Croatia national team's top scorer by year

Davor Šuker is the abslote top scorer for Croatia with 45 goals and was the top scorer at the World Cup 1998 with 6 (3rd place for his national team)

Croatia national team's top scorer per year

1940 : Zvonimir Cimermančić (PH Građanski ŠK), 3 goals.

1941 : Franjo Wölfl (Građanski), 3 goals.

1942 : Franjo Wölfl & Zvonimir Cimermančić (Građanski), 5 goals. August Lešnik (Građanski), 3.

1943 : Mirko Kokotović (Građanski), 2 goals.

1944 : Franjo Wölfl (Građanski), 3 goals. Lešnik, 2.

1956 : Sulejman Rebac (Hajduk), 2 goals. 1 friendly match played, against Indonesia.

1990 : Zlatko Kranjčar (St. Pölten), Srećko Bogdan (Karlsruhe), Ivan Cvjetković (St.-Truiden), Aljoša Asanović (Metz), Robert Jarni (Hajduk), 1 goal.

1991 : Zvonimir Boban (Dinamo Zagreb), Zoran Vulić (Mallorca), Fabijan Komljenović (NK Rijeka), 1 goal.

1992 : Davor Šuker (Sevilla FC), 2 goals.

1993 : Davor Šuker (Sevilla FC), Miroslav Bičanić & Željko Adžić (Croatia Zagreb), 1 goal.

1994 : Davor Šuker (Sevilla FC), 5 goals.

1995 : Davor Šuker (Sevilla FC), 8 goals.

1996 : Goran Vlaović (Padova then Valencia), 8 goals. Šuker (Sevilla then Real Madrid), 6.

1997 : Davor Šuker (Real Madrid), 4 goals. Boban (AC Milan), 3.

1998 : Davor Šuker (Real Madrid), 12 goals.

1999 : Davor Šuker (Arsenal), 4 goals.

2000 : Alen Bokšić (Lazio then Middlesbrough), 2 goals.

2001 : Boško Balaban (Dinamo Zagreb then Aston Villa), 5 goals. Davor Vugrinec (Lecce), 4.

2002 : Ivica Olić (NK Zagreb), 2 goals.

2003 : Dado Pršo (AS Monaco), 3 goals.

2004 : Darijo Sra (Shakhtar Donetsk), 4 goals.

2005 : Dado Pršo (Rangers FC), Dado Pršo (AS Monaco) & Niko Kranjčar (Hajduk), 3 goals.

2006 : Eduardo da Silva (Dinamo Zagreb), 6 goals. Ivan Klasnić (Werder) & Mladen Petrić (FC Basel), 4.

2007 : Eduardo da Silva (Dinamo Zagreb), 7 goals. Petrić & Srna, 4.

2008 : Ivan Rakitić (Schalke) & Niko Kovač  (RB Salzburg), 4 goals. Luka Modrić (Din. Zagreb then Tottenham), 3.

2009 : Eduardo da Silva (Arsenal), 5 goals.

2010 : Niko Kranjčar (Tottenham), 6 goals.

2011 : Eduardo da Silva (Shakhtar Donetsk), 4 goals. Nikola Kalinić (Blackburn) & Mario Mandžukić (Wolfsburg), 3.

2012 : Mario Mandžukić (Wolfsburg then Bayern), 4 goals. Eduardo, 3.

2013 : Mario Mandžukić (Bayern München), 4 goals. Eduardo, 3.

2014 : Ivan Perišić (Wolfsburg), 7 goals.

2015 : Mario Mandžukić (Atl. de Madrid then Juventus) & Ivan Perišić (Wolfsburg then Inter Milan), 3 goals.

2016 : Mario Mandžukić (Juventus), 9 goals. Kalinić (Fiorentina) & Perišić, 5.

2017 : Andrej Kramarić (Hoffenheime), 3 goals. Kalinić (Fiorentinathen Milan), 2.

2018 : Ivan Perišić (Inter Milan), 5 goals. Mario Mandžukić (Juventus) & Andrej Kramarić (Hoffenheim), 4.
2019 : Bruno Petković (Din. Zagreb), 5 goals. Ivan Perišić (Inter Milan), 4.