Kylian Mbappé Made World Cup History, Outshining Messi and Haaland

Pulse Sports Team 07:09 - 20 July 2026

French footballer Kylian Mbappe concluded the World Cup in the USA, Mexico, and Canada as the top scorer among all players. In the bronze medal match against England (4-6), he increased his tally to a final ten goals, thus surpassing the stellar Argentine Lionel Messi from afar.

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Trailing the top two are Norwegian sharpshooter Erling Haaland, whose tournament ended in the quarter-finals, and England's Jude Bellingham, both with seven goals. Harry Kane, another "Three Lions" player, and France's Ousmane Dembele each netted six times.

England and France boast the most potent offenses, each scoring 20 goals. Argentina sits in third with 19 goals, having failed to defend their title in Sunday's final against Spain (0-1 AET). The newly crowned champions are tied for fourth place with Belgium, both having scored 14 goals.

In the assists chart, France's Michael Olise led the pack, setting up seven goals for his team.

Player Statistics after the 2026 World Cup:

Goals:

Kylian Mbappe (Fr.) 10 goals Lionel Messi (Arg.) 8 Jude Bellingham (Eng.) and Erling Haaland (Nor.) 7 each Ousmane Dembele (Fr.) and Harry Kane (Eng.) 6 each Mikel Oyarzabal (Spa.) 5 Ismaila Sarr (Sen.), Julian Quinones (Mex.), Vinicius Junior (Bra.) 4 each

Assists:

Michael Olise (Fr.) 7 assists Martin Ödegaard (Nor.), Mbappe, Brahim Diaz (Mor.), Messi, Bruno Guimaraes (Bra.) 4 each Roberto Alvarado (Mex.), Anthony Gordon (Eng.), Florian Wirtz (Ger.), Andreas Schjelderup (Nor.), Bukayo Saka (Eng.), Alexander Isak (Swe.) 3 each

Shots on Target:

Mbappe 23, Messi 19, Bellingham (Eng.) 13, Haaland, Yamal, Oyarzabal 12 each, Kane, Vinicius, Dembele 11 each, Cristiano Ronaldo (Por.), Jonathan David (Can.) 9 each

Passes Completed:

Rodri 753, Pau Cubarsi 670, Aymeric Laporte (both Spa.) 618, Leandro Paredes (Arg.) 533, Marc Guehi (Eng.) 514, Enzo Fernandez (Arg.) 480, Ezri Konsa (Eng.) 469, Manuel Akanji (Swi.) 444, Marc Cucurella (Spa.) 428, Granit Xhaka (Swi.) 427

Saves:

Orlando Gill (Par.) 28, Eloy Room (Cur.) 21, Diogo Costa (Por.) and Gregor Kobel (Swi.) 20 each, Yassine Bounou (Mor.) and Jordan Pickford (Eng.) 19 each, Vozinha (CPV) 18, Zion Suzuki (Jap.), Mohammed Alowais (KSA), Thibaut Courtois (Bel.), Örjan Nyland (Nor.), Bart Verbruggen (Ned.) 17 each

Own Goals:

Mohamed Hany (Egy.) 2 Bounou, Ellyes Skhiri (Tun.), Damian Bobadilla (Par.), Miro Muheim (Swi.), Abduvohid Nematov (Uzb.), Cameron Burgess (Aus.), Mahmoud Abunada (Qat.), Hassan Altambakti (KSA), Mohammed Manai (Qat.), Yazan Alarab (Jor.), Aymen Hussein (Irq.), Diney Borges (CPV) 1 each

Yellow Cards:

Issa Diop (Mor.) 3 Mohanad Lashin, Marawan Attia (both Egy.), Luc De Fougerolles (Can.), Haissem Hassan (Egy.), Caleb Yirenkyi (Gha.), Yasser Ibrahim, Teboho Mokoena (RSA), Cyle Larin (Can.), Gervane Kastaneer, Juninho Bacuna (both Cur.), Sidny Lopes Cabral (CPV), Ahmed Fathy (Qat.), Saeid Ezatolahi (Irn.), Noah Sadiki (DRC), Amir Alammari (Irq.), Breel Embolo (Swi.), Xhaka, Abdulkodir Khusanov (Uzb.), Denis Zakaria (Swi.), Renato Veiga (Por.), Declan Rice (Eng.), Stefan Posch (Aut.), Bernardo Silva (Por.), Ivan Perišič (Cro.), Danilo (Bra.), Alan Franco (Ecu.), Diego Gomez, Matias Galarza (both Par.), Casemiro (Bra.), Lisandro Martinez, Cristian Romero (both Arg.), Paredes, Fernandez 2 each

Red Cards:

Jarell Quansah (Eng.), Nathan Ngoy (Bel.), Tarik Muhamerovič (BIH), Agustin Canobbio (Uru.), Piero Hincapie (Ecu.), Folarin Balogun (USA), Miguel Almiron (Par.), Cesar Montes (Mex.), Embolo, Themba Zwane, Sphephelo Sithole (both RSA), Rebin Sulaka (Irq.), Homam Ahmed, Assim Madibo (both Qat.), Fernandez 1 each

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