Record International Players in Competitive Matches (original) (raw)

Name CG (CM) WG (WM) EG (EM) WCup Euro WQual EQual Fin Qual

1.Memphis DEPAY 35 (65) * 18 (24) 17 (41) 3 ( 9) 3 (10) 15 (15) 14 (31) 6 (19) 29 (46) 2.Robin VAN PERSIE 35 (67) 19 (39) 16 (28) 6 (17) 3 ( 7) 13 (22) 13 (21) 9 (24) 26 (43) 3.Ruud VAN NISTELROOĲ 29 (42) 14 (18) 15 (24) 1 ( 3) 6 ( 8) 13 (15) 9 (16) 7 (11) 22 (31) 4.Dennis BERGKAMP 27 (51) 18 (26) 9 (25) 6 (12) 5 (12) 12 (14) 4 (13) 11 (24) 16 (27) 5.Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR 26 (41) 7 (17) 19 (24) 2 ( 7) 1 ( 4) 5 (10) 18 (20) 3 (11) 23 (30) 6.Johan CRUĲFF 25 (32) 13 (19) 12 (13) 3 ( 7) 0 ( 1) 10 (12) 12 (12) 3 ( 8) 22 (24) 7.Georginio WĲNALDUM 24 (65) * 4 (26) 20 (39) 1 ( 7) 3 ( 7) 3 (19) 17 (32) 4 (14) 20 (51) 8.Patrick KLUIVERT 22 (43) 9 (18) 13 (25) 2 ( 4) 6 ( 9) 7 (14) 7 (16) 8 (13) 14 (30) 9.Arjen ROBBEN 22 (61) 18 (40) 4 (21) 6 (15) 1 ( 9) 12 (25) 3 (12) 7 (24) 19 (37) 10.Wesley SNEĲDER 21 (79) 11 (41) 10 (38) 6 (17) 2 ( 8) 5 (24) 8 (30) 8 (25) 13 (54) 11.Marco VAN BASTEN 18 (42) 2 (18) 16 (24) 0 ( 4) 5 ( 9) 2 (14) 11 (15) 5 (13) 13 (29) 12.Dirk KUĲT 15 (61) 7 (39) 8 (22) 1 (15) 1 ( 6) 6 (24) 7 (16) 2 (21) 13 (40) 13.Rafael VAN DER VAART 15 (62) 9 (30) 6 (32) 0 ( 8) 1 ( 9) 9 (22) 5 (23) 1 (17) 14 (45) 14.Ruud GULLIT 14 (44) 3 (15) 11 (29) 1 ( 4) 1 ( 9) 2 (11) 10 (20) 2 (13) 12 (31) 15.Cody GAKPO 12 (27) * 4 ( 8) 8 (19) 3 ( 5) 3 ( 7) 1 ( 3) 5 (12) 6 (12) 6 (15) 16.Johan NEESKENS 12 (34) 9 (22) 3 (12) 5 (12) 0 ( 1) 4 (10) 3 (11) 5 (13) 7 (21) 17.Pierre VAN HOOĲDONK 11 (26) 10 (19) 1 ( 7) 1 ( 3) 0 ( 2) 9 (16) 1 ( 5) 1 ( 5) 10 (21) 18.Rob RENSENBRINK 11 (31) 6 (21) 5 (10) 6 (13) 0 ( 2) 0 ( 8) 5 ( 8) 6 (15) 5 (16) 19.Johnny REP 11 (32) 9 (24) 2 ( 8) 7 (14) 1 ( 3) 2 (10) 1 ( 5) 8 (17) 3 (15) 20.Ronald DE BOER 11 (40) 7 (21) 4 (19) 2 ( 9) 1 ( 7) 5 (12) 3 (12) 3 (16) 8 (24) 21.Marc OVERMARS 11 (55) 4 (31) 7 (24) 1 (11) 2 ( 8) 3 (20) 5 (16) 3 (19) 8 (36) 22.John BOSMAN 10 (15) 6 ( 7) 4 ( 8) 0 ( 0) 0 ( 2) 6 ( 7) 4 ( 6) 0 ( 2) 10 (13) Ruud GEELS 10 (15) 4 ( 6) 6 ( 9) 0 ( 0) 2 ( 2) 4 ( 6) 4 ( 7) 2 ( 2) 8 (13)

Note: * indicates the player is still active, at least at club level

Abbreviations used: CG: number of goals scored in competitive matches CM: number of competitive matches played WG: number of goals scored in World Cup matches (qualifying and final tournaments) WM: number of World Cup matches (qualifying and final tournaments) played EG: number of goals scored in European Championship matches (qualifying and final tournaments) EM: number of European Championship matches (qualifying and final tournaments) played WCup: goals scored/matches played (World Cup final tournaments only) Euro: goals scored/matches played (European Championship final tournaments only) WQual: goals scored/matches played (World Cup qualifying tournaments only) EQual: goals scored/matches played (European Championship qualifying tournaments only) Fin: goals scored/matches played (final tournaments only) Qual: goals scored/matches played (qualifying tournaments only)

Remarks: considering all 23 players with at least 10 competitive goals for Oranje, by far the best rate of goals scored per (competitive) match is held by Johan Cruĳff, with 78%, including a very impressive 92% in qualifying matches and a rather less spectacular 38% in final tournaments; he is followed by Ruud van Nistelrooĳ with 69%, fairly evenly distributed over World Cups and European Championships, qualifying matches and final tournaments (it remains a shame he was not fielded against Portugal at the 2006 World Cup); Klaas Jan Huntelaar, John Bosman and Ruud Geels all scored in roughly two out of three competitive matches; Memphis Depay, still active, Robin van Persie, Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Kluivert all boast rates of (just) over 50% (Kluivert, born on the same day as "Van the Man", played one more competitive match for Oranje but managed only three quarters of his goal tally); Marco van Basten has the poorest record among reputed Dutch goalgetters with a mere 43%, including a catastrophical 11% in World Cup matches (a tournament at which his coaching left much to be desired as well); Van Basten played as many competitive matches for the Netherlands as Van Nistelrooĳ but scored fewer than two thirds of his amount of goals.