Most Goals Scored In A Single World Cup Game
The record for most number of goals in a World Cup match occurred in a match between Hungary and El-Salvador in the year 1982. The final score was 10-1, where Hungary scored them all. Most goals in a single Women’s World Cup match. The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France group.
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The most goals scored in a single FIFA Club World Cup match by an individual is three, achieved by Luis Suárez (Uruguay) for Barcelona against Guangzhou Evergrande on 17 December 2015; Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) for Real Madrid against Kashima Antlers on 18 December 2016; and Gareth Bale (UK) for Real Madrid against Kashima Antlers on 19 December 2018.
Who Has Scored The Most Goals In A Single World Cup
Ronaldo is to date the only player to record a hat-trick in the final of the Club World Cup. In the precursor to the World Club Cup, the Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004), only one player recorded three goals in the same match: Pelé. His effort came in 1962 when Santos defeated Benfica 5–2 in Lisbon.
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These are the 'golden shoe' or 'golden boot' winners from each World Cup event. The record for the most goals at a single World Cup is 13 by Frenchman Just Fontaine in 1958, which he achieved in six games. The overall top goal scorer in the Wolrd Cup is German player Miroslav Klose, who has scored 16 goals overall. See the list of World Cup Top Goal Scorers.
The current rules for a tie-breaker, is that if there is a tie for the most number of goals in the tournament, the award goes to the player who has given the most assists (as decided by the FIFA Technical Study Group). If there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has played the least amount of time. Goals scored from penalty shoot-outs are not counted.
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| Year | Top Scorer(s) | Country | Matches Played | Goals Scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Guillermo Stabile | Argentina | 4 | 8 |
| 1934 | Angelo Schiavio | Italy * | 4 | 4 |
| Oldrich Nejedly | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 4 | |
| Edmund Conen | Germany | 4 | 4 | |
| 1938 | Leonidas da Silva | Brazil | 4 | 8 |
| 1950 | Marques Ademir | Brazil | 6 | 7 |
| 1954 | Sandor Kocsis | Hungary | 5 | 11 |
| 1958 | Just Fontaine | France | 6 | 13 |
| 1962 | Drazen Jerkovic | Yugoslavia | 6 | 5 |
| 1966 | Ferreira Eusebio | Portugal | 6 | 9 |
| 1970 | Gerd Muller | West Germany | 6 | 10 |
| 1974 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 7 | 7 |
| 1978 | Mario Kempes | Argentina * | 7 | 6 |
| 1982 | Paolo Rossi | Italy * | 7 | 6 |
| 1986 | Gary Lineker | England | 5 | 6 |
| 1990 | Salvatore Schillaci | Italy | 7 | 6 |
| 1994 | Oleg Salenko | Russia | 3 | 6 |
| Hristo Stoitchkov | Bulgaria | 7 | 6 | |
| 1998 | Davor Suker | Croatia | 7 | 6 |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil * | 7 | 8 |
| 2006 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 7 | 5 |
| 2010 | Thomas Müller | Germany | 6 | 5 |
| 2014 | James Rodríguez | Columbia | 5 | 6 |
| 2018 | Harry Kane | England | 6 | 7 |
* Champion country
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Related Pages
- Top goal scorers from Brazil 2014
- South Africa 2010 goal scorers list.
- Complete Germany 2006 goal scorers list.
- List of World Cup Top Goal Scorers (total goals)
- Other FIFA World Cup awards
- Golden Ball Winners (best player) and Golden Glove Winners (best goalkeepers)