Kylian Mbappe Becomes 2nd Player In The World After Lionel Messi To..

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Kylian Mbappe Becomes 2nd Player In The World After Lionel Messi To... Published By, Last Updated: July 10, 2026, 04:29 IST Mbappe is only the

Kylian Mbappe Becomes 2nd Player In The World After Lionel Messi To... Published By, Last Updated: July 10, 2026, 04:29 IST Mbappe is only the second player in the world after Lionel Messi to score 20 or more goals in the FIFA World Cup. Kylian Mbappe becomes second player to score 20 goals in FIFA World Cup. (Picture Credit: AP) France captain Kylian Mbappe is one of the best footballers of all time and on Thursday (July 9), during his team’s FIFA World Cup 2026 quarterfinal match against Morocco at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, he scored one goal and assisted one goal for Ousmane Dembele in the second half to set up a 2-0 win. The goal by Mbappe in the 60th minute of the match helped him take his tally of goals to eight in the ongoing edition of football’s biggest tournament and overall to 20 in FIFA World Cup history. Full list of goals by Kylian Mbappe in FIFA World Cup GOAL AGAINST MATCH TYPE VENUE DATE 1 Peru Group Stage Ekaterinburg Arena, Yekaterinburg June 21, 2018 2 Argentina Round of 16 Kazan Arena, Kazan June 30, 2018 3 Argentina Round of 16 Kazan Arena, Kazan June 30, 2018 4 Croatia Final Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow July 15, 2018 5 Australia Group Stage Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah November 22, 2022 6 Denmark Group Stage Stadium 974, Doha November 26, 2022 7 Denmark Group Stage Stadium 974, Doha November 26, 2022 8 Poland Round of 16 Al Thumama Stadium, Doha December 4, 2022 9 Poland Round of 16 Al Thumama Stadium, Doha December 4, 2022 10 Argentina Final Lusail Stadium, Lusail December 18, 2022 11 Argentina Final Lusail Stadium, Lusail December 18, 2022 12 Argentina Final Lusail Stadium, Lusail December 18, 2022 13 Senegal Group Stage New York New Jersey Stadium June 16, 2026 14 Senegal Group Stage New York New Jersey Stadium June 16, 2026 15 Iraq Group Stage Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia June 22, 2026 16 Iraq Group Stage Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia June 22, 2026 17 Sweden Round of 32 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford June 30, 2026 18 Sweden Round of 32 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford June 30, 2026 19 Paraguay Round of 16 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia July 4, 2026 20 Morcco Quarterfinal Gillette Stadium, Foxborough July 9, 2026 The 27-year-old footballer, who is now the joint-most capped player for Les Bleus in FIFA World Cup history, became only the second player in the world after Lionel Messi to score 20 or more goals in the FIFA World Cup.

Messi has played 31 FIFA World Cup matches for Argentina across six editions and scored 21 goals. On the other hand, Mbappe, who made his FIFA World Cup debut in 2018, has 20 goals to his credit in 20 matches played so far across three editions. In the list of players with the most goals in the FIFA World Cup, Messi and Mbappe are followed by Germany’s Miroslav Klose and Brazil’s Ronaldo. Most goals in FIFA World Cup POSITION PLAYER COUNTRY MATCHES GOALS EDITIONS 1 Lionel Messi Argentina 32 21 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 2 Kylian Mbappe France 20 20 2018, 2022, 2026 3 Miroslav Klose Germany 24 16 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 4 Ronaldo Brazil 19 15 1998, 2002, 2006 5 Gerd Muller West Germany 13 14 1970, 1974 Harry Kane England 16 14 2018, 2022, 2026 7 Just Fontaine France 5 13 1958 8 Pele Brazil 14 12 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 9 Sándor Kocsis Hungary 5 11 1954 Jürgen Klinsmann Germany 17 11 1990, 1994, 1998 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 27 11 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 While Klose finished his FIFA World Cup career with 16 goals in 24 matches for Germany in four editions (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014), Ronaldo played 19 matches for Brazil in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 editions and scored 15 goals. Mbappe, who is the first and only player in the world to score eight goals in multiple FIFA World Cup editions, scored four goals for France in the 2018 edition of the tournament.