Five goals in multiple World Cups – a feat that eluded Pele, Ronaldo, Gerd Muller and other monster marksmen – is something only three men have managed. Peru’s Teofilo Cubillas struck five times at Mexico ‘70, then five at Argentina ‘78, before failing to find the target at Spain ‘82. Miroslav Klose netted five goals at Korea/Japan 2002 and five at Germany 2006, then contributed four and two respectively in the following two tournaments.
Over to Thomas Muller, then, who got five apiece in South Africa and Brazil, and now has the chance to become the first player to score more than four times in three World Cups.