FIFA World Cup top goalscorers

Table columns:
Rank
Player[nb 1]
Team
Goals scored
Matches played
Goals per game[nb 2]
Tournaments[nb 3]
Notes

Table rows:
cells: 1
Miroslav Klose
Germany
16
24.0
0.67
2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
list[8]
cells: 2
Ronaldo
Brazil
15
19.0
0.79
[1994], 1998, 2002, 2006
list[9]
cells: 3
Gerd Müller
West Germany
14
13.0
1.08
1970, 1974
list[10]
cells: 4
Just Fontaine
France
13
6.0
2.17
1958
list[11]
cells: 5
Pelé
Brazil
12
14.0
0.86
1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
list[12]
cells: 6
Sándor Kocsis
Hungary
11
5.0
2.20
1954
list[13]
cells: 6
Jürgen Klinsmann
Germany
17
0.65
1990, 1994, 1998
list[14]
cells: 8
Helmut Rahn
West Germany
10
10.0
1.00
1954, 1958
list[15]
cells: 8
Gary Lineker
England
12
0.83
1986, 1990
list[16]
cells: 8
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina
12
0.83
1994, 1998, 2002
list[17]
cells: 8
Teófilo Cubillas
Peru
13
0.77
1970, 1978, (1982)
list[18]
cells: 8
Thomas Müller↑
Germany
13
0.77
2010, 2014
list[19]
cells: 8
Grzegorz Lato
Poland
20
0.5
1974, 1978, 1982
list[20]
cells: 14
Eusébio
Portugal
9
6.0
1.50
1966
list[21]
cells: 14
Christian Vieri
Italy
9
1.0
1998, 2002
list[22]
cells: 14
Vavá
Brazil
10
0.9
1958, 1962
[23]
cells: 14
David Villa
Spain
12
0.75
2006, 2010, 2014
list[24]
cells: 14
Paolo Rossi
Italy
14
0.64
1978, 1982, [1986]
list[25]
cells: 14
Jairzinho
Brazil
16
0.56
1966a !(1966), 1970, 1974
list[26]
cells: 14
Roberto Baggio
Italy
16
0.56
1990, 1994, 1998
list[27]
cells: 14
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
West Germany
19
0.47
1978, 1982, 1986
list[28]
cells: 14
Uwe Seeler
West Germany
21
0.43
1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
[29]
cells: 23
Guillermo Stábile
Argentina
8
4.0
2.00
1930
[30]
cells: 23
Leônidas
Brazil
5
1.6
1934, 1938
[nb 4][32]
cells: 23
Ademir
Brazil
6
1.33
1950
[nb 5][35]
cells: 23
Óscar Míguez
Uruguay
7
1.14
1950, 1954
[36]
cells: 23
Rivaldo
Brazil
14
0.57
1998, 2002
[37]
cells: 23
Rudi Völler
Germany
15
0.53
1986, 1990, 1994
[38]
cells: 23
Diego Maradona
Argentina
21
0.38
1982, 1986, (1990), 1994
[39]
cells: 30
Oldřich Nejedlý
Czechoslovakia
7
6.0
1.17
1934, 1938
[nb 6][40]
cells: 30
Lajos Tichy
Hungary
8
0.88
1958, 1962, [1966]
[41]
cells: 30
Careca
Brazil
9
0.78
1986, 1990
[42]
cells: 30
Andrzej Szarmach
Poland
13
0.54
1974, 1978, 1982
[43]
cells: 30
Johnny Rep
Netherlands
13
0.54
1974, 1978
[44]
cells: 30
Hans Schäfer
West Germany
15
0.47
1954, 1958, (1962)
[45]
cells: 36
Josef Hügi
Switzerland
6
3.0
2.00
1954
[46]
cells: 36
Oleg Salenko
Russia
3
2.0
1994
[47]
cells: 36
Max Morlock
West Germany
5
1.2
1954
[48]
cells: 36
Erich Probst
Austria
5
1.2
1954
[49]
cells: 36
György Sárosi
Hungary
5
1.2
1934, 1938
[50]
cells: 36
James Rodríguez↑
Colombia
5
1.2
2014
[51]
cells: 36
Salvatore Schillaci
Italy
7
0.86
1990
[52]
cells: 36
Davor Šuker
Croatia
8
0.75
1990b ![1990], 1998, (2002)
[nb 7][53]
cells: 36
Helmut Haller
West Germany
9
0.67
1962a !(1962), 1966, (1970)
[54]
cells: 36
Hristo Stoichkov
Bulgaria
10
0.6
1994, (1998)
[55]
cells: 36
Diego Forlán
Uruguay
10
0.6
2002, 2010, (2014)
[56]
cells: 36
Asamoah Gyan
Ghana
11
0.55
2006, 2010, 2014
[57]
cells: 36
Dennis Bergkamp
Netherlands
12
0.5
1994, 1998
[58]
cells: 36
Rob Rensenbrink
Netherlands
13
0.46
1974, 1978
[59]
cells: 36
Cristiano Ronaldo↑
Portugal
14
0.43
2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
list[60]
cells: 36
Rivellino
Brazil
15
0.4
1970, 1974, (1978)
[61]
cells: 36
Bebeto
Brazil
15
0.4
1990a !(1990), 1994, 1998
[62]
cells: 36
Arjen Robben
Netherlands
15
0.4
2006, 2010, 2014
[63]
cells: 36
Zbigniew Boniek
Poland
16
0.37
1978, 1982, (1986)
[64]
cells: 36
Thierry Henry
France
17
0.35
1998, (2002), 2006, (2010)
[65]
cells: 36
Wesley Sneijder
Netherlands
17
0.35
2006a !(2006), 2010, 2014
[66]
cells: 36
Robin van Persie
Netherlands
17
0.35
2006, 2010, 2014
[67]
cells: 36
Mario Kempes
Argentina
18
0.33
1974a !(1974), 1978, (1982)
[68]
cells: 36
Lothar Matthäus
Germany
25
0.24
1982a !(1982), 1986, 1990, 1994, (1998)
[69]
cells: 60
Pedro Cea
Uruguay
5
4.0
1.25
1930
[70]
cells: 60
Silvio Piola
Italy
4
1.25
1938
[71]
cells: 60
Gyula Zsengellér
Hungary
4
1.25
1938
[72]
cells: 60
Peter McParland
Northern Ireland
5
1.0
1958
[73]
cells: 60
Tomáš Skuhravý
Czechoslovakia
5
1.0
1990
[74]
cells: 60
Juan Alberto Schiaffino
Uruguay
6
0.83
1950, 1954
[75]
cells: 60
Geoff Hurst
England
6
0.83
1966, 1970
[76]
cells: 60
Jon Dahl Tomasson
Denmark
6
0.83
2002, 2010
[77]
cells: 60
Alessandro Altobelli
Italy
7
0.71
1982, 1986
[78]
cells: 60
Kennet Andersson
Sweden
7
0.71
1994
[79]
cells: 60
Fernando Morientes
Spain
7
0.71
1998, 2002
[80]
cells: 60
Romário
Brazil
8
0.62
1990a !(1990), 1994
[81]
cells: 60
Marc Wilmots
Belgium
8
0.62
1990b ![1990], (1994), 1998, 2002
[82]
cells: 60
Tim Cahill↑
Australia
8
0.62
2006, 2010, 2014
[83]
cells: 60
Luis Suárez↑
Uruguay
8
0.62
2010, 2014
[84]
cells: 60
Valentin Ivanov
Soviet Union
9
0.55
1958, 1962
[85]
cells: 60
Roger Milla
Cameroon
9
0.55
1982a !(1982), 1990, 1994
[86]
cells: 60
Emilio Butragueño
Spain
9
0.55
1986, (1990)
[87]
cells: 60
Hans Krankl
Austria
10
0.5
1978, 1982
[88]
cells: 60
Raúl
Spain
11
0.45
1998, 2002, 2006
[89]
cells: 60
Gonzalo Higuaín↑
Argentina
11
0.45
2010, 2014
[90]
cells: 60
Garrincha
Brazil
12
0.42
1958a !(1958), 1962, 1966
[91]
cells: 60
Johan Neeskens
Netherlands
12
0.42
1974, (1978)
[92]
cells: 60
Fernando Hierro
Spain
12
0.42
1990b ![1990], 1994, 1998, 2002
[93]
cells: 60
Zinedine Zidane
France
12
0.42
1998, (2002), 2006
[94]
cells: 60
Landon Donovan
United States
12
0.42
2002, (2006), 2010
[95]
cells: 60
Henrik Larsson
Sweden
13
0.38
1994, 2002, 2006
[96]
cells: 60
Michel Platini
France
14
0.36
1978, 1982, 1986
[97]
cells: 60
Zico
Brazil
14
0.36
1978, 1982, (1986)
[98]
cells: 60
Lionel Messi↑
Argentina
14
0.36
2006, (2010), 2014
[99]
cells: 60
Lukas Podolski
Germany
15
0.33
2006, 2010, (2014)
[100]
cells: 60
Franz Beckenbauer
West Germany
18
0.28
1966, 1970, (1974)
[101]

Questions about this table:
originalText: who is the leading goal scorer in world cup history
answer: answerTexts: Miroslav Klose