Who has scored the most goals in total? What does total goals mean?

Ronaldo 15 World Cup marksmen number of years Host country Scorer Nationality Goals 1st 1930 Uruguay Stipelli Argentina 8 2nd 1934 Italy Sachiavo Italy 4 Nijtili Czech Republic 4 Cologne Germany 4 3rd 1938 France Rianidas Brazil 8 4th 1950 Brazil Adema Brazil 7 5th 1954 Switzerland Kosi Hungary 11 6th 1958 Sweden Fontaine France 13 7th 1962 Chile Serković Yugoslavia 5 8th 1966 England Eusebio Portugal 9 9th 1970 Mexico Muller West Germany 10 10th 1974 West Germany Lato Poland 7 11th 1978 Argentina Kempes Argentina 6 12th 1982 Spain Rossi Italy 6 13th 1986 Mexico Lineker England 6 14th 1990 Italy Schillaci Italy 6 15th 1994 USA Salenko Russia 6 Stoikikov Bulgaria 6 16th 1998 France Souk Croatia 6 17th 2002 Japan and South Korea Ronaldo Brazil 8

Total goals are the total number of goals scored.

Goals scored is one of the specialized terms for ball classes. There are mainly free kick goals, football goals, basketball goals, golf goals, etc., as well as goals in various competitions, World Cup goals, league goals, Olympic goals, etc. In soccer, a goal is scored when the ball crosses the goal line in its entirety between the goal posts and under the crossbar without a previous violation of the rules of the game.

Here are the players with the most career goals (including friendlies) in the world according to FIFA statistics:

1st place: Gerd Müller, known as the German bomber, is one of the greatest strikers in Germany and the world, with 1,216 games and 1,461 goals;

2nd place: Fredenrich (early 20th century), Brazil, winner and top scorer of the 1919 Copa America; 1921 Runner-up in the Copa America in 1922, according to some sources, scored 1,329 goals in football between 1910 and 1934;

3rd place: Pele, Brazil, played in 4 World Cups, won the World Cup 3 times, played 1,366 football matches in his 21 years (1956 1977) and scored 1,281 goals;

Fourth place: Puskás, Hungary, a representative figure of Hungarian football in the 50s of the last century, who played more than 1,200 games in his career and scored more than 1,100 goals;

5th place: Romario, Brazil, in 1994, Romario was elected "World Footballer of the Year". Romario officially announced his retirement in 2009, with 965 goals scored in 1,177 games (including 1,002 goals in unofficial friendlies and youth team matches).