Description
Get top goalscorers for World Cup 2026. Returns a ranked list of players with their goal counts, assists, and match appearances.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
key |
string | Yes | Your API key for authentication |
lang |
string | No | Language code (es, fr, de, etc.) - defaults to English |
Example Request
GET /goalscorers?key=YOUR_API_KEY
Example Response
[
{
"goals": 3,
"assists": 2,
"played": 1,
"team": {
"id": 1438,
"name": "Spain",
"logo": "https://cdn.worldcupapi.com/teams/0d9bf5d8117ac245f6fcb1e63af9c8ff.png"
},
"player": {
"id": 14849,
"name": "Dani Olmo",
"photo": "https://cdn.worldcupapi.com/players/f/2/5/c/f25c6ac5f918996124bfb5cb65201434.png"
}
},
{
"goals": 3,
"assists": 1,
"played": 1,
"team": {
"id": 1649,
"name": "Netherlands",
"logo": "https://cdn.worldcupapi.com/teams/127be6979f0a3dff81db03646642b49a.png"
},
"player": {
"id": 14475,
"name": "Cody Gakpo",
"photo": "https://cdn.worldcupapi.com/players/4/7/c/2/47c25f64f2b40398afb5cd9e67e53f28.png"
}
},
{
"goals": 3,
"assists": 1,
"played": 1,
"team": {
"id": 1449,
"name": "Germany",
"logo": "https://cdn.worldcupapi.com/teams/b4ff424fda8ebabeb116f64821ab78b8.png"
},
"player": {
"id": 91174,
"name": "Jamal Musiala",
"photo": "https://cdn.worldcupapi.com/players/e/6/7/8/e678c019bd5a54a28103c0229d76bf40.png"
}
}
]
Code Examples
JavaScript (Fetch)
const response = await fetch('https://api.worldcupapi.com/goalscorers?key=YOUR_API_KEY');
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Python (Requests)
import requests
url = 'https://api.worldcupapi.com/goalscorers'
params = {'key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'}
response = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = response.json()
print(data)
PHP (cURL)
$url = 'https://api.worldcupapi.com/goalscorers?key=YOUR_API_KEY'; $ch = curl_init($url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); $response = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); $data = json_decode($response, true);
Java (HttpURLConnection)
URL url = new URL("https://api.worldcupapi.com/goalscorers?key=YOUR_API_KEY");
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
String response = in.readLine();
C# (HttpClient)
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
var response = await client.GetAsync("https://api.worldcupapi.com/goalscorers?key=YOUR_API_KEY");
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
var data = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<object>(content);
}
Go
import (
"encoding/json"
"net/http"
)
resp, err := http.Get("https://api.worldcupapi.com/goalscorers?key=YOUR_API_KEY")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
var data map[string]interface{}
json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&data)
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://api.worldcupapi.com/goalscorers?key=YOUR_API_KEY')
response = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
data = JSON.parse(response.body)