Top 3 players who scored the most goals in a single World Cup

#3 Gerd Müller / Germany / 1970

Gerd Muller scores the winning goal past England in extra time to complete a historic comeback from 2-0 down.

Gerd Müller's historical performance in the World Cup started in México 1970. The legendary German striker opened up his illustrious World Cup career with a superb 10-goal tally for his National Team.

Müller was the third player to reach at least 10 goals in a single tournament and the last to do it, so far. Müller scored one goal in Germany's win against Morocco in the first matchday; then, he became the second player to score consecutive hat-tricks in the World Cup, after Sándor Kocsis in 1954.

Germany faced England in the quarterfinals and Müller scored the game-winning goal in the extra time to give his national team a semifinals spot. In the round of four, Müller scored once again in the extra time, but his brace was not enough to defeat Italy and advance to the championship game. Müller played 90 minutes in the match for the third place against Uruguay but was not able to equal Kocsis' 11-goal tally nor get close to Fontaine's 13 in 1958.

Müller is the only player in World Cup history to score at least ten goals in a single tournament and win the championship, although his side won the World Cup in 1974 when he scored the game-winner against the Netherlands in the final.