From Tanvir Dar’s eight goals in the inaugural 1971 edition to Jeremy Hayward’s nine in 2023, the Men’s Hockey World Cup has produced a long line of prolific scorers. Here is the leading goal scorer from every edition since 1971.
1971 – Tanvir Dar (Pakistan) – 8 goals
1973 – Ties Kruize (Netherlands) – 9 goals
1975 – Ties Kruize (Netherlands), Manzoor-ul-Hassan (Pakistan), Stefan Otulakowski (Poland) – 7 goals
1978 – Paul Litjens (Netherlands) – 15 goals
1982 – Rajinder Singh (India) – 12 goals
1986 – Richard Charlesworth (Australia) – 7 goals
1990 – Floris Jan Bovelander (Netherlands), Ignacio Escarré (Spain) – 9 goals
1994 – Taco van den Honert (Netherlands) – 10 goals
1998 – Jay Stacy (Australia) – 12 goals
2002 – Jorge Lombi (Argentina), Sohail Abbas (Pakistan) – 10 goals
2006 – Taeke Taekema (Netherlands) – 11 goals
2010 – Luke Doerner (Australia) – 8 goals
2014 – Gonzalo Peillat (Argentina) – 10 goals
2018 – Blake Govers (Australia) – 7 goals
2023 – Jeremy Hayward (Australia) – 9 goals
Trivia
Paul Litjens’ 15 goals in 1978 remains the record for most goals by an individual in a single Men’s Hockey World Cup.
Published on Aug 14, 2026
