Here we can see who is the top goal scorer in World Cup history. German player Miroslav Klose is the all-time top goalscorer in the World Cup’s history, he scored 16 goals to his 24 matches. Ronaldo from Brazil holding the 2nd position with 15 goals(19 matches).
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FIFA World Cup All-time Top Goal Scorers
RANK | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | GOALS |
1 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 24 | 16 |
2 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 19 | 15 |
3 | Gerd Muller | Germany | 13 | 14 |
4 | Just Fontaine | France | 6 | 13 |
5 | Pele | Brazil | 14 | 12 |
6 | Sandor Kocsis | Hungary | 5 | 11 |
Jurgen Klinsmann | Germany | 17 | 11 | |
8 | Helmut Rahn | Germany | 10 | 10 |
Gary Lineker | England | 12 | 10 | |
Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | 12 | 10 | |
Teofilo Cubillas | Peru | 13 | 10 | |
Thomas Muller | Germany | 19 | 10 | |
Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 20 | 10 | |
14 | Eusebio | Portugal | 6 | 9 |
Ademir | Brazil | 6 | 9 | |
Lionel Messi | Argentina | 23 | 9 | |
Uwe Seeler | Germany | 21 | 9 | |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Germany | 19 | 9 | |
Roberto Baggio | Italy | 16 | 9 | |
Jairzinho | Brazil | 16 | 9 | |
Paolo Rossi | Italy | 14 | 9 | |
David Villa | Spain | 12 | 9 | |
Kylian Mbappe | France | 11 | 9 | |
Vava | Brazil | 10 | 9 | |
Christian Vieri | Italy | 9 | 9 |
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