The Top FIFA World Cup Goalscorers

Players with at least 5 goals at the FIFA World Cup tournaments[1][7]
Rank	Player[nb 1]	Team	Goals scored	Matches played	Goals per game [nb 2]	Tournaments[nb 3]	Notes
1	Miroslav Klose	Germany	16	24	0.67	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	list[8]
2	Ronaldo	Brazil	15	19	0.79	[1994], 1998, 2002, 2006	list[9]
3	Gerd Müller	West Germany	14	13	1.08	1970, 1974	list[10]
4	Just Fontaine	France	13	6	2.17	1958	list[11]
5	Pelé	Brazil	12	14	0.86	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970	list[12]
6	Sándor Kocsis	Hungary	11	5	2.20	1954	list[13]
	Jürgen Klinsmann	West Germany  Germany		17	0.65	1990 1994, 1998	list[14]
8	Helmut Rahn	West Germany	10	10	1.00	1954, 1958	list[15]
	Gary Lineker	England		12	0.83	1986, 1990	list[16]
	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina		12	0.83	1994, 1998, 2002	list[17]
	Teófilo Cubillas	Peru		13	0.77	1970, 1978, (1982)	list[18]
	Thomas Müller	Germany		19	0.53	2010, 2014, (2018)	list[19]
	Grzegorz Lato	Poland		20	0.50	1974, 1978, 1982	list[20]
14	Eusébio	Portugal	9	6	1.50	1966	list[21]
	Christian Vieri	Italy		9	1.00	1998, 2002	list[22]
	Vavá	Brazil		10	0.90	1958, 1962	[23]
	David Villa	Spain		12	0.75	2006, 2010, 2014	list[24]
	Paolo Rossi	Italy		14	0.64	1978, 1982, [1986]	list[25]
	Jairzinho	Brazil		16	0.56	(1966), 1970, 1974	list[26]
	Roberto Baggio	Italy		16	0.56	1990, 1994, 1998	list[27]
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	West Germany		19	0.47	1978, 1982, 1986	list[28]
	Uwe Seeler	West Germany		21	0.43	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970	[29]
23	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina	8	4	2.00	1930	[30]
	Leônidas	Brazil		5	1.60	1934, 1938	[nb 4][32]
	Ademir	Brazil		6	1.33	1950	[nb 5][35]
	Óscar Míguez	Uruguay		7	1.14	1950, 1954	[36]
	Rivaldo	Brazil		14	0.57	1998, 2002	[37]
	Rudi Völler	West Germany  Germany		15	0.53	1986, 1990 1994	[38]
	Diego Maradona	Argentina		21	0.38	1982, 1986, (1990), 1994	[39]
30	Oldřich Nejedlý	Czechoslovakia	7	6	1.17	1934, 1938	[nb 6][40]
	Lajos Tichy	Hungary		8	0.88	1958, 1962, [1966]	list[41]
	Careca	Brazil		9	0.78	1986, 1990	[42]
	Johnny Rep	Netherlands		13	0.54	1974, 1978	[43]
	Andrzej Szarmach	Poland		13	0.54	1974, 1978, 1982	[44]
	Luis Suárez	Uruguay		13	0.54	2010, 2014, 2018	list[45]
	Hans Schäfer	West Germany		15	0.47	1954, 1958, (1962)	[46]
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal		17	0.41	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018	list[47]
38	Josef Hügi	Switzerland	6	3	2.00	1954	[48]
	Oleg Salenko	Russia		3	2.00	1994	[49]
	Harry Kane↑	England		3	2.00	2018	[50]
	György Sárosi	Hungary		5	1.20	1934, 1938	[51]
	Max Morlock	West Germany		5	1.20	1954	[52]
	Erich Probst	Austria		5	1.20	1954	[53]
	Salvatore Schillaci	Italy		7	0.86	1990	[54]
	Davor Šuker	Yugoslavia  Croatia		8	0.75	[1990], 1998, (2002)	[nb 7][55]
	James Rodríguez	Colombia		8	0.75	2014, (2018)	[56]
	Helmut Haller	West Germany		9	0.67	(1962), 1966, (1970)	[57]
	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria		10	0.60	1994, (1998)	[58]
	Diego Forlán	Uruguay		10	0.60	2002, 2010, (2014)	[59]
	Neymar↑	Brazil		10	0.60	2014, 2018	[60]
	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana		11	0.55	2006, 2010, 2014	[61]
	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands		12	0.50	1994, 1998	[62]
	Rob Rensenbrink	Netherlands		13	0.46	1974, 1978	[63]
	Rivellino	Brazil		15	0.40	1970, 1974, (1978)	[64]
	Bebeto	Brazil		15	0.40	(1990), 1994, 1998	[65]
	Arjen Robben	Netherlands		15	0.40	2006, 2010, 2014	[66]
	Zbigniew Boniek	Poland		16	0.38	1978, 1982, (1986)	[67]
	Thierry Henry	France		17	0.35	1998, (2002), 2006, (2010)	[68]
	Wesley Sneijder	Netherlands		17	0.35	(2006), 2010, 2014	[69]
	Robin van Persie	Netherlands		17	0.35	2006, 2010, 2014	[70]
	Mario Kempes	Argentina		18	0.33	(1974), 1978, (1982)	[71]
	Lionel Messi	Argentina		19	0.32	2006, (2010), 2014, 2018	[72]
	Lothar Matthäus	West Germany  Germany		25	0.24	(1982), 1986, 1990, 1994, (1998)	[73]
64	Pedro Cea	Uruguay	5	4	1.25	1930	[74]
	Silvio Piola	Italy		4	1.25	1938	[75]
	Gyula Zsengellér	Hungary		4	1.25	1938	[76]
	Peter McParland	Northern Ireland		5	1.00	1958	[77]
	Tomáš Skuhravý	Czechoslovakia		5	1.00	1990	[78]
	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	Uruguay		6	0.83	1950, 1954	[79]
	Geoff Hurst	England		6	0.83	1966, 1970	[80]
	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark		6	0.83	2002, 2010	[81]
	Alessandro Altobelli	Italy		7	0.71	1982, 1986	[82]
	Kennet Andersson	Sweden		7	0.71	1994	[83]
	Fernando Morientes	Spain		7	0.71	1998, 2002	[84]
	Romário	Brazil		8	0.63	(1990), 1994	[85]
	Marc Wilmots	Belgium		8	0.63	[1990], (1994), 1998, 2002	[86]
	Romelu Lukaku↑	Belgium		8	0.63	2014, 2018	[87]
	Valentin Ivanov	Soviet Union		9	0.56	1958, 1962	[88]
	Emilio Butragueño	Spain		9	0.56	1986, (1990)	[89]
	Roger Milla	Cameroon		9	0.56	(1982), 1990, 1994	[90]
	Tim Cahill	Australia		9	0.56	2006, 2010, 2014, (2018)	[91]
	Hans Krankl	Austria		10	0.50	1978, 1982	[92]
	Raúl	Spain		11	0.45	1998, 2002, 2006	[93]
	Garrincha	Brazil		12	0.42	(1958), 1962, 1966	[94]
	Johan Neeskens	Netherlands		12	0.42	1974, (1978)	[95]
	Fernando Hierro	Spain		12	0.42	[1990], 1994, 1998, 2002	[96]
	Zinedine Zidane	France		12	0.42	1998, (2002), 2006	[97]
	Landon Donovan	United States		12	0.42	2002, (2006), 2010	[98]
	Henrik Larsson	Sweden		13	0.38	1994, 2002, 2006	[99]
	Michel Platini	France		14	0.36	1978, 1982, 1986	[100]
	Zico	Brazil		14	0.36	1978, 1982, (1986)	[101]
	Gonzalo Higuaín	Argentina		14	0.36	2010, 2014, (2018)	[102]
	Edinson Cavani	Uruguay		14	0.36	2010, 2014, 2018	[103]
	Lukas Podolski	Germany		15	0.33	2006, 2010, (2014)	[104]
	Franz Beckenbauer	West Germany		18	0.28	1966, 1970, (1974)	[105]