Players with the most goals across all editions of the Hockey World Cup

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Before the Hockey World Cup 2023 kicks off in India, at look the top scorers in across all of the mega event! [{ "selector": ".nrstb-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-94.64559819413088px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Netherlands player Paul Litjens scored 15 goals in the 1978 World Cup, the most till date. [{ "selector": ".uokos-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-94.64559819413088px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

India's Rajinder Singh comes second with his 12 goals in the 1982 World Cup. [{ "selector": ".anzws-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-94.64559819413088px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Jay Stacey of Australia in number three with his 11 goals in the 1998 World Cup. [{ "selector": ".dsngq-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-94.64559819413088px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Taeke Taekema of the Netherlands has also scored 11 goals. He did this feat during the 2006 World Cup. [{ "selector": ".wcaxb-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-94.64559819413088px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Four names are tied on fourth spot. In the 1994 World Cup, Taco van den Honert of the Netherlands scored 10 goals. [{ "selector": ".bznex-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-96.64559819413088px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Pakistan's Sohail Abbas and Argentina's Jorge Lambi scored 10 goals each in the 2000 World Cup in Malaysia. [{ "selector": ".ojdux-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-94.64559819413088px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

In the 2014 World Cup held in the Netherlands, Argentina's Gonzalo Peillat scored 10 times. [{ "selector": ".asiwg-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(-94.64559819413088px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Players with the most goals across all editions of the Hockey World Cup

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