List of FIFA World Cup final goalscorers


The following is a list of goalscorers in the FIFA World Cup finals. Only goals scored during regulation or extra time are included. Any goals scored during the penalty shoot-out are excluded. As of the 2022 final, sixty-two individuals have scored the total of eighty goals in all of the finals history. Twelve players have scored multiple goals in the finals. Five players have done so via a penalty kick. Mario Mandžukić was the first player to score an own goal in a final, as well as the first to follow it up with a goal at the opponent's net. He scored the opening and closing goal of the final in 2018. Geoff Hurst and Kylian Mbappé are the only men's players to score a hat trick in a final. Only two players have scored in two consecutive FIFA World Cup finals: Vavá and Mbappé. Only two scorers, Pelé and Mbappé, have scored in a World Cup final as teenagers. Mbappé is also the only player to score multiple goals in a losing final.
ESPN featured a documentary on the 34 finals goalscorers who were alive before the 2010 final.

Players with most goals in Finals

PlayerTeamGoals scoredFinals playedFinal
Kylian Mbappé422018, 20223
Geoff Hurst3119663
Vavá3219582, 1962
Pelé3219582, 1970
Zinedine Zidane3219982, 2006
Gino Colaussi2119382
Silvio Piola2119382
Helmut Rahn2119542
Mario Kempes2119782
Paul Breitner221974, 1982
Ronaldo22, 20022
Lionel Messi22, 20222

  • Bold indicates winning final
  • Parentheses indicates no goals scored
  • 2 indicates brace scored
  • 3 indicates hat-trick scored