I dont get this, why is nearly every single leading scorer from the new era?
Why is it never like „yeah he played in the 70s and is leading scorer off xyz“
You can check that, i am not talking bs, its hard to find a leading scorer that was in his prime between 1970-90
Why?
Put simply more games. To show the level of this look at the Wikipedia article on players with over 100 caps, now look at date of last cap as you scroll down the list, at a guess I’d say only maybe 1 in 10 of those is before 2000. Goals per game maybe roughly similar across the top strikers of all generations, but simply less internationals mean less goals