A load of World Cup records should be broken either in Qatar or soon after. Most of them ought to be by Kylian Mbappe but there are a few other candidates.
While these ten World Cup records are surely safe forever, there are some markers which are begging to be beaten at the highest level.
Inspired somewhat by this list of Premier League records that are likely to fall soon, here are the World Cup benchmarks which seem most in danger.
Most different World Cup tournaments played in (5)
Since Mexico goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal set the benchmark by playing at five tournaments between 1950 and 1966, two of his countrymen and three other relative unknowns have joined him. Rafael Marquez (2002-2018) and Andres Guardado (2006-2022) know their way around a World Cup, while Lothar Matthaus (1982-1998), Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi (both 2006-2022) have been known to indulge in a spot of Jules Rimet.
Xherdan Shaqiri could feasibly match them, with the 31-year-old mainstay of a Switzerland side which rarely misses the finals currently appearing in his fourth tournament. Kylian Mbappe is on his second at 23; Jamal Musiala, Jude Bellingham and Gavi have all made their bows as teenagers in Qatar and would only be in their mid-30s by the time of the intergalactic World Cup – their fifth – in 2038. The Metaverse World Cup in 2042 would theoretically be Gavi’s sixth at 37.
Most different World Cup tournaments scored in (5)
Cristiano Ronaldo had already scored at a historic fifth World Cup by the time he started trying to claim the goals of his teammates. The Portuguese stood alongside Pele, Uwe Seeler, Miroslav Klose and Lionel Messi by scoring against Iran in 2006, North Korea in 2010, Ghana in 2014 and Spain and Morocco in 2018, with his penalty against Ghana sending him clear.
It’s the boring answer but Mbappe, who is only one behind Ronaldo for total World Cup goals, has netted in two different tournaments and at 23 is in the perfect position to make it to five.
Most World Cup matches played (25)
Twelve players have made at least 20 appearances at World Cups. The current podium of Paolo Maldini (23), Miroslav Klose (24) and Lothar Matthaus (25) has not been challenged for some time but Lionel Messi is on 22 so if Argentina go all the way and, as one might reasonably expect, he plays every game, Messi would break the record in the final.
For good measure, if he misses a penalty at any point in this hypothetical dream knockout run, he would set a…
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