European topscorers in the 1974 World Cup

Qualifiers included.

  10 goals: 

Johan Cruyff (Holland)

  9 goals: 

Johan Neeskens (Holland), Joachim Streich (East Germany)

  8 goals: 

Grzegorz Lato (Poland), Hristo Bonev (Bulgaria)

  7 goals: 

Ralf Edström (Sweden), Gigi Riva (Italy)

  6 goals: 

Roland Sandberg (Sweden), Dušan Bajević (Yugoslavia)

  5 goals: 

Willy Brokamp (Holland), Andrzej Szarmach (Poland), Jürgen Sparwasser (East Germany), Raoul Lambert (Belgium), Florea Dumitrache (Romania)

  4 goals: 

Gerd Müller (West Germany), Johnny Rep (Holland), Stanislav Karasi (Yugoslavia)

  3 goals:

 Paul Breitner (West Germany), Bo Larsson (Sweden), Ivica Šurjak (Yugoslavia), Gianni Rivera (Italy), Georgi Denev (Bulgaria), Joe Jordan (Scotland), Ferenc Bene (Hungary), Josef Hickersberger & Kurt Jara (Austria), Zdenek Nehoda & Bohumil Veselý (Czechoslovakia)

  2 goals: 

Wolfgang Overath (West Germany), Theo de Jong & Wim van Hanegem (Holland), Robert Gadocha & Jan Domarski (Poland), Josip Katalinski (Yugoslavia), Fabio Capello & Pietro Anastasi (Italy), Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Wolfram Löwe & Bernd Bransch (East Germany), Peter Lorimer (Scotland), Bozhil Kolev (Bulgaria), Odilon Polleunis & Léon Dolmans (Belgium), Nené & Rui Jordão (Portugal), Volodymyr Onyshchenko (USSR), Lajos Kocsis & Sándor Zámbó (Hungary), August Starek (Austria), Osman Arpacıoğlu (Turkey), Ion Dumitru & Mircea Sandu (Romania), Rubén Óscar Valdez & Enrique Claramunt (Spain), Trevor Anderson (Northern Ireland), Terry Conroy (Ireland), Harry Hestad (Norway).

NB: No English player scored more than one goal.

Poland ratings in the 1974 World Cup

Ratings: El Gráfico (Argentina).

7,00 Grzegorz Lato
6,71 Jan Tomaszewski, Kazimierz Deyna
6,57 Antoni Szymanowski, Robert Gadocha
6,29 Jerzy Gorgoń
6,17 Andrzej Szarmach
6,14 Władysław Żmuda
5,86 Henryk Kasperczak
5,67 Adam Musiał, Jan Domarski
5,43 Zygmunt Maszczyk
5,33 Lesław Ćmikiewicz

European topscorers in the 1978 World Cup

 

Including Qualifiers.

  11: Roberto Bettega (Italy), Hans Krankl (Austria)
  6: Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
  5: Rob Rensenbrink (Holland), Kazimierz Deyna (Poland), Thomas Sjöberg (Sweden), Cemil Turan (Turkey), Martin Hoffmann (East Germany)
  4: Johnny Rep (Holland), Michel Platini (France), Kevin Keegan (England), Manuel Fernandes (Portugal), Joachim Streich (East Germany)
  3: Ruud Geels (Holland), Francesco Graziani & Paolo Rossi (Italy), Andrzej Szarmach & Zbigniew Boniek (Poland), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany), Tibor Nyilasi (Hungary), Kenny Dalglish (Scotland), Mick Channon (England), Safet Sušić (Yugoslavia), Chris McGrath (Northern Ireland)
  2: Johan Cruyff, Willy van de Kerkhof, René van de Kerkhof, Ernie Brandts & Arie Haan (Holland), Giancarlo Antognoni, Romeo Benetti & Renato Zaccarelli (Italy), Dieter Müller & Heinz Flohe (West Germany), Stanislaw Terlecki & Wlodzimierz Lubański (Poland), Bernard Lacombe & Dominique Rocheteau (France), Joe Jordan & Archie Gemmill (Scotland), Andras Töröcsik & Sándor Zombori (Hungary), Rubén Cano (Spain), Bo Börjesson (Sweden), Josef Stering (Austria), Raoul Lambert (Belgium), Per Røntved, Lars Bastrup, Henning Munk Jensen & Allan Simonsen (Denmark), Ray Kennedy (England), Chalana & Nené (Portugal), Anghel Iordănescu & Dudu Georgescu (Romania), Aki Heiskanen, Esa Heiskanen & Olavi Rissanen (Finland), David Kipiani (USSR), Mimis Papaioannou (Greece), Hartmut Schade (East Germany), Pavel Panov (Bulgaria), Leighton James (Wales), Sedat (Turkey), Gerry Armstrong (Northern Ireland).

1982 World Cup average ratings

Ratings: France Football.

4,80 Paulo Roberto Falcão & Zico (Brazil)
4,60 Osvaldo Ardiles (Argentina)
4,57 Gregorz Lato (Poland)
4,50 Alain Giresse (France)
4,40 Sócrates & Júnior (Brazil)
4,33 Jean Tigana (France)
4,29 Marco Tardelli (Italy)
4,25 Toninho Cerezo (Brazil)
4,20 Rinat Dasaev & Aleksandr Chivadze (USSR), Daniel Passarella (Argentina), Michel Platini (France)
4,17 Uli Stielike (West Germany)
4,14 Gaetano Scirea (Italy)
4,00 Dino Zoff, Antonio Cabrini & Bruno Conti  (Italy), Hans-Peter Briegel, Karlheinz Förster & Paul Breitner  (West Germany), Thomas N’Kono (Cameroon), Pat Jennings & Gerry Armstrong  (N. Ireland), 4,00 Marius Trésor (France), Władysław Żmuda (Poland), Bryan Robson (England)
3,86 Józef Młynarczyk (Poland)
3,83 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge & Pierre Littbarski (West Germany), Maxime Bossis (France), Giancarlo Antognoni (Italy), Zbigniew Boniek(Poland)
3,71 Fulvio Collovati & Paolo Rossi (Italy),
3,60 Leandro & Éder (Brazil)

Memory Lane: European topscorers in the 1978 World Cup.

Including Qualifiers.

  11: Roberto Bettega (Italy), Hans Krankl (Austria)
  6: Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
  5: Rob Rensenbrink (Holland), Kazimierz Deyna (Poland), Thomas Sjöberg (Sweden), Cemil Turan (Turkey), Martin Hoffmann (East Germany)
  4: Johnny Rep (Holland), Michel Platini (France), Kevin Keegan (England), Manuel Fernandes (Portugal), Joachim Streich (East Germany)
  3: Ruud Geels (Holland), Francesco Graziani & Paolo Rossi (Italy), Andrzej Szarmach & Zbigniew Boniek (Poland), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany), Tibor Nyilasi (Hungary), Kenny Dalglish (Scotland), Mick Channon (England), Safet Sušić (Yugoslavia), Chris McGrath (Northern Ireland)
  2: Johan Cruyff, Willy van de Kerkhof, René van de Kerkhof, Ernie Brandts & Arie Haan (Holland), Giancarlo Antognoni, Romeo Benetti & Renato Zaccarelli (Italy), Dieter Müller & Heinz Flohe (West Germany), Stanislaw Terlecki & Wlodzimierz Lubański (Poland), Bernard Lacombe & Dominique Rocheteau (France), Joe Jordan & Archie Gemmill (Scotland), Andras Töröcsik & Sándor Zombori (Hungary), Rubén Cano (Spain), Bo Börjesson (Sweden), Josef Stering (Austria), Raoul Lambert (Belgium), Per Røntved, Lars Bastrup, Henning Munk Jensen & Allan Simonsen (Denmark), Ray Kennedy (England), Chalana & Nené (Portugal), Anghel Iordănescu & Dudu Georgescu (Romania), Aki Heiskanen, Esa Heiskanen & Olavi Rissanen (Finland), David Kipiani (USSR), Mimis Papaioannou (Greece), Hartmut Schade (East Germany), Pavel Panov (Bulgaria), Leighton James (Wales), Sedat (Turkey), Gerry Armstrong (Northern Ireland).

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).