Which player has scored the highest percentage of their team’s goals at a World Cup? | The Knowledge

Plus: World Cup winners with no domestic honours, and why Australia are unofficial world champions Mail us with your all of your questions and answers “In 1986, Gary Lineker scored six of England’s seven World Cup goals,” writes Brendon O’Mahony. “Has anyone scored a higher proportion of their country’s goals at a World Cup? Let’s exclude teams who were knocked out in the group stage or who scored three goals or fewer ” A number of you mentioned Oleg Salenko, the Russian striker who matched Lineker by scoring six of their seven goals at USA 94. That included five in one game against Cameroon,

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