He is one goal ahead of Messi, seven times Argentinian Ballon d’Or and author of a double in the final (3-3 following extra time).
Mbappé equaled the record of three goals scored in a single final, held since 1966 by Englishman Geoff Hurts. But the PSG striker now holds the record for goals (4) scored in the World Cup final following the one scored in 2018 once morest Croatia.
Final ranking of the scorers of the 2022 World Cup:
8 goals: Mbappe (France)
7 buts: Messi (Argentine)
4 goals: Álvarez (Argentina), Giroud (France)
3 goals: Álvaro Morata (Spain), Gakpo (Netherlands), Ramos (Portugal), Rashford (England), Richarlison (Brazil), Saka (England), E. Valencia (Ecuador)
2 goals: Aboubakar (Cameroon), Al-Dawsari (Saudi Arabia), Cho (South Korea), De Arrascaeta (Uruguay), Doan (Japan), Embolo (Switzerland), En-Nesyri (Morocco), B. Fernandes ( Portugal), Fullkrug (Germany), Havertz (Germany), Kane (England), Kramaric (Croatia), Kudus (Ghana), Leão (Portugal), Lewandowski (Poland), Mitrovic (Serbia), Neymar (Brazil), Taremi ( Iran), Torres (Spain), Weghorst (Netherlands)
1 goal: Aboukhlal (Morocco), Akanji (Switzerland), Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia), Asano (Japan), A. Ayew (Ghana), Bale (Wales), Batshuayi (Belgium), Bellingham (England), Blind (Netherlands), Bukari (Ghana), Caicedo (Ecuador), Casemiro (Brazil), Castelletto (Cameroon), Chávez (Mexico), Cheshmi (Iran), Choupo Moting (Cameroon), Christensen (Denmark), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Dari (Morocco), Davies (Canada), de Jong (Netherlands), Depay (Netherlands), Di María (Argentina), Dia (Senegal), Diedhiou (Senegal), Dieng (Senegal), Duke (Australia), Dumfries (Netherlands), Félix (Portugal), Fernández (Argentina), Foden (England), Freuler (Switzerland), Fuller (Costa Rica), Gavi (Spain), Gnabry (Germany), Goodwin ( Australia), Grealish (England), Guerreiro (Portugal), Gündogan (Germany), Gvardiol (Croatia), Henderson (England), T. Hernandez (France), Hwang (South Korea), Khazri (Tunisia), Kim Young- gwon (South Korea), Klaassen (Netherlands), Kolo Muani (France), Koulibaly (Senegal), Leckie ( Australia), Livaja (Croatia), Mac Allister (Argentina), Maeda (Japan), Majer (Croatia), Marco Asensio (Spain), Martín (Mexico), Milinkovic-Savic (Serbia), Molina Lucero (Argentina), Muntari ( Qatar), Olmo (Spain), Orsic (Croatia), Paik (South Korea), Paqueta (Brazil), Pavlovic (Serbia), Pepe (Portugal), Perisic (Croatia), Petkovic (Croatia), Pulisic (USA) ), Rabiot (France), Rezaian (Iran), Ricardo Horta (Portugal), Saiss (Morocco), Salisu (Ghana), Sarr (Senegal), Shaqiri (Switzerland), Soler (Spain), Sterling (England), Tanaka ( Japan), Tchouameni (France), Tejeda (Costa Rica), Vinícius Júnior (Brazil), Vlahovic (Serbia), Weah (United States), Wright (United States), Zielinski (Poland), Ziyech (Morocco).