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[edit]

Key

* Bold shows players still playing in Eredivisie.
* Italics show players still playing professional football in other leagues.

As of matches played on 18 December 2023[1]
Rank  | Player  | Goals  | Apps | Ratio | First | Last | Club(s) (goals/apps) | Notes

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1  |  Willy van der Kuijlen | 311  | 544  | 0.57  | 1964  | 1982  | PSV Eindhoven (308/528), MVV Maastricht (3/17) |
2  |  Ruud Geels | 266  | 394  | 0.68  | 1965  | 1983  | Telstar (5/8), Feyenoord (46/90), Go Ahead Eagles (35/62), Ajax (123/132), Sparta Rotterdam (36/48), PSV Eindhoven (15/32), NAC Breda (6/22) |
3  |  Johan Cruyff | 218  | 308  | 0.71  | 1964  | 1984  | Ajax (207/275), Feyenoord (11/33) |
4  |  Kees Kist | 213  | 372  | 0.57  | 1972  | 1986  | AZ Alkmaar |
5  |  Tonny van der Linden | 205  | 318  | 0.64  | 1956  | 1967  | Utrecht |
6  |  Henk Groot | 198  | 283  | 0.7  | 1959  | 1970  | Ajax (164/229), Feyenoord (34/54) |
7  |  Peter Houtman | 179  | 339  | 0.53  | 1978  | 1992  | Feyenoord (84/132), Groningen (61/116), Sparta Rotterdam (32/76), Den Haag (2/15) |
8  |  Leo van Veen | 176  | 489  | 0.36  | 1965  | 1984  | Utrecht (176/466), Ajax (0/23) |
9  |  Sjaak Swart | 173  | 463  | 0.37  | 1956  | 1973  | Ajax |
10  |  Luuk de Jong | 161  | 288  | 0.56  | 2008  | 2023  | De Graafschap (2/14), Twente (39/75), PSV Eindhoven (120/199) |
11  |  Cor van der Gijp | 158  | 212  | 0.75  | 1956  | 1964  | Feyenoord |
12  |  Wim Kieft | 157  | 266  | 0.59  | 1979  | 1994  | Ajax (68/96), PSV Eindhoven (89/170) |
13  |  Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 154  | 233  | 0.66  | 2002  | 2021  | PSV Eindhoven (0/1), De Graafschap (0/9), Heerenveen (33/46), Ajax (121/177) |
14  |  Dirk Kuyt | 153  | 324  | 0.47  | 1998  | 2017  | Utrecht (51/160), Feyenoord (102/164) |
15  |  Henk Bosveld | 152  | 361  | 0.42  | 1960  | 1979  | Enschede (43/84), Sparta Rotterdam (94/222), Vitesse (15/55) |
16  |  Hallvar Thoresen | 151  | 314  | 0.48  | 1976  | 1987  | Twente (45/135), PSV Eindhoven (106/179) |
17  |  John Bosman | 147  | 304  | 0.48  | 1983  | 2002  | Ajax (78/125), PSV Eindhoven (11/30), Twente (34/87), AZ Alkmaar (24/62) |
18  |  Willy Brokamp | 146  | 352  | 0.41  | 1964  | 1975  | MVV Maastricht (123/297), Ajax (23/55) |
19  |  Piet Keizer | 145  | 364  | 0.4  | 1964  | 1975  | Ajax |
20  |  Lex Schoenmaker | 144  | 395  | 0.36  | 1966  | 1982  | ADO Den Haag (96/292), Feyenoord (48/103) |
21  |  Cees van Kooten | 135  | 390  | 0.35  | 1970  | 1984  | Utrecht (0/5), Telstar (45/138), Go Ahead Eagles (79/198), PEC Zwolle (11/49) |
22  |  Piet Kruiver | 133  | 234  | 0.57  | 1957  | 1968  | PSV Eindhoven (36/88), Feyenoord (74/94), DWS (23/52) |
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | 133  | 315  | 0.42  | 1996  | 2012  | Twente (58/142), PSV Eindhoven (75/173) |
24  |  Marco van Basten | 128  | 133  | 0.96  | 1981  | 1987  | Ajax |
Ove Kindvall | 128  | 144  | 0.89  | 1966  | 1971  | Feyenoord |
26  |  Theo de Jong | 127  | 374  | 0.34  | 1970  | 1984  | NEC Nijmegen (20/57), Feyenoord (61/163), Roda JC (42/126), Den Bosch (4/28) |
Martin van Geel | 127  | 403  | 0.32  | 1979  | 1995  | Ajax (9/22), Roda JC (53/198), Feyenoord (24/50), Willem II (41/133) |
Willem van Hanegem | 127  | 495  | 0.26  | 1966  | 1983  | Xerxes (33/68), Feyenoord (81/298), AZ Alkmaar (10/75), Utrecht (3/54),  |
29  |  Piet Keur | 126  | 300  | 0.42  | 1981  | 1995  | Haarlem (66/165), Twente (33/60), Feyenoord (15/42), SV SVV (4/15), Heerenveen (8/18) |
Ronald Koeman | 126  | 342  | 0.37  | 1980  | 1997  | Groningen (33/89), Ajax (23/94), PSV Eindhoven (51/98), Feyenoord (19/61) |
31  |  Pierre van Hooijdonk | 125  | 191  | 0.65  | 1993  | 2007  | Vitesse (25/29), NAC Breda (40/64), Feyenoord (60/98) |
32  |  Gerald Vanenburg | 124  | 381  | 0.33  | 1980  | 1997  | Ajax (64/173), PSV Eindhoven (58/199), Utrecht (2/9) |
33  |  Klaas Nuninga | 121  | 328  | 0.37  | 1961  | 1972  | Groningen (37/87), Ajax (76/152), DWS (8/89) |
René van de Kerkhof | 121  | 377  | 0.32  | 1970  | 1983  | Twente (34/99), PSV Eindhoven (87/278) |
35  |  Coen Dillen | 119  | 131  | 0.91  | 1956  | 1961  | PSV Eindhoven |
Dušan Tadić | 119  | 295  | 0.4  | 2010  | 2023  | Groningen (14/68), Twente (28/66), Ajax (77/161) |
37  |  Dick Nanninga | 118  | 261  | 0.45  | 1974  | 1986  | Roda JC (107/226), MVV Maastricht (11/35) |
38  |  Matthew Amoah | 117  | 310  | 0.38  | 1998  | 2014  | Vitesse (62/174), Fortuna Sittard (10/15), NAC Breda (43/105), Heracles Almelo (2/16) |
39  |  Leo Canjels | 114  | 148  | 0.77  | 1956  | 1963  | NAC Breda |
Blaise N'Kufo | 114  | 223  | 0.51  | 2003  | 2010  | Twente |
41  |  Henk Wery | 113  | 367  | 0.31  | 1963  | 1976  | DWS (2/15), Utrecht (62/179), Feyenoord (49/173) |
42  |  Jon Dahl Tomasson | 112  | 237  | 0.47  | 1994  | 2010  | Heerenveen (37/78), Feyenoord (75/159) |
43  |  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) |
44  |  Luc Nilis | 110  | 164  | 0.67  | 1994  | 2000  | PSV Eindhoven |
45  |  Dick van Dijk | 109  | 149  | 0.73  | 1967  | 1972  | Twente (52/65), Ajax (57/84) |
Jacques Visschers | 109  | 251  | 0.43  | 1959  | 1971  | NAC Breda |
Steven Berghuis | 109  | 305  | 0.36  | 2010  | 2023  | Twente (1/8), VVV-Venlo (2/16), AZ Alkmaar (19/70), Feyenoord (70/149), Ajax (17/62) |
48  |  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  |  André Hoekstra | 106  | 317  | 0.33  | 1981  | 1994  | Feyenoord (66/181), RKC Waalwijk (40/136) |
50  |  Mateja Kežman | 105  | 122  | 0.86  | 2000  | 2004  | PSV Eindhoven |
Carol Schuurman | 105  | 166  | 0.63  | 1957  | 1963  | ADO Den Haag |
Frans Rutten [nl] | 105  | 213  | 0.49  | 1956  | 1964  | MVV Maastricht (71/149), Roda JC (25/29), Fortuna Sittard (9/35) |
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  |  Spitz Kohn | 104  | 190  | 0.55  | 1959  | 1968  | Enschede (12/18), Fortuna Sittard (81/143), Twente (11/29) |
John van Loen | 104  | 313  | 0.33  | 1983  | 1998  | Roda JC (25/56), Ajax (11/37), Feyenoord (17/54), Utrecht (51/166) |
56  |  John Eriksen | 103  | 175  | 0.59  | 1979  | 1986  | Roda JC (81/144), Feyenoord (22/31) |
Chris Coenen [nl] | 103  | 342  | 0.3  | 1956  | 1969  | MVV Maastricht (84/237), Fortuna Sittard (19/105),  |
58  |  Dennis Bergkamp | 102  | 186  | 0.55  | 1986  | 1993  | Ajax |
Hans Gillhaus | 102  | 237  | 0.43  | 1983  | 1997  | Den Bosch (45/105), PSV Eindhoven (23/67), Vitesse (33/54), AZ Alkmaar (1/11) |
Ronald Lengkeek | 102  | 240  | 0.43  | 1979  | 1989  | Sparta Rotterdam |
Harry Lubse | 102  | 320  | 0.32  | 1969  | 1984  | PSV Eindhoven (83/254), Helmond Sport (19/66) |
62  |  Jan Jeuring | 101  | 326  | 0.31  | 1966  | 1977  | Twente |
63  |  Rick Hoogendorp | 100  | 241  | 0.41  | 1998  | 2009  | RKC Waalwijk (95/218), ADO Den Haag (5/23) |
Arnold Bruggink | 100  | 310  | 0.32  | 1993  | 2011  | Twente (34/105), PSV Eindhoven (59/152), Heerenveen (7/53) |

## See also[edit]

* List of Eredivisie hat-tricks

## References[edit]

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

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