FIFA World Cup: Who scored the most goals, assists, saves and yellow cards?

FIFA’s biggest planetary showpiece saw 1,039 players from 48 nations play crossed 16 venues and people 308 goals.

As Spain bask successful the glory of their World Cup win successful the streets of Madrid, and Argentina travel to presumption with being dethroned, the curtain has officially fallen connected the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Much volition beryllium remembered astir the planetary showpiece that was FIFA’s biggest tourney to date: 3 big nations, 16 venues, 104 matches crossed 39 days, featuring 1,039 players from 48 nations, and 308 goals scored.

The magnitude of the tourney is reflected successful statistic that surpassed those of Qatar 2022 and stands arsenic a testament to ever-evolving diversion quality and sporting limits.

Here’s a afloat breakdown of the 2026 World Cup successful numbers:

Most goals and assists

France and Real Madrid prima guardant Kylian Mbappe took location his second Golden Boot award aft scoring 10 goals crossed the tourney – the archetypal subordinate to bash truthful successful a World Cup since West Germany’s Gerd Muller successful 1970 – to surpass Lionel Messi, who finished with 8 successful the 2026 edition.

Mbappe, 27, became the all-time starring extremity scorer successful World Cup past with 22 aft his 2nd extremity during France’s third-place lucifer against England, whose guardant Jude Bellingham besides scripted immoderate past of his ain arsenic the archetypal Englishman to people 7 goals successful a World Cup.

Top extremity scorers:

• Kylian Mbappe (France): 10 goals, 4 assists
• Lionel Messi (Argentina): 8 goals, 4 assists
• Jude Bellingham (England): 7 goals, 1 assist
• Erling Haaland (Norway): 7 goals, 0 assists
• Ousmane Dembele (France): 6 goals, 2 assists
• Harry Kane (England): 6 goals, 2 assists
• Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain): 5 goals, 1 assist
• Ismaila Sarr (Senegal): 4 goals, 1 assist
• Julián Quinones (Mexico): 4 goals, 1 assist
• Vinicius Junior (Brazil): 4 goals, 1 assist

France besides apical the database for astir assists aft Bayern Munich midfielder Michael Olise made his seventh during the third-place lucifer against England.

Next champion were 5 players with 4 assists each: Norway’s Martin Odegaard, Mbappe, Brahim Diaz of Morocco, Brazilian midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, and Messi.

England and France topped the attacking stats with 20 goals each.

The Three Lions had 14 assists, 118 attempts astatine extremity (52 connected target), and 50 percent possession control. France, meanwhile, had 18 assists, 139 attempts astatine extremity (59 connected target), and 51 percent possession.

Top squad goals and assists: 

• England: 20 goals, 14 assists
• France: 20 goals, 18 assists
• Argentina: 19 goals, 12 assists
• Spain: 14 goals, 10 assists
• Belgium: 14 goals, 10 assists

England’s Jude Bellingham celebrates scoring his team’s sixth extremity during the 2026 World Cup third-place lucifer betwixt France and England astatine Miami Stadium, US connected July 18, 2026 [AFP]

Most saves and cleanable sheets

Paraguay goalkeeper Orlando Gill was instrumental to his side’s daze triumph implicit Germany aft a drawstring of saves, including 2 successful the punishment shootout that took them to the circular of 16.

Spain’s Unai Simon yet had the champion show to triumph the Golden Glove award, portion debutant Cape Verde’s Vozinha had immoderate of the astir memorable saves and heroics.

Most saves by a goalkeeper: 

• Orlando Gill (Paraguay): 28
• Eloy Room (Curacao): 21
• Emiliano Martinez (Argentina): 20
• Gregor Kobel (Switzerland): 20
• Diogo Costa (Portugal): 20
• Jordan Pickford (England): 19
• Yassine Bounou (Morocco): 19
• Vozinha (Cape Verde): 18
• Zion Suzuki (Japan): 17
• Mohammed Al Owais (Saudi Arabia): 17

World Cup winners Spain had the astir cleanable sheets (7), followed by 4 each from France, Colombia and Mexico. Argentina, Morocco, England, Brazil, Ivory Coast and Paraguay had 2 each.

Paraguay’s Orlando Gill makes a prevention from Germany’s Kai Havertz [Peter Cziborra/Reuters]

In defence, Qatar and Egypt had the astir ain goals (2), portion 10 countries had 1 ain extremity each.

Most goals conceded: 

• Iraq, Tunisia, England: 12
• Uzbekistan, Norway: 11
• New Zealand, Sweden, France, Qatar: 10
• Curacao, Senegal, Algeria, Austria: 9
• Jordan, Haiti, Argentina, Bosnia & Herzegovina, USA: 8

Unsurprisingly, the astir yellowish cards went to Argentina (15) and Egypt (12), whose last-16 match was arguably 1 of the astir controversial, heavy scrutinised, politically charged, and heated of the tournament.

Most yellowish cards: 

• Argentina: 15
• Egypt: 12
• Canada: 11
• Paraguay: 9
• Brazil, England, Switzerland, Colombia, Ecuador: 8
• Curacao, Portugal, USA, Haiti, Morocco, Bosnia: 7

Qatar and South Africa picked up 2 reddish cards each, with the erstwhile handed to Assim Madibo for a clumsy situation connected Ismael Kone that ended successful a horrific injury.

Egypt manager Hossam Hassan is shown a yellowish paper by referee Francois Letexier [Paul Childs/Reuters]