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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
| 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
| 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.
Kylian Mbappe in FIFA World Cups
| 2018 | Russia | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | Qatar | 7 | 8 |
| 2026 | USA, Mexico, Canada | 6* | 8* |
In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Mbappe again played all seven matches for Les Bleus and scored eight goals, which included a hat-trick in the final against Argentina on December 18, 2022.
In this year’s FIFA World Cup, Mbappe scored two goals in France’s first Group I match against Senegal and a brace in the second match against Iraq as well.
He remained goalless in the final group fixture against Norway but scored two goals again in the Round of 32 match against Sweden. He then scored a penalty in the Round of 16 match against Paraguay to seal a 1-0 win before scoring one goal in the quarterfinal match.
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