IFFHS STATISTICS - MOST GOALS IN WORLD CUP QUALIFICATIONS


Picture : Karim Bagheri and Steve David broke records


Players with most goals in a single edition of World Cup qualification

We publish the ranking for best one-edition goal-scorers of World Cup qualifying stages in the history of competition.
Until World Cup 1994 when the qualification format underwent a massive expansion the record belonged to Steve David from Trinidad and Tobago who scored 12 goals within the qualifying campaign for World Cup 1974. 
It was extraordinary individual result for those times which has not helped, however, David’s team to promote to the final stage in Germany (though it world certainly deserve it).
Since 1994, many players from all 6 confederations managed to equal and surpass Steve David’s achievement. In the qualification for World Cup 1998 Iranian Karim Bagheri scored as many as 19 goals establishing the new record which still stands at the moment.


 BEST ONE-EDITION   GOAL-SCORERS  
 IN WORLD CUP  QUALIFICATION  
     
 PlayerCountryGoalsEdition
     
1Karim BagheriIran191998
2Archie ThompsonAustralia162002
 Robert Lewandowski Poland162018
 Mohammad Al-SahlawiSaudi Arabia162018
 Ahmed KhalilUAE162018
6Carlos PavónHonduras152002
 Cristiano RonaldoPortugal152018
8Predrag MijatovićSerbia and Montenegro141998
 Kazuyoshi MiuraJapan141998
 David ZdrilicAustralia142002
 Jared BorgettiMexico142006
 Ali MabkhoutUAE142022
13Kazuyoshi MiuraJapan131994
 Cyle LarinCanada132022
15Steve DavidTrinidad and Tobago121974
 Iván ZamoranoChile121998
 Stern JohnTrinidad and Tobago122006
 Moumouni DaganoBurkina-Faso122010
 Osea VakatalesauFiji122010
 Memphis DepayNetherlands122022
 Harry KaneEngland122022
 Wu LeiChina122022