World Cup Top Goal Scorers

Who is leading the scoring charts for the World Cup Golden Shoe?
By Ewan Macdonald
Jul 7, 2010 9:50:00 PM
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Here we see which World Cup goalscorers are setting the tournament alight, with players given in order of how many they've netted.

Also provided is a look at how many minutes they've spent on the pitch and thus their efficiency rate.

Players are sorted first by goals scored, then minutes per goal (MPG), then finally surname.

This page will be updated after each matchday, so please check back often for the latest rankings.

Last update: Wednesday 7 July 2010, 22:50 SAST


Rank Name Country Club Goals (Pens) Minutes MPG
1 David Villa
ESP
Barcelona
5 (0) 529' 106
2 Wesley Sneijder*
NED Inter 5 (0) 532' 106
3 Gonzalo Higuain
ARG Real Madrid
4 (0) 341' 85
4 Robert Vittek
SVK
Ankaragucu
4 (1) 343' 86
5 Miroslav Klose
GER
Bayern Munich
4 (0) 357' 89
6 Thomas Mueller
GER
Bayern Munich
4 (0) 383' 96
7 Diego Forlan
URU
Atletico Madrid
4 (1) 563' 141
8 Landon Donovan
USA
Los Angeles Galaxy
3 (1) 390' 130
9 Luis Fabiano
BRA
Sevilla
3 (0) 418' 139
10 Luis Suarez
URU Ajax
3 (0) 453' 151
11 Asamoah Gyan
GHA
Rennes
3 (2) 501' 167
12 Brett Holman
AUS
AZ
2 (0) 136' 68
13 Elano
BRA
Galatasaray
2 (0) 140' 70
14 Javier Hernandez
MEX
Chivas Guadalajara
2 (0) 169' 85
15 Kalu Uche
NGA
Almeria 2 (0) 195' 98'
16 Arjen Robben
NED Bayern Munich 2 (0) 267' 134
17 Samuel Eto'o
CMR
Internazionale
2 (1) 270' 135
18 Tiago
POR
Atletico Madrid
2 (0) 298' 149
19 Carlos Tevez
ARG Manchester City
2 (0) 324' 162
20 Robinho
BRA
Manchester City
2 (0) 354' 177
21 Chung-Yong Lee
ROK Bolton 2 (0) 359' 180
22 Jung-Soo Lee
ROK
Kashima Antlers
2 (0) 360' 180
23 Keisuke Honda
JPN
CSKA Moscow
2 (0) 390' 195
24
Lukas Podolski
GER
Koeln
2 (0) 531' 266
25 Martin Palermo
ARG Boca Juniors
1 (0) 10' 10
26 Kamil Kopunek
SVK
Spartak Trnava
1 (0) 22' 22
27 Fabio Quagliarella
ITA
Napoli
1 (0) 44' 44
28 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
NED
AC Milan
1 (0) 48' 48
29 Romaric
CIV
Sevilla
1 (0) 98' 98
30 Shinji Okazaki
JPN
Shimizu S-Pulse
1 (0) 105' 105
31 Cuauhtemoc Blanco
MEX
Veracruz
1 (1) 112' 112
32 Marko Pantelic SRB Ajax 1 (0) 113' 113
33 Liedson
POR
Sporting CP
1 (0) 121' 121
34 Dimitris Salpigidis GRC PAOK 1 (0) 121' 121
35 Cacau GER
Stuttgart
1 (0) 132' 132
36 Sulley Muntari
GHA
Inter
1 (0) 134' 134
37 Hugo Almeida
POR
Werder Bremen
1 (0) 135' 135
38 Mark Gonzalez
CHI
CSKA Moscow
1 (0) 137' 137
39 Rodrigo Millar
CHI
Colo Colo
1 (0) 142' 142
40 Tim Cahill
AUS
Everton
1 (0) 146' 146
41 Florent Malouda FRA Chelsea 1 (0) 149' 149
42 Antonio Di Natale
ITA
Udinese
1 (0) 152' 152
43 Salomon Kalou
CIV
Chelsea
1 (0) 160' 160
44= Jermain Defoe
ENG
Tottenham
1 (0) 173' 173
44= Zlatan Ljubijankic SVN
Gent
1 (0) 173' 173
45 Jon Dahl Tomasson
DEN Feyenoord 1 (0) 176' 176
46 Matthew Upson
ENG
West Ham
1 (0) 180' 180
47 Didier Drogba
CIV
Chelsea
1 (0) 204' 204
48 Gelson Fernandes
SUI
St. Etienne
1 (0) 212' 212
49 Simao
POR
Atletico Madrid
1 (0) 217' 217
50 Vasilis Torosidis
GRC
Olympiakos
1 (0) 235' 235
51 Nicklas Bendtner
DEN Arsenal 1 (0) 242' 242
52 Milan Jovanovic SRB Liverpool 1 (0) 245' 245
53 Yakubu Aiyegbeni NGA
Everton 1 (1) 250' 250
54 Valter Birsa SVN
Auxerre
1 (0) 261' 261
55= Daniele De Rossi
ITA
Roma
1 (0) 270' 270
55= Vincenzo Iaquinta
ITA
Juventus
1 (1) 270' 270
55= Steven Gerrard
ENG
Liverpool
1 (0) 270' 270
55= Yun-Nam Ji
PRK
April 25
1 (0) 270' 270
55= Bongani Khumalo
RSA
Supersport United
1 (0) 270' 270
55= Robert Koren
SVN
None
1 (0) 270' 270
55= Katlego Mphela
RSA
Mamelodi Sundowns
1 (0) 270' 270
55= Winston Reid
NZL
Midtjylland 1 (0) 270' 270
55= Dennis Rommedahl
DEN Ajax 1 (0) 270' 270
55= Shane Smeltz
NZL
Gold Coast United
1 (0) 270' 270
55= Yaya Toure
CIV
Barcelona
1 (0) 270' 270
55= Siphiwe Tshabalala
RSA
Kaizer Chiefs
1 (0) 270' 270
56 Raul Meireles
POR
Porto
1 (0) 329' 329
57 Chu-Young Park
ROK
Monaco
1 (0) 347' 347'
58= Jean Beausejour
CHI
Club America
1 (0) 360' 360
58= Gabriel Heinze
ARG
Marseille
1 (0) 360' 360
58= Rafael Marquez
MEX
Barcelona
1 (0) 360' 360
58= Ji-Sung Park
ROK
Manchester United
1 (0) 360' 360
58= Cristiano Ronaldo
POR
Real Madrid
1 (0) 360' 360
59 Yasuhito Endo
JPN
Gamba Osaka
1 (0) 389' 389
60= Antolin Alcaraz
PAR
Wigan
1 (0) 390' 390
60= Michael Bradley
USA
Moenchengladbach
1 (0) 390' 390
60= Clint Dempsey
USA
Fulham
1 (0) 390' 390
61 Alvaro Pereira
URU Porto
1 (0) 409' 409
62 Enrique Vera
PAR
Atlas
1 (0) 414' 414
63 Andres Iniesta
ESP
Barcelona
1 (0) 437' 437
64= Martin Demichelis
ARG Bayern Munich
1 (0) 450' 450
64= Juan
BRA
Roma
1 (0) 450' 450
64= Maicon
BRA
Inter
1 (0) 450' 450
65 Kevin Prince Boateng
GHA
Portsmouth
1 (0) 464' 464
66 Robin Van Persie
NED Arsenal 1 (0) 479' 479
67 Cristian Riveros
PAR
Sunderland
1 (0) 480' 480
68 Mesut Oezil GER
Werder Bremen
1 (0) 497' 497
69 Dirk Kuyt
NED
Liverpool
1 (0) 516' 516
70 Carles Puyol
ESP
Barcelona
1 (0) 534' 534
71= Arne Friedrich
GER
Wolfsburg
1 (0) 540' 540
71= Maxi Pereira
URU Benfica
1 (0) 540' 540
71= Giovanni van Bronckhorst
NED Feyenoord 1 (0) 540' 540


Own Goals:
Daniel Agger of DEN
Chu-Young Park of ROK

*The first goal in NED 2-1 BRA was originally credited to Brazil's Felipe Melo as an own goal. On Saturday 3 July the FIFA Technical Study group instead awarded it to Dutch player Wesley Sneijder.

See also:

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1863/world-cup-2010/2010/07/07/1935965/world-cup-top-goal-scorers