Lionel Messi: Lionel Messi has once again done wonders in the world of football, bringing him to the forefront of the world’s greatest players. Messi created history in a thrilling match between Argentina and Austria in the FIFA World Cup 2026 being played in Dallas on June 22. By scoring a brilliant goal in this match, Messi has now become the player with the highest goalscorer in the FIFA World Cup.

Lionel Messi broke the record of Germany’s Miroslav Klose
38-year-old Lionel Messi has scored his 17th goal in the World Cup, breaking the old record of 16 goals of the great German player Miroslav Klose. Messi has appeared in excellent form so far in this FIFA World Cup. His excellent form can be gauged from the fact that he has made a record of scoring goals in 6 consecutive matches in the FIFA World Cup. Now he has joined the exclusive club of great players like Just Fontaine of France and Jairzinho of Brazil.

Players who scored the most goals in the FIFA World Cup
The record of scoring most goals in the FIFA World Cup has been added to the name of Lionel Messi, while in this case he has left behind the record of great German player Miroslav Klose (16 goals). In this list, Brazil’s famous player Ronaldo is at third place with 15 goals. At the same time, France’s Kylian Mbappe and Germany’s Gerd Mueller are in joint fourth place with 14 goals each. In the coming time, Mbappe can break this record of Messi.

Messi scored a brilliant hat-trick against Algeria
Lionel Messi had scored a total of 13 goals in the 5 World Cup seasons played before the 2026 World Cup. In his very first match of this tournament, he scored a brilliant hat-trick against Algeria and equaled Germany’s Miroslav Klose’s record of 16 goals. After this, he overtook Klose by scoring his 17th goal against Austria on Monday. Along with this, when he appeared in the match against Algeria, Messi also became the first player in the world to play 6 different FIFA World Cups.