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World Cup 2022 top scorer and most goals

The 2022 World Cup top scorer is the footballer who scores the most goals during the tournament in Qatar. In all 21 previous editions, more than 2,000 goals have been scored by more than 1,250 football players.

Since the start of the football tournament in 1930, 97 players have scored five or more goals. These 97 top scorers come from 28 different countries, including 14 players from Brazil and 14 from Germany.

64 top scorers come from Europe, 29 from South America and only 4 footballers come from another continent.

There are only six top scorers with an average number of goals of two or more per game. These are Sándor Kocsis (Hungary), Just Fontaine (France), Guillermo Stábile (Argentina), Oleg Salenko (Russia), Josef Hügi (Switzerland) and Ernst Wilimowski (Poland).

There are 7 players who have scored more than 10 goals in the World Cup, while almost 1,100 footballers have scored less than 5 goals.

Top scorer World Cup 2022

The top scorer of the 2022 World Cup has not yet been announced. However, there are already a number of contenders to score the most goals in Qatar.

These are just the favorites to become the top scorer of the 2022 World Cup:

• Harry Kane (England)
• Kylian Mbappe (France)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• Karim Benzema (France)
• Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
• Neymar (Brazil)
• Raheem Sterling (England)
• Marcus Rashford (England)

In most cases, the top scorer of the 2022 World Cup is an attacker from a country that has gone far in the tournament. The more matches a player can play, the better his chances of scoring goals.

#	Player	Country
1	Harry Kane	England
2	Kylian Mbappé	France
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal
4	Karim Benzema	France
5	Lionel Messi	Argentina
6	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium
7	Neymar	Brazil
8	Raheem Sterling	England
9	Diogo Jota	Portugal
10	Jose Vinicius	Brazil
11	Memphis Depay	Netherlands
12	Antoine Griezmann	France
13	Gebriel Jesus	Brazil
14	Kai Havertz	Germany
15	Lautaro Martinez	Argentina
16	Phil Foden	England
17	Álvaro Morata	Spain
18	Arnaut Danjuma	Netherlands
19	Andrade Richarlison	Brazil
20	Donyell Malen	Netherlands

Harry Kane (England), Kylian Mbappe (France), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Karim Benzema (France) and Lionel Messi (Argentina) have the best chance at the title. Harry Kane is the Englishman in first place according to the bookmakers. Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden are also in the top 20.

Top scorer World Cup 2022 qualification

The top scorer of the 2022 World Cup qualification is Ali Mabkhout from the United Arab Emirates with 14 goals. In second place is China's Wu Lei with 12 goals, followed by Canadian Cyle Larin with 12 goals.

In the European qualifying round, Harry Kane has scored the most goals along with Memphis Depay.

Player	Country	Goals
Memphis Depay	Netherlands	12
Harry Kane	England	12
Eran Zahavi	Israel	8
Robert Lewandowski	Poland	8
Aleksandar Mitrović	Serbia	8
Antoine Griezmann	France	6
Moanes Dabour	Israel	6
Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	6

During the qualifying series, 800 matches have been played, in which 2,278 goals were scored. This is an average of 2.8 goals per game!

World Cup top scorers of all time

Germany's Miroslav Klose is the all-time top scorer of the FIFA World Cup with 16 goals in 24 matches. Ronaldo from Brazil follows with 15 goals in 19 matches and German Gerd Müller completes the top three with 14 goals in 13 games.

Below is the ranking of all-time World Cup top scorers.

#	Player	Country	Goals	Matches	Average	Years
1	Miroslav Klose	Germany	16	24	0,67	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
2	Ronaldo	Brazil	15	19	0,79	1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
3	Gerd Müller	Germany	14	13	1,08	1970, 1974
4	Just Fontaine	France	13	6	2,17	1958
5	Pelé	Brazil	12	14	0,86	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
6	Sándor Kocsis	Hungary	11	5	2,20	1954
6	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	11	17	0,65	1990, 1994, 1998
8	Helmut Rahn	Germany	10	10	1,00	1954, 1958
8	Gary Lineker	England	10	12	0,83	1986, 1990
8	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	10	12	0,83	1994, 1998, 2002
8	Teófilo Cubillas	Peru	10	13	0,77	1970, 1978, 1982
8	Thomas Müller	Germany	10	16	0,63	2010, 2014, 2018
8	Grzegorz Lato	Poland	10	20	0,50	1974, 1978, 1982
14	Eusébio	Portugal	9	6	1,50	1966
14	Christian Vieri	Italy	9	9	1,00	1998, 2002
14	Vavá	Brazil	9	10	0,90	1958, 1962
14	David Villa	Spain	9	12	0,75	2006, 2010, 2014
14	Paolo Rossi	Italy	9	14	0,64	1978, 1982, 1986
14	Jairzinho	Brazil	9	16	0,56	1966, 1970, 1974
14	Roberto Baggio	Italy	9	16	0,56	1990, 1994, 1998
14	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Germany	9	19	0,47	1978, 1982, 1986
14	Uwe Seeler	Germany	9	21	0,43	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
23	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina	8	4	2,00	1930
23	Leônidas	Brazil	8	5	1,60	1934, 1938
23	Ademir	Brazil	8	6	1,33	1950
23	Óscar Míguez	Uruguay	8	7	1,14	1950, 1954
23	Rivaldo	Brazil	8	14	0,57	1998, 2002
23	Rudi Völler	Germany	8	15	0,53	1986, 1990, 1994
23	Diego Maradona	Argentina	8	21	0,38	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994
30	Oldřich Nejedlý	Czech Republic	7	6	1,17	1934, 1938
30	Lajos Tichy	Hungary	7	8	0,88	1958, 1962, 1966
30	Careca	Brazil	7	9	0,78	1986, 1990
30	Johnny Rep	Netherlands	7	13	0,54	1974, 1978
30	Andrzej Szarmach	Poland	7	13	0,54	1974, 1978, 1982
30	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	7	13	0,54	2010, 2014, 2018
30	Hans Schäfer	Germany	7	15	0,47	1954, 1958, 1962
30	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	7	17	0,41	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
38	Josef Hügi	Switzerland	6	3	2,00	1954
38	Oleg Salenko	Russia	6	3	2,00	1994
38	György Sárosi	Hungary	6	5	1,20	1934, 1938
38	Max Morlock	Germany	6	5	1,20	1954
38	Erich Probst	Austria	6	5	1,20	1954
38	Harry Kane	England	6	6	1,00	2018
38	Salvatore Schillaci	Italy	6	7	0,86	1990
38	Davor Šuker	Croatia	6	8	0,75	1990, 1998, 2002
38	James Rodríguez	Colombia	6	8	0,75	2014, 2018
38	Helmut Haller	Germany	6	9	0,67	1962, 1966, 1970
38	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	6	10	0,60	1994, 1998
38	Diego Forlán	Uruguay	6	10	0,60	2002, 2010, 2014
38	Neymar	Brazil	6	10	0,60	2014, 2018
38	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	6	11	0,55	2006, 2010, 2014
38	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	6	12	0,50	1994, 1998
38	Rob Rensenbrink	Netherlands	6	13	0,46	1974, 1978
38	Rivellino	Brazil	6	15	0,40	1970, 1974, 1978
38	Bebeto	Brazil	6	15	0,40	1990, 1994, 1998
38	Arjen Robben	Netherlands	6	15	0,40	2006, 2010, 2014
38	Zbigniew Boniek	Poland	6	16	0,38	1978, 1982, 1986
38	Thierry Henry	France	6	17	0,35	1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
38	Wesley Sneijder	Netherlands	6	17	0,35	2006, 2010, 2014
38	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	6	17	0,35	2006, 2010, 2014
38	Mario Kempes	Argentina	6	18	0,33	1974, 1978, 1982
38	Lionel Messi	Argentina	6	19	0,32	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
38	Lothar Matthäus	Germany	6	25	0,24	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998
64	Pedro Cea	Uruguay	5	4	1,25	1930
64	Silvio Piola	Italy	5	4	1,25	1938
64	Gyula Zsengellér	Hungary	5	4	1,25	1938
64	Peter McParland	Northern Ireland	5	5	1,00	1958
64	Tomáš Skuhravý	Czech Republic	5	5	1,00	1990
64	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	Uruguay	5	6	0,83	1950, 1954
64	Geoff Hurst	England	5	6	0,83	1966, 1970
64	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	5	6	0,83	2002, 2010
64	Alessandro Altobelli	Italy	5	7	0,71	1982, 1986
64	Kennet Andersson	Sweden	5	7	0,71	1994
64	Fernando Morientes	Spain	5	7	0,71	1998, 2002
64	Romário	Brazil	5	8	0,63	1990, 1994
64	Marc Wilmots	Belgium	5	8	0,63	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
64	Mario Mandžukić	Croatia	5	8	0,63	2014, 2018
64	Valentin Ivanov	Russia	5	9	0,56	1958, 1962
64	Emilio Butragueño	Spain	5	9	0,56	1986, 1990
64	Roger Milla	Cameroon	5	9	0,56	1982, 1990, 1994
64	Tim Cahill	Australia	5	9	0,56	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
64	Hans Krankl	Austria	5	10	0,50	1978, 1982
64	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	5	10	0,50	2014, 2018
64	Ivan Perišić	Croatia	5	10	0,50	2014, 2018
64	Raúl	Spain	5	11	0,45	1998, 2002, 2006
64	Garrincha	Brazil	5	12	0,42	1958, 1962, 1966
64	Johan Neeskens	Netherlands	5	12	0,42	1974, 1978
64	Fernando Hierro	Spain	5	12	0,42	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
64	Zinedine Zidane	France	5	12	0,42	1998, 2002, 2006
64	Landon Donovan	United States	5	12	0,42	2002, 2006, 2010
64	Henrik Larsson	Sweden	5	13	0,38	1994, 2002, 2006
64	Michel Platini	France	5	14	0,36	1978, 1982, 1986
64	Zico	Brazil	5	14	0,36	1978, 1982, 1986
64	Gonzalo Higuaín	Argentina	5	14	0,36	2010, 2014, 2018
64	Edinson Cavani	Uruguay	5	14	0,36	2010, 2014, 2018
64	Lukas Podolski	Germany	5	15	0,33	2006, 2010, 2014
64	Franz Beckenbauer	Germany	5	18	0,28	1966, 1970, 1974

Best English top scorers are Gary Lineker (10x), Harry Kane (6x) and Geoff Hurst (5x).

All-time top scorers per World Cup

The first top scorer of the World Cup was Guillermo Stábile of Argentina in 1930. The last top scorer of the World Cup was Harry Kane of England in 2018.

Below is the list of all-time top scorers per World Cup.

Year	Player	Country	Goals	Matches
1930	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina	8	4
1934	Oldřich Nejedlý	Czech Republic	5	4
1938	Leônidas	Brazil	7	5
1950	Ademir	Brazil	8	6
1954	Sándor Kocsis	Hungary	11	5
1958	Just Fontaine	France	13	6
1962	Garrincha	Brazil	4	6
1962	Vavá	Brazil	4	6
1962	Leonel Sánchez	Chili	4	6
1962	Flórián Albert	Hungary	4	4
1962	Valentin Ivanov	Russia	4	4
1962	Dražan Jerković	Yugoslavia	4	6
1966	Eusébio	Portugal	9	6
1970	Gerd Müller	Germany	10	6
1974	Grzegorz Lato	Poland	7	7
1978	Mario Kempes	Argentina	6	7
1982	Paolo Rossi	Italy	6	7
1986	Gary Lineker	England	6	5
1990	Salvatore Schillaci	Italy	6	7
1994	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	6	7
1994	Oleg Salenko	Russia	6	3
1998	Davor Šuker	Croatia	6	7
2002	Ronaldo	Brazil	8	7
2006	Miroslav Klose	Germany	5	7
2010	Thomas Müller	Germany	5	7
2010	Wesley Sneijder	Netherlands	5	7
2010	David Villa	Spain	5	7
2010	Diego Forlán	Uruguay	5	7
2014	James Rodríguez	Colombia	6	5
2018	Harry Kane	England	6	7

In 1986 Gary Lineker was World Cup top scorer with 6 goals and in 2018 Harry Kane scored the most goals (also 6).

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