Argentina's Lionel Messi has bettered the World Cup goals record when he scored a 17th goal in the match against Austria after missing an earlier penalty, moving him one ahead of German Miroslav Klose.
Messi, 38, gained sole possession of the record when he drilled home for 1-0 in the 38th minute. The record could have already been his early in the match, but he shot a ninth-minute penalty wide right.
The Argentina captain had tied Klose on 16 goals with a hat-trick in their first tournament match, a 3-0 victory over Algeria last week.
Messi is playing at a sixth World Cup, a record he shares with Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, and Monday's match was a record extending 28th match on the global stage for him.
He scored his first goal in his debut in 2006 against Serbia and the only tournament he didn't find the net was in 2010. He has now scored in six successive World Cup games: all four knock-out matches in 2022 en route to the title, and the first two matches of the current tournament.
Former Brazil striker Ronaldo is third all time with 15. Kylian Mbappé scored two goals in France's 3-1 win over Senegal to take his World Cup tally to 14 and he was playing again later on Monday against Iraq.
