Most goals scored, overall finals 16, Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002 -- 2014) Most goals scored, overall qualifying 39, Carlos Ruiz (Guatemala, 2002 -- 2016) Most goals scored in a tournament 13, Just Fontaine (France, 1958) Highest goals average in a tournament 2.2, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary, 11 goals in 5 matches, 1954) For a detailed list of top goalscorers in each tournament (Golden Boot winner), see Golden Boot. Most goals scored in a match 5, Oleg Salenko (Russia), vs Cameroon, 1994 Most goals scored in a lost match 4, Ernest Wilimowski (Poland), vs Brazil, 1938 Most goals scored in a qualifying match 13, Archie Thompson (Australia), vs American Samoa, 2002 OFC Group 1 Most goals scored in a final match 3, Geoff Hurst (England), vs West Germany, 1966 Most goals scored in all final matches 3, Vavá (Brazil), 2 vs Sweden in 1958 & 1 vs Czechoslovakia in 1962; Pelé (Brazil), 2 vs Sweden in 1958 & 1 vs Italy in 1970; Geoff Hurst (England), 3 vs West Germany in 1966 and Zinedine Zidane (France), 2 vs Brazil in 1998 & 1 vs Italy in 2006 Scored goal (s) in multiple final matches Vavá (Brazil, 1958 & 1962), Pelé (Brazil, 1958 & 1970), Paul Breitner (West Germany, 1974 & 1982) and Zinedine Zidane (France, 1998 & 2006). Most matches with at least one goal 11, Ronaldo (Brazil, 1998 -- 2006), Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002 -- 2014) Most consecutive matches with at least one goal 6, Just Fontaine (France, 1958) and Jairzinho (Brazil, 1970) Most matches with at least two goals 4, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine (France, 1958), Ronaldo (Brazil, 1998 -- 2006) and Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002 -- 2010) Most consecutive matches with at least two goals 4, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary, 1954) Most hat - tricks 2, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine (France, 1958), Gerd Müller (West Germany, 1970) and Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina, 1994 & 1998) Most consecutive hat - tricks 2, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary, 1954) and Gerd Müller (West Germany, 1970) Fastest hat - trick 8 minutes, László Kiss (Hungary), scored at 69 ', 72 ' and 76 ', vs El Salvador, 1982 Most goals scored by a substitute in a match 3, László Kiss (Hungary), vs El Salvador, 1982 Olympic goals (goals from a corner) scored in a World Cup 1, Marcos Coll (Colombia), vs Soviet Union, 1962 Hat - tricks from the penalty spot Never occurred in the final tournament, four times in qualification: Kubilay Türkyilmaz (Switzerland), vs Faroe Islands, 7 October 2000, 2002 UEFA Group 1; Henrik Larsson (Sweden), vs Moldova, 6 June 2001, 2002 UEFA Group 4; Ronaldo (Brazil), vs Argentina, 2 June 2004, 2006 CONMEBOL; Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon), vs Niger, 15 June 2013, 2014 CAF Second Round Group E Scoring in every match of a team in a World Cup (at least three matches) György Sárosi (Hungary), 5 goals in 4 matches (1938), Arne Nyberg (Sweden), 3 goals in 3 matches (1938), Alcides Ghiggia (Uruguay), 4 goals in 4 matches (1950), Just Fontaine (France), 13 goals in 6 matches (1958), Omar Oreste Corbatta (Argentina), 3 goals in 3 matches (1958), Ferenc Bene (Hungary), 4 goals in 4 matches (1966), Jairzinho (Brazil), 7 goals in 6 matches (1970), Teófilo Cubillas (Peru), 5 goals in 4 matches (1970), James Rodríguez (Colombia), 6 goals in 5 matches (2014) Most tournaments with at least one goal 4, Pelé (Brazil, 1958 -- 1970), Uwe Seeler (West Germany, 1958 -- 1970), Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002 -- 2014) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, 2006 -- 2018) Most tournaments with at least two goals 4, Uwe Seeler (West Germany, 1958 -- 1970) and Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002 -- 2014) Most tournaments with at least three goals 3, Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany, 1990 -- 1998), Ronaldo (Brazil, 1998 -- 2006) and Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002 -- 2010) Most tournaments with at least four goals 3, Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002 -- 2010) Most tournaments with at least five goals 2, Teófilo Cubillas (Peru, 1970, 1978), Miroslav Klose (Germany, (2002 -- 2006) and Thomas Müller (Germany, 2010 -- 2014) Most qualification tournaments with at least one goal 5, Rafael Márquez (Mexico, 2002 -- 2018) and Carlos Ruiz (Guatemala, 2002 -- 2018) Longest period between a player 's first and last goals 12 years, 1 month and 7 days; Miroslav Klose (Germany, 1 June 2002 -- 8 July 2014) Longest period between a player 's first and last goals overall 12 years, Uwe Seeler (West Germany, 8 June 1958 -- 14 June 1970), Pelé (Brazil, 19 June 1958 -- 21 June 1970), Diego Maradona (Argentina, 18 June 1982 -- 21 June 1994), Michael Laudrup (Denmark, 8 June 1986 -- 24 June 1998), Henrik Larsson (Sweden, 16 July 1994 -- 20 June 2006), Sami Al - Jaber (Saudi Arabia, 25 June 1994 -- 14 June 2006), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Mexico, 20 June 1998 -- 17 June 2010), Miroslav Klose (Germany, 1 June 2002 -- 8 July 2014), Ivica Olić (Croatia, 8 June 2002 -- 18 June 2014), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, 17 June 2006 -- 20 June 2018) and Lionel Messi (Argentina 16 June 2006 -- 26 June 2018) Longest period between one goal and another 12 years, Michael Laudrup (Denmark, 1986 -- 1998) and Ivica Olić (Croatia, 2002 -- 2014) First goalscorer Lucien Laurent (France), vs Mexico, 13 July 1930 Youngest goalscorer 17 years, 239 days, Pelé (Brazil), vs Wales, 19 June 1958 Youngest hat - trick scorer 17 years, 244 days, Pelé (Brazil), vs France, 24 June 1958 Youngest goalscorer, final 17 years, 249 days, Pelé (Brazil), vs Sweden, 29 June 1958 Oldest goalscorer 42 years, 39 days, Roger Milla (Cameroon), vs Russia, 28 June 1994 Oldest hat - trick scorer 33 years, 130 days, Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), vs Spain, 15 June 2018 Oldest goalscorer, final 35 years, 264 days, Nils Liedholm (Sweden), vs Brazil, 29 June 1958 Only player to score in his teens, his twenties and his thirties Lionel Messi Argentina (2006, 2014, and 2018) Most penalties scored (excluding during shoot - outs) 4, Eusébio (Portugal, 4 in 1966), Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands, 4 in 1978) -- both records for one tournament -- and Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina, 2 each in 1994 and 1998) Most penalties missed (excluding during shoot - outs) 2, Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), vs Czech Republic, 2006 and vs Uruguay, 2010 First substitute winning goalscorer, final Came on 86th minute, Mario Götze (Germany), vs Argentina, 2014 Fastest goal from kickoff 11 seconds, Hakan Şükür (Turkey), vs South Korea, 2002 Fastest goal by a substitute 16 seconds, Ebbe Sand (Denmark), vs Nigeria, 1998 Fastest goal in a final 90 seconds, Johan Neeskens (Netherlands), vs West Germany, 1974 final Fastest goal in a qualifying match 8.1 seconds, Christian Benteke (Belgium), vs Gibraltar, 2018 UEFA Group H Fastest brace scored 69 seconds, Toni Kroos (Germany), vs Brazil, 2014 Latest goal in regular time 97th minute, Neymar (Brazil), vs Costa Rica, 2018 Latest goal from kickoff 121st minute, Alessandro Del Piero (Italy), vs Germany, 2006 and Abdelmoumene Djabou (Algeria), vs Germany, 2014 Latest goal from kickoff in a final 120th minute, Geoff Hurst (England), vs Germany, 1966 (see "They think it 's all over '') Latest goal from kickoff, with no goals scored between 119th minute, David Platt (England), vs Belgium, 1990 and Fabio Grosso (Italy), vs Germany, 2006 Latest goal from kickoff in a final, with no goals scored between 116th minute, Andrés Iniesta (Spain), vs Netherlands, 2010 Most participations in different World Cup penalty shoot - outs 3 times, Roberto Baggio Italy (1990, converted, 1994, missed, and 1998, converted)
who scored maximum goals in a single world cup match
Oleg Salenko