<P> Fontaine holds the record for the most goals scored at a single tournament , with 13 goals in 1958 . The players that came closest to this record were Kocsis in 1954 , Müller in 1970 and Portugal 's Eusébio in 1966 , with 11 , 10 and 9 goals , respectively . The lowest scoring tournament 's top goalscorer was in 1962 , when six players scored only four goals each . A total of 29 different footballers have been credited with the most goals at a World Cup during the 20 editions , and no one has achieved this feat twice . Nine of them scored at least seven goals in a tournament , while Jairzinho became in 1970 the only footballer to score seven goals without being the top goalscorer that year . These 29 top goalscorers played for 19 different nations , the most ( five ) for Brazil . Of these 29 , 19 came from Europe and 10 from South America . Except for three in 2010 , all the top goalscorers won the Golden Boot . </P>
<P> Fontaine holds the record for the most goals scored at a single tournament , with 13 goals in 1958 . The players that came closest to this record were Kocsis in 1954 , Müller in 1970 and Portugal 's Eusébio in 1966 , with 11 , 10 and 9 goals , respectively . The lowest scoring tournament 's top goalscorer was in 1962 , when six players scored only four goals each . A total of 29 different footballers have been credited with the most goals at a World Cup during the 20 editions , and no one has achieved this feat twice . Nine of them scored at least seven goals in a tournament , while Jairzinho became in 1970 the only footballer to score seven goals without being the top goalscorer that year . These 29 top goalscorers played for 19 different nations , the most ( five ) for Brazil . Of these 29 , 19 came from Europe and 10 from South America . Except for three in 2010 , all the top goalscorers won the Golden Boot . </P>
who holds the record for most goals scored in a single fifa world cup
who holds the record for most goals scored in a single fifa world cup
Fontaine
Fontaine