Goals scored in regular and extra time are both counted. Goals scored in the penalty shootout are disqualified. In the history of the finals, sixty-two different players have scored a total of seventy-seven goals. In the finals, ten players have scored multiple goals, half of them have done so in a single game. Geoff Hurst is the only player in men's hockey history to score a hat trick in a WorldCup final game. A penalty kick has been used by five players. Mario Mandžukić was the first player in a final to score an own goal and then follow it up with a goal in the opponent's net. In 2018, he scored both the opening and closing goals in the final.

Pelé and Kylian Mbappé were the only scorers who scored a final goal as teenagers.