Published on 6/26/2026
The 2026 World Cup entered history, after officially becoming the most scoring edition in the history of the World Cup, surpassing the record set in the Qatar 2022 edition (64 matches), even though the current tournament has not yet finished the group stage competitions.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino celebrated, via his Instagram account, that the tournament broke the record when the number of goals reached 173 goals, with US national team player Auston Trosti scoring the first goal against Turkey, surpassing Qatar’s World Cup total of 172 goals in 64 matches. He described the current edition as embodying the “excitement and attacking power” that has characterized the tournament since its inception.
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But the numbers continued to rise rapidly, as the tally rose to 177 goals with the conclusion of the matches against Australia and Paraguay on the one hand, and America and Turkey on the other hand, that is, after only 60 matches, and 12 matches before the end of the group stage, which makes the difference likely to widen.
These numbers reflect a remarkable scoring rate of about 2.9 goals per match, which is a higher rate than the last edition, and confirms that the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico has turned into an offensive festival since its first rounds.
The tournament witnessed many great results and broad victories, the highest of which was the German team’s victory over Curacao by seven to one, in addition to an increase in the number of matches that ended with three or more goals.
With the group stage matches remaining and then the elimination rounds starting, the 2026 World Cup seems to have the opportunity to raise the record ceiling to a level that may be difficult to break in the future, unless the number of teams is increased again.
