Editing Pelé (section)

== Career statistics ==

=== Club ===

Pelé's goalscoring record is often reported by FIFA as being 1,281 goals in 1,363 games.<ref name="Quotes"/> This figure includes goals scored by Pelé in friendly club matches, including international tours Pelé completed with Santos and the New York Cosmos, and a few games Pelé played in for the Brazilian armed forces teams during his national service in Brazil and the state team of [[São Paulo state football team|São Paulo]] who competed for the Brazilian Championship of States Teams (''[[Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais]]'').<ref name=mqpm>{{cite web|url= http://pele.m-qp-m.us/english/pele_statistics.shtml|title= Pelé statistics|website= m-qp-m.us|access-date= 18 October 2007|archive-date= 30 April 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110430003313/http://pele.m-qp-m.us/english/pele_statistics.shtml|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="santosfc.com.br">{{cite web|title=Jogos e goals de Pelé pelo Santos |url=http://www.santosfc.com.br/upload/site/Jogos%20e%20gols%20de%20Pel%C3%A9%20pelo%20Santos%20FC.pdf|publisher=Santos FC|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DGs1ZcKh?url=http://www.santosfc.com.br/upload/site/Jogos%20e%20gols%20de%20Pel%C3%A9%20pelo%20Santos%20FC.pdf|archive-date=29 December 2012|url-status=dead|language=pt|year=2012|pages=1–11}}</ref> He was listed in the ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' for most career goals scored in football.<ref name=GWR>{{cite web|title=Most career goals (football)|date=7 September 1956|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-career-goals-(football)/|publisher=[[Guinness World Records]]|access-date=21 July 2017|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124155020/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-career-goals-(football)/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, IFFHS declared Pelé as the "World's Best and successful Top Division Goal Scorer of all time" with 541 goals in 560 games and honoured him with a trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/845|website=iffhs.com|date=19 December 2020|title=IFFHS NEWS AND STATISTICS OF THE WEEK 51|access-date=12 June 2021|archive-date=27 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327150349/https://www.iffhs.com/posts/845|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://iffhs.de/?b4a390f03be4ac07cda17b45fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6d12|title =IFFHS Top Division Scorers|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110818024050/http://iffhs.de/?b4a390f03be4ac07cda17b45fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6d12|access-date = 4 August 2020 |archive-date =18 August 2011}}</ref>

The tables below record every goal Pelé scored in official club competitions for Santos FC and all matches and goals for the New York Cosmos.

<div style="overflow-x:auto;">
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|+Santos FC records
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="3"|Club
!scope="col" rowspan="3"|Season
!scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|[[Campeonato Paulista]]
!scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|[[Torneio Rio-São Paulo|Rio-São Paulo]]{{refn|group=note|Soccer Europe compiled this list from RSSSF.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Castano Graff|first1=Emilio|last2=Orlando Duarte|first2=Gregoriak|title=Pelé History|url=http://soccer-europe.com/Biographies/Pele.html|publisher=Soccer Europe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208024929/http://soccer-europe.com/Biographies/Pele.html|archive-date=8 February 2007}}</ref>}}
!scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A]]{{refn|group=note|Statistics from 1957 to 1974 for the Taça de Prata, Taça Brasil and Copa Libertadores were taken from Soccer Europe website. Soccer Europe lists RSSSF, but do not give a season-by-season breakdown.<ref name=europestats>{{cite web|title=Biographies: Pelé Statistics|url=http://soccer-europe.com/Biographies/Pele.html|publisher=Soccer Europe|year=2012|access-date=1 August 2006|archive-date=8 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208024929/http://soccer-europe.com/Biographies/Pele.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
!scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Domestic competitions<br />Sub-total
!scope="col" rowspan="23"|
!scope="col" colspan="4"|International competitions
!scope="col" colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Total
|-
!scope="col" colspan="2"|[[Copa Libertadores]]
!scope="col" colspan="2"|[[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]
|-
!scope="col"| Apps
!scope="col"|Goals
!scope="col"|Apps
!scope="col"|Goals
!scope="col"|Apps
!scope="col"|Goals
!scope="col"|Apps
!scope="col"|Goals
!scope="col"|Apps
!scope="col"|Goals
!scope="col"|Apps
!scope="col"|Goals
!scope="col"|Apps
!scope="col"|Goals
|-
|rowspan="20"|[[Santos FC|Santos]]
|[[1956 Santos FC season|1956]]
|0*||0*||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||1||1||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||1||1
|-
|[[1957 Santos FC season|1957]]
|14+15*||19+17*{{refn|group=note|In 1957, the Paulista Championship was divided in two phases: Blue Series and White Series. In the first, Pelé scored 19 goals in 14 games, and in the Blue Series, scored 17 goals in 15 games.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brito|first=Ricardo|title=Campeonato Paulista 1957|url=http://paginas.terra.com.br:80/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/sp1957.htm |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|access-date=15 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211044510/http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/sp1957.htm|archive-date=11 December 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}{{refn|group=note|This number was inferred from a Santos fixture list from [https://web.archive.org/web/20070202003924/http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/historical.htm#estaduais rsssf.com] and [http://pele.m-qp-m.us/english/pele_statistics.shtml this list] of games Pelé played.}} ||9||5||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||38*||41*||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||38*||41*
|-
|[[1958 Santos FC season|1958]]
|38||58||8||8||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||46||66||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||46*||66*
|-
|[[1959 in Brazilian football|1959]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/cbr1959.htm|title=Brazil Cup 1959|last1=Pontes|first1=Ricardo|last2=Bovi Diogo|first2=Julio|publisher=RSSSF Brazil|date=9 February 2009|access-date=16 June 2014|archive-date=12 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112151815/http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/cbr1959.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|32||45||7||6||4*||2*||39||51||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||43*||53*
|-
|[[1960 in Brazilian football|1960]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/cbr1960.htm|title=Brazil Cup 1960|last1=Pontes|first1=Ricardo|last2=Bovi Diogo|first2=Julio|publisher=RSSSF Brazil|date=18 June 2009|access-date=16 June 2014|archive-date=12 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112151719/http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/cbr1960.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|30||33||3||0||0||0||33||33||0||0||0||0||33*||33*
|-
|[[1961 Santos FC season|1961]]
|26||47||7||8||5*||7||33||55||0||0||0||0||38*||62*
|-
|[[1962 in Brazilian football|1962]]
|26||37||0||0||5*||2*||26||37||4*||4*||2||5||37*||48*
|-
|[[1963 in Brazilian football|1963]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/cbr1963.htm|title=Brazil Cup 1963|last1=Pontes|first1=Ricardo|last2=Bovi Diogo|first2=Julio|publisher=RSSSF Brazil|date=18 June 2009|access-date=16 June 2014|archive-date=12 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112151720/http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/tablesae/cbr1963.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|19||22||8||14||4*||8||27||36||4*||5*||1||2||36||51*
|-
|[[1964 in Brazilian football|1964]]
|21||34||4||3||6*||7||25||37||0*||0*||0||0||31*||44*
|-
|[[1965 in Brazilian football|1965]]
|28||49||7||5||4*||2*||39||54||7*||8||0||0||46*||64*
|-
|[[1966 in Brazilian football|1966]]
|14||13||0*||0*||5*||2*||14*||13*||0||0||0||0||19*||15*
|-
|[[1967 in Brazilian football|1967]]
|18||17||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||14*||9*||32*||26*||0||0||0||0||32*||26*
|-
|[[1968 in Brazilian football|1968]]
|21||17||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||17*||12*||38*||28*||0||0||5||1{{refn|group=note|Intercontinental Super Cup}} ||43*||30*
|-
|[[1969 in Brazilian football|1969]]
|25||26||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||12*||12*||37*||38*||0||0||0||0||37*||38*
|-
|[[1970 in Brazilian football|1970]]
|15||7||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"|
||13*||4*||28*||11*||0||0||0||0||28*||11*
|-
|[[1971 in Brazilian football|1971]]
|19||6||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||21||1||40||7||0||0||0||0||40||7
|-
|[[1972 in Brazilian football|1972]]
|20||9||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||16||5||36||14||0||0||0||0||36||14
|-
|[[1973 in Brazilian football|1973]]
|19||11||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||30||19||49||30||0||0||0||0||49||30
|-
|[[1974 in Brazilian football|1974]]
|10||1||style="background:silver"| ||style="background:silver"| ||17||9||27||10||0||0||0||0||27||10
|-
!Total
!410!!468!!53!!49!!173*!!101*!!636*!!618*!!15!!17{{refn|group=note|Statistics from 1957 to 1974 for the Taça de Prata, Taça Brasil and Copa Libertadores were taken from Soccer Europe website. Soccer Europe lists RSSSF, but do not give a season-by-season breakdown.<ref name=europestats/>}} !!8!!8!!659!!643
|}</div>
* '' * Indicates that the number was deduced from the list of rsssf.com and this list of Pelé games.''

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+New York Cosmos records
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:100px;"|Club
!scope="col" rowspan="2"|Season
!scope="col" colspan="2"|[[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|League]]{{refn|group=note|RSSSF recognize as league goals those scored in NASL, the post season play-offs, Campeonato Paulista goals and the original Campeonato Brazileiro goals (1971–1974). IFFHS has made the same validation in the past.}}
!scope="col" colspan="2"|Post season
!scope="col" colspan="2"|Other{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
!scope="col" colspan="2"|Total
|-
!scope="col"|Apps
!scope="col" |Goals
!scope="col" |Apps
!scope="col" |Goals
!scope="col" |Apps
!scope="col" |Goals
!scope="col" |Apps
!scope="col" |Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[New York Cosmos (1970–1985)|New York Cosmos]]
|[[1975 New York Cosmos season|1975]]
|9||5||colspan="2"|–||14||12||23||17
|-
|[[1976 New York Cosmos season|1976]]
|22||13||2||2||18||11||42||26
|-
|[[1977 New York Cosmos season|1977]]
|25||13||6||4||11||6||42||23
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!56!!31!!8!!6!!43!!29!!107!!66
|}

=== International ===
{{main|List of international goals scored by Pelé}}

With 77 goals in 92 official appearances,{{refn|group=note|name=InternationalApps}} Pelé is the second highest goalscorer of the Brazil national football team.<ref name="Quotes" /> He scored twelve goals and is credited with ten assists in fourteen [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] appearances, including four goals and seven assists in [[FIFA World Cup 1970|1970]].<ref name= "dayinhistory">{{cite web|title=Pele helps Brazil to World Cup title|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pele-helps-brazil-to-world-cup-title|publisher=[[History (U.S. TV channel)|History]]|access-date=18 July 2017|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030193431/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pele-helps-brazil-to-world-cup-title|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+International records
|-
!scope="col"|Team
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Apps
!scope="col"|Goals
!scope="col"|Goal average
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="15" |[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
|1957
|2||2||1.00
|-
|1958
|7||9||1.28
|-
|1959
|9||11||1.22
|-
|1960
|6||4||0.67
|-
|1961
|0||0||—
|-
|1962
||8||8||1.00
|-
|1963
|7||7||1.00
|-
|1964
|3||2||0.67
|-
|1965
|8||9||1.12
|-
|1966
|9||5||0.55
|-
|1967
|0||0||—
|-
|1968
|7||4||0.57
|-
|1969
|9||7||0.77
|-
|1970
|15||8||0.53
|-
|1971
|2||1||0.50
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!92||77||0.84
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | '''Source:'''<ref name="internationalgoals" />
|}