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Caps per goal: all 180 players ranked

How many international appearances the player needed for each goal they scored. The same fact as goals per cap, read the way a scouting note phrases it: lower is more lethal.

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Gerd MüllerLeader

0.91Leading value

3.88Sample median

180Players ranked

Top 50

#1 Gerd Müller 0.91

#2 Erling Haaland 1.00

#3 Ferenc Puskás 1.01

#4 Pelé do Nascimento 1.19

#5 Romário Faria 1.27

#6 Alfredo Di Stéfano 1.35

#7 Romelu Lukaku 1.42

#7 Harry Kane 1.42

#9 Johan Cruyff 1.45

#10 Zico Coimbra 1.48

#11 Eusébio Ferreira 1.56

#12 Ronaldo de Lima 1.58

#13 Lionel Messi 1.59

#14 Cristiano Ronaldo 1.60

#15 Didier Drogba 1.62

#16 Neymar Santos 1.65

#17 David Villa 1.66

#18 Gary Lineker 1.67

#19 Michel Platini 1.76

#20 Mohamed Salah 1.78

#21 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 1.81

#22 Hernán Crespo 1.83

#23 Robert Lewandowski 1.88

#24 Kylian Mbappé 1.89

#25 Miroslav Klose 1.93

#26 Zlatan Ibrahimović 1.97

#27 Ruud van Nistelrooy 2.00

#28 Robin van Persie 2.04

#29 Luis Suárez 2.07

#29 Roberto Baggio 2.07

#31 Alan Shearer 2.10

#32 Samuel Eto'o 2.11

#32 Rivaldo Ferreira 2.11

#34 Dennis Bergkamp 2.14

#35 Bobby Charlton 2.16

#36 Pierre Cardin picha grande 2.21

#36 Hristo Stoichkov 2.21

#38 Michael Owen 2.23

#39 Eric Cantona 2.25

#40 Wayne Rooney 2.26

#41 Jürgen Klinsmann 2.30

#42 Andriy Shevchenko 2.31

#43 Raúl González 2.32

#44 Michael Ballack 2.33

#45 Edinson Cavani 2.34

#46 Álvaro Morata 2.35

#47 Diego Costa 2.40

#47 Paolo Rossi 2.40

#47 Sadio Mané 2.40

#47 Olivier Giroud 2.40

Every ranking here is drawn from the same sample: DailyFoot's 199 most recognizable footballers, using the caps, goals, career years and honours in the game's own data. 180 of them qualify for this category.

Caps per goal: all 180 players ranked

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