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He scored his 50th goal in a friendly match against Sierra Leone on 6 July 1978, aged 23 years, 8 months and 6 days. Malawi's Kinnah Phiri was the first player from Africa, and also the youngest player, to score 50 international goals.

He attained this in a friendly match against the Soviet Union on 21 November 1965, and went on to score 77 international goals in 92 matches. Pelé of Brazil was the first player from South America to score at least 50 international goals. He reached the milestone after scoring a brace against Sweden in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League on 8 September 2020. Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal is the only other player apart from Daei to score 100 international goals, as well as the first European to achieve the feat. He went on to score a total of 75 goals in 65 matches in international football. He became both the fourth player and the fourth European to achieve the feat. Just two years after Puskás' scored his 50th goal, his teammate Sándor Kocsis did the same on 19 September 1954, in a friendly match against Romania. He achieved the feat on 15 December 1961 against Thailand and he went on to score 58 goals in 57 international appearances for his country which is 1.02 per match, making him one of the most prolific players in the world. Futhermore, he was also the first player from outside Europe to achieve it.

However, the first player from Asia to reach 50 international goals was Malaya's Abdul Ghani Minhat. His 100th goal came on 17 November 2004, when he got a hat-trick (eventually improving to a four-goal haul) against Laos in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match. He scored his 50th goal in a friendly match against Mexico on 9 January 2000. Daei was the first player to score over 100 goals in international football, ending his career with 109 in total. In 2004, Ali Daei of Iran broke the record after scoring his 90th goal against Lebanon. He remained the highest international goalscorer for 24 years following his 84th goal in 1956 against Austria, until Mokhtar Dahari of Malaysia broke the record in the Merdeka Tournament after scoring his 85th goal on 27 October 1980 against Kuwait and he went on to score 89 goals for his country in 142 international appearances. Puskás scored 84 goals in his international career. His 50th goal came on 24 July 1952, when he scored a brace in the semi-final match against Turkey at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Neilsen scored 52 goals in just 38 matches in his international career. This is also the fewest matches played by any player to score 50 goals. Neilsen achieved this feat on his 36th cap against Sweden in the 1924–28 Nordic Football Championship on 14 June 1925. Puskás was the third player, after Poul Nielsen of Denmark, to achieve 50 goals in his international career. He remained the highest international goalscorer for 26 years, until his fellow countryman Ferenc Puskás broke the record in 1953. He scored 59 international goals in 68 matches, playing his last match on 10 April 1927. He achieved the feat when he scored a brace (two goals) in a 6–2 victory against Austria on 3 June 1917. The first player to score 50 international goals was Imre Schlosser of Hungary. In total, 68 male footballers to date have scored at least 50 goals with their national team at senior level.

Ali Daei of Iran was the first player to reach 100 goals in international football, having scored 109 in his career.