Overall top goalscorers

Rank	Nation	Player	Goals scored	Matches played	Goal average	Editions
1		Ronaldo	15	19	0.79	1998, 2002, 2006
2		Gerd Müller	14	13	1.08	1970, 1974
		Miroslav Klose	14	19	0.74	2002, 2006, 2010
4		Just Fontaine	13	6	2.17	1958
5		Pelé	12	14	0.86	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
6		Sándor Kocsis	11	5	2.20	1954
		Jürgen Klinsmann	11	17	0.65	1990, 1994, 1998
8		Helmut Rahn	10	10	1.00	1954, 1958
		Gabriel Batistuta	10	12	0.83	1994, 1998, 2002
		Gary Lineker	10	12	0.83	1986, 1990
		Teófilo Cubillas	10	13	0.77	1970, 1978, 1982
		Grzegorz Lato	10	20	0.50	1974, 1978, 1982
13		Eusébio	9	6	1.50	1966
		Christian Vieri	9	9	1.00	1998, 2002
		Vavá	9	10	0.90	1958, 1962
		Paolo Rossi	9	14	0.64	1978, 1982, 1986
		Jairzinho	9	16	0.56	1966, 1970, 1974
		Roberto Baggio	9	16	0.56	1990, 1994, 1998
		Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	9	19	0.47	1978, 1982, 1986
		Uwe Seeler	9	21	0.43	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
21		Guillermo Stábile	8	4	2.00	1930
		Leônidas[1]	8	5	1.60	1934, 1938
		Ademir[2]	8	6	1.33	1950
		Oscar Míguez	8	7	1.14	1950, 1954
		David Villa	8	10	0.80	2006, 2010
		Rivaldo	8	14	0.57	1998, 2002
		Rudi Völler	8	15	0.53	1986, 1990, 1994
		Diego Maradona	8	21	0.38	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994
29		Oldřich Nejedlý[3]	7	6	1.17	1934, 1938
		Lajos Tichy	7	8	0.88	1958, 1962
		Careca	7	9	0.78	1986, 1990
		Andrzej Szarmach	7	13	0.54	1974, 1978, 1982
		Johnny Rep	7	14	0.50	1974, 1978
		Hans Schäfer	7	15	0.47	1954, 1958, 1962