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Pele - Top 20 Goals

Pelé whose real name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento became a superstar with his performance in the 1958 World Cup. Pelé played professionally in Brazil for two decades, winning three World Cups along the way, before joining the New York Cosmos late in his career. Named FIFA co-Player of the Century in 1999, he is a global ambassador for soccer and other humanitarian causes.

A member of three Brazilian World Cup-champion teams, Pelé is considered by many to be the greatest soccer player of all time.

BBC Best 10 goals of World Cup

World Cup Top Goal Scorers - Thomas Mueller Wins The Golden Shoe

Thomas Mueller of Bayern Munich and Germany has won the World Cup Golden Shoe after finishing joint-top of the scoring charts and with the most assists.

Mueller shared a tally of five with David Villa of Spain, Uruguay's Diego Forlan, and Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands, but managed three assists while the others could hit just one.

Thus the young German in his first ever World Cup wins the award, as FIFA decided that assists will be used to decide in the case of a tie.

Below we give a chart containing all the 2010 World Cup goal scorers. Players are sorted first by goals scored, then (to separate the top four only) assists, then minutes per goal (MPG), then finally surname.

Rank	Name	Country	Club	Goals (Pens)	Assists	Minutes	MPG
1	Thomas Mueller	GER	Bayern Munich	5 (0)	3	473'	95
2	David Villa	ESP	Barcelona	5 (0)	1	635'	127
3	Wesley Sneijder*	NED	Inter	5 (0)	1	652'	130
4	Diego Forlan	URU	Atletico Madrid	5 (0)	1	654'	131
5	Gonzalo Higuain	ARG	Real Madrid	4 (0)		341'	85
6	Robert Vittek	SVK	Ankaragucu	4 (0)		343'	86
7	Miroslav Klose	GER	Bayern Munich	4 (0)		357'	89
8	Landon Donovan	USA	Los Angeles Galaxy	3 (0)		390'	130
9	Luis Fabiano	BRA	Sevilla	3 (0)		418'	139
10	Asamoah Gyan	GHA	Rennes	3 (0)		501'	167
11	Luis Suarez	URU	Ajax	3 (0)		543'	181
12	Brett Holman	AUS	AZ	2 (0)		136'	68
13	Elano	BRA	Galatasaray	2 (0)		140'	70
14	Javier Hernandez	MEX	Chivas Guadalajara	2 (0)		169'	85
15	Kalu Uche	NGA	Almeria	2 (0)		195'	98'
16	Samuel Eto'o	CMR	Internazionale	2 (0)		270'	135
17	Tiago	POR	Atletico Madrid	2 (0)		298'	149
18	Carlos Tevez	ARG	Manchester City	2 (0)		324'	162
19	Robinho	BRA	Manchester City	2 (0)		354'	177
20	Chung-Yong Lee	ROK	Bolton	2 (0)		359'	180
21	Jung-Soo Lee	ROK	Kashima Antlers	2 (0)		360'	180
22	Arjen Robben	NED	Bayern Munich	2 (0)		387'	194
23	Keisuke Honda	JPN	CSKA Moscow	2 (0)		390'	195
24	Lukas Podolski	GER	Koeln	2 (0)		531'	266
25	Andres Iniesta	ESP	Barcelona	2 (0)		557'	279

World Cup Top Goal Scorers - on the Final day

Here we see which World Cup goalscorers are setting the tournament alight, with players given in order of how many they've netted.

Also provided is a look at how many minutes they've spent on the pitch and thus their efficiency rate.

Players are sorted first by goals scored, then (where applicable) assists, then minutes per goal (MPG), then finally surname.


New: As the winner of the Golden Shoe will be decided in case of a goal tie by number of assists, these have been added for the main competitors, i.e. the four most likely to win the title. They are ordered by goals, assists, and MPG, in that order.

Rank	Name	Country	Club	Goals (Pens)	Assists	Minutes	MPG
1	Thomas Mueller	GER	Bayern Munich	5 (0)	3	473'	95
2	David Villa	ESP	Barcelona	5 (0)	1	529'	106
3	Wesley Sneijder*	NED	Inter	5 (0)	1	532'	106
4	Diego Forlan	URU	Atletico Madrid	5 (0)	1	654'	131
5	Gonzalo Higuain	ARG	Real Madrid	4 (0)		341'	85
6	Robert Vittek	SVK	Ankaragucu	4 (0)		343'	86
7	Miroslav Klose	GER	Bayern Munich	4 (0)		357'	89
8	Landon Donovan	USA	Los Angeles Galaxy	3 (0)		390'	130
9	Luis Fabiano	BRA	Sevilla	3 (0)		418'	139
10	Asamoah Gyan	GHA	Rennes	3 (0)		501'	167
11	Luis Suarez	URU	Ajax	3 (0)		543'	181
12	Brett Holman	AUS	AZ	2 (0)		136'	68
13	Elano	BRA	Galatasaray	2 (0)		140'	70
14	Javier Hernandez	MEX	Chivas Guadalajara	2 (0)		169'	85
15	Kalu Uche	NGA	Almeria	2 (0)		195'	98'
16	Arjen Robben	NED	Bayern Munich	2 (0)		267'	134
17	Samuel Eto'o	CMR	Internazionale	2 (0)		270'	135
18	Tiago	POR	Atletico Madrid	2 (0)		298'	149
19	Carlos Tevez	ARG	Manchester City	2 (0)		324'	162
20	Robinho	BRA	Manchester City	2 (0)		354'	177
21	Chung-Yong Lee	ROK	Bolton	2 (0)		359'	180
22	Jung-Soo Lee	ROK	Kashima Antlers	2 (0)		360'	180
23	Keisuke Honda	JPN	CSKA Moscow	2 (0)		390'	195
24	Lukas Podolski	GER	Koeln	2 (0)		531'	266

World Cup Top Goal Scorers - After Semi Finals

Who is leading the scoring charts for the World Cup Golden Shoe?

Players are sorted first by goals scored, then minutes per goal (MPG), then finally surname.

Rank	Name	Country	Club	Goals (Pens)	Minutes	MPG
1	David Villa	ESP	Barcelona	5 (0)	529'	106
2	Wesley Sneijder*	NED	Inter	5 (0)	532'	106
3	Gonzalo Higuain	ARG	Real Madrid	4 (0)	341'	85
4	Robert Vittek	SVK	Ankaragucu	4 (1)	343'	86
5	Miroslav Klose	GER	Bayern Munich	4 (0)	357'	89
6	Thomas Mueller	GER	Bayern Munich	4 (0)	383'	96
7	Diego Forlan	URU	Atletico Madrid	4 (1)	563'	141
8	Landon Donovan	USA	Los Angeles Galaxy	3 (1)	390'	130
9	Luis Fabiano	BRA	Sevilla	3 (0)	418'	139
10	Luis Suarez	URU	Ajax	3 (0)	453'	151
11	Asamoah Gyan	GHA	Rennes	3 (2)	501'	167
12	Brett Holman	AUS	AZ	2 (0)	136'	68
13	Elano	BRA	Galatasaray	2 (0)	140'	70
14	Javier Hernandez	MEX	Chivas Guadalajara	2 (0)	169'	85
15	Kalu Uche	NGA	Almeria	2 (0)	195'	98'
16	Arjen Robben	NED	Bayern Munich	2 (0)	267'	134
17	Samuel Eto'o	CMR	Internazionale	2 (1)	270'	135
18	Tiago	POR	Atletico Madrid	2 (0)	298'	149
19	Carlos Tevez	ARG	Manchester City	2 (0)	324'	162
20	Robinho	BRA	Manchester City	2 (0)	354'	177
21	Chung-Yong Lee	ROK	Bolton	2 (0)	359'	180
22	Jung-Soo Lee	ROK	Kashima Antlers	2 (0)	360'	180
23	Keisuke Honda	JPN	CSKA Moscow	2 (0)	390'	195
24	Lukas Podolski	GER	Koeln	2 (0)	531'	266