Messi and Mbappe surpass Klose

The FIFA World Cup is a big football tournament that happens every four years.

For a long time, Miroslav Klose held the record for the most goals scored in the World Cup.

But in the 2026 World Cup, two famous football players, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, scored so many goals that they both passed Klose's record.

Messi was the leading scorer for a little while, but Mbappe ended up with the most goals by the end of the tournament.

This is a big deal because it's not easy to score so many goals in the World Cup, and these players are now remembered as some of the greatest goal scorers in the history of the tournament.