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Northern Ireland's all-time leading male goalscorers: David Healy in a class of his own

David Healy sits proudly atop the list of Northern Ireland international goalscorers with a record haul of 36 goals which will take some beating.

The former Preston North End and Leeds United striker has gone down in Northern Ireland folklore for some of his scoring feats.

Those include a winning goal against England, the highest goal haul in a European Championship qualifying campaign and hat-tricks against Spain and Liechtenstein.

That makes Healy one of only five men in the rich history of Northern Ireland to have scored a hat-trick for his country and the only man to do it twice.

Healy has scored 16 more international goals than the second man on the list, former Rangers frontman Kyle Lafferty, and a long way clear of some of the country's most treasured goal-getters.

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Northern Ireland men's all-time top goalscorer

Rank

Player

Goals

1

David Healy

36

2

Kyle Lafferty

20

3=

Billy Gillespie

13

3=

Colin Clarke

13

3=

Steven Davis

13

6

Joe Bambrick

12

6

Gerry Armstrong

12

6

Jimmy Quinn

12

6

Iain Dowie

12

10

Olphie Stanfield

11

10

Josh Magennis

11

*Stats correct as of 14th October 2024.

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