Overall top goalscorers

Ronaldo ranks second among players with the most goals, scoring 15, including two in the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final.

Among players still active at international level, Lionel Messi has the most goals at FIFA World Cups, with 13 goals to his name, including two in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final.

Gary Lineker is the top goalscorer for England with ten

Grzegorz Lato (left) during the 1974 World Cup became the top goalscorer of Poland with ten

Teófilo Cubillas is the top goalscorer for Peru with ten

Eusébio holds the record for most goals in the history of the World Cup for Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo with 8 goals is the only male player to score in five World Cup tournaments group stages

Asamoah Gyan, with six goals for Ghana, is the only player outside of Europe or South America to score more than five goals at the World Cup

Players with at least 5 goals at the FIFA World Cup tournaments^[5][7][8]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals scored	Matches played	Goals per match [nb 1]	Tournaments	Notes
1	Miroslav Klose♦	Germany	16	24	0.67	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014†	list[10]
2	Ronaldo♦	Brazil	15	19	0.79	[1994]†, 1998, 2002†, 2006	list[11]
3	Gerd Müller	West Germany	14	13	1.08	1970, 1974†	list[12]
4	Just Fontaine♦	France	13	6	2.17	1958	list[13]
	Lionel Messi♦#	Argentina		26	0.50	2006, (2010), 2014, 2018, 2022†	list[14][15]
6	Pelé	Brazil	12	14	0.86	1958†, 1962†, 1966, 1970†	list[16]
	Kylian Mbappé#	France		14	0.86	2018†, 2022	list
8	Sándor Kocsis♦	Hungary	11	5	2.20	1954	list[17]
	Jürgen Klinsmann	West Germany  Germany		17	0.65	1990† 1994, 1998	list[18]
10	Helmut Rahn	West Germany	10	10	1.00	1954†, 1958	list[19]
	Gary Lineker♦	England		12	0.83	1986, 1990	list[20]
	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina		12	0.83	1994, 1998, 2002	list[21]
	Teófilo Cubillas♦	Peru		13	0.77	1970, 1978, (1982)	list[22]
	Thomas Müller#	Germany		19	0.53	2010, 2014†, (2018), (2022)	list[23][24]
	Grzegorz Lato♦	Poland		20	0.50	1974, 1978, 1982	list[25]
16	Ademir	Brazil	9	6	1.50	1950	list[nb 2][28]
	Eusébio♦	Portugal		6	1.50	1966	list[29]
	Christian Vieri♦	Italy		9	1.00	1998, 2002	list[30]
	Vavá	Brazil		10	0.90	1958†, 1962†	[31]
	David Villa♦	Spain		12	0.75	2006, 2010†, 2014	list[32]
	Paolo Rossi♦	Italy		14	0.64	1978, 1982†, [1986]	list[33]
	Jairzinho	Brazil		16	0.56	(1966), 1970†, 1974	list[34]
	Roberto Baggio♦	Italy		16	0.56	1990, 1994, 1998	list[35]
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	West Germany		19	0.47	1978, 1982, 1986	list[36]
	Uwe Seeler	West Germany		21	0.43	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970	[37]
26	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina	8	4	2.00	1930	list[38]
	Leônidas	Brazil		5	1.60	1934, 1938	list[nb 3][40]
	Óscar Míguez♦	Uruguay		7	1.14	1950†, 1954	[41]
	Harry Kane#	England		11	0.73	2018, 2022	list[42]
	Neymar#	Brazil		13	0.62	2014, 2018, 2022	list[14][43]
	Rivaldo	Brazil		14	0.57	1998, 2002†	list[44]
	Rudi Völler	West Germany  Germany		15	0.53	1986, 1990† 1994	list[45]
	Diego Maradona	Argentina		21	0.38	1982, 1986†, (1990), 1994	list[46]
	Cristiano Ronaldo#	Portugal		22	0.36	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022	list[14][47]
35	OldÅ™ich Nejedlý♦	Czechoslovakia	7	6	1.17	1934, 1938	[nb 4][48]
	Lajos Tichy	Hungary		8	0.88	1958, 1962, [1966]	list[49]
	Careca	Brazil		9	0.78	1986, 1990	[50]
	Johnny Rep♦	Netherlands		13	0.54	1974, 1978	[51]
	Andrzej Szarmach	Poland		13	0.54	1974, 1978, 1982	[52]
	Hans Schäfer	West Germany		15	0.47	1954†, 1958, (1962)	[53]
	Luis Suárez#	Uruguay		16	0.44	2010, 2014, 2018, (2022)	list[54][14]
42	Josef Hügi♦	Switzerland	6	3	2.00	1954	[55]
	Oleg Salenko♦	Russia		3	2.00	1994	list[56]
	György Sárosi	Hungary		5	1.20	1934, 1938	[57]
	Max Morlock	West Germany		5	1.20	1954†	[58]
	Erich Probst♦	Austria		5	1.20	1954	[59]
	Enner Valencia♦#	Ecuador		6	1.00	2014, 2022	list
	Salvatore Schillaci	Italy		7	0.86	1990	list[60]
	Davor Šuker♦	Yugoslavia  Croatia		8	0.75	[1990], 1998, (2002)	list[61]
	James Rodríguez♦#	Colombia		8	0.75	2014, (2018)	list[62][63]
	Helmut Haller	West Germany		9	0.67	(1962), 1966, (1970)	[64]
	Hristo Stoichkov♦	Bulgaria		10	0.60	1994, (1998)	list[65]
	Diego Forlán	Uruguay		10	0.60	2002, 2010, (2014)	list[66]
	Asamoah Gyan♦	Ghana		11	0.55	2006, 2010, 2014	list[67]
	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands		12	0.50	1994, 1998	list[68]
	Rob Rensenbrink	Netherlands		13	0.46	1974, 1978	[69]
	Rivellino	Brazil		15	0.40	1970†, 1974, (1978)	[70]
	Bebeto	Brazil		15	0.40	(1990), 1994†, 1998	list[71]
	Arjen Robben	Netherlands		15	0.40	2006, 2010, 2014	list[72]
	Zbigniew Boniek	Poland		16	0.38	1978, 1982, (1986)	list[73]
	Thierry Henry	France		17	0.35	1998†, (2002), 2006, (2010)	list[74]
	Robin van Persie	Netherlands		17	0.35	2006, 2010, 2014	list[75]
	Wesley Sneijder	Netherlands		17	0.35	(2006), 2010, 2014	list[76]
	Ivan Perišić♦#	Croatia		17	0.35	2014, 2018, 2022	list[14][77]
	Mario Kempes	Argentina		18	0.33	(1974), 1978†, (1982)	list[78]
	Lothar Matthäus	West Germany  Germany		25	0.24	(1982), 1986, 1990† 1994, (1998)	[79]
67	Pedro Cea	Uruguay	5	4	1.25	1930†	list[80]
	Silvio Piola	Italy		4	1.25	1938†	[81]
	Gyula Zsengellér	Hungary		4	1.25	1938	[82]
	Peter McParland♦	Northern Ireland		5	1.00	1958	list[83]
	Tomáš Skuhravý	Czechoslovakia		5	1.00	1990	[84]
	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	Uruguay		6	0.83	1950†, 1954	[85]
	Geoff Hurst	England		6	0.83	1966†, 1970	list[86]
	Jon Dahl Tomasson♦	Denmark		6	0.83	2002, 2010	list[87]
	Alessandro Altobelli	Italy		7	0.71	1982†, 1986	[88]
	Kennet Andersson♦	Sweden		7	0.71	1994	list[89]
	Fernando Morientes	Spain		7	0.71	1998, 2002	list[90]
	Romário	Brazil		8	0.63	(1990), 1994†	list[91]
	Marc Wilmots♦	Belgium		8	0.63	[1990], (1994), 1998, 2002	list[92]
	Mario Mandžukić	Croatia		8	0.63	2014, 2018	list[14][93]
	Valentin Ivanov	Soviet Union		9	0.56	1958, 1962	list[94]
	Emilio Butragueño	Spain		9	0.56	1986, (1990)	list[95]
	Roger Milla♦	Cameroon		9	0.56	(1982), 1990, 1994	[96]
	Tim Cahill♦	Australia		9	0.56	2006, 2010, 2014, (2018)	list[97][98]
	Hans Krankl	Austria		10	0.50	1978, 1982	list[99]
	Raúl	Spain		11	0.45	1998, 2002, 2006	list[100]
	Garrincha	Brazil		12	0.42	(1958†), 1962†, 1966	[101]
	Johan Neeskens	Netherlands		12	0.42	1974, (1978)	[102]
	Fernando Hierro	Spain		12	0.42	[1990], 1994, 1998, 2002	list[103]
	Zinedine Zidane	France		12	0.42	1998†, (2002), 2006	[104]
	Landon Donovan♦	United States		12	0.42	2002, (2006), 2010	list[105]
	Romelu Lukaku♦#	Belgium		12	0.42	2014, 2018, (2022)	list[106]
	Xherdan Shaqiri#	Switzerland		12	0.42	(2010), 2014, 2018, 2022	list
	Henrik Larsson♦	Sweden		13	0.38	1994, 2002, 2006	list[107]
	Michel Platini	France		14	0.36	1978, 1982, 1986	[108]
	Zico	Brazil		14	0.36	1978, 1982, (1986)	[109]
	Gonzalo Higuaín	Argentina		14	0.36	2010, 2014, (2018)	list[110][111]
	Lukas Podolski	Germany		15	0.33	2006, 2010, (2014†)	list[112]
	Edinson Cavani#	Uruguay		17	0.29	2010, 2014, 2018, (2022)	list[14][113]
	Franz Beckenbauer	West Germany		18	0.28	1966, 1970, (1974†)	list[114]
	Olivier Giroud	France		18	0.28	2014, (2018†), 2022	list