# Top 20 Strikers of the 2000s

> Golden Boot machines, Champions League final heroes and one-decade wonders. Only one of them can be the striker of the 2000s.

*By YPB Team · Published September 30, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-20-strikers-of-the-2000s*

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1. **Thierry Henry** — score 1000/1000
   Arsenal's record scorer and four-time Premier League Golden Boot winner.
2. **Alan Shearer** — score 757/1000
   Newcastle striker and the Premier League's all-time record scorer.
3. **Adriano** — score 756/1000
   Brazilian with a thunderous left foot at Inter in the mid-2000s.
4. **David Trezeguet** — score 689/1000
   French striker who scored over 170 goals for Juventus.
5. **Samuel Eto'o** — score 640/1000
   Cameroonian who won the Champions League with Barcelona in 2006 and 2009.
6. **David Villa** — score 640/1000
   Valencia striker and Spain's top scorer at Euro 2008.
7. **Wayne Rooney** — score 594/1000
   Manchester United forward who broke through as a teenager in 2002.
8. **Filippo Inzaghi** — score 585/1000
   Milan poacher who scored twice in the 2007 Champions League final.
9. **Fernando Torres** — score 524/1000
   Spanish striker who scored the winner in the Euro 2008 final.
10. **Ronaldo Nazário** — score 524/1000
   Brazilian who scored eight goals to win the 2002 World Cup.
11. **Andriy Shevchenko** — score 524/1000
   Milan striker who won the 2004 Ballon d'Or and two Serie A scoring titles.
12. **Didier Drogba** — score 454/1000
   Chelsea's big-game striker of the Mourinho era.
13. **Ruud van Nistelrooy** — score 374/1000
   Dutch goal-machine at Manchester United and Real Madrid.
14. **Miroslav Klose** — score 282/1000
   German who scored five goals at both the 2002 and 2006 World Cups.
15. **Zlatan Ibrahimović** — score 282/1000
   Swede who won league titles with Ajax, Juventus, Inter and Barcelona that decade.
16. **Christian Vieri** — score 282/1000
   Powerful Italian centre-forward who starred for Inter.
17. **Raúl** — score 282/1000
   Real Madrid captain and three-time Champions League winner.
18. **Hernán Crespo** — score 175/1000
   Argentine who scored in Serie A, the Premier League and a Champions League final.
19. **Luca Toni** — score 175/1000
   Italian who won the 2006 European Golden Shoe with 31 goals for Fiorentina.
20. **Roy Makaay** — score 175/1000
   Dutch striker who won the European Golden Shoe with Deportivo in 2003.

Tags: 2000s, football, strikers