*Before Lionel Messi… World Cup records were spread across various legends of the game.
🇩🇪 Most goals scored: Miroslav Klose
🇦🇷 Most assists: Diego Maradona
🇧🇷 Most goal contributions: Pelé
🇦🇷 Most successful dribbles: Diego Maradona
🇦🇷 Most chances created: Diego Maradona
🇧🇷 Most goal contributions in the knockout stages: Pelé
🇳🇱 Most Man of the Match awards: Wesley Sneijder
*Then came Lionel Messi… and rewrote the history of the World Cup.
🥇 Most goals scored: Lionel Messi
🥇 Most assists: Lionel Messi
🥇 Most goal contributions: Lionel Messi
🥇 Most successful dribbles: Lionel Messi
🥇 Most chances created: Lionel Messi
🥇 Most goal contributions in the knockout stages: Lionel Messi
🥇 Most Man of the Match awards: Lionel Messi
*Records that were once shared among different legends… now dominated by one name, Messi.
Lionel Messi didn’t just write a new chapter in World Cup history… he rewrote history itself.
