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Most goals in World Cup history: Where Messi, Mbappe and more rank among FIFA's top scorers all time
Here's a list of the players with their names on the scoresheet the most times in World Cup history.
Four teams remain, and the star power is absurd. From a 39-year-old chasing history to an 18-year-old making a run, here's how they stack up.
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Ranking the 10 best World Cup players of all time, from Messi to Maradona and everyone in between
Explore the ten greatest FIFA World Cup players in soccer history, from Pelé's three titles to Messi's goal-scoring record and Mbappé's rise.
With his two goals against Austria, Lionel Messi is now the all-time World Cup top scorer with 18, breaking a tie with Germany's Miroslav Klose. Messi entered this tournament on 13 career goals in this his record sixth FIFA World Cup and leveled Klose on ...
The list of the all-time World Cup top scorers contains some of the greatest goalscorers ever to play the game. The feeling of scoring a goal at any level is indescribable. That euphoria is magnified beyond belief when the eyes of the world are watching.
When measuring football greatness, goals and appearances are considered. Here's how Harry Kane stacks up in England's history.
What a World Cup it has been with great goals, thrilling comebacks, late drama, shock results. But how will this tournament be remembered?
Even at 39 years old, Lionel Messi is putting Argentina on his back. The iconic forward has added more accolades to his already jampacked resume throughout the 2026 World Cup, which includes being the first to surpass Miroslav Klose's 16-goal record.
