Most efficient goalscorers

Overview of the most efficient goalscorers at Ajax, for each player who scored at least 10 goals the overview shows the number of matches, the number of minutes, the number of goals, the goals per match and the minutes per goal.

We have chosen to by default sort the table on the minutes per goal rather than the goals per match, which gave as an interesting outcome that not only known topscorers Ruud Geels and Marco van Basten, but also players with relatively less minutes per match like Benni McCarthy and Dmitri Bulykin reached the top of this list.

Who would have thought that Dmitri Bulykin is the most efficient goalscorer who played for Ajax (since 1956).

When we look at recently loaned out Danny Hoesen and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson we also notice that although Sigthorsson scores significant more goals per match, Hoesen is the more efficient goalscorer when it comes to minutes played per goal scored.

Siem de Jong can only be found lower on this list, but a fair comparison cannot be made based on these total numbers as Siem de Jong often played as a midfielder. Similarly Sigthorsson and a lot of other strikers in the list did not play all their games in the same position, so any comparison has limited value.

Player Matches Minutes Minutes per Match Goals Goals per Match Minutes per Goal
Johan Cruijff 369 32015 86.8 271 0.734 118.1
Sjaak Swart 603 52212 86.6 227 0.376 230
Henk Groot 302 26986 89.4 211 0.699 127.9
Piet Keizer 489 42140 86.2 189 0.387 223
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 257 17958 69.9 159 0.619 112.9
Ruud Geels 166 14260 85.9 153 0.922 93.2
Marco van Basten 172 14129 82.1 152 0.884 93
Jari Litmanen 255 18435 72.3 133 0.522 138.6
Cees Groot 152 13655 89.8 129 0.849 105.9
Dennis Bergkamp 237 17897 75.5 121 0.511 147.9
Luis Suárez 158 13325 84.3 111 0.703 120
John Bosman 164 11451 69.8 106 0.646 108
Dusan Tadic 241 20487 85 105 0.436 195.1
Dick Schoenaker 348 30518 87.7 104 0.299 293.4
Stefan Pettersson 197 15534 78.9 100 0.508 155.3
Davy Klaassen 336 24733 73.6 98 0.292 252.4
Søren Lerby 269 22450 83.5 92 0.342 244
Klaas Nuninga 186 16441 88.4 89 0.478 184.7
Siem de Jong 277 19681 71.1 88 0.318 223.6
Wim Kieft 117 9788 83.7 78 0.667 125.5
Frank Arnesen 213 17952 84.3 75 0.352 239.4
Gerrie Mühren 300 25985 86.6 72 0.24 360.9
Gerald Vanenburg 209 16969 81.2 72 0.344 235.7
Frank Rijkaard 337 28448 84.4 71 0.211 400.7
Shota Arveladze 125 8910 71.3 71 0.568 125.5
Dick van Dijk 117 9661 82.6 69 0.59 140
Tscheu La Ling 222 17342 78.1 66 0.297 262.8
Ronald de Boer 306 23541 76.9 64 0.209 367.8
Lasse Schöne 287 20572 71.7 64 0.223 321.4
Rafael van der Vaart 156 12485 80 63 0.404 198.2
Co Prins 184 16566 90 60 0.326 276.1
Aron Winter 302 24826 82.2 59 0.195 420.8
Wesley Sneijder 180 13869 77.1 58 0.322 239.1
Patrick Kluivert 100 7316 73.2 52 0.52 140.7
Wim Bleijenberg 88 7843 89.1 51 0.58 153.8
Brian Brobbey 134 6753 50.4 51 0.381 132.4
Johnny Rep 124 9036 72.9 50 0.403 180.7
Hakim Ziyech 165 13792 83.6 50 0.303 275.8
Zlatan Ibrahimović 110 7191 65.4 48 0.436 149.8
Arek Milik 76 5442 71.6 47 0.618 115.8
David Neres 180 10700 59.4 47 0.261 227.7
Sébastien Haller 66 5374 81.4 47 0.712 114.3
Kasper Dolberg 119 7244 60.9 45 0.378 161
Marc Overmars 191 15839 82.9 44 0.23 360
Nikos Machlas 93 6188 66.5 44 0.473 140.6
Frank de Boer 434 37947 87.4 43 0.099 882.5
Donny van de Beek 175 12350 70.6 41 0.234 301.2
Piet van der Kuil 98 8655 88.3 40 0.408 216.4
Johan Neeskens 171 14747 86.2 39 0.228 378.1
Ray Clarke 44 3976 90.4 38 0.864 104.6
Miralem Sulejmani 157 10098 64.3 38 0.242 265.7
Bennie Muller 425 36868 86.7 37 0.087 996.4
Arnold Mühren 218 15774 72.4 37 0.17 426.3
Wamberto 156 10155 65.1 37 0.237 274.5
Danny Blind 493 43355 87.9 36 0.073 1204.3
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson 106 6403 60.4 35 0.33 182.9
Edgar Davids 183 14461 79 34 0.186 425.3
Arie Haan 180 15266 84.8 33 0.183 462.6
John van 't Schip 347 27243 78.5 33 0.095 825.5
Viktor Fischer 111 6860 61.8 33 0.297 207.9
Christian Eriksen 162 12056 74.4 32 0.198 376.8
Ronald Koeman 114 9776 85.8 31 0.272 315.4
Ruud Krol 457 40229 88 30 0.066 1341
Ryan Babel 142 9123 64.2 30 0.211 304.1
Steven Berghuis 128 8999 70.3 30 0.234 300
Loek den Edel 56 4674 83.5 29 0.518 161.2
Willy Brokamp 65 5281 81.2 29 0.446 182.1
Steven Bergwijn 80 6145 76.8 29 0.363 211.9
Donald Feldmann 75 6810 90.8 28 0.373 243.2
Arno Steffenhagen 96 6824 71.1 28 0.292 243.7
Tomás Galásek 202 16778 83.1 28 0.139 599.2
Jan Vertonghen 220 18998 86.4 28 0.127 678.5
Inge Danielsson 45 3645 81 27 0.6 135
Jesper Olsen 103 9045 87.8 27 0.262 335
Jan Wouters 194 17262 89 27 0.139 639.3
Nwankwo Kanu 73 4679 64.1 27 0.37 173.3
Mohammed Kudus 87 4303 49.5 27 0.31 159.4
Peet Petersen 118 10569 89.6 26 0.22 406.5
Wim Jonk 126 10067 79.9 26 0.206 387.2
Mido 63 3378 53.6 26 0.413 129.9
Kenneth Pérez 66 3643 55.2 26 0.394 140.1
Willy Schmidt 82 7373 89.9 25 0.305 294.9
Tijjani Babangida 102 6795 66.6 25 0.245 271.8
Richard Knopper 78 5587 71.6 25 0.321 223.5
John Heitinga 218 17695 81.2 25 0.115 707.8
Barry Hulshoff 386 33383 86.5 24 0.062 1391
Ronald Spelbos 126 10885 86.4 24 0.19 453.5
Finidi George 122 10299 84.4 24 0.197 429.1
Benni McCarthy 53 2398 45.2 24 0.453 99.9
Antony 82 5659 69 24 0.293 235.8
Anwar El-Ghazi 100 6416 64.2 23 0.23 279
Geert Meijer 94 6224 66.2 22 0.234 282.9
Andy van der Meijde 122 8790 72 22 0.18 399.5
Urby Emanuelson 255 20555 80.6 22 0.086 934.3
Quincy Promes 53 3452 65.1 22 0.415 156.9
Kenneth Taylor 131 9348 71.4 22 0.168 424.9
Piet Ouderland 234 20756 88.7 21 0.09 988.4
Felix Gasselich 71 4920 69.3 21 0.296 234.3
Marko Pantelić 38 2695 70.9 21 0.553 128.3
Jan Mulder 71 5589 78.7 20 0.282 279.5
Markus Rosenberg 63 3941 62.6 20 0.317 197.1
Chuba Akpom 50 2419 48.4 20 0.4 121
Bob Westra 46 4105 89.2 19 0.413 216.1
Wim Suurbier 509 45227 88.9 19 0.037 2380.4
Edo Ophof 193 15336 79.5 19 0.098 807.2
Bryan Roy 155 10729 69.2 19 0.123 564.7
Nourdin Boukhari 100 5697 57 19 0.19 299.8
Mounir El Hamdaoui 38 3040 80 19 0.5 160
Jan Seelen 30 2700 90 18 0.6 150
Velibor Vasović 204 18309 89.8 18 0.088 1017.2
Rob Witschge 122 9297 76.2 18 0.148 516.5
Richard Witschge 286 22119 77.3 18 0.063 1228.8
Ron Willems 52 2172 41.8 18 0.346 120.7
Steven Pienaar 133 9734 73.2 18 0.135 540.8
Bertrand Traoré 61 4138 67.8 18 0.295 229.9
Simon Tahamata 149 11356 76.2 17 0.114 668
Keje Molenaar 99 6837 69.1 17 0.172 402.2
Rob de Wit 77 6057 78.7 17 0.221 356.3
Dani 98 6182 63.1 17 0.173 363.6
Amin Younes 100 7388 73.9 17 0.17 434.6
Marciano Vink 140 10507 75.1 16 0.114 656.7
Jesper Grønkjær 70 5089 72.7 16 0.229 318.1
Demy de Zeeuw 95 7118 74.9 16 0.168 444.9
Derk Boerrigter 66 4097 62.1 16 0.242 256.1
Nicolás Tagliafico 169 13321 78.8 16 0.095 832.6
Hennie Meijer 35 1944 55.5 15 0.429 129.6
Peter Hoekstra 87 5681 65.3 15 0.172 378.7
Brian Laudrup 38 3155 83 15 0.395 210.3
Wesley Sonck 47 3151 67 15 0.319 210.1
Angelos Charisteas 45 2631 58.5 15 0.333 175.4
Dennis Rommedahl 86 4532 52.7 15 0.174 302.1
Toby Alderweireld 186 16124 86.7 15 0.081 1074.9
Peter Boeve 296 24458 82.6 14 0.047 1747
John van Loen 48 2491 51.9 14 0.292 177.9
Nicolae Mitea 75 3325 44.3 14 0.187 237.5
Dean Gorré 48 2605 54.3 13 0.271 200.4
Michael Laudrup 30 2200 73.3 13 0.433 169.2
Cristian Chivu 142 11761 82.8 13 0.092 904.7
Cedric van der Gun 37 2097 56.7 13 0.351 161.3
Nigel de Jong 133 9587 72.1 13 0.098 737.5
Mauro Rosales 91 6436 70.7 13 0.143 495.1
Gregory van der Wiel 191 16341 85.6 13 0.068 1257
Darío Cvitanich 41 2043 49.8 13 0.317 157.2
Daley Blind 333 27149 81.5 13 0.039 2088.4
Danny Hoesen 44 1693 38.5 13 0.295 130.2
Matthijs de Ligt 117 9915 84.7 13 0.111 762.7
Justin Kluivert 56 3677 65.7 13 0.232 282.8
Zakaria Labyad 54 2222 41.1 13 0.241 170.9
Edson Álvarez 147 10777 73.3 13 0.088 829
Hans Erkens 107 8411 78.6 12 0.112 700.9
Ryan Gravenberch 103 7967 77.3 12 0.117 663.9
Lassina Traoré 31 1345 43.4 12 0.387 112.1
Karel Vesters 52 4770 91.7 11 0.212 433.6
Pim van Dord 173 13926 80.5 11 0.064 1266
Jan Mølby 73 5785 79.2 11 0.151 525.9
Clarence Seedorf 90 6252 69.5 11 0.122 568.4
Hedwiges Maduro 107 7942 74.2 11 0.103 722
Lorenzo Ebecilio 52 3068 59 11 0.212 278.9
Jan Snoeks 31 2746 88.6 10 0.323 274.6
Ruud Suurendonk 85 5351 63 10 0.118 535.1
René Notten 98 8217 83.8 10 0.102 821.7
Martin van Geel 31 1682 54.3 10 0.323 168.2
Ton Blanker 21 1314 62.6 10 0.476 131.4
Mark Verkuyl 62 5399 87.1 10 0.161 539.9
Maxwell 156 12863 82.5 10 0.064 1286.3
Yannis Anastasiou 38 1956 51.5 10 0.263 195.6
Thomas Vermaelen 143 11773 82.3 10 0.07 1177.3
Gabri 118 8869 75.2 10 0.085 886.9
Kennedy Bakırcıoğlu 53 2725 51.4 10 0.189 272.5
Thulani Serero 121 7182 59.4 10 0.083 718.2
Dmitri Bulykin 26 924 35.5 10 0.385 92.4
Joël Veltman 246 20412 83 10 0.041 2041.2
Noussair Mazraoui 137 9890 72.2 10 0.073 989
Devyne Rensch 142 9759 68.7 10 0.07 975.9
Kristian Hlynsson 37 2360 63.8 10 0.27 236