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Top scorers in World Cup history: Klose, Ronaldo and the king of the greatest goals

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Top scorers in World Cup history: Klose, Ronaldo and the king of the greatest goals

The 2022 World Cup has arrived and France are trying to defend their title in Qatar.

Brazil have won the World Cup a record five times, but they have not lifted a World Cup trophy since 2002.

Italy and Germany are the second-most successful teams, as they have won four World Cup titles each.

Argentina, France and Uruguay have all won two World Cup titles.

These countries have produced some of the greatest goalscorers of all time, many of whom are top scorers in World Cup history.

So who are the top 20 scorers with the most goals in the World Cup chart?

German legend Miroslav Klose became the all-time top scorer at the World Cup with 16 goals.

The players behind Klose – Cristiano Ronaldo, Gad Müller, Juster Fontaine and Pele – all average more goals per game than Klose.

But Klose made the most of his four World Cups, which had expanded and the teams that reached the last four were all playing seven matches.

That advantage, combined with the fact that the German team he plays for always makes it to the final stages, means he has played in 24 World Cup matches, more than anyone in the top 20.

Don't overlook anything from Klose's performance, though. He was never prolific at the club, but he excelled with the national team, scoring 71 German goals at the end of his career.

Klose scored five goals in the 2002 World Cup and five in the 2006 World Cup, and in both World Cups he played a full seven games to get his record off to a good start.

In 2010, he scored 4 goals in 5 games, and in 2014, he scored 2 goals in 5 games, surpassing Brazilian star Ronaldo to become the greatest goalscorer at the World Cup.

Klose equalled the record in a 2-2 draw with Ghana before breaking it once and for all with a 7-1 win over Brazil in the famous semi-finals.

He did not score in the final, but ended his national team career with a championship medal after Germany beat Argentina 1-0.

Top scorers in World Cup history: Klose, Ronaldo and the king of the greatest goals

Former Barcelona, Inter, Milan and Real Madrid star Ronaldo has scored 15 goals in 19 World Cup matches, while all of his goals have been in three World Cups between 1998 and 2006, when he played in 1994 but did not score. He won the Golden Boot at the 2002 World Cup.

German players such as world football record holders before Ronaldo such as Gerd Müller (14 goals) and Jürgen Klinsmann (11 goals) are in the top ten.

Two stars of the 50s of the 20th century, Sandor. Curchis (11 goals) and Fontaine (13 goals) have the highest goal percentages per game, with both averaging more than 2 goals per game.

Pele (12 goals), while not the most, will always have an important place in World Cup history.

Who scored the most goals in World Cup qualifiers?

Former Guatemalan striker Carlos Ruiz is the player with the most goals in World Cup qualifiers, scoring 39 goals, but that wasn't enough to help his country qualify.

Ronaldo finished second in World Cup qualifiers with 36 goals, the most goals scored by any European player.

Iran's Ali Dayi is third with 35 goals and Poland's Robert Lewandowski is third with 30.

Uruguayan star Luis Suarez holds an intimidating World Cup record, scoring 29 goals in qualifiers and seven in the World Cup.

Shevchenko scored 26 goals in the qualifiers and 2 in the World Cup.

Who scored the most goals in a single World Cup match?

All 13 goals scored by French striker Jaster Fontaine came at the 1958 World Cup, where he played a total of six.

Today, more than 60 years later, Fontaine is still the player with the most goals in a single World Cup competition.

He broke Sandor against another of the tournament's greatest goalkeepers. Curchis set a record of 11 goals.

Third in the single-edition World Cup goal table is Gad Müller, who scored 10 goals in six appearances in the 1970 World Cup.

In more than 40 years since, no player has scored double-digit goals in the World Cup, with Brazilian striker Ronaldo closest to scoring eight goals at the 2002 World Cup.

For James Rodriguez and Harry Kane in 2014 and 2018, six goals were enough to earn the honour.

Who is the oldest goalscorer at the World Cup?

The oldest goalscorer at the World Cup was Cameroonian striker Roger Mira.

Surprisingly, at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Mira was 42 years and 39 days old when he scored a goal against Russia in Cameroon.

Mira broke her own record in the process – he was already the oldest World Cup scorer to score four goals at the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

There is a huge gap between Mira and other teams that excel in this area.

In second place is Gunnar Glenn, who was just 37 years and 236 days old when he scored for host Sweden at the 1958 World Cup.

Cuutemoc Blanco, who finished third, scored a goal for Mexico at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa at the age of 37 years and 151 days.

In 2014, Klose scored the last of his 16 World Cup goals at the age of 36. This puts him in ninth overall ranking.

If Ronaldo scores at the 2022 World Cup, he will occupy an important place on this list as the striker is about to celebrate his 38th birthday in Qatar.

Ronaldo is already the oldest player to score a World Cup hat-trick. He scored three goals against Spain in 2018 at the age of 33 years and 130 days.

Who is the youngest goalscorer at the World Cup?

Top scorers in World Cup history: Klose, Ronaldo and the king of the greatest goals

Pele is the youngest goal-scorer at the World Cup.

At the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, he scored a goal against Wales at the age of 17 years and 239 days.

Five days later, Pele became the youngest player to score a hat-trick against France at the World Cup. This record still stands today.

In a historic match, he became the youngest goalscorer in a World Cup final, scoring his first goal in a 5-2 win over host Sweden when he was just 17 years and 249 days old. This is another record that has not yet been broken.

Pele became the youngest goalscorer in World Cup history, breaking Mexico's Manuel Rosas' record for goals in the inaugural World Cup in 1930.

After more than 90 years, Rosas is still the second youngest scorer.

Former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester United striker Michael Owen is third, having only 18 years old when he made his debut for England at the 1998 World Cup.

Lionel Messi was just 18 years and 358 days old when he scored his first World Cup goal in 2006.

That puts him sixth on the world scorers' list and also makes him the youngest World Cup goalscorer of the century.

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