Raúl Jiménez close to becoming Mexico's top scorer | OneFootball

Raúl Jiménez keeps making history with the Mexican National Team, and now he did it right in his 2026 World Cup debut by scoring against South Africa.

That goal marked his first ever in World Cups, and he also became part of a historic squad that won its opening World Cup match for the first time.

But Raúl’s story doesn’t end there. At the start of the year, he was still far down the Mexican National Team’s all-time scoring chart; ahead of him were ‘Chicharito,’ Jared Borgetti, and Cuauhtémoc Blanco, and now he is just a few goals away from becoming Mexico’s all-time leading scorer.

The striker who came through América’s youth academy is currently the Mexican National Team’s second-highest scorer with 47 goals, just five behind Javier Hernández, who reached 52.

It seems difficult for him to break the record in this World Cup, since that would mean he would need to score at least five goals in the remainder of the tournament, reaching six goals in the current competition in what would be something absolutely historic for a Mexican striker.

Mexico’s top scorers:

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