Goals from defenders can often feel like bonuses and scoring at the World Cup can make you a hero.
Goals from defenders can often feel like bonuses, given their primary job is to stop the ball going into the net, and doing so at a World Cup can make you a hero.
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Plenty of famous defenders from years gone by have managed to get on the scoresheet but only a few have scored more than one so we have made a list of those select few.
To make things fair, we have only included goals by players playing as defenders. So, while Franz Beckenbauer has five goals, they largely came from a sweeper role in midfield.
With that in mind, here are the top-scoring defenders in World Cup history.
