FIFA World Cup Top Scorers by Tournament

Last Modified Dec 24, 2021 11:02 GMT

Below is the list of the FIFA World Cup top goal scorers:

World CupPlayerCountryGoals ScoredMatches Played
Uruguay 1930Guillermo StábileArgentina84
Italy 1934Oldřich NejedlýCzechoslovakia54
France 1938LeônidasBrazil75
Brazil 1950AdemirBrazil86
Switzerland 1954Sándor KocsisHungary115
Sweden 1958Just FontaineFrance136
Chile 1962GarrinchaBrazil46
Chile 1962VaváBrazil46
Chile 1962Leonel SánchezChile46
Chile 1962Flórián AlbertHungary44
Chile 1962Valentin IvanovSoviet Union44
Chile 1962Dražan JerkovićYugoslavia46
England 1966EusébioPortugal96
Mexico 1970Gerd MüllerWest Germany106
West Germany 1974Grzegorz LatoPoland77
Argentina 1978Mario KempesArgentina67
Spain 1982Paolo RossiItaly67
Mexico 1986Gary LinekerEngland65
Italy 1990Salvatore SchillaciItaly67
United States 1994Hristo StoichkovBulgaria67
United States 1994Oleg SalenkoRussia63
France 1998Davor ŠukerCroatia67
South Korea-Japan 2002RonaldoBrazil87
Germany 2006Miroslav KloseGermany57
South Africa 2010Thomas MüllerGermany56
South Africa 2010David VillaSpain57
South Africa 2010Wesley SneijderNetherlands57
South Africa 2010Diego ForlánUruguay57
Brazil 2014James RodríguezColombia65

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