ROMA – Ruud van Nistelrooy, attaccante del Malaga e della Nazionale Olandese, è il miglior realizzatore degli ultimi dieci anni secondo i calcoli statistici della classifica IFFHS; completano il podio Thierry Henry e Didier Drogba.
1. Rutgerus Johannes Martinius Nederland Manchester United FC
“Ruud” Van Nistelrooij
Real Madrid CF
Hamburger SV 86 (33/53)
2. Thierry Henry France Arsenal FC London
FC Barcelona 85 (43/42)
3. Didier Yves Drogba Côte-d’Ivoire Olympique de Marseille
Chelsea FC London 83 (45/38)
4. Miroslav Klose Deutschland 1. FC Kaiserslautern
SV Werder Bremen
FC Bayern München 81 (58/23)
5. Samuel Eto’o Fils Cameroun Real Club Deportivo Mallorca
FC Internazionale Milano 79 (44/35)
6. Flávio da Silva Amado Angola Atlético Petróleos Luanda
Al-Ahly Cairo
Al-Shabab FC Riyadh 73 (32/41)
7. Dimitar Berbatov Bulgaria TSV Bayer Leverkusen
Tottenham Hotspurs FC
Manchester United FC 71 (46/25)
8. Raúl González Blanco España Real Madrid CF
FC Schalke 04 71 (26/45)
9. David Villa España Real Club Zaragoza
Valencia CF
FC Barcelona 68 (44/24)
10. Andriy Shevshenko Ukraine Milan AC
Chelsea FC London
FC Dinamo Kyiv 68 (32/36)
11. Alexander Frei Schweiz Servette FC Genéve
BV Borussia Dortmund
FC Basel 63 (42/21)
12. Henrik Larsson Sverige Glasgow Celtic FC
FC Barcelona
Manchester United FC
Helsingborg IF 61 (25/36)
13. Jon Dahl Tomasson Danmark Feyenoord Rotterdam
Milan AC
VfB Stuttgart
Villarreal CF 59 (43/16)
14. Jared Francisco Borgetti México Club Santos Laguna de Torreon
Pachuca CF
Bolton Wanderers FC
Al-Ittihad FC Jeddah
CA Monarcas Morelia 58 (41/17)
15. Adriano Ribeiro Leite Brasil FC Parma
FC Internazionale Milano
São Paulo FC
CR Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 58 (27/31)
16. Michael Ballack Deutschland TSV Bayer Leverkusen
FC Bayern München
Chelsea FC London 57 (42/15)
17. Luís Fabiano Clemente Brasil São Paulo FC
Santos FC
FC do Porto
Sevilla FC 57 (28/29)
18. Steven Gerrard England Liverpool FC 57 (19/38)
19. Filippo Inzaghi Italia Milan AC 57 (14/43)
20. Jan Koller Česká Republika RSC Anderlecht
BV Borussia Dortmund 56 (41/15)
21. Pedro Miguel Pauleta Resende Portugal FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Paris St.Germain FC 55 (42/13)
22. Michael James Owen England Liverpool FC
Real Madrid CF
Manchester United FC 55 (32/23)
23. Milan Baroš Česká Republika Liverpool FC
Galatasaray SK İstanbul 54 (38/16)
Robert David Keane Ireland FC Internazionale Milano
Manchester United FC
Leeds United AFC
Tottenham Hotspurs FC
Liverpool FC 54 (38/16)
25. Diego Forlán Uruguay CA Independiente Avellaneda
Manchester United FC
Villarreal CF
Club Atlético de Madrid 54 (29/25)
26. Ronaldo de Assis Moreira Brasil Paris St.Germain FC
»Ronaldinho«
FC Barcelona
Milan AC 54 (26/28)
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Portugal Manchester United FC
Santos Aveiro
Real Madrid CF 54 (26/28)
28. Yasser Saeed Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiya Khobar
Al-Hilal FC Riyadh 51 (39/12)
29. Wayne Rooney England Manchester United FC 51 (26/25)
30. Zlatan Ibrahimović Sverige AFC Ajax Amsterdam
Juventus FC Torino
FC Internazionale Milano
FC Barcelona
Milan AC 51 (25/26)
31. Hernán Jorge Crespo Argentina SS Lazio Roma
FC Internazionale Milano
Chelsea FC London
Milan AC
FC Genova 1893 51 (23/28)
32. David Trézéguet France Juventus FC Torino 51 (22/29)
33. Lukas Podolski Deutschland FC Bayern München 50 (42/8)
34. Ricardo Izecson dos Brasil Milan AC
Santos Leite »Kaká«
Real Madrid CF 50 (24/26)
35. Lionel Andrés Messi Argentina FC Barcelona 50 (17/33)