Top Goalscorers in FIFA World Cup History

Can you name every international football player to have scored at least 8 goals in World Cup matches?

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A year in brackets means that the player was at the tournament but did not manage to score a goal.

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Rank	Player	Nation	Matches	Goals	Tournament(s)
1st	Miroslav Klose		24	16	2002 \| 2006 \| 2010 \| 2014
2nd	Ronaldo		19	15	(1994) \| 1998 \| 2002 \| 2006
3rd	Gerd Müller		13	14	1970 \| 1974
5th	Just Fontaine		6	13	1958
5th	Lionel Messi		26	13	2006 \| (2010) \| 2014 \| 2018 \| 2022
7th	Pelé		14	12	1958 \| 1962 \| 1966 \| 1970
7th	Kylian Mbappé		14	12	2018 \| 2022
8th	Sándor Kocsis		5	11	1954
9th	Jürgen Klinsmann		17	11	1990 \| 1994 \| 1998
10th	Helmut Rahn		10	10	1954 \| 1958
11th	Gary Lineker		12		1986 \| 1990
11th	Gabriel Batistuta		12		1994 \| 1998 \| 2002
13th	Teófilo Cubillas		13		1970 \| 1978 \| (1982)
14th	Thomas Müller		19		2010 \| 2014 \| (2018) \| (2022)
15th	Grzegorz Lato		20		1974 \| 1978 \| 1982
16th	Ademir		6	9	1950
16th	Eusébio		6		1966
18th	Christian Vieri		9		1998 \| 2002
19th	Vavá		10		1958 \| 1962
20th	David Villa		12		2006 \| 2010 \| 2014
21st	Paolo Rossi		14		1978 \| 1982 \| (1986)
22nd	Jairzinho		16		(1966) \| 1970 \| 1974
22nd	Roberto Baggio		16		1990 \| 1994 \| 1998
24th	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge		19		1978 \| 1982 \| 1986
25th	Uwe Seeler		21		1958 \| 1962 \| 1966 \| 1970
26th	Guillermo Stábile		4	8	1930
27th	Leônidas		5		1934 \| 1938
28th	Óscar Míguez		7		1950 \| 1954
29th	Harry Kane		11		2018 \| 2022
30th	Neymar		13		2014 \| 2018 \| 2022
31st	Rivaldo		14		1998 \| 2002
32nd	Rudi Völler		15		1986 \| 1990 \| 1994
33rd	Diego Maradona		21		1982 \| 1986 \| (1990) \| 1994
34th	Cristiano Ronaldo		22		2006 \| 2010 \| 2014 \| 2018 \| 2022

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