According to FIFA, over 2,300 goals have been scored at the 20 editions of the World Cup final tournaments, excluding penalties converted during shoot-outs. Since the first goal scored by French player Lucien Laurent at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, over 1,200 footballers have scored goals at the World Cup but only 90 of them have scored at least five goals. The first was Hungary’s Sándor Kocsis with 11 goals scored in 1954. That record was bettered by Germany’s Miroslav Klose, who scored 16 goals in four consecutive tournaments between 2002 and 2014. He broke the record in World Cup 2014 previously held by Brazil’s Ronaldo who scored 15 goals in 19 World Cup matches.

Source: The Guardian May 17, 2018 03:56 UTC