Fifa world cup 2026: Top 5 Players With the Most Goals in a Single FIFA World Cup
Scoring goals at the FIFA World Cup is considered one of the biggest achievements in the footballing world. While many players have dominated club football it takes a special talent to dominate world football. Over the years, some players have managed to score incredible amounts of goals in the world cups. Here is the look at the top five players with the most goals in a single FIFA world cup
French striker Just Fontaine holds the record for the most goals in a single FIFA world cup with him scoring an unreal amount of 13 goals in the 1958 world cup for France.
What makes this record even more remarkable is that no player has managed to break this record even after almost seven decades of this record. Fontaine scored against every team France faced including a quadruple against West Germany.
Hungarian legend Sándor Kocsis scored 11 spectacular goals during the 1954 world cup which took place in Switzerland. He was famous for his headers and was nicknamed ‘The man with the golden head’.
Hungary was already entering the world cup as favourites and Kocsis played a major role in their road to finals . He scored two amazing hat-tricks during the tournament and was averaging more than two goals per game. Despite Hungary losing the finals to West Germany, Kocsis record is still spectacular and still stands after seven decades
1. Just Fontaine — 13 Goals (France, 1958)
French striker Just Fontaine holds the record for the most goals in a single FIFA world cup with him scoring an unreal amount of 13 goals in the 1958 world cup for France.
What makes this record even more remarkable is that no player has managed to break this record even after almost seven decades of this record. Fontaine scored against every team France faced including a quadruple against West Germany.
2. Sándor Kocsis — 11 Goals (Hungary, 1954)
Hungarian legend Sándor Kocsis scored 11 spectacular goals during the 1954 world cup which took place in Switzerland. He was famous for his headers and was nicknamed ‘The man with the golden head’.
Hungary was already entering the world cup as favourites and Kocsis played a major role in their road to finals . He scored two amazing hat-tricks during the tournament and was averaging more than two goals per game. Despite Hungary losing the finals to West Germany, Kocsis record is still spectacular and still stands after seven decades
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