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Centimetres of height per goal: all 166 players ranked

Height in centimetres divided by international goals. The inverse of goals per centimetre, where the lowest number is the most efficient body in the sample.

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Cristiano RonaldoLeader

1.3Leading value

8.2Sample median

166Players ranked

Top 50

#1 Cristiano Ronaldo 1.3

#2 Lionel Messi 1.4

#3 Ferenc Puskás 2.0

#4 Romelu Lukaku 2.1

#4 Robert Lewandowski 2.1

#6 Harry Kane 2.2

#7 Mohamed Salah 2.6

#7 Gerd Müller 2.6

#7 Miroslav Klose 2.6

#7 Luis Suárez 2.6

#11 Didier Drogba 2.9

#12 Ronaldo de Lima 3.0

#12 David Villa 3.0

#14 Romário Faria 3.1

#14 Zlatan Ibrahimović 3.1

#16 Sadio Mané 3.2

#16 Edinson Cavani 3.2

#16 Kylian Mbappé 3.2

#16 Samuel Eto'o 3.2

#20 Son Heung-min 3.3

#20 Alexis Sánchez 3.3

#20 Wayne Rooney 3.3

#23 Olivier Giroud 3.4

#24 Bobby Charlton 3.5

#24 Erling Haaland 3.5

#26 Robin van Persie 3.7

#26 Thierry Henry 3.7

#26 Gary Lineker 3.7

#26 Lukas Podolski 3.7

#30 Andriy Shevchenko 3.8

#31 Jürgen Klinsmann 3.9

#32 Antoine Griezmann 4.0

#32 Raúl González 4.0

#34 Thomas Müller 4.1

#34 Sergio Agüero 4.1

#36 Michael Owen 4.3

#37 Michel Platini 4.4

#37 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 4.4

#39 Michael Ballack 4.5

#39 Gareth Bale 4.5

#39 Riyad Mahrez 4.5

#42 Hristo Stoichkov 4.7

#43 Kevin De Bruyne 4.8

#43 Ivan Perišić 4.8

#43 Keisuke Honda 4.8

#46 Diego Maradona 4.9

#46 David Silva 4.9

#46 Arjen Robben 4.9

#46 Fernando Torres 4.9

#46 Dennis Bergkamp 4.9

Every ranking here is drawn from the same sample: DailyFoot's 199 most recognizable footballers, using the caps, goals, career years and honours in the game's own data. 166 of them qualify for this category.

Centimetres of height per goal: all 166 players ranked

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