List of men's field hockey players with 100 or more international goals
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The top international goals scorer in classic field hockey is Dhyan Chand of India, he scored 570 goals in 185 international matches. However Balbir Singh Senior only played 61 games in his career and scored 264 goals. The player who was the second top international goals scorer in hockey and the top goal scorer in modern hockey on artificial turf was Paul Litjens of Netherlands. He scored a total of 268 international goals in 177 matches. He remained the top international goals scorer on artificial turf for 22 years, from 1982 to 2004, until Sohail Abbas of Pakistan broke the record against India at Amritsar in 2004.[1] Abbas became the sixth Pakistani to achieve 100 international goals in his career when he scored a hat-trick against Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He scored a record 348 international goals. He also played the fewest matches to score 100 goals on artificial turf.[2]
The first player from India to score 100 goals on artificial turf is Dhanraj Pillay, who scored a total of 170 international goals. Manzoor-ul-Hassan of Pakistan was the first player from Asia to score 100 international goals on artificial turf. The first player outside of Asia and Europe to score 100 international goals was Mark Hager of Australia. To date, eleven players representing India and ten from Netherlands and Pakistan each have scored 100 or more international goals, the most of any country. The Asian Hockey Federation and European Hockey Federation has the highest number of players who have scored 100 goals in their international career, with 23 players from AHF and 22 from EHF. The confederation having achieving the feat so far.
By player
As of 4 April 2022 (UTC)
Indicates the top scorer of all FIH's confederations. | |
Indicates the top scorer of the respective confederation. | |
Indicates the top scorer of the respective nation. |
Rank | Player | Nation | Confederation | Goals | Caps | Goals per match |
Career span | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dhyan Chand | ![]() |
AHF | 570 | 185 | 3.08 | 1926–1949 | [3] |
2 | Sohail Abbas | ![]() |
AHF | 348 | 311 | 1.12 | 1998–2012 | [4] |
3 | Paul Litjens | ![]() |
EHF | 268 | 177 | 1.51 | 1982–2004 | [5] |
4 | Balbir Singh Sr. | ![]() |
AHF | 246 | 61 | 4.03 | 1947–1958 | [6] |
5 | Greg Nicol | ![]() |
AfHF | 245 | 200 | 1.23 | 1994–2004 | [7] |
6 | Jamie Dwyer | ![]() |
OHF | 244 | 365 | 0.67 | 2001–2016 | [8] |
7 | Jorge Lombi | ![]() |
PAHF | 231 | 223 | 1.04 | 1991–2004 | [9] |
8 | Björn Michel | ![]() |
EHF | 229 | 307 | 0.75 | 1993–2004 | [10] |
9 | Taeke Taekema | ![]() |
EHF | 221 | 242 | 0.91 | 2000–2011 | [11] |
10 | Teun de Nooijer | ![]() |
EHF | 219 | 453 | 0.48 | 1994–2012 | [12] |
11 | Floris Jan Bovelander | ![]() |
EHF | 215 | 241 | 0.89 | 1985–1996 | [13] |
12 | Harmanpreet Singh | ![]() |
AHF | 198 | 227 | 0.87 | 2015– | [14] |
13 | Mark Hager | ![]() |
OHF | 181 | 231 | 0.78 | 1988–1999 | [8] |
14 | Gonzalo Peillat | ![]() ![]() |
PAHF/EHF | 178 | 155 | 1.15 | 2011– | [15] |
15 | Jay Stacy | ![]() |
OHF | 172 | 321 | 0.54 | 1988–2000 | [16][8] |
16 | Dhanraj Pillay | ![]() |
AHF | 170 | 400 | 0.43 | 1989–2004 | [17] |
17 | Ties Kruize | ![]() |
EHF | 167 | 202 | 0.83 | 1972–1986 | [18] |
18 | Christopher Zeller | ![]() |
EHF | 158 | 204 | 0.77 | 2003–2016 | [19] |
19 | Carsten Fischer | ![]() |
EHF | 154 | 246 | 0.63 | 1982–1996 | [citation needed] |
20 | Stephen Davies | ![]() |
OHF | 151 | 274 | 0.55 | 1989–2000 | [8] |
21 | Hassan Sardar | ![]() |
AHF | 150 | 148 | 1.01 | 1979–1987 | [20][21] |
Phil Burrows | ![]() |
OHF | 150 | 343 | 0.44 | 2000–2015 | [22] | |
22 | Simon Child | ![]() |
OHF | 142 | 274 | 0.52 | 2005–2016 | [23] |
23 | Bram Lomans | ![]() |
EHF | 141 | 205 | 0.69 | 1995–2007 | [24][25] |
24 | Sandeep Singh | ![]() |
AHF | 138 | 186 | 0.74 | 2004–2012 | [26] |
25 | Ashley Jackson | ![]() ![]() |
EHF | 137 | 250 | 0.55 | 2006–2021 | [27] |
26 | Tahir Zaman | ![]() |
AHF | 134 | 252 | 0.53 | 1987–1998 | [20] |
27 | V. R. Raghunath | ![]() |
AHF | 132 | 228 | 0.58 | 2005–2017 | [28] |
28 | Kamran Ashraf | ![]() |
AHF | 129 | 166 | 0.78 | 1993–2002 | [29] |
29 | Hanif Khan | ![]() |
AHF | 127 | 177 | 0.72 | 1976–1985 | [30] |
Hayden Shaw | ![]() |
OHF | 127 | 178 | 0.71 | 2002–2011 | [23] | |
30 | Santi Freixa | ![]() |
EHF | 126 | 193 | 0.65 | 2000–2014 | [31] |
31 | Rupinder Pal Singh | ![]() |
AHF | 125 | 223 | 0.56 | 2010–2022 | [32] |
32 | Tom Boon | ![]() |
EHF | 124 | 304 | 0.41 | 2012– | [19] |
33 | Pau Quemada | ![]() |
EHF | 119 | 293 | 0.41 | 2003–2021 | [19] |
Barry Middleton | ![]() ![]() |
EHF | 119 | 432 | 0.28 | 2003–2018 | [33][34] | |
34 | Taco van den Honert | ![]() |
EHF | 118 | 215 | 0.55 | 1987–1996 | [19] |
35 | Luke Doerner | ![]() |
OHF | 117 | 175 | 0.67 | 2005–2012 | [8] |
36 | Florian Fuchs | ![]() |
EHF | 116 | 239 | 0.49 | 2009–2021 | [35] |
Stephan Veen | ![]() |
EHF | 116 | 275 | 0.42 | 1989–2000 | [36] | |
37 | Mink van der Weerden | ![]() |
EHF | 115 | 191 | 0.6 | 2010–2021 | [19] |
Chris Ciriello | ![]() |
OHF | 115 | 195 | 0.59 | 2008–2017 | [8] | |
38 | Mandeep Singh | ![]() |
AHF | 114 | 225 | 0.51 | 2013– | |
39 | Moritz Fürste | ![]() |
EHF | 112 | 262 | 0.43 | 2005–2016 | [37] |
40 | Calum Giles | ![]() ![]() |
EHF | 110 | 143 | 0.77 | 1995–2000 | [38] |
Rehan Butt | ![]() |
AHF | 110 | 272 | 0.4 | 2001–2012 | ||
41 | Jang Jong-hyun | ![]() |
AHF | 109 | 287 | 0.38 | 2004–2012 | [19] |
42 | Gagan Ajit Singh | ![]() |
AHF | 108 | 157 | 0.69 | 1997–2007 | |
43 | Prabhjot Singh | ![]() |
AHF | 107 | 250 | 0.43 | 2001–2013 | |
44 | Razie Rahim | ![]() |
AHF | 107 | 309 | 0.35 | 2006– | [19] |
45 | Tom van 't Hek | ![]() |
EHF | 106 | 221 | 0.48 | 1976–1990 | [39] |
Muhammad Imran | ![]() |
AHF | 106 | 296 | 0.36 | |||
46 | Troy Elder | ![]() |
OHF | 103 | 169 | 0.61 | 1998–2007 | [8] |
Shakeel Abbasi | ![]() |
AHF | 103 | 309 | 0.33 | 2003–2014 | ||
47 | Manzoor-ul-Hassan | ![]() |
AHF | 101 | 154 | 0.66 | 1973–1982 | [30] |
Shahbaz Ahmed | ![]() |
AHF | 101 | 304 | 0.33 | 1986–2002 | [19] | |
Matías Paredes | ![]() |
PAHF | 101 | 356 | 0.28 | 2001–2019 | [20] | |
48 | Baljit Singh Dhillon | ![]() |
AHF | 100 | 327 | 0.31 | 1993–2004 |
By nationality
Players | Country | Confederation |
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11 | ![]() |
AHF |
10 | ![]() |
AHF |
10 | ![]() |
EHF |
7 | ![]() |
OHF |
6 | ![]() |
EHF |
3 | ![]() |
PAHF |
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EHF | |
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OHF | |
2 | ![]() |
EHF |
1 | ![]() |
EHF |
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AHF | |
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AfHF | |
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AHF | |
58 | 13 | 5 |
By confederation
Confederation | Countries | Players |
---|---|---|
AHF | 4 | 23 |
EHF[c] | 5 | 22 |
OHF | 2 | 10 |
PAHF[d] | 1 | 3 |
AfHF | 1 | 1 |
Total | 13 | 59 |
Footnotes
- ^ Gonzalo Peillat has played for both Argentina and Germany. He has scored 176 goals for Argentina and 2 goals for Germany.[15][verification needed]
- ^ Gonzalo Peillat has played for both Argentina and Germany. He has scored 176 goals for Argentina and 2 goals for Germany.[15][verification needed]
- ^ Gonzalo Peillat has played for both Argentina and Germany. He has scored 176 goals for Argentina and 2 goals for Germany.[15]
- ^ Gonzalo Peillat has played for both Argentina and Germany. He has scored 176 goals for Argentina and 2 goals for Germany.[15]
See also
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