World Cup All Time Top Scorers
World Cup Goals
| Rank | Player | Goals Goals | Appearances Aps | Ratio Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miroslav Klose Germany | 16 | 24 | 0.67 |
| 2 | Ronaldo Brazil | 15 | 19 | 0.79 |
| 3 | Gerd Muller Germany | 14 | 13 | 1.08 |
| 4 | Lionel Messi Argentina | 13 | 26 | 0.50 |
| 4 | Just Fontaine France | 13 | 6 | 2.17 |
| 6 | Kylian Mbappé France | 12 | 14 | 0.86 |
| 6 | Pele Brazil | 12 | 14 | 0.86 |
| 8 | Jurgen Klinsmann Germany | 11 | 17 | 0.65 |
| 8 | Sandor Kocsis Hungary | 11 | 5 | 2.20 |
| 10 | Grzegorz Lato Poland | 10 | 20 | 0.50 |
| 10 | Thomas Muller Germany | 10 | 19 | 0.53 |
| 10 | Teofilo Cubillas Peru | 10 | 13 | 0.77 |
| 10 | Gabriel Batistuta Argentina | 10 | 12 | 0.83 |
| 10 | Gary Lineker Germany | 10 | 12 | 0.83 |
| 10 | Helmut Rahn Germany | 10 | 10 | 1.00 |
World Cup All Time Most Goals
The all time top scorer of the World Cup is Germany’s Miroslav Klose, with a total of 16 goals in 24 appearances, scoring at a rate of 0.67 goals per game. He scored 1 more goals than the player with the 2nd most World Cup goals of all time, Ronaldo of Brazil, who scored 15 goals in 19 games; a goals per game ratio of 0.79.
Of the top 15 players in the above list, Hungary’s Sandor Kocsis has the best goals per game ratio of all time in the World Cup, scoring an incredible 11 goals in 5 appearances at a rate of 2.20 goals per game at his only World Cup in 1954. Just behind is the similarly absurd record of Just Fontaine, who scored 13 goals in just 6 games (2.17 goals per game) for France at his only World Cup in 1958.