Overview
- Kane scored a late two-goal comeback against DR Congo in England’s World Cup Round of 32 match, turning a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 win.
- Those strikes lifted his World Cup total to 13 goals, a figure reported by Opta as one more than Pele’s World Cup tally.
- Outlets including Planet Football reported that the goals moved his 2025–26 club-and-country season total to 72 goals, driven by an exceptional Bayern Munich campaign.
- Opta-derived tallies also placed Kane among an elite group with 20 or more goals across World Cups and European Championships and noted his high knockout-goal count for major tournaments.
- England now face Mexico at Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium in the next round and Kane’s form has kept transfer and contract talk — including Bayern extension plans and prior Barcelona interest — as background context for his long-term future.