World Cup historical scorer list: Messi 13 goals Mbappe 12 goals Who can break Klose’s record of 16 goals

The current World Cup preliminaries are coming to an end, and fans are looking forward to the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Since the participating teams have expanded from 32 to 48 teams, there will be more strong and weak matchups, which will lead to more big-scoring games and allow attackers to score more goals.

On the World Cup historical scorer list, Klose (Germany) has scored 16 goals in 4 World Cups, surpassing Ronaldo (Brazil) who has 15 goals to rank first, that is, the World Cup historical scorer. Among currently active players, Messi is tied for fourth with 13 goals, Mbappe is tied for sixth with 12 goals, and Cristiano Ronaldo is out of the top 15 with 8 goals. So the question is, who can break Klose's record of 16 World Cup goals?

Ronaldo and Neymar, who have scored 8 goals, are out of the question. Basically, it depends on Messi and Mbappe. Messi is 38 years old. The 2026 World Cup is basically his last one. He needs to score 3+ goals to surpass Croatia. Lose; and Mbappe is only 26 years old and can still participate in 2-3 World Cups. Therefore, Mbappe has a high probability of breaking Klopp's record of 16 World Cup goals, but the premise of everything is that the players stay healthy, because the World Cup only occurs every four years, and there are many uncertainties.

Due to the expansion of the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico in 2026, there is a high probability that a new top scorer in World Cup history will be born. Will it be Messi or Mbappe? We'll see.