{"id":921638,"date":"2026-07-22T05:17:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/the-most-fifa-world-cup-goals-quiz\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T05:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:17:54","slug":"the-most-fifa-world-cup-goals-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/the-most-fifa-world-cup-goals-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Most FIFA World Cup goals&#8217; quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ac_121127551\">\n<p>The 2026 FIFA World Cup is off to an electric start, with the sport\u2019s biggest stars showing out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Whether it is yet another \u201cfinal ride,\u201d for Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, a dominant debut from Erling Haaland, or brilliance from a World Cup veteran in his prime in Kylian Mbappe, the tournament has delivered.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the knockout stages looming, Messi has already broken the all-time World Cup goals record set by Germany\u2019s Miroslav Klose in 2014. His next target is helping Argentina become the first repeat-champion since Brazil in 1958 and 1962.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Which brings us to today\u2019s quiz. Ahead of Argentina\u2019s final group stage match against Jordan, Messi has 18 World Cup goals under his belt. With that being said, can you name the players to score at least eight times on the world\u2019s biggest stage?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n<p><span><em>Did you like this quiz? Are there any quizzes you\u2019d like to see us make in the future? Let us know your thoughts at <span \n                data-original-string='Jw00ncgLswbmkDcuikfM6Q==7f4cW4L4K5nA0ZAeyQjn91c0dVTKwKS\/phPOyCBaEdcrPQ='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.'>qu<span class=\"apbct-blur\">*****<\/span>@<span class=\"apbct-blur\">********<\/span>er.com<\/span>, and make sure to subscribe to our Quiz of the Day Newsletter for daily quizzes sent right to your email!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/authors\/tommy_fradenburg\/1143\">Tommy Fradenburg<\/a> is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TommyFradenburg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@tommyfradenburg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Buffy Redner<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/soccer\/articles\/the_most_fifa_world_cup_goals_quiz\/s1__43997805\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 FIFA World Cup is off to an electric start, with the sport\u2019s biggest stars showing out.\u00a0 Whether it is yet another \u201cfinal ride,\u201d for Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, a dominant debut from Erling Haaland, or brilliance from a World Cup veteran in his prime in Kylian Mbappe, the tournament has delivered.\u00a0 With<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":921639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35530,644],"tags":[6148,5489],"class_list":["post-921638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-most","category-world","tag-most","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}