World Cup 2022 top scorer and most goals
The 2022 World Cup top scorer is the footballer who scores the most goals during the tournament in Qatar. In all 21 previous editions, more than 2,000 goals have been scored by more than 1,250 football players.
Since the start of the football tournament in 1930, 97 players have scored five or more goals. These 97 top scorers come from 28 different countries, including 14 players from Brazil and 14 from Germany.
64 top scorers come from Europe, 29 from South America and only 4 footballers come from another continent.
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| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Players | >750 | >200 | >90 | >50 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
There are 7 players who have scored more than 10 goals in the World Cup, while almost 1,100 footballers have scored less than 5 goals.
Top scorer World Cup 2022
The top scorer of the 2022 World Cup has not yet been announced. However, there are already a number of contenders to score the most goals in Qatar.
These are just the favorites to become the top scorer of the 2022 World Cup:
- Harry Kane (England)
- Kylian Mbappe (France)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
- Karim Benzema (France)
- Lionel Messi (Argentina)
- Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
- Neymar (Brazil)
- Raheem Sterling (England)
- Marcus Rashford (England)
In most cases, the top scorer of the 2022 World Cup is an attacker from a country that has gone far in the tournament. The more matches a player can play, the better his chances of scoring goals.
| # | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Kane |  England |
| 2 | Kylian Mbappé |  France |
| 3 | Cristiano Ronaldo |  Portugal |
| 4 | Karim Benzema | France |
| 5 | Lionel Messi |  Argentina |
| 6 | Romelu Lukaku |  Belgium |
| 7 | Neymar |  Brazil |
| 8 | Raheem Sterling | England |
| 9 | Diogo Jota | Portugal |
| 10 | Jose Vinicius | Brazil |
| 11 | Memphis Depay |  Netherlands |
| 12 | Antoine Griezmann | France |
| 13 | Gebriel Jesus | Brazil |
| 14 | Kai Havertz |  Germany |
| 15 | Lautaro Martinez | Argentina |
| 16 | Phil Foden | England |
| 17 | Álvaro Morata |  Spain |
| 18 | Arnaut Danjuma | Netherlands |
| 19 | Andrade Richarlison | Brazil |
| 20 | Donyell Malen | Netherlands |
Harry Kane (England), Kylian Mbappe (France), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Karim Benzema (France) and Lionel Messi (Argentina) have the best chance at the title. Harry Kane is the Englishman in first place according to the bookmakers. Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden are also in the top 20.
Top scorer World Cup 2022 qualification
The top scorer of the 2022 World Cup qualification is Ali Mabkhout from the United Arab Emirates with 14 goals. In second place is China's Wu Lei with 12 goals, followed by Canadian Cyle Larin with 12 goals.
In the European qualifying round, Harry Kane has scored the most goals along with Memphis Depay.
| Player | Country | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Memphis Depay | Netherlands |
12 |
| Harry Kane | England |
12 |
| Eran Zahavi |  Israel |
8 |
| Robert Lewandowski |  Poland |
8 |
| Aleksandar Mitrović |  Serbia |
8 |
| Antoine Griezmann | France |
6 |
| Moanes Dabour | Israel |
6 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
6 |
During the qualifying series, 800 matches have been played, in which 2,278 goals were scored. This is an average of 2.8 goals per game!
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