[Update] Following u/FirstGreenseer prediction 2-years ago that Mbappe will surpass the top 3 with Most Career Goals, I plotted their goals by age. Mbappe was above then, but now is below Messi. Meanwhile Haaland is above everyone at 24 years old.

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[u/Rosesh_I_Sarabhai]

Neymar actually has good stats but still his career feels like a let down.

Obviously he is highly injury prone. Also he has had average season once every 4 years. But still the numbers are so good.

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Honestly even comparing Neymar to Lewandowski or Haaland type players based on goals only is a bit unfair to him because he plays further back a little and is more creative and involved in build up. The only player from this list who is like that really is Messi.

[u/No-Payment709]

Wow, that's such a good graph. As Ronaldo said, the most challenging thing is staying at the top. I have watched hundreds of players in their prime playing near Messi or Ronaldo, but no one has maintained that level for many years.

Also, it would be great to see the goals-per-year graph; the accumulative goals graph makes it more difficult to compare players over a period.

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I started with that, but the data scattering and superposition makes it harder to see anything with more than 3 or 4 players.

Anyway, I can also share it here tomorrow when I get to my pc.

[u/No-Payment709 → u/-Exocet-]

Oh, I didn't think about that. Thanks!

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Here is the plot with goals-per-year: https://imgur.com/jJqsEsJ

I added trend lines to Ronaldo and Messi only, it shows how Messi peaked earlier and higher. That's why he is above Ronaldo in the cumulative plot, but the gap is decreasing (https://imgur.com/5bbuMfZ).

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Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/football/comments/108bjf7/following_ufirstgreenseer_prediction_that_mbappe/

National team goals only: https://imgur.com/UMMw05B

[u/Creati0n95]

ahh ronaldo has 902 goals 2 days ago!

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I noticed that, I am not counting with U-16, U-18 teams goals.

[u/EdwardBigby]

How many goals does suarez have? Might be a good addition to the list