World Cup Record Book

World Cup All-Time Goalscorers

A scorer skyline for the players with the most goals in men's FIFA World Cup history.

Ranked by tournament goals Updated July 1, 2026 Seasonal refresh World Cup Scorer Plaza
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Latest ranking

2026

World Cup goals
#1 Lionel Messi 19
#2 Kylian Mbappe 18
#3 Miroslav Klose 16
#4 Ronaldo 15
#5 Gerd Muller 14
#6 Just Fontaine 13
#7 Pele 12
#8 Sandor Kocsis 11
#8 Jurgen Klinsmann 11
#8 Harry Kane 11
#11 Cristiano Ronaldo 10
#11 Helmut Rahn 10
#11 Gary Lineker 10
#11 Gabriel Batistuta 10
#11 Teofilo Cubillas 10

Timeline

Key moments

  • 2026

    Lionel Messi leads world cup goals

Notes

Methodology

The adapter projects an all-time men's World Cup goals leaderboard from FIFA/Wikipedia historical record tables, then adds current 2026 tournament goals from FIFA's public GameDay scorer feed for active players.

Live men's World Cup goal totals combine through-2022 historical baselines with FIFA's 2026 tournament goal feed. The checked-in live snapshot remains the fallback when FIFA's public feed is unavailable.

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