FIFA World Cup top goalscorers
       
Germany’s Miroslav Klose tops the table of the most prolific scorers at the World Cup Finals. The 2018 edition saw the 2,500th World Cup goal, scored by Fakhreddine Ben Youssef of Tunisia
 

MOST FIFA WORLD CUP GOALS: Klose set record in Germany’s memorable 7-1 semi-final victory over Brazil in 2014

Miroslav Klose	GER			16 goals
Tournaments: 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014	(24 matches)

Ronaldo 	BRA			15
1998, 2002, 2006			(19)

Gerd Mueller	GER			14
1970, 1974				(13)

Just Fontaine	FRA			13
1958					(6)

Pelé		BRA			12
1958, 1962, 1966, 1970			(14)

Sándor Kocsis 	HUN 			11
1954					(5)

Jürgen Klinsmann GER 			11
1990, 1994, 1998			(17)          

Thomas Mueller 10
Luis Suarez, Cristiano Ronaldo (below) 7 
Harry Kane, Neymar, Lionel Messi 6 
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MILESTONE GOALS
1 	1930 Lucien Laurent	FRA
100 	1934 Angelo Schiavio	ITA
500 	1958 Bobby Collins	SCO
1,000 	1978 Rob Rensenbrink	NED
1,500 	1994 Claudio Caniggia	ARG
2,000 	2006 Marcus Allback	SWE	
2,500 	2018 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef TUN
    
         
Source: FIFA
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