Kylian Mbappé finished as the top scorer of the 2026 World Cup, with ten goals, two more than Lionel Messi, who stayed silent on Sunday during the final that Argentina lost to Spain (1-0 after extra time) in East Rutherford, near New York.
Kylian Mbappé finished as the top scorer of the 2026 World Cup, with ten goals, two more than Lionel Messi, who didn’t score on Sunday in the final, which Argentina lost to Spain (1-0 after extra time) in East Rutherford, near New York.
The captain of the French team also keeps his place at the top of the all-time scoring list, with a total of 22 World Cup goals, just ahead of La Pulga (the flea, 21).
This is the second time in a row that Mbappé has pulled off such a feat. In Qatar in 2022, he was already the top scorer with 8 goals. In his first World Cup in 2018, the year of France’s last title, he scored 4 times.”Kyky” took advantage of the ‘open doors’ match for 3rd place, lost on Saturday against England (6-4), to snatch the lead at the last minute, scoring a brace.
His ten goals in a single edition put him on par with the German Gerd Muller, who scored the same number in 1970. The record still belongs to the Frenchman Just Fontaine in 1958 with 13 goals.
As the top scorer in the history of the French team, Mbappé now has 66 goals in 107 matches.
