Memory Lane: European topscorers in the 1954 World Cup.

Including Qualifiers.

   12: Maxl Morlock (BRD)
   11: Sándor Kocsis (Hungary), Erich Probst (Austria)
   6: Nat Lofthouse (England), Josef Hügi (Switzerland)
   5: Hans Schäfer, Ottmar Walter & Helmut Rahn (BRD), Henri Coppens & Léopold Anoul (Belgium), Burhan Sargun (Turkey)
   4: Ferenc Puskás & Nándor Hidegkuti (Hungary), ­Theodor Wagner & Ernst Stojaspal (Austria), Robert Ballaman (Switzerland), Nils-Åke "Kajan" Sandell (Sweden), Suat Mamat (Turkey)
   3: Fritz Walter (BRD), Zoltán Czibor (Hungary), Amleto Frignani & Giampiero Boniperti (Italy), Ivor Broadis & Dennis Wilshaw (England), Jean Vincent & Just Fontaine (France), Ernst Ocwirk (Austria), Kalevi Lehtovirta (Finland), John Charles (Wales)
   2: Roger Piantoni, Raymond Kopa, Léon Glovacki, Pierre Flamion, Joseph Ujlaki & Jean Desgranges (France), Mihály Lantos & Péter Palotás (Hungary), Miloš Milutinović & Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia), Harald Hassall & Jimmy Mullen (England), Robert Körner (Austria), Mathieu Bollen (Belgium), Lefter Küçükandonyadis (Turkey), Egisto Pandolfini (Italy), Charlie Fleming & Allan Brown (Scotland), Reg Ryan & Arthur Fitzsimmons (Ireland), František Vlk (Czechoslovakia), Olavi Lahtinen (Finland), Peter McParland (Northern Ireland), Ivor Allchurch (Wales), József Pecsovszky/Iosif Petschovschi (Romania), Ivan Kolev (Bulgaria)

World Cup: all time top scorers.

Active players in bold text.

     14 goals:
Ronaldo (Brazil), Miroslav Klose & Gerd Müller (Germany)
     13 goals:
Just Fontaine (France)
     12 goals:
Pelé (Brazil)
     11 goals:
Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany), Sándor Kocsis (Hungary)
     10 goals:
Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina), Gary Lineker (England), Helmut Rahn (Germany), Teófilo Cubillas (Peru), Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
     9 goals:
Ademir, Jairzinho & Vavá (Brazil), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge & Uwe Seeler (Germany), Roberto Baggio, Paolo Rossi & Christian Vieri (Italy), Eusébio (Portugal)
     8 goals: 
Diego Maradona & Guillermo Stábile (Argentina), Leônidas & Rivaldo (Brazil), Rudi Völler (Germany), David Villa (Spain), Oscar Míguez  (Uruguay)
     7 goals:
Careca (Brazil), Oldřich Nejedlý (Czechoslovakia), Hans Schäfer (Germany),  Lajos Tichy (Hungary), Johnny Rep (Holland), Andrzej Szarmach (Poland)
     6 goals:
Mario Kempes (Argentina), Erich Probst (Austria), Bebeto & Rivelino (Brazil), Hristo Stoichkov  (Bulgaria), Davor Šuker (Croatia), Thierry Henry (France), Helmut Haller, Lothar Matthäus & Max Morlock (Germany), György Sárosi & Gyula Zsengellér (Hungary), Salvatore Schillaci (Italy), Dennis Bergkamp & Rob Rensenbrink (Holland), Zbigniew Boniek (Poland),  Oleg Salenko (Russia), Josef Hügi (Switzerland), Diego Forlán (Uruguay)
     5 goals:
Hans Krankl (Austria), Marc Wilmots (Belgium), Garrincha, Romário & Zico (Brazil), Roger Milla (Cameroon), Tomáš Skuhravý (Czechoslovakia), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark),  Geoff Hurst (England),  Michel Platini & Zinédine Zidane (France), Franz Beckenbauer, Thomas Müller & Lukas Podolski (Germany), Alessandro Altobelli & Silvio Piola (Italy), Johan Neeskens & Wesley Sneijder (Holland), Peter McParland (Northern Ireland), Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union), Estanislao Basora, Emilio Butragueño, Raúl González, Fernando Hierro & Fernando Morientes (Spain), Kennet Andersson & Henrik Larsson (Sweden), Landon Donovan (USA), Pedro Cea & Juan Alberto Schiaffino (Uruguay), Dražan Jerković (Yugoslavia).

National team goalscorers, all times.

European and South American nations only. World Cup topscorers in bold text.

84 : Puskás
77 : Pelé
75 : Kocsis
68 : G. Müller
64 : Klose
62 : Ronaldo
59 : Schlosser
56 : Batistuta
55 : Streich, Romário
54 : Robbie Keane
52 : Zico, Tomasson, P. Nielsen, Villa
51 : Tichy, Hakan Şükür, Henry
49 : B. Charlton
48 : Lubanski, Lineker, Shevchenko, Berbatov
47 : Bonev, Völler, Klinsmann
46 : Šuker
45 : Kh. Rummenigge, Lato
44 : Pauli Jørgensen, Greaves, Polster, Podolski
43 : S. Rydell, G. Nordahl, Seeler
42 : Sárosi, O. Madsen, Blokhin, Ballack
41 : Eusébio, Platini, Deyna, Baros
40 : Owen, Kluivert
39 : Hidegkuti, Pol, Bebeto
38 : Bobek, Elkjær
37 : Galic, M. Laudrup, Stoichkov, Bergkamp, Cristiano Ronaldo, H. Larsson, Bierhoff, Salas
36 : Marjanovic, Bene
35 : Puč, Riva, Jairzinho, Wilkes, Hagi, Kirsten, Van Nistelrooy, Crespo
34 : Max Abegglen, Wilimowski, Bican, Krankl, Maradona, Zamorano, Türkyilmaz, Mutu, Trezeguet
33 : Meazza, Juve, Cruyff, F. Walter, Lenstra, Tostão, Ibrahimović, Forlán, Ronaldinho
32 : Zsengellér, Gren, Ademir, Tostão, Mitic, Nyilasi, Szarmach, Fischer, Huntelaar
31 : Lehner, Scarone, Albert, K. Andersson, Nehoda, Fernando Torres, A. Delgado, Zidane
30 : Piola, Voorhoof, Bodola, Zizinho, Fontaine, Finney, Lofthouse, Dalglish, Papin, Shearer, Van Himst, Van Persie, Allbäck
29 : Woodward, André Abegglen, Nejedlý, J. Horvath, Smit, Di Stéfano, Fatton, Enoksen, Anastopoulos, Bajevic, Careca, Dahlin, Caszely, Protasov, Wilmots, Rooney, Deák
28 : Bakhuys, Bloomer, Romano, Veselinovic, Rush, Djorkaeff, Kiprich, E. Hof, Messi, Luis Suárez, Luís Fabiano
27 : Conen, Sindelar, Schall, Simonsson, Míguez, Sándor, Mermans, Cieslik, R. Baggio, Platt, Kaká, Adriano

Players among top 50:
8 : (West) Germany
6 : Hungary
5 : Brazil, Denmark
4 : England, Poland
2 : Bulgaria, Sweden, France

Among top 100:
12 : (West) Germany
10 : Hungary, Brazil
7 : Holland
6 : Denmark, Poland, Sweden
5 : Czechoslovakia
4 : England, France, Yugoslavia

Goals in the national team, 1940s, 50s and 60s.

World Cup topscorers in bold text.

84 Puskás
77 Pelé
75 Kocsis
68 G. Müller
51 Tichy
49 B. Charlton
48 Lubanski
44 Greaves
43 G. Nordahl, Seeler
42 O. Madsen
41 Eusébio
39 Hidegkuti, Pol
38 Bobek
37 Galic
36 Bene
35 Riva, Jairzinho, Wilkes
33 F. Walter, Lenstra
32 Gren, Ademir, Tostão, Mitic
31 Albert
30 Zizinho, Fontaine, Finney, Lofthouse
29 Di Stéfano [Argentina/Colombia/Spain], Fatton, Enoksen, Deák
28 Veselinovic, E. Hof
27 Simonsson, Míguez, Sándor, Mermans, Cieslik
26 V. Ivanov 

Goals per appearance:
1,429 Fontaine -photo-
1,303 G. Nordahl
1,103 Kocsis
1,097 G. Müller
1,000 Zarra
0,960 Artime
0,944 Puskás
0,921 Wilkes
0,920 Mortensen
0,909 Lofthouse
0,848 Pol
0,840 O. Madsen
0,837 Pelé
0,833 Riva
0,821 Ademir
0,773 K. Aa. Hansen
0,772 Greaves
0,757 Veselinovic, E. Hof
0,750 Palotás
0,725 Galic
0,724 Sanfilippo
0,708 Tichy, Præst
0,707 Di Stéfano
0,702 Lenstra
0,692 Míguez
0,690 Ponedelnik
0,677 Zambata 
0,676 Hügi
0,641 Eusébio
0,640 Lubanski
0,611 Scherer
0,603 Bobek 
0,600 Cieslik
0,597 Seeler
0,593 Tostão
0,581 Hennum
0,566 Zizinho
0,565 Hidegkuti
0,564 Jair
0,561 Gren
0,548 Baltazar
0,547 Fatton
0,542 Mitic 
0,541 F. Walter
0,538 Abbadie
0,537 Enoksen
0,531 Hamrin
0,529 Simonsson, Hunt
0,525 Rahn
0,522 Liedholm
0,516 Ambrois
0,500 Sideris
0,490 Hurst
0,486 Piantoni
0,485 Milutinovic
0,482 Mermans
0,481 Julinho
0,478 Vincent
0,474 Bene, J. P. Hansen
0,469 Stojaspal
0,462 B. Charlton, Kotkov
0,459 Labruna
0,448 Machos
0,447 Coppens
0,440 Jarosik
0,438 L. Suárez
0,435 Tesourinha
0,433 V. Ivanov
0,432 Jairzinho
0,423 Mannion
0,422 O. Iversen
0,421 P. Vandenbergh
0,419 Corbatta
0,417 Anoul
0,400 Kopa, Moravčík
0,395 Finney, J. Charles
0,394 Haller
0,393 Rajkov
0,389 Cantwell
0,380 Asparukhov, Banishevski
0,377 Chislenko
0,372 Kindvall