Mbappé Breaks All-Time World Cup Scoring Record with 22 Goals

History has been rewritten on football’s grandest stage. France’s Kylian Mbappé has now become the all-time top scorer in FIFA World Cup history. He struck twice against England to take his career tally to 22 goals. That moves him past Lionel Messi, who had reached 21 goals earlier in the tournament. Mbappé reached this milestone in just 22 matches—matching a perfect goal-per-game ratio. In comparison, Messi needed 33 appearances to reach 21. Mbappé’s World Cup haul includes 4 goals in 2018, 8 in 2022, and 10 so far in 2026. At 27 years old, he not only chases history—he’s now fully in the record books as the World Cup’s ultimate marksman.

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