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Dec 18, 2022 at 3pm UK
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Argentina
3 - 3
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Argentina win 4-2 on penalties
Messi (23' pen., 108'), di Maria (36')
Fernandez (45+7'), Acuna (90+8'), Paredes (114'), Montiel (116'), Martinez (126')
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World Cup leading goalscorers of all time: Lionel Messi eyes Pele mark in final

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Ahead of the 2022 World Cup final between Argentina and France, Sports Mole looks at the leading goalscorers in the competition's history.
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A place in football immortality awaits either Argentina or France on Sunday as they go head to head in the World Cup final in Qatar.

For Argentina, it will be a chance to get their hands on the biggest prize in football for the first time since 1986, whereas France are looking to become only the third team to successfully retain the trophy - and the first since 1962.

There are sub-plots galore too, not least the battle between the respective talismans of both nations - Paris Saint-Germain teammates Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe.

Mbappe would break into the exclusive club of players with 10 or more World Cup goals should he score on Sunday, while Messi's five-goal haul in Qatar has already seen him become the 13th member of that illustrious group.

Here, ahead of the final, Sports Mole looks at the all-time top-scoring list in World Cup history, including every player to have reached double figures in the tournament.



1. Miroslav Klose (Germany)

Goals: 16
Appearances: 24
Ratio: 0.67
Tournaments: 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014



2. Ronaldo (Brazil)

Goals: 15
Appearances: 19
Ratio: 0.79
Tournaments: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006



3. Gerd Muller (West Germany)

Goals: 14
Appearances: 13
Ratio: 1.08
Tournaments: 1970, 1974



4. Just Fontaine (France)

Goals: 13
Appearances: 6
Ratio: 2.17
Tournaments: 1958



5. Pele (Brazil)

Goals: 12
Appearances: 14
Ratio: 0.86
Tournaments: 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970



6. Sandor Kocsis (Hungary)

Goals: 11
Appearances: 5
Ratio: 2.20
Tournaments: 1954



7. Jurgen Klinsmann (West Germany & Germany)

Goals: 11
Appearances: 17
Ratio: 0.65
Tournaments: 1990, 1994, 1998



8. Lionel Messi (Argentina)

Goals: 11
Appearances: 25
Ratio: 0.44
Tournaments: 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022



9. Helmut Rahn (West Germany)

Goals: 10
Appearances: 10
Ratio: 1.00
Tournaments: 1954, 1958



10. Gary Lineker (England)

Goals: 10
Appearances: 12
Ratio: 0.83
Tournaments: 1986, 1990



11. Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina)

Goals: 10
Appearances: 12
Ratio: 0.83
Tournaments: 1994, 1998, 2002



12. Teofilo Cubillas (Peru)

Goals: 10
Appearances: 13
Ratio: 0.77
Tournaments: 1970, 1978, 1982



13. Thomas Muller (Germany)

Goals: 10
Appearances: 19
Ratio: 0.53
Tournaments: 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022



14. Grzegorz Lato (Poland)

Goals: 10
Appearances: 20
Ratio: 0.50
Tournaments: 1974, 1978, 1982




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