{"id":22474,"date":"2026-06-17T03:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/kylian-mbappe-becomes-frances-all-kylian-mbappe-becomes-frances-all-time-top-scorer-aftkylian-mbappe-becomes-frances-all-time-top-scorer-after-senegal-3-1-brace-6-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T03:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:17:10","slug":"kylian-mbappe-becomes-frances-all-kylian-mbappe-becomes-frances-all-time-top-scorer-aftkylian-mbappe-becomes-frances-all-time-top-scorer-after-senegal-3-1-brace-6-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/kylian-mbappe-becomes-frances-all-kylian-mbappe-becomes-frances-all-time-top-scorer-aftkylian-mbappe-becomes-frances-all-time-top-scorer-after-senegal-3-1-brace-6-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 becomes France\u2019s all-Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 becomes France\u2019s all-time top scorer aftKylian Mbapp\u00e9 becomes France\u2019s all-time top scorer after Senegal 3-1 brace: 6 World Cup records he can still breaker Senegal 3-1 brace: 6 World Cup records he can still breaktime top scorer after Senegal 3-1 brace: 6 World Cup records he can still break | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131781661,imgsize-183400,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/kylian-mbapp-sparks-france-with-two-goals-in-3-1-win-over-senegal-at-the-world-cup.jpg\" alt=\"Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 becomes France\u2019s all-time top scorer after Senegal 3-1 brace: 6 World Cup records he can still break\" title=\"France's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the World Cup Group I soccer match between France and Senegal in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"France's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the World Cup Group I soccer match between France and Senegal in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II)\">France&#8217;s Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the World Cup Group I soccer match between France and Senegal in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 entered the 2026 FIFA World Cup with an opportunity to add another chapter to what is already one of the greatest international careers football has ever seen. Still only 27 years old, the France captain is playing in his third World Cup and is already among the most prolific scorers in the tournament&#8217;s history.<!-- --> Following his two-goal performance in France&#8217;s 3-1 victory over Senegal in their Group I opener at MetLife Stadium on June 17, Mbapp\u00e9 has already rewritten part of the record books and remains within touching distance of several more French, World Cup and all-time football records.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Here are all the major records Mbapp\u00e9 can break, match or extend during the 2026 World Cup.<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"7\">\n<h3>1. Become France&#8217;s all-time leading goalscorer<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>The most immediate record within Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s reach was France&#8217;s all-time scoring record.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>He entered the tournament with 56 goals in 98 caps for the French national team, just one behind Olivier Giroud\u2019s record of 57.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>However, Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s brace against Senegal, a 66th-minute strike followed by a stoppage-time goal, took him to 58 international goals and moved him past Giroud as France&#8217;s outright leading goalscorer.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">France all-time goalscorers:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"18\">\n<ol>\n<li>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 \u2013 58 goals<\/li>\n<li>Olivier Giroud \u2013 57 goals<\/li>\n<li>Thierry Henry \u2013 51 goals<\/li>\n<li>Antoine Griezmann \u2013 44 goals<\/li>\n<li>Michel Platini \u2013 41 goals<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p>At just 27 years old, Mbapp\u00e9 now owns the record and looks set to extend it significantly in the years ahead.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"24\">\n<h3>2. Become France&#8217;s leading World Cup goalscorer<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9 is also on the verge of overtaking one of the most iconic records in French football history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Just Fontaine&#8217;s 13 goals during the 1958 World Cup stood as France&#8217;s World Cup scoring benchmark for nearly seven decades and still remains the record for the most goals scored by a player at a single World Cup. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>Mbapp\u00e9 entered the 2026 tournament with 12 World Cup goals and moved beyond Fontaine&#8217;s overall French mark by scoring twice against Senegal, taking his tally to 14 and establishing a new national record.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">France&#8217;s all-time World Cup goalscorers:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"34\">\n<ol>\n<li>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 \u2013 14 goals<\/li>\n<li>Just Fontaine \u2013 13 goals<\/li>\n<li>Thierry Henry \u2013 6 goals<\/li>\n<li>Zinedine Zidane \u2013 5 goals<\/li>\n<li>Michel Platini \u2013 5 goals<\/li>\n<li>Olivier Giroud \u2013 5 goals<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p>With his brace against Senegal, Mbapp\u00e9 has already surpassed Fontaine and become France&#8217;s outright leading scorer in World Cup history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>3. Become the all-time leading World Cup goalscorer<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>Perhaps the biggest individual record available to Mbapp\u00e9 is the overall World Cup scoring record.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/>Germany legend Miroslav Klose currently sits at the top with 16 goals, but Mbapp\u00e9 is already remarkably close despite being only in his third tournament.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"45\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">All-time World Cup goalscorers:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"47\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"48\">\n<ol>\n<li>Miroslav Klose (Germany) \u2013 16 goals<\/li>\n<li>Ronaldo (Brazil) \u2013 15 goals<\/li>\n<li>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 (France) \u2013 14 goals<\/li>\n<li>Gerd M\u00fcller (Germany) \u2013 14 goals<\/li>\n<li>Just Fontaine (France) \u2013 13 goals<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Messi (Argentina) \u2013 13 goals<\/li>\n<li>Pel\u00e9 (Brazil) \u2013 12 goals<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9 now needs:<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"50\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"51\">\n<ul>\n<li>1 goal to move level with Ronaldo<\/li>\n<li>2 goals to move level with Miroslav Klose<\/li>\n<li>3 goals to become the outright leading scorer in World Cup history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Given that he has already started the tournament with two goals, another deep French run could put the record firmly within reach.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"53\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"55\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"56\">\n<h3>4. Extend his record for most goals scored in World Cup finals<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>Unlike many of the records on this list, this is one Mbapp\u00e9 already owns.He scored once in France&#8217;s 4-2 victory over Croatia in the 2018 World Cup final and then produced one of the greatest performances in World Cup final history by scoring a hat-trick against Argentina in the 2022 final.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"59\"\/>That gives him four goals in World Cup finals, more than any player ever.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"61\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Most goals scored in World Cup finals:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"63\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"64\">\n<ol>\n<li>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 \u2013 4 goals<\/li>\n<li>Geoff Hurst \u2013 3 goals<\/li>\n<li>Vav\u00e1 \u2013 3 goals<\/li>\n<li>Pel\u00e9 \u2013 3 goals<\/li>\n<li>Zinedine Zidane \u2013 3 goals<\/li>\n<li>Gino Colaussi \u2013 2 goals<\/li>\n<li>Silvio Piola \u2013 2 goals<\/li>\n<li>Helmut Rahn \u2013 2 goals<\/li>\n<li>Mario Kempes \u2013 2 goals<\/li>\n<li>Paul Breitner \u2013 2 goals<\/li>\n<li>Ronaldo \u2013 2 goals<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Messi \u2013 2 goals<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p>If France reach another final, Mbapp\u00e9 would have the chance to extend a record that already places him alone at the top of football history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"66\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"67\">\n<h3>5. Become the first player to win the Golden Boot twice<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another unique achievement is within reach.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"69\"\/>Mbapp\u00e9 won the Golden Boot at the 2022 World Cup after scoring eight goals during France&#8217;s run to the final.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"71\"\/>No player has ever won the Golden Boot twice, since the award&#8217;s inception, every World Cup has produced a different top scorer.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"74\"\/>His two goals against Senegal have given him an early lead in the race for the 2026 Golden Boot, and if he finishes as the tournament&#8217;s leading scorer, he would become the first player in more than 90 years of World Cup history to win the award on two separate occasions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"76\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"77\">\n<h3>6. Become a two-time World Cup winner<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>France lifted the World Cup in 2018 before finishing runners-up to Argentina in 202, if Les Bleus go all the way in 2026, Mbapp\u00e9 would secure a second World Cup title, he would also join a very exclusive group of players to have won multiple World Cups.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"80\"\/>Alongside teammates Lucas Hernandez, N&#8217;Golo Kant\u00e9 and Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, Mbapp\u00e9 could become the first French player to win two World Cups as a player.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"82\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"83\">\n<h3>7. Become only the second player to reach three World Cup finals in three appearances<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>Very few players have managed to reach the World Cup final in three consecutive tournament appearances.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"85\"\/>Only one player has done it so far: Brazil legend Cafu ( 1994, 1998, 2002).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"87\"\/>Mbapp\u00e9 has already appeared in the 2018 and 2022 finals.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"89\"\/>If France reach the final again in 2026, he would become just the second player ever to achieve the feat.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"92\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>8. Become the first player to score in three consecutive World Cup finals<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"94\"\/>This may be the rarest achievement available to him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"96\"\/>Mbapp\u00e9 scored in the 2018 final against Croatia and then scored three times in the 2022 final against Argentina.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"98\"\/>If France reach the final again and Mbapp\u00e9 finds the net, he would become the first player in football history to score in three consecutive World Cup finals. No player has ever managed that feat before.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"100\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>A World Cup legacy already among the greatest ever<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"102\"\/>Even before the knockout rounds begin, Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s World Cup r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is extraordinary.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"105\"\/>At just 27 years old, he already has:<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"107\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"108\">\n<ul>\n<li>A World Cup winner&#8217;s medal from 2018<\/li>\n<li>A World Cup runners-up medal from 2022<\/li>\n<li>14 World Cup goals<\/li>\n<li>Four goals in World Cup finals<\/li>\n<li>A Golden Boot from 2022<\/li>\n<li>Two World Cup final appearances<\/li>\n<li>France&#8217;s all-time goalscoring record<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Most players spend their entire careers hoping to achieve one of those milestones.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"110\"\/>Mbapp\u00e9 has already broken Olivier Giroud&#8217;s France scoring record and surpassed Just Fontaine as France&#8217;s leading World Cup goalscorer. He now sits just two goals behind Miroslav Klose&#8217;s all-time World Cup record and one behind Ronaldo&#8217;s tally of 15.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"112\"\/>With France still having a long road ahead in the tournament, every appearance Mbapp\u00e9 makes could bring another piece of football history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"114\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/kylian-mbapp-becomes-frances-all-time-top-scorer-after-senegal-3-1-brace-6-world-cup-records-he-can-still-break\/articleshow\/131781468.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France&#8217;s Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the World Cup Group I soccer match between France and Senegal in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. 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