Miroslav Klose is the all-time top scorer for the Germany national football team, with 71 goals in 137 games between 2001 and 2014. He is also the third-highest scorer in the history of the FIFA World Cup, with 16 goals in 24 appearances across four editions from 2002 to 2014. In the 13 years that Klose played for the national team, Germany never lost a game in which he scored.

Klose scored on his debut for Germany, a 2–1 win over Albania on 24 March 2001 during qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. On 13 February 2002, he scored his first international hat-trick, in a 7–1 win over Israel at his then club ground, the Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern; this was followed by another treble on 18 May in a 6–2 win against Austria. At his first tournament finals, the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, Klose scored five goals to become the tournament's joint second top scorer, alongside Brazil's Rivaldo and behind Ronaldo. All of his goals came in the group stage, starting with a headed hat-trick in an 8–0 win against Saudi Arabia at the Sapporo Dome.

Klose netted two goals in the opening game of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a 4–2 win against Costa Rica, and scored another brace in Germany's final group stage match, a 3–0 win against Ecuador. He finished his second World Cup again with five goals to take the FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe. On 10 September 2008, during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, he scored the last of his four international hat-tricks, earning a 3–3 draw away to Finland. He scored four goals at the finals in South Africa, including two in a 4–0 quarter-final win over Argentina on his 100th cap. On 6 June 2014, Klose scored his 69th goal in 132 games in a 6–1 friendly win over Armenia in Mainz, surpassing Gerd Müller's record of 68 goals in 62 games from 1966 to 1974. Klose added two more goals in Germany's victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup to retire with a record of 71 goals in 137 games. His final goal came in their 7–1 semi-final victory over hosts Brazil, taking him to 16 World Cup goals and surpassing Ronaldo as the tournament's record goalscorer.

In addition to his 16 goals in World Cup finals, Klose scored another 13 in qualification games, as well as three goals in UEFA European Championship finals and 16 in that tournament's qualification matches. The remainder of his goals, 23, were scored in friendly matches. He scored six times against Austria, his highest tally against one country, and also totalled five goals against Azerbaijan and Sweden.

International goals "Score" represents the score in the match after Klose's goal. "Score" and "Result" list Germany's goal tally first. +International goals scored by Miroslav Klose Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 24 March 2001 1 BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany 2–1 2–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 2. 28 March 2001 2 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece 3–2 4–2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 3. 13 February 2002 8 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany 1–1 7–1 Friendly 4. 2–1 5. 4–1 6. 18 May 2002 12 BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany 1–0 6–2 Friendly 7. 2–0 8. 4–2 9. 1 June 2002 13 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan 1–0 8–0 2002 FIFA World Cup 10. 2–0 11. 5–0 12. 5 June 2002 14 Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan 1–0 1–1 2002 FIFA World Cup 13. 11 June 2002 15 Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka, Japan 2–0 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup 14. 16 October 2002 23 AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying 15. 11 June 2003 29 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying 16. 18 February 2004 35 Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia 1–0 2–1 Friendly 17. 17 November 2004 43Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany 2–0 3–0 Friendly 18. 3–0 19. 16 December 2004 44 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan 1–0 3–0 Friendly 20. 3–0 21. 22 March 2006 52 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany 3–0 4–1 Friendly 22. 27 May 2006 53Schwarzwald-Stadion, Freiburg, Germany 1–0 7–0 Friendly 23. 4–0 24. 30 May 2006 54 BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany 1–2 2–2 Friendly 25. 9 June 2006 56 Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany 2–1 4–2 2006 FIFA World Cup 26. 3–1 27. 20 June 2006 58 Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany 1–0 3–0 2006 FIFA World Cup 28. 2–0 29. 30 June 2006 60 Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany 1–1 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup 30. 16 August 2006 63 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 2–0 3–0 Friendly 31. 3–0 32. 6 September 2006 65 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino 3–0 13–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 33. 5–0 34. 8 September 2007 70 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 35. 2–0 36. 17 November 2007 71 AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany 2–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 37. 6 February 2008 73 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 2–0 3–0 Friendly 38. 26 March 2008 74 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland 1–0 4–0 Friendly 39. 27 May 2008 75 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany 1–0 2–2 Friendly 40. 19 June 2008 79 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland 2–0 3–2 UEFA Euro 2008 41. 25 June 2008 80 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland 2–1 3–2 UEFA Euro 2008 42. 10 September 2008 84 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 1–1 3–3 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 43. 2–2 44. 3–3 45. 12 August 2009 89 Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan 2–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 46. 9 September 2009 91 AWD-Arena, Hannover, Germany 2–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 47. 3–0 48. 10 October 2009 92 Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 49. 13 June 2010 97 Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa 2–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup 50. 27 June 2010 99 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa 1–0 4–1 2010 FIFA World Cup 51. 3 July 2010 100 Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa 2–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup 52. 4–0 53. 3 September 2010 102 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 54. 7 September 2010 103 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany 3–0 6–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 55. 6–1 56. 8 October 2010 104 Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 57. 3–0 58. 12 October 2010 105 Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 59. 9 February 2011 106 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany 1–0 1–1 Friendly 60. 26 March 2011 107 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 61. 4–0 62. 2 September 2011 111 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 1–0 6–2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 63. 15 November 2011 113 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany 2–0 3–0 Friendly 64. 22 June 2012 120 PGE Arena Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland 3–1 4–2 UEFA Euro 2012 65. 12 October 2012 125 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland 4–0 6–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 66. 16 October 2012 126 Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany 1–0 4–4 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 67. 2–0 68. 6 September 2013 129 Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany 1–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 69. 6 June 2014 132 Coface Arena, Mainz, Germany 4–1 6–1 Friendly 70. 21 June 2014 133 Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil 2–2 2–2 2014 FIFA World Cup 71. 8 July 2014 136 Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2–0 7–1 2014 FIFA World Cup

Hat-tricks OpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDate 1 3 – (1–0', 2–1', 4–1') 7–1 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany Friendly 13 February 2002 2 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 4–2') 6–2 BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany 18 May 2002 3 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 5–0') 8–0 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 June 2002 4 3 – (1–1', 2–2', 3–3') 3–3 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 10 September 2008

Breakdown

By year +Goals by yearGermany YearCapsGoals2001722002171220031012004115200550200617132007532008158200964201012102011852012134201341201473Total13771

By competition +Goals by competitionCompetitionCapsGoalsFIFA World Cup qualification1913FIFA World Cup tournaments2416UEFA European Championship qualifying2316UEFA European Championship tournaments133Friendlies5823Total13771 + Goals by opposition Opposition Goals 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Total71

See also List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks

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