Most Goals In A Single World Cup
One of the greatest ever and a three-time World Cup winner. Pele scored nearly a goal-per-game during his 656 competitive games for Santos, though claims to have scored 1000 in his career. Hungary takes the prize for most goals scored by a team in single World Cup match. In 1982, they made 10 goals to beat El Salvador in a group game 10:1. 12: A Player in One World Cup Tournament. French striker Just “Justo” Fontaine claims the record for most goals scored in a single World Cup tournament.
These are the 'golden shoe' or 'golden boot' winners from each World Cup event. The record for the most goals at a single World Cup is 13 by Frenchman Just Fontaine in 1958, which he achieved in six games. The overall top goal scorer in the Wolrd Cup is German player Miroslav Klose, who has scored 16 goals overall. See the list of World Cup Top Goal Scorers.
The current rules for a tie-breaker, is that if there is a tie for the most number of goals in the tournament, the award goes to the player who has given the most assists (as decided by the FIFA Technical Study Group). If there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has played the least amount of time. Goals scored from penalty shoot-outs are not counted.
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| Year | Top Scorer(s) | Country | Matches Played | Goals Scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Guillermo Stabile | Argentina | 4 | 8 |
| 1934 | Angelo Schiavio | Italy * | 4 | 4 |
| Oldrich Nejedly | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 4 | |
| Edmund Conen | Germany | 4 | 4 | |
| 1938 | Leonidas da Silva | Brazil | 4 | 8 |
| 1950 | Marques Ademir | Brazil | 6 | 7 |
| 1954 | Sandor Kocsis | Hungary | 5 | 11 |
| 1958 | Just Fontaine | France | 6 | 13 |
| 1962 | Drazen Jerkovic | Yugoslavia | 6 | 5 |
| 1966 | Ferreira Eusebio | Portugal | 6 | 9 |
| 1970 | Gerd Muller | West Germany | 6 | 10 |
| 1974 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 7 | 7 |
| 1978 | Mario Kempes | Argentina * | 7 | 6 |
| 1982 | Paolo Rossi | Italy * | 7 | 6 |
| 1986 | Gary Lineker | England | 5 | 6 |
| 1990 | Salvatore Schillaci | Italy | 7 | 6 |
| 1994 | Oleg Salenko | Russia | 3 | 6 |
| Hristo Stoitchkov | Bulgaria | 7 | 6 | |
| 1998 | Davor Suker | Croatia | 7 | 6 |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil * | 7 | 8 |
| 2006 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 7 | 5 |
| 2010 | Thomas Müller | Germany | 6 | 5 |
| 2014 | James Rodríguez | Columbia | 5 | 6 |
| 2018 | Harry Kane | England | 6 | 7 |
* Champion country
Most Goals In A Single World Cup Game
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Related Pages
- Top goal scorers from Brazil 2014
- South Africa 2010 goal scorers list.
- Complete Germany 2006 goal scorers list.
- List of World Cup Top Goal Scorers (total goals)
- Other FIFA World Cup awards
- Golden Ball Winners (best player) and Golden Glove Winners (best goalkeepers)