The top scorers of the World Cup

May 24, 2006, 7:56 GMT

Hamburg - The top World Cup scorers year-by-year and overall.

Year-by-year

Year Name (Country) Goals

1930 - Guillermo Stabile (Argentina) 8

1934 - Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia) 5

1938 - Leonidas (Brazil) 8

1950 - Ademir (Brazil) 8

1954 - Sandor Koscis (Hungary) 11

1958 - Just Fonteine (France) 13

1962 - Garrincha (Brazil) 4 by drawing of lots - Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union) 4 - Leonel Sanchez (Chile) 4 - Vava (Brazil) 4 - Drazen Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) 4

1966 - Eusebio (Portugal) 9

1970 - Gerd Mueller (Germany) 10

1974 - Grzegorz Lato (Poland) 7

1978 - Mario Kempes (Argentina) 6

1982 - Paolo Rossi (Italy) 6

1986 - Gary Lineker (England) 6

1990 - Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) 6

1994 - Oleg Salenko (Russia) 6 - Hristo Stoitchkov (Bulgaria) 6

1998 - Davor Sukor (Croatia) 6

2002 - Ronaldo (Brazil) 8

Overall

Name (Country) Participation Goals

1. Gerd Mueller (Germany) 1970/1974 14

2. Just Fontaine (France) 1958 13

2.  Pele (Brazil) 1958 - 1970 12

2. Ronaldo (Brazil) 1998/2002 12

3. Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) 1954 11

3. Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany) 1990 - 1998 11

4. Helmut Rahn (Germany) 1954/1958 10

4. Teofilo Cubillas (Peru) 1970 - 1978 10

4. Grzegorz Lato (Poland) 1974 - 1982 10

4. Gary Lineker (England) 1986/1990 10

4. Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) 1994-2002 10

5. Leonidas (Brazil) 1934/1938 9 Ademir (Brazil) 1950 9

5. Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay) 1950/1954 9

5. Vava (Brazil) 1958/1962 9

5. Uwe Seeler (Germany) 1958 - 1970 9

5. Eusebio (Portugal) 1966 9

5. Jairzinho (Brazil) 1970/1974 9

5. Paolo Rossi (Italy) 1978 - 1986 9

5. Roberto Baggio (Italy) 1990 - 1998 9

5. Karlheinz Rummenigge (Germany) 1978 - 1986 9

5. Christian Vieri (Italy) 1998/2002 9

6. Stabile (Argentina) 1930 8

6. Ademir (Brazil) 1950 8

6. Maradona (Argentina) 1982 - 1994 8

6. Rudi Voeller (Germany) 1990/1994 8

6. Rivaldo (Brazil) 1998/2002 8

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