The French Kylian Mbappé, captain of France, tops the list of all-time World Cup goal scorers.
Mbappé succeeded in surpassing Lionel Messi, the Argentine legend, during the 2026 World Cup edition.
Mbappé reached his 10th goal in the 2026 edition, and the 22nd goal overall, surpassing Messi with 21 goals.
The list of World Cup goal scorers includes many names besides Mbappé and Messi.
The list of World Cup goal scorers came as follows:
Mbappé - France - 22 goals
Messi - Argentina - 21 goals
Miroslav Klose - Germany - 16 goals
Ronaldo - Brazil - 15 goals
Harry Kane - England - 14 goals
Gerd Müller - West Germany - 14 goals
Just Fontaine - France - 13 goals
Pelé - Brazil - 12 goals
Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal - 11 goals
Jürgen Klinsmann - Germany - 11 goals
Sándor Kocsis - Hungary - 11 goals
Gabriel Batistuta - Argentina - 10 goals
Teófilo Cubillas - Peru - 10 goals
Grzegorz Lato - Poland - 10 goals
Gary Lineker - England - 10 goals
Thomas Müller - Germany - 10 goals
Helmut Rahn - West Germany - 10 goals
Ademir - Brazil - 9 goals
Roberto Baggio - Italy - 9 goals
Eusébio - Portugal - 9 goals
Jairzinho - Brazil - 9 goals
Neymar - Brazil - 9 goals
Paolo Rossi - Italy - 9 goals
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge - West Germany - 9 goals
Uwe Seeler - West Germany - 9 goals
Vavá - Brazil - 9 goals
Christian Vieri - Italy - 9 goals
David Villa - Spain - 9 goals
