Below is a list of Players with at least 5 goals at the FIFA World Cup tournaments
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals scored | Matches played |
| 1 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 16 | 24 |
| 2 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Gerd Müller | West Germany | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | Just Fontaine | France | 13 | 6 |
| 5 | Pelé | Brazil | 12 | 14 |
| 6 | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | 11 | 5 |
| 6 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | 11 | 17 |
| 8 | Helmut Rahn | West Germany | 10 | 10 |
| 8 | Gary Lineker | England | 10 | 12 |
| 8 | Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | 10 | 12 |
| 8 | Teófilo Cubillas | Peru | 10 | 13 |
| 8 | Thomas Müller↑ | Germany | 10 | 13 |
| 8 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 10 | 20 |
| 14 | Eusébio | Portugal | 9 | 6 |
| 14 | Christian Vieri | Italy | 9 | 9 |
| 14 | Vavá | Brazil | 9 | 10 |
| 14 | David Villa↑ | Spain | 9 | 12 |
| 14 | Paolo Rossi | Italy | 9 | 14 |
| 14 | Jairzinho | Brazil | 9 | 16 |
| 14 | Roberto Baggio | Italy | 9 | 16 |
| 14 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | West Germany | 9 | 19 |
| 14 | Uwe Seeler | West Germany | 9 | 21 |
| 23 | Guillermo Stábile | Argentina | 8 | 4 |
| 23 | Leônidas | Brazil | 8 | 5 |
| 23 | Ademir | Brazil | 8 | 6 |
| 23 | Óscar Míguez | Uruguay | 8 | 7 |
| 23 | Rivaldo | Brazil | 8 | 14 |
| 23 | Rudi Völler | Germany | 8 | 15 |
| 23 | Diego Maradona | Argentina | 8 | 21 |
| 30 | Oldřich Nejedlý | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 6 |
| 30 | Lajos Tichy | Hungary | 7 | 8 |
| 30 | Careca | Brazil | 7 | 9 |
| 30 | Andrzej Szarmach | Poland | 7 | 13 |
| 30 | Johnny Rep | Netherlands | 7 | 13 |
| 30 | Hans Schäfer | West Germany | 7 | 15 |
| 36 | Josef Hügi | Switzerland | 6 | 3 |
| 36 | Oleg Salenko | Russia | 6 | 3 |
| 36 | Max Morlock | West Germany | 6 | 5 |
| 36 | Erich Probst | Austria | 6 | 5 |
| 36 | György Sárosi | Hungary | 6 | 5 |
| 36 | James Rodríguez↑ | Colombia | 6 | 5 |
| 36 | Salvatore Schillaci | Italy | 6 | 7 |
| 36 | Davor Šuker | Croatia | 6 | 8 |
| 36 | Helmut Haller | West Germany | 6 | 9 |
| 36 | Hristo Stoichkov | Bulgaria | 6 | 10 |
| 36 | Diego Forlán | Uruguay | 6 | 10 |
| 36 | Asamoah Gyan↑ | Ghana | 6 | 11 |
| 36 | Dennis Bergkamp | Netherlands | 6 | 12 |
| 36 | Rob Rensenbrink | Netherlands | 6 | 13 |
| 36 | Rivellino | Brazil | 6 | 15 |
| 36 | Bebeto | Brazil | 6 | 15 |
| 36 | Arjen Robben | Netherlands | 6 | 15 |
| 36 | Zbigniew Boniek | Poland | 6 | 16 |
| 36 | Thierry Henry | France | 6 | 17 |
| 36 | Wesley Sneijder | Netherlands | 6 | 17 |
| 36 | Robin van Persie↑ | Netherlands | 6 | 17 |
| 36 | Mario Kempes | Argentina | 6 | 18 |
| 36 | Lothar Matthäus | Germany | 6 | 25 |
| 59 | Pedro Cea | Uruguay | 5 | 4 |
| Silvio Piola | Italy | 5 | 4 | |
| Gyula Zsengellér | Hungary | 5 | 4 | |
| Peter McParland | Northern Ireland | 5 | 5 | |
| Tomáš Skuhravý | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 5 | |
| Juan Alberto Schiaffino | Uruguay | 5 | 6 | |
| Geoff Hurst | England | 5 | 6 | |
| Jon Dahl Tomasson | Denmark | 5 | 6 | |
| Alessandro Altobelli | Italy | 5 | 7 | |
| Kennet Andersson | Sweden | 5 | 7 | |
| Fernando Morientes | Spain | 5 | 7 | |
| Romário | Brazil | 5 | 8 | |
| Marc Wilmots | Belgium | 5 | 8 | |
| Tim Cahill↑ | Australia | 5 | 8 | |
| Luis Suárez↑ | Uruguay | 5 | 8 | |
| Valentin Ivanov | Soviet Union | 5 | 9 | |
| Roger Milla | Cameroon | 5 | 9 | |
| Emilio Butragueño | Spain | 5 | 9 | |
| Hans Krankl | Austria | 5 | 10 | |
| Raúl | Spain | 5 | 11 | |
| Gonzalo Higuaín↑ | Argentina | 5 | 11 | |
| Garrincha | Brazil | 5 | 12 | |
| Johan Neeskens | Netherlands | 5 | 12 | |
| Fernando Hierro | Spain | 5 | 12 | |
| Zinedine Zidane | France | 5 | 12 | |
| Landon Donovan | United States | 5 | 12 | |
| Henrik Larsson | Sweden | 5 | 13 | |
| Michel Platini | France | 5 | 14 | |
| Zico | Brazil | 5 | 14 | |
| Lionel Messi↑ | Argentina | 5 | 14 | |
| Lukas Podolski | Germany | 5 | 15 | |
| Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany | 5 | 18 |
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