Real Madrid star Mbappé moves ahead of Messi in all-time World Cup goals

Real Madrid star Mbappé moves ahead of Messi in all-time World Cup goals The World Cup 2026 has come to an end for two more Real Madrid players as France and England played for the third place in a 10-goal thriller last night. Both Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham starred for their sides in this game. The English midfielder came on only as a substitute in this game, but scored a wonderful goal to conclude his World Cup campaign. With this goal, he took his goals tally in this edition of the tournament to seven, and he also gave one assist in this match. Still, not a lot was at stake for him in this game. This was not entirely the case for Mbappe. Despite having dropped from the race for the World Cup title at the semi-final stage , he is still in contention for the Golden Boot. He scored a brace in last night’s game, and also gave an assist. With this brace, he took his goal tally in this edition to 10, and is now the sole leading scorer in the competition, with Lionel Messi, who is still to play the final, following close behind with 8 goals. Meanwhile, as MARCA has noted, with these two goals, Mbappe has also become the highest all-time scorer in the World Cup, with his total goals tally in the top international tournament going up to 22 goals. In all-time standings, he leads the Argentine by only a single goal. However, the Frenchman has reached this sum in 22 games in 3 World Cups, while the Argentine needed 31 games in 6 World Cups to reach this number. With his assist in the game against England, Kylian Mbappe has also tied Lionel Messi in the number of assists in this edition of the tournament, i.e., four. Thus, the Argentine will have to score at least 2 goals in tonight’s final against Spain to have a chance of winning the Golden Boot over the Real Madrid star.