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International Football - FIFA World Cup

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Most Goals Scored in a Final (Player)

This list features the players with the most goals scored in in the history of the FIFA World Cup final.

RANK

PLAYERS

NATION

FINALS PLAYED

GOALS SCORED

MATCHES

1

Kylian Mbappé

France

2

4

2018 (vs Croatia), 2022 (vs Argentina)

2

Geoff Hurst

England

1

3

1966 (vs West Germany)

3

Vavá

Brazil

2

3

1958 (vs Sweden), 1962 (vs Czechoslovakia)

4

Pelé

Brazil

2

3

1958 (vs Sweden), 1970 (vs Italy)

5

Zinedine Zidane

France

2

3

1998 (vs Brazil), 2006 (vs Italy)

6

Gino Colaussi

Italy

1

2

1938 (vs Hungary)

7

Silvio Piola

Italy

1

2

1938 (vs Hungary)

8

Helmut Rahn

West Germany

1

2

1954 (vs Hungary)

9

Mario Kempes

Argentina

1

2

1978 (vs Netherlands)

10

Paul Breitner

West Germany

2

2

1974 (vs Netherlands), 1982 (vs Italy)

11

Ronaldo

Brazil

2

2

1998 (vs France), 2002 (vs Germany)

12

Lionel Messi

Argentina

2

2

2014 (vs Germany), 2022 (vs France)


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References

Wikipedia. (n.d.). “FIFA World Cup top goalscorers – Top goalscorers in final matches”. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup_top_goalscorers#Top_goalscorers_in_final_matches (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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