World Cup Historical Statistics

 

ALL-TIME TOPSCORERS 1930-02
Gerd Müller (GER) Juste Fontaine (FRA) Pelé (BRA) Ronaldo (BRA) Sandor Kocsis (HUN) Jürgen Klinsmann (GER) Helmut Rahn (GER) Teofilio Cubillas (PER) Gary Lineker (ENG) Grzegorz Lato (POL) Gabriel Batistuta (ARG) Roberto Baggio (ITA) Paolo Rossi (ITA) Uwe Seeler (GER) Jairzinho (BRA) Eusebio (POR) Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (GER) Vava (BRA) Ademir (BRA) Christian Vieri (ITA)	14 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

TOPSCORER IN EACH TOURNAMENT
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002	Guillermo Stábile (ARG) Oldrich Nejedly (CZE) Leonidas (BRA) Ademir (BRA) Sandor Kocsis (HUN) Juste Fontaine (FRA) Garrincha (BRA) Valentin Ivanov (SOV) Leonel Sanchez (CHI) Florian Albert (HUN) Vava (BRA) Drazan Jerkovic (YUG) Eusebio (POR) Gerd Müller (GER) Grzegorz Lato (POL) Mario Kempes (ARG) Paolo Rossi (ITA) Gary Lineker (ENG) Salvatore Schillaci (ITA) Hristo Stoitchkov (BUL) Oleg Salenko (RUS) Davor Suker (CRO) Ronaldo (BRA)	8 5 8 9 11 13 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 10 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8

MOST GOALS IN ONE MATCH

5 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 -

Oleg Salenko (RUS) vs Cameroon in 1994. Emilio Butragueño (SPA) vs Denmark in 1986. Eusebio (POR) vs North Korea in 1966. Juste Fontaine (FRA) vs West Germany in 1958. Sandor Kocsis (HUN) vs West Germany in 1954. Ademir (BRA) vs Sweden in 1950. Juan Schiaffino (URU) vs Bolivia in 1950. Leonidas (BRA) vs Poland in 1938. Ernst Willimowski (POL) vs Brazil in 1938. Gustav Wetterström (SWE) vs Cuba in 1938.

MOST HAT-TRICKS
2-	Sandor Kocsis (HUN) vs South Korea in 1954 and vs West Germany in 1954 (4 goals). Juste Fontaine (FRA) vs Paraguay in 1958 and vs West Germany in 1958 (4 goals). Gerd Müller (GER) vs Bulgaria in 1970 and vs Peru in 1970. Gabriel Batistuta (ARG) vs Greece in 1994 and vs Jamaica in 1998. 39 other players have scored one hat-trick each.

SCORED IN MOST TOURNAMENTS

4 - Pelé (BRA) - 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 4 - Uwe Seeler (GER) - 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970

LANDMARK GOALS
1 500 1000 1500 1916	Lucien Laurent (FRA) vs Mexico 1930. Bobby Collins (SCO) vs Paraguay 1958. Rob Rensenbrink (HOL) vs Scotland 1978. Claudio Caniggia (ARG) vs Nigeria 1994. Ronaldo (BRA) vs Germany 2002.

VARIOUS GOAL RECORDS

Fastest goal in a World Cup match was scored by Turkey's Hakan Sükür after only 11 seconds against South Korea in 2002. Latest goal was scored by David Platt of England, in their second round match against Belgium in 1990 after 119 minutes. Fastest hat-trick was made by Hungary's Laszlo Kiss against El Salvador in 1982, when he scored after 70, 74 and 77 minutes. He is infact also the only substitute to have scored a hat-trick. Oldest player to have scored a goal is Roger Milla of Cameroon when he scored against Russia in 1994. He was then 42 years and 39 days old. Youngest player to have scored a goal is Pelé of Brazil when he scored against Wales in 1958. He was then only 17 years and 239 days old. Only players to have scored in every match including the final are Jairzinho of Brazil, who did this in the 1970 World Cup and Alcide Ghiggia of Uruguay in 1950. The latter only played four games where as Jairzinho played six. Fastest goal by a substitute was made by Ebbe Sand of Denmark against Nigeria in the second round in 1998. Sand scored only 16 secs after coming on in Denmark's 4-1 win. Only players to have scored in two World Cup finals are Vava of Brazil in 1958 and 1962, Pelé of Brazil 1958 and 1970 and Paul Breitner of West Germany in 1974 and 1982. First player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup match was United States's Bert Patenaude who did this against Paraguay in the first round of the 1930 World Cup. Only player to score four goals in one match and still end up on the losing team was Poland's Ernst Willimowski against Brazil in 1938. Leonidas of Brazil also scored four goals in that match when his team won 6-5. Only player to have scored for two countries is Robert Prosinecki who represented Yugoslavia in 1990 scoring against the United Arab Emirates, and Croatia in 1998 scoring against Jamaica. First own-goal in World Cup history was scored by Ernst Lötscher of Switzerland against Germany in a first round replay game in 1938. Only player to have scored a goal plus an own-goal in the same match is Ernie Brandts of Holland in the second phase match against Italy in 1978. The Dutch team won 2-1. First substitute to score a goal was Juan Basaguren when he netted the last goal against El Salvador in Mexico's 4-0 win in 1970.