Erling Haaland scored two goals for Norway in their FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 16 match against Brazil on Sunday (July 5). He opened his account in the 79th minute of the match played at New York New Jersey Stadium and then scored the second goal in the 90th minute. The brace by Haaland against the Selecao not only helped Norway qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2026 quarterfinals, but it also helped him extend his tally of goals to seven in this year’s tournament.
Haaland has played four matches for Norway in his maiden FIFA World Cup and scored seven goals. He is tied with Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe in the list of players with the most goals in the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Erling Haaland’s goals in FIFA World Cup 2026
| GOAL NUMBER | AGAINST | VENUE | DATE |
| 1 | Iraq | Gillette Stadium, Foxborough | June 16 |
| 2 | Iraq | Gillette Stadium, Foxborough | June 16 |
| 3 | Senegal | MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford | June 22 |
| 4 | Senegal | MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford | June 22 |
| 5 | Ivory Coast | AT&T Stadium, Arlington | June 30 |
| 6 | Brazil | MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford | July 5 |
| 7 | Brazil | MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford | July 5 |
Messi has also scored seven
times in four matches for Argentina, whereas Mbappe has seven goals and two assists to his name in five matches for France.
Most goals in FIFA World Cup 2026
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | GOALS | ASSISTS | MINUTES PLAYED |
| Kylian Mbappe | France | 5 | 7 | 2 | 482 |
| Lionel Messi | Argentina | 4 | 7 | 0 | 361 |
| Erling Haaland | Norway | 4 | 7 | 0 | 416 |
| Harry Kane | England | 4 | 5 | 0 | 394 |
| Ousmane Dembele | France | 5 | 4 | 2 | 391 |
| Mikel Oyarzabal | Spain | 4 | 4 | 1 | 333 |
| Ismaila Sarr | Senegal | 5 | 4 | 1 | 419 |
| Vinicius Junior | Brazil | 4 | 4 | 1 | 505 |
| Deniz Undav | Germany | 4 | 3 | 2 | 174 |
| Johan Manzambi | Switzerland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 220 |
The seven goals each by Mbappe, Messi, and Haaland in this year’s World Cup have created a new record. It is the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup that three players have managed to score at least seven goals in one edition of the tournament.
1 – This is the first time in World Cup history that three different players have scored 7+ goals in a single edition of the tournament
🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé: 7 goals
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi: 7 goals
🇳🇴 Erling Haaland: 7 goalsLegendary. pic.twitter.com/gc0ssTJVmU
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) July 5, 2026
In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, two players—Messi and Mbappe—had managed to score at least seven goals, but in the FIFA World Cup 2026, three players have scored at least seven goals.
The record for scoring the most goals in one edition of the FIFA World Cup is held by former French footballer Just Fontaine.
Fontaine played six matches for France in the 1958 edition and scored 13 goals.
In the list of players with the most goals in one edition of the FIFA World Cup, Fontaine is followed by Hungary’s Sándor Kocsis. Kocsis played five matches for Hungary in the 1954 edition and scored 11 goals.
Most Goals Scored by a Player at a Single World Cup
| EDITION | PLAYER | COUNTRY | GOALS |
| 1958 | Just Fontaine | France | 13 |
| 1954 | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | 11 |
| 1970 | Gerd Muller | West Germany | 10 |
| 1950 | Ademir | Brazil | 9 |
| 1966 | Eusébio | Portugal | 9 |
| 1930 | Guillermo Stábile | Argentina | 8 |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 8 |
| 2022 | Kylian Mbappe | France | 8 |
| 1938 | Leonidas | Brazil | 7 |
| 1970 | Jairzinho | Brazil | 7 |
| 1974 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 7 |
| 2022 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 7 |
| 2026 | Kylian Mbappe | France | 7 |
| 2026 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 7 |
| 2026 | Erling Haaland | Norway | 7 |
Argentina’s Messi and France’s Mbappe are the only two players in the world to have scored at least seven goals in multiple editions of the FIFA World Cup.
Mbappe, who won the Golden Boot in 2022, scored eight goals in seven matches for France in Qatar, which included a hat-trick in the final against Argentina on December 18.
