FIFA World Cup goalscorers

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This article lists every country's goalscorers in FIFA World Cup finals matches.

The scorers of many goals in FIFA World Cup history are disputed. For details, consult FIFA World Cup, goals with disputed scorers. For recent tournaments, official FIFA match reports are taken as truth. In earlier tournaments, FIFA match reports are known to be inaccurate, so Cris Freddi's book Complete Book of the World Cup 2006 is used as the most authentic known publication.

For a list of goalscorers with at least five goals, see FIFA World Cup records#List of overall top goalscorers.

1 Algeria
2 Angola
3 Argentina
4 Australia
5 Austria
6 Belgium
7 Bolivia
8 Brazil
9 Bulgaria
10 Cameroon
11 Canada
12 Chile
13 China PR
14 Colombia
15 Congo DR
16 Costa Rica
17 Côte d'Ivoire
18 Croatia
19 Cuba
20 Czech Republic
21 Czechoslovakia
22 Denmark
23 East Germany
24 Ecuador
25 Egypt
26 El Salvador
27 England
28 France
29 Germany
30 Ghana
31 Greece
32 Haiti
33 Honduras
34 Hungary
35 Indonesia
36 Iran
37 Iraq
38 Israel
39 Italy
40 Jamaica
41 Japan
42 Korea DPR (North Korea)
43 Korea Republic (South Korea)
44 Kuwait
45 Mexico
46 Morocco
47 Netherlands
48 New Zealand
49 Nigeria
50 Northern Ireland
51 Norway
52 Paraguay
53 Peru
54 Poland
55 Portugal
56 Republic of Ireland
57 Romania
58 Russia
59 Saudi Arabia
60 Scotland
61 Senegal
62 Serbia
63 Slovenia
64 South Africa
65 Spain
66 Sweden
67 Switzerland
68 Togo
69 Trinidad and Tobago
70 Tunisia
71 Turkey
72 Ukraine
73 United Arab Emirates
74 Uruguay
75 USA
76 USSR
77 Wales
78 Yugoslavia
79 Trivia
80 See also

[edit] Algeria

2 goals

Salah Assad

1 goal

[edit] Angola

1 goal

Flávio Amado da Silva

[edit] Argentina

10 goals

Gabriel Batistuta
- Batistuta is the only player to score a hat-trick in two World Cups, against Greece in 1994 and against Jamaica in 1998.

8 goals

Diego Maradona
Guillermo Stábile
- Stábile was top scorer in 1930, scoring eight goals.

6 goals

Mario Kempes
- Kempes was top scorer in 1978, scoring six goals.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Roberto Perfumo (for Italy)
Antonio Roma (for Spain)

[edit] Australia

2 goals

Tim Cahill

1 goal

Own goals

Colin Curran (for East Germany)

[edit] Austria

6 goals

Erich Probst

5 goals

Hans Krankl

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Belgium

5 goals

Marc Wilmots

4 goals

Jan Ceulemans

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Bolivia

1 goal

Erwin Sánchez

[edit] Brazil

15 goals

Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima
- Ronaldo is the FIFA World Cup's all-time record goal-scorer, though some sources dispute his claim to the second goal against Costa Rica in 2002.
- Ronaldo was top scorer in 2002, scoring eight goals.

12 goals

Pelé, Edson Arantes do Nascimento

9 goals

Jairzinho, Jair Ventura Filho
- Jairzinho is the only player to score in every game played at a World Cup, including the final, in 1970.
Vavá, Edvaldo Izidio Neto
- Vavá was joint top scorer in 1962, scoring four goals.

8 goals

Ademir Marques de Menezes
- Ademir was top scorer in 1950, scoring eight goals.
Leônidas da Silva
- Leônidas was top scorer in 1938, scoring seven goals.
Rivaldo, Vitor Borba Devid Ferreira

7 goals

Careca, Antônio de Oliveira Filho

6 goals

5 goals

Garrincha, Manoel Francisco dos Santos
- Garrincha was joint top scorer in 1962, scoring four goals.
Romário de Souza Faria
Zico, Arthur Antunes Coimbra

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Bulgaria

6 goals

Hristo Stoichkov
- Stoichkov was joint top scorer in 1994, scoring six goals.

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Ivan Davidov (for Hungary)
Ivan Vutsov (for Portugal)

[edit] Cameroon

5 goals

Roger Milla
- Milla is the oldest player to score in a World Cup. He broke his own record (achieved in Italy 1990) when scoring against Russia in USA 1994. He is also the oldest player to ever participate in a World Cup.

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Canada

Competed in 1986, but failed to score a goal.

[edit] Chile

4 goals

Marcelo Salas
Leonel Sánchez
- Sánchez was joint top scorer in 1962, scoring four goals.

3 goals

Atilio Cremaschi

2 goals

Rubén Marcos
Jaime Ramírez
Carlos Rojas
Jorge Toro
Carlos Vidal

1 goal

[edit] China PR

Competed in 2002, but failed to score a goal.

[edit] Colombia

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Andrés Escobar (for USA)

[edit] Congo DR

Competed as Zaire in 1974, but failed to score a goal.

[edit] Costa Rica

3 goals

1 goal

[edit] Côte d'Ivoire

2 goals

Aruna Dindane

1 goal

[edit] Croatia

6 goals

Davor Šuker
- Šuker was top scorer in 1998, scoring six goals.

2 goals

Robert Prosinečki
- Prosinečki also scored a goal for Yugoslavia (SFR). He is the only player to score World Cup goals for two countries.

1 goal

[edit] Cuba

3 goals

Héctor Socorro

1 goal

Tomás Fernández
José Antonio Magriña

[edit] Czech Republic

See Czechoslovakia for 1930-1994.

2 goals

Tomáš Rosický

1 goal

Jan Koller

[edit] Czechoslovakia

1930-1994. Czech Republic for 1998-present.

7 goals

Oldřich Nejedlý
- Nejedlý was top scorer in 1934, scoring five goals..

5 goals

Tomáš Skuhravý

4 goals

Zdeněk Zikán

3 goals

Adolf Scherer

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Jozef Barmoš (for England)

[edit] Denmark

4 goals

3 goals

Jesper Olsen

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] East Germany

2 goals

Joachim Streich

1 goal

[edit] Ecuador

3 goals

Agustín Delgado

2 goals

Carlos Tenorio

1 goal

[edit] Egypt

2 goals

Abdel Fawzi

1 goal

Magdi Abdelghani

[edit] El Salvador

1 goal

Luis Ramírez

[edit] England

10 goals

Gary Lineker
- Lineker was top scorer in 1986 with six goals.

5 goals

Geoff Hurst
- Hurst is the only player to score three goals in a final, in 1966.

4 goals

3 goals

David Beckham
- Beckham is the only English player to score in three separate World Cups, in 1998, 2002, 2006
Roger Hunt
Nat Lofthouse
David Platt

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Jimmy Dickinson (for Belgium)

[edit] France

13 goals

Just Fontaine
- Fontaine was top scorer in 1958, scoring thirteen goals, a record for one tournament.

6 goals

Thierry Henry

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

André Maschinot
Jean-Pierre Papin
Emmanuel Petit
- Petit scored the last World Cup goal of the 20th century, against Brazil in the 1998 Final.
Didier Six
Yannick Stopyra
Lilian Thuram
Patrick Vieira
Jean Vincent
Maryan Wisnieski

1 goal

Manuel Amoros
Marc Berdoll
Laurent Blanc
- Blanc scored the first World Cup golden goal, in 1998.
Maxime Bossis
Alain Couriol
Héctor De Bourgoing
Youri Djorkaeff
Yvon Douis
Christophe Dugarry
Luis Fernández
Jean-Marc Ferreri
René Girard
Gérard Hausser
Oscar Heisserer
Bernard Lacombe
Marcel Langiller
Lucien Laurent
- Laurent scored the first World Cup goal, against Mexico in 1930.
Bixente Lizarazu
Christian Lopez
Franck Ribéry
Gérard Soler
Jean Tigana
Marius Trésor
David Trézéguet
Émile Veinante
Georges Verriest

[edit] Germany

Competed as West Germany during 1954-1990. Also see East Germany.

14 goals

Gerd Müller
- Müller was top scorer in 1970, scoring ten goals.

11 goals

Jürgen Klinsmann

10 goals

Miroslav Klose
- Klose was top scorer in 2006, scoring five goals.
Helmut Rahn

9 goals

8 goals

Rudi Völler

7 goals

Hans Schäfer

6 goals

5 goals

Franz Beckenbauer

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Berti Vogts (for Austria)

[edit] Ghana

1 goal

[edit] Greece

Competed in 1994, but failed to score a goal.

[edit] Haiti

2 goals

Manno Sanon

[edit] Honduras

1 goal

Antonio Laing
Héctor Zelaya

[edit] Hungary

11 goals

Sándor Kocsis
- Kocsis was top scorer in 1954, scoring eleven goals.

7 goals

Lajos Tichy

6 goals

György Sárosi

5 goals

Gyula Zsengellér

4 goals

Flórián Albert
- Albert was joint top scorer in 1962, scoring four goals.
Ferenc Bene
Nándor Hidegkuti
Ferenc Puskás

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Indonesia

Competed as Dutch East Indies in 1938, but failed to score a goal.

[edit] Iran

1 goal

Own goals

Andranik Eskandarian (for Scotland)

[edit] Iraq

1 goal

Ahmed Radhi

[edit] Israel

1 goal

Mordechai Spiegler

[edit] Italy

9 goals

Roberto Baggio
Paolo Rossi
- Rossi was top scorer in 1982, scoring six goals.
Christian Vieri

6 goals

Toto Schillaci
- Schillaci was top scorer in 1990, scoring six goals.

5 goals

4 goals

Gino Colaussi
Angelo Schiavio
- Schiavio was recognized by FIFA as joint top scorer in 1934, scoring four goals. However, some sources (including the one used here) consider Czechoslovakia's Oldřich Nejedlý as the outright top scorer, scoring five goals.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Cristian Zaccardo (for USA)

[edit] Jamaica

2 goals

Theodore Whitmore

1 goal

Robbie Earle

[edit] Japan

2 goals

Junichi Inamoto

1 goal

[edit] Korea DPR (North Korea)

2 goals

Pak Seung-Zin

1 goal

Lee Dong-Woon
Pak Doo-Ik
Yang Sung-Kook

[edit] Korea Republic (South Korea)

3 goals

Ahn Jung-Hwan

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Cho Kwang-Rae (for Italy)

[edit] Kuwait

1 goal

[edit] Mexico

4 goals

Luis Hernández

2 goals

Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Jared Borgetti
Omar Bravo
Alberto García Aspe
Luis García
Ricardo Peláez
Fernando Quirarte
Manuel Rosas
- Rosas scored the first goal from a penalty kick in the World Cup, against Argentina in 1930.
Javier Valdivia

1 goal

Own goals

Raúl Cárdenas (for France)
Javier Guzmán (for Italy)
Jared Borgetti (for Argentina)

[edit] Morocco

2 goals

1 goal

Mohammed Chaouch
Mouhoub Ghazouani
Mustapha Hadji
Mohammed Houmane
Abdelkrim Merry Krimau
Hassan Nader

Own goals

Youssef Chippo (for Norway)

[edit] Netherlands

7 goals

Johnny Rep

6 goals

5 goals

Johan Neeskens

3 goals

Johan Cruijff

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Ernie Brandts (for Italy)
Ruud Krol (for Bulgaria)

[edit] New Zealand

1 goal

[edit] Nigeria

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Northern Ireland

5 goals

Peter McParland

3 goals

Gerry Armstrong

2 goals

Billy Hamilton

1 goal

[edit] Norway

2 goals

Kjetil Rekdal

1 goal

[edit] Paraguay

3 goals

Nelson Cuevas

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Carlos Gamarra (for England)

[edit] Peru

10 goals

Teófilo Cubillas

2 goals

Alberto Gallardo

1 goal

[edit] Poland

10 goals

Grzegorz Lato
- Lato was top scorer in 1974, scoring seven goals.

7 goals

Andrzej Szarmach

6 goals

Zbigniew Boniek

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Portugal

9 goals

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira
- Eusébio was top scorer in 1966, scoring nine goals.

4 goals

Pauleta, Pedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes

3 goals

2 goals

Maniche, Nuno Ricardo Oliveira Ribeiro

1 goal

Own goals

Jorge Costa (for USA)
Petit, Armando Gonçalves Teixeira (for Germany)

[edit] Republic of Ireland

3 goals

Robbie Keane

1 goal

[edit] Romania

4 goals

Florin Răducioiu

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Russia

See USSR for 1930-1990.

6 goals

Oleg Salenko
- Salenko was joint top scorer in 1994, scoring six goals. Five of them came in one match against Cameroon, a World Cup record.

1 goal

[edit] Saudi Arabia

3 goals

Sami Al-Jaber

2 goals

Fuad Amin

1 goal

[edit] Scotland

4 goals

Joe Jordan

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Tom Boyd (for Brazil)

[edit] Senegal

3 goals

Papa Bouba Diop
- Diop scored the first World Cup goal of the 21st century, against France on 31 May 2002.

2 goals

Henri Camara

1 goal

[edit] Serbia

Competed as Yugoslavia (FR) in 1998 and Serbia and Montenegro in 2006. See Yugoslavia (SFR) for 1930-1990.

2 goals

Slobodan Komljenović

1 goal

Saša Ilić
Siniša Mihajlović
Predrag Mijatović
Dragan Stojković
- Stojković also scored two goals for Yugoslavia (SFR).
Nikola Žigić

Own goals

Siniša Mihajlović (for Germany)

[edit] Slovenia

1 goal

[edit] South Africa

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Pierre Issa (for France)

[edit] Spain

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Carles Puyol (for Paraguay)

[edit] Sweden

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

Harry Andersson
Sven Jonasson
Arne Nyberg
Karl-Erik Palmér
Stig Sundqvist
Gustav Wetterström

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Switzerland

6 goals

Josef Hügi

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Ernst Lörtscher (for Germany)

[edit] Togo

1 goal

Mohamed Kader

[edit] Trinidad and Tobago

Competed in 2006, but failed to score a goal.

Own goals

Brent Sancho (for Paraguay)

[edit] Tunisia

1 goal

Raouf Bouzaiene
Mokhtar Dhouib
Néjib Ghommidh
Radhi Jaïdi
Ziad Jaziri
Ali Kaabi
Jawhar Mnari
Skander Souayah

[edit] Turkey

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Bülent Korkmaz
Emre Belözoğlu
Erol Keskin
Hakan Şükür
- Hakan Şükür scored the fastest goal in FIFA World Cup history after 11 seconds against South Korea in 2002.
Mustafa Ertan

[edit] Ukraine

2 goals

Andriy Shevchenko

1 goal

[edit] United Arab Emirates

1 goal

[edit] Uruguay

8 goals

Oscar Míguez

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Luis Cruz (for Austria)

[edit] USA

4 goals

Bert Patenaude
- Patenaude scored the first World Cup hat-trick, against Paraguay in 1930.

3 goals

Brian McBride

2 goals

Landon Donovan

1 goal

Own goals

Jeff Agoos (for Portugal)

[edit] USSR

1930-1990. See Russia for 1994-present.

4 goals

Igor Belanov
Anatoliy Byshovets
Igor Chislenko
Valentin Ivanov
- Ivanov was joint top scorer in 1962, scoring four goals.
Valeriy Porkujan

3 goals

Eduard Malofeyev

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Wales

2 goals

Ivor Allchurch

1 goal

[edit] Yugoslavia

1930-1990 as Yugoslavia (SFR). See Serbia (Yugoslavia (FR), Serbia and Montenegro) for 1994-present.

4 goals

Dražan Jerković
- Jerković was joint top scorer in 1962, scoring four goals.

3 goals

2 goals

Željko Čajkovski
Davor Jozić
Stanislav Karasi
Darko Pančev
Aleksandar Petaković
Dragan Stojković
- Stojković also scored a goal for Yugoslavia (FR).
Ivica Šurjak
Kosta Tomašević
Đorđe Vujadinović

1 goal

Stjepan Bobek
Vladislav Bogićević
Dragan Džajić
Ivan Gudelj
Josip Katalinski
Blagoje Marjanović
Vojislav Melić
Miloš Milutinović
Rajko Mitić
Branko Oblak
Tihomir Ognjanov
Radivoje Ognjanović
Ilija Petković
Vladimir Petrović
Robert Prosinečki
- Prosinečki also scored two goals for Croatia. He is the only player to score World Cup goals for two countries.
Petar Radaković
Zdravko Rajkov
Josip Skoblar
Safet Sušić
Aleksandar Tirnanić
Branko Zebec

Own goals

Ivan Horvat (for Germany)

[edit] Trivia

Ronaldo became the World Cup's all-time leading goalscorer on 27th June 2006, scoring his 15th against Ghana in Round 2, surpassing Gerd Müller, who has scored 14 goals.
The 1954 World Cup had the highest goal-scoring rate of 5.38 per match. 1990 had the lowest, just 2.21 goals per match. 1998 had the highest goal total of 171.
The adidas Golden Shoe is awarded to the top goalscorer of each World Cup. The most recent winner was Germany's Miroslav Klose, who scored five goals in 2006. Klose also scored five in 2002, but was eclipsed by Ronaldo's eight, the highest total since Gerd Müller's ten in 1970.
The 1000th goal in FIFA World Cup finals history was scored by Rob Rensenbrink for Netherlands in 1978 against Scotland; the 2000th by Marcus Allbäck for Sweden against England in 2006. There have been 2,063 goals scored to date (not including penalty shoot-outs). See FIFA World Cup milestone goals.
Germany have the most players in double figures with four; Gerd Müller (14 goals), Jürgen Klinsmann (11), Miroslav Klose (10) and Helmut Rahn (10).
Four players have scored a goal in two Finals; Brazil's Pelé and Vavá, West Germany's Paul Breitner and France's Zinedine Zidane. The record for goals in World Cup Finals is three, shared by Pelé, Vavá, Zidane, and England's Geoff Hurst, who scored a hat-trick in the Final of 1966.
Four players have scored two hat-tricks: Sándor Kocsis (Hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine (France, 1958), Gerd Müller (West Germany, 1970), and Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina, 1994 and 1998). Batistuta is the only player to score hat-tricks in two World Cups. See FIFA World Cup hat-tricks for a complete list of players who have scored hat-tricks in the FIFA World Cup.
Only three players scored in every match while playing the maximum possible amount of matches: Alcides Ghiggia for Uruguay in 1950, Just Fontaine for France in 1958, and Jairzinho for Brazil in 1970. Ghiggia only played in four matches, as two teams from Uruguay's group withdrew from the competition, and the tournament also did not have a final match (instead there was a final group stage). Fontaine played in six matches, but France did not reach the final and played in the third-place playoff instead. Jairzinho played in six matches, including Brazil's final victory over Italy.
There exists much debate as to the greatest goal in World Cup history. Most 'lists' tend to opt for either Diego Maradona's second for Argentina against England in 1986, or Carlos Alberto Torres' for Brazil against Italy in the 1970 Final.
To date there are only two British Players who have scored in 3 World Cups, these being Joe Jordan (West Germany 1974, Argentina 1978, and Spain 1982) and David Beckham (France 1998, Japan & South Korea 2002, and Germany 2006).

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