1st- Just Fontaine (6 appearances)
1st- Jairzinho (6)
3rd- Gerd Muller (5)
3rd- Eusebio (5)
3rd- Leonidas (5)
3rd- Careca (5)
3rd- Teofilo Cubillas (5)
3rd- Helmut Rahm (5)
3rd- Lajos Tichy (5)
3rd- James Rodriguez (5)
3rd- Gyorgy Sarosi (5)
3rd- Hristo Stoichkov (5)
3rd- Rivaldo (5)
3rd- Toto Schillaci (5)
Just Fontaine
France
Scored in 6 successive appearances
3 goals in France 7-3 Paraguay (1958)
2 goals Yugoslavia 3-2 France (1958)
1 goal in France 2-1 Scotland (1958)
2 goals in France 4-0 Northern Ireland (1958)
1 goal in Brazil 5-2 France (1958)
4 goals in France 6-3 West Germany (1958)
Fontaine didn’t make any further World Cup appearances.
Record during run
13 goals in 6 appearances
2.17 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
13 goals in 6 appearances
2.17 goals per game
Jairzinho
Brazil
Scored in 6 successive appearances
2 goals in Brazil 4-1 Czechoslovakia (1970)
1 goal in Brazil 1-0 England (1970)
1 goal in Brazil 3-2 Romania (1970)
1 goal in Brazil 4-2 Peru (1970)
1 goal in Brazil 3-1 Uruguay (1970)
1 goal in Brazil 4-1 Italy (1970)
Run ended
Brazil 0-0 Yugoslavia (1974)
Record during run
7 goals in 6 appearances
1.17 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
9 goals in 16 appearances
0.56 goals per game
Gerd Muller
West Germany
Scored in 5 successive appearances
1 goal in West Germany 2-1 Morocco (1970)
3 goals in West Germany 5-2 Bulgaria (1970)
3 goals in West Germany 3-1 Peru (1970)
1 goal in West Germany 3-2 England (1970)
2 goals in Italy 4-3 West Germany (1970)
Run ended
West Germany 1-0 Uruguay (1970)
Record during run
10 goals in 5 appearances
2.00 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
14 goals in 13 appearances
1.08 goals per game
Eusebio
Portugal
Scored in 5 successive appearances
1 goal in Portugal 3-0 Bulgaria (1966)
2 goals in Portugal 3-1 Brazil (1966)
4 goals in Portugal 5-3 Korea DPR (1966)
1 goal in England 2-1 Portugal (1966)
1 goal in Portugal 2-1 Soviet Union (1966)
Eusebio didn’t make any further World Cup appearances.
Record during run
9 goals in 5 appearances
1.80 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
9 goals in 6 appearances
1.50 goals per game
Leonidas
Brazil
Scored in 5 successive appearances
1 goals in Spain 3-1 Brazil (1934)
3 goals in Brazil 6-5 Poland (1938)
1 goal in Brazil 1-1 Czechoslovakia (1938)
1 goal in Brazil 2-1 Czechoslovakia (1938)
2 goals in Brazil 4-2 Sweden (1938)
Leonidas didn’t make any further World Cup appearances.
Record during run
8 goals in 5 appearances
1.60 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
8 goals in 5 appearances
1.60 goals per game
Careca
Brazil
Scored in 5 successive appearances
1 goal in Brazil 1-0 Algeria (1986)
2 goals in Northern Ireland 0-3 Brazil (1986)
1 goals in Brazil 4-0 Poland (1986)
1 goals in Brazil 1-1 France (1986)
2 goals in Brazil 2-1 Sweden (1990)
Run ended
Brazil 1-0 Costa Rica (1990)
Record during run
7 goals in 5 appearances
1.40 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
7 goals in 9 appearances
0.78 goals per game
Teofilo Cubillas
Peru
Scored in 5 successive appearances
1 goal in Peru 3-2 Bulgaria (1970)
2 goals in Peru 3-0 Morocco (1970)
1 goal in West Germany 3-1 Peru (1970)
1 goal in Brazil 4-2 Peru (1970)
2 goals in Peru 3-1 Scotland (1978)
Run ended
Netherlands 0-0 Peru (1978)
Record during run
7 goals in 5 appearances
1.40 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
10 goals in 13 appearances
0.77 goals per game
Helmut Rahn
West Germany
Scored in 5 successive appearances
2 goals in West Germany 3-2 Hungary (1954)
2 goals in Argentina 1-3 West Germany (1958)
1 goal in West Germany 2-2 Czechoslovakia (1958)
1 goal in West Germany 2-2 Northern Ireland (1958)
1 goal in West Germany 1-0 Yugoslavia (1958)
Run ended
Sweden 3-1 West Germany (1958)
Record during run
7 goals in 5 appearances
1.40 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
10 goals in 10 appearances
1.00 goals per game
Lajos Tichy
Hungary
Scored in 5 successive appearances
1 goal in Sweden 2-1 Hungary (1958)
2 goals in Hungary 4-0 Mexico (1958)
1 goal in Wales 2-1 Hungary (1958)
1 goal in Hungary 2-1 England (1962)
2 goals in Hungary 6-1 Bulgaria (1962)
Run ended
Hungary 0-0 Argentina (1962)
Record during run
7 goals in 5 appearances
1.40 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
7 goals in 8 appearances
0.88 goals per game
James Rodriguez
Colombia
Scored in 5 successive appearances
1 goal in Colombia 3-0 Greece (2014)
1 goal in Colombia 2-1 Côte d’Ivoire (2014)
1 goal in Japan 1-4 Colombia (2014)
2 goals in Colombia 2-0 Uruguay (2014)
1 goal in Brazil 2-1 Colombia (2014)
Run ended
Colombia 1-2 Japan (2018)
Record during run
6 goals in 5 appearances
1.20 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
6 goals in 8 appearances
0.75 goals per game
Gyorgy Sarosi
Hungary
Scored in 5 successive appearances
1 goal in Austria 2-1 Hungary (1934)
2 goals in Hungary 6-0 Dutch East Indies (1938)
1 goal in Hungary 2-0 Switzerland (1938)
1 goal in Hungary 5-1 Sweden (1938)
1 goal in Italy 4-2 Hungary (1938)
Sarosi didn’t make any further World Cup appearances.
Record during run
6 goals in 5 appearances
1.20 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
6 goals in 5 appearances
1.20 goals per game
Hristo Stoichkov
Bulgaria
Scored in 5 successive appearances
2 goals in Bulgaria 4-0 Greece (1994)
1 goal in Argentina 0-2 Bulgaria (1994)
1 goal in Mexico 1-1 Bulgaria (1994)
1 goal in Bulgaria 2-1 Germany (1994)
1 goal in Bulgaria 1-2 Italy (1994)
Run ended
Sweden 4-0 Bulgaria (1994)
Record during run
6 goals in 5 appearances
1.20 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
6 goals in 10 appearances
0.60 goals per game
Rivaldo
Brazil
Scored in 5 successive appearances
1 goal in Brazil 2-1 Turkey (2002)
1 goal in Brazil 4-0 China PR (2002)
1 goal in Costa Rica 2-5 Brazil (2002)
1 goal in Brazil 2-0 Belgium (2002)
1 goal in England 1-2 Brazil (2002)
Run ended
Brazil 1-0 Turkey (2002)
Record during run
5 goals in 5 appearances
1.00 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
8 goals in 14 appearances
0.57 goals per game
Toto Schillaci
Italy
Scored in 5 successive appearances
1 goal in Italy 2-0 Czechoslovakia (1990)
1 goal in Italy 2-0 Uruguay (1990)
1 goal in 1-0 Republic of Ireland (1990)
1 goal in Italy 1-1 Argentina (1990)
1 goal in Italy 2-1 England (1990)
Schillaci didn’t make any further World Cup appearances.
Record during run
5 goals in 5 appearances
1.00 goals per game
Overall World Cup record
6 goals in 7 appearances
0.86 goals per game
