The following is a list of goalscorers in the FIFA World Cup finals. Only goals scored during regulation or extra time are included. Any goals scored during the penalty shoot-out are excluded. As of the 2022 final, sixty-two individuals have scored the total of eighty goals in all of the finals history. Twelve players have scored multiple goals in the finals. Five players have done so via a penalty kick. Mario Mandžukić was the first player to score an own goal in a final, as well as the first to follow it up with a goal at the opponent's net. He scored the opening and closing goal of the final in 2018. Geoff Hurst and Kylian Mbappé are the only men's players to score a hat trick in a final. Only two players have scored in two consecutive FIFA World Cup finals: Vavá and Mbappé. Only two scorers, Pelé and Mbappé, have scored in a final goal as teenagers.[1] Mbappé is also the only player to score multiple goals in a losing final.
ESPN featured a documentary on the 34 finals goalscorers who were alive before the 2010 final.[2]
| Year | Player | Team | Score | Minute | Result | Report | Shoot-out scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 1–0 | 12' | 4–2 | Report | |||
| Argentina | 1–1 | 20' | |||||
| Argentina | 2–1 | 37' | |||||
| Uruguay | 2–2 | 57' | |||||
| Uruguay | 3–2 | 68' | |||||
| Uruguay | 4–2 | 89' | |||||
| Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | 71' | 2–1 | Report | |||
| Italy | 1–1 | 81' | |||||
| Italy | 2–1 | 95' | |||||
| Italy | 1–0 | 6' | 4–2 | Report | |||
| Hungary | 1–1 | 8' | |||||
| Italy | 2–1 | 16' | |||||
| Gino Colaussi (2) | Italy | 3–1 | 35' | ||||
| Hungary | 2–3 | 70' | |||||
| Silvio Piola (2) | Italy | 4–2 | 82' | ||||
| 1950 | |||||||
| Hungary | 1–0 | 6' | 3–2 | Report | |||
| Hungary | 2–0 | 8' | |||||
| West Germany | 1–2 | 10' | |||||
| West Germany | 2–2 | 18' | |||||
| Helmut Rahn (2) | West Germany | 3–2 | 84' | ||||
| Sweden | 1–0 | 4' | 5–2 | Report | |||
| Brazil | 1–1 | 9' | |||||
| Vavá (2) | Brazil | 2–1 | 32' | ||||
| Brazil | 3–1 | 55' | |||||
| Brazil | 4–1 | 68' | |||||
| Sweden | 2–4 | 80' | |||||
| Pelé (2) | Brazil | 5–2 | 90' | ||||
| Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | 15' | 3–1 | Report | |||
| Brazil | 1–1 | 17' | |||||
| Brazil | 2–1 | 69' | |||||
| Vavá (3) | Brazil | 3–1 | 78' | ||||
| West Germany | 1–0 | 12' | 4–2 | Report | |||
| England | 1–1 | 18' | |||||
| England | 2–1 | 78' | |||||
| West Germany | 2–2 | 89' | |||||
| Geoff Hurst (2) | England | 3–2 | 101' | ||||
| Geoff Hurst (3) | England | 4–2 | 120' | ||||
| Pelé (3) | Brazil | 1–0 | 18' | 4–1 | Report | ||
| Italy | 1–1 | 37' | |||||
| Brazil | 2–1 | 66' | |||||
| Brazil | 3–1 | 71' | |||||
| Brazil | 4–1 | 86' | |||||
| Netherlands | 1–0 | 2' (p) | 2–1 | Report | |||
| West Germany | 1–1 | 25' (p) | |||||
| West Germany | 2–1 | 43' | |||||
| Argentina | 1–0 | 38' | 3–1 | Report | |||
| Netherlands | 1–1 | 82' | |||||
| Mario Kempes (2) | Argentina | 2–1 | 105' | ||||
| Argentina | 3–1 | 115' | |||||
| Italy | 1–0 | 57' | 3–1 | Report | |||
| Italy | 2–0 | 69' | |||||
| Italy | 3–0 | 81' | |||||
| Paul Breitner (2) | West Germany | 1–3 | 83' | ||||
| Argentina | 1–0 | 23' | 3–2 | Report | |||
| Argentina | 2–0 | 56' | |||||
| West Germany | 1–2 | 74' | |||||
| Rudi Völler | West Germany | 2–2 | 81' | ||||
| Argentina | 3–2 | 84' | |||||
| West Germany | 1–0 | 85' (p) | 1–0 | Report | |||
| No goals scored. Match decided in penalty shoot-out. | Report | Romário, Demetrio Albertini, Branco, Alberico Evani, Dunga | |||||
| France | 1–0 | 27' | 3–0 | Report | |||
| Zinedine Zidane (2) | France | 2–0 | 45+1' | ||||
| France | 3–0 | 90+3' | |||||
| Brazil | 1–0 | 67' | 2–0 | Report | |||
| Ronaldo (2) | Brazil | 2–0 | 79' | ||||
| Zinedine Zidane (3) | France | 1–0 | 7' (p) | 1–1 | Report | Andrea Pirlo, Sylvain Wiltord, Marco Materazzi, Daniele de Rossi, Eric Abidal, Alessandro del Piero, Willy Sagnol, Fabio Grosso | |
| Italy | 1–1 | 19' | |||||
| Match decided in penalty shoot-out. | |||||||
| Spain | 1–0 | 116' | 1–0 | Report | |||
| Germany | 1–0 | 113' | 1–0 | Report | |||
| France | 1–0 | 18' | 4–2 | Report | |||
| Croatia | 1–1 | 28' | |||||
| France | 2–1 | 38' (p) | |||||
| France | 3–1 | 59' | |||||
| France | 4–1 | 65' | |||||
| Mario Mandžukić | Croatia | 2–4 | 69' | ||||
| Argentina | 1–0 | 23' (p) | 3–3 | Report | Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala, Leandro Paredes, Randal Kolo Muani, Gonzalo Montiel | ||
| Argentina | 2–0 | 36' | |||||
| Kylian Mbappé (2) | France | 2–1 | 80' (p) | ||||
| Kylian Mbappé (3) | France | 2–2 | 81' | ||||
| Lionel Messi (2) | Argentina | 3–2 | 108' | ||||
| Kylian Mbappé (4) | France | 3–3 | 118' (p) | ||||
| Match decided in penalty shoot-out. | |||||||
| Player | Team | Goals scored | Finals played | Final(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kylian Mbappé | 4 | 2 | 2018, 20223 | |
| Geoff Hurst | 3 | 1 | 19663 | |
| Vavá | 3 | 2 | 19582, 1962 | |
| Pelé | 3 | 2 | 19582, 1970 | |
| Zinedine Zidane | 3 | 2 | 19982, 2006 | |
| Gino Colaussi | 2 | 1 | 19382 | |
| Silvio Piola | 2 | 1 | 19382 | |
| Helmut Rahn | 2 | 1 | 19542 | |
| Mario Kempes | 2 | 1 | 19782 | |
| Paul Breitner | 2 | 2 | 1974, 1982 | |
| Ronaldo | 2 | 2 | (1998), 20022 | |
| Lionel Messi | 2 | 2 | (2014), 20222 | |