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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In the tournament section, if a particular World Cup Year is in brackets that means the player was included in the squad but did not manage to score a goal.

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

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