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List of leading goalscorers for the Algeria national football team

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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

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  • 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 Uganda on 10 June 2024.

Position key: GKGoalkeeper; DFDefender; MFMidfielder; FWForward

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 71 0.42
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

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