FIFA World Cup top goalscorers
Overall top goalscorers

FIFA World Cup top goalscorers

Section Title: Overall top goalscorers
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Player	Team	Goals scored	Matches played	Goals per game	Tournaments	Notes

1	Miroslav Klose♦	Germany	16	24	0.67	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	list

2	Ronaldo♦	Brazil	15	19	0.79	[1994], 1998, 2002, 2006	list

3	Gerd Müller	West Germany	14	13	1.08	1970, 1974	list

4	Just Fontaine♦	France	13	6	2.17	1958	list

5	Pelé	Brazil	12	14	0.86	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970	list

6	Sándor Kocsis♦	Hungary	11	5	2.20	1954	list

Jürgen Klinsmann	West Germany Germany	17	0.65	1990, 1994, 1998	list

8	Helmut Rahn	West Germany	10	10	1.00	1954, 1958	list

Gary Lineker♦	England	12	0.83	1986, 1990	list

Gabriel Batistuta♦	Argentina	12	0.83	1994, 1998, 2002	list

Teófilo Cubillas♦	Peru	13	0.77	1970, 1978, (1982)	list

Thomas Müller#	Germany	16	0.63	2010, 2014, (2018)	list

Grzegorz Lato♦	Poland	20	0.50	1974, 1978, 1982	list

14	Eusébio♦	Portugal	9	6	1.50	1966	list

Christian Vieri♦	Italy	1.00	1998, 2002	list

Vavá	Brazil	10	0.90	1958, 1962

David Villa♦	Spain	12	0.75	2006, 2010, 2014	list

Paolo Rossi♦	Italy	0.64	1978, 1982, [1986]	list

Jairzinho	Brazil	16	0.56	(1966), 1970, 1974	list

Roberto Baggio♦	Italy	16	0.56	1990, 1994, 1998	list

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	West Germany	19	0.47	1978, 1982, 1986	list

Uwe Seeler	West Germany	21	0.43	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970

23	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina	8	4	2.00	1930	list

Leônidas	Brazil	5	1.60	1934, 1938	list

Ademir	Brazil	6	1.33	1950	list

Óscar Míguez♦	Uruguay	7	1.14	1950, 1954

Rivaldo	Brazil	14	0.57	1998, 2002	list

Rudi Völler	West Germany Germany	15	0.53	1986, 1990, 1994	list

Diego Maradona	Argentina	21	0.38	1982, 1986, (1990), 1994	list

30	Oldřich Nejedlý♦	Czechoslovakia	7	6	1.17	1934, 1938

Lajos Tichy	Hungary	8	0.88	1958, 1962, [1966]	list

Careca	Brazil	9	0.78	1986, 1990

Johnny Rep♦	Netherlands	13	0.54	1974, 1978

Andrzej Szarmach	Poland	13	0.54	1974, 1978, 1982

Luis Suárez#	Uruguay	13	0.54	2010, 2014, 2018	list

Hans Schäfer	West Germany	15	0.47	1954, 1958, (1962)

Cristiano Ronaldo#	Portugal	17	0.41	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018	list

38	Josef Hügi♦	Switzerland	6	3	2.00	1954

Oleg Salenko♦	Russia	3	2.00	1994	list

György Sárosi	Hungary	5	1.20	1934, 1938

Max Morlock	West Germany	5	1.20	1954

Erich Probst♦	Austria	5	1.20	1954

Harry Kane#	England	1.00	2018	list

Salvatore Schillaci	Italy	7	0.86	1990	list

Davor Šuker♦	Yugoslavia Croatia	8	0.75	[1990], 1998, (2002)	list

James Rodríguez♦#	Colombia	8	0.75	2014, (2018)	list

Helmut Haller	West Germany	9	0.67	(1962), 1966, (1970)

Hristo Stoichkov♦	Bulgaria	10	0.60	1994, (1998)	list

Diego Forlán	Uruguay	10	0.60	2002, 2010, (2014)	list

Neymar#	Brazil	10	0.60	2014, 2018	list

Asamoah Gyan♦	Ghana	11	0.55	2006, 2010, 2014	list

Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	12	0.50	1994, 1998	list

Rob Rensenbrink	Netherlands	13	0.46	1974, 1978

Rivellino	Brazil	15	0.40	1970, 1974, (1978)

Bebeto	Brazil	15	0.40	(1990), 1994, 1998	list

Arjen Robben	Netherlands	15	0.40	2006, 2010, 2014	list

Zbigniew Boniek	Poland	16	0.38	1978, 1982, (1986)	list

Thierry Henry	France	17	0.35	1998, (2002), 2006, (2010)	list

Wesley Sneijder	Netherlands	17	0.35	(2006), 2010, 2014	list

Robin van Persie	Netherlands	17	0.35	2006, 2010, 2014	list

Mario Kempes	Argentina	18	0.33	(1974), 1978, (1982)	list

Lionel Messi#	Argentina	19	0.32	2006, (2010), 2014, 2018	list

Lothar Matthäus	West Germany Germany	25	0.24	(1982), 1986, 1990, 1994, (1998)

64	Pedro Cea	Uruguay	5	4	1.25	1930	list

Silvio Piola	Italy	4	1.25	1938

Gyula Zsengellér	Hungary	4	1.25	1938

Peter McParland♦	Northern Ireland	1.00	1958	list

Tomáš Skuhravý	Czechoslovakia	1.00	1990

Juan Alberto Schiaffino	Uruguay	6	0.83	1950, 1954

Geoff Hurst	England	6	0.83	1966, 1970	list

Jon Dahl Tomasson♦	Denmark	6	0.83	2002, 2010	list

Alessandro Altobelli	Italy	7	0.71	1982, 1986

Kennet Andersson♦	Sweden	7	0.71	1994	list

Fernando Morientes	Spain	7	0.71	1998, 2002	list

Romário	Brazil	8	0.63	(1990), 1994	list

Marc Wilmots♦	Belgium	8	0.63	[1990], (1994), 1998, 2002	list

Mario Mandžukić	Croatia	8	0.63	2014, 2018	list

Valentin Ivanov	Soviet Union	9	0.56	1958, 1962	list

Emilio Butragueño	Spain	9	0.56	1986, (1990)	list

Roger Milla♦	Cameroon	9	0.56	(1982), 1990, 1994

Tim Cahill♦	Australia	9	0.56	2006, 2010, 2014, (2018)	list

Hans Krankl	Austria	10	0.50	1978, 1982	list

Romelu Lukaku♦#	Belgium	10	0.50	2014, 2018	list

Ivan Perišić#	Croatia	10	0.50	2014, 2018	list

Raúl	Spain	11	0.45	1998, 2002, 2006	list

Garrincha	Brazil	12	0.42	(1958), 1962, 1966

Johan Neeskens	Netherlands	12	0.42	1974, (1978)

Fernando Hierro	Spain	12	0.42	[1990], 1994, 1998, 2002	list

Zinedine Zidane	France	12	0.42	1998, (2002), 2006

Landon Donovan♦	United States	12	0.42	2002, (2006), 2010	list

Henrik Larsson♦	Sweden	13	0.38	1994, 2002, 2006	list

Michel Platini	France	14	0.36	1978, 1982, 1986

Zico	Brazil	14	0.36	1978, 1982, (1986)

Gonzalo Higuaín#	Argentina	14	0.36	2010, 2014, (2018)	list

Edinson Cavani#	Uruguay	14	0.36	2010, 2014, 2018	list

Lukas Podolski	Germany	15	0.33	2006, 2010, (2014)	list

Franz Beckenbauer	West Germany	18	0.28	1966, 1970, (1974)	list

Sentence(s)

The top goalscorers of FIFA World Cup were Kocsis (1954) with 11 goals, Portugal's Eusébio (1966) with 9, and Müller (1970).

final_sentence: The top goalscorers of FIFA World Cup were Kocsis (1954) with 11 goals, Portugal's Eusébio (1966) with 9, and Müller (1970).