The IFFHS World's Most Effective Top Division Goal Scorer is a football award given annually from 1997 to 2004 to the player with the best goal ratio (goals/matches played) in a league season in any of the top 60 leagues in the world (as ranked by IFFHS for that given year). The award was given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).[1]
Mário Jardel is the only player to have won the award more than once, winning it in 1999 and 2002. He also holds the record for the best ratio with an average of 1.4 goals per matches played in 2002.
José Alfredo Castillo and Mateja Kežman finished in the top three twice but never won the award, both of them finishing at the second and third place each once.
List of winners
edit| Year | Winner | Club | Ratio | Second place | Club | Ratio | Third place | Club | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |  Hakan Şükür[2]
|
Galatasaray
|
1.188 |  Edmundo
|
Vasco da Gama
|
1.036 |  Sabin Ilie
|
FCSB
|
1.000 |
| 1998 |  Masashi Nakayama[3]
|
Júbilo Iwata
|
1.276 |  Marco Negri
|
 Rangers
|
1.103 |  Nikos Machlas
|
 Vitesse
|
1.063 |
| 1999 | Mário Jardel[4]
|
 Porto
|
1.125 | Guilherme
|
Atlético Mineiro
|
1.037 |  Cuauhtémoc Blanco
|
América
|
1.033 |
| 2000 |  Hamzah Idris[5]
|
Al Ittihad
|
1.320 | Ruud van Nistelrooy
|
PSV Eindhoven
|
1.261 | Mário Jardel
|
Porto
|
1.188 |
| 2001 | Romário[6]
|
Vasco da Gama
|
1.167 |  José Alfredo Castillo
|
Oriente Petrolero
|
1.105 | Jared Borgetti
|
Santos Laguna
|
1.051 |
| 2002 | Mário Jardel[7]
|
Sporting CP
|
1.400 | Joaquín Botero
|
Club Bolívar
|
1.256 | José Alfredo Castillo
|
Oriente Petrolero
|
1.211 |
| 2003 |  José Cardozo[8]
|
Toluca
|
1.381 |  Mateja Kežman
|
PSV Eindhoven
|
1.061 |  Georgi Chilikov
|
Levski Sofia
|
1.048 |
| 2004 |  Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev[9]
|
Navbahor Namangan
|
1.192 | Zafar Kholmurodov
|
Nasaf Qarshi
|
1.160 | Mateja Kežman
|
PSV Eindhoven
|
1.069 |
Statistics
editBest ratios
edit| Rank | Player | Year | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mário Jardel
|
2002 | 1.400 |
| 2 | José Cardozo
|
2012 | 1.381 |
| 3 | Hamzah Idris
|
2000 | 1.320 |
| 4 | Masashi Nakayama
|
1998 | 1.276 |
| 5 | Ruud van Nistelrooy
|
2000 | 1.261 |
| 6 | Joaquín Botero
|
2002 | 1.256 |
| 7 | José Alfredo Castillo
|
2002 | 1.211 |
| 8 | Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev
|
2004 | 1.192 |
| 9 | Hakan Şükür
|
1997 | 1.188 |
| Mário Jardel
|
2000 |
Winners by club
edit| Club(s) | Total | Players |
|---|---|---|
| Al Ittihad
|
1 | 1 |
| Galatasaray
|
1 | 1 |
| Júbilo Iwata
|
1 | 1 |
| Navbahor Namangan
|
1 | 1 |
| Porto
|
1 | 1 |
| Sporting CP
|
1 | 1 |
| Toluca
|
1 | 1 |
| Vasco da Gama
|
1 | 1 |
Winners by nationality
edit| Nationality | Total | Players |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil
|
3 | 2 |
 Japan
|
1 | 1 |
| Paraguay
|
1 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia
|
1 | 1 |
| Turkey
|
1 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan
|
1 | 1 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The World's Best Football Men National Goal Scorer (National Goals)". www.iffhs.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ "IFFHS Awards 1997". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020.
- ^ "IFFHS Awards 1998". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020.
- ^ "IFFHS Awards 1999". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020.
- ^ "IFFHS Awards 2000 Awards". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "IFFHS Awards 2001". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "IFFHS Awards 2002". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ "IFFHS AWARDS 2003". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020.
- ^ "IFFHS Awards 2004". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.