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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
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 7 December 2024. [1] Bold indicates players currently active. * indicates player has scored at least 500 goals for a single club. [57] [58]
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.
Cristiano Ronaldo the all-time top scorer in official football history, with over 900 goals. Most official goals: 916 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [note 1] Most overall goals: 1917 – Lajos Tichy, 1953–1971 [note 2] Most clubs goals: 781 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [note 3] Most international goals: 135 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2004– [1]
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has the highest number of footballers who scored at least 50 international goals, with 35 players. [3] Egypt is the only African team with more than one player who has scored at least 50 international goals, after Mohamed Salah achieved the feat on 24 March 2023.
Twelve players have scored multiple goals in the finals. Five players have done so via a penalty kick. Mario Mandžukić was the first player to score an own goal in a final, as well as the first to follow it up with a goal at the opponent's net. He scored the opening and closing goal of the final in 2018. Geoff Hurst and Kylian Mbappé are the ...
Most goals scored in a single edition of the World Cup 12, 1982 and 2006 [133] Most goals scored in a single edition of the European Championship 13, 2020 [68] Most goals scored in a single edition of a major international tournament 13, Euro 2020 [68] Most consecutive victories 13, 11 November 2020 vs. Estonia – 2 July 2021 vs. Belgium [134]