Only 10 out of 57 goals have been scored from 18 yards away from the goal or further:
Player | Position | Team | Opponent | Distance |
Kalu Uche | Midfielder | Nigeria | Greece | 38.1 |
Diego Forlán | Striker | Uruguay | South Africa | 29.8 |
Clint Dempsey | Midfielder | USA | England | 25.7 |
Valter Birsa | Midfielder | Slovenia | USA | 25.6 |
Dimitrios Salpingidis | Striker | Greece | Nigeria | 25.4 |
Wesley Sneijder | Midfielder | Netherlands | Japan | 24.6 |
Robert Koren | Midfielder | Slovenia | Algeria | 23.0 |
Siphiwe Tshabalala | Midfielder | South Africa | Mexico | 19.6 |
Maicon | Defender | Brazil | North Korea | 19.4 |
Elano | Midfielder | Brazil | North Korea | 18.0 |
Uche's goal is worth another look – it's not clear what the Greek goaltender was doing…