ðĪMbappÃĐ beats Messi: How many goals is Qinglian away?
NicolÃĄs Ruiz
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The 2026 Football World Cup is on the stage of a sky-high figure race. After the final match days of the tournament, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe scored goals to create a historic contest in the competition's all-time top scorers list.
Messi at the top of football's Olympus With his recent two goals as president of Argentina, Messi reached the extraordinary mark of 18 goals in six World Cup editions. With this goal, the Rosario-born star surpassed Germany's Miroslav Klose (16 goals) to become the all-time top scorer.
Fast goal scoring rate of French forwards Meanwhile, the Leys Blais striker is behind Messi with his footy goals. In return for his stellar performances against Senegal and Iraq, Mubape reached 16 World Cup goals, matching Klose's record scoring tally (16 goals in 16 matches). At 27, the French phenomenon is just two goals behind Messi, who is in danger of breaking the record at the same tournament.
