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All-Time Top Scorers
FIFA World Cup 1930–2022 · 22 tournaments
| # | Player | Country | Goals | Tourn. | Breakdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 16 | 4 | 2002 (5) · 2006 (5) · 2010 (4) · 2014 (2) |
| 2 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 15 | 3 | 1998 (4) · 2002 (8) · 2006 (3) |
| 3 | Gerhard Muller | Germany | 14 | 2 | 1970 (10) · 1974 (4) |
| 4 | Just Fontaine | France | 13 | 1 | 1958 (13) |
| 5 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 13 | 4 | 2006 (1) · 2014 (4) · 2018 (1) · 2022 (7) |
| 6 | Kylian Mbappé | France | 12 | 2 | 2018 (4) · 2022 (8) |
| 7 | Pelé | Brazil | 12 | 4 | 1958 (6) · 1962 (1) · 1966 (1) · 1970 (4) |
| 8 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | 11 | 3 | 1990 (3) · 1994 (5) · 1998 (3) |
| 9 | Sandor Kocsis | Hungary | 11 | 1 | 1954 (11) |
| 10 | Thomas Müller | Germany | 10 | 2 | 2010 (5) · 2014 (5) |
| 11 | Helmut Rahn | Germany | 10 | 2 | 1954 (4) · 1958 (6) |
| 12 | Teófilo Juan Cubillas | Peru | 10 | 2 | 1970 (5) · 1978 (5) |
| 13 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 10 | 3 | 1974 (7) · 1978 (2) · 1982 (1) |
| 14 | Gary Lineker | England | 10 | 2 | 1986 (6) · 1990 (4) |
| 15 | Gabriel Omar Batistuta | Argentina | 10 | 3 | 1994 (4) · 1998 (5) · 2002 (1) |
| 16 | Ademir | Brazil | 9 | 1 | 1950 (9) |
| 17 | Paolo Rossi | Italy | 9 | 2 | 1978 (3) · 1982 (6) |
| 18 | Christian Vieri | Italy | 9 | 2 | 1998 (5) · 2002 (4) |
| 19 | Uwe Seeler | Germany | 9 | 4 | 1958 (2) · 1962 (2) · 1966 (2) · 1970 (3) |
| 20 | Izidio Vavá | Brazil | 9 | 2 | 1958 (5) · 1962 (4) |
| 21 | Eusebio | Portugal | 9 | 1 | 1966 (9) |
| 22 | Jairzinho | Brazil | 9 | 2 | 1970 (7) · 1974 (2) |
| 23 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Germany | 9 | 3 | 1978 (3) · 1982 (5) · 1986 (1) |
| 24 | Roberto Baggio | Italy | 9 | 3 | 1990 (2) · 1994 (5) · 1998 (2) |
| 25 | David Villa | Spain | 9 | 3 | 2006 (3) · 2010 (5) · 2014 (1) |