Making history! Mbappé equals Gerd Müller's 56-year-old record

Kylian Mbappé continues to rewrite the history of world football. In the World Cup third-place match against England, the French captain delivered a stunning brace, scoring his second goal midway through the second half to cut his team's deficit to 3-4.

This goal marked the 27-year-old forward’s 22nd career strike at World Cups. With this achievement, Mbappé has taken sole possession at the top of the all-time World Cup goalscorers list, surpassing the legendary Lionel Messi.

In addition, this brace brought the Frenchman’s tally to 10 goals at the 2026 World Cup. Mbappé leads the tournament’s Golden Boot race with confidence, putting together one of the most prolific World Cup campaigns in modern football history.

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Remarkably, the last player to score 10 goals at a single World Cup was the legendary German striker Gerd Müller. At the 1970 tournament, Müller also netted ten times, and until Mbappé’s current heroics, no one had managed to equal this extraordinary feat for over half a century.