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Best strikers in the world (2026)

According to GolVote fans, Lionel Messi is number one with a rating of 1600, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappé. The order is decided by head-to-head fan votes and changes live with every vote.

Best strikers in the world: a live ranking decided by football fans' head-to-head votes. Updated with every vote. Updated: 9 October 2026.

Who is better?

Lionel Messi🇦🇷 Argentina · Forward

VS

Cristiano Ronaldo🇵🇹 Portugal · Forward

Lionel Messi: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cristiano Ronaldo: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

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1. 1Lionel Messi🇦🇷 Argentina · Forward1600
2. 2Cristiano Ronaldo🇵🇹 Portugal · Forward1597
3. 3Kylian Mbappé🇫🇷 France · Forward1588
4. 4Erling Haaland🇳🇴 Norway · Forward1582
5. 5Lamine Yamal🇪🇸 Spain · Forward1579
6. 6Vinícius Júnior🇧🇷 Brazil · Forward1570
7. 7Mohamed Salah🇪🇬 Egypt · Forward1564
8. 8Neymar🇧🇷 Brazil · Forward1558
9. 9Harry Kane🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England · Forward1552
10. 10Ousmane Dembélé🇫🇷 France · Forward1546
11. 11Raphinha🇧🇷 Brazil · Forward1534
12. 12Robert Lewandowski🇵🇱 Poland · Forward1528
13. 13Bukayo Saka🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England · Forward1528
14. 14Lautaro Martínez🇦🇷 Argentina · Forward1522
15. 15Julián Álvarez🇦🇷 Argentina · Forward1522
16. 16Khvicha Kvaratskhelia🇬🇪 Georgia · Forward1510
17. 17Viktor Gyökeres🇸🇪 Sweden · Forward1504
18. 18Alexander Isak🇸🇪 Sweden · Forward1504
19. 19Michael Olise🇫🇷 France · Forward1498
20. 20Désiré Doué🇫🇷 France · Forward1498
21. 21Luis Suárez🇺🇾 Uruguay · Forward1486
22. 22Karim Benzema🇫🇷 France · Forward1483
23. 23Antoine Griezmann🇫🇷 France · Forward1483
24. 24Olivier Giroud🇫🇷 France · Forward1477
25. 25Sadio Mané🇸🇳 Senegal · Forward1477
26. 26Ángel Di María🇦🇷 Argentina · Forward1474
27. 27Paulo Dybala🇦🇷 Argentina · Forward1471
28. 28Mario Götze🇩🇪 Germany · Forward1468
29. 29Henrikh Mkhitaryan🇦🇲 Armenia · Forward1468
30. 30Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang🇬🇦 Gabon · Forward1468
31. 31Son Heung-min🇰🇷 South Korea · Forward1468
32. 32Riyad Mahrez🇩🇿 Algeria · Forward1468
33. 33Edin Džeko🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Forward1465
34. 34Ferran Torres🇪🇸 Spain · Forward1465
35. 35Ansu Fati🇪🇸 Spain · Forward1462
36. 36Danny Welbeck🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England · Forward1459
37. 37Lucas Vázquez🇪🇸 Spain · Forward1459
38. 38Cody Gakpo🇳🇱 Netherlands · Forward1459
39. 39Richarlison🇧🇷 Brazil · Forward1459
40. 40Luis Díaz🇨🇴 Colombia · Forward1459
41. 41Rodrygo🇧🇷 Brazil · Forward1459
42. 42João Félix🇵🇹 Portugal · Forward1459
43. 43Gabriel Jesus🇧🇷 Brazil · Forward1456
44. 44Stephan El Shaarawy🇮🇹 Italy · Forward1456
45. 45Arkadiusz Milik🇵🇱 Poland · Forward1456
46. 46Ritsu Dōan🇯🇵 Japan · Forward1456
47. 47Andrej Kramarić🇭🇷 Croatia · Forward1453
48. 48Bradley Barcola🇫🇷 France · Forward1453
49. 49Rodrigo Bentancur🇺🇾 Uruguay · Forward1453
50. 50Federico Bernardeschi🇮🇹 Italy · Forward1450
51. 51Ademola Lookman🇳🇬 Nigeria · Forward1450
52. 52Niclas Füllkrug🇩🇪 Germany · Forward1450
53. 53Wout Weghorst🇳🇱 Netherlands · Forward1450
54. 54Anthony Gordon🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England · Forward1450
55. 55Ayase Ueda🇯🇵 Japan · Forward1450
56. 56Leandro Trossard🇧🇪 Belgium · Forward1450
57. 57Marcus Thuram🇫🇷 France · Forward1450
58. 58Patrik Schick🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Forward1450
59. 59Daizen Maeda🇯🇵 Japan · Forward1450
60. 60Alexander Sørloth🇳🇴 Norway · Forward1450
61. 61Matheus Cunha🇧🇷 Brazil · Forward1450
62. 62Rayan Cherki🇫🇷 France · Forward1450
63. 63Moise Kean🇮🇹 Italy · Forward1450
64. 64Eberechi Eze🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England · Forward1450
65. 65Deniz Undav🇩🇪 Germany · Forward1450
66. 66Karim Adeyemi🇩🇪 Germany · Forward1450
67. 67Jérémy Doku🇧🇪 Belgium · Forward1450
68. 68Randal Kolo Muani🇫🇷 France · Forward1450
69. 69Marcel Sabitzer🇦🇹 Austria · Forward1447
70. 70Dominic Calvert-Lewin🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England · Forward1447
71. 71Antony dos Santos🇧🇷 Brazil · Forward1447
72. 72Benjamin Šeško🇸🇮 Slovenia · Forward1447
73. 73Noni Madueke🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England · Forward1447
74. 74Yussuf Poulsen🇩🇰 Denmark · Forward1447
75. 75Chris Wood🇳🇿 New Zealand · Forward1447
76. 76Mykhailo Mudryk🇺🇦 Ukraine · Forward1447
77. 77Gonçalo Ramos🇵🇹 Portugal · Forward1447
78. 78Donyell Malen🇳🇱 Netherlands · Forward1447
79. 79Omar Marmoush🇪🇬 Egypt · Forward1447
80. 80Timothy Weah🇺🇸 United States · Forward1447
81. 81Francisco Conceição🇵🇹 Portugal · Forward1447
82. 82Folarin Balogun🇺🇸 United States · Forward1447
83. 83Joel Campbell🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Forward1447
84. 84Mariano Díaz🇩🇴 Dominican Republic · Forward1447
85. 85Alejandro Garnacho🇦🇷 Argentina · Forward1447
86. 86Pedro Neto🇵🇹 Portugal · Forward1447
87. 87Callum Hudson-Odoi🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England · Forward1447
88. 88Keito Nakamura🇯🇵 Japan · Forward1447
89. 89Mohammed Kudus🇬🇭 Ghana · Forward1447
90. 90Ayoze Pérez🇪🇸 Spain · Forward1444
91. 91Tammy Abraham🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England · Forward1444
92. 92Ante Budimir🇭🇷 Croatia · Forward1444
93. 93Hwang Hee-chan🇰🇷 South Korea · Forward1444
94. 94Nicolás González🇦🇷 Argentina · Forward1444
95. 95Álex Baena🇪🇸 Spain · Forward1444
96. 96Nicolas Jackson🇸🇳 Senegal · Forward1444
97. 97Rasmus Højlund🇩🇰 Denmark · Forward1444
98. 98Georges Mikautadze🇬🇪 Georgia · Forward1444
99. 99Keita Balde🇸🇳 Senegal · Forward1444
100. 100Gonçalo Guedes🇵🇹 Portugal · Forward1444