Most goals scored in a single session:
2nd Spain Madsen (Denmark) 11 goals 4th Belgium Muller (West Germany) 11 goals
The above 2 are the players who have scored the most goals in a single cup tournament session host country top scorer goals 1st France Fontaine (France) 6 goals
2nd Spain Madsen (Denmark) 11 goals
3rd Italian Riva (Italy) 7 goals
4th Belgium Muller (West Germany) 11 goals
5th Yugoslavia Givens (Ireland) 8 goals
6th Italy Keegan (England) 7 goals
7th France Platini (France) 9 goals
8th Sid Claussen (Belgium), Basten (Netherlands), Altobelli (Italy) 7 goals
9th Sweden Bergkamp (NL), Brolin (SWE), Larsen (DK), Riedel (DE) 3 goals
10th England Shearer (England) 5 goals
11th Netherlands/Belgium Kluivert (Netherlands), Milosevic (Yugoslavia) 6 goals
12th Portugal Baroš (Czech Republic) 5 goals
13th Switzerland and Austria United Villa (Spain) 4 goals
14th Poland and Ukraine Shevchenko, Zagoev, Mantyrukic 2 goals
As of March 10, 2019, the player with the most total goals in World Cup history is Germany's Klose, with a total of 16 goals.
Miroslav Klose (born June 9, 1978 in Opole, Poland) is a German footballer who plays as a striker and is the World Cup's all-time leading scorer. He has played for Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen and FC Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and Lazio in the Serie A. He is also a member of the Bundesliga's All-Star team.
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Klose is the first World Cup Golden Boot winner since the reunification of the two Germanies.
Helped Germany win the 2014 FIFA World Cup, one FIFA World Cup runner-up, two FIFA World Cup third-place finishes and one UEFA Europa League runner-up and one UEFA Europa League third-place finish, for a total of six international medals.
Klose personally made 24 appearances in the final stages of the World Cup, scoring 16 goals and assisting four times, surpassing Brazilian striker Cristiano Ronaldo at the top of the World Cup's all-time list of top scorers. He is also the only player in soccer history to help his team reach the World Cup quarterfinals in four consecutive sessions.
