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Gary Lineker is the top scorer for England at the World Cup, with ten goals. Grzegorz Lato (left) became the top scorer for Poland at FIFA World Cups during the 1974 tournament, with ten total goals. Teófilo Cubillas is the top scorer for Peru at the World Cup, with ten goals.
Only two players have scored in two consecutive FIFA World Cup finals: Vavá and Mbappé. Only two scorers, Pelé and Mbappé, have scored in a final goal as teenagers. [1] Mbappé is also the only player to score multiple goals in a losing final. ESPN featured a documentary on the 34 finals goalscorers who were alive before the 2010 final.
The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total ...
Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Fourteen nations (Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Faroe Islands, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Sudan, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied ...
First non-Spanish player to appear at a World Cup: Günter Netzer for West Germany, at 1974 FIFA World Cup; Most World Cup appearances while a Real Madrid player: Roberto Carlos and Iker Casillas, with 17 each; Most World Cup goals while a Real Madrid player: Cristiano Ronaldo, 6 for Portugal in 2010, 2014 and 2018; Below is the list of players ...
List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers; List of FIFA World Cup penalty shoot-outs; List of FIFA World Cup red cards; List of FIFA World Cup referees; List of players who have appeared in the most FIFA World Cups
The World Cup is the most prestigious association football competition in the world, as well as the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The viewership of the 2018 World Cup was estimated to be 3.57 billion, close to half of the global population, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] while the engagement with the 2022 World Cup was ...
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 ...