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Who, how many and when: The goals and goalscorers in World Cup history

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Goals! Goals! Goals! That’s what football is all about — and here’s a graphical lowdown on all the goals scored at World Cups.

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Who, how many and when: The goals and goalscorers in World Cup history

Goals! Goals! Goals! That’s what football is all about — and here’s a graphical lowdown on all the goals scored at World Cups. ![GoalsAndGoalscorers](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/GoalsAndGoalscorers.jpg) Uruguay 1930 Teams: 13 Number of goals: 70 at an average of 3.88 per match Top-scorer: Guillermo Stabile with eight goals (Argentina) Italy 1934 Teams: 16 Number of goals: 70 at an average of 4.11 per match Top-scorer: Oldrich Nejedly with five goals (Czechoslovakia) France 1938 Teams: 15 Number of goals: 84 at an average of 4.66 per match Top-scorer: Leonidas da Silva with eight goals (Brazil) [caption id=“attachment_1563057” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![Getty Images](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Klose-Getty.jpg) Miroslav Klose was the top-scorer in 2006. Getty Images[/caption] Brazil 1950 Teams: 13 Number of goals: 88 at an average of 4.00 per match Top-scorer: Ademir with nine goals (Brazil) Switzerland 1954 Teams: 16 Number of goals: 140 at an average of 5.38 per match Top-scorer: Sandor Kocsis with 11 goals (Hungary) Sweden 1958 Teams: 16 Number of goals: 126 at an average of 3.60 per match Top-scorer: Just Fontaine with 13 goals (France) Chile 1962 Teams: 16 Number of goals: 89 at an average of 2.78 per match Top-scorer: Florian Albert with four goals (Hungary) England 1966 Teams: 16 Number of goals: 89 at an average of 2.78 per match Top-scorer: Eusebio with nine goals (Portugal) Mexico 1970 Teams: 16 Number of goals: 95 at an average of 2.96 per match Top-scorer: Gerd Muller with 10 goals (Germany) Germany 1974 Teams: 16 Number of goals: 97 at an average of 2.55 per match Top-scorer: Grzegorz Lato with seven goals (Poland) Argentina 1978 Teams: 16 Number of goals: 102 at an average of 2.68 per match Top-scorer: Mario Kempes with six goals (Argentina) Spain 1982 Teams: 24 Number of goals: 146 at an average of 2.80 per match Top-scorer: Paolo Rossi with six goals (Italy) Mexico 1986 Teams: 24 Number of goals: 132 at an average of 2.53 per match Top-scorer: Gary Lineker with six goals (England) Italy 1990 Teams: 24 Number of goals: 115 at an average of 2.21 per match Top-scorer: Salvatore Squillaci with six goals (Italy) USA 1994 Teams: 24 Number of goals: 141 at an average of 2.71 per match Top-scorer: Oleg Salenko with six goals (Russia) France 1998 Teams: 32 Number of goals: 171 at an average of 2.67 per match Top-scorer: Davor Suker with six goals (Croatia) Korea-Japan 2002 Teams: 32 Number of goals: 161 at an average of 2.53 per match Top-scorer: Ronaldo with eight goals (Brazil) Germany 2006 Teams: 32 Number of goals: 147 at an average of 2.29 per match Top-scorer: Miroslav Klose with five goals (Germany) South Africa 2010 Teams: 32 Number of goals: 145 at an average of 2.27 per match Top-scorer: Thomas Mueller with five goals (Germany)

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