Total goals scored in all FIFA World Cups from 1930 to 2010

The France National Team scored 15 goals in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the highest in that tournament.

The FIFA World Cup is one of those tournaments where the real ability of goalscorers are put to test, and since the inception of the tournament, a staggering number of 2208 goals have been scored leaving out the ongoing tournament.

The 1998 World Cup oversaw the highest number of goals scored by all the nations, with France topping the goal-scoring charts with 15 goals.

On the other hand, the 1954 FIFA World Cup had the highest goals per game average as only 16 teams participated that year with Hungary alone scoring 27 goals.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup has already seen 145 goals being scored, as we are still only halfway through the round of 16 matches. This number matches the total number of goals scored in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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