Highest Goal Scorer in Hockey World Cup 2023 was Jeremy Hayward from Australia who scored nine goals in just six games.
The FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 edition that was held in Odisha, India in January 2023, was a literal goal fest for the fans.
Jeremy Hayward from Australia was the leading goal scorer in FIH 2023 World Cup tournament as he played just six games and scored nine goals for his team.
Tom Boon from Belgium, Victor Charlet from France and Jip Janssen from the Nederlands were 2nd highest goal scorer of FIH 2023 World Cup as they scored eight goals in six games each.
In the first match of the 2023 tournament, Argentina won the match from South Africa with a tight finish at 1-0.
However, in the second game of the tournament, Australia scored 8 goals against meek France and this game set the trend of high scoring matches in the 2023 tournament.
It took just 12 matches to cross the 50-goal mark at the men’s hockey World Cup 2023 and Jeremy Hayward was the leading scorer at the men’s hockey World Cup 2023 with nine goals.
Following are the ten leading goal scorers of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 edition:
| Sr. No. | Position | Player (Country) | Goals scored | Matches played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jeremy Hayward (AUS) | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | Tom Boon (BEL) | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | Victor Charlet (FRA) | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | Jip Janssen (NED) | 8 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | Thierry Brinkman (NED) | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | Niklas Wellen (GER) | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | 7 | Maico Casella (ARG) | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 | Blake Govers (AUS) | 6 | 5 |
| 9 | 7 | Gonzalo Peillat (GER) | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Nicolas Della Torre (ARG) | 6 | 6 |
Jeremy Hayward from Australia was the leading goal scorer in FIH 2023 World Cup tournament.
For India, Captain Harmanpreet Singh was the leading goal scorer at the hockey World Cup 2023, as he scored four goals in six matches.
The record of the most goals scored at a single edition of the men’s hockey World Cup is owned by the Netherlands’ Paul Litjens who scored 15 goals in the 1978 edition that was held in Argentina.
Other players who have honour of scoring more goals of the tournament are India’s Rajinder Singh (12 in 1982), Netherlands’ Taco van den Honert (10 in 1994), Australia’s Jay Stacy (12 in 1998), Pakistan’s Sohail Abbas (10 in 2002) in a single edition of Hockey world cup games.
Similarry, Argentina’s Jorge Lombi (10 in 2002), Taeke Taekema (11 in 2006) and Gonzalo Peillat (10 in 2014) has an hounour with their name of leading goal scorers in a single edition of Hockey world cup games.
The Four time world cup winner Pakistan could not qualify for the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 edition.
