WORLD CUP RECORDS (Part 29) - THE PLAYER WITH MOST GOAL INVOLVEMENTS
Picture : Pelé leads the ranking .
Player with most goal involvements: Pele
Over his World Cup career, Pele was involved in 20 goals of Brazil: he scored 12 by himself and assisted for 8 (6 of his assists came at 1970 edition, 1 at 1958 and 1 at 1962).
“O Rei” set the record which is still unbeaten. Two players are one step behind him, Ronaldo and Miroslav Klose.
PLAYERS WITH MOST | GOALS + ASSISTS | ||||||
AT WORLD CUPS | |||||||
Player | Country | Period | Goals | Assists | Total | Games | |
1 | Pelé | Brazil | 1958-1970 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 14 |
2 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 1998-2006 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 19 |
3 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 2002-2014 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 24 |
4 | Gerd Müller | Germany | 1970-1974 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 13 |
5 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 1974-1982 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 20 |
6 | Diego Maradona | Argentina | 1982-1994 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 21 |