Kylian Mbappe World Cup stats: Goals, assists, records and milestones

Few players in the history of international football have made their mark on the World Cup as quickly and as dramatically as Kylian Mbappe.

The France captain scored 10 times in eight appearances at the 2026 competition to secure the Golden Ball, and he is now the tournament's all-time leading goalscorer with 22.

Sports Mole presents a full breakdown of his World Cup statistics, the records he has set along the way and the ones he is close to breaking.

How many goals did Kylian Mbappe score at the World Cup?

Mbappe has scored 22 goals across 22 appearances at the World Cup, while also adding four assists. His tally includes 10 goals at the 2026 tournament alone.

France fell short in terms of success in the 2026 competition, losing to Spain in the semi-finals before suffering a defeat to England in the third-placed playoff.

The Real Madrid forward was just 19 years old when he arrived at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and he wasted very little time in announcing himself on the global stage, scoring four goals across seven appearances in the tournament as he helped France lift the trophy.

His most memorable performance in Russia came in the round of 16 against Argentina, where he showed a level of directness and pace that defenders struggled to live with – he left the game with a brace, scoring twice in four second-half minutes as France won 4-3.

He played a pivotal role in helping his country win the tournament, earning the Young Player Award for his performances throughout the competition.

However, if Russia 2018 was the emergence of a star, Qatar 2022 was confirmation of his greatness, as Mbappe scored eight goals and registered two assists in seven matches, comfortably winning the Golden Boot as the tournament's top scorer.

His campaign included a goal against Australia and a brace against Denmark in the group stage, two more against Poland in the round of 16, and a hat-trick in the final against Argentina.

Mbappe was also awarded the Silver Ball as the tournament's second-best player behind Lionel Messi.

Kylian Mbappe World Cup records

Mbappe's very first World Cup goal came against Peru in the group stage of the 2018 edition, making him France's youngest-ever scorer at a major tournament at the age of 19 years and 183 days.

In the same edition, he scored the fourth goal in the 4-2 final win over Croatia, making him only the second teenager, after Brazil's Pele in 1958, to score in a World Cup final.

In 2022, he became only the second player in history to score three goals in a World Cup final after England's Geoff Hurst in 1966. Despite his individual brilliance, however, France were beaten 4-2 on penalties after a 3-3 draw.

That hat-trick took his tally in World Cup finals to four, the most by any player in history, surpassing the likes of Pele, Zinedine Zidane, Vava and Hurst, who all have three.

Mbappe has now surpassed Miroslav Klose's long-standing record of 16 World Cup goals, which the German striker set across four tournaments. He now sits first in the all-time list, one goal ahead of Lionel Messi, who has surely now played his final World Cup game.

Kylian Mbappe 2026 World Cup performance

The expanded 48-team format of the 2026 World Cup meant more matches and, therefore, more chances for Mbappe to add to his tally while also retaining the Golden Boot.

Mbappe opened his account with a brace in France's 3-1 group stage win over Senegal, before scoring twice again against Iraq to equal Miroslav Klose's all-time World Cup goals record.

He has also become France's all-time leading international scorer, surpassing Olivier Giroud's record of 57 goals. His brace against Sweden in France's 3-0 Round of 32 win moved him into outright second place on the all-time World Cup scorer list, behind only Messi.

The forward then scored a penalty against Paraguay in the Round of 16 - his seventh of the tournament to equal Messi in the Golden Boot race and send France into the quarter-finals with a 1-0 win.

Mbappe struck his eighth goal of the tournament in France's 2-0 win over Morocco in the quarter-finals, before hitting a double in the third-placed playoff with England to take him onto 10 goals at the tournament, securing another top goalscorer award.

Mbappe has scored seven or more goals in two different World Cups - a feat only Messi has previously achieved.