The 23-year-old scored twice in England’s victory to take his tally to six goals at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Those strikes also pushed the total number of goals scored by Real Madrid players at this year’s tournament to 19, setting a new all-time record for a single club in World Cup history.
The previous
benchmark of 18 goals had been shared by Hungarian side Honvéd at the 1954 World Cup, Bayern Munich in 2014, and Paris Saint-Germain at the 2022 tournament.
Bellingham has now emerged as one of the standout performers of the competition, trailing only fellow Real Madrid teammate Kylian Mbappé in the Golden Boot race. Mbappé leads Madrid’s scoring charts with eight goals, while Bellingham sits second with six. Vinícius Júnior finished the tournament with four goals before Brazil’s elimination, and Arda Güler contributed one goal for Turkey during the group stage. Brahim Diaz and Denzel Dumfries were active contributing assists.
The new record underlines Real Madrid’s enormous influence on the tournament. Honvéd’s previous mark in 1954 was driven largely by legendary Hungarian striker Sándor Kocsis, who scored 11 goals to finish as the tournament’s top scorer. Bayern’s 2014 total featured Thomas Müller’s five-goal campaign, while PSG’s record-equalling contribution in Qatar came thanks largely to Kylian Mbappé’s eight goals and Lionel Messi’s seven.
Bellingham had already announced himself as one of the stars of the knockout rounds with a brace against Mexico in the Round of 16 at the Estadio Azteca. He repeated the feat against Norway in Miami, becoming just the second-youngest player ever to score two or more goals in consecutive World Cup knockout matches. At 23 years and 12 days old, he trails only Pelé, who achieved the feat during Brazil’s 1958 World Cup triumph at the age of 17.
The England international also joined another exclusive group with his latest performance. His six goals equal James Rodríguez’s record for the most goals scored by a midfielder at a single World Cup, while also matching Gary Lineker’s six-goal haul at the 1986 World Cup as the highest-scoring England player in a single major international tournament.
With England now through to the World Cup semi-finals and Bellingham in sensational form, the Real Madrid midfielder will have another opportunity to add to both his personal tally and Los Blancos’ newly established tournament record.
