All-time Top scorers in the World Cup rank 1 - 20
Ahead of the world cup, we take a look at the top 20 all-time top scorers of the world cup. Miroslav Klose of Germany is the all-time top scorer of the world cup. He has scored 16 goals in 24 matches. Other players in the list include Ronaldo of Brazil, Thomas Muller of Germany and many others.
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NO
|
PLAYER
|
TEAM
|
MATCHES PLAYED
|
GOALS SCORED
|
AVERAGE GOALS SCORED
|
|
1
|
MIROSLAV KLOSE
|
GERMANY
|
24
|
16
|
0.67
|
|
2
|
RONALDO
|
BRAZIL
|
19
|
15
|
0.79
|
|
3
|
GERD MULLER
|
GERMANY
|
13
|
14
|
1.08
|
|
4
|
JUST FONTAINE
|
FRANCE
|
6
|
13
|
2.17
|
|
5
|
PELE
|
BRAZIL
|
14
|
12
|
0.86
|
|
6
|
JURGEN KLINSMANN
|
GERMANY
|
17
|
11
|
0.65
|
|
7
|
SANDOR KOCSIS
|
HUNGARY
|
5
|
11
|
2.20
|
|
8
|
GABRIEL BATISTUTA
|
ARGENTINA
|
12
|
10
|
0.83
|
|
9
|
TEOFILO CUBILLAS
|
PERU
|
13
|
10
|
0.77
|
|
10
|
GRZEGORZ LATO
|
POLAND
|
20
|
10
|
0.50
|
|
11
|
GARY LINEKER
|
ENGLAND
|
12
|
10
|
0.83
|
|
12
|
THOMAS MULLER*
|
GERMANY
|
13
|
10
|
0.77
|
|
13
|
HELMUT RAHN
|
GERMANY
|
10
|
10
|
1.00
|
|
14
|
ADEMIR
|
BRAZIL
|
6
|
9
|
1.50
|
|
15
|
ROBERTO BAGGIO
|
ITALY
|
16
|
9
|
0.56
|
|
16
|
DAVID VILLA*
|
SPAIN
|
12
|
9
|
0.75
|
|
17
|
EUSEBIO
|
PORTUGAL
|
6
|
9
|
1.50
|
|
18
|
JAIRZINHO
|
BRAZIL
|
16
|
9
|
0.56
|
|
19
|
PAOLO ROSSI
|
ITALY
|
14
|
9
|
0.64
|
|
20
|
KARL-HEINZ RUMMENIGGE
|
GERMANY
|
19
|
9
|
0.47
|