Below is the list of the FIFA World Cup top goal scorers:
| World Cup | Player | Country | Goals Scored | Matches Played |
| Uruguay 1930 | Guillermo Stábile | Argentina | 8 | 4 |
| Italy 1934 | Oldřich Nejedlý | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 4 |
| France 1938 | Leônidas | Brazil | 7 | 5 |
| Brazil 1950 | Ademir | Brazil | 8 | 6 |
| Switzerland 1954 | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | 11 | 5 |
| Sweden 1958 | Just Fontaine | France | 13 | 6 |
| Chile 1962 | Garrincha | Brazil | 4 | 6 |
| Chile 1962 | Vavá | Brazil | 4 | 6 |
| Chile 1962 | Leonel Sánchez | Chile | 4 | 6 |
| Chile 1962 | Flórián Albert | Hungary | 4 | 4 |
| Chile 1962 | Valentin Ivanov | Soviet Union | 4 | 4 |
| Chile 1962 | Dražan Jerković | Yugoslavia | 4 | 6 |
| England 1966 | Eusébio | Portugal | 9 | 6 |
| Mexico 1970 | Gerd Müller | West Germany | 10 | 6 |
| West Germany 1974 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 7 | 7 |
| Argentina 1978 | Mario Kempes | Argentina | 6 | 7 |
| Spain 1982 | Paolo Rossi | Italy | 6 | 7 |
| Mexico 1986 | Gary Lineker | England | 6 | 5 |
| Italy 1990 | Salvatore Schillaci | Italy | 6 | 7 |
| United States 1994 | Hristo Stoichkov | Bulgaria | 6 | 7 |
| United States 1994 | Oleg Salenko | Russia | 6 | 3 |
| France 1998 | Davor Šuker | Croatia | 6 | 7 |
| South Korea-Japan 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 8 | 7 |
| Germany 2006 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 5 | 7 |
| South Africa 2010 | Thomas Müller | Germany | 5 | 6 |
| South Africa 2010 | David Villa | Spain | 5 | 7 |
| South Africa 2010 | Wesley Sneijder | Netherlands | 5 | 7 |
| South Africa 2010 | Diego Forlán | Uruguay | 5 | 7 |
| Brazil 2014 | James Rodríguez | Colombia | 6 | 5 |
