Top goal-scorers for every World Cup team: Record holders for all 48 nations, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi
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The biggest FIFA World Cup in history means there are more national records up for grabs on soccer's grandest stage than ever before.
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Modern fitness and recovery techniques mean stars such as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric are back at the 2026 tournament ready to compete at a time when their predecessors would probably have retired.
Each of those players holds their country's all-time appearance record. Messi and Ronaldo are Argentina and Portugal's respective all-time top goalscorers, while Ronaldo has scored more international goals than any other international player in history.
As the table below demonstrates, plenty of the all-time leading scorers from the countries at this World Cup are still active players, while other greats of the past are vulnerable to being passed by the stars of today.
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Top goal-scorers for every World Cup team
Goals and caps correct as of June 23, 2026.
*Denotes playing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup
NationTop scorerGoalsCapsAlgeriaIslam Slimani45104ArgentinaLionel Messi*122201AustraliaTim Cahill50108AustriaMarko Arnautovic*48135BelgiumRomelu Lukaku*90127Bosnia and HerzegovinaEdin Dzeko*73149BrazilNeymar*79128CanadaJonathan David*4279Cape VerdeRyan Mendes*22100ColombiaRadamel Falcao36104CroatiaDavor Suker4568CuracaoRangelo Janga2143CzechiaJan Koller5591DR CongoDieumerci Mbokani2249EcuadorEnner Valencia*49107EgyptHossam Hassan69177EnglandHarry Kane*81115FranceKylian Mbappe*60100GermanyMiroslav Klose71137GhanaAsamoah Gyan51109HaitiDuckens Nazon*4482IranAli Daei108148IraqHussein Saeed78137Ivory CoastDidier Drogba65105JapanKunishige Kamamoto7576JordanHamza Al-Dardour34122MexicoJavier Hernandez52109MoroccoAhmed Faras3694NetherlandsMemphis Depay *55111New ZealandChris Wood*4592NorwayErling Haaland*5952PanamaLuis Tejada43108ParaguayRoque Santa Cruz32112PortugalCristiano Ronaldo*143229QatarAlmoez Ali*60128Saudi ArabiaMajed Abdullah72117ScotlandKenny Dalglish/Denis Law30102/55SenegalSadio Mane*55130South AfricaBenni McCarthy3179South KoreaCha Bum-kun58136SpainDavid Villa5998SwedenZlatan Ibrahimovic62122SwitzerlandAlexander Frei4284TunisiaIssam Jemaa3684TurkeyHakan Sukur51112United StatesClint Dempsey/Landon Donovan57141/157UruguayLuis Suarez69143UzbekistanEidor Shomurodov*4493The first new entrant to this list during the 2026 World Cup was Kylian Mbappe, whose brilliant double in France's Group I opener against Senegal saw him usurp Olivier Giroud as his country's top scorer.
Mbappe is now the third-highest World Cup goalscorer of all time on 14, level with Gerd Muller and just two shy of Miroslav Klose at the top of the standings.
Mohamed Salah and Son Heung-min have carried the Egypt and South Korea national teams their backs during their incredible careers. Each man is two shy of their country's all-time record goalscorer.
Egypt's Hossam Hassan is Salah's head coach at the 2026 World Cup.
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