Real Madrid chasing a historic goals record at the 2026 FIFA World Cup | OneFootball

Real Madrid are on the verge of making World Cup history.

Despite not beginning the tournament with an unusually large contingent of players, the club’s representatives have combined for 17 goals, leaving Los Blancos just two strikes away from becoming the club with the highest goal tally in a single World Cup, reports AS.

The current record stands at 18 goals, jointly held by Honved (1954), Bayern Munich (2014) and Paris Saint-Germain (2018).

14 Real Madrid players at the World Cup

Real Madrid initially sent nine players from last season’s squad to the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Thibaut Courtois, Antonio Rudiger, Aurelien Tchouameni, Federico Valverde, Arda Guler, Jude Bellingham, Brahim Diaz, Vinicius Jr., and Kylian Mbappe were the nine members.

They were later joined by five more players following the opening of the transfer window: Endrick, after returning from his loan spell, and new signings Denzel Dumfries, Ibrahima Konaté, Marc Cucurella, and Bernardo Silva.

That brought Real Madrid’s official World Cup representation to 14 players.

Real Madrid leading the scoring charts at the World Cup (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)

Interestingly, none of the additions have found the net. Instead, every one of Real Madrid’s 17 goals has come from just four players, proving that quality has outweighed quantity.

Mbappe leading the charge

The standout performer has been Mbappe, who is level with Lionel Messi as the tournament’s top scorer with eight goals.

The French forward could have had even more after missing a penalty against Morocco in the quarterfinals. Alongside his eight goals, he has also contributed three assists, although it is his scoring record that matters most in the pursuit of history.

Eight goals in six World Cup matches underline just how decisive he has been.

Close behind is Jude Bellingham, who has scored four goals. The England midfielder has alternated between scoring and not scoring throughout the tournament, finding the net against Croatia, Panama, and Mexico (twice).

Bellingham has scored four goals. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Vinicius has also scoredfour goals, although all of them came during the group stage against Morocco, Haiti, Scotland (twice).

The fourth and final Real Madrid player to score at this World Cup is Guler, whose lone goal came against the United States in Turkey’s final match of the tournament.

Six Real Madrid players still alive

The quarterfinals began with France vs Morocco in Boston. Following the final whistle, six Real Madrid players remain in the tournament, including the club’s new signings: Courtois, Konate, Cucurella, Tchouameni, Bellingham, and Mbappe.

The responsibility for breaking the record now rests largely on those six players. If they score two more goals, Real Madrid will become the highest-scoring club in the history of the World Cup.

An intriguing historical coincidence accompanies that record. In every one of those tournaments, the national team representing the country of the record-holding club went on to reach the World Cup final.