Ronaldo & 19 More Of The Greatest Goalscorers Of All Time

With the retirement of former FIFA Player of the Year and Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo earlier this week, Goal.comasked its twitter followers whom they considered to be the greatest goalscorer of all time. Many of you agreed with Goal.com's Peter Staunton that Ronaldo was the best finisher, but you also put forward a number of other interesting suggestions. We have now listed 20 of the best goalscorers with their statistics over the years - who do you think is the best? Bear in mind that only players from after 1960 when footage is readily available have been included.

Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima ( BRA): 

Clubs: Cruzeiro, PSV, Barcelona, Inter, Real Madrid, Milan, Corinthians
Club games: 514
Club goals: 352
International games: 97
International goals: 62
Suggested by:@mcgboye; Without any shadow of doubt...nazario de lima ronaldo. Simply the best.

Romario de Souza Faria ( BRA):

Clubs: Vasco da Gama, PSV, Barcelona, Flamengo, Valencia, Fluminense, Al Sadd, Miami, Adelaide United, America 
Club games: 483
Club goals: 341
International games: 70
International goals: 55

Filippo Inzaghi ( ITA):

Clubs: Piacenza, Leffe, Verona, Parma, Atalanta, Juventus, Milan
Club games: 608
Club goals: 288
International games: 57
International goals: 25
Suggested by:@primusicilianu; The greatest pure goalscorer is Inzaghi.

Marco van Basten ( NED): 

Clubs: Ajax, Milan
Club games: 370
Club goals: 277
International games: 58
International goals: 24  

Gabriel Batistuta ( ARG):

Clubs: Newell's Old Boys, River Plate, Boca Juniors, Fiorentina, Roma, Inter, Al Arabi
Club games: 493
Club goals: 366
International games: 78
International goals: 56
Suggested by:@dantedii; It is between Ronaldo, Van Basten or Batistuta

Pele ( BRA):

Clubs: Santos, New York Cosmos
Club games: 831
Club goals: 767
International games: 92
International goals: 77

Alberto Spencer ( ECU):

Clubs: Everest, Penarol, Barcelona
Club games: 634
Club goals: 445
International games: 15
International goals: 5 
Suggested by:@DeadCarras; One of the most unknown great goalscorers was Penarol's Alberto Spencer.

Gerd Mueller ( GER): 

Clubs: 1861 Noerdlingen, Bayern Munich, Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Club games: 669
Club goals: 572
International games: 62
International goals: 68 

Ruud van Nistelrooy ( NED):

Clubs: Den Bosch, Heerenveen, PSV, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Hamburg
Club games: 550
Club goals: 341
International games: 68
International goals: 34 

Ferenc Puskas ( HUN): 

Clubs: Kispest, Budapest Honved, Espanyol, Real Madrid
Club games: 622
Club goals: 617
International games: 89
International goals: 84
Suggested by:@Matthewbrala; Puskas.617 goals in 622 club appearances speaks for itself.

Cristiano Ronaldo ( POR):

Clubs: Sporting CP, Manchester United, Real Madrid
Club games: 394
Club goals: 190
International games: 80
International goals: 26 

Lionel Messi ( ARG):

Clubs: Barcelona
Club games: 249
Club goals: 167
International games: 54
International goals: 16
Suggested by:@thendyforaldy85; maybe messi, but we need to see him play in england and italy.

Zico ( BRA):

Clubs: Flamengo, Udinese, Kashima Antlers
Club games: 696
Club goals: 476
International games: 72
International goals: 52

Hugo Sanchez ( MEX):

Clubs: Pumas, San Diego Sockers, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, America, Rayo Vallecano, Atlante, Linz, Dallas Burn, Celaya
Club games: 694
Club goals: 427
International games: 58
International goals: 29

Eusebio ( POR):

Clubs: Sporting de Lourenco Marques, Benfica, Boston Minutemen, Monterrey, Toronto Metros, Beira Mar, Las Vegas Quicksilvers, Uniao de Tomar, New Jersey Americans,
Club games: 437
Club goals: 428
International games: 64
International goals: 41 

Jimmy Greaves ( ENG):

Clubs: Chelsea, Milan, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Brentwood, Chelmsford City, Barnet, Woodford Town
Club games: 602
Club goals: 422
International games: 57
International goals: 44

Uwe Seeler ( GER):

Clubs: Hamburg
Club games: 476
Club goals: 404
International games: 72
International goals: 43

Johan Cruyff ( NED): 

Clubs: Ajax, Barcelona, Los Angeles Aztecs, Washington Diplomats, Levante, Feyenoord
Club games: 662
Club goals: 368
International games: 48
International goals: 33

Oleg Blokhin ( UKR):

Clubs: Dynamo Kiev, Vorwarts Steyr, Aris Limassol 
Club games: 648
Club goals: 283
International games: 112
International goals: 42

Alfredo Di Stefano ( ARG): 

Clubs: River Plate, Huracan, Millonarios, Real Madrid, Espanyol
Club games: 520
Club goals: 376
International games: 41
International goals: 29