List of leading goalscorers for the Algeria national football team

This article is about Algeria national team players with at least 7 goals. For a list of all national team players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Algeria men's international footballers. For the current national team squad, see Algeria national football team § Players.

This List of leading goalscorers for the Algeria national football team contains football players who have played for the Algeria national team and is listed, in descending order, according to their number of goals scored. The Algeria national football team (Arabic: منتخب الجزائر) represents the nation of Algeria in international football. It is fielded by the Algerian Football Federation (Arabic: الفيدرالية الجزائرية لكرة القدم) and competes as a member of Confederation of African Football.

Players

• Goals and appearances are composed of FIFA World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players marked in bold are still active and eligible (meaning they have not retired) to play for the national team.

Statistics correct as of game against South Africa on 27 March 2024.

Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Islam Slimani is Algeria's top scorer with more than 40 goals.

Abdelhafid Tasfaout was the all-time leading goalscorer of the national team, with 36 goals but was overtaken by slimani with more than 40 goals.

Rank	Player	Position	National team career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Islam Slimani	FW	2012–	45	101	0.45
2	Abdelhafid Tasfaout	MF	1990–2002	36	80	0.45
3	Riyad Mahrez	MF	2014–	31	92	0.34
4	Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	2014–	30	69	0.43
5	Rabah Madjer	FW	1978–1992	28	86	0.33
	Lakhdar Belloumi	MF	1978–1989	28	100	0.28
7	Djamel Menad	FW	1980–1995	25	81	0.27
8	Hillal Soudani	FW	2011–	24	54	0.44
9	Tedj Bensaoula	FW	1979–1986	19	51	0.37
	Sofiane Feghouli	MF	2012–	19	82	0.23
11	Rafik Saifi	FW	1998–2010	18	64	0.28
12	Yacine Brahimi	MF	2013–	15	68	0.22
	Salah Assad	MF	1977–1989	15	73	0.21
14	Hacène Lalmas	MF	1963–1974	14	43	0.33
15	Ali Meçabih	FW	1995–2003	10	24	0.42
16	Rachid Dali	MF	1969–1975	9	17	0.53
	Youcef Belaïli	MF	2015–	9	52	0.17
	Billel Dziri	MF	1992–2005	9	81	0.11
18	Mokhtar Kalem	FW	1965–1972	8	17	0.47
	Omar Betrouni	MF	1968–1978	8	48	0.17
	Hocine Yahi	MF	1982–1988	8	56	0.14
22	Abdelmalek Cherrad	FW	2000–2007	7	20	0.35
	Ali Fergani	MF	1973–1986	7	65	0.11

See also

• List of Algeria international footballers

External links

• (in French) web.archive.org