Lionel Messi

Messi has 21 World Cup goals in 34 matches for Argentina. Wikipedia lists Messi with 21 goals in 34 matches, a rate of 0.62, in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026, with 2022 marked as Argentina's title year. Opta Analyst says a hat-trick against Algeria in 2026 took him level with Miroslav Klose on 16, and 2 goals against Austria moved him clear. Against Algeria he became the first player to score in 6 different World Cups, and the oldest scorer of a World Cup hat-trick at 38 years and 356 days. He later scored in a 7th straight match against Jordan and extended that run to 9 with a goal against Egypt in the round of 16. In 2022 he scored in the group stage, round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final and final of one tournament.