The player with the most world cup goals is Ronaldo from Brazil scoring 15 goals.
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima ( born 22 September 1976), commonly known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for the Corinthians. He holds the record for most goals scored in World Cups.
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH:
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo,who is a Portuguese footballer who plays winger/forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team.
Former Record Holder
France's Just Fontaine scored 13 goals in 1958:
The highest goal scorer was the French footballer Just Fountaine, with 13 goals in 1958, including a hat trick. You must remember that from 1974 only a total of 6 goals have been scored for the golden boot.
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The person who scored the most goals in a single world cup was Just Fontaine. He was a French footballer who scored 13 goals during the 1958 Fifa World Cup finals tournament. < http://community.guinnessworldrecords.com/_Most-goals-in-a-single-FIFA-World-Cup-/PHOTO/9555078/7691.html >
Just Fontaine, holds the record for the most goals scored in a single World Cup; all his 13 goals were scored in the 1958.Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup
147 goals.
Ronaldo scored 8 goals in the 2002 tournament.
The highest number of goals by a single player a world cup match was scored by Oleg Salenko of Russia in 1994 , the match was verses cameroon he scored 5 goals, it was 5-0.
They scored 8 goals in the tournament.
The highest number of goals in a world cup year is 13 by the french footballer in 1958 Just Fontaine.
101 goals were scored in the Group Stage out of 145 goals total in the tournament.
Portugal
Justine Fontaine of France in 1958, he is origanally from Mozambique, Africa
A total of 115 goals in 52 matches throughout the tournament.
Rooney scored no goals whatsoever at the 2010 World Cup, suffering a terrible lack of form. There were only 3 goals scored for England in the entire tournament, scored by Gerrard, Defoe and Upson.