Top 5 goalscorers in World Cup history

#4 Just Fontaine / 1958

Soccer World Cup : The French Players Douis, Lerond, Fontaine And Vincent 1958 — World Cup: French Players Yvon Douis, André Lerond, Just Fontaine And Jean Vincent 1958

France's Just Fontaine is one of two players who played in just one World Cup and scored at least 11 goals, along with Hungarian Sándor Kocsis.

Fontaine was the best player for France in their third-place finish in the 1958 World Cup, a stage where he established the record for most goals in a single tournament with 13 goals (in six games), which were his final stats in the World Cup.

Fontaine holds the best goals-per-game ratio among the players in this list with 2.17. His goal ratio ranks second in World Cup history, behind Kocsis' 2.20 (11 goals in 5 games).

The French striker held the record for most goals in the tournament from June 28, 1958, to July 3, 1974, when Gerd Müller took his place.

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