Islam Slimani is Algeria's top scorer with 46 goals.

Islam Slimani is the all-time top goalscorer for the Algeria national football team. As of 9 December 2025, he has scored 46 goals in 105 appearances since his debut on 2 June 2012.

On 8 October 2021, Slimani scored a brace in a 6–1 heavy victory over Niger in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match to become the Algeria's all-time top scorer with 39 goals, surpassing Abdelhafid Tasfaout who held the record with 36 goals for 19 years since 2002.[1][2]

International goals

Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first.[3]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 2 June 2012 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria  Rwanda 3–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [4]
2 10 June 2012 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso  Mali 1–0 1–2 [5]
3 15 June 2012 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria  Gambia 2–0 4–1 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [6]
4 3–1
5 14 October 2012  Libya 2–0 2–0 [7]
6 26 March 2013  Benin 3–1 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [8]
7 2 June 2013  Burkina Faso 2–0 2–0 Friendly [9]
8 9 June 2013 Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin  Benin 1–1 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [10]
9 2–1
10 31 May 2014 Stade Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland  Armenia 3–0 3–1 Friendly [11]
11 22 June 2014 Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil  South Korea 1–0 4–2 2014 FIFA World Cup [12][13][14]
12 26 June 2014 Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil  Russia 1–1 1–1 [15]
13 15 October 2014 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria  Malawi 3–0 3–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [16]
14 19 January 2015 Estadio de Mongomo, Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea  South Africa 3–1 3–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations [17][18]
15 13 June 2015 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria  Seychelles 1–0 4–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [19]
16 9 October 2015 July 5, 1962 Stadium, Algiers, Algeria  Guinea 1–0 1–2 Friendly [20]
17 14 November 2015 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  Tanzania 2–1 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [21]
18 2–2
19 17 November 2015 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria 4–0 7–0 [22][23][24]
20 7–0
21 25 March 2016  Ethiopia 2–0 7–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [25]
22 7–1
23 29 March 2016 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1–1 3–3 [26]
24 23 January 2017 Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon  Senegal 1–0 2–2 2017 Africa Cup of Nations [27][28][29]
25 2–1
26 14 November 2017 5 July 1962 Stadium, Algiers, Algeria  Central African Republic 3–0 3–0 Friendly [30]
27 1 July 2019 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Tanzania 1–0 3–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations [31]
28 9 September 2019 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria  Benin 1–0 1–0 Friendly [32]
29 10 October 2019 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria  DR Congo 1–0 1–1 [33]
30 25 March 2021 National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia  Zambia 2–0 3–3 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [34][35]
31 3–2
32 2 September 2021 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria  Djibouti 1–0 8–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [36][37][38][39]
33 2–0
34 5–0
35 6–0
36 8 October 2021 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria  Niger 5–1 6–1 [40]
37 6–1
38 12 November 2021 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Djibouti 4–0 4–0 [41]
39 6 January 2022 Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar  Ghana 3–0 3–0 Friendly [42]
40 25 March 2022 Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon  Cameroon 1–0 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [43]
41 23 September 2022 Olympic Stadium, Oran, Algeria  Guinea 1–0 1–0 Friendly [44]
42 12 October 2023 Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine, Algeria  Cape Verde 5–1 5–1
43 16 October 2023 Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates  Egypt 1–1 1–1
44 16 November 2023 Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria  Somalia 3–1 3–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
45 9 January 2024 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo  Burundi 3–0 4–0 Friendly
Against non-first teams

On 5 January 2024, Algeria played in a friendly game against Togo A' (local team),[45] in this game, Algeria changed more than 5 substitutes making this game not recognized by FIFA according to it laws.[46]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 January 2024 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo  Togo A' 2–0 3–0 Friendly
With Algeria A'
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 May 2013[47][48] Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria  Mauritania 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Statistics

Slimani being tackled by Tunisian Aymen Abdennour at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
As of match played 9 December 2025[49]
National team Year Apps Goals
Algeria A' 2013 1 1
Algeria 2012 6 5
2013 11 4
2014 13 4
2015 11 7
2016 5 3
2017 9 3
2018 4 0
2019 9 3
2020 0 0
2021 11 9
2022 12 3
2023 6 3
2024 4 1
2025 3 0
Algeria total 104 45
Overall total 105 46

See also

References

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_goals_scored_by_Islam_Slimani