Players with most World Cup knockout-phase goals

 See a ranked list of the 19 players to have scored five or more goals in the knockout phase of the FIFA World Cup.

1st) Leonidas – 8 goals in 5 games 1st) Kylian Mbappe – 8 goals in 8 games 1st) Ronaldo – 8 goals in 10 games 4th) Just Fontaine – 7 goals in 3 games 4th) Vava – 7 goals in 5 games 4th) Oldrich Nejedly – 7 goals in 6 games 4th) Pele – 7 goals in 6 games 8th) Eusebio – 6 goals in 3 games 9th) Gyorgy Sarosi – 6 goals in 5 games 9th) Gary Lineker – 6 goals in 6 games 9th) Roberto Baggio – 6 goals in 9 games 12th) Silvio Piola – 5 goals in 4 games 12th) Gyula Zsengeller – 5 goals in 4 games 12th) Helmut Rahn – 5 goals in 6 games 12th) Thomas Muller – 5 goals in 7 games 12th) Zinedine Zidane – 5 goals in 7 games 12th) Wesley Sneijder – 5 goals in 8 games 12th) Lionel Messi – 5 goals in 12 games 12th) Miroslav Klose – 5 goals in 14 games

Note The 1934 and 1938 World Cups were exclusively knockout competitions. The 1950 edition featured no knockout games, while four others had very few: Uruguay 1930 (three), Germany 1974 (two), Argentina 1978 (two) and Spain 1982 (four).

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Leonidas

Brazil

Knockout-phase record 1 goal in 1 game in 1934 7 goals in 4 games in 1938 8 goals in 5 games overall 1.60 goals per game on average Knockout phase appearances 1 goal in Spain 3-1 Brazil in 1934 3 goals in Brazil 6-5 Poland in 1938 1 goal in Brazil 1-1 Czechoslovakia (AET) in 1938 1 goal in Brazil 2-1 Czechoslovakia in 1938 (replay) 2 goals in Brazil 4-2 Sweden in 1938

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Kylian Mbappe

France

Knockout-phase record 3 goals in 4 games in 2018 5 goals in 4 games in 2002 8 goals in 8 games overall 1.00 goals per game on average

Knockout-phase appearances 2 goals in France 4-3 Argentina in 2018 0 goals in Uruguay 0-2 France in 2018 0 goals in France 1-0 Belgium in 2018 1 goal in France 4-2 Croatia in 2018 2 goals in France 3-1 Poland in 2022 0 goals in England 1-2 France in 2022 0 goals in France 2-0 Morocco in 2022 3 goals in Argentina 3-3 France (4-2 PSO) in 2022

 

Kylian Mbappé | Golden Boot Award | FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™

The adidas Golden Boot was first awarded to the top goalscorer of the tournament in 1982 under the name Golden Shoe. It was renamed Golden Boot in 2010. Runners-up are awarded the adidas Silver Boot and adidas Bronze Boot awards respectivel.