List of Eredivisie top scorers

Willy van der Kuijlen has scored the most goals in Eredivisie history.

This is a list of players who scored over 100 goals in Eredivisie, Netherlands' top flight football league, during its history starting from the 1956 season.

All-time top scorers

Key

  • Bold shows players still playing in Eredivisie.
  • Italics show players still playing professional football in other leagues.
As of matches played 19 May 2024[1]
Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio First Last Club(s) (goals/apps) Notes
1 Netherlands Willy van der Kuijlen 311 544 0.57 1964 1982 PSV Eindhoven (308/528), MVV Maastricht (3/16)
2 Netherlands Ruud Geels 265 393 0.67 1966 1983 Telstar (5/8), Feyenoord (46/89), Go Ahead Eagles (35/62), Ajax (123/132), Sparta Rotterdam (35/48), PSV Eindhoven (15/32), NAC Breda (6/22)
3 Netherlands Johan Cruyff 215 308 0.7 1964 1984 Ajax (204/275), Feyenoord (11/33)
4 Netherlands Kees Kist 212 372 0.57 1972 1985 AZ Alkmaar
5 Netherlands Tonny van der Linden 208 324 0.64 1956 1967 Utrecht
6 Netherlands Henk Groot 196 283 0.69 1959 1969 Ajax (164/229), Feyenoord (34/54)
7 Netherlands Peter Houtman 180 339 0.53 1978 1992 Feyenoord (84/132), Groningen (62/116), Sparta Rotterdam (32/76), Den Haag (2/15)
8 Netherlands Luuk de Jong 178 306 0.58 2008 2024 De Graafschap (2/14), Twente (39/75), PSV Eindhoven (137/217)
9 Netherlands Sjaak Swart 175 463 0.38 1956 1973 Ajax
10 Netherlands Leo van Veen 174 491 0.35 1965 1984 Utrecht (174/468), Ajax (0/23)
11 Netherlands Cor van der Gijp 162 212 0.76 1956 1963 Feyenoord
12 Netherlands Wim Kieft 158 266 0.59 1980 1994 Ajax (68/96), PSV Eindhoven (90/170)
13 Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 154 233 0.66 2002 2021 PSV Eindhoven (0/1), De Graafschap (0/9), Heerenveen (33/46), Ajax (121/177)
14 Netherlands Dirk Kuyt 153 324 0.47 1998 2017 Utrecht (51/160), Feyenoord (102/164)
15 Netherlands Henk Bosveld 152 362 0.42 1961 1979 Enschede (43/84), Sparta Rotterdam (94/222), Vitesse (15/56)
Norway Hallvar Thoresen 152 314 0.48 1976 1987 Twente (46/135), PSV Eindhoven (106/179)
17 Netherlands John Bosman 146 304 0.48 1983 2002 Ajax (77/125), PSV Eindhoven (11/30), Twente (34/87), AZ Alkmaar (24/62)
Netherlands Willy Brokamp 146 352 0.41 1964 1976 MVV Maastricht (123/297), Ajax (23/55)
Netherlands Piet Keizer 146 364 0.4 1961 1974 Ajax
20 Netherlands Lex Schoenmaker 144 396 0.36 1966 1982 ADO Den Haag (96/292), Feyenoord (48/104)
21 Netherlands Cees van Kooten 134 385 0.35 1972 1984 Telstar (45/138), Go Ahead Eagles (79/198), PEC Zwolle (11/49)
Netherlands Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink 134 316 0.42 1996 2012 Twente (59/142), PSV Eindhoven (75/174)
23 Netherlands Piet Kruiver 133 236 0.56 1957 1968 PSV Eindhoven (36/90), Feyenoord (74/94), DWS (23/52)
24 Sweden Ove Kindvall 129 144 0.9 1966 1971 Feyenoord
25 Netherlands Marco van Basten 128 133 0.96 1982 1987 Ajax
26 Netherlands Martin van Geel 127 403 0.32 1979 1995 Ajax (9/22), Roda JC (53/198), Feyenoord (24/50), Willem II (41/133)
27 Netherlands Theo de Jong 126 373 0.34 1970 1984 NEC Nijmegen (20/57), Feyenoord (61/163), Roda JC (41/125), Den Bosch (4/28)
Netherlands Piet Keur 126 300 0.42 1981 1995 Haarlem (66/165), Twente (33/60), Feyenoord (15/42), SV SVV (4/15), Heerenveen (8/18)
Netherlands Ronald Koeman 126 342 0.37 1980 1997 Groningen (33/89), Ajax (23/94), PSV Eindhoven (51/98), Feyenoord (19/61)
Netherlands Willem van Hanegem 126 494 0.26 1966 1983 Xerxes (32/67), Feyenoord (81/298), AZ Alkmaar (10/75), Utrecht (3/54)
31 Netherlands Pierre van Hooijdonk 125 191 0.65 1993 2007 Vitesse (25/29), NAC Breda (40/64), Feyenoord (60/98)
32 Netherlands Gerald Vanenburg 124 381 0.33 1980 1997 Ajax (64/173), PSV Eindhoven (58/199), Utrecht (2/9)
33 Netherlands Klaas Nuninga 121 328 0.37 1961 1972 Groningen (37/87), Ajax (76/152), DWS (8/89)
34 Netherlands Coen Dillen 120 133 0.91 1956 1961 PSV Eindhoven
35 Serbia Dušan Tadić 119 295 0.4 2010 2023 Groningen (14/68), Twente (28/66), Ajax (77/161)
Netherlands René van de Kerkhof 119 377 0.32 1970 1983 Twente (34/99), PSV Eindhoven (85/278)
37 Netherlands Dick Nanninga 118 261 0.45 1974 1986 Roda JC (107/226), MVV Maastricht (11/35)
38 Ghana Matthew Amoah 117 310 0.38 1998 2014 Vitesse (62/174), Fortuna Sittard (10/15), NAC Breda (43/105), Heracles Almelo (2/16)
39 Netherlands Leo Canjels 114 148 0.77 1956 1963 NAC Breda
Switzerland Blaise N'Kufo 114 223 0.51 2003 2010 Twente
Netherlands Steven Berghuis 114 325 0.35 2010 2024 Twente (1/8), VVV-Venlo (2/16), AZ Alkmaar (19/70), Feyenoord (70/149), Ajax (22/82)
42 Netherlands Henk Wery 113 367 0.31 1963 1976 DWS (2/15), Utrecht (62/179), Feyenoord (49/173)
43 Denmark Jon Dahl Tomasson 112 237 0.47 1994 2010 Heerenveen (37/78), Feyenoord (75/159)
44 Netherlands Henny Meijer 111 328 0.34 1984 1996 Volendam (9/33), Roda JC (27/65), Ajax (11/26), Groningen (49/146), Cambuur (8/25), Heerenveen (2/13), De Graafschap (5/20)
45 Belgium Luc Nilis 110 164 0.67 1994 2000 PSV Eindhoven
46 Netherlands Dick van Dijk 109 149 0.73 1967 1972 Twente (52/65), Ajax (57/84)
Netherlands Jacques Visschers 109 251 0.43 1959 1971 NAC Breda
48 Netherlands Bryan Linssen 108 340 0.32 2010 2022 VVV-Venlo (12/70), Heracles Almelo (21/64), Groningen (13/55), Vitesse (41/88), Feyenoord (21/63)
49 Netherlands André Hoekstra 106 317 0.33 1981 1994 Feyenoord (66/181), RKC Waalwijk (40/136)
50 Serbia Mateja Kežman 105 122 0.86 2000 2004 PSV Eindhoven
Netherlands Carol Schuurman 105 166 0.63 1957 1963 ADO Den Haag
Netherlands Frans Rutten [nl] 105 213 0.49 1956 1964 MVV Maastricht (71/149), Roda JC (25/29), Fortuna Sittard (9/35)
Denmark Kenneth Pérez 105 325 0.32 1997 2010 MVV Maastricht (16/47), AZ Alkmaar (51/164), PSV Eindhoven (8/14), Ajax (19/43), Twente (11/57)
54 Luxembourg Spitz Kohn 104 190 0.55 1959 1968 Enschede (12/18), Fortuna Sittard (81/143), Twente (11/29)
Netherlands John van Loen 104 313 0.33 1983 1998 Roda JC (25/56), Ajax (11/37), Feyenoord (17/54), Utrecht (51/166)
56 Denmark John Eriksen 103 175 0.59 1979 1986 Roda JC (81/144), Feyenoord (22/31)
Netherlands Chris Coenen [nl] 103 342 0.3 1956 1969 MVV Maastricht (84/237), Fortuna Sittard (19/105),
58 Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp 102 186 0.55 1986 1993 Ajax
Netherlands Hans Gillhaus 102 237 0.43 1983 1997 Den Bosch (45/105), PSV Eindhoven (23/67), Vitesse (33/54), AZ Alkmaar (1/11)
Netherlands Ronald Lengkeek 102 240 0.43 1979 1989 Sparta Rotterdam
Netherlands Harry Lubse 102 320 0.32 1969 1984 PSV Eindhoven (83/254), Helmond Sport (19/66)
62 Netherlands Jan Jeuring 101 326 0.31 1966 1977 Twente
63 Netherlands Rick Hoogendorp 100 241 0.41 1998 2009 RKC Waalwijk (95/218), ADO Den Haag (5/23)
Netherlands Arnold Bruggink 100 310 0.32 1993 2011 Twente (34/105), PSV Eindhoven (59/152), Heerenveen (7/53)


See also

References

  1. ^ "Eredivisie - All-time Topscorers". World Football.