WORLD CUP RECORDS (Part 13) - MILESTONE GOALS


Picture : Lucien Laurent scored the first World Cup goal.


Milestone goals

All World Cup goals multiple of 100 are listed in the table. At each of 21 editions, at least one milestone goal was scored (at 4 editions, there were 2 such goals, in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2018). 
The total number of goals is 2 548 at the moment. So, there is probability that we will see not only 2600th but also 2700th in Qatar. 

 WORLD CUP MILESTONE GOALS 
     
Goal PlayerCountryDateRival (Score)
     
1Lucien LaurentFrance13/07/1930Mexico 4-1
100Angelo SchiavioItaly27/05/1934United States 7-1
200Harry AnderssonSweden12/06/1938Cuba 8-0
300ChicoBrazil13/07/1950Spain 6-1
400Max MorlockGermany23/06/1954Turkey 7-2
500Bobby CollinsScotland11/06/1958Paraguay 2-3
600Dražan JerkovićYugoslavia02/06/1962Uruguay 3-1
700Pak Seung-ZinNorth Korea15/07/1966Chile 1-1
800Gerd MüllerGermany07/06/1970Bulgaria 5-2
900Héctor YazaldeArgentina23/06/1974Haiti 4-1
1000Rob RensenbrinkNetherlands11/06/1978Scotland 2-3
1100Sergey BaltachaSoviet Union19/06/1982New Zealand 3-0
1200Jean-Pierre PapinFrance01/06/1986Canada 1-0
1300Gary LinekerEngland18/06/1986Paraguay 3-0
1400Johnny EkströmSweden20/06/1990Costa Rica 1-2
1500Claudio CaniggiaArgentina25/06/1994Nigeria 2-1
1600Pierre Issa (own goal)South Africa12/06/1998France 0-3
1700Slobodan KomljenovićYugoslavia25/06/1998United States 1-0
1800BetoPortugal05/06/2002United States 2-3
1900Christian VieriItaly18/06/2002South Korea 1-2
2000Marcus AllbäckSweden20/06/2006England 2-2
2100Javier HernándezMexico17/06/2010France 2-0
2200Arjen RobbenNetherlands06/07/2010Uruguay 3-2
2300Jermaine JonesUnited States22/06/2014Portugal 2-2
2400Luka ModrićCroatia16/06/2018Nigeria 2-0
2500Fakhreddine Ben YoussefTunisia28/06/2018Panama 2-1