Top World Cup goalscorers that were a surprise

The best strikers of past World Cups were not considered the favourites.

Asamoah Gyan scored 6 goals for Ghana in three World Cups in 2006, 2010 and 2014. Roger Milla scored 5 goals in 3 World Championships for Cameroon in 1982, 1990 and 1994.

Roger Milla scored a lot of goals at the world championships. He celebrated his 70th birthday this year.

Sandor Kocsis played for Hungary at the 1954 World Championship in Switzerland. He scored 11 goals in five games. Brazilians were angry at him after the game and tried to beat him up on the field. He was the second best scorer in the history of the World Cup.

Grzegorz Lato was a star player for FC Stal in 1974. He scored 7 goals in the championship. Polish national team won the World Cup in Germany. Jairzinho and Roberto Rivelino were also in their team.

Salvatore Schillaci was a surprise World Cup winner in 1990. He was playing for Juventus at the time. Before the World cup, he had only played two games for the national team. In the first game against Austria, coach Adzello Vicini substituted the main striker Andrea Carnevale with "Toto". 3 minutes later, Schilaci scored the winning goal.

Davor Schucker scored six goals in the 1998 World Cup for Croatia. He was a player for Real Madrid at that time. Croatia finished third in that tournament.

James Rodriguez was Colombia's top scorer at the 2014 World Cup. He scored 6 goals in 6 matches. Radamel Falcao was injured and did not go to Brazil. James Rodriguez scored in a variety of ways.

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