<Dt> Longest period between World Cup finals appearances, overall </Dt> <Dd> 44 years, Tim (Brazil, 1938, as a player; and Peru, 1982, as coach) </Dd> <Dl> <Dt> Most goals scored, overall finals </Dt> <Dd> 16, Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002--2014) </Dd> <Dt> Most goals scored, overall qualifying </Dt> <Dd> 39, Carlos Ruiz (Guatemala, 2002--2016) </Dd> <Dt> Most goals scored in a tournament </Dt> <Dd> 13, Just Fontaine (France, 1958) </Dd> <Dt> Highest goals average in a tournament </Dt> <Dd> 2.2, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary, 11 goals in 5 matches, 1954) </Dd> <Dd> For a detailed list of top goalscorers in each tournament (Golden Boot winner), see Golden Boot . </Dd> <Dt> Most goals scored in a match </Dt> <Dd> 5, Oleg Salenko (Russia), vs Cameroon, 1994 </Dd> <Dt> Most goals scored in a lost match </Dt> <Dd> 4, Ernest Wilimowski (Poland), vs Brazil, 1938 </Dd> <Dt> Most goals scored in a qualifying match </Dt> <Dd> 13, Archie Thompson (Australia), vs American Samoa, 2002 OFC Group 1 </Dd> <Dt> Most goals scored in a final match </Dt> <Dd> 3, Geoff Hurst (England), vs West Germany, 1966 </Dd> <Dt> Most goals scored in all final matches </Dt> <Dd> 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 </Dd> <Dt> Scored goal (s) in multiple final matches </Dt> <Dd> Vavá (Brazil, 1958 & 1962), Pelé (Brazil, 1958 & 1970), Paul Breitner (West Germany, 1974 & 1982) and Zinedine Zidane (France, 1998 & 2006). </Dd> <Dt> Most matches with at least one goal </Dt> <Dd> 11, Ronaldo (Brazil, 1998--2006), Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002--2014) </Dd> <Dt> Most consecutive matches with at least one goal </Dt> <Dd> 6, Just Fontaine (France, 1958) and Jairzinho (Brazil, 1970) </Dd> <Dt> Most matches with at least two goals </Dt> <Dd> 4, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine (France, 1958), Ronaldo (Brazil, 1998--2006) and Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002--2010) </Dd> <Dt> Most consecutive matches with at least two goals </Dt> <Dd> 4, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary, 1954) </Dd> <Dt> Most hat - tricks </Dt> <Dd> 2, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine (France, 1958), Gerd Müller (West Germany, 1970) and Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina, 1994 & 1998) </Dd> <Dt> Most consecutive hat - tricks </Dt> <Dd> 2, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary, 1954) and Gerd Müller (West Germany, 1970) </Dd> <Dt> Fastest hat - trick </Dt> <Dd> 8 minutes, László Kiss (Hungary), scored at 69', 72' and 76', vs El Salvador, 1982 </Dd> <Dt> Most goals scored by a substitute in a match </Dt> <Dd> 3, László Kiss (Hungary), vs El Salvador, 1982 </Dd> <Dt> Olympic goals (goals from a corner) scored in a World Cup </Dt> <Dd> 1, Marcos Coll (Colombia), vs Soviet Union, 1962 </Dd> <Dt> Hat - tricks from the penalty spot </Dt> <Dd> 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 </Dd> <Dt> Scoring in every match of a team in a World Cup (at least three matches) </Dt> <Dd> 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) </Dd> <Dt> Most tournaments with at least one goal </Dt> <Dd> 4, Pelé (Brazil, 1958--1970), Uwe Seeler (West Germany, 1958--1970), Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002--2014) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, 2006--2018) </Dd> <Dt> Most tournaments with at least two goals </Dt> <Dd> 4, Uwe Seeler (West Germany, 1958--1970) and Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002--2014) </Dd> <Dt> Most tournaments with at least three goals </Dt> <Dd> 3, Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany, 1990--1998), Ronaldo (Brazil, 1998--2006) and Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002--2010) </Dd> <Dt> Most tournaments with at least four goals </Dt> <Dd> 3, Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002--2010) </Dd> <Dt> Most tournaments with at least five goals </Dt> <Dd> 2, Teófilo Cubillas (Peru, 1970, 1978), Miroslav Klose (Germany, (2002--2006) and Thomas Müller (Germany, 2010--2014) </Dd> <Dt> Most qualification tournaments with at least one goal </Dt> <Dd> 5, Rafael Márquez (Mexico, 2002--2018) and Carlos Ruiz (Guatemala, 2002--2018) </Dd> <Dt> Longest period between a player's first and last goals </Dt> <Dd> 12 years, 1 month and 7 days; Miroslav Klose (Germany, 1 June 2002--8 July 2014) </Dd> <Dt> Longest period between a player's first and last goals overall </Dt> <Dd> 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) </Dd> <Dt> Longest period between one goal and another </Dt> <Dd> 12 years, Michael Laudrup (Denmark, 1986--1998) and Ivica Olić (Croatia, 2002--2014) </Dd> <Dt> First goalscorer </Dt> <Dd> Lucien Laurent (France), vs Mexico, 13 July 1930 </Dd> <Dt> Youngest goalscorer </Dt> <Dd> 17 years, 239 days, Pelé (Brazil), vs Wales, 19 June 1958 </Dd> <Dt> Youngest hat - trick scorer </Dt> <Dd> 17 years, 244 days, Pelé (Brazil), vs France, 24 June 1958 </Dd> <Dt> Youngest goalscorer, final </Dt> <Dd> 17 years, 249 days, Pelé (Brazil), vs Sweden, 29 June 1958 </Dd> <Dt> Oldest goalscorer </Dt> <Dd> 42 years, 39 days, Roger Milla (Cameroon), vs Russia, 28 June 1994 </Dd> <Dt> Oldest hat - trick scorer </Dt> <Dd> 33 years, 130 days, Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), vs Spain, 15 June 2018 </Dd> <Dt> Oldest goalscorer, final </Dt> <Dd> 35 years, 264 days, Nils Liedholm (Sweden), vs Brazil, 29 June 1958 </Dd> <Dt> Only player to score in his teens, his twenties and his thirties </Dt> <Dd> Lionel Messi Argentina (2006, 2014, and 2018) </Dd> <Dt> Most penalties scored (excluding during shoot - outs) </Dt> <Dd> 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) </Dd> <Dt> Most penalties missed (excluding during shoot - outs) </Dt> <Dd> 2, Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), vs Czech Republic, 2006 and vs Uruguay, 2010 </Dd> <Dt> First substitute winning goalscorer, final </Dt> <Dd> Came on 86th minute, Mario Götze (Germany), vs Argentina, 2014 </Dd> <Dt> Fastest goal from kickoff </Dt> <Dd> 11 seconds, Hakan Şükür (Turkey), vs South Korea, 2002 </Dd> <Dt> Fastest goal by a substitute </Dt> <Dd> 16 seconds, Ebbe Sand (Denmark), vs Nigeria, 1998 </Dd> <Dt> Fastest goal in a final </Dt> <Dd> 90 seconds, Johan Neeskens (Netherlands), vs West Germany, 1974 final </Dd> <Dt> Fastest goal in a qualifying match </Dt> <Dd> 8.1 seconds, Christian Benteke (Belgium), vs Gibraltar, 2018 UEFA Group H </Dd> <Dt> Fastest brace scored </Dt> <Dd> 69 seconds, Toni Kroos (Germany), vs Brazil, 2014 </Dd> <Dt> Latest goal in regular time </Dt> <Dd> 97th minute, Neymar (Brazil), vs Costa Rica, 2018 </Dd> <Dt> Latest goal from kickoff </Dt> <Dd> 121st minute, Alessandro Del Piero (Italy), vs Germany, 2006 and Abdelmoumene Djabou (Algeria), vs Germany, 2014 </Dd> <Dt> Latest goal from kickoff in a final </Dt> <Dd> 120th minute, Geoff Hurst (England), vs Germany, 1966 (see "They think it's all over") </Dd> <Dt> Latest goal from kickoff, with no goals scored between </Dt> <Dd> 119th minute, David Platt (England), vs Belgium, 1990 and Fabio Grosso (Italy), vs Germany, 2006 </Dd> <Dt> Latest goal from kickoff in a final, with no goals scored between </Dt> <Dd> 116th minute, Andrés Iniesta (Spain), vs Netherlands, 2010 </Dd> <Dt> Most participations in different World Cup penalty shoot - outs </Dt> <Dd> 3 times, Roberto Baggio Italy (1990, converted, 1994, missed, and 1998, converted) </Dd> </Dl> <Dt> Most goals scored, overall finals </Dt>

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