How we chose them
One rule, applied the same way to every player: goals plus assists in each competition's last completed club season in our records. That is 2025/26 for Bundesliga, Champions League, including qualifying rounds, La Liga, Premier League, Primeira Liga, Saudi Pro League, Eredivisie, Süper Lig, Ligue 1, Serie A, Championship, CAF Champions League, Egyptian Premier League, Qatar Stars League, Algeria Ligue 1, Botola Pro and Tunisia Ligue Pro 1, and calendar 2025 for CONCACAF Champions Cup, Major League Soccer, Copa Libertadores and Brasileirão Série A.
We count club leagues and continental club competitions. Domestic cups are left out, because we hold the cups of some countries and not others. The AFC Champions League and the Copa Sudamericana are left out too: their 2025 records credit a player with 36 and 28 appearances, more than either competition's format allows.
We count each player once across providers. Missing assists count as 0; 20 of 1000 players have at least one such record. Ties are broken by more goals, then fewer appearances, then player id.
The ranking uses 16108 player records covering 13320 players. Rank 1000 has 7 goals plus assists, and 105 more players also have 7 but lose on the tie-break. The rule also sets a minimum of 10 appearances; no one on this list has fewer than 11.
What this list cannot see
Coverage: Full player statistics for 19 competitions; 3 still use leading-scorer lists ordered by goals.
Of 1000 listed players, ranks 1–1000 are complete under the coverage bound.
Competitions we do not hold, including the Europa League and the Conference League, add nothing.