World Cup: Most Player Goals Record Broken?

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What you need to know

This market asks whether any single player will score 14 or more goals during the 2026 FIFA World Cup — enough to beat the all-time record that has stood for nearly 70 years. The record is 13 goals, set by France's Just Fontaine in 1958. A Yes means one player scores that many goals across the whole tournament. A No means everyone finishes with 13 or fewer, and the record stays untouched. The market settles Yes only if one player officially scores 14 or more goals during the 2026 World Cup, including goals scored in extra time — but not penalties in shootouts, which don't count. FIFA's official statistics are the deciding source. The deadline is the end of the tournament, before August 2, 2026. If the tournament is cancelled or postponed past that date, it automatically resolves No regardless of what had happened before. None of the provided news headlines relate to the 2026 World Cup or player goal-scoring. To follow this market, the things worth watching would be: which strikers are in top form heading into the tournament, how deep their nations advance (more games means more chances to score), and any injury news for the world's elite forwards. The market is priced at just 5%, meaning almost everyone thinks the record will survive — and history supports that view strongly. The record has lasted since 1958 through 16 tournaments. A player would need to score roughly two goals per match across seven games, an almost unheard-of pace at the highest level. The small remaining uncertainty is simply this: the 2026 tournament has more teams and potentially more matches, which creates slightly more opportunity than ever before.