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All-time World Cup leading scorers

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Following are the leading World Cup career scorers (tabulated under placing, name, team, years, number of goals):

1. Miroslav Klose, Germany 2002-14 16

2. Ronaldo, Brazil 1998-06 15

3. Gerd Mueller, West Germany 1970-74 14

4. Just Fontaine, France 1958 13

5. Pele, Brazil 1958-70 12

6. Sandor Kocsis, Hungary 1954 11

6. Jurgen Klinsmann, Germany 1990-98 11

8. Helmut Rahn, West Germany 1954-58 10

8. Teofilo Cubillas, Peru 1970-78 10

8. Gregorz Lato, Poland 1974-82 10

8. Gary Lineker, England 1986-90 10

8. Gabriel Batistuta, Argentina 1994-02 10

8. Thomas Mueller, Germany 2010-14 10

14. Ademir, Brazil 1950 9

14. Vava, Brazil 1958-62 9

14. Uwe Seeler, West Germany 1958-70 9

14. Eusebio, Portugal 1966 9

14. Jairzinho, Brazil 1970-74 9

14. Paolo Rossi, Italy 1978-82 9

14. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, W. Germ. 1978-86 9

14. Roberto Baggio, Italy 1986-98 9

14. Christian Vieri, Italy 1998-02 9

14. David Villa, Spain 2006-14 9

24. Guillermo Stabile, Argentina 1930 8

24. Leonidas, Brazil 1930-38 8

24. Diego Maradona, Argentina 1982-94 8

24. Rudi Voeller, Germany 1986-94 8

24. Omar Miguez, Uruguay 1950-54 8

24. Rivaldo, Brazil 1998-02 8

29. Gyula Zsengeller, Hungary 1938 7

29. Hans Schafer, West Germany 1954-58 7

29. Johnny Rep, Netherlands 1974-78 7

29. Andrzej Szarmach, Poland 1974-78 7

29. Careca, Brazil 1986-90 7

29. Lajos Tichy, Hungary 1958-62 7

29. Oldrich Nejedly, Czechoslovakia 1934-38 6

36. Josef Hugi, Switzerland 1954 6

36. Max Morlock, West Germany 1954 6

36. Erich Probst, Austria 1954 6

36. Valentin Ivanov, Soviet Union 1958-62 6

36. Helmut Haller, West Germany 1962-70 6

36. Rivelino, Brazil 1970-74 6

36. Rob Rensenbrink, Netherlands 1974-78 6

36. Mario Kempes, Argentina 1978 6

36. Zbigniev Boniek, Poland 1978-82 6

36. Lothar Matthaeus, Germany 1986-98 6

36. Salvatore Schillaci, Italy 1990 6

36. Oleg Salenko, Russia 1994 6

36. Dennis Bergkamp, Netherlands 1994-98 6

36. Bebeto, Brazil 1994-98 6

36. Davor Suker, Croatia 1998-02 6

36. Diego Forlan, Uruguay 2002-14 6

36. Wesley Sneijder, Netherlands 2006-14 6

36. Arjen Robben, Netherlands 2006-14 6

36. James Rodriguez, Colombia 2014 6

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