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France captain Kylian Mbappe became the youngest player to make 20 FIFA World Cup appearances and the fastest player to reach 20 goals in the tournament's history.
Mbappe's goal marked another milestone in his remarkable World Cup journey, taking his tally to 20 goals across the 2018, 2022 and 2026 editions. The France captain moved within one goal of Messi's all-time World Cup scoring record of 21 goals.

This was Mbappe's eighth goal in FIFA World Cup 2026. Mbappe's eighth goal of the 2026 World Cup also saw him join Argentina's Messi at the top of the Golden Boot race.
Mbappe has scored the winning goal in eight FIFA World Cup matches, now the outright most of any player in history, as per OptaJoe.
Mbappe also became the first player in France's history to be directly involved in 100 international goals, achieving the milestone with 64 goals and 36 assists for Les Bleus.

Mbappe also matches Messi for a record of missing a penalty, scoring a goal and assisting in the same World Cup match. Messi achieved the feat against Egypt.
Mbappe also went second in the list headed by Messi to miss a penalty, score a goal and assist in a same World Cup match. While Mbappe did it thrice, Messi leads the race with five such instances in the last 60 years.
With eight goals and three assists, Mbappe became the first player since 1966 to have 10-plus goal contributions in two seperate World Cups. He had 10 in 2022 and 11 so far in 2026.
His 11-goal contribution in the 2026 World Cup is the most by a footballer in a single edition since legendary Gerd Muller (13) of Germany in 1970.

Mbappe also tied with Messi with 14 goal contributions in the FIFA World Cup knockout stage for the most in last 60 years.

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