With the round of 16 competition now underway, Kylian Mbappe added a brace with two goals to catch Lionel. Messi at the top of the table while erling Haaland is still in second place.
Goals will continue to flow at the 2026 World Cup, with Liverpool's Round of 16 goal making major moves in the top scorers' table: Kylian Mbappe added two goals against Sweden to catch up with Lionel. Messi tied the score with 6 goals, while Erling Haaland scored for Norway against Ivory Coast. They are second with five goals, with Ousmane Dembélé and Vinicius Jr on four and Mexico's Julian Quinones in third.
World Cup 2026 top scorers ranking (updated)

6 goals: Lionel Messi (Argentina), Kylian Mbappe (France)
5 goals: Erling Haaland (Norway)
4 goals: Vinicius Jr (Brazil), Ousmane Dembélé (France)
3 goals: Matheus Cunha (Brazil), Jonathan David (Canada), Deniz Undav (Germany), Kai Havertz (Germany), Harry Kane (England), Ismael Saibari (Morocco), Elijah Just (New Zealand), Brian Brobbey (Netherlands), Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Yoane Wissa (Congo-Kinshasa), Ismaila Sarr (Senegal), Johan Manzambi (Switzerland), Julian Quinones (Mexico).
2 goals: Riyad Mahrez (Algeria), Marko Arnautovic (Austria), Leandro Trossard (Belgium), Ermin Mahmic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Cyle Larin (Canada), Daniel Munoz (Colombia), Amad Diallo (Ivory Coast), Nicolas Pépé (Ivory Coast), Jude Bellingham (England), Ramin Rezaeian (Iran), Daichi Kamada (Japan), Ayase Ueda (Japan), Raul Jimenez (Mexico), Crysencio Summerville (Netherlands), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Pape Gueye (Senegal), Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain), Folarin Balogun (USA), Ruben Vargas (Switzerland), Yasin Ayari (Sweden), Anthony Elanga (Sweden), Maximiliano Araujo (Uruguay), Bradley Barcola (France)
1 goal: Abdulelah Alamri (Saudi Arabia), Nadir Benbouali (Algeria), Rafik Belghali (Algeria), Amine Gouiri (Algeria), Lautaro Martinez (Argentina), Giovani Lo Celso (Argentina), Connor Metcalfe (Australia), Nestory Irankunda (Australia), Romano Schmid (Austria), Sasa Kalajdzic (Austria), Marcel Sabitzer (Austria), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Alexis. Saelemaekers (Belgium), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium), Karim Alajbegovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Jovo Lukic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Casemiro (Brazil), Gabriel Martinelli (Brazil), Nathan Saliba (Canada), Promise David (Canada), Stephen Eustaquio (Canada), Kevin Lenini (Cape Verde), Helio Varela (Cape Verde), Martin Baturina (Croatia), Ante Budimir (Croatia), Nikola Vlasic. (Croatia), Petar Musa (Croatia), Petar Sucic (Croatia), Livano Comenencia (Curaçao), Franck Kessie (Ivory Coast), Nilson Angulo (Ecuador), Gonzalo Plata (Ecuador), Mohamed Salah (Egypt), Trezeguet (Egypt), Emam Ashour (Egypt), Mostafa Zico (Egypt), Mahmoud Saber (Egypt), Désiré Doué (France), Felix Nmecha (Germany), Jamal Musiala (Germany), Nico Schlotterbeck (Germany), Nathaniel Brown (Germany), Leroy Sané (Germany), Caleb Yirenkyi (Ghana), Derrick Luckassen (Ghana), Wilson Isidor (Haiti), Marcus Rashford (England), Mohammad Mohebbi (Iran), Aymen Hussein (Iraq), Junya Ito (Japan), Daizen Maeda (Japan), Keito Nakamura (Japan), Kaishu Sano (Japan), Ali Olwan (Jordan), Mousa Altamari (Jordan), Nizar Al Rashdan (Jordan), Luis Romo (Mexico), Mateo Chavez (Mexico), Alvaro Fidalgo (Mexico), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco), Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco), Gessime Yassine (Morocco), Issa Diop (Morocco), Leo Ostigard (Norway), Marcus Pedersen (Norway), Tobias Aasgaard (Norway), Antonio Nusa (Norway), Finn Surman (New Zealand), Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands), Jan Paul van Hecke (Netherlands), Matias Galarza (Paraguay), Mauricio (Paraguay), Julio Enciso (Paraguay), Joao Neves (Portugal), Nuno Mendes (Portugal), Rafael Leao (Portugal), Al-Haydos (Qatar), Michal Sadilek (Czech Republic), Ladislav Krejci (Czech Republic), Fiston Mayele (Congo-Kinshasa), Ibrahim Mbaye (Senegal), Habib Diarra (Senegal), Iliman Ndiaye (Senegal), John McGinn (Scotland), Alex Baena (Spain), Lamine Yamal (Spain), Giovanni Reyna (USA), Alexander Freeman (USA), Sebastian Berhalter (USA), Auston Trusty (USA), Granit Xhaka (Switzerland), Breel Embolo (Switzerland), Alexander Isak (Sweden), Mattias Svanberg (Sweden), Viktor Gyokeres (Sweden), Teboho Mokoena (South Africa), Thapelo Maseko (South Africa), Kaan Ayhan (Turkey), Baris Yilmaz (Turkey), Arda Guler (Turkey), Omar Rekik (Tunisia), Hazem Mastouri (Tunisia), Abbosbek Fayzullaev (Uzbekistan), Agustin Canobbio (Uruguay).
Note: Lists and number of goals are based on the latest results compiled for the 2026 World Cup.
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