Top 5: Footballers that have scored 500 career goals

1. Pele

Who else could it be? Widely renowned as the greatest player of all-time, Pele is of course a part of the 500 club.

With just the 767 goals over his career, including 619 for Santos in 638 games, and 77 in 91 appearances for Brazil, to go along with those three World Cups he won as well.

He took the Golden Ball for his performances over the 1970 World Cup and FIFA elected him Player of the Century in 2000 and he still sits as Brazil’s all-time leading goalscorer.