Kylian Mbappé just did something that Pelé couldn’t. Something Lionel Messi couldn’t. The French forward scored his 13th and 14th World Cup goals, surpassing both legends and tying Gerd Müller’s all-time tally in the process.
Fourteen goals in 15 World Cup matches is the kind of stat line that makes you double-check your math.
The goals that made history
Mbappé scored in the 2018 final as a teenager. He then put up a hat-trick in the 2022 final against Argentina, a performance that earned him the Golden Boot with eight goals across that tournament alone.
Four of his 14 career World Cup goals have come in finals. One in 2018, three in 2022. Most elite strikers never score in a single World Cup final. Mbappé has done it four times across two.
