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FIFA World Cup top goalscorers

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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 Nation Player Goals scored Matches played Goal average Tournaments
1 Deutschland Miroslav Klose 16 23 0.70 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
2 Brasilien Ronaldo 15 19 0.79 [1994], 1998, 2002, 2006
3 West Germany Gerd Müller 14 13 1.08 1970, 1974
4 Frankreich Just Fontaine 13 6 2.17 1958
5 Brasilien Pelé 12 14 0.86 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
6 Ungarn Sándor Kocsis 11 5 2.20 1954
Deutschland Jürgen Klinsmann 11 17 0.65 1990, 1994, 1998
8 West Germany Helmut Rahn 10 10 1.00 1954, 1958
Argentinien Gabriel Batistuta 10 12 0.83 1994, 1998, 2002
England Gary Lineker 10 12 0.83 1986, 1990
Deutschland Thomas Müller 10 12 0.83 2010, 2014
Peru Teófilo Cubillas 10 13 0.77 1970, 1978, (1982)
Polen Grzegorz Lato 10 20 0.50 1974, 1978, 1982
14 Portugal Eusébio 9 6 1.50 1966
Italien Christian Vieri 9 9 1.00 1998, 2002
Brasilien Vavá 9 10 0.90 1958, 1962
Spanien David Villa 9 11 0.82 2006, 2010, 2014
Italien Paolo Rossi 9 14 0.64 1978, 1982, [1986]
Brasilien Jairzinho 9 16 0.56 (1966), 1970, 1974
Italien Roberto Baggio 9 16 0.56 1990, 1994, 1998
West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 9 19 0.47 1978, 1982, 1986
West Germany Uwe Seeler 9 21 0.43 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
23 Argentinien Guillermo Stábile 8 4 2.00 1930
Brasilien Leônidas[1] 8 5 1.60 1934, 1938
Brasilien Ademir[2] 8 6 1.33 1950
Uruguay Oscar Míguez 8 7 1.14 1950, 1954
Brasilien Rivaldo 8 14 0.57 1998, 2002
Deutschland Rudi Völler 8 15 0.53 1986, 1990, 1994
Argentinien Diego Maradona 8 21 0.38 1982, 1986, (1990), 1994
30 Czechoslovakia Oldřich Nejedlý[3] 7 6 1.17 1934, 1938
Ungarn Lajos Tichy 7 8 0.88 1958, 1962, [1966]
Brasilien Careca 7 9 0.78 1986, 1990
Polen Andrzej Szarmach 7 13 0.54 1974, 1978, 1982
Niederlande Johnny Rep 7 14 0.50 1974, 1978
West Germany 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 Uruguay 1930 - Opening match  Mexiko —
Marcel Langiller  Frankreich  Mexiko
André Maschinot  Frankreich  Mexiko
Juan Carreño  Mexiko  Frankreich
2 André Maschinot  Frankreich  Mexiko
1930-07-16 Carlos Vidal  Chile Uruguay 1930 - Group stage  Mexiko 1930 - Mexiko
1930-07-17 Ivan Bek  Yugoslavia Uruguay 1930 - Group stage  Bolivien 1930 - Brasilien
3 1930-07-17
1930-07-17 Bert Patenaude  Vereinigte Staaten Uruguay 1930 - Group stage  Paraguay 1930 - Belgien, Paraguay
4 1930-07-17
1930-07-22 Guillermo Stábile  Argentinien Uruguay 1930 - Group stage  Chile 1930 - Mexiko (3)
5 1930-07-22
6 1930-07-26 Uruguay 1930 - Semi-final  Vereinigte Staaten
7 1930-07-26
8 1930-07-30 Uruguay 1930 - Final  Uruguay
1938-06-19 Leônidas  Brasilien Frankreich 1938 - 3rd place  Schweden 1934 - Spanien
1938 - Polen (3), Czechoslovakia (1+1), Schweden (2)
1950-07-13 Ademir  Brasilien Brasilien 1950 - Final round  Spanien 1950 - Mexiko (2), Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Schweden (3), Spanien
1954-06-27 Sándor Kocsis  Ungarn Schweiz 1954 - Quarter-final  Brasilien 1954 - Südkorea (3), West Germany (4)
9 1954-06-27
10 1954-06-30 Schweiz 1954 - Semi-final  Uruguay
11 1954-06-30
1958-06-28 Just Fontaine  Frankreich Schweden 1958 - 3rd place  West Germany 1958 - Paraguay (3), Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2), Scotland, Northern Ireland (2), Brasilien, West Germany
12 1958-06-28
13 1958-06-28
1974-07-03 Gerd Müller  West Germany West Germany 1974 - Second round  Polen 1970 - Marokko, Bulgarien (3), Peru (3), England, Italien (2)
1974 - Australien, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
14 1974-07-07 West Germany 1974 - Final  Niederlande
2006-06-22 Ronaldo  Brasilien Deutschland 2006 - Group stage  Japan 1998 - Marokko, Chile (2), Niederlande
2002 - Türkei (1+1), China, Costa Rica (2), Belgien, Deutschland (2)
2006 - Japan
15 2006-06-27 Deutschland 2006 - Round of 16  Ghana
2014-06-21 Miroslav Klose  Deutschland Brasilien 2014 - Group stage  Ghana 2002 - Saudi-Arabien (3), Republic of Ireland, Kamerun
2006 - Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (2), Argentinien
2010 - Australien, England, Argentinien (2)
16 2014-07-08 Brasilien 2014 - Semi-finals  Brasilien

Top goalscorer by tournament

World Cup Player Team Goals scored Matches played Awards
Uruguay 1930 Guillermo Stábile  Argentinien 8 4 Golden Boot
Italien 1934 Oldřich Nejedlý  Czechoslovakia 5 3 or 4
Frankreich 1938 Leônidas  Brasilien 7 4 or 5
Brasilien 1950 Ademir  Brasilien 8 4?
Schweiz 1954 Sándor Kocsis  Ungarn 11 4
Schweden 1958 Just Fontaine  Frankreich 13 4
Chile 1962 Garrincha  Brasilien 4 4
Vavá  Brasilien
Leonel Sánchez  Chile
Flórián Albert  Ungarn
Valentin Ivanov  Soviet Union
Dražan Jerković  Yugoslavia
England 1966 Eusébio  Portugal 9 4
Mexiko 1970 Gerd Müller  West Germany 10 4
West Germany 1974 Grzegorz Lato  Polen 7 4
Argentinien 1978 Mario Kempes  Argentinien 6 4
Spanien 1982 Paolo Rossi  Italien 6 4
Mexiko 1986 Gary Lineker  England 6 4
Italien 1990 Salvatore Schillaci  Italien 6 4
Vereinigte Staaten 1994 Hristo Stoichkov  Bulgarien 6 4
Oleg Salenko  Russland
Frankreich 1998 Davor Šuker  Kroatien 6 4
SüdkoreaJapan 2002 Ronaldo  Brasilien 8 4
Deutschland 2006 Miroslav Klose  Deutschland 5 4
Südafrika 2010 Thomas Müller  Deutschland 5 4
Wesley Sneijder  Niederlande
David Villa  Spanien
Diego Forlán  Uruguay
Brasilien 2014 4

See also

References

  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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