WORLD CUP RECORDS (Part 31) - THE GAME WITH MOST GOALS
Picture : 12 goals in the World Cup game 1954 between Austria and Switzerland.
The game with most goals: Austria vs Switzerland (1954)
*England vs Iran became the first game in World Cup history finished with 6-2 score.
*Also, this is just 3rd World Cup game in XXI century with 8 goals. The last World Cup edition with a more prolific game was 1982 (Hungary vs El Salvador 10-1).
*The biggest number of goals scored in a single World Cup game is 12 (Austria vs Switzerland 7-5 in 1954).
*England became the first team to score 6+ goals in their first World Cup game since Germany in 2002 (8-0 vs Saudi Arabia).
| MOST | PROLIFIC GAMES | AT WORLD CUPS | ||
| Date | Stage | Game | Goals | |
| 26/06/1954 | Quarter-finals | Austria - Switzerland 7:5 | 12 | |
| 05/06/1938 | Round of 16 | Brazil - Poland 6:5 aet | 11 | |
| 20/06/1954 | Group | Hungary - Germany 8:3 | 11 | |
| 14/06/1982 | Group | Hungary - El Salvador 10:1 | 11 | |
| 08/06/1958 | Group | France - Paraguay 7:3 | 10 | |
| 19/07/1930 | Group | Argentina - Mexico 6:3 | 9 | |
| 17/06/1954 | Group | Hungary - South Korea 9:0 | 9 | |
| 23/06/1954 | Group | Germany - Turkey 7:2 | 9 | |
| 28/06/1958 | 3rd place | France - Germany 6:3 | 9 | |
| 27/05/1934 | Round of 16 | Italy - USA 7:1 | 8 | |
| 12/06/1938 | Quarter-finals | Sweden - Cuba 8:0 | 8 | |
| 02/07/1950 | Group | Uruguay - Bolivia 8:0 | 8 | |
| 09/07/1950 | Final group | Brazil - Sweden 7:1 | 8 | |
| 17/06/1954 | Group | England - Belgium 4:4 aet | 8 | |
| 03/06/1962 | Group | USSR - Colombia 4:4 | 8 | |
| 23/07/1966 | Quarter-finals | Portugal - North Korea 5:3 | 8 | |
| 01/06/2002 | Group | Germany - Saudi Arabia 8:0 | 8 | |
| 08/07/2014 | Semi-finals | Brazil - Germany 1:7 | 8 | |
| 21/11/2022 | Group | England - Iran 6:2 | 8 |