Multiple outlets report that Lionel Messi has become the outright leading goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history, moving past Germany’s Miroslav Klose. Different articles reference milestone moments along the way, but they converge on the same record: Messi is now the top scorer with a total of 18 World Cup goals. Earlier in the reporting, NDTV, Yahoo Sports, and other sources describe Messi as being close to or tied with Klose, citing totals of 16 goals and noting that Messi and Klose had been level on the all-time charts. Other accounts also state that Messi’s progression to the record involves matches in which he scored key goals, including after a penalty miss (as one NDTV report notes). Yahoo Sports and other sources also provide lists of leading World Cup goalscorers in tournament history, while The Punch and Free Malaysia Today confirm Messi’s rise to the top with the new record tally. Overall, the coverage centers on Messi’s official surpassing of Klose and his current standing as the tournament’s all-time top scorer.