Norway's Erling Haaland tops the scorers rankings for the European Qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after netting five times in his side's 11-1 win over Moldova to take his total to nine in five appearances so far.
The Manchester City striker is three clear of Croatia's Andrej Kramarić and four ahead of his Norway teammate Thelo Aasgaard and Netherlands forward Memphis Depay.
Who is the top scorer in the European Qualifiers?
World Cup qualifying top scorers
9Erling Haaland (Norway)
6 Andrej Kramarić (Croatia)
5 Thelo Aasgaard (Norway)5Memphis Depay (Netherlands)
4Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)
4 Edin Džeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
4 Harry Kane (England)
4Mikel Merino (Spain)4 Patrik Schick (Czechia)
Kramarić has scored in all four of Croatia's wins in as many outings to date, while the Netherlands' new all-time top scorer Depay has five in four after he was shut out by Poland (when he did claim an assist). Aasgaard, meanwhile, came off the bench to bag four goals in that Norway victory over Moldova and join Depay on five in total.
Top scorer: All of Andrej Kramarić's goals
A stellar cast of five players have managed four goals so far: Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne, Bosnia and Herzegovina's Edin Džeko, England's Harry Kane, Spain's Mikel Merino (one of four players to score a hat-trick) and Czechia's Patrik Schick.
See the top scorer rankings
Who has provided the most assists in the European Qualifiers?
Arsenal midfielder Martin Ødegaard has been the most prolific provider so far, laying on seven of Norway's 24 goals. Wales' Sorba Thomas, Ødegaard's club colleague Declan Rice, Italy forward Mateo Retegui and Israel's Manor Solomon are each three behind.
7 Martin Ødegaard (Norway)
4 Mateo Retegui (Italy)
4 Declan Rice (England)
4 Manor Solomon (Israel)
4 Sorba Thomas (Wales)
Watch Memphis Depay's five goals
European Qualifiers stats
Who has scored a hat-trick?
Aleksandar Mitrović (Serbia 3-0 Andorra, 10/06/2025)
Mikel Merino (Türkiye 0-6 Spain, 07/09/2025)
Erling Haaland (five) (Norway 11-1 Moldova, 09/09/2025)
Thelo Aasgard (four) (Norway 11-1 Moldova, 09/09/2025)
Recent European Qualifiers top scorers
EURO 2024: Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) 14
2022 World Cup: Harry Kane (England), Memphis Depay (Netherlands) 12EURO 2020: Harry Kane (England) 12
2018 World Cup: Robert Lewandowski (Poland) 16EURO 2016: Robert Lewandowski (Poland) 13
2014 World Cup: Robin van Persie (Netherlands) 11EURO 2012: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Netherlands) 12
2010 World Cup: Theofanis Gekas (Greece) 10EURO 2008: David Healy (Northern Ireland) 13
2006 World Cup: Pauleta (Portugal) 11EURO 2004: Ermin Šiljak (Slovenia) 9
2002 World Cup: Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) 10EURO 2000: Raúl González (Spain) 11
Top scorer: Lukaku's 14 Belgium goals