Real Madrid Shares Historic Lead with Bayern Munich in World Cup Goals

Real Madrid of Spain shares the historical lead with Bayern Munich of Germany in the list of clubs with the most goals scored in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with players from both clubs having scored 79 goals each throughout the tournament's history.

The statistics network "Opta" reported that Vinicius Junior's goal for the Brazilian national team against Morocco in the current edition of the World Cup raised the tally of Real Madrid players to 79 goals in the history of the tournament.

The same source pointed out that Real Madrid does not top the list alone, as it is tied with Bayern Munich, whose players have the same number of goals in the history of the World Cup.

At the player level, Kylian Mbappe is the top scorer among Real Madrid players in World Cup history with 12 goals, while Cristiano Ronaldo, the club's former legend, scored 8 goals in his World Cup appearances.

Real Madrid is also participating in the current edition of the tournament with 10 players: Mbappe and Tchouameni with the French national team, Bellingham with England, Rudiger with Germany, Courtois with Belgium, Vinicius and Endrick with Brazil, Valverde with Uruguay, Brahim Diaz with Morocco, and Arda Güler with Turkey.