The athlete with Hungarian ancestry became the world's most successful footballer in 2024, according to the IFFHS. Barnabás Varga also made it to the list of the best.
The prize of the international organization dealing with the history and statistics of football, which goes to the absolute top scorer every year, was won by a huge margin by Sweden's Viktor Gyökeres, the legionnaire of Sporting in Lisbon, who with his Portuguese club team in the national championship (36 goals), domestic and international cups (16), he also scored a total of 62 goals in the Swedish national team (10) in 2024.
The Norwegian Erling Haaland, the Manchester City striker, who finished second behind him, scored a total of 49 times, while the third-placed Harry Kane, the English striker of Bayern Munich, scored 46 times.
Among the previous winners, the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who currently excels in the Saudi league, is fourth this time (43 goals), the Polish Robert Lewandowski (42), who strengthens FC Barcelona, is fifth, and the French Kylian Mbappé (39), who moved from PSG to Real Madrid last year, is the 11th. finished in . The Argentine world star Lionel Messi, who is currently playing for Inter Miami, scored 29 goals last year, which was only enough for 44th place.
The international organization also highlighted that Gyökeres - after Messi, Ronaldo and Lewandowski - became the fourth player of the century to score more than 60 goals in a calendar year.
In the 2024 IFFHS register containing the best 57 names, Ferencváros and Hungarian national team striker Barnabás Varga finished in 53rd position with 28 goals. 19 of his goals came in league matches, six in cup matches and three in national team matches.
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Cover image: Viktor Gyökeres is world football's top scorer in 2024
Source: Transfermarkt.com
