2014 FIFA World Cup equals record for most goals scored in tournament history

Germany’s Mario Goetze scores the 171st goal at the 2014 World Cup during the final against Argentina

When Mario Goetze scored the winner for Germany in extra time against Argentina in the World Cup final, little did he know the milestone he had helped all 32 teams achieve.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil was a goal-fest and the German forward’s goal was the 171st goal to be scored – joint top with the 1998 World Cup in France. The tournament also saw all teams get on the score sheet in at least one game.

In 20 editions of the prestigious tournament, there have been a total of 2379 goals!

The tournament that saw the least goals was the 1934 edition which saw 16 teams and only 70 goals.

The 1954 edition saw the most goals per game with 5.38 goals scored per game on average. The World Cup with the least goals per game was the 1990 World Cup which saw 2.21 goals per game.

GOALS SCORED IN EACH WORLD CUP

RANK	YEAR	TEAMS	MATCHES	GOALS	AVERAGE/GAME
1	1998	32	64	171	2.67
2	2014	32	64	171	2.67
	2002	32	64	161	2.52
4	2006	32	64	147	2.3
5	1982	24	52	146	2.81
6	2010	32	64	145	2.27
7	1994	24	52	141	2.71
8	1954	16	26	140	5.38
9	1986	24	52	132	2.54
10	1958	16	35	126	3.6
11	1990	24	52	115	2.21
12	1978	16	38	102	2.68
13	1974	16	38	97	2.55
14	1970	16	32	95	2.97
15	1962	16	32	89	2.78
	1966	16	32	89	2.78
17	1950	15	22	88	4
18	1938	15	18	84	4.67
19	1930	13	18	70	3.89
	1934	16	17	70	4.12