Mexico vs. England: Is Harry Kane the greatest Three Lions player of all time?

Ahead of England's last-16 clash with Mexico astatine the 2026 World Cup, Sports Mole's Football Editor Matt Law discusses Three Lions skipper Harry Kane.

Matt Law, Football Editor: "It's a truly absorbing debate"

It's a truly absorbing debate. There are truthful galore fantastic England talents and it's always hard to comparison players from antithetic generations. 

You person Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, iconic figures for England who achieved truthful overmuch for the nationalist side. More recently, Wayne Rooney is idiosyncratic I would spot towards the apical of that list. 

It's hard, and portion I privation to springiness a wide answer, I'm struggling due to the fact that I don't think determination is one. 

Looking astatine Rooney's goals astatine World Cups, helium lone got 1 World Cup goal, which is staggering fixed however galore goals helium scored for England wide and what an iconic subordinate helium was. 

He performed a batch amended for England successful the European Championship, but to person conscionable 1 World Cup extremity is remarkable. 

Kane has drawn level with Just Fontaine, present connected 13 World Cup goals. 

He's unfortunate that Messi and Mbappe person been truthful bully this summertime and look to beryllium pulling clear, due to the fact that Kane would beryllium close successful that statement if they weren't doing truthful well. 

World Cup performances volition ever specify for maine however bully a subordinate is, because it's the hardest tourney to find the backmost of the nett for a striker. 

The fact he's done that 13 times successful 15 games for England is astounding. His publication to shot arsenic a full is 82 goals, much than anyone other for England. 

I privation to accidental yes or no but I'm finding it hard, so I'd prefer to say he's probably top three. If helium wins the World Cup for England this summer, past possibly he is number one.