Top 5 Players With The Most Goals In The World Cup

With the 2022 World Cup commencing in Qatar on Sunday, there are a lot of players with great potential to bang some goals and clinch the golden boot award at the end of the competition.

The likes of Messi, Benzema, Mbappe, and Ronaldo will be the centre of attention to produce goals for their national teams. In this article, we look at the players who scored the most goals in the FIFA World Cup history.

1 Miroslav Klose (Germany) – 16

Klose scored his last World Cup at the age of 36 in the 2014 World Cup edition, to be at the top of the list in all time of most goals in the World Cup. He also went on to win the World Cup trophy at the same time.

2 Ronaldo (Brazil) – 15

Ronaldo scored three goals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup before Brazil went out in the quarterfinals. That was his FIFA World Cup last tournament.

3 Gerd Muller (Germany) – 14

Despite Retiring at the age of 28 from international football, Muller sits number 3 on the list. He scored the deciding goal in Germany’s 2–1 win over the Netherlands in the 1974 World Cup final.

4 Just Fontaine (France) – 13

Fontaine scored a Hat-trick in his FIFA World Cup debut in Sweden in the 1958 edition. What was fascinating is, Fontaine didn’t even have his own soccer boots, he borrowed a pair from fellow forward Stephane Bruey.

5 Pele (Brazil) – 12

Pele played his last FIFA World Cup in 1970 final against Italy, Pele guided Brazil to win 4-1, scoring a goal and proving two assists.

Siphamandla Lindwa

Siphamandla Lindwa is a sports writer and a publisher for Bet Central at Bet.co.za. He obtained a B-Tech in Sports Management from Tshwane University of Technology. When not writing sports content, Sipha scouts talent and networks for his future Sports Management agency.