He is only 24 years old. He already knows what it is to win the World Cup. But he wants to establish himself as the best footballer of the moment in Qatar. Exhibition after exhibition, Kylian Mbappé has managed to enter the World Cup history books with just nine games played. With the two goals scored against Poland, he is already the eighth highest scorer in World Cup history. But to establish the relevance of his numbers, it must be taken into account that he surpasses Pelé's scoring record at his same age, that he had scored seven goals.
With nine goals, Mbappé beats Maradona, Cristiano Ronaldo, Rivaldo or Völler, who scored eight goals, with a stroke of the pen. He also reaches the height of historical talents such as Leo Messi himself. But many others like the Portuguese Eusebio, the Italians Roberto Baggio and Vieri, the Brazilians Vavá and Jairzinho, the Spanish David Villa and the Germans Rummenigge and Seeler.
Great numbers for his age that defy football history. In the remainder of the championship, he could still climb more positions. But it is that still being 24 years old, he could play a minimum of two more World Cups in full physical condition.
Batistuta, Thomas Müller, Gary Lineker or Teófilo Cubillas await him in the next step (10 goals), among others. And now he would only have seven scorers left to beat, in this order: Klinsmann and Kocsis (11), Pelé (12), Fontaine (13), Gerd Müller (14), Ronaldo (15) and Miroslav Klose, who with 16 He is the top scorer ever. Eight goals Mbappé needs to reach that historic figure.
