World Cup: Messi overtakes Klose to become all-time top scorer

During Argentina’s group-stage clash with Austria, Lionel Messi becomes FIFA World Cup history’s outright top scorer.

Following his hat-trick against Algeria, Messi finds the net again despite earlier missing a penalty, taking his World Cup tally to 17 goals and overtaking Miroslav Klose’s record of 16 to become the all-time leading scorer in the tournament’s history.

WORLD CUP TOP SCORERS:

• 17 — Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 16 — Miroslav Klose (Germany)
• 15 — Ronaldo (Brazil)
• 14 — Kylian Mbappé (France)
• 14 — Gerd Müller (Germany)
• 13 — Just Fontaine (France)
• 12 — Pelé (Brazil)