List of international goals scored by Neymar

Neymar is a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward on the Brazil national team from 2010 until 2026. Since scoring on his debut for the Seleção against the United States on 10 August 2010, Neymar went on to record 80 goals in 130 international appearances, making him Brazil's all-time top scorer. He surpassed second-placed Ronaldo's total of 62 goals with a hat-trick in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Peru on 14 October 2020, and claimed the top spot from Pelé after recording his 78th and 79th goals in a 2026 World Cup qualifier against Bolivia on 9 September 2023. Neymar is also currently the eleventh-highest top scorer in men's international football all time.

Neymar has scored four international hat-tricks, and netted twice in a match (known as a brace) on nine occasions, with his first hat-trick coming in an 8–0 friendly win over China on 10 September 2012. He has scored nine times against Japan, making them the side he has gotten the most goals against; this total includes the four he scored during a single match in October 2015, which made Neymar the youngest player to score four goals in a game for Brazil, at the age of 22.

Neymar has scored the majority of his goals in friendlies, with them making up 46 of his overall tally. He has scored five times at the Copa América and 29 times in FIFA competitions, which include the FIFA World Cup finals, FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the FIFA Confederations Cup.

Neymar's first senior international tournament was the 2011 Copa América, where he scored two goals for Brazil. He played in his first senior FIFA tournament two years later, when he starred for hosts Brazil in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Neymar scored four goals throughout the campaign, including in the final against Spain, helping Brazil to a 3–0 victory. Neymar received the Bronze Shoe for his four goals, and was awarded with the Golden Ball for his standout performances throughout the tournament. Neymar played at his first FIFA World Cup in 2014, where he scored four goals, placing himself as the joint-third top scorer of the competition alongside his club teammate Lionel Messi and Dutch forward Robin van Persie. He also scored 9 goals in FIFA World Cup tournaments; he scored four goals in 2014, two in 2018, two in 2022 and one in 2026.

Goals Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Neymar goal. + Table key Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kickIndicates Brazil won the matchIndicates the match ended in a drawIndicates Brazil lost the match

Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 1 10 August 2010 New Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford, United States 1–0 align="center" Friendly 2 3 27 March 2011 Emirates Stadium, London, England 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 3 2–0 4 8 13 July 2011 Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba, Argentina 2–1 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 2011 Copa América 5 4–2 6 10 10 August 2011 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany 2–3 align="center" Friendly 7 13 28 September 2011 Mangueirão, Belém, Brazil 2–0 align="center" 2011 Superclásico de las Américas 8 14 8 October 2011 Costa Rica National Stadium, San José, Costa Rica 1–0 align="center" Friendly 9 17 30 May 2012 FedExField, Landover, United States 1–0 align="center" 10 22 10 September 2012 Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil 2–0 rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" 11 5–0 12 6–0 13 23 19 September 2012 Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil 2–1 align="center" 2012 Superclásico de las Américas 14 24 11 October 2012 Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, Sweden 5–0 align="center" Friendly 15 25 16 October 2012 Wrocław Stadium, Wrocław, Poland 2–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 16 3–0 17 26 15 November 2012 MetLife Stadium, East Rutheford, United States 1–1 align="center" 18 31 6 April 2013 Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 2–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 19 3–0 20 32 24 April 2013 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2–1 align="center" 21 35 15 June 2013 Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil 1–0 align="center" 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup 22 36 19 June 2013 Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil 1–0 align="center" 23 37 22 June 2013 Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil 2–1 align="center" 24 39 30 June 2013 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2–0 align="center" 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup final 25 41 7 September 2013 Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil 3–0 align="center" Friendly 26 42 10 September 2013 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States 2–1 align="center" 27 43 12 October 2013 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 1–0 align="center" 28 47 5 March 2014 FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 2–0 rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" 29 3–0 30 5–0 31 48 3 June 2014 Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil 1–0 align="center" 32 50 12 June 2014 Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil 1–1 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 2014 FIFA World Cup 33 2–1 3452 23 June 2014 Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 35 2–1 36 55 5 September 2014 Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States 1–0 align="center" Friendly 37 58 14 October 2014 National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore 1–0 rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" 38 2–0 39 3–0 40 4–0 41 59 12 November 2014 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey 1–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 42 4–0 43 61 26 March 2015 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 2–1 align="center" 44 64 14 June 2015 Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco, Chile 1–1 align="center" 2015 Copa América 45 67 8 September 2015 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States 2–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" Friendly 46 4–0 47 71 1 September 2016 Atahualpa Olympic Stadium, Quito, Ecuador 1–0 align="center" 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 48 72 6 September 2016 Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil 2–1 align="center" 49 73 6 October 2016 Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil 1–0 align="center" 50 74 10 November 2016 Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2–0 align="center" 51 76 23 March 2017 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay 52 77 27 March 2017 Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil 53 82 10 November 2017 Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France Friendly 54 84 3 June 2018 Anfield, Liverpool, England 55 85 10 June 2018 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 56 87 22 June 2018 Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup 57 89 2 July 2018 Solidarnost Samara Arena, Samara, Russia 58 91 7 September 2018 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States 2–0 align="center" Friendly 59 92 11 September 2018 Northwest Stadium, Landover, United States 1–0 align="center" 60 95 16 November 2018 Emirates Stadium, London, England 1–0 align="center" 61 98 6 September 2019 Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States 2–2 align="center" 62 103 13 October 2020 National Stadium of Peru, Lima, Peru 1–1 rowspan="3" align="center" 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 63 3–2 64 4–2 65 104 4 June 2021 Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil 2–0 align="center" 66 105 8 June 2021 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay 1–0 align="center" 67 106 13 June 2021 Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil 2–0 align="center" 2021 Copa América 68 107 17 June 2021 Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2–0 align="center" 69 113 9 September 2021 Arena Pernambuco, São Lourenço da Mata, Brazil 2–0 align="center" 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 70 115 14 October 2021 Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil 1–0 align="center" 71 117 24 March 2022 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1–0 align="center" 72 118 2 June 2022 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 2–1 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" Friendly 73 3–1 74 119 6 June 2022 Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan 1–0 style="text-align:center;" 75 121 27 September 2022 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 3–1 style="text-align:center;" 76 123 5 December 2022 Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar 2–0 style="text-align:center;" 2022 FIFA World Cup 77 124 9 December 2022 Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar 1–0 style="text-align:center;" 78 125 8 September 2023 Mangueirão, Belém, Brazil 4–0 rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 79 5–1 80 130 5 July 2026 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States 1–2 style="text-align:center;" 2026 FIFA World Cup

Hat-tricks

OpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDate13 (1–0, 5–0, 6–0)8–0Estádio do Arruda, Recife, BrazilFriendly10 September 201223 (2–0, 3–0, 5–0)5–0FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa5 March 201434 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0, 4–0)4–0National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore14 October 201443 (1–1, 3–2, 4–2)4–2Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru2022 FIFA World Cup qualification13 October 2020

Statistics

+ Appearances and goals by year and competitionYearCompetitiveFriendlyTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals2010–212120114Appearances in 2011 Copa América2951372012–12912920135Appearances in 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup4146191020145Appearances in 2014 FIFA World Cup4911141520154Two appearances and one goal in 2015 Copa América, two appearances in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification1539420166Appearances in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification40064201762218320185Appearances in 2018 FIFA World Cup2851372019–515120202Appearances in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification30023202113Seven appearances and four goals in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, six appearances and two goals in 2021 Copa América60013620224One appearance and one goal in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, three appearances and two goals in 2022 FIFA World Cup3448720234Appearances in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification200422024–––2025–––20262Appearances in 2026 FIFA World Cup10021Total6034704613080

+ Goals by competition Competition Apps Goals Friendlies 70 46 Copa América 12 5 FIFA Confederations Cup 5 4 FIFA World Cup qualification 28 16 FIFA World Cup 15 9 Total 130 80

+ Goals by confederation Goals CONMEBOL 9 30 AFC 5 18 UEFA 10 15 CONCACAF 5 11 CAF 3 6 Total 32 80

+ Goals by opponent Opponent Goals 9 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 80

List of international goals scored by Neymar

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