Málaga)

34. Diego Milito: 62 (Inter)

35. Frédéric Kanouté: 62 (Sevilla)

36. Sergio Pellissier: 62 (Chievo)

37. Andy Cole: 61 (Manchester United, Blackburn, Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouth & Sunderland)

38. Enrico Chiesa: 61 (Fiorentina, Lazio & Siena)

39. Sonny Anderson: 61 (Lyon & Villarreal)

40. Ismael Urzaiz: 61 (Bilbao)

41. Edinson Cavani: 60 (PSG)

42. Rodrigo Palacio: 58 (Inter & Bologna)

43. Germán Denis: 56 (Atalanta)

44. Cristiano Doni: 56 (Sampdoria, Mallorca & Atalanta)

45. Gabriel Batistuta: 55 (Fiorentina, Roma & Inter)

46. Nicola Amoruso: 55 (Messina, Reggina, Torino, Siena, Parma & Atalanta)

47. Didier Drogba: 54 (Chelsea)

48. Radamel Falcao: 54 (Monaco)

49. Cristiano Lucarelli: 54 (Livorno, Parma & Napoli)

50. Sergej Barbarez: 54 (Hamburg & Leverkusen)

51. Gus Poyet: 54 (Chelsea & Tottenham)

52. Mickaël Pagis: 54 (Sochaux, Strasbourg, Marseille & Rennes)

53. Dries Mertens: 52 (Napoli)

54. Fabrizio Miccoli: 52 (Palermo)

55. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: 49 (Chelsea, Middlesbrough & Charlton)

56. Jan Koller: 49 (Dortmund, Monaco & Nürnberg)

57. Robert Pirès: 48 (Arsenal, Villarreal & Aston Villa)

58. Jermain Defoe: 48 (Tottenham, Sunderland & Bournemouth)

59. Oliver Bierhoff: 47 (Milan, Monaco & Chievo)

60. Cyril Théréau: 47 (Chievo, Udinese, Fiorentina & Cagliari)

61. Filippo Inzaghi: 46 (Milan)

62. Julio Cruz: 46 (Inter & Lazio)

63. Charles: 46 (Celta Vigo, Málaga & Eibar)

64. Hernán Crespo: 45 (Chelsea, Inter, Genoa & Parma)

65. Peter Crouch: 45 (Tottenham, Stoke & Burnley)

66. Massimo Maccarone: 45 (Siena, Palermo, Sampdoria & Empoli)

67. Alexander Meier: 45 (Frankfurt)

68. George Weah: 44 (Milan, Chelsea, Manchester City & Marseille)

69. Cristhian Stuani: 44 (Middlesbrough & Girona)

70. Arjen Robben: 43 (Bayern München)

71. Ivica Olić: 43 (Bayern München, Wolfsburg & Hamburg)

72. Raúl Tamudo: 43 (Espanyol, Real Sociedad & Rayo Vallecano)

73. Alberto Gilardino: 42 (Bologna, Genoa, Fiorentina, Palermo, Empoli & Pescara)

74. Youri Djorkaeff: 42 (Inter, Kaiserslautern & Bolton)

75. Salomon Kalou: 42 (Hertha Berlin)

76. Sergio Agüero: 41 (Manchester City)

77. Carlos Bacca: 41 (Milan & Villarreal)

78. Yaya Touré: 41 (Manchester City)

79. Javi Guerra: 41 (Valladolid, Malaga & Vallecano)

80. David Trezeguet: 40 (Juventus & Hércules)

81. Christian Vieri: 40 (Inter, Milan, Monaco, Atalanta & Fiorentina)

82. Steven Gerrard: 40 (Liverpool)

83. Thomas Häßler: 40 (Dortmund & 1860 München)

84. Tommaso Rocchi: 40 (Lazio & Inter)

85. Olaf Marschall: 40 (Kaiserslautern)

86. Dimitar Berbatov: 39 (Manchester United, Fulham & Monaco)

87. Diego Klimowicz: 39 (Wolfsburg, Dortmund & Bochum)

88. David Di Michele: 39 (Palermo, Torino, West Ham, Lecce & Chievo)

89. Franck Ribéry: 38 (Bayern München & Fiorentina)

90. Fabrizio Ravanelli: 38 (Marseille, Lazio, Derby & Perugia)

91. Abel Balbo: 38 (Roma, Parma & Fiorentina)

92. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar: 37 (Schalke)

93. Dion Dublin: 37 (Aston Villa)

94. Brian McBride: 37 (Everton & Fulham)

95. Walter Pandiani: 37 (Espanyol & Osasuna)

96. Grégory Pujol: 37 (Valenciennes & Ajaccio)

97. Glenn Murray: 37 (Crystal Palace, Bournemouth & Brighton)

98. Dennis Bergkamp: 36 (Arsenal)

99. Pavel Nedvěd: 36 (Juventus)

100. Johan Micoud: 36 (Bremen & Bordeaux)

101. Kevin Davies: 36 (Bolton)