MOSCOW: More than 2,500 goals have been scored in the history of the finals tournaments at the World Cup, excluding penalties converted in shootouts. The first goal was scored by Lucien Laurent of France on July, 1930, in  4-1 win over Mexico in Montevideo. The most recent goal was scored by Mario Mandzukic of Croatia in the 69th minute of their 4-2 defeat by France in the 2018 final.

Just Fontaine of France holds the record for the most goals scored at a single tournament, with 13 goals in 1958.

All-time leading scorers:

16: Miroslav Klose (Germany).

15: Ronaldo (Brazil).

14: Gerd Müller (West Germany).

13: Just Fontaine (France).

12: Pele (Brazil) 12.

11: Sandor Kocsis (Hungary), Jurgen Klinsmann (West Germany).

10: Helmut Rahn (West Germany), Gary Lineker (England), Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina), Teofilo Cubillas (Peru), Thomas Muller (Germany, Grzegorz Lato (Poland).

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		Brazil	15	19	0.79	[1994], 1998, 2002, 2006	list[9]
3	Gerd Müller	West Germany	14	13	1.08	1970, 1974	list[10]
4	Just Fontaine	France	13	6	2.17	1958	list[11]
5	Pelé	Brazil	12	14	0.86	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970	list[12]
6	Sándor Kocsis	Hungary	11	5	2.20	1954	list[13]
	Jürgen Klinsmann	West Germany  Germany		17	0.65	1990 1994, 1998	list[14]
8	Helmut Rahn	West Germany	10	10	1.00	1954, 1958	list[15]
	Gary Lineker	England		12	0.83	1986, 1990	list[16]
	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina		12	0.83	1994, 1998, 2002	list[17]
	Teófilo Cubillas	Peru		13	0.77	1970, 1978, (1982)	list[18]
	Thomas Müller	Germany		16	0.53	2010, 2014, (2018)	list[19]
	Grzegorz Lato	Poland