🔥 Mbappé scored! World Cup scoring race stays mad | OneFootball

The race for the title of top scorer in World Cup history is still INSANE!

Miroslav Klose was leading that race before the 2026 edition of the tournament began.

But he saw his 16 goals be "ignored" by Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé as early as the group stage.  

Argentina and France’s No. 10s are locked in a REAL battle.

Messi reached 20 goals by scoring in the epic clash against Cape Verde.

And Mbappé got to 19 by securing France’s qualification for the quarter-finals. 

After a first half without trouble against France, Paraguay saw the European side step it up after the break.

Introduced in the 60th minute, Doué made a good impact. And he won a penalty off Diego Gomez.

Uzbek referee Ilgiz Tantashev initially waved play on, but was called over by VAR.

Mbappé went one-on-one with Gil and beat the Paraguayan goalkeeper (70'). 

The Frenchman’s 19th World Cup goal.

His seventh in the current edition - level with Messi.

A second straight World Cup with at least seven goals - he scored eight in 2022.

Also matching Messi, who had been the only one with that stat. 

He reached 11 goals in World Cup knockout matches. Pulling clear at the top of the ranking that had been led by Leônidas da Silva and Ronaldo. 

He now has 63 goals in 103 matches for the French national team. He also has 42 assists.

Top scorers in World Cups:

Lionel Messi 🇦🇷 - 20 goals

Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷 - 19 goals

Miroslav Klose 🇩🇪 - 16 goals

Ronaldo 🇧🇷 - 15 goals

Gerd Müller 🇩🇪 - 14 goals

Just Fontaine 🇫🇷 - 13 goals

Pelé 🇧🇷 - 12 goals

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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