Crystal Palace and Sunderland sit at the top of the Premier League World Cup top scorers chart after the group stage, with seven goals each. Only Real Madrid and Paris St-Germain had players who scored more at the tournament so far, while Arsenal, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Liverpool and Manchester City all trailed behind.
Those seven-goal totals came from different paths. Crystal Palace’s total was shared by Ismaila Sarr, Daichi Kamada and Daniel Munoz, while Sunderland needed five players to reach the same mark. That spread is the point: the goals were not concentrated in one place, and the clubs at the top were not the traditional domestic heavyweights.
Brian Brobbey Drives Sunderland
Brian Brobbey was the biggest single scorer in the group, with three goals for the Netherlands. Granit Xhaka added a goal for Switzerland, Habib Diarra scored for Senegal, Wilson Isidor scored for Haiti and Nilson Angulo scored for Ecuador, giving Sunderland its seven-goal total across five players.
Crystal Palace’s seven came in a tighter cluster. Ismaila Sarr scored three goals for Senegal, Daichi Kamada scored two for Japan and Daniel Munoz added two for Colombia. Pierre Sage’s club has already followed domestic and European success with a strong international return from its players.
Arsenal, United And Newcastle
The chasing pack sat on five goals or fewer. Arsenal had five World Cup goals from Kai Havertz, Leandro Trossard and Viktor Gyokeres. Manchester United also had five, through Matheus Cunha, Marcus Rashford and Amad Diallo. Newcastle United reached five as well, with Yoane Wissa and Anthony Elanga doing the scoring.
Manchester City and Liverpool each finished on four goals. That left Crystal Palace and Sunderland ahead of them, and ahead of the biggest domestic names in the Premier League club tally.
Premier League Reach At The World Cup
The scale of the spread is larger than the club table itself. A total of 182 players connected to Premier League clubs were selected for the tournament, and 154 players who ended last season registered with Premier League clubs were included too. That is why the goals were scattered across so many squads instead of pooling around one or two sides.
Sunderland’s place at the top is the sharper surprise. The club had only returned to the Premier League after an eight-year absence and finished seventh in 2025-26, yet its players still matched Crystal Palace’s seven-goal output after the group stage. For readers tracking World Cup Top Scorers by club, the next rounds will decide whether the gap stays where it is or starts to shift.
