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The top scorers with the fewest goals were from the 1962 tournament, when six players finished joint-top with just four goals each. Across the 22 tournaments of the World Cup, 31 footballers have been credited as the tournament top scorer, and no one has achieved this feat twice.
All-time top scorers [50] [51] Rank Player Team(s) Goals Matches Goals per game 1 Miroslav Klose Germany: 16 24 0.67 2 Ronaldo Brazil: 15 19 0.79 3 Gerd Müller West Germany: 14 13 1.08 4 Just Fontaine France: 13 6 2.17 Lionel Messi Argentina: 26 0.50
Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal is the all-time leading goalscorer for men's national teams. This article lists the top all-time goalscorer for each men's national football team . This list is not an all-time top international goalscorers list , as several countries have two or more players with more goals than another country's top scorer.
Most goals scored by a defender in a calendar year: 27 – Daniel Passarella, 1976 [37] Most goals scored by a goalkeeper in a calendar year: 21 – Rogério Ceni, 2005 [38] Most domestic league goals scored in a football season: 67 – Archie Stark, 1924–25 [39] [40] [note 14] Most international club goals scored in a football season: 19 [42]
According to the IFFHS and other media outlets, 25 players are credited with scoring 500 or more goals in top-level professional football competitions: As of 2 March 2025. [1] Bold indicates players currently active. * indicates player has scored at least 500 goals for a single club. [58] [59]
World Cup Golden Ball. The World Cup Golden Ball has been given by FIFA to the best player at the World Cup since 1982; Argentina players have won it thrice; Maradona in 1986 and Messi in 2014 and 2022. [17] World Cup top goalscorer. Guillermo Stábile in 1930 and Mario Kempes in 1978 were both the top-scoring players at their respective World ...
Cristiano Ronaldo is the competition's all-time top scorer with 140 goals. The UEFA Champions League, known until 1992 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or colloquially as the European Cup, is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955. Originally a straight knockout competition open only to champion clubs ...
He scored his 50th goal in a friendly match against Sierra Leone on 6 July 1978, aged 23 years, 8 months and 6 days. [36] Stern John of Trinidad and Tobago was the first player from North America to score 50 international goals. He scored 70 goals in 115 matches, with his 50th goal coming in a friendly match against the Dominican Republic on 13 ...