COMPLETE ROSTER: FIFA unveils leading World Cup goal-scorers from 81 countries, with three still awaiting their first tally

The FIFA World Cup has seen a total of 81 countries score at least one goal, with each nation boasting a top scorer who has left their mark on the competition.

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China PR, Indonesia, and Trinidad and Tobago are the only teams that have participated in the World Cup without finding the net, having each featured at least once in the tournament.

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These three countries remain the only participating nations yet to score a goal in the competition, despite their appearances.

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FIFA released a publication on Friday titled "Every nation's top World Cup goalscorer," which listed the highest goal scorers for 81 countries.

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Nigeria is represented on the list by former Super Eagles forward Ahmed Musa, who has scored four goals, while the list is headed by France's Kylian Mbappé with 22 goals.

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Argentina's Lionel Messi follows closely with 21 goals, and Germany's Miroslav Klose has scored 16 goals, with Brazil's Ronaldo next on the list with 15 goals.

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Hungary's Sandor Kocsis has scored 11 goals, and Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Peru's Teofilo Cubillas have 11 and 10 goals, respectively.

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Italy's Roberto Baggio, Paolo Rossi, and Christian Vieri, as well as Spain's David Villa, have each scored nine goals, with Belgium's Romelu Lukaku and Uruguay's Oscar Miguez completing the list of players with at least eight goals.

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An alphabetical ordering of nations and their top scorers reveals a diverse range of players, starting with Algeria's Salah Assad, Abdelmoumene Djabou, Riyad Mahrez, and Islam Slimani, who have each scored two goals.

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Angola's Flavio has scored one goal, while Argentina's Lionel Messi has scored 21 goals, and Australia's Tim Cahill has scored five goals.

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Austria's Erich Probst has scored six goals, and Belgium's Romelu Lukaku has scored eight goals, with Bolivia's Erwin Sanchez scoring one goal.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ermin Mahmic has scored two goals, and Brazil's Ronaldo has scored 15 goals, while Bulgaria's Hristo Stoichkov has scored six goals.

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Cabo Verde's Deroy Duarte, Sidny Lopes Cabral, Kevin Pina, and Helio Varela have each scored one goal, and Egypt's Mohamed Salah has scored three goals.

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El Salvador's Luis Ramirez has scored one goal, and England's Harry Kane has scored 14 goals, with France's Kylian Mbappe scoring 22 goals.

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Germany's Miroslav Klose has scored 16 goals, and Ghana's Asamoah Gyan has scored six goals, while Greece's Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Dimitrios Salpingidis, Andreas Samaris, Georgios Samaras, and Vasileios Torosidis have each scored one goal.

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Haiti's Emmanuel Sanon has scored two goals, and Honduras' Carlo Costly, Eduardo Laing, and Hector Zelaya have each scored one goal.

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Hungary's Sandor Kocsis has scored 11 goals, and Iceland's Alfred Finnbogason and Gylfi Sigurdsson have each scored one goal.

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Iraq's Aymen Hussein and Ahmed Radhi have each scored one goal, and IR Iran's Ramin Rezaeian has scored three goals.

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Israel's Mordechai Spiegler has scored one goal, and Italy's Roberto Baggio, Paolo Rossi, and Christian Vieri have each scored nine goals.

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Jamaica's Theodore Whitmore has scored two goals, and Japan's Keisuke Honda has scored four goals, while Jordan's Nizar Alrashdan, Mousa Altamari, and Ali Olwan have each scored one goal.

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Korea DPR's Pak Seung-zin has scored two goals, and Korea Republic's Ahn Junghwan, Son Heungmin, and Park Jisung have each scored three goals.

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Kuwait's Abdulaziz Al-Balushi and Faisal Al-Dakhil have each scored two goals, and Mexico's Javier Hernandez, Luis Hernandez, and Julian Quinones have each scored four goals.

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Morocco's Youssef En-Nesyri and Ismael Saibari have each scored three goals, and Netherlands' Johnny Rep has scored seven goals.

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New Zealand's Elijah Just has scored three goals, and Nigeria's Ahmed Musa has scored four goals, while Northern Ireland's Peter McParland has scored five goals.

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Norway's Erling Haaland has scored seven goals, and Panama's Felipe Baloy has scored one goal, with Paraguay's Nelson Cuevas scoring three goals.

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Peru's Teofilo Cubillas has scored 10 goals, and Poland's Grzegorz Lato has also scored 10 goals, while Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 11 goals.

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Qatar's Hassan Alhaydos and Mohammed Muntari have each scored one goal, and Republic of Ireland's Robbie Keane has scored three goals.

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Romania's Florin Raducioiu has scored three goals, and Russia's Oleg Salenko has scored six goals, with Saudi Arabia's Salem Aldawsari and Sami Al-Jaber scoring three goals.

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Scotland's Joe Jordan has scored four goals, and Senegal's Ismaila Sarr has scored five goals, while Serbia's Drazen Jerkovic has scored four goals.

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Slovakia's Robert Vittek has scored four goals, and Slovenia's Milenko Acimovic, Valter Birsa, Sebastijan Cimirotic, Robert Koren, and Zlatan Ljubijankic have each scored one goal.

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South Africa's Shaun Bartlett and Benni McCarthy have each scored two goals, and Spain's David Villa has scored nine goals.

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Sweden's Kennet Andersson and Henrik Larsson have each scored five goals, and Switzerland's Sepp Huegi has scored six goals.

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Togo's Mohamed Kader has scored one goal, and Tunisia's Wahbi Khazri has scored three goals, while Türkiye's Suat Mamat, Ilhan Mansiz, and Buhran Sargun have each scored three goals.

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Ukraine's Andriy Shevchenko has scored two goals, and United Arab Emirates' Jumaa Ali Thani and Khalid Ismail have each scored one goal.

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Uruguay's Oscar Miguez has scored eight goals, and USA's Landon Donovan has scored five goals, with Uzbekistan's Abbosbek Fayzullaev and Eldor Shomurodov scoring one goal.

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Wales' Ivor Allchurch has scored two goals, completing the list of nations and their top scorers in the FIFA World Cup.