Mbappé Becomes World Cup's All-Time Leading Scorer

Across nearly a century of World Cup football, stretching back to the first tournament in 1930, no player had ever accumulated more goals in the competition than Kylian Mbappé now has. The French striker reached this milestone during the 2026 World Cup, not through a single inspired run but through the sustained excellence of a player who has repeatedly delivered on football's grandest stage. In breaking this record, Mbappé does not merely claim a statistic — he inscribes his name into the longest continuous thread of the sport's history, joining the small company of those whose greatness is m