Klose, Ronaldo, Fontaine: the top scorers in World Cup history
Miroslav Klose leads the all-time World Cup scoring chart with 16 goals, while Just Fontaine still holds the record of 13 in a single edition, back in 1958.
The World Cup's list of goalscorers has one name at the very top: Miroslav Klose. The German striker scored 16 goals across four World Cups (2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014), a tally that crowns him the tournament's all-time leading marksman.
Behind him comes Brazil's Ronaldo Nazário, with 15 goals in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 editions. The historic podium is completed by Germany's Gerd Müller, with 14 goals scored between 1970 and 1974.
Just below sit two legends: France's Just Fontaine (13 goals) and Brazil's Pelé (12, across four World Cups between 1958 and 1970). Fontaine's mark, moreover, holds a record still standing more than six decades later.
That is because he scored all 13 of his goals at a single tournament, Sweden 1958, in just six matches. It is the highest number of goals scored by a player at a single World Cup, a record no one has beaten.
Source: Wikipedia (List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers).