The top international goalscorer in field hockey is Dhyan Chand of India, who scored 570 goals in 185 international matches in the traditional form of the game played on grass. The second-highest international goalscorer overall and the leading international goalscorer on artificial turf is Sohail Abbas of Pakistan, who scored 348 goals in 311 international appearances. He is closely followed by Tom Boon of Belgium, who has scored 347 international goals in 397 appearances. He is on the verge of breaking the international record on artificial turf. He is followed by Paul Litjens of Netherlands, who scored a total of 268 international goals in 177 matches. He remained the leading international goalscorer on artificial turf for 22 years, from 1982 to 2004, until his record was surpassed by Sohail Abbas. He is followed by Balbir Singh Sr. of India, who scored 246 goals in only 61 international matches played on grass.

Abbas was the sixth Pakistani to achieve 100 international goals in his career when he scored a hat-trick against Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics while being the fastest player to score 100 goals on artificial turf. The first player from India to score 100 goals on artificial turf is Dhanraj Pillay, who scored a total of 170 international goals. Manzoor-ul-Hassan of Pakistan was the first player from Asia to score 100 international goals on artificial turf. The first player outside of Asia and Europe to score 100 international goals was Mark Hager of Australia. To date, thirteen players representing India, eleven from Netherlands, and ten from Pakistan have scored 100 or more international goals. The Asian Hockey Federation, the European Hockey Federation, and the Oceania Hockey Federation has the highest number of players who have scored 100 goals in their international career, with 25 players from AHF, 23 from EHF, and 12 from OHF.

By player As of 3 October 2026 (UTC)

Players in bold are still active at international level.

Indicates the top scorer of all FIH's confederations. Indicates the top scorer of the respective confederation. Indicates the top scorer of the respective nation.

RankPlayerNationConfederationGoalsCapsGoalsper matchCareer span1Dhyan ChandAHF 5701853.081926–19492Sohail AbbasAHF 3483111.121998–20123Tom BoonEHF3473970.872008–4Paul LitjensEHF2681771.511971–1982 5Balbir Singh Sr.AHF 246614.031947–19586Greg NicolAfHF2452001.231994–20047Jamie DwyerOHF2433650.672001–20168Harmanpreet SinghAHF2402770.872015–9Jorge LombiPAHF2312231.041991–2004 10Björn MichelEHF2293070.751993–200411Gonzalo Peillat / PAHF / EHF2212320.952011–Taeke TaekemaEHF2212420.912000–201113Teun de NooijerEHF2194530.481994–201214Floris Jan BovelanderEHF2152410.891985–199615Mark HagerOHF1812310.781988–199916K. D. SinghAHF 175+80+2.191946–late 1950s17Jay StacyOHF1723210.541988–200018Blake GoversOHF1701850.922015–19Dhanraj PillayAHF1703390.431989–200420Ties KruizeEHF1672020.831972–198621Christopher ZellerEHF1582040.772003–201622Carsten FischerEHF1542460.631982–199623Stephen DaviesOHF1512740.551989–200024Hassan SardarAHF1501481.011979–1987Phil BurrowsOHF1503430.442000–201526Alexander HendrickxEHF1432370.602012–27Simon ChildOHF1422740.522005–201628Bram LomansEHF1412050.691995–200729Sandeep SinghAHF1381860.742004–201230Ashley Jackson / EHF1372500.552006–202131Tahir ZamanAHF1342520.531987–199832V. R. RaghunathAHF1322280.582005–201733Kamran AshrafAHF1291660.781993–200234Mandeep SinghAHF 1283010.432013–35Hanif KhanAHF1271770.721976–1985Hayden ShawOHF1271780.712002–2011Jeroen HertzbergerEHF1272670.482007–2021Jeremy HaywardOHF1272660.482014–39Santi FreixaEHF1261930.652000–201440Rupinder Pal SinghAHF1252230.562010–202241Surinder Singh SodhiAHF 120+100+1.21975–198242Pau QuemadaEHF1192930.412003–2021Barry Middleton / EHF1194320.282003–201844Taco van den HonertEHF1182150.551987–199645Luke DoernerOHF1171750.672005–201246Florian FuchsEHF1162390.492009–2021Stephan VeenEHF1162750.421989–200048Mink van der WeerdenEHF1151910.62010–2021Chris CirielloOHF1151950.592008–201750Moritz FürsteEHF1122620.432005–201651Calum Giles / EHF1101430.771995–2000Rehan ButtAHF1102720.42001–2012 53Jang Jong-hyunAHF1092870.382004–201254Gagan Ajit SinghAHF1081570.691997–200755Prabhjot SinghAHF 1072500.432001–201356Razie RahimAHF1073090.352006–57Tom van 't HekEHF1062210.481976–1990Muhammad ImranAHF1062960.3659Troy ElderOHF1031690.611998–2007Shakeel AbbasiAHF1033090.332003–201461Manzoor-ul-HassanAHF1011540.661973–1982Shahbaz AhmedAHF1013040.331986–2002Matías ParedesPAHF1013560.282001–201964Baljit Singh DhillonAHF 1003270.311993–2004

By nationality Players CountryConfederation13AHF11EHF10AHF9OHF5EHF3PAHF / EHFOHF2EHF1EHFAHFAfHFAHF 63 13 5

By confederation ConfederationCountriesPlayersAHF 4 25EHF 5 22OHF 2 12PAHF 1 3AfHF 1 1Total 13 63

Footnotes

See also List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals

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