List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers

A total of over 2,700 goals have been scored in matches across the 22 final tournaments of the men's FIFA World Cup, not counting penalties scored during shoot-outs. Since the first goal scored by French player Lucien Laurent in 1930, nearly 1,300 footballers have scored goals at the World Cup tournaments, of whom 101 have scored five or more.

Goals	≥11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	Total
Nos. of players	9	6	10	9	7	25	35	>50	>90	>200	>750	>1,250

The top goalscorer of the inaugural competition was Argentina's Guillermo Stábile, with eight goals. Since then, only 25 players have scored more World Cup goals in total than Stábile did during the 1930 tournament. The first to do so was Hungary's Sándor Kocsis, scoring eleven in 1954. At the following tournament, France's Just Fontaine improved on this record, recording thirteen goals in just six matches. Gerd Müller then scored ten goals for West Germany in 1970, before breaking the overall record when he scored his fourteenth World Cup goal during West Germany's win in the 1974 final. Müller's record stood for more than three decades, until Ronaldo recorded fifteen goals between 1998 and 2006 for Brazil. The record is currently held by Germany's Miroslav Klose, who went on to score a record sixteen goals across the four consecutive tournaments he played between 2002 and 2014.
Of all the players who have played at the World Cup, only six have achieved an average of two goals or more per match played: Kocsis, Fontaine, Stábile, Russia's Oleg Salenko, Switzerland's Josef Hügi, and Poland's Ernst Wilimowski — the latter of whom scored four in his [Brazil v 1938 FIFA World Cup final tournament|Poland (1938 FIFA World Cup)|only ever World Cup match], played in 1938. The top 101 goalscorers have represented 30 nations, with 14 players scoring for Brazil, and another 14 for Germany or West Germany. In total, 67 footballers came from UEFA, 30 from CONMEBOL, and only four from elsewhere: Cameroon and Ghana from CAF, Australia from AFC, and the United States from CONCACAF.
Fontaine's thirteen goals in 1958 remains the record for the most scored in a single World Cup tournament. The players that came closest to this tally were Kocsis in 1954, Müller in 1970, and Portugal's Eusébio in 1966. The top scorers with the fewest goals were from the 1962 tournament, when six players finished joint-top with just four goals each. Across the 22 tournaments of the World Cup, 31 footballers have been credited as the tournament top scorer, and no one has achieved this feat twice. Ten of these players scored at least seven goals in a tournament, while Brazil's Jairzinho in 1970 and Argentina's Lionel Messi in 2022 were the only footballers to record at least seven goals but still not finish as the tournament's top scorer. These 31 top goalscorers played for 20 nations, with the most coming from Brazil. Another five came from other South American countries, with the remaining 21 coming from Europe.
In 2006, Ronaldo became the first player to score eight goals in knockout matches at the World Cup, coming in his three tournaments for Brazil, a feat which would be equalled in 2022 by France's Kylian Mbappé. Mbappé himself became the first player to score four goals in World Cup final matches: he netted one in the 2018 final followed by a hat-trick in the 2022 final. England's Geoff Hurst is the only other player to record a hat-trick in a World Cup final, doing so in 1966.

Overall top goalscorers

♦	Denotes national 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
†	Denotes tournaments where the player's team won the World Cup

Rank	Player	Team	Goals scored	Matches played	Goals per match	Tournaments	Notes
1	Miroslav Klose^♦			24		2002, 2006, 2010, 2014^†	list
2	Ronaldo^♦		15	19		^†, 1998, 2002^†, 2006	list
3	Gerd Müller		14	13		1970, 1974^†	list
4	Just Fontaine^♦		13	6		1958	list
4	Lionel Messi^♦#		13			2006,, 2014, 2018, 2022^†	list
6	Pelé		12	14		1958^†, 1962^†, 1966, 1970^†	list
6	Kylian Mbappé^#		12	14		2018^†, 2022	list
8	Sándor Kocsis^♦		11	5		1954	list
8	Jürgen Klinsmann		11	17		1990^† 1994, 1998	list
10	Helmut Rahn		10	10		1954^†, 1958	list
10	Gary Lineker^♦		10	12		1986, 1990	list
10	Gabriel Batistuta		10	12		1994, 1998, 2002	list
10	Teófilo Cubillas^♦		10	13		1970, 1978,	list
10	Thomas Müller		10	19		2010, 2014^†,,	list
10	Grzegorz Lato^♦		10	20		1974, 1978, 1982	list
16	Ademir		9	6		1950	list
16	Eusébio^♦		9	6		1966	list
16	Christian Vieri^♦		9	9		1998, 2002	list
16	Vavá		9	10		1958^†, 1962^†
16	David Villa^♦		9	12		2006, 2010^†, 2014	list
16	Paolo Rossi^♦		9	14		1978, 1982^†,	list
16	Jairzinho		9	16		, 1970^†, 1974	list
16	Roberto Baggio^♦		9	16		1990, 1994, 1998	list
16	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge		9	19		1978, 1982, 1986	list
16	Uwe Seeler		9	21		1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
26	Guillermo Stábile		8	4		1930	list
26	Leônidas		8	5		1934, 1938	list
26	Óscar Míguez^♦		8	7		1950^†, 1954
26	Harry Kane^#		8	11		2018, 2022	list
26	Neymar^#		8	13		2014, 2018, 2022	list
26	Rivaldo		8	14		1998, 2002^†	list
26	Rudi Völler		8	15		1986, 1990^† 1994	list
26	Diego Maradona		8	21		1982, 1986^†,, 1994	list
26	Cristiano Ronaldo^#		8	22		2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022	list
35	Oldřich Nejedlý^♦		7	6		1934, 1938
35	Lajos Tichy		7	8		1958, 1962,	list
35	Careca		7	9		1986, 1990
35	Johnny Rep^♦		7	13		1974, 1978
35	Andrzej Szarmach		7	13		1974, 1978, 1982
35	Hans Schäfer		7	15		1954^†, 1958,
35	Luis Suárez		7	16		2010, 2014, 2018,	list
42	Josef Hügi^♦		6	3		1954
42	Oleg Salenko^♦		6	3		1994	list
42	György Sárosi		6	5		1934, 1938
42	Max Morlock		6	5		1954^†
42	Erich Probst^♦		6	5		1954
42	Enner Valencia^♦#		6	6		2014, 2022	list
42	Salvatore Schillaci		6	7		1990	list
42	Davor Šuker^♦		6	8		, 1998,	list
42	James Rodríguez^♦#		6	8		2014,	list
42	Helmut Haller		6	9		, 1966,
42	Hristo Stoichkov^♦		6	10		1994,	list
42	Diego Forlán		6	10		2002, 2010,	list
42	Asamoah Gyan^♦		6	11		2006, 2010, 2014	list
42	Dennis Bergkamp		6	12		1994, 1998	list
42	Rob Rensenbrink		6	13		1974, 1978
42	Rivellino		6	15		1970^†, 1974,
42	Bebeto		6	15		, 1994^†, 1998	list
42	Arjen Robben		6	15		2006, 2010, 2014	list
42	Zbigniew Boniek		6	16		1978, 1982,	list
42	Thierry Henry		6	17		1998^†,, 2006,	list
42	Robin van Persie		6	17		2006, 2010, 2014	list
42	Wesley Sneijder		6	17		, 2010, 2014	list
42	Ivan Perišić^♦#		6	17		2014, 2018, 2022	list
42	Mario Kempes		6	18		, 1978^†,	list
42	Lothar Matthäus		6	25		, 1986, 1990^† 1994,	list
67	Pedro Cea		5	4		1930^†	list
67	Silvio Piola		5	4		1938^†	list
67	Gyula Zsengellér		5	4		1938
67	Peter McParland^♦		5	5		1958	list
67	Tomáš Skuhravý		5	5		1990
67	Juan Alberto Schiaffino		5	6		1950^†, 1954
67	Geoff Hurst		5	6		1966^†, 1970	list
67	Jon Dahl Tomasson^♦		5	6		2002, 2010	list
67	Alessandro Altobelli		5	7		1982^†, 1986
67	Kennet Andersson^♦		5	7		1994	list
67	Fernando Morientes		5	7		1998, 2002	list
67	Romário		5	8		, 1994^†	list
67	Marc Wilmots^♦		5	8		,, 1998, 2002	list
67	Mario Mandžukić		5	8		2014, 2018	list
67	Valentin Ivanov		5	9		1958, 1962	list
67	Emilio Butragueño		5	9		1986,	list
67	Roger Milla^♦		5	9		, 1990, 1994	list
67	Tim Cahill^♦		5	9		2006, 2010, 2014,	list
67	Hans Krankl		5	10		1978, 1982	list
67	Raúl		5	11		1998, 2002, 2006	list
67	Garrincha		5	12		, 1962^†, 1966
67	Johan Neeskens		5	12		1974,
67	Fernando Hierro		5	12		, 1994, 1998, 2002	list
67	Zinedine Zidane		5	12		1998^†,, 2006	list
67	Landon Donovan^♦		5	12		2002,, 2010	list
67	Romelu Lukaku^♦#		5	12		2014, 2018,	list
67	Xherdan Shaqiri		5	12		, 2014, 2018, 2022	list
67	Henrik Larsson^♦		5	13		1994, 2002, 2006	list
67	Michel Platini		5	14		1978, 1982, 1986	list
67	Zico		5	14		1978, 1982,
67	Gonzalo Higuaín		5	14		2010, 2014,	list
67	Lukas Podolski		5	15		2006, 2010,	list
67	Edinson Cavani		5	17		2010, 2014, 2018,	list
67	Franz Beckenbauer		5	18		1966, 1970,	list
67	Olivier Giroud		5	18		2014,, 2022	list

Timeline

Goals	Date	Player	Team	Goal	Opponent	Score	Tournament & Stage	Previous goals	Ref.
1	13 7 1930	Lucien Laurent			Mexico	4–1	1930, Uruguay Group stage	N/A
1	13 7 1930	Bart McGhee			Belgium	3–0	1930, Uruguay Group stage	N/A
1	13 7 1930	Marcel Langiller			Mexico	4–1	1930, Uruguay Group stage	N/A
1	13 7 1930	André Maschinot			Mexico	4–1	1930, Uruguay Group stage	N/A
1	13 7 1930	Tom Florie			Belgium	3–0	1930, Uruguay Group stage	N/A
1	13 7 1930	Bert Patenaude			Belgium	3–0	1930, Uruguay Group stage	N/A
1	13 7 1930	Juan Carreño			France	1–4	1930, Uruguay Group stage	N/A
2	13 7 1930	André Maschinot			Mexico	4–1	1930, Uruguay Group stage	1930 vs Mexico
2	16 7 1930	Carlos Vidal			Mexico	3–0	1930, Uruguay Group stage	1930 vs Mexico
2	17 7 1930	Ivan Bek			Bolivia	4–0	1930, Uruguay Group stage	1930 vs Brazil
3	17 7 1930	Ivan Bek			Bolivia	4–0	1930, Uruguay Group stage	1930 vs Brazil
3	17 7 1930	Bert Patenaude			Paraguay	3–0	1930, Uruguay Group stage	1930 vs Belgium, Paraguay
4	17 7 1930	Bert Patenaude			Paraguay	3–0	1930, Uruguay Group stage	1930 vs Belgium, Paraguay
4	22 7 1930	Guillermo Stábile			Chile	3–1	1930, Uruguay Group stage	1930 vs Mexico
5	22 7 1930	Guillermo Stábile			Chile	3–1	1930, Uruguay Group stage	1930 vs Mexico
6	26 7 1930	Guillermo Stábile			United States	6–1	1930, Uruguay Semi-final	1930 vs Mexico
7	26 7 1930	Guillermo Stábile			United States	6–1	1930, Uruguay Semi-final	1930 vs Mexico
8	30 7 1930	Guillermo Stábile			Uruguay	2–4	1930, Uruguay Final	1930 vs Mexico
8	19 6 1938	Leônidas			Sweden	4–2	1938, France 3rd place play-off	1934 vs Spain 1938 vs Poland, Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia, Sweden
8	13 7 1950	Ademir			Spain	6–1	1950, Brazil Final round	1950 vs Mexico, Yugoslavia, Sweden
9	13 7 1950	Ademir			Spain	6–1	1950, Brazil Final round	1950 vs Mexico, Yugoslavia, Sweden
9	27 6 1954	Sándor Kocsis			Brazil	4–2	1954, Switzerland Quarter-final	1954 vs South Korea, West Germany, Brazil
10	30 6 1954	Sándor Kocsis			Uruguay	4–2^aet	1954, Switzerland Semi-final	1954 vs South Korea, West Germany, Brazil
11	30 6 1954	Sándor Kocsis			Uruguay	4–2^aet	1954, Switzerland Semi-final	1954 vs South Korea, West Germany, Brazil
11	28 6 1958	Just Fontaine			West Germany	6–3	1958, Sweden 3rd place play-off	1958 vs Paraguay, Yugoslavia, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Brazil, West Germany
12	28 6 1958	Just Fontaine			West Germany	6–3	1958, Sweden 3rd place play-off	1958 vs Paraguay, Yugoslavia, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Brazil, West Germany
13	28 6 1958	Just Fontaine			West Germany	6–3	1958, Sweden 3rd place play-off	1958 vs Paraguay, Yugoslavia, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Brazil, West Germany
13	3 7 1974	Gerd Müller			Poland	1–0	1974, West Germany Second round	1970 vs Morocco, Bulgaria, Peru, England, Italy 1974 vs Australia, Yugoslavia
14	6 7 1974	Gerd Müller			Netherlands	2–1	1974, West Germany Final	1970 vs Morocco, Bulgaria, Peru, England, Italy 1974 vs Australia, Yugoslavia
14	22 6 2006	Ronaldo			Japan	4–1	2006, Germany Group stage	1998 vs Morocco, Chile, Netherlands 2002 vs Turkey, China, Costa Rica, Belgium, Turkey, Germany 2006 vs Japan
15	27 6 2006	Ronaldo			Ghana	3–0	2006, Germany Round of 16	1998 vs Morocco, Chile, Netherlands 2002 vs Turkey, China, Costa Rica, Belgium, Turkey, Germany 2006 vs Japan
15	21 6 2014	Miroslav Klose			Ghana	2–2	2014, Brazil Group stage	2002 vs Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Cameroon 2006 vs Costa Rica, Ecuador, Argentina 2010 vs Australia, England, Argentina
16	8 7 2014	Miroslav Klose			Brazil	7–1	2014, Brazil Semi-final	2002 vs Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Cameroon 2006 vs Costa Rica, Ecuador, Argentina 2010 vs Australia, England, Argentina

Top goalscorers for each tournament

World Cup	Player	Team	Goals scored	Matches played	Golden Boot	Other FIFA Awards
Uruguay 1930	Guillermo Stábile		8	4		Silver Ball
Italy 1934	Oldřich Nejedlý		5	4		Bronze Ball
France 1938	Leônidas		7	4		Golden Ball
Brazil 1950	Ademir		9	6		Bronze Ball
Switzerland 1954	Sándor Kocsis		11	5		Silver Ball
Sweden 1958	Just Fontaine			6		Bronze Ball
Chile 1962	Garrincha		4	6		Golden Ball
Chile 1962	Vavá		4	6
Chile 1962	Leonel Sánchez		4	6		Bronze Ball
Chile 1962	Flórián Albert		4	3		Best Young Player
Chile 1962	Valentin Ivanov		4	4
Chile 1962	Dražan Jerković		4	6
England 1966	Eusébio		9	6		Bronze Ball
Mexico 1970	Gerd Müller		10	6		Best Young Player, Bronze Ball
West Germany 1974	Grzegorz Lato		7	7
Argentina 1978	Mario Kempes		6	7		Golden Ball
Spain 1982	Paolo Rossi		6	7		Golden Ball
Mexico 1986	Gary Lineker		6	5
Italy 1990	Salvatore Schillaci		6	7		Golden Ball
United States 1994	Hristo Stoichkov		6	7		Bronze Ball
United States 1994	Oleg Salenko		6	3
France 1998	Davor Šuker		6	7		Silver Ball
South Korea & Japan 2002	Ronaldo		8	7		Silver Ball
Germany 2006	Miroslav Klose		5	7
South Africa 2010	Thomas Müller		5	6		Best Young Player
South Africa 2010	Wesley Sneijder		5	7		Bronze Boot, Silver Ball
South Africa 2010	David Villa		5	7		Silver Boot, Bronze Ball
South Africa 2010	Diego Forlán		5	7		Golden Ball
Brazil 2014	James Rodríguez		6	5
Russia 2018	Harry Kane		6	6
Qatar 2022	Kylian Mbappé		8	7		Silver Ball

Goalscorers at multiple tournaments

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to have scored in five World Cups. Four players have each scored in four tournaments, while another 35 have each scored in three.
In the table below players are listed in order of achieving their tallies.

Rank	Player	Team	Tournaments with goals	Goals scored	Matches played	Goals per match	Tournaments with goals
1	Cristiano Ronaldo			8	22		2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
2	Uwe Seeler		4	9	21		1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
2	Pelé		4	12	14		1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
2	Miroslav Klose		4		24		2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
2	Lionel Messi		4	13			2006, 2014, 2018, 2022
6	Grzegorz Lato		3	10	20		1974, 1978, 1982
6	Joe Jordan		3	4	7		1974, 1978, 1982
6	Andrzej Szarmach		3	7	13		1974, 1978, 1982
6	Dominique Rocheteau		3	4	10		1978, 1982, 1986
6	Michel Platini		3	5	14		1978, 1982, 1986
6	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge		3	9	19		1978, 1982, 1986
6	Diego Maradona		3	8	21		1982, 1986, 1994
6	Rudi Völler		3	8	15		1986, 1990, 1994
6	Lothar Matthäus		3	6	25		1986, 1990, 1994
6	Roberto Baggio		3	9	16		1990, 1994, 1998
6	Jürgen Klinsmann		3	11	17		1990, 1994, 1998
6	Gabriel Batistuta		3	10	12		1994, 1998, 2002
6	Fernando Hierro		3	5	12		1994, 1998, 2002
6	Sami Al-Jaber		3	3	9		1994, 1998, 2006
6	Raúl		3	5	11		1998, 2002, 2006
6	Henrik Larsson		3	5	13		1994, 2002, 2006
6	Ronaldo		3	15	19		1998, 2002, 2006
6	David Beckham		3	3	13		1998, 2002, 2006
6	Park Ji-sung		3	3	14		2002, 2006, 2010
6	Cuauhtémoc Blanco		3	3	11		1998, 2002, 2010
6	Robin van Persie		3	6	17		2006, 2010, 2014
6	Arjen Robben		3	6	15		2006, 2010, 2014
6	Tim Cahill		3	5	9		2006, 2010, 2014
6	Clint Dempsey		3	4	10		2006, 2010, 2014
6	Asamoah Gyan		3	6	11		2006, 2010, 2014
6	David Villa		3	9	12		2006, 2010, 2014
6	Rafael Márquez		3	3	19		2006, 2010, 2014
6	Luis Suárez		3	7	16		2010, 2014, 2018
6	Javier Hernández		3	4	12		2010, 2014, 2018
6	Keisuke Honda		3	4	10		2010, 2014, 2018
6	Edinson Cavani		3	5	17		2010, 2014, 2018
6	Xherdan Shaqiri		3	5	12		2014, 2018, 2022
6	Ivan Perišić		3	6	17		2014, 2018, 2022
6	Neymar		3	8	13		2014, 2018, 2022
6	Ángel Di María		3	3	18		2014, 2018, 2022

Top goalscorers in final matches

Player	Team	Goals scored	Finals played	Final
Kylian Mbappé		4	2	2018, 2022
Geoff Hurst		3	1	1966
Vavá		3	2	1958, 1962
Pelé		3	2	1958, 1970
Zinedine Zidane		3	2	1998, 2006
Gino Colaussi		2	1	1938
Silvio Piola		2	1	1938
Helmut Rahn		2	1	1954
Mario Kempes		2	1	1978
Paul Breitner		2	2	1974, 1982
Ronaldo		2	2	, 2002
Lionel Messi		2	2	, 2022

Bold indicates winning final
Parentheses indicates no goals scored