List of highest goal scorer of World Cup Football

Football is the most popular game in the world, and there are many football tournaments around the world. Among them, the World Cup of Football is the most popular tournament. The World Cup was started in the year 1930, and Uruguay was the first world cup winner, while Argentina was the runner-up of the year. France  was the latest World Cup winner. Brazil has won the World Cup a record five times. Miroslav Klose , a Germany  player, was the world cup's leading goal scorer; He played in 2002 and scored five goals; in 2006, he scored five goals;  in 2010, he scored four goals, and he added another two goals in 2014. Miroslav Klsoe  broke the all-time 15-goal record set by Ronaldo of Brazil in the 2014 World Cup. In the upcoming World Cup 2022, Thomas Muller of Germany, Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, Luis Squarez of Uruguay, Harry Kane of England, and Lionel Messi of Argentina may break the record. 

                                                        List of highest goal scorer of World Cup 

SN	Name of Player	Name of Country	Appeared  Year	Number of Goals
1	Miroslav Klose	Germany	2002,2006,2010, 2014	16 Goals
2	Ronaldo	Brazil	1994, 1998, 2002, 2006	15 Goals
3	Gurd Mular	Germany	1970, 1974	14 Goals
4	Justin Fhoneten	France	1958	13 Goals
5	Pele	Brazil	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970	12 Goals
6	Jergen Killinsman		1990, 1994, 1998	11 Goals
7		Germany
8	Sandor Kocksiz	Hungary	1954	11 Goals
9	Gabriel Batista	Argentina	1994, 1998, 2002	10 Goals
10	Teofilo Kubiyan	Peru	1970, 1978, 1982	10 Goals
11	Gergorda Laato	Poland	1974, 1978, 1982	10 Goals
12	Gyari Linekar	England	1986, 1990	10 Goals
13	Helmur Rahan	Germany	1954, 1958	10 Goals
14	Thomas Muller	Germany	2010, 2014, 2018	10 Goals
15	Aedemir	Brazil	1950	9 Goals
16	Esebu	Italy	1966	9 Goals
17	Roberto Baggio	Portugal	199,019,941,998	9 Goals
18	Jairzinho	Brazil	1966, 1970, 1974	9 Goals
19	Paolo Rossi	Italy	1978, 1982, 1986	9 Goals
20	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Germany	1978, 1982, 1986	9 Goals
21	Uwe Seeler	Germany	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970	9 Goals
22	Vavá	Brazil	1958, 1962	9 Goals
23	Christian Vieri	Italy	1998, 2002	9 Goals
24	David Villa	Spain	2006, 2010, 2014	9 Goals
25	Leonidaas	Brazil	1938	8 Goals
26	Diego Maradona	Argentina	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994	8 Goals
27	Óscar Míguez	Uruguay	1950, 1954	8 Goals
28	Rivaldo	Brazil	1998, 2002	8 Goals
29	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina	1930	8 Goals
30	Rudi Völler	Germany	1986, 1990,1994	8 Goals
31	Careca	Brazil	1986, 1990	7 Goals
32	Oldřich Nejedlý	Czechoslovakia	1934, 1938	7 Goals
33	Johnny Rep	Netherlands	1974, 1978	7 Goals
34	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018	7 Goals
35	Hans Schäfer	Germany	1954, 1958, (1962)	7 Goals
36	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	2010, 2014, 2018	7 Goals
37	Andrzej Szarmach	Poland	1974, 1978, 1982	7 Goals
38	Lajos Tichy	Hungary	1958, 1962, [1966]	7 Goals
39	Bebeto	Brazil	(1990), 1994, 1998	6 Goals
40	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	1994, 1998	6 Goals
41	Zbigniew Boniek	Poland	1978, 1982, (1986)	6 Goals
42	Diego Forlán	Uruguay	2002, 2010, (2014)	6 Goals
43	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	2006, 2010, 2014	6 Goals
44	Helmut Haller	Germany	1962, 1966, 1970	6 Goals
45	Thierry Henry	France	1998, 2002, 2006, 2010	6 Goals
46	Josef Hügi	Switzerland	1954	6 Goals
47	Harry Kane#	England	2018	6 Goals
48	Mario Kempes	Argentina	1974, 1978, 1982	6 Goals
49	Lothar Matthäus	Germany	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998	6 Goals
50	Lionel Messi	Argentina	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018	6 Goals
51	Max Morlock	Germany	1954	6 Goals
52	Neymar	Brazil	2014, 2018	6 Goals
53	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	2006, 2010, 2014	6 Goals
54	Erich Probst	Austria	1954	6 Goals
55	Rob Rensenbrink	Netherlands	1974, 1978	6 Goals
56	Rivellino	Brazil	1970, 1974, 1978	6 Goals
57	Arjen Robben	Netherlands	2006, 2010, 2014	6 Goals
58	James Rodríguez	Colombia	2014, 2018	6 Goals
59	Oleg Salenko	Russia	1994	6 Goals
60	György Sárosi	Hungary	1934, 1938	6 Goals
61	Salvatore Schillaci	Italy	1990	6 Goals
62	Wesley Sneijder	Netherlands	(2006), 2010, 2014	6 Goals
63	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	1994, 1998	6 Goals
64	Davor Suker	Croatia	1990, 1998, 2002	6 Goals
65	Alessandro Altobelli	Italy	1982, 1986	5 Goals
66	Kennet Andersson	Sweden	1994	5 Goals
67	Franz Beckenbauer	Germany	1966, 1970, (1974)	5 Goals
68	Emilio Butragueño	Spain	1986, 1990	5 Goals
69	Tim Cahill	Australia	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018	5 Goals
70	Edinson Cavani	Uruguay	2010, 2014, 2018	5 Goals
71	Pedro Cea	Uruguay	1930	5 Goals
72	Landon Donovan	United States	2002, 2006, 2010	5 Goals
73	Garrincha	Brazil	1958, 1962, 1966	5 Goals
74	Fernando Hierro	Spain	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	5 Goals
75	Gonzalo Higuaín	Argentina	2010, 2014, 2018	5 Goals
76	Geoff Hurst	England	1966, 1970	5 Goals
77	Valentin Ivanov	Soviet Union	1958, 1962	5 Goals
78	Hans Krankl	Austria	1978, 1982	5 Goals
79	Henrik Larsson	Sweden	1994, 2002, 2006	5 Goals
80	Romelu Lukaku#	Belgium	2014, 2018	5 Goals
81	Mario Mandžukić	Croatia	2014, 2018	5 Goals
82	Peter McParland	Northern Ireland	1958	5 Goals
83	Roger Milla	Cameroon	1982, 1990, 1994	5 Goals
84	Fernando Morientes	Spain	1998, 2002	5 Goals
85	Johan Neeskens	Netherlands	1974, 1978	5 Goals
86	Ivan Perišić#	Croatia	2014, 2018	5 Goals
87	Silvio Piola	Italy	1938	5 Goals
88	Michel Platini	France	1978, 1982, 1986	5 Goals
89	Lukas Podolski	Germany	2006, 2010, 2014	5 Goals
90	Raúl	Spain	1998, 2002, 2006	5 Goals
91	Romário	Brazil	1990, 1994	5 Goals
92	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	Uruguay	1950, 1954	5 Goals
93	Tomáš Skuhravý	Czechoslovakia	1990	5 Goals
94	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	2002, 2010	5 Goals
95	Marc Wilmots	Belgium	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002	5 Goals
96	Zico	Brazil	1978, 1982, 1986	5 Goals
97	Zinedine Zidane	France	1998, 2002, 2006	5 Goals
98	Gyula Zsengellér	Hungary	1938	5 Goals