During the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Lionel Messi surpassed Gabriel Batistuta as the Argentine soccer player who has scored the most goals at FIFA World Cups. Batistuta took part in three of these events, while Messi has taken part in five. Following in the ranking are
Diego Maradona and Guillermo Stabile, each with eight goals. Stabile scored all his goals in the first edition of the event.
Argentina at the World Cup
In addition to becoming Argentina鈥檚 top scorer at FIFA World Cup tournaments, Messi also captained the national squad that ended up as champions of the World Cup hosted in Qatar.
La Albicelest flew to Qatar with one of the
ten most expensive national teams based on transfer value. According to the
track record of the Argentinian men鈥檚 national soccer team, their triumph over France in the final ended a 37-year wait for the prestigious trophy.
FIFA World Cup rankings
Argentina鈥檚 victory at the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosted in Qatar placed the nation fourth when it came to
countries with the most FIFA World Cup titles since the competition鈥檚 inception in 1930. The Argentinian team also improved their ranking in the
all-time table of the FIFA World Cup which grants national teams three points for each World Cup match win, one point for a draw, and zero for each loss. Despite being Champions in 2022, Argentina was still second to Brazil in the
official FIFA world ranking of national men鈥檚 soccer teams as of December 2022.