Harry Kane has broken a long-standing Gary Lineker record for England at the 2026 World Cup against Panama.
The Englishman scored his third goal of the tournament, and his 11th World Cup goal ever, to achieve the feat.
Lineker previously held the record for most goals scored by an individual at the World Cup for England, with 10 strikes across his career.
Harry Kane breaks long-standing Gary Lineker record for England, as Three Lions rampage Panama
Harry Kane began his 2026 World Cup campaign with a first-half brace vs Croatia, scoring a penalty (at the second time of asking) then a free header.
The Bayern Munich striker then went 150 minutes without bagging at the tournament, before ending the mini-drought vs Panama.
Jude Bellingham broke the deadlock for the Three Lions, before Kane added to the score-line with a 67th-minute header.
The former Tottenham Hotspur man previously won the Golden Boot at the 2018 edition, with six goals: a hat-trick vs Panama, a brace vs Tunisia, and a penalty vs Colombia.
Kane also scored two goals at the 2022 tournament, one in a 3-0 win against Senegal, and a penalty vs France in a 2-1 defeat.
Lineker scored four goals in 1990, and six goals in 1986, to complete his haul of 10 World Cup strikes for the Three Lions.
Harry Kane has also surged slightly further up the 2026 Golden Boot rankings, now just two goals off of Lionel Messi, who has five.
Shockingly, the Argentine has never won the tournament’s Golden Boot, falling by one goal in 2022 to winner Kylian Mbappe.
Lineker won the award at the 1986 tournament, ahead of Diego Maradona who scored five.
Kane is the joint eighth highest goalscorer in World Cup history, tied with Hungary’s Sandor Kocsis and Germany‘s Jurgen Klinsmann.
