Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most prolific goalscorers ever at club level, but on the international stage there are a few strikers who are more clinical than him.
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The Portuguese has scored 55 goals in 126 games for Portugal and is the country's leading all-time scorer.
However, if we look at his goals-per-game ratio, he "only" scores a goal every 0.44 games, and we have found nine current stars who outscore the 30-year-old at international level.
Neymar is currently leading the list, scoring 0.69 goals on average for Brazil, but his ratio is still far from the most clinical scorers in history.
Danish legend Poul Nielsen scored 52 goals in just 38 national team games, at a goals average of 1.37 per match.
Germany striker Gerd Muller averaged 1.09 goals per game, while Hungary's Ferenc Puskas netted 0.99 strikes per match.
Here are the top active international goals-per-game strikers:
1) Neymar: 67 games, 46 goals – 0.69 ratio
2) Edin Dzeko: 74 games, 44 goals – 0.59 ratio
3) Luis Suarez: 79 games, 44 goals – 0.56 ratio
4) Zlatan Ibrahimovic: 107 games, 57 goals – 0.53 ratio
5) Asamoah Gyan: 93 games, 48 goals – 0.53 ratio
6) Robin van Persie: 98 games, 49 goals – 0.50 ratio
7) Sergio Aguero: 65 games, 32 goals – 0.49 ratio
8) Lionel Messi: 104 games, 49 goals – 0.47 ratio
9) Wayne Rooney: 107 games, 50 goals – 0.46 ratio
10) Cristiano Ronaldo: 126 games, 55 goals – 0.44 ratio
Note: we only selected players who featured in more than 40 matches, and who are from FIFA's top 50-ranked countries to ensure similar competitive games.
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