Kylian Mbappé just did what Kylian Mbappé does. On June 16, the 27-year-old scored twice in France’s 3-1 opening match victory over Senegal at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, lifting his career World Cup tally to 14 goals.
That number puts him past both Pelé (12) and Lionel Messi (13) on the all-time World Cup scoring list. Only Miroslav Klose, with 16, sits ahead of him.
A record-breaking afternoon
Mbappé entered the 2026 tournament with 12 World Cup goals, accumulated across the 2018 and 2022 editions. The 2022 final alone featured a hat-trick that nearly single-handedly dragged France back from a two-goal deficit against Argentina.
Against Senegal, he needed just one match to add two more to his collection. The brace didn’t only move him past two of the sport’s most sacred names on the World Cup leaderboard. It also made him France’s all-time leading international scorer, overtaking Olivier Giroud’s previous record.
