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France’s Kylian Mbappe made World Cup history on Saturday, surpassing every player who has ever competed in the tournament to become the all-time leading scorer.<\/p>

The 27-year-old accomplished the feat by netting two goals during France’s third-place match against England. His brace lifted his career World Cup goal tally to 22, helping Les Bleus cut the deficit to 4-3 in the second half.<\/p>

With that milestone, Mbappe moved past Argentina’s Lionel Messi, who had previously held the record at 21 goals. Messi is set to take the field Sunday when Argentina faces Spain in the tournament final.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

France’s Kylian Mbappe etched his name in World Cup history on Saturday, becoming the tournament’s all-time leading scorer. The 27-year-old struck twice in the third-place match against England, pushing his career World Cup total to 22 goals. His record-breaking performance came as France fought back to trail 4-3 in the second half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":97569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1784418357022.jpg?fit=450%2C291&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-pnI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97603,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/mbappe-surpasses-messi-to-become-world-cups-all-time-top-scorer\/","url_meta":{"origin":97570,"position":0},"title":"Mbappe Surpasses Messi to Become World Cup’s All-Time Top Scorer","author":"Admin","date":"July 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"France's Kylian Mbappe has climbed to the top of the World Cup all-time scoring chart after netting twice against England in the third-place playoff. 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