The Race for 1000 Goals

Who will cross the bar of 1K goals? Tracking active football legends, rising contenders, and their historic season-by-season performance. Updated: August 5, 2026

1	5	1	1	0	0
2	11	9	27	4	9
3	27	28	49	21	28
4	41	50	97	65	55
5	70	90	130	112	56+
6	117	140	175	147
7	144	195	222	208
8	178	272	275	252
9	234	344	329	297
10	301	391	375	352
11	361	457	424	359+
12	422	502	435+
13	488	564
14	542	613
15	597	668
16	652	704
17	686	743
18	737	763
19	776	802
20	813	821
21	833	850
22	893	896
23	935	921+
24	973
25	976+

Ronaldo
Messi
Mbappé
Haaland
Yamal

Player	^🇵🇹Cristiano Ronaldo	^🇦🇷Lionel Messi	^🇫🇷Kylian Mbappé	^🇳🇴Erling Haaland	^🇪🇸Lamine Yamal
Goals	976_~41/year	921_~42/year	435_~41/year	359_~36/year	56_~18/year
World Cup goals	🌐11	🌐21	🌐22	🌐7	🌐1
World Cups	—_{6 apps}	🏆1_{6 apps}	🏆1🥾2_{3 apps}	—_{1 app}	🏆1_{1 app}
Ballons d'Or	⚽️5	⚽️8	—	—	—
Golden Shoes	👟4	👟6	👟1	👟1	—
Olympic Games	—_{1 app}	🥇1_{1 app}	—	—	—
Debut age	17y 6m_{Sporting vs Inter '02/03}	17y 3m_{Barça vs Espanyol '04/05}	16y 11m_{Monaco vs Caen '15/16}	15y 9m_{Bryne vs Ranheim 2016}	15y 9m_{Barça vs Betis '22/23}
1st goal	17y 8m_{Sporting vs Moreirense '02/03}	17y 10m_{Barça vs Albacete '04/05}	17y 2m_{Monaco vs Troyes '15/16}	16y 9m_{Molde vs Volda 2017}	16y 2m_{Barça vs Granada '23/24}
Seasons played	23.9_{'02/03–present}	21.7_{'04/05–present}	10.6_{'15/16–present}	10.1_{2016–present}	3.2_{'22/23–present}
Goals by season
Season 1	^'02/03 5 ^∑=5	^'04/05 1 ^∑=1	^'15/16 1 ^∑=1	²⁰¹⁶ 0 ^∑=0	^'22/23 0 ^∑=0
Season 2	^'03/04 6 ^∑=11	^'05/06 8 ^∑=9 🌐1	^'16/17 26 ^∑=27	²⁰¹⁷ 4 ^∑=4	^'23/24 9 ^∑=9
Season 3	^'04/05 16 ^∑=27	^'06/07 19 ^∑=28	^'17/18 22 ^∑=49 🏆🌐4	²⁰¹⁸ 17 ^∑=21	^'24/25 19 ^∑=28
Season 4	^'05/06 14 ^∑=41 🌐1	^'07/08 22 ^∑=50	^'18/19 48 ^∑=97	^'19/20 44 ^∑=65	^'25/26 27 ^∑=55 🏆🌐1
Subtotals	∑=41	∑=50	∑=97	∑=65	∑=55
Season 5	^'06/07 29 ^∑=70	^'08/09 40 ^∑=90 ⚽️🥇	^'19/20 33 ^∑=130 _{(COVID impact)}	^'20/21 47 ^∑=112	^'26/27 1 ^∑=56 _{(current season)}
Season 6	^'07/08 47 ^∑=117 ⚽️👟	^'09/10 50 ^∑=140 ⚽️👟	^'20/21 45 ^∑=175	^'21/22 35 ^∑=147 _(injury)	^'27/28 _{(contract signed)}
Season 7	^'08/09 27 ^∑=144 _(injury)	^'10/11 55 ^∑=195 ⚽️	^'21/22 47 ^∑=222	^'22/23 61 ^∑=208 👟	^'28/29 _{(contract signed)}
Season 8	^'09/10 34 ^∑=178 🌐1 _(injury)	^'11/12 77 ^∑=272 ⚽️👟	^'22/23 53 ^∑=275 🥾🌐8	^'23/24 44 ^∑=252	^'29/30 _{(contract signed)}
Season 9	^'10/11 56 ^∑=234 👟	^'12/13 72 ^∑=344 👟	^'23/24 54 ^∑=329	^'24/25 45 ^∑=297	^'30/31 _{(contract signed)}
Season 10	^'11/12 67 ^∑=301	^'13/14 47 ^∑=391 🌐4	^'24/25 46 ^∑=375 👟	^'25/26 55 ^∑=352 🌐7
Subtotals	∑=301	∑=391	∑=375	∑=352
Season 11	^'12/13 60 ^∑=361 ⚽️	^'14/15 66 ^∑=457 ⚽️	^'25/26 49 ^∑=424 🌐10	^'26/27 7 ^∑=359 _{(current season)}
Season 12	^'13/14 61 ^∑=422 ⚽️👟	^'15/16 45 ^∑=502	^'26/27 11 ^∑=435 🥾 _{(current season)}	^'27/28 _{(contract signed)}
Season 13	^'14/15 66 ^∑=488 👟🌐1	^'16/17 62 ^∑=564 👟	^'27/28 _{(contract signed)}	^'28/29 _{(contract signed)}
Season 14	^'15/16 54 ^∑=542 ⚽️	^'17/18 49 ^∑=613 👟🌐1	^'28/29 _{(contract signed)}	^'29/30 _{(contract signed)}
Season 15	^'16/17 55 ^∑=597 ⚽️	^'18/19 55 ^∑=668 ⚽️👟	^'30/31 _{(contract signed)}
Season 16	^'17/18 55 ^∑=652 🌐4	^'19/20 36 ^∑=704	^'31/32 _{(contract signed)}
Season 17	^'18/19 34 ^∑=686	^'20/21 39 ^∑=743 ⚽️	^'32/33 _{(contract signed)}
Season 18	^'19/20 51 ^∑=737	^'21/22 20 ^∑=763 _(COVID)	^'33/34 _{(contract signed)}
Season 19	^'20/21 39 ^∑=776	^'22/23 39 ^∑=802 ⚽️🏆🌐7
Season 20	^'21/22 37 ^∑=813	²⁰²³ 19 ^∑=821 _{(half-season)}
Season 21	^'22/23 20 ^∑=833 🌐1 _{(MU conflict)}	²⁰²⁴ 29 ^∑=850
Season 22	^'23/24 60 ^∑=893	²⁰²⁵ 46 ^∑=896
Subtotals	∑=893	∑=896
Season 23	^'24/25 42 ^∑=935	²⁰²⁶ 25 ^∑=921 🌐8 _{(current season)}
Season 24	^'25/26 38 ^∑=973 🌐3	²⁰²⁷ _{(contract signed)}
Season 25	^'26/27 3 ^∑=976 _{(current season)}	²⁰²⁸ _{(contract signed)}