Who has scored the most World Cup goals ever?

Miroslav Klose of Germany finished top with 16 goals.

Are penalty goals counted?

Yes, penalties count toward a player's tournament goal tally, but own goals are excluded.

Every player's combined World Cup goal tally from 1930 to today.

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen
1	Miroslav Klose	Germany	16	—
2	Ronaldo	Brazil	15	1
3	Gerd Müller	West Germany	14	1
4	Just Fontaine	France	13	—
5	Lionel Messi	Argentina	13	4
6	Kylian Mbappé	France	12	2
7	Pelé	Brazil	12	—
8	Jürgen Klinsmann	West Germany	11	—
9	Sándor Kocsis	Hungary	11	—
10	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	10	4
11	Gary Lineker	England	10	2
12	Grzegorz Lato	Poland	10	—
13	Helmut Rahn	West Germany	10	—
14	Teófilo Cubillas	Peru	10	2
15	Thomas Müller	Germany	10	1
16	Ademir	Brazil	9	—
17	Christian Vieri	Italy	9	—
18	David Villa	Spain	9	2
19	Eusébio	Portugal	9	4
20	Jairzinho	Brazil	9	—
21	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	West Germany	9	—
22	Paolo Rossi	Italy	9	—
23	Roberto Baggio	Italy	9	2
24	Uwe Seeler	West Germany	9	—
25	Vavá	Brazil	9	—
26	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	8	3
27	Diego Maradona	Argentina	8	—
28	Guillermo Stábile	Argentina	8	—
29	Harry Kane	England	8	4
30	Leônidas	Brazil	8	—
31	Neymar	Brazil	8	2
32	Oscar Míguez	Uruguay	8	—
33	Rivaldo	Brazil	8	1
34	Rudi Völler	West Germany	8	—
35	Andrzej Szarmach	Poland	7	—
36	Careca	Brazil	7	1
37	Hans Schäfer	West Germany	7	—
38	Johnny Rep	Netherlands	7	—
39	Lajos Tichy	Hungary	7	—
40	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	7	—
41	Oldřich Nejedlý	Czechoslovakia	7	1
42	Arjen Robben	Netherlands	6	—
43	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	6	2
44	Bebeto	Brazil	6	—
45	Davor Šuker	Croatia	6	1
46	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	6	—
47	Diego Forlán	Uruguay	6	1
48	Enner Valencia	Ecuador	6	1
49	Erich Probst	Austria	6	—
50	György Sárosi	Hungary	6	1