Paolo Rossi — 6 goals, Italy 1982

6 goals all in the last 3 games. Zero in the groups, hat-trick vs Brazil. Astonishing surge.

Paolo Rossi scored all 6 of his goals in the final three games of the 1982 World Cup — including a hat-trick against Brazil, two against Poland, and the opener in the final. He had scored zero goals in the group stage after returning from a two-year match-fixing ban. The most dramatic goalscoring surge in World Cup history.