World Cup 2026 teams dream of breaking Hungary’s record

The Brazilian national team is at the top of the list of teams with the most goals in the history of the World Cup since it was first published in 1930. Uruguay With 237 goals, it is only 5 goals ahead of its closest competition, Germany, with teams from Argentina, France, and Italy coming in from third to fifth on the list.

But the Hungarian team registered its name in golden letters in the history of the World Cup, after holding the record as a team that has scored the most goals in one edition of the competition, as its number has been for 72 years, until writing these lines.

In the following lines, we highlight the 5 teams that scored the most goals in a single edition of the World Cup.

1 – Hungarian national team (1954)

The team has scored Hungarywho is still looking for his first World Cup crown, scored 27 goals in the 5 games he played in the 1954 World Cup, held in Switzerland, where he averaged 4.5 goals per game.

The goals of the Hungarian national team in the tournament were scored by 7 players, led by Shandor Kocsis with 11 goals, while Nandor Hidekuti and Ferenc Puskas each scored 4 goals, Zoltan Czibor (3 goals), Mihaly Lantosz, and Petr Pallotas (2 goals), and Josef Toth (1 goal).

The Hungarian national team won 9-0 in South Korea, 8-3 in West Germany in the groups, 4-2 in Brazil in the quarter-finals, and 4-2 in Uruguay, after extra time in the semi-finals.

Although the Hungarian team had the most goals in the edition of the tournament, they could not win the title, as they settled for second place, losing 3-2 to the West German team in the final match.

2- West Germany national team (1954)

The team followed the example of their Hungarian counterparts in their goalscoring streak in the 1954 edition, again scoring 25 goals in the 6 games they played in this edition, at a rate of 2-4 goals per game.

Nine players scored goals for the team in its quest to win its first World Cup title, with Max Morlock leading the list with 6 goals, then Helmut Rahn, Hans Schäfer, and Otmar Walter (4 goals), Fritz Walter (3 goals), and one goal each for Richard Herrmann, Bernie Klodt, and Alfred Pfaff, while scoring a goal for Ivica Horvat.
West Germany won 4-1, 7-2 over Turkey in the playoffs, lost 3-8 to Hungary in the group stage, beat Yugoslavia 2-0 in the quarterfinals, and 6-1 Austria in the semi-finals, before returning to Hungary and beating them 3-2 in the final.

3 – France national team (1958)

A designated position France The one on the list, after his players scored 23 goals in 6 games, in the next competition held by Sweden in 1958, an average of 8.3 goals per game.

Six players scored goals for the French team in the tournament, which saw them finish in third place, led by Just Fontaine, who scored 13 goals, and has the record as the player who has scored the most goals in one group of the competition so far, with Raymond Kopa, Roger Piantoni (3 goals), Marian Wisniewski (2 goals), and one goal each for Yvon Vincent Dou.
France won 7-3 against Paraguay, and 2-1 against Scotland, while losing 2-3 against Yugoslavia in the group stage, before winning 4-0 against Northern Ireland in the quarter-finals, and losing 2-5 against Brazil in the semi-finals, before winning 6-3 against West Germany in the game to determine the bronze medal winner.

4- Brazil (1950)

Yes, it made sense for him to be there The Brazilian team In this series, after the star scored 22 goals in 6 matches on the Bible that he held in his stadium in 1950, where he scored an average of 7.3 goals per match, but despite this, he could not win the title, which remained elusive at that time.
Eight players scored goals for Brazil in this edition of the World Cup, with Ademir de Menezes leading the list with 9 goals, followed by Chico (4 goals), then Baltazar, Jair, and Zizinho (two goals), and Alfredo, Freaka, and Manica (one goal).

Brazil won 4-0 and 2-0 in Yugoslavia, and tied 2-2 with Switzerland in the group. In the final group, the samba team won 7-1 in Sweden, and 6-1 in Spain, and lost 1-2 in Uruguay, so the team ended up taking part in second place.

5-Brazil (1970)
20 years later, Brazil became the top scorer again in the 1970 edition, held in Mexico, where the team scored 19 goals in 6 games, an average of 3.2 goals per game.

The team’s goals in its journey to win the third World Cup title at that time were achieved by 7 players, led by Jarzinho (7 goals), Pele (4 goals), Rivelino (3 goals), Tostao (2 goals), and one goal for Carlos Alberto, Clodualdo, and Gerson.

During its tournament tour, Brazil won 4-1 in Czechoslovakia, 1-0 in England, and 3-2 in Romania in the first round, before defeating Peru 4-2 in the quarter-finals, 3-1 over Uruguay in the semi-finals, and 4-1 in Italy in the final.