
A hat-trick on the final day of 2017-18 took him to 21 Eredivisie goals for AZ Alkmaar and made him the first Asian player to finish top scorer in a major European league. Two years later he turned an overhead kick past Chelsea for Brighton on New Year's Day, a strike voted the Premier League goal of the month, and he went on to win the 2022-23 Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup at Feyenoord, with 101 caps for Iran. Career record: 96 caps and 17 goals for Iran; club career at N.E.C., AZ Alkmaar, Feyenoord Rotterdam.
| 2010–2011 | Parseh Tehran |
| 2011–2013 | S.C. Damash |
| 2013–2015 | N.E.C. |
| 2015–2018 | AZ Alkmaar |
| 2018–2021 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 2021–2024 | Feyenoord Rotterdam |
| 2024–2025 | SC Heerenveen |
| 2025–today | F.C. Verbroedering Dender Eendracht Hekelgem |
| Iran | 96 caps, 17 goals |
Iran legends whose careers overlapped Jahanbakhsh's
One rank above: Sardar Azmoun at #14.
One rank below: Gholam Hossein Mazloumi at #16.
Iran's editorial top five: Ali Daei · Ali Karimi · Ali Parvin · Khodadad Azizi · Parviz Ghelichkhani.