FIFA Club World Cup All-Time Top Scorers

The FIFA Club World Cup is set for a major change this summer — going from a six-team annual tournament to a 32-team competition that will take place every four years — making this a great time to explore its history.

Past editions of the Club World Cup exclusively featured the winner of each top-tier continental competition worldwide, which kept the competition small. The top scorers list is filled with stars from Europe's best clubs as the European representative has won all but four Club World Cup trophies.

Here, we have the list of all-time top goalscorers in Club World Cup history.

FIFA Club World Cup Top Goalscorers

Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time top goalscorer in Club World Cup history with seven goals, and four of those goals have come in finals. He played in the 2008 edition with Manchester United, and after his move to Real Madrid, he played in the 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018 editions.

Two more ex-Real Madrid players are tied for second with six goals each: Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale. Benzema scored the first goal in Madrid's 4-2 win after extra time over Japan's Kashima Antlers in the 2016 final, and Bale scored the second goal in the 2014 final, a 2-0 win over Argentina's San Lorenzo.

Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, former FC Barcelona teammates who will play for Inter Miami in the 2025 Club World Cup, are tied with former Monterrey forward Carlos Delgado on five goals each. Messi and Suarez each found the net in Barca's 3-0 final win over Argentina's River Plate, with Messi opening the scoring and Suarez adding the second and third goals.

Six players are tied with four goals in the competition, and five of those players played for teams from Asia.

Rusty Gorelick

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