Messi, Maradona, Pele: Players with most goals+assists in World Cup history | OneFootball

Kylian Mbappe was absolutely extraordinary at the 2022 World Cup.

France may not have emerged victorious in Qatar, but Mbappe did everything he possibly could in his side’s bid to retain their World Cup crown.

Mbappe won the Golden Boot as he scored eight times in this year’s tournament, including a hat-trick against Argentina in the final.

He also bagged two assists in Qatar.

Still just 23 years old, Mbappe has already recorded an extremely impressive 14 goal contributions at the World Cup.

Despite playing in just two editions of the competition, he is already among the players with the most combined goals and assists in World Cup history.

But how close is he to the summit?

Twitter user @avisualgame has crunched the numbers and named the players with the most goals and assists in World Cup history.

It’s an illustrious list and you can view it below…

=20. Harry Kane – 11 (8 goals, 3 assists)

=20. Roberto Baggio – 11 (9 goals, 2 assists)

=20. Raymond Kopa – 11 (5 goals, 6 assists)

=20. Rudi Voller – 11 (8 goals, 3 assists)

=20. Didi – 11 (4 goals, 7 assists)

=20. Luis Suarez – 11 (7 goals, 4 assists)

=17. Teofilo Cubillas – 12 (10 goals, 2 assists)

=17. Leonidas – 12 (8 goals, 4 assists)

=17. Paolo Rossi – 12 (9 goals, 3 assists)

=13. Fritz Walter – 13 (4 goals, 9 assists)

=13. Rivaldo – 13 (8 goals, 5 assists)

=13. Sandor Kocsis – 13 (11 goals, 2 assists)

=13. Jurgen Klinsmann – 13 (11 goals, 2 assists)

12. Kylian Mbappe – 14 (12 goals, 2 assists)

=10. Ademir – 15 (9 goals, 6 assists)

=10. Just Fontaine – 15 (13 goals, 2 assists)

=8. Thomas Muller- 16 (10 goals, 6 assists)

=8. Diego Maradona – 16 (8 goals, 8 assists)

=6. Uwe Seeler – 17 (9 goals, 8 assists)

=6. Grzegorz Lato – 17 (10 goals, 7 assists)

=3. Ronaldo Nazario – 19 (15 goals, 4 assists)

=3. Gerd Muller – 19 (14 goals, 5 assists)

=3. Miroslav Klose – 19 (16 goals, 3 assists)

2. Pele – 20 (12 goals, 8 assists)

1. Lionel Messi – 21 (13 goals, 8 assists)

Messi now has the most goals and assists in World Cup history after a string of inspired performances in Qatar.

He overtook the legendary Pele, German duo Klose and Muller, as well as Ronaldo Nazario, to take top spot.

The Argentine has almost definitely played in his final World Cup and will almost definitely not add to his tally.

Mbappe, just 23 years old, finds himself just outside the top 10 and just seven goal contributions behind his PSG teammate.

Mbappe could well take top spot at the 2026 World Cup, which will be hosted in USA, Canada and Mexico.

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