In total on male side, 27 handballers to date have scored 1000 or more goals for their national teams at senior level.

A vast majority of the players who scored at least 1000 goals, are from the modern era of the sport. This is partly because fewer games were played at international level than today. Péter Kovács held the record for most goals scored, until Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson beat his record in 2018. France is the country with the most entries on this list, with four players having scored 1000 or more goals. Only two players on this list have played for two different federations. Frank-Michael Wahl scored 1338 goals for East Germany and 74 goals for the German national team, also Talant Duyshebaev, who scored for USSR, Unified Team and Russia and 569 goals for Spain. Only goals scored at the highest international level are included, meaning goals for national junior and youth teams are not. Only one player scoring more than 1000 goals managed to reach a goals per game ratio 7.0 and above, while the lowest ratio is 3.09. Out of 27 players to score 1000 or more goals in history, only 10 of them have won the World Championship at least once. Ahmed El-Ahmar is the only non-European player to appear on this list.

By player

updated as of 29 January 2024 Players in bold are still active.

Men's handball Rank PlayerGoalsRatio 1 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 1879 2 Péter Kovács 1797 3 Kiril Lazarov 1728 4 Ólafur Stefánsson 1570 5 Lars Christiansen 1503 6 Jérôme Fernandez 1463 7 Carlos Resende 1444 8 Ahmed El-Ahmar 1425 9 Vasile Stîngă 1414 10 Frank-Michael Wahl 1412 11 Mikkel Hansen 1387 12 Settimio Massotti 1371 13 Talant Duyshebaev — 14 Nikola Karabatić 1293 15 Magnus Wislander 1191 16 Jerzy Klempel 1170 17 Stefan Lövgren 1138 18 Kristján Arason 1123 19 Eduard Koksharov 1110 20 Andy Schmid 1094 21 Marc Baumgartner 1093 22 Andreas Dittert 1089 23 Robert Licu 1054 24 Per Carlén 1026 25 Michaël Guigou 1021 26 Frédéric Volle 1016 27 Erik Veje Rasmussen 1015

See also European Men's Handball Championship List of European Cup and EHF Champions League top scorers List of women's handballers with 1000 or more international goals World Men's Handball Championship

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