Nobody like Mbappé and Messi, challenge for the top scorer of the World Cup

Lionel Messi increasingly king of the World Cup: with the goal against Egypt he reached eight in this tournamentin total are 21 in the 31 matches played in the six World Cups in which he took part.

The pursuit of Kylian Mbappé

The Argentine will have to contend with the top scorer rankings Kylian Mbappé which, also thanks to three consecutive doubles against Senegal, Iraq and Sweden, reached seven goals in five games. The French striker is also chasing the Flea and threatening the world goal record: he has already scored some 19 goals in as many games.

The collapse of old records and the historical ranking

Messi and Mbappé shattered Klose’s record, scoring 16 goals in 24 matches played in four editions. Followed by Ronaldo (Brazil) with 15 goals in 19 world championship matches between 1994 and 2006, Harry Kane (England) with 14 in 16 matches (six in this edition), Gerd Müller (West Germany) with 14 in 13 matches, Just Fontaine (France) with 13 in just one edition, that of 1958 (six matches), the legendary Pelé (Brazil) with 12 in 14 matches between 1958 and 1970, Jürgen Klinsmann (West Germany/Germany) with 11 in 17 matches in the three editions of the 1990s, Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) with 11 in the five matches of the ’54 World Cup, and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) with 11 in 27 matches from 2006 to 2026.

The bombers of Italian history

Italy’s top scorers at the World Cup remain Roberto Baggio, Paolo Rossi, Christian Vieri with 9 goals. The first in 16 games (3 editions), the second in 14 (2 editions) and the third in 9 (2 editions).