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This article lists every country's goalscorers in the FIFA World Cup. There are over 1200 goalscorers for the over 2300 goals scored at the 20 editions of the World Cup final tournaments.

As per conventions, converted penalties during shoot-outs are excluded.

Top goalscorers

Note: Players in bold are still playing in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Tournaments in round brackets, e.g., (1982): Played in the tournament but did not score a goal
Tournaments in square brackets: e.g., [1994]: Part of the squad for the tournament but did not play

Rank	Player	Goals scored	Matches played	Goal average	Tournaments
1	Miroslav Klose	16	23	0.70	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
2	Ronaldo	15	19	0.79	[1994], 1998, 2002, 2006
3	Gerd Müller	14	13	1.08	1970, 1974
4	Just Fontaine	13	6	2.17	1958
5	Pelé	12	14	0.86	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
6	Sándor Kocsis	11	5	2.20	1954
6	Jürgen Klinsmann	11	17	0.65	1990, 1994, 1998
8	Helmut Rahn	10	10	1.00	1954, 1958
	Gabriel Batistuta	10	12	0.83	1994, 1998, 2002
	Gary Lineker	10	12	0.83	1986, 1990
	Thomas Müller	10	12	0.83	2010, 2014
	Teófilo Cubillas	10	13	0.77	1970, 1978, (1982)
	Grzegorz Lato	10	20	0.50	1974, 1978, 1982
14	Eusébio	9	6	1.50	1966
	Christian Vieri	9	9	1.00	1998, 2002
	Vavá	9	10	0.90	1958, 1962
	David Villa	9	11	0.82	2006, 2010, 2014
	Paolo Rossi	9	14	0.64	1978, 1982, [1986]
	Jairzinho	9	16	0.56	(1966), 1970, 1974
	Roberto Baggio	9	16	0.56	1990, 1994, 1998
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	9	19	0.47	1978, 1982, 1986
	Uwe Seeler	9	21	0.43	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
23	Guillermo Stábile	8	4	2.00	1930
	Leônidas^[1]	8	5	1.60	1934, 1938
	Ademir^[2]	8	6	1.33	1950
	Oscar Míguez	8	7	1.14	1950, 1954
	Rivaldo	8	14	0.57	1998, 2002
	Rudi Völler	8	15	0.53	1986, 1990, 1994
	Diego Maradona	8	21	0.38	1982, 1986, (1990), 1994
30	Oldřich Nejedlý^[3]	7	6	1.17	1934, 1938
	Lajos Tichy	7	8	0.88	1958, 1962, [1966]
	Careca	7	9	0.78	1986, 1990
	Andrzej Szarmach	7	13	0.54	1974, 1978, 1982
	Johnny Rep	7	14	0.50	1974, 1978
	Hans Schäfer	7	15	0.47	1954, 1958, (1962)

A total of 20 players have scored 6 goals: Erich Probst, Bebeto, Rivelino, Hristo Stoichkov, James Rodríguez, Thierry Henry, Helmut Haller, Lothar Matthäus, Max Morlock, Asamoah Gyan, György Sárosi, Salvatore Schillaci, Dennis Bergkamp, Rob Rensenbrink, Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder, Zbigniew Boniek, Oleg Salenko, Josef Hügi, Diego Forlán.

A total of 33 players have scored 5 goals: Gonzalo Higuaín, Lionel Messi, Tim Cahill, Hans Krankl, Marc Wilmots, Garrincha, Romário, Zico, Roger Milla, Tomáš Skuhravý, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Geoff Hurst, Michel Platini, Zinédine Zidane, Franz Beckenbauer, Lukas Podolski, Gyula Zsengellér, Alessandro Altobelli, Silvio Piola, Johan Neeskens, Robin van Persie, Peter McParland, Valentin Ivanov, Emilio Butragueño, Fernando Hierro, Fernando Morientes, Raúl, Kennet Andersson, Henrik Larsson, Landon Donovan, Pedro Cea, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Luis Suárez

Timeline

This is a progressive list of footballers that have held the record for most goals scored at the FIFA World Cup.

Goals	Date	Footballer	Nation	Match	Opponent	Earlier goals
1	1930-07-13	Lucien Laurent	Frankreich	1930 - Opening game	Mexiko	—
		Marcel Langiller	Frankreich		Mexiko
		André Maschinot	Frankreich		Mexiko
		Juan Carreño	Mexiko		Frankreich
2		André Maschinot	Frankreich		Mexiko
	1930-07-16	Carlos Vidal	Chile	1930 - Group stage	Mexiko	1930 -
	1930-07-17	Ivan Bek	Yugoslavia	1930 - Group stage	Bolivien	1930 -
3	1930-07-17	Ivan Bek	Yugoslavia	1930 - Group stage	Bolivien	1930 -
3	1930-07-17	Bert Patenaude	Vereinigte Staaten	1930 - Group stage	Paraguay	1930 - ,
4	1930-07-17	Bert Patenaude	Vereinigte Staaten	1930 - Group stage	Paraguay	1930 - ,
4	1930-07-22	Guillermo Stábile	Argentinien	1930 - Group stage	Chile	1930 - (3)
5	1930-07-22			1930 - Group stage	Chile
6	1930-07-26			1930 - Semi-final	Vereinigte Staaten
7	1930-07-26			1930 - Semi-final	Vereinigte Staaten
8	1930-07-30			1930 - Final	Uruguay
	1938-06-19	Leônidas	Brasilien	1938 - 3rd place	Schweden	1934 - 1938 - (3), (1+1), (2)
	1950-07-13	Ademir	Brasilien	1950 - Final round	Spanien	1950 - (2), , (3),
	1954-06-27	Sándor Kocsis	Ungarn	1954 - Quarter-final	Brasilien	1954 - (3), (4)
9	1954-06-27			1954 - Quarter-final	Brasilien
10	1954-06-30			1954 - Semi-final	Uruguay
11	1954-06-30			1954 - Semi-final	Uruguay
11	1958-06-28	Just Fontaine	Frankreich	1958 - 3rd place	West Germany	1958 - (3), (2), , (2), ,
12	1958-06-28
13	1958-06-28
13	1974-07-03	Gerd Müller	West Germany	1974 - Second round	Polen	1970 - , (3), (3), , (2) 1974 - ,
14	1974-07-07	Gerd Müller	West Germany	1974 - Final	Niederlande	1970 - , (3), (3), , (2) 1974 - ,
14	2006-06-22	Ronaldo	Brasilien	2006 - Group stage	Japan	1998 - , (2), 2002 - (1+1), , (2), , (2) 2006 -
15	2006-06-27	Ronaldo	Brasilien	2006 - Round of 16	Ghana	1998 - , (2), 2002 - (1+1), , (2), , (2) 2006 -
15	2014-06-21	Miroslav Klose	Deutschland	2014 - Group stage	Ghana	2002 - (3), , 2006 - (2), (2), 2010 - , , (2)
16	2014-07-08	Miroslav Klose	Deutschland	2014 - Semi-finals	Brasilien	2002 - (3), , 2006 - (2), (2), 2010 - , , (2)

Top goalscorer by tournament

World Cup	Player	Goals scored
1930	Guillermo Stábile	8
1934	Oldřich Nejedlý	5
1938	Leônidas da Silva	7
1950	Ademir	8
1954	Sándor Kocsis	11
1958	Just Fontaine	13
1962	Garrincha Vavá Leonel Sánchez Flórián Albert Valentin Ivanov Dražan Jerković	4
1966	Eusébio	9
1970	Gerd Müller	10
1974	Grzegorz Lato	7
1978	Mario Kempes	6
1982	Paolo Rossi	6
1986	Gary Lineker	6
1990	Salvatore Schillaci	6
1994	Hristo Stoichkov Oleg Salenko	6
1998	Davor Šuker	6
2002	Ronaldo	8
2006	Miroslav Klose	5
2010	Thomas Müller Wesley Sneijder David Villa Diego Forlán	5
2014

References

^ FIFA initially credited Leônidas with eight goals in 1938. However, FIFA changed it to seven goals in November 2006, meaning he scored a total of eight goals overall (he scored one goal in 1934). In some sources. Leônidas was credited with nine goals in the 1938 tournament, mis-crediting one Brazilian goal in the first-round match against Poland.
^ 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, but are now credited to Ademir.
^ 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). [1]

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[1] FIFA initially credited Leônidas with eight goals in 1938. However, FIFA changed it to seven goals in November 2006, meaning he scored a total of eight goals overall (he scored one goal in 1934). In some sources. Leônidas was credited with nine goals in the 1938 tournament, mis-crediting one Brazilian goal in the first-round match against Poland.

[2] 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, but are now credited to Ademir.

[3] 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). [1]

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+As per conventions, converted penalties during [[List of FIFA World Cup penalty shoot-outs|shoot-outs]] are excluded.
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