World Cups are the most followed sporting
events in the world. The expectation they generate is maximum, and they bring
together some of the best players in the world. The last one to be held,
the Qatar World Cup 2022, was a show that swept the world in views and allowed
top players to face each other in some memorable matches that will go down in
history.
World Cup records have been kept since 1930.
Since then, data from the World Cups have always been collected to form
a ranking of the world's top scorers of each edition, in order to go down in
soccer history and leave their name for posterity.
At the top of the table, we find the Polish Miroslav
Klose, who accumulates a total of 16 goals scored in different World Cups
and who has been considered, by pure mathematics, as the top scorer of the last
century. He was part of the German national team and his role as a goal scorer
was such that he was soon nicknamed "the German bomber".
The legendary Real Madrid player in the
glorious years of FC Barcelona ranks second in the ranking of the top
scorers in World Cups in history. He has been part of the Brazilian national
soccer team, and accumulates a total of 15 goals scored in World Cup matches.
A native of Bavaria, Müller was one of the
players with the highest goal scoring record in a season in his
active years, as well as being one of the world's all-time top scorers,
holding third place in the absolute ranking of top scorers in World Cup
matches.
From 1967 to 2021 he has recurrently obtained
several distinctions in recognition of his career, being one of the best
German-born footballers of the last century and having participated in up to
seven international soccer championships with F. C. Bayern and the German
national team, both in the 1972 European Championship and in the 1974 World
Cup.
With 13 goals scored in the 1958 World Cup
in six matches, Just Fontaine became one of the all-time top scorers in the
history of the game and one of the greatest French-born players of all time.
In 2012, he earned his last individual honor,
being inducted into the International Football Hall of Fame and being
named an Officer of the Legion of Honor a year later.
Still active, Messi is considered one of the
world's top scorers and holds the record for goals scored in a season, scoring
50 goals in the 2011-2012 season. As a player of the Argentine national
team, his records have been equally impressive, accumulating 13 goals scored in
World Cups.
Messi is a player of records, as he also holds
the most number of golden balls won with a total of seven in the years
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 and 2021.
The last World Cup held, the Qatar 2022
World Cup, which was lifted by the Argentine National Team after a
heart-stopping match decided on penalties with the momentarily victorious
French team, had in Kylian Mbappé, of the French national team, the top scorer
of the World Cup.
The complete list of the top scorers at the
Qatar 2022 World Cup is as follows.
Kylian Mbappé, of the French national team, was by his own
merits proclaimed top scorer of the last World Cup held.
Both Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez
achieved it playing for the Argentina national team, while Mbappé and Giroud
achieved their feats playing for the French national team.
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