Look, this isn’t a crypto story. But if you’re the kind of person who reads CryptoBriefing, you probably appreciate rare statistical achievements, asymmetric talent, and assets that outperform every benchmark in their class. Lamine Yamal just posted numbers at the 2026 FIFA World Cup that belong in that conversation.
The 18-year-old Spanish winger has completed 30 successful dribbles at the tournament, making him only the fourth teenager to reach that threshold at a World Cup since tracking began in 1966.
The numbers behind the milestone
Yamal’s 30 successful dribbles place him alongside Kylian Mbappe, who recorded a staggering 50 dribbles during France’s victorious 2018 campaign, and Jamal Musiala, who tallied 32 for Germany at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
His dribbling average has ranged between 5.8 and 12 successful dribbles per 90 minutes during the tournament. That upper figure, 12 per 90, represents the highest rate any player has posted at a World Cup since Nigerian legend Jay-Jay Okocha accomplished the feat back in 1998. Okocha was 24 during that tournament. Yamal is six years younger and producing comparable output on the biggest stage in world football.
