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The FIFA World Cup 2022 has seen some edge-of-the-seat football action with a total of 163 goals scored in 62 matches so far, averaging 2.62 goals per match. It is the fourth-highest number of goals scored in a single World Cup already as the tournament heads into the final.
Spain recorded the biggest win at Qatar 2022 with a 7-0 thrashing of Costa Rica in their opening group match followed by Portugal’s 6-1 win over Switzerland in the round of 16 and England’s 6-2 drubbing of Iran in the group stage.
Interestingly, England (13 goals) and Portugal (12) also led the chart of the most goals scored by teams at FIFA World Cup 2022 before the semi-finals but were knocked out of the competition.
Lionel Messi’s Argentina have netted 12 goals and are joint-third. France, who have the services of Golden Boot front-runner Kylian Mbappe, are the joint-leaders with 13 goals.
The record for the total goals in a single edition of a World Cup is 171. It happened twice, first at France 1998 and then again at Brazil 2014.
The first time a World Cup produced a hundred goals was at Switzerland 1954 – with 140. Since Spain 1982, all World Cups have produced at least a hundred goals. The lowest since then was 115 during Italy 1990.
With one semi-final, a third-place match, and the all-important final to be played on December 18, Qatar 2022 will need to produce 11 more goals to overtake France 1998 and Brazil 2014.
Interestingly, the first two editions of the World Cup, hosted by Uruguay in 1930 and Italy in 1934, saw an identical 70 goals each.
FIFA World Cup 2022 total goals
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