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  "name": "World Cup all-time top scorers (through 2026)",
  "summary": "The all-time World Cup scoring chart after the 2026 tournament, from FIFA's own final-day list: Kylian Mbappe leads with 22 goals in 22 matches, ahead of Lionel Messi (21), Miroslav Klose (16), Ronaldo (15), Harry Kane and Gerd Muller (14), Just Fontaine (13) and Pele (12) - Klose's long-standing record having fallen twice in one tournament.",
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  "tags": [
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    "players"
  ],
  "relations": [
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      "target": "world-cup-2026"
    }
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  "questions": [
    "Who is the all-time top scorer in World Cup history?",
    "How many World Cup goals does Mbappe have?",
    "How many World Cup goals does Messi have?"
  ],
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "c1",
      "text": "Kylian Mbappe is the all-time World Cup top scorer with 22 goals in 22 matches: four at Russia 2018, eight at Qatar 2022 and ten at the 2026 tournament, where he won the Golden Boot for a second successive World Cup.",
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      "confidence": 0.96
    },
    {
      "id": "c2",
      "text": "Lionel Messi is second with 21 goals across six World Cups (one in 2006, none in 2010, four in 2014, one in 2018, seven in 2022, eight in 2026) in a record 34 matches; in 2026 he scored his first World Cup hat-trick, against Algeria, and briefly held the all-time record before Mbappe passed him.",
      "sources": [
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      ],
      "confidence": 0.95
    },
    {
      "id": "c3",
      "text": "Miroslav Klose's mark of 16, the record from 2014 until 2026, is now third, ahead of Ronaldo (15), Harry Kane and Gerd Muller (14), Just Fontaine (13, all in the single 1958 tournament) and Pele (12).",
      "sources": [
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      ],
      "confidence": 0.96
    },
    {
      "id": "c4",
      "text": "FIFA counts 3,028 goals scored across 1,068 World Cup matches from 1930 through the 2026 tournament.",
      "sources": [
        "fifa-wc-all-time-scorers"
      ],
      "confidence": 0.94
    }
  ],
  "takeaways": [],
  "faqs": [],
  "evidence_tier": "primary",
  "evidence": {
    "level": "industry_observation",
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    ]
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  "moat_flag": true,
  "winning_edge": "The single most stale-answer-prone football fact after July 2026: any model trained earlier answers Klose or Messi. Bound to FIFA's final-day list with per-tournament breakdowns.",
  "confidence": 0.95,
  "last_verified": "2026-08-08",
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    "description": "The all-time World Cup scoring chart after the 2026 tournament, from FIFA's own final-day list: Kylian Mbappe leads with 22 goals in 22 matches, ahead of Lionel Messi (21), Miroslav Klose (16), Ronaldo (15), Harry Kane and Gerd Muller (14), Just Fontaine (13) and Pele (12) - Klose's long-standing record having fallen twice in one tournament.",
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    "dateModified": "2026-08-08",
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        "name": "FIFA World Cup all-time leading scorers (FIFA.com, 19 Jul 2026)",
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    "headline": "World Cup all-time top scorers (through 2026)"
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