Who are the highest-scoring clubs at the 2026 World Cup? Arsenal best in Prem and up to third

Arsenal took an early lead in terms of World Cup club scorers, but are obviously level with Crystal Palace and Sunderland now.

We know what representation Premier League clubs have at the 2026 World Cup.

But just as vaguely interesting and largely meaningless a question to answer is which clubs’ players have scored the most goals at the tournament? And it’s funny you should ask really, with Mo Salah and Casemiro flying the flag for Free Agents FC.

 

Clubs whose players have scored eighteen goals at the 2026 World Cup

Real Madrid
Vinicius Junior scored in all three group games – twice against Scotland. Jude Bellingham joined the party against Croatia, then bloody well directed it against Panama. And Mexico. And Norway. Arda Guler scored from Turkey’s first shot against the United States after they failed to score from 62 attempts against Australia and Paraguay. But it is Kylian Mbappe doing particularly absurd things at a World Cup yet again with eight goals so far.

 

Clubs whose players have scored thirteen goals at the 2026 World Cup

Paris Saint-Germain
The European champions had to wait until the antepenultimate day of the opening round of group games for a goalscorer, but Bradley Barcola and Ibrahim Mbaye made it all worth it in that wonderful France v Senegal match. Then Joao Neves pulled a weight Cristiano Ronaldo no longer can for Portugal. And Ousmane Dembele rocked up for France against Iraq and Morocco. Someone else took the credit for a clever Nuno Mendes free-kick for Portugal, but it was his nonetheless. Achraf Hakimi pulled Morocco level against Haiti. Dembele’s sublime hat-trick and a late Desire Doue strike against Norway boosted PSG’s tally further. Fabian Ruiz made it eight different PSG scorers in Spain’s win over Belgium.

 

Clubs whose players have scored nine goals at the 2026 World Cup

Arsenal
The quintessential big-game Gunner scored two goals at Euro 2020 and 2024 and the 2022 World Cup in between; Kai Havertz has reached his international tournament quota remarkably early. Viktor Gyokeres isn’t daft enough to let his team-mate and striker rival pull too far clear. Then Leandro Trossard helped put New Zealand to the sword. Gabriel Martinelli and Havertz showed up in the knock-outs, historic penalty shoot-out defeats aside. Mikel Merino sent Cristiano Ronaldo home – and Belgium too.

 

Clubs whose players have scored eight goals at the 2026 World Cup

Crystal Palace
Only five clubs have more players at the World Cup than Crystal Palace, who might not have had Daichi Kamada down as their first and third scorer of that 12-man group. Nor Daniel Munoz as the second and sixth. Ismaila Sarr with goals four, five, seven and eight was a little more predictable.

Inter Miami
Lionel Messi, that. He really is absolutely absurd.

Sunderland
Make that three different World Cups that Granit Xhaka has scored in. And make that Brian Brobbey showing up Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyokeres, then punishing Tunisia. Wilson Isidor also scored a cracker for Haiti against Morocco, as did Nilson Angulo for Ecuador against Germany. Habib Diarra got the five-goal ball rolling for Senegal against Iraq, then opened the scoring in their dramatic defeat to Belgium.

 

Clubs whose players have scored seven goals at the 2026 World Cup

Bayern Munich
That Jamal Musiala fella seems decent. Harry Kane ain’t bad either. And Luis Diaz…you get the picture.

Manchester City
It is a stage Erling Haaland has been deprived of, but one he instantly showed he belonged on against Iraq. And then Senegal. And then Ivory Coast. And then Brazil.

Manchester United
He might be “like a child” at club level, but Amad Diallo did some grown adulting to inspire Ivory Coast to a last-gasp win over Ecuador, then his madness against Norway was sadly wasted. Marcus Rashford is technically still his Old Trafford team-mate. Matheus Cunha might be the solution to Brazil’s problems. And Lisandro Martinez might just be United’s best finisher.

 

Clubs whose players have scored six goals at the 2026 World Cup

Liverpool
A Netherlands goal made in Anfield: a wonderful cross by Ryan Gravenberch steered home by the head of Virgil van Dijk. They have never combined to score for the Reds, who the Dutch did a decent impression of against Japan. Then Alexander Isak impressed for Sweden in their demolition of Tunisia. He was less effective against the Dutch, for whom Cody Gakpo scored twice in a similarly crushing win. He netted again in the last 32 but was taken off before the shoot-out defeat to Algeria. Alexis Mac Allister put Argentina on a path to the semi-finals against Switzerland.

 

Clubs whose players have scored five goals at the 2026 World Cup

Newcastle
With one header against Portugal for DR Congo, Yoane Wissa equalled the Premier League goal haul from his debut Magpies season. He then comfortably surpassed it with a couple of goals against Uzbekistan. Anthony Elanga beat his against Netherlands and continued to impress with a peach against Japan.

Real Sociedad
After an absolute stinker in their opening draw against Cape Verde, Mikel Oyarzabal turned up twice for Spain against Saudi Arabia, twice more in the last 32 against Austria, and once in the semi-final against France.

Villarreal
There was fear that Alex Freeman might not make the USMNT squad after swapping regular MLS minutes with Orlando City for more of a bench-based role with Villarreal in January, but his rise was crowned with a goal against Australia. He was joined by a brace-scoring Nicolas Pepe and Pape Gueye soon after.

Wolves
Ladislav Krejci and Raul Jimenez are yet to become acquainted with one another but both have scored crucial goals for their countries at this World Cup. Not sure if either are aware that their employers are pouring petrol on a raging dumpster fire. Sasa Kalajdzic will be desperately hoping that everyone has forgotten he was only on loan at LASK last season.

 

Clubs whose players have scored four goals at the 2026 World Cup

Al-Ahly
Emam Ashour had never scored for Egypt before heading to the World Cup and atoning for that emphatically against Belgium. He then scored Egypt’s first knockout goal in 92 years against Australia. Former Aston Villa player Trezeguet only added to his Pharoahs legacy with a goal against New Zealand. And Yasser Ibrahim put Egypt ahead against Argentina.

Al-Nassr
It would have been objectively funny if centre-half Abdulelah Al-Amri had outscored his team-mate after taking an early lead in that race with a goal against Uruguay. But “everyone who loves football” will have adored Cristiano Ronaldo’s double against Uzbekistan before he finally broke his knock-out round duck against Croatia.

Al-Qadsiah
After holding off the Saudi Pro League Golden Boot challenges of both Ivan Toney and Cristiano Ronaldo, Julian Quinones joined the pantheon of players to score the opening goal at a World Cup in Mexico’s win over South Africa. He netted against Czechia, Ecuador and England too.

Inter
It never felt like Petar Sucic would help maintain that absurd record of Inter – and Bayern Munich – having a World Cup finalist in every edition since 1982, but he did help carry Croatia into the knock-outs. Lautaro Martinez enjoyed penalty duty in place of a rested Lionel Messi in the win over Jordan, then put 10-man Switzerland out of their quarter-final misery, and scored the semi winner against England too.

Napoli
Kevin de Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku have played 83 Belgium games together, starting August 2012 and running all the way through to June 2026 with both scoring against New Zealand. The latter kept the dying flame burning against Senegal and helped send the States packing.

PSV
There was something of the slight Aboubakars about how effortlessly masterfully Ismael Saibari grasped his chance against Brazil. And that corner-dwelling finish against Scotland was particularly satisfying. He rounded out an exceptional group stage for Morocco against Haiti. In the first knock-out round, Ivan Perisic came to the party as he always tends to at these tournaments.

Tottenham
Spurs got off the mark when new signing Jan Paul van Hecke scored his first Netherlands goal against Tunisia. Pedro Porro‘s goal against Austria in the last 32 was his first for Spain too; his semi-final strike against France was, unsurprisingly, his second. Argentina have Cristian Romero to thank for their Egypt comeback.

 

Clubs whose players have scored three goals at the 2026 World Cup

AC Milan
Rafael Leao has expressed his desire to leave Milan this summer, and scoring the goal to make it 5-0 against Uzbekistan puts him in some form of shop window at least. Alexis Saelemaekers helped himself against New Zealand, then Goncalo Ramos celebrated signing for Milan by scoring against Algeria.

Al-Ahli
Six non-Saudi Al-Ahli players are at the World Cup; Franck Kessie pips Ivan Toney as their first scorer by virtue of actually playing. Riyad Mahrez was second and third in that mad Algeria v Austria game.

Aston Villa
In the last six weeks or so, John McGinn has scored twice in a Europa League semi-final, assisted a goal in the final, netted in a victory over Liverpool and bagged Scotland’s first World Cup win in his lifetime. He went home well before Youri Tielemans, who completed Belgium’s ridiculous Senegal comeback.

Atalanta
Never the most prolific forward, Charles De Ketelaere nevertheless finally ended USA’s reign of tyranny in the knock-outs, netted in the quarter-final defeat to Spain and equalled his Serie A seasonal goal total in a productive month.

Bayer Leverkusen
Kerim Alajbegovic was technically still a Red Bull Salzburg player when he became Bosnia’s hero against Qatar, but returned to his former academy home Leverkusen on July 1. There might be an awkward moment with Malik Tillman, who then scored in the USA’s last-32 win over The Dragons, and last-16 defeat to Belgium.

Borussia Dortmund
Germany ought to be eternally grateful that Felix Nmecha and Nico Schlotterbeck were concentrating against Curacao, the Dortmund pair scoring either side of a historic first World Cup goal for the constituent island nation. Marcel Sabitzer was on cue for Austria against Algeria.

Freiburg
Which Premier League club moves for 20-year-old Johan Manzambi first then? Could well be Arsenal.

Galatasaray
There were six Gala players in the Turkey squad. They flopped again so Leroy Sane picked up the slack before Baris Yilmaz and Kaan Ayhan finally scored in the Crescent-Stars’ dead rubber win against the USA.

Juventus
The Old Lady no longer seem to want Jonathan David after a thoroughly disappointing debut season, but Fabrizio Romano’s son sublimely shop-windowed himself with a World Cup hat-trick against Qatar.

Monaco
The only Monaco game all season in which Folarin Balogun scored more than once was the first leg of their Champions League knockout play-off classic with Paris Saint-Germain. But the former Arsenal striker fired the States’ genuinely quite impressive win over Paraguay to take an early lead in the Golden Boot race. He is behind some big hitters but stayed just about in touch by helping knock Bosnia out in the last 32.

Motherwell
Seven goals and eight assists earned Elijah Just a PFA Scotland Premiership Player of the Year award nomination in his debut season for Motherwell, the momentum from which carried through to a brace against Iran and consolation against Belgium.

Pyramids
The best (Mostafa) Ziko in World Cup history? Undoubtedly the greatest Fiston Mayele ever put DR Congo on a last-32 crash course with England.

Rennes
Breel Embolo‘s fourth World Cup – and fourth different club he has represented at the tournament after Basel in 2014, Schalke in 2018 and Monaco in 2022 – was marked by a fourth consecutive goal at a major continental competition for Switzerland in their Qatar draw; he helped himself to another against Algeria. Musa Al-Taamari scored against holders Argentina to make history for Jordan.

Stuttgart
Rarely has an act been gotten in on at the World Cup more emphatically than when Deniz Undav forced the ball past three Curacao defenders on the line after their keeper went walkabout at 5-1 in the 78th minute. His equaliser and subsequent winner against Ivory Coast was slightly more important.

 

Clubs whose players have scored two goals at the 2026 World Cup

Al-Ain
Soufiane Rahimi settled that classic between Morocco and Haiti. And put the gloss on the former’s last-16 win over Canada.

Al-Sadd
Before the 2022 edition, the only Al-Sadd player to feature at a World Cup was John Utaka for Nigeria two decades prior. Boualem Khoukhi became the first scorer for Qatar’s most successful club with that equaliser against Switzerland. Then Hassan Al-Haydos doubled that group against Bosnia.

Atletico Madrid
Diego Simeone’s side sent 13 players, but Alex Baena became the first of them to score with his settler in the win over an imploding Uruguay. Julian Alvarez doesn’t want to be there but his stunning strike against Switzerland made it two.

Barcelona
It is a little bit odd that Barcelona had to wait so long for a 2026 World Cup goalscorer, but Lamine Yamal did miss Spain’s first game. New team-mate Anthony Gordon pitched in during the semi-finals.

Brighton
Insert your jokes here about Chelsea spending £100m on muted-celebrating Yasin Ayari in a post-World Cup haze this summer.

Celtic
Daizen Maeda scored Japan’s goal in their 1-1 draw with Sweden before Auston Trusty gave the USA a very early lead against Turkey.

Chelsea
It took a while for the Blues to come to the party, but that they did courtesy of Enzo Fernandez and Argentina. He will be booed across Premier League stadia next season for his goal against England.

Esteghlal
A third World Cup for Ramin Rezaeian, who became the first player in Iran history to score in as many as two separate games at the tournament by adding his goal against New Zealand to a late strike against Wales in 2022. He did it in a third against Egypt.

Feyenoord
Good day to Hwang In-beom, the first Feyenoord player to score a World Cup goal since Stefan de Vrij for the Netherlands against Spain in 2014. Ayase Ueda followed him soon after with a brace for Japan against Tunisia.

Girona
Any more finishes like those which broke Canada’s resistance in the last 16 and Azzedine Ounahi might expect a call from Manchester City soon.

Istanbul Basaksehir
No-one will ever take Uzbekistan’s first World Cup goal away from Abbosbek Fayzullaev. Or their second from Eldor Shomurodov.

Mamelodi Sundowns
That was a big old penalty from Teboho Mokoena against Czechia. And a big old goal from Thapelo Maseko to send South Africa through to the knock-outs for the first time in their history.

Nottingham Forest
He probably wouldn’t be able to name his club manager if asked, but Dan Ndoye will have pleased Mr. Marinakis with his goals against Algeria and Argentina.

Palmeiras
Ten youth caps with Brazil were handed in when Mauricio switched international allegiance on the eve of the tournament; his reward was the most consolatory of goals in Paraguay’s defeat to the US. Former Wolves flop Jhon Arias then scored a slightly more significant goal against Ghana.

Real Betis
A Spain youth international, Alvaro Fidalgo will not regret switching allegiance to Mexico in time to score at a home World Cup against Czechia. Giovani Lo Celso is Argentina through and through and scored for their second string against Jordan.

Red Star Belgrade
The most-capped player and highest scorer in Austria national team history deserved his moment of World Cup history; Marko Arnautovic got one against both Jordan and Algeria.

Santos
He never should have been taken in the first place – and summed up a tired, confused Brazil exit – but Neymar did score in what was likely his final international appearance in their last-16 defeat.

Sevilla
It was Ruben Vargas who helped dump holders Italy out of Euro 2024 with a goal and an assist. Bosnia and Canada represent slightly less impressive scalps but still.

Slovan Liberec
Ermin Mahmic only switched nationalities from Austria on the eve of the tournament, just in time to score a couple of goals for Bosnia.

Southampton
A rare bit of decent PR for Southampton, whose recent loanee turned permanent signing Cyle Larin handed Canada their first World Cup point. It is unknown if Saints have sent any scouts to the tournament to watch him score again against Qatar.

Sporting
A way past Saudi Arabia keeper Mohammed Al-Owais was eventually discovered by reported Chelsea target Maxi Araujo for Uruguay. His equaliser in the Cape Verde draw was handy, too.

Torino
A first international goal for Marcus Holmgren Pedersen helped Norway out against Senegal, while Nikola Vlasic sent Croatia through as Group L runners-up with a win over Ghana.

West Ham
For how much longer will Crysencio Summerville be a Hammer? This is not a shop window a forward who admirably refuses to ever play in the Championship again is about to pass up; his strikes against Japan and Sweden ought to help.

 

Clubs whose players have scored one goal at the 2026 World Cup

Al-Karma
Two weeks after being detained by US customs and questioned for nearly seven hours upon his arrival in Chicago, Aymen Hussein brought brief but beautiful parity for Iraq against Norway.

Al-Sailiya
It was his hat-trick against Oman in qualifying which helped Jordan on their way to a first-ever World Cup, so Ali Olwan was a fitting first scorer for his nation on that stage.

Almeria
Not long after Almeria beat Castellon in the Segunda Division promotion play-offs, Brian Cipenga switched between the two. A week later, he scored his first goal for DR Congo in the last-32 defeat to England.

Anderlecht
The not-actual brother of William, Nathan Saliba, scored a lovely a free-kick in Canada’s trouncing of Qatar.

Atlanta United
The MLS side might make their loan of Matias Galarza from River Plate permanent after his second-minute winner against Turkey.

AZ Alkmaar
There are worse ways to score your first international goal as a Mexican than at the World Cup in the Azteca, so fair play to Mateo Chavez.

Benfica
If two assists for Erling Haaland against Brazil didn’t make Andreas Schjelderup a Norwegian hero, his opening strike in the quarter-final against England will have.

Besiktas
While all six of his previous goals for South Korea came during his time as a Genk player, Oh Hyeon-gyu will always remember his first international goal on the Besiktas books: that late winner against the Czechs to get his country rolling.

Borussia Monchengladbach
This already feels like a slightly better World Cup experience for Giovanni Reyna than the last, when he was dug out by his manager and caught in a mud-slinging contest.

Como
Not a bad finish for Croatia against England from Serie A Rising Star of the Month for January, Martin Baturina.

Dynamo Makhachkala
Tunisia managed a goal against the Netherlands and their scorer was Dynamo’s Hazem Mastouri.

Eintracht Frankfurt
Can’t fault left-back Nathaniel Brown for venturing into the Curacao area at 4-1 up after 68 minutes to stroke home a sumptuous volley just to feel alive.

ETO FC
The Hungarian champions will have enjoyed Nadhir Benbouali‘s equaliser for Algeria against Jordan.

Everton
Iraq were not ready for Senegal and that Iliman Ndiaye cameo in the slightest.

FC Dallas
Petar Musa was overlooked for the Croatia squad when they reached the semis in 2022, but took his chance in the defeat to England four years later.

FC St. Pauli
Having not scored for Kiezkicker in any competition since their promotion to the Bundesliga in 2024, Connor Metcalfe might have been caught off guard by his win-sealing goal for Australia against Turkey.

FC Universitatea Cluj
The 2025/26 Romanian Liga I’s top scorer Jovo Lukic threatened to break some beautiful Canadian hearts for Bosnia in a game which must have really split Asmir Begovic’s loyalties.

Ferencvaros
A wonderful moment for Lenny Joseph and Haiti against Morocco.

Flamengo
What a brilliant moment for Gonzalo Plata and Ecuador against Germany.

Fluminense
Agustin Canobbio spent a couple of year in the international wilderness after falling out with Marcelo Bielsa over the way he sat on a chair during a team meeting, but returned to the fold in plenty of time to score against Cape Verde.

Fulham
A stoppage-time equaliser from Issa Diop gave Morocco the platform they needed to beat the Netherlands on penalties.

Genk
Overtaking Keisuka Honda as the oldest scorer for Japan at a World Cup was 33-year-old Junya Ito against Tunisia.

Genoa
The first Serie A player to score a goal at the 2026 World Cup was always going to be Norway centre-half Leo Ostigard.

Guadalajara
It was Luis Romo who confirmed that age-old tradition of Mexico reaching the knockouts.

Hellas Verona
Rafik Belghali was presumably fuelled by the Disgrace of Gijon.

Krasnodar
Decent hit from Kevin Pina against Uruguay for Cape Verde’s first World Cup goal.

Leipzig
Liverpool might well have enjoyed watching Antonio Nusa score a pearler in Norway’s knock-out win over Ivory Coast.

Ludogorets
Cape Verde gave Argentina a run for their money after Deroy Duarte drove the ball past Emiliano Martinez.

Maccabi Tel Aviv
What a time for Helio Varela to score his first Cape Verde goal in that draw.

Mainz 05
Japan could not quite hold onto the lead granted to them by Kaishu Sano against Brazil.

Marseille
The Ligue Un side only sent five players to the World Cup, with Amine Gouiri making it all worthwhile.

Maribor
While he might not be in a rush to remember any other aspect of Tunisia being thrashed by Sweden, former Manchester City and Arsenal youth player Omar Rekik will cherish his first international goal coming on the World Cup stage.

Nordsjaelland
The Right to Dream Academy-Nordsjaelland pathway is inevitable, as Caleb Yirenkyi proved with that stoppage-time winner for Ghana against Panama.

Osasuna
After finishing third in the Pichihi stakes behind Mbappe and Vedat Muriqi with 17 La Liga goals in 2025/26, Ante Budimir knocked Panama out of the World Cup with only his seventh strike for Croatia.

Pafos
Here’s to you, Derrick Luckassen. Ghana love you more than you will know.

Portland Timbers
Welsh-born centre-half Finn Surman is yet to score for the MLS club he joined in summer 2024, but does have a World Cup goal to his name after his header gave New Zealand a lead they could not protect against Egypt.

Porto
While Stephen Eustaquio spent the second half of the season on loan at LAFC, the option to make that move permanent was not exercised and so his goal to send Canada into the last 16 goes towards Porto’s tally.

Qatar SC
Step forward, Nizar Al-Rashdan, Jordan’s first World Cup goalscorer.

Rangers
Six goals in nine appearances isn’t half bad for Norway newbie Thelo Asgaard.

Reims
Just 12 goals to go for Keito Nakamura to match the efforts of fellow Red and White, Just Fontaine, and break one of the unbreakable World Cup records.

Rosario Central
Imagine the English Tax that would be placed on the head of Jaminton Campaz if his name was Jamie Camp.

Rostov
After admitting his celebration against New Zealand was “something political”, Mohammad Mohebi quite wisely scaled it back in the doomed hope of letting a lovely headed equaliser do the talking.

Slavia Prague
After missing Euro 2024 with a leg injury sustained when falling off a tricycle, Michal Sadilek would have been thrilled to get back at the wheel against South Africa.

Strasbourg
Gessime Yassine will be hearing from Todd Boehly soon. Julio Enciso already has but that weird move from keeps him posted in France for now.

Trabzonspor
What a bloody goal from Sidny Lopes Cabral for Cape Verde against Argentina. They didn’t beat the world champions, but that was a World Cup moment.

Union S-G
An unironically brilliant consolation for Promise David in Canada’s defeat to Switzerland.

Vancouver Whitecaps
Given the start against Turkey in a heavily rotated USA team, Sebastian Berhalter registered a goal and an assist.

Watford
It says here that Australia hero Nestory Irankunda never played for Udinese, which must be a mistake.

Werder Bremen
A decent hit from Romano Schmid.

Wolfsburg
The second-fastest goal by a substitute in recorded World Cup history goes to Mattias Svanberg.

ZED
Mahmoud Saber for Egypt against Iran, if you were wondering.

Zurich
Some moment for Livano Comenencia.