Top Scorer In World Cup
In the first World Cup, Guillermo Stabile was the top scorer, starting off with a hat-trick against Mexico, and then two against Chile three days later. In the semi-final against the USA he scored two more, and then scored one in the final against Uruguay. It wasn't enough however, with Argentina losing 4-2.
Here's a list of the FIFA World Cup Top Scorers' history and highlights of the most prolific players from all over the football world. As of December 2022, we have updated all the top goal scorers in the FIFA World Cup.. German stars Miroslav Klose amp Gerd Muller, Ronaldo amp Pele from Brazil, Argentina's legendary player Lionel Messi, France's young star Kylian Mbappe, and Just Fontaine
Miroslav Klose. World Cup Goals 16 World Cup Games 24 World Cup Goal Ratio 0.67 Member of Germany's World Cup squad in 2002, 2006, 2010 amp 2014 First World Cup goal scored 1-0 vs Saudi Arabia end result 8-0 in the Group stage of the 2002 World Cup in Japan amp South Korea Last World Cup goal scored 2-0 vs Brazil end result 7-1 in the Semi-Finals of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil Born
Ronaldo ranks second among players with the most goals at the World Cup, scoring fifteen, including two in the 2002 final. Among players still active at international level, Lionel Messi has the most goals at FIFA World Cups, with thirteen goals to his name, including two in the 2022 final. Gary Lineker is the top scorer for England at the World Cup, with ten goals.
Find out which player has scored the most goals in the history of the World Cup, with Miroslav Klose, Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Pele, Gerd Muller and Just Fontaine among the many greats.
Miroslav Klose, Germany - 16 goals. Miroslav Josef Klose is the top scorer in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with 16 goals in 24 appearances across four editions from 2002 to 2014.. The polish
Find out who are the top goal scorers in World Cup history and the Golden Boot winners in each edition. See the list of players with most goals in a single tournament and in World Cup history.
Lenidas hit seven goals for Brazil at the 1938 World Cup to finish as top scorer and was also on target once at the 1934 tournament, netting eight times overall in just five matches.
Whilst Ronaldo no longer holds the record as top scorer at the World Cup, his tally of 15 goals in just 19 appearances across three tournaments is rightly admired. His debut World Cup tournament came in 1998, with four goals in seven appearances across the tournament in France. His Brazil side lost 3-0 in the final to host nation France, with
At the 2006 World Cup, Ronaldo scored his 15th World Cup goal, a tournament record that was later broken by Miroslav Klose in 2014. 3. Gerd Mller. Country West Germany Goals 14 Matches 6 Tournaments 1 1970, 1974 Gerd Mller scored 10 goals at the 1970 FIFA World Cup for West Germany and won the Golden Boot as the top goalscorer.