FIFA World Cup top goalscorers

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Miroslav Klose celebrating his record-breaking 16th World Cup goal

More than 2,000 goals have been scored in the 21 editions of the FIFA World Cup final tournaments, not counting penalties scored during shoot-outs.[1] Since the first goal scored by French player Lucien Laurent at the 1930 FIFA World Cup,[2] more than 1,250 footballers have scored goals in the World Cup final tournaments,[3] of whom just 97 have scored five or more.

Numbers of goalscorers[3][4][5]
Goals ≥11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Total
Nos. of players 7 6 9 7 8 26 34 >50 >90 >200 >750 >1,250

The top goalscorer of the inaugural competition was Argentina's Guillermo Stábile with eight goals. Since then, only 22 players have scored more at all the games played at the World Cup than Stábile did throughout the 1930 tournament. The first was Hungary's Sándor Kocsis with eleven in 1954. At the next tournament, France's Just Fontaine improved on this record with 13 goals in only six games. Gerd Müller scored 10 for West Germany in 1970 and broke the overall record when he scored his 14th goal in the World Cup final tournament during West Germany's win in the 1974 final. His record stood for more than three decades until Ronaldo's 15 goals between 1998 and 2006 for Brazil. Germany's Miroslav Klose went on to score a record 16 goals across four consecutive tournaments between 2002 and 2014.

Of all the players who have played in the World Cup finals, only six have achieved an average of two goals or more per game played: Kocsis, Fontaine, Stábile, Russia's Oleg Salenko, Switzerland's Josef Hügi, and Poland's Ernst Wilimowski — the last of these scored four in his single World Cup game in 1938.[6] The top 97 goalscorers have represented 28 nations, with 14 players scoring for Brazil, and another 14 for Germany or West Germany. In total, 64 footballers came from UEFA (Europe), 29 from CONMEBOL (South America), and only four from elsewhere: Cameroon, Ghana, Australia, and the United States.

Fontaine holds the record for the most goals scored at a single tournament, with 13 goals in 1958. The players that came closest were Kocsis in 1954, Müller in 1970 and Portugal's Eusébio in 1966, with 11, 10 and 9, respectively. The lowest scoring top scorer was in 1962, when six players tied at only four goals each. Across the 21 editions of the World Cup finals, 30 footballers have been credited with the most tournament goals, and no one has achieved this feat twice. Nine of them scored at least seven goals in a tournament, while Brazil's Jairzinho became the only footballer to score at least seven goals without being the top goalscorer of that tournament in 1970. These 30 top goalscorers played for 19 nations, the most (five) for Brazil. Another five came from other South American countries, with the remaining 20 coming from Europe.

Overall top goalscorers[edit]

Table key
Denotes national top scorers (or joint top scorers) at the World Cup
# Denotes players still active at international level
[ ] Denotes tournaments where the player was part of the squad, but did not play in a match
( ) Denotes tournaments where the player played in a match, but did not score a goal
Ronaldo in black suit
Ronaldo ranks second among players with the most goals, scoring 15, including two in the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final.
Lothar Matthäus at a training session for Germany
Lothar Matthäus scored 6 goals in his record 25 matches at the World Cup.
Players with at least 5 goals at the FIFA World Cup tournaments[6][7]
Rank Player Team Goals
scored
Matches
played
Goals
per game
[nb 1]
Tournaments Notes
1 Miroslav Klose  Germany 16 24 0.67 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 list[9]
2 Ronaldo  Brazil 15 19 0.79 [1994], 1998, 2002, 2006 list[10]
3 Gerd Müller  West Germany 14 13 1.08 1970, 1974 list[11]
4 Just Fontaine  France 13 6 2.17 1958 list[12]
5 Pelé  Brazil 12 14 0.86 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 list[13]
6 Sándor Kocsis  Hungary 11 5 2.20 1954 list[14]
Jürgen Klinsmann  West Germany
 Germany
17 0.65 1990,
1994, 1998
list[15]
8 Helmut Rahn  West Germany 10 10 1.00 1954, 1958 list[16]
Gary Lineker  England 12 0.83 1986, 1990 list[17]
Gabriel Batistuta  Argentina 12 0.83 1994, 1998, 2002 list[18]
Teófilo Cubillas  Peru 13 0.77 1970, 1978, (1982) list[19]
Thomas Müller#  Germany 16 0.63 2010, 2014, (2018) list[20][21]
Grzegorz Lato  Poland 20 0.50 1974, 1978, 1982 list[22]
14 Eusébio  Portugal 9 6 1.50 1966 list[23]
Christian Vieri  Italy 9 1.00 1998, 2002 list[24]
Vavá  Brazil 10 0.90 1958, 1962 [25]
David Villa  Spain 12 0.75 2006, 2010, 2014 list[26]
Paolo Rossi  Italy 14 0.64 1978, 1982, [1986] list[27]
Jairzinho  Brazil 16 0.56 (1966), 1970, 1974 list[28]
Roberto Baggio  Italy 16 0.56 1990, 1994, 1998 list[29]
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge  West Germany 19 0.47 1978, 1982, 1986 list[30]
Uwe Seeler  West Germany 21 0.43 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 [31]
23 Guillermo Stábile  Argentina 8 4 2.00 1930 list[32]
Leônidas  Brazil 5 1.60 1934, 1938 list[nb 2][34]
Ademir  Brazil 6 1.33 1950 list[nb 3][37]
Óscar Míguez  Uruguay 7 1.14 1950, 1954 [38]
Rivaldo  Brazil 14 0.57 1998, 2002 list[39]
Rudi Völler  West Germany
 Germany
15 0.53 1986, 1990,
1994
list[40]
Diego Maradona  Argentina 21 0.38 1982, 1986, (1990), 1994 list[41]
30 Oldřich Nejedlý  Czechoslovakia 7 6 1.17 1934, 1938 [nb 4][42]
Lajos Tichy  Hungary 8 0.88 1958, 1962, [1966] list[43]
Careca  Brazil 9 0.78 1986, 1990 [44]
Johnny Rep  Netherlands 13 0.54 1974, 1978 [45]
Andrzej Szarmach  Poland 13 0.54 1974, 1978, 1982 [46]
Luis Suárez#  Uruguay 13 0.54 2010, 2014, 2018 list[47][48]
Hans Schäfer  West Germany 15 0.47 1954, 1958, (1962) [49]
Cristiano Ronaldo#  Portugal 17 0.41 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 list[48][50]
38 Josef Hügi   Switzerland 6 3 2.00 1954 [51]
Oleg Salenko  Russia 3 2.00 1994 list[52]
György Sárosi  Hungary 5 1.20 1934, 1938 [53]
Max Morlock  West Germany 5 1.20 1954 [54]
Erich Probst  Austria 5 1.20 1954 [55]
Harry Kane#  England 6 1.00 2018 list[56]
Salvatore Schillaci  Italy 7 0.86 1990 list[57]
Davor Šuker  Yugoslavia
 Croatia
8 0.75 [1990],
1998, (2002)
list[nb 5][58]
James Rodríguez#  Colombia 8 0.75 2014, (2018) list[59][60]
Helmut Haller  West Germany 9 0.67 (1962), 1966, (1970) [61]
Hristo Stoichkov  Bulgaria 10 0.60 1994, (1998) list[62]
Diego Forlán  Uruguay 10 0.60 2002, 2010, (2014) list[63]
Neymar#  Brazil 10 0.60 2014, 2018 list[48][64]
Asamoah Gyan  Ghana 11 0.55 2006, 2010, 2014 list[65]
Dennis Bergkamp  Netherlands 12 0.50 1994, 1998 list[66]
Rob Rensenbrink  Netherlands 13 0.46 1974, 1978 [67]
Rivellino  Brazil 15 0.40 1970, 1974, (1978) [68]
Bebeto  Brazil 15 0.40 (1990), 1994, 1998 list[69]
Arjen Robben  Netherlands 15 0.40 2006, 2010, 2014 list[70]
Zbigniew Boniek  Poland 16 0.38 1978, 1982, (1986) list[71]
Thierry Henry  France 17 0.35 1998, (2002), 2006, (2010) list[72]
Wesley Sneijder  Netherlands 17 0.35 (2006), 2010, 2014 list[73]
Robin van Persie  Netherlands 17 0.35 2006, 2010, 2014 list[74]
Mario Kempes  Argentina 18 0.33 (1974), 1978, (1982) list[75]
Lionel Messi#  Argentina 19 0.32 2006, (2010), 2014, 2018 list[48][76]
Lothar Matthäus  West Germany
 Germany
25 0.24 (1982), 1986, 1990,
1994, (1998)
[77]
64 Pedro Cea  Uruguay 5 4 1.25 1930 list[78]
Silvio Piola  Italy 4 1.25 1938 [79]
Gyula Zsengellér  Hungary 4 1.25 1938 [80]
Peter McParland  Northern Ireland 5 1.00 1958 list[81]
Tomáš Skuhravý  Czechoslovakia 5 1.00 1990 [82]
Juan Alberto Schiaffino  Uruguay 6 0.83 1950, 1954 [83]
Geoff Hurst  England 6 0.83 1966, 1970 list[84]
Jon Dahl Tomasson  Denmark 6 0.83 2002, 2010 list[85]
Alessandro Altobelli  Italy 7 0.71 1982, 1986 [86]
Kennet Andersson  Sweden 7 0.71 1994 list[87]
Fernando Morientes  Spain 7 0.71 1998, 2002 list[88]
Romário  Brazil 8 0.63 (1990), 1994 list[89]
Marc Wilmots  Belgium 8 0.63 [1990], (1994), 1998, 2002 list[90]
Mario Mandžukić  Croatia 8 0.63 2014, 2018 list[48][91]
Valentin Ivanov  Soviet Union 9 0.56 1958, 1962 list[92]
Emilio Butragueño  Spain 9 0.56 1986, (1990) list[93]
Roger Milla  Cameroon 9 0.56 (1982), 1990, 1994 [94]
Tim Cahill  Australia 9 0.56 2006, 2010, 2014, (2018) list[95][96]
Hans Krankl  Austria 10 0.50 1978, 1982 list[97]
Romelu Lukaku#  Belgium 10 0.50 2014, 2018 list[98]
Ivan Perišić#  Croatia 10 0.50 2014, 2018 list[48][99]
Raúl  Spain 11 0.45 1998, 2002, 2006 list[100]
Garrincha  Brazil 12 0.42 (1958), 1962, 1966 [101]
Johan Neeskens  Netherlands 12 0.42 1974, (1978) [102]
Fernando Hierro  Spain 12 0.42 [1990], 1994, 1998, 2002 list[103]
Zinedine Zidane  France 12 0.42 1998, (2002), 2006 [104]
Landon Donovan  United States 12 0.42 2002, (2006), 2010 list[105]
Henrik Larsson  Sweden 13 0.38 1994, 2002, 2006 list[106]
Michel Platini  France 14 0.36 1978, 1982, 1986 [107]
Zico  Brazil 14 0.36 1978, 1982, (1986) [108]
Gonzalo Higuaín#  Argentina 14 0.36 2010, 2014, (2018) list[109][110]
Edinson Cavani#  Uruguay 14 0.36 2010, 2014, 2018 list[48][111]
Lukas Podolski  Germany 15 0.33 2006, 2010, (2014) list[112]
Franz Beckenbauer  West Germany 18 0.28 1966, 1970, (1974) list[113]

Timeline[edit]

Leônidas in 1940, posing for camera with hand at his waist.
Leônidas scored a record 8 goals for Brazil at the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cup.
Portrait photograph of Ademir de Menezes
Ademir scored a record 8 goals for Brazil at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
Sándor Kocsis, dressed in formal jacket and tie.
Sándor Kocsis was the first player to have scored 10 or more goals in an edition. He scored record 11 goals in just 5 matches.
Just Fontaine in 1971, dressed in formal dress
Just Fontaine scored a record 13 goals at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
Key
Goal set a new record
Goal equalled the existing record
Progressive list of footballers that have held the record for most goals scored at the FIFA World Cup final tournaments
Goals Date Player Team Goal Opponent Score Tournament & Stage Previous goals Ref
1 13 July 1930 Lucien Laurent  France 1–0 Mexico 4–1 1930, Uruguay
Group stage
N/A [nb 6]
Bart McGhee  United States 1–0 Belgium 3–0
Marcel Langiller  France 2–0 Mexico 4–1
André Maschinot  France 3–0 Mexico 4–1
Tom Florie  United States 2–0 Belgium 3–0
Bert Patenaude  United States 3–0 Belgium 3–0
Juan Carreño  Mexico 1–3 France 1–4
2 André Maschinot  France 4–1 Mexico 4–1
16 July 1930 Carlos Vidal  Chile 3–0 Mexico 3–0 [116]
17 July 1930 Ivan Bek  Yugoslavia 1–0 Bolivia 4–0 [117]
3 3–0
Bert Patenaude  United States 2–0 Paraguay 3–0 [118]
4 3–0
22 July 1930 Guillermo Stábile  Argentina 1–0 Chile 3–1 [119]
5 2–0
6 26 July 1930 3–0 United States 6–1 1930, Uruguay
Semi-final
7 6–0
8 30 July 1930 2–1 Uruguay 2–4 1930, Uruguay
Final
19 June 1938 Leônidas  Brazil 3–2 Sweden 4–2 1938, France
3rd place play-off
[120]
13 July 1950 Ademir  Brazil 5–0 Spain 6–1 1950, Brazil
Final round
[37]
27 June 1954 Sándor Kocsis  Hungary 2–0 Brazil 4–2 1954, Switzerland
Quarter-final
[121]
9 4–2
10 30 June 1954 3–2 Uruguay 4–2aet 1954, Switzerland
Semi-final
11 4–2
28 June 1958 Just Fontaine  France 3–1 West Germany 6–3 1958, Sweden
3rd place play-off
[122]
12 5–2
13 6–3
3 July 1974 Gerd Müller  West Germany 1–0 Poland 1–0 1974, West Germany
Second round
[11]
14 6 July 1974 2–1 Netherlands 2–1 1974, West Germany
Final
22 June 2006 Ronaldo  Brazil 4–1 Japan 4–1 2006, Germany
Group stage
[123]
15 27 June 2006 1–0 Ghana 3–0 2006, Germany
Round of 16
21 June 2014 Miroslav Klose  Germany 2–2 Ghana 2–2 2014, Brazil
Group stage
[124]
16 8 July 2014 2–0 Brazil 7–1 2014, Brazil
Semi-final

Top goalscorers for each tournament[edit]

Portrait photograph of Ademir de Menezes
Guillermo Stábile scored a record 8 goals for Argentina at the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
A portrait of Eusébio
Eusébio scored nine goals for Portugal at the 1966 World Cup.
Davor Šuker, side-face photograph
Davor Šuker scored six goals for Croatia at the 1998 World Cup.
Top goalscorers at each FIFA World Cup final tournament[125][126][127]
World Cup Player Team Goals
scored
Matches
played
Golden
Boot
Other FIFA Awards
 Uruguay 1930 Guillermo Stábile  Argentina 8 4 Yes Silver Ball
 Italy 1934 Oldřich Nejedlý  Czechoslovakia 5 4 Yes Bronze Ball
 France 1938 Leônidas  Brazil 7 5 Yes Golden Ball
 Brazil 1950 Ademir  Brazil 8 6 Yes Bronze Ball
  Switzerland 1954 Sándor Kocsis  Hungary 11 5 Yes Silver Ball
 Sweden 1958 Just Fontaine  France 13 6 Yes Bronze Ball
 Chile 1962 Garrincha  Brazil 4 6 No Golden Ball
Vavá  Brazil 6 No
Leonel Sánchez  Chile 6 Yes Bronze Ball
Flórián Albert  Hungary 4 No Best Young Player
Valentin Ivanov  Soviet Union 4 No
Dražan Jerković  Yugoslavia 6 No
 England 1966 Eusébio  Portugal 9 6 Yes Bronze Ball
 Mexico 1970 Gerd Müller  West Germany 10 6 Yes Best Young Player, Bronze Ball
 West Germany 1974 Grzegorz Lato  Poland 7 7 Yes
 Argentina 1978 Mario Kempes  Argentina 6 7 Yes Golden Ball
 Spain 1982 Paolo Rossi  Italy 6 7 Yes Golden Ball
 Mexico 1986 Gary Lineker  England 6 5 Yes
 Italy 1990 Salvatore Schillaci  Italy 6 7 Yes Golden Ball
 United States 1994 Hristo Stoichkov  Bulgaria 6 7 Yes Bronze Ball
Oleg Salenko  Russia 3 No
 France 1998 Davor Šuker  Croatia 6 7 Yes Silver Ball
 South Korea and
 Japan 2002
Ronaldo  Brazil 8 7 Yes Silver Ball
 Germany 2006 Miroslav Klose  Germany 5 7 Yes
 South Africa 2010 Thomas Müller  Germany 5 7 Yes Best Young Player
David Villa  Spain 7 No Silver Boot, Bronze Ball
Wesley Sneijder  Netherlands 7 No Bronze Boot, Silver Ball
Diego Forlán  Uruguay 7 No Golden Ball
 Brazil 2014 James Rodríguez  Colombia 6 5 Yes
 Russia 2018 Harry Kane  England 6 7 Yes

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Outside this list is Ernst Wilimowski of Poland, the player with the highest goals-to-games ratio in the World Cup. His ratio is 4.00 as he scored four goals in his only World Cup appearance, in 1938.[8]
  2. ^ FIFA initially credited Leônidas with eight goals in the 1938 tournament, but in November 2006, FIFA revised it to seven (he scored one additional goal in the 1934 tournament).[33]
  3. ^ There was a controversy regarding the number of goals scored by Ademir in 1950 because of incomplete data from the final group round game against Spain, that ended in a 6–1 victory for Brazil. The fifth Brazilian goal was credited to Jair,[35] but is now credited to Ademir.[36]
  4. ^ FIFA initially credited Nejedlý with only four goals in 1934. However, FIFA changed it to five goals in November 2006, meaning he scored a total of seven goals overall (he scored two goals in 1938).[33]
  5. ^ Davor Šuker was part of Yugoslavia's squad in the 1990 FIFA World Cup but did not play any games. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, he joined the Croatian national team.
  6. ^ The two initial games of the 1930 FIFA World Cup (France vs Mexico[114] and United States vs Belgium[115]) were played at the same time, as seven players scored, with André Maschinot scoring two goals. The order in which these players are listed reflects the actual elapsed time in the games when their goals were scored.

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