All-Time Eredivisie Goalscorers

The most prolific goalscorers in Eredivisie history, ranked by total career league goals. Dutch football's famously attacking style inflates these totals — perfect heavy darts for an Eredivisie goals round of 501FC.

All-Time Eredivisie Goalscorers

Pos	Player	Goals
	Luuk de Jong Netherlands	192
2	Peter Houtman Netherlands	175
3	Wim Kieft Netherlands	158
4	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Netherlands	154
5	Dirk Kuyt Netherlands	153
6	John Bosman Netherlands	146
7	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Netherlands	134
8	Marco van Basten Netherlands	128
9	Piet Keur Netherlands	126
10	Ronald Koeman Netherlands	126
11	Pierre van Hooijdonk Netherlands	125
12	Gerald Vanenburg Netherlands	124
13	Bryan Linssen Netherlands	123
14	Martin van Geel Netherlands	122
15	Hallvar Thoresen Norway	121
16	Steven Berghuis Netherlands	120
17	Dušan Tadić Serbia	119
18	Matthew Amoah Ghana	116
19	Blaise Nkufo Switzerland	114
20	Jon Dahl Tomasson Denmark	112
21	Henny Meijer Netherlands	111
22	Luc Nilis Belgium	110
23	André Hoekstra Netherlands	106
24	Ricky van Wolfswinkel Netherlands	106
25	Mateja Kežman Serbia	105
26	Kenneth Pérez Denmark	105
27	John van Loen Netherlands	104
28	Dennis Bergkamp Netherlands	103
29	Hans Gillhaus Netherlands	102
30	John Eriksen Denmark	102
31	Arnold Bruggink Netherlands	100
32	Rick Hoogendorp Netherlands	100
33	Mariano Bombarda Argentina	100
34	Nikolaos Machlas Greece	98
35	Marco Boogers Netherlands	98
36	Romário Brazil	98
37	René Hofman Netherlands	97
38	Michael Mols Netherlands	96
39	Jari Litmanen Finland	96
40	Ronald Lengkeek Netherlands	96
41	Juul Ellerman Netherlands	95
42	Earnie Stewart United States	94
43	Rob McDonald England	91
44	Luis Suárez Uruguay	91
45	Robin Nelisse Curacao	91
46	Shota Arveladze Georgia	91
47	Jens Toornstra Netherlands	90
48	Tim Matavz Slovenia	90
49	Ruud Gullit Netherlands	90
50	Jurrie Koolhof Netherlands	89

About this leaderboard

The Eredivisie has long been one of Europe's most attacking leagues, and its scoring records show it. Dutch football's commitment to open, front-foot play produces goal tallies that can look inflated beside more cautious competitions — and it does so across a 34-match season, since the league is contested by 18 clubs rather than 20.

The league's role as a development environment also shapes this board: many of the highest scorers built their totals young before moving abroad, while others returned late in their careers to add to them. In play, the top of the list caps out quickly, but the abundance of high scorers means the useful middle band is unusually well populated.

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