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 19, 2026 Seasonal refresh World Cup Scorer Plaza
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Latest ranking

July 19, 2026

World Cup goals
#1 Kylian Mbappe 22
#2 Lionel Messi 21
#3 Miroslav Klose 16
#4 Ronaldo 15
#5 Gerd Muller 14
#5 Harry Kane 14
#7 Just Fontaine 13
#8 Pele 12
#9 Sandor Kocsis 11
#9 Jurgen Klinsmann 11
#9 Cristiano Ronaldo 11
#12 Helmut Rahn 10
#12 Gary Lineker 10
#12 Gabriel Batistuta 10
#12 Teofilo Cubillas 10

Timeline

Key moments

  • June 11, 2026

    Miroslav Klose leads world cup goals

  • June 28, 2026

    Kylian Mbappe leads world cup goals

  • July 19, 2026

    Kylian Mbappe 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. A modeled by-date backfill animates the 2026 all-time-record chase across the tournament calendar.

Live men's World Cup goal totals combine through-2022 historical baselines with FIFA's 2026 tournament goal feed. After the 2026 final, Kylian Mbappe (22) overtook Lionel Messi (21) as the all-time leading men's World Cup scorer. The checked-in live snapshot is the fallback when FIFA's public feed is unavailable.

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