Mbappé scored! Race for the all-time World Cup scoring record rages on

Mbappé scored! Race for the all-time World Cup scoring record rages onThe battle for the title of the top scorer in World Cup history remains INSANE!Miroslav Klose was leading that race before the 2026 edition of the tournament began.

But he saw his 16 goals be "ignored" by Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé while the group stage was still going on. Argentina's and France's No. 10s are locked in a real showdown.

Messi reached 20 goals by scoring in the epic clash against Cape Verde.And Mbappé got to 19 by opening the scoring for his national team against Paraguay - a match currently underway.After keeping France at bay in the first half, Paraguay saw the European side step things up after the break.

Introduced in the 60th minute, Doué made a strong impact. And he was brought down for a penalty by Diego Gomez.Uzbek referee Ilgiz Tantashev waved play on, but was called over by VAR.

Mbappé came face to face with Gil and beat the Paraguayan goalkeeper (70'). The Frenchman's 19th World Cup goal. His seventh in the current edition - drawing level with Messi.

A second straight World Cup with at least seven goals - he scored eight in 2022. Also matching Messi, who had been the only one with that stat. He now has 63 goals in 103 matches for the French national team.

He also has 42 assists.Top World Cup scorers:Lionel Messi 🇦🇷 - 20 goals Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷 - 19 goalsMiroslav Klose 🇩🇪 - 16 goalsRonaldo 🇧🇷 - 15 goalsGerd Müller 🇩🇪 - 14 goalsJust Fontaine 🇫🇷 - 13 goalsPelé 🇧🇷 - 12 goalsThis article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.