World Cup 2026 Top Scorer and Most Goals

The top scorer of the 2026 World Cup is the footballer who scores the most goals during the tournament.

In all 21 previous editions, over 2,000 goals have been scored by more than 1,250 footballers. Since the start of the tournament in 1930, 97 players have scored five or more goals. These 97 top scorers come from 28 different countries, including 14 players from Brazil and 14 from Germany.

64 top scorers are from Europe, 29 from South America, and only 4 footballers come from another continent.

The top scorer of the FIFA World Cup receives the Golden Boot, while the second and third place finishers receive the Silver Boot and the Bronze Boot respectively.

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Top scorers of World Cup 2026

The list of World Cup 2026 top scorers is below. In total, 605 goals have yet been scored at World Cup 2026.

#	Player	Country	Goals
1	E. Haaland	Norway	16
2	H. Kane	England	8
3	M. Arnautovic	Austria	8
4	M. Depay	Netherlands	8
5	K. De Bruyne	Belgium	6
6	M. Merino	Spain	6
7	M. Oyarzabal	Spain	6
8	A. Kramaric	Croatia	5
9	B. Varga	Hungary	5
10	C. Ronaldo	Portugal	5

Top scorer of the World Cup 2026 is E. Haaland of Norway with 16 goals.

Goals by country at World Cup 2026

Below is the number of goals per country at the World Cup 2026.

#	Country	Goals
1	Norway	35
2	Belgium	29
3	Netherlands	27
4	Croatia	24
5	Austria	22
6	Italy	21
7	England	20
8	Portugal	20
9	Spain	20
10	Czech Republic	18
11	Bosnia Herz.	16
12	Denmark	16
13	Germany	16
14	Israel	16
15	Romania	16
16	France	15
17	Turkey	15
18	Poland	14
19	Switzerland	14
20	Wales	14
21	Iceland	13
22	Macedonia	12
23	Scotland	12
24	Cyprus	11
25	Faroe Islands	11
26	Hungary	11
27	Greece	10
28	Ukraine	10
29	Ireland	9
30	Kazakhstan	9
31	Estonia	8
32	Finland	8
33	Montenegro	8
34	Serbia	8
35	Georgia	7
36	Albania	6
37	Lithuania	6
38	Northern Ireland	6
39	Slovakia	6
40	Kosovo	5
41	Latvia	5
42	Belarus	4
43	Malta	4
44	Moldova	4
45	Sweden	4
46	Andorra	3
47	Armenia	3
48	Bulgaria	3
49	Gibraltar	3
50	Slovenia	3
51	Azerbaijan	2
52	San Marino	2
53	Luxembourg	1

The country with the most goals of the World Cup 2026 is Norway with 35 goals.

Most assists of World Cup 2026

The list of players with the most assists from World Cup 2026 is below.

#	Player	Country	Assists
1	S. Thomas	Wales	5
2	C. Gakpo	Netherlands	4
3	D. Rice	England	4
4	D. Szoboszlai	Hungary	4
5	F. Dimarco	Italy	4
6	H. Calhanoglu	Turkey	4
7	I. Perisic	Croatia	4
8	J. Ryerson	Norway	4
9	M. Ødegaard	Norway	4
10	M. Depay	Netherlands	4

Footballer with the most assists of the World Cup 2026 is S. Thomas of Wales with 5 assist(s).

Assists by country at World Cup 2026

Below is the number of assists per country at World Cup 2026.

#	Country	Assists
1	Norway	27
2	Belgium	21
3	Italy	18
4	Netherlands	18
5	Austria	17
6	Czech Republic	16
7	Croatia	15
8	Spain	15
9	England	14
10	France	12
11	Israel	12
12	Denmark	11
13	Germany	11
14	Portugal	11
15	Switzerland	11
16	Turkey	11
17	Wales	11
18	Bosnia Herz.	10
19	Hungary	10
20	Poland	10
21	Romania	10
22	Iceland	9
23	Greece	8
24	Macedonia	8
25	Ukraine	8
26	Ireland	7
27	Scotland	7
28	Cyprus	6
29	Serbia	6
30	Slovakia	6
31	Albania	5
32	Faroe Islands	5
33	Kazakhstan	5
34	Lithuania	4
35	Bulgaria	3
36	Estonia	3
37	Georgia	3
38	Kosovo	3
39	Latvia	3
40	Montenegro	3
41	Andorra	2
42	Armenia	2
43	Belarus	2
44	Finland	2
45	Gibraltar	2
46	Malta	2
47	Moldova	2
48	San Marino	2
49	Slovenia	2
50	Sweden	2
51	Azerbaijan	1
52	Luxembourg	1
53	Northern Ireland	1

The country with the most assists of the World Cup 2026 is Norway with 27 assist(s).

Own goals per player at World Cup 2026

Below is the number of own goals per player at World Cup 2026. This concerns the number of own goals a country has received (not conceded).

#	Player	Against country	Own goals
1	C. Garcia	England	2
2	A. Chernev	Spain	2
3	A. Cernomordijs	Albania	1
4	V. Mykolenko	Azerbaijan	1
5	N. Michail	Bosnia Herz.	1
6	E. Kuc	Croatia	1
7	M. Tonisevs	England	1
8	S. Mahammadaliyev	France	1
9	M. Locatelli	Israel	1
10	K. Hein	Israel	1
11	A. Bastoni	Israel	1
12	Z. Karnicnik	Kosovo	1
13	L. Ostigard	Moldova	1
14	P. Hrosovsky	Northern Ireland	1
15	A. Khalaili	Norway	1
16	I. Nachmias	Norway	1
17	D. Rossi	Romania	1
18	G. Valentini	Romania	1
19	M. Cevoli	Romania	1
20	Z. Volkov	Scotland	1
21	V. Popov	Turkey	1

The player with the most own goals of the World Cup 2026 is C. Garcia of England with 2 own goal(s).

Own goals by country at World Cup 2026

Below is the number of own goals per country at World Cup 2026. This concerns the number of own goals a country has received (not conceded).

#	Country	Own goals received
1	Israel	3
2	Romania	3
3	England	2
4	Norway	2
5	Turkey	2
6	Albania	1
7	Azerbaijan	1
8	Bosnia Herz.	1
9	Croatia	1
10	France	1
11	Kosovo	1
12	Moldova	1
13	Northern Ireland	1
14	Scotland	1
15	Serbia	1
16	Spain	1

The country with the most own goals of the World Cup 2026 is Israel with 3 own goal(s).

Penalties per player at World Cup 2026

Below is the number of penalties per player at World Cup 2026.

#	Player	Country	Penalty's
1	C. Gakpo	Netherlands	3
2	K. De Bruyne	Belgium	2
3	J. Pohjanpalo	Finland	2
4	K. Mbappe	France	2
5	M. Depay	Netherlands	2
6	B. Fernandes	Portugal	2
7	A. Mitrovic	Serbia	2
8	M. Oyarzabal	Spain	2
9	G. Xhaka	Switzerland	2
10	K. Asllani	Albania	1
11	E. Spertsyan	Armenia	1
12	M. Sabitzer	Austria	1
13	M. Arnautovic	Austria	1
14	E. Mahmudov	Azerbaijan	1
15	G. Barkovskiy	Belarus	1
16	Y. Tielemans	Belgium	1
17	R. Lukaku	Belgium	1
18	L. Modric	Croatia	1
19	A. Budimir	Croatia	1
20	I. Perisic	Croatia	1
21	I. Pittas	Cyprus	1
22	G. Kastanos	Cyprus	1
23	R. Hojlund	Denmark	1
24	H. Kane	England	1
25	M. Rashford	England	1
26	A. Frederiksberg	Faroe Islands	1
27	J. Kimmich	Germany	1
28	T. Parrott	Ireland	1
29	D. Turgeman	Israel	1
30	M. Abu Fani	Israel	1
31	M. Retegui	Italy	1
32	A. Tagybergen	Kazakhstan	1
33	V. Gutkovskis	Latvia	1
34	G. Gineitis	Lithuania	1
35	T. Teuma	Malta	1
36	N. Krstovic	Montenegro	1
37	J. Donley	Northern Ireland	1
38	T. Aasgaard	Norway	1
39	C. Ronaldo	Portugal	1
40	R. Marin	Romania	1
41	I. Hagi	Romania	1
42	L. Munteanu	Romania	1
43	H. Calhanoglu	Turkey	1
44	H. Wilson	Wales	1

The player with the most penalties of the World Cup 2026 is C. Gakpo van Netherlands with 3 penalty('s).

Penalties by country at World Cup 2026

Below is the number of penalties per country at World Cup 2026.

#	Country	Penalty's
1	Netherlands	5
2	Belgium	4
3	Croatia	3
4	Portugal	3
5	Romania	3
6	Austria	2
7	Cyprus	2
8	England	2
9	Finland	2
10	France	2
11	Israel	2
12	Serbia	2
13	Spain	2
14	Switzerland	2
15	Albania	1
16	Armenia	1
17	Azerbaijan	1
18	Belarus	1
19	Denmark	1
20	Faroe Islands	1
21	Germany	1
22	Ireland	1
23	Italy	1
24	Kazakhstan	1
25	Latvia	1
26	Lithuania	1
27	Malta	1
28	Montenegro	1
29	Northern Ireland	1
30	Norway	1
31	Turkey	1
32	Wales	1

The country with the most penalties of the World Cup 2026 is Netherlands with 5 penalty('s).

Missed penalties per player at World Cup 2026

Below is the number of missed penalties per player at World Cup 2026.

#	Player	Country	Penalty's
1	R. Manaj	Albania	1
2	M. Arnautovic	Austria	1
3	L. Majer	Croatia	1
4	M. Retegui	Italy	1
5	J. Ikaunieks	Latvia	1
6	I. Price	Northern Ireland	1
7	E. Haaland	Norway	1
8	C. Ronaldo	Portugal	1
9	F. Torres	Spain	1

The player with the most missed penalties of the World Cup 2026 is R. Manaj of Albania with 1 missed penalties.

Missed penalties by country at World Cup 2026

Below is the number of missed penalties per country at World Cup 2026.

#	Country	Penalty's
1	Albania	1
2	Austria	1
3	Croatia	1
4	Italy	1
5	Latvia	1
6	Northern Ireland	1
7	Norway	1
8	Portugal	1
9	Spain	1

The country with the most missed penalties of the World Cup 2026 is Albania with 1missed penalties.

World Cup top scorers of all time

Germany's Miroslav Klose is the all-time top scorer of the FIFA World Cup with 16 goals in 24 matches. Ronaldo from Brazil follows with 15 goals in 19 matches and German Gerd Müller completes the top three with 14 goals in 13 games.

Below is the ranking of all-time World Cup top scorers.

#	Player	Country	Goals	Matches	Average	Years
1	Miroslav Klose	Germany	16	24	0,67	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
2	Ronaldo	Brazil	15	19	0,79	1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
3	Gerd Müller	Germany	14	13	1,08	1970, 1974
4	Just Fontaine	France	13	6	2,17	1958
5	Pelé	Brazil	12	14	0,86	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
6	Sándor Kocsis	Hungary	11	5	2,20	1954
6	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	11	17	0,65	1990, 1994, 1998
8	Helmut Rahn	Germany	10	10	1,00	1954, 1958
8	Gary Lineker	England	10	12	0,83	1986, 1990
8	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	10	12	0,83	1994, 1998, 2002
8	Teófilo Cubillas	Peru	10	13	0,77	1970, 1978, 1982
8	Thomas Müller	Germany	10	16	0,63	2010, 2014, 2018
8	Grzegorz Lato	Poland	10	20	0,50	1974, 1978, 1982
14	Eusébio	Portugal	9	6	1,50	1966
14	Christian Vieri	Italy	9	9	1,00	1998, 2002
14	Vavá	Brazil	9	10	0,90	1958, 1962
14	David Villa	Spain	9	12	0,75	2006, 2010, 2014
14	Paolo Rossi	Italy	9	14	0,64	1978, 1982, 1986
14	Jairzinho	Brazil	9	16	0,56	1966, 1970, 1974
14	Roberto Baggio	Italy	9	16	0,56	1990, 1994, 1998
14	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Germany	9	19	0,47	1978, 1982, 1986
14	Uwe Seeler	Germany	9	21	0,43	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
23	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina	8	4	2,00	1930
23	Leônidas	Brazil	8	5	1,60	1934, 1938
23	Ademir	Brazil	8	6	1,33	1950
23	Óscar Míguez	Uruguay	8	7	1,14	1950, 1954
23	Rivaldo	Brazil	8	14	0,57	1998, 2002
23	Rudi Völler	Germany	8	15	0,53	1986, 1990, 1994
23	Diego Maradona	Argentina	8	21	0,38	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994
30	Oldřich Nejedlý	Czech Republic	7	6	1,17	1934, 1938
30	Lajos Tichy	Hungary	7	8	0,88	1958, 1962, 1966
30	Careca	Brazil	7	9	0,78	1986, 1990
30	Johnny Rep	Netherlands	7	13	0,54	1974, 1978
30	Andrzej Szarmach	Poland	7	13	0,54	1974, 1978, 1982
30	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	7	13	0,54	2010, 2014, 2018
30	Hans Schäfer	Germany	7	15	0,47	1954, 1958, 1962
30	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	7	17	0,41	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
38	Josef Hügi	Switzerland	6	3	2,00	1954
38	Oleg Salenko	Russia	6	3	2,00	1994
38	György Sárosi	Hungary	6	5	1,20	1934, 1938
38	Max Morlock	Germany	6	5	1,20	1954
38	Erich Probst	Austria	6	5	1,20	1954
38	Harry Kane	England	6	6	1,00	2018
38	Salvatore Schillaci	Italy	6	7	0,86	1990
38	Davor Šuker	Croatia	6	8	0,75	1990, 1998, 2002
38	James Rodríguez	Colombia	6	8	0,75	2014, 2018
38	Helmut Haller	Germany	6	9	0,67	1962, 1966, 1970
38	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	6	10	0,60	1994, 1998
38	Diego Forlán	Uruguay	6	10	0,60	2002, 2010, 2014
38	Neymar	Brazil	6	10	0,60	2014, 2018
38	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	6	11	0,55	2006, 2010, 2014
38	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	6	12	0,50	1994, 1998
38	Rob Rensenbrink	Netherlands	6	13	0,46	1974, 1978
38	Rivellino	Brazil	6	15	0,40	1970, 1974, 1978
38	Bebeto	Brazil	6	15	0,40	1990, 1994, 1998
38	Arjen Robben	Netherlands	6	15	0,40	2006, 2010, 2014
38	Zbigniew Boniek	Poland	6	16	0,38	1978, 1982, 1986
38	Thierry Henry	France	6	17	0,35	1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
38	Wesley Sneijder	Netherlands	6	17	0,35	2006, 2010, 2014
38	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	6	17	0,35	2006, 2010, 2014
38	Mario Kempes	Argentina	6	18	0,33	1974, 1978, 1982
38	Lionel Messi	Argentina	6	19	0,32	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
38	Lothar Matthäus	Germany	6	25	0,24	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998
64	Pedro Cea	Uruguay	5	4	1,25	1930
64	Silvio Piola	Italy	5	4	1,25	1938
64	Gyula Zsengellér	Hungary	5	4	1,25	1938
64	Peter McParland	Northern Ireland	5	5	1,00	1958
64	Tomáš Skuhravý	Czech Republic	5	5	1,00	1990
64	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	Uruguay	5	6	0,83	1950, 1954
64	Geoff Hurst	England	5	6	0,83	1966, 1970
64	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	5	6	0,83	2002, 2010
64	Alessandro Altobelli	Italy	5	7	0,71	1982, 1986
64	Kennet Andersson	Sweden	5	7	0,71	1994
64	Fernando Morientes	Spain	5	7	0,71	1998, 2002
64	Romário	Brazil	5	8	0,63	1990, 1994
64	Marc Wilmots	Belgium	5	8	0,63	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
64	Mario Mandžukić	Croatia	5	8	0,63	2014, 2018
64	Valentin Ivanov	Russia	5	9	0,56	1958, 1962
64	Emilio Butragueño	Spain	5	9	0,56	1986, 1990
64	Roger Milla	Cameroon	5	9	0,56	1982, 1990, 1994
64	Tim Cahill	Australia	5	9	0,56	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
64	Hans Krankl	Austria	5	10	0,50	1978, 1982
64	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	5	10	0,50	2014, 2018
64	Ivan Perišić	Croatia	5	10	0,50	2014, 2018
64	Raúl	Spain	5	11	0,45	1998, 2002, 2006
64	Garrincha	Brazil	5	12	0,42	1958, 1962, 1966
64	Johan Neeskens	Netherlands	5	12	0,42	1974, 1978
64	Fernando Hierro	Spain	5	12	0,42	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
64	Zinedine Zidane	France	5	12	0,42	1998, 2002, 2006
64	Landon Donovan	United States	5	12	0,42	2002, 2006, 2010
64	Henrik Larsson	Sweden	5	13	0,38	1994, 2002, 2006
64	Michel Platini	France	5	14	0,36	1978, 1982, 1986
64	Zico	Brazil	5	14	0,36	1978, 1982, 1986
64	Gonzalo Higuaín	Argentina	5	14	0,36	2010, 2014, 2018
64	Edinson Cavani	Uruguay	5	14	0,36	2010, 2014, 2018
64	Lukas Podolski	Germany	5	15	0,33	2006, 2010, 2014
64	Franz Beckenbauer	Germany	5	18	0,28	1966, 1970, 1974

Best English top scorers are Gary Lineker (10x), Harry Kane (6x) and Geoff Hurst (5x).

All-time top scorers per World Cup

The first top scorer of the World Cup was Guillermo Stábile of Argentina in 1930. The last top scorer of the World Cup was Harry Kane of England in 2018.

Below is the list of all-time top scorers per World Cup.

Year	Player	Country	Goals	Matches
1930	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina	8	4
1934	Oldřich Nejedlý	Czech Republic	5	4
1938	Leônidas	Brazil	7	5
1950	Ademir	Brazil	8	6
1954	Sándor Kocsis	Hungary	11	5
1958	Just Fontaine	France	13	6
1962	Garrincha	Brazil	4	6
1962	Vavá	Brazil	4	6
1962	Leonel Sánchez	Chili	4	6
1962	Flórián Albert	Hungary	4	4
1962	Valentin Ivanov	Russia	4	4
1962	Dražan Jerković	Yugoslavia	4	6
1966	Eusébio	Portugal	9	6
1970	Gerd Müller	Germany	10	6
1974	Grzegorz Lato	Poland	7	7
1978	Mario Kempes	Argentina	6	7
1982	Paolo Rossi	Italy	6	7
1986	Gary Lineker	England	6	5
1990	Salvatore Schillaci	Italy	6	7
1994	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	6	7
1994	Oleg Salenko	Russia	6	3
1998	Davor Šuker	Croatia	6	7
2002	Ronaldo	Brazil	8	7
2006	Miroslav Klose	Germany	5	7
2010	Thomas Müller	Germany	5	7
2010	Wesley Sneijder	Netherlands	5	7
2010	David Villa	Spain	5	7
2010	Diego Forlán	Uruguay	5	7
2014	James Rodríguez	Colombia	6	5
2018	Harry Kane	England	6	7

In 1986 Gary Lineker was World Cup top scorer with 6 goals and in 2018 Harry Kane scored the most goals (also 6).

Criteria for the Golden Boot

The Golden Boot is awarded to the player who scores the most goals during the FIFA World Cup. If two or more players score the same number of goals, the number of assists is decisive.

If there is still a tie after taking assists into account, the total number of minutes played in the tournament is considered, with the player who has played the fewest minutes ranked first. A Silver Boot and a Bronze Boot are also awarded to the second- and third-highest scorers, respectively. Vragen aan ChatGPT

Date published: 14-08-2017 | Date modified: 09-08-2025 | Author: Patrick de Graaf

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The 2026 World Cup top scorer is the footballer who scores the most goals. The most assists of the 2026 World Cup are provided by the player with the most passes leading to goals.

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