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Two goal records have already been broken at the 2026 World Cup.
Lionel Messi's eight goals in Argentina's opening six matches mean he became the first player in World Cup history to score 21 goals in the tournament's history.
France's Kylian Mbappe has also overtaken previous goal record holder Miroslav Klose during the tournament. Also with eight goals in six matches this summer, Mbappe has moved to 20 career World Cup goals.
Germany also broke Brazil's record for total goals scored by a nation in the history of the World Cup following their 7-1 win over Curacao.
But Brazil have since moved back past Germany by four clear goals. Both nations have since exited the tournament.
The 2026 contest held across the United States, Canada and Mexico was already a record-breaking tournament in terms of size.
With 48 teams, it is comfortably the largest World Cup in history, introducing a 50% increase from the 32 teams that have participated since the 1998 World Cup in France.
But those record holders could change again this week.
Here is a look at some of the current World Cup record holders and how their place in the history books could be affected in the final four matches of the tournament.
In the 96-year history of the men's Fifa World Cup, just eight nations have won the tournament. Of those eight, six have done it multiple times.
Brazil hold the record for most World Cup wins with five, emerging victorious in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002.
Germany and Italy are the next most successful nations with four trophies each. Three of Germany's wins were as West Germany, prior to the national teams of West and East Germany merging after the 1990 World Cup.
Defending champions Argentina have three World Cups to their name, while France and Uruguay have two tournament wins each.
England and Spain are the only winners that are one-time champions.
With France, Spain, Argentina and England making the semi-finals, it is guaranteed that a previous winner will lift the trophy again this summer.
The full list of World Cup winners by year is as follows:
1930 - Uruguay
1934 - Italy
1938 - Italy
1950 - Uruguay
1954 - West Germany
1958 - Brazil
1962 - Brazil
1966 - England
1970 - Brazil
1974 - West Germany
1978 - Argentina
1982 - Italy
1986 - Argentina
1990 - West Germany
1994 - Brazil
1998 - France
2002 - Brazil
2006 - Italy
2010 - Spain
2014 - Germany
2018 - France
2022 - Argentina
Former Germany striker Klose had held the record for most World Cup goals prior to the 2026 tournament, but now finds himself third.
Former Brazil forward Ronaldo ranks in fourth place with 15 goals from 19 games.
In joint-fifth place is Gerd Muller, whose international career was spent representing West Germany. He netted 14 World Cup goals in just 13 appearances. At this World Cup, England captain Harry Kane has moved level with Muller for World Cup goals.
Former France striker Just Fontaine is in seventh place and Brazil's three-time World Cup winner Pele has 12 goals and sits in eighth place.
Joint-ninth on the list are Sandor Kocsis (Hungary), Jurgen Klinsmann (West Germany/Germany) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) with 11 goals each.
In terms of goals scored by nations at the tournament, Brazil are ahead of Germany by four goals.
Having been level on 239 goals each after the opening two rounds of matches, Brazil have 247 to Germany's 243.
Third in the list are 2022 winners Argentina, who have netted 169 times in the competition.
France (152), Italy (128), Spain (119), England (117) and Netherlands (107) are the only other nations with more than 100 goals.
Uruguay (92), Hungary and Sweden (both 87) complete the top 11 highest goalscoring nations at the tournament.
As well as holding the record for most World Cup goals, Messi is already the record holder for most World Cup minutes played.
Across 32 World Cup matches, the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner has played 2,844 minutes. That is 628 minutes more than the next highest, former Italy defender Paolo Maldini, a runner-up in 1994.
Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo (2,206) is third with Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in fourth (2,160).
German midfield great Lothar Matthaus, a World Cup and Ballon d'Or winner in 1990, is the only other player with more than 2,000 World Cup minutes (2,045).
Uwe Seeler, a West Germany striker between 1954 and 1970, sits sixth on the list with 1,980 minutes played. Croatia midfielder and Ballon d'Or winner Luka Modric (1,967) has moved to seventh this summer.
Former Argentina internationals Javier Mascherano (1,950) and Diego Maradona (1,940) are eighth and ninth respectively, while Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (1,931) completes the top 10.
