Palace, Sunderland Lead PL World Cup Goals Chart
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- Crystal Palace and Sunderland lead all Premier League clubs with 7 goals apiece at the World Cup after the group stage, placing them ahead of Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United.
- Only Real Madrid and Paris St-Germain have seen more goals from their players than Palace and Sunderland across world football.
- Premier League clubs supplied 182 players to the tournament — more than any other domestic league — with 154 ending last season registered in England's top flight.
- Ismaila Sarr (3 goals, Senegal), Daichi Kamada (2, Japan) and Daniel Munoz (2, Colombia) account for Crystal Palace's seven goals; Palace won the 2024-25 FA Cup — their first major trophy — before lifting the Europa Conference League under new head coach Pierre Sage.
- Brian Brobbey (3 goals, Netherlands) leads Sunderland's scoring, with Granit Xhaka, Habib Diarra, Wilson Isidor and Nilson Angulo also netting as the Black Cats spread seven goals across five players after returning to the Premier League following an eight-year absence.
- Erling Haaland has single-handedly scored all four of Manchester City's goals for Norway — the joint-highest individual tally at the tournament.
- Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle United are tied next on five goals each, with Arsenal's contribution split between Kai Havertz, Leandro Trossard and Viktor Gyokeres.
Why it matters: The Premier League's 182-player tournament contingent — far more than any other league — is translating into scoring depth that extends well beyond its traditional powerhouses: Palace and Sunderland matching each other at seven goals apiece, and Haaland single-handedly outscoring the rest of Manchester City's delegation, shows the talent base is wider than the 'Big Six' narrative suggests.
