# List of European players with the most matches and goals at major tournaments

A total of 4,755 European football players have played at least one match across the 22 final tournaments of the men's FIFA World Cup and 17 final tournaments of the men's UEFA European Championship.
| Matches | ≥ 50 | 40–50 | 35–39 | 30–34 | 25–29 | 20–24 | 15–19 | 10–14 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Total |
| No. of players | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 75 | 139 | 410 | 118 | 168 | 200 | 309 | 354 | 499 | 809 | 773 | 850 | 4,755 |
A total of 2,557 goals have been scored by European players in matches at these tournaments, not counting penalties scored during shoot-outs. These goals were scored by 1,169 different individuals, of whom 24 have scored ten or more.
| Goals | ≥ 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Total |
| Nos. of players | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 26 | 63 | 115 | 226 | 655 | 1,169 |

## Overall top goalscorers

Table key :
| Bold | Denotes player 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 |
Players with at least 10 goals at World Cup and Euro tournaments :
| Rank | Player | Team | Total goals | Total matches | Total ratio | Goals (World Cup) | Goals (Euro) | Tournaments |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 22 | 52 | 0.42 | 8 | 14 | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, (2024) |
| 2 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 19 | 37 | 0.51 | 16 | 3 | 2002, (2004), 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 |
| 3 | Gerd Müller | West Germany | 18 | 15 | 1.20 | 14 | 4 | 1970, 1972, 1974 |
| 4 | Jürgen Klinsmann | West Germany Germany | 16 | 30 | 0.53 | 11 | 5 | 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 |
| 5 | Harry Kane | England | 15 | 28 | 0.54 | 8 | 7 | (2016), 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 6 | Michel Platini | France | 14 | 19 | 0.74 | 5 | 9 | 1978, 1982, 1984, 1986 |
| 7 | David Villa | Spain | 13 | 16 | 0.81 | 9 | 4 | 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014 |
| 7 | Just Fontaine | France | 13 | 6 | 2.17 | 13 | 0 | 1958, [1960] |
| 7 | Kylian Mbappé | France | 13 | 23 | 0.57 | 12 | 1 | 2018, (2020), 2022, 2024 |
| 10 | Rudi Völler | West Germany Germany | 12 | 23 | 0.52 | 8 | 4 | 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, (1992), 1994 |
| 10 | Thierry Henry | France | 12 | 28 | 0.43 | 6 | 6 | 1998, 2000, (2002), 2004, 2006, 2008, (2010) |
| 12 | Antoine Griezmann | France | 11 | 36 | 0.31 | 4 | 7 | (2014), 2016, 2018, 2020, (2022), (2024) |
| 12 | Romelu Lukaku | Belgium | 11 | 26 | 0.42 | 5 | 6 | 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, (2022), (2024) |
| 12 | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | 11 | 5 | 2.20 | 11 | 0 | 1954 |
| 15 | Álvaro Morata | Spain | 10 | 20 | 0.50 | 3 | 7 | 2016, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 15 | Dennis Bergkamp | Netherlands | 10 | 25 | 0.40 | 6 | 4 | 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, (2000) |
| 15 | Gary Lineker | England | 10 | 18 | 0.56 | 10 | 0 | 1986, (1988), 1990, (1992) |
| 15 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 10 | 20 | 0.50 | 10 | 0 | 1974, 1978, 1982 |
| 15 | Helmut Rahn | West Germany | 10 | 10 | 1.00 | 10 | 0 | 1954, 1958 |
| 15 | Ivan Perišić | Croatia | 10 | 30 | 0.33 | 6 | 4 | (2012), 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, (2024) |
| 15 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | West Germany | 10 | 26 | 0.38 | 9 | 1 | 1978, 1980, 1982, (1984), 1986 |
| 15 | Thomas Müller | Germany | 10 | 36 | 0.28 | 10 | 0 | 2010, (2012), 2014, (2016), (2018), (2020), (2022), (2024) |
| 15 | Xherdan Shaqiri | Switzerland | 10 | 23 | 0.43 | 5 | 5 | (2010), 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 15 | Zinedine Zidane | France | 10 | 26 | 0.38 | 5 | 5 | (1996), 1998, 2000, (2002), 2004, 2006 |

## Most matches played

Table key :
| Bold | Denotes player still active at international level |
| [ ] | Denotes tournaments where the player was part of the squad, but did not play in a match |
Players with at least 30 matches at World Cup and Euro tournaments :
| Rank | Player | Team | Total matches | Matches (World Cup) | Matches (Euro) | Tournaments |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 52 | 22 | 30 | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 2 | Manuel Neuer | Germany | 39 | 19 | 20 | 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 3 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | Germany | 38 | 20 | 18 | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 |
| 4 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 37 | 24 | 13 | 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 |
| 5 | Lothar Matthäus | Germany | 36 | 25 | 11 | 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2000 |
| 5 | Thomas Müller | Germany | 36 | 19 | 17 | 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 5 | Antoine Griezmann | France | 36 | 19 | 17 | 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 5 | Paolo Maldini | Italy | 36 | 23 | 13 | 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 |
| 9 | Hugo Lloris | France | 35 | 20 | 15 | 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 |
| 9 | Luka Modrić | Croatia | 35 | 19 | 16 | 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 9 | Pepe | Portugal | 35 | 12 | 23 | 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 12 | Philipp Lahm | Germany | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 |
| 13 | Toni Kroos | Germany | 33 | 14 | 19 | 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024 |
| 13 | Olivier Giroud | France | 33 | 18 | 15 | 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 15 | Lilian Thuram | France | 32 | 16 | 16 | 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 |
| 15 | Sergio Ramos | Spain | 32 | 17 | 15 | 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| 17 | Gianluigi Buffon | Italy | 31 | 14 | 17 | [2002], 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 |
| 17 | Sergio Busquets | Spain | 31 | 17 | 14 | 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 |
| 17 | Iker Casillas | Spain | 31 | 17 | 14 | [2000], 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, [2016] |
| 20 | Jürgen Klinsmann | West Germany Germany | 30 | 17 | 13 | 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 |
| 20 | Ivan Perišić | Croatia | 30 | 17 | 13 | 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
| 20 | Andrés Iniesta | Spain | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 |