Most World Cup Goals

Who has the most World Cup goals? As FIFA just crowned Argentina as the 2026 World Cup winner, the coveted crown of all-time top scorer is still Germany’s Miroslav Klose. The striker scored 16 times over the span of the 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 global competitions.

As for the rest of the players, here is a list of the top goal scorers in FIFA World Cup history. Will Messi, who stands tall at #4, ever by the top World Cup scorer? I guess we’ll see if he plays in 2026!

RANK	PLAYER	COUNTRY	GOALS	TOURNAMENTS
1	Miroslav Klose	Germany	16	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
2	Ronaldo	Brazil	15	1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
3	Gerd Muller	West Germany	14	1970, 1974
4	Just Fontaine	France	13	1958
4	Lionel Messi	Argentina	13	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
6	Pele	Brazil	12	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
6	Kylian Mbappe	France	12	2018, 2022
8	Sandor Kocsis	Hungary	11	1954
8	Jurgen Klinsmann	West Germany & Germany	11	1990, 1994, 1998
10	Helmut Rahn	West Germany	10	1954, 1958
10	Gary Lineker	England	10	1986, 1990
10	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	10	1994, 1998, 2002
10	Teofilo Cubillas	Peru	10	1970, 1978, 1982
10	Thomas Muller	Germany	10	2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
10	Grzegorz Lato	Poland	10	1974, 1978, 1982
16	Ademir	Brazil	9	1950
16	Eusebio	Portugal	9	1966
16	Christian Vieri	Italy	9	1998, 2002
16	Vava	Brazil	9	1958, 1962
16	David Villa	Spain	9	2006, 2010, 2014
16	Paolo Rossi	Italy	9	1978, 1982, 1986
16	Jairzinho	Brazil	9	1966, 1970, 1974
16	Roberto Baggio	Italy	9	1990, 1994, 1998
16	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	West Germany	9	1978, 1982, 1986
16	Uwe Seeler	West Germany	9	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
26	Guillermo Stabile	Argentina	8	1930
26	Leonidas	Brazil	8	1934, 1938
26	Oscar Miguez	Uruguay	8	1950, 1954
26	Harry Kane	England	8	2018, 2022
26	Neymar	Brazil	8	2014, 2018, 2022
26	Rivaldo	Brazil	8	2014, 2018, 2022
26	Rudi Voller	West Germany & Germany	8	1986, 1990, 1994
26	Diego Maradona	Argentina	8	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994
26	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	8	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
35	Oldrich Nejedly	Czechoslovakia	7	1934, 1938
35	Lajos Tichy	Hungary	7	1958, 1962, 1966
35	Careca	Brazil	7	1986, 1990
35	Johnny Rep	Netherlands	7	1974, 1978
35	Andrzej Szarmach	Poland	7	1974, 1978, 1982
35	Hans Schafer	West Germany	7	1954, 1958, 1962
35	Luis Suarez	Uruguay	7	2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

Can you guess who the top World Cup scorer for the United States is? Landon Donovan with five goals over three different appearances.