Kylian Mbappé by the numbers: Star striker starts his World Cup by breaking France scoring record

PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé broke the France scoring record with two goals against Senegal at the World Cup on Tuesday.

The 27-year-old Real Madrid striker reached 58 goals, during a 3-1 victory for France, to move one ahead of Olivier Giroud, who has retired from the national team.

He will look to add to his tally when his country faces Iraq in Philadelphia on Monday. It concludes Group I action against Norway in Boston four days later.

Mbappé's first goal for Les Bleus came nine years ago. Here’s a look at some other statistics during his France career:

Number of goals Mbappé has scored in World Cups. Two at this tournament; eight in 2022, where he earned the Golden Boot trophy as top scorer; and four in 2018. He has moved past countryman Just Fontaine's tally of 13 — all scored at the 1958 World Cup. Former Germany striker Miroslav Klose and Argentina's Lionel Messi — who scored a brilliant hat trick just hours after Mbappé's brace — share the record of 16 World Cup goals.

Mbappé’s hat tricks for France. His first was a four-goal haul playing alongside Karim Benzema in a World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan in 2021. His next came against Argentina in the 2022 World Cup final, and the other during a record 14-0 rout of Gibraltar in a European Championship qualifier in 2023.

Mbappé’s age when he made his France debut as a substitute away to Luxembourg in a World Cup qualifier in March 2017. Still 18, he scored his first goal in a qualifier against the Netherlands at Stade de France in August that year.

Most amount of consecutive matches with at least one goal for France, from early June last year to late March this year.

The amount of times Mbappé has been shown a yellow card for France. He has not been sent off.

Number of World Cup finals scored in: against Croatia in 2018, aged 19, and against Argentina in 2022. He is one of two men to grab a hat trick in a World Cup final, with the other being England’s Geoff Hurst in 1966. The other Frenchman to score in two finals is Zinedine Zidane (1998 and 2006) while the only other teenager to score in a men’s final was Brazil great Pelé in 1958.

Number of matches for France. He could overtake coach and former captain Didier Deschamps (103 appearances as a midfielder) if France goes deep at this tournament. Barring injury Mbappé should go on to overtake goalkeeper Hugo Lloris' record of 145 appearances for Les Bleus.

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France's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring third goal during the World Cup Group I soccer match between France and Senegal in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

France's Kylian Mbappe, right, celebrates with France head coach Didier Deschamps after scoring his side's third goal during the World Cup Group I soccer match between France and Senegal in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

France's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the World Cup Group I soccer match between France and Senegal in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates after scoring their third goal during the World Cup Group I soccer match between France and Senegal in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)

NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge said Wednesday.

Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from “extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence.”

By asserting a psychiatric defense, Mangione would effectively be admitting that he killed Thompson but did so because of mitigating circumstances.

If a jury finds that Mangione was emotionally disturbed at the time of the killing, it could convict him of manslaughter instead of murder, meaning he'd be sentenced to less time in prison.

It is not the same as a not guilty by reason of insanity defense, which would allow a defendant to go to a psychiatric facility instead of prison.

Carro’s ruling came two weeks after he held a secret hearing on the matter at the request of the defense. He said he will unseal records pertaining to the hearing and the defense's move for a psychiatric defense.

“The reasons for the sealing was to give the defense an opportunity to determine whether they were going forth with that defense and the nature of that defense,” Carro said.

Mangione’s lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, said unsealing the transcript of the secret hearing and materials related to his psychiatric defense will harm him in his federal case.

“The reason why we asked for the sealing is that this defense is not available federally and Mr. Mangione is being prosecuted federally and this is prejudicial to his defense to the exact same facts,” Friedman Agnifilo said.

The judge had been set to rule on the matter on Tuesday, but delayed it a day because prosecutors failed to inform Mangione's jail that he was needed in court.

Mangione sat between his lawyers wearing a blue suit and a light-colored button-down shirt. He is set to go to trial on Sept. 8.

Mangione, 28, has pleaded not guilty to state and federal charges in the Dec. 4, 2024, killing. His federal trial, which involves stalking charges, is set to begin on Oct. 13. He could spend his life in prison if convicted in either case.

Thompson, 50, was killed as he walked to a Manhattan hotel for UnitedHealth Group’s annual investor conference. Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him from behind. Police say “delay,” “deny” and “depose” were written on the ammunition, mimicking a phrase used to describe how insurers avoid paying claims.

Mangione, an Ivy League graduate from a wealthy Maryland family, was arrested five days later at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 230 miles (about 370 kilometers) west of Manhattan. At a May 18 hearing, Carro ruled that a gun and notebook that prosecutors say link Mangione to the killing can be used as evidence against him.

The gun, a 3D-printed pistol, matches the one used to kill Thompson, prosecutors said. The notebook describes wanting to “wack” a health insurance executive and rebelling against “the deadly, greed fueled health insurance cartel.”

Also Wednesday, Carro dismissed a charge related to a gun magazine that he had ruled inadmissible because it was found during an initial search of Mangione’s backpack at the McDonald’s.

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This story has been corrected to show that Mangione could receive less prison time as a result of a conviction using this defense, not be sent to a psychiatric facility.

Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)

Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)

Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)