Can Kylian Mbappe become the GOAT?

After a scintillating performance at his second World Cup, many believe Kylian Mbappe can become the greatest football player ever.

With the French superstar on a meteoric rise, let's look back at where he started and the world records he's on course to break.

After winning the World Cup in 2018 as a teenager, Mbappe's France team was the favourite to go on and win it again in 2022.

Despite losing to Argentina, Kylian Mbappe still stole the show. The 24-year-old finished as a top scorer with eight goals, creating history as the first player in 56 years to score a hat trick in a World Cup final.

The final was seen by many around the world as the Messi vs Mbappe show.

Mbappe became the youngest player in Monaco history, making his debut with the club at 16 years and 347 days of age. He later scored his first goal two months later in a 3-1 victory.

In an interview with CNN, Monaco's vice president labelled 17-year-old Mbappe a 'phenomenon' and he later returned the favour by contributing to Monaco's historic Ligue 1 win in 2017.

After his excellent season with Monaco, Mbappe signed for PSG in a deal rumoured to be around $155 million, making it a world record fee.

Since joining PSG, the forward has enjoyed constant success in winning titles, winning 12 domestic trophies in his five and half years at the club.

According to the boardroom.tv, his new contract takes his annual earnings to $74,474,712 annually and $1,432,206 weekly. It's rumoured he also has a say in what players the board want to buy.

After being promised to be the main man in Paris, the football world was shaken as PSG acquired Lionel Messi from Barcelona in 2021, creating the greatest front three in football with Messi, Mbappe, and Neymar.

With two of football's all-time greats around him, Mbappe looks set to break Edison Cavani's all-time scoring record for PSG, needing only ten more to score 201 goals for the club.

Mbappe has been the best player both domestically and internationally in his home country since he stepped foot on the pitch when he was 16 years old.

His goal-scoring record speaks for itself in his premature career, the French forward has amassed an unbelievable goal tally, scoring 254 goals in just 365 games.

The last 15 years of world football have been dominated by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi winning the Ballon D'or an impressive 11 times between them.

With the decline of the game's current superstars and more recent winners being other aging players like Karim Benzema and Luka Modric, Mbappe looks to be the favourite to dominate the award in the future.

At 24 years of age, the young French star is already on course to break the records of the greatest footballers ever.

The wonder kid is five goals shy of breaking the World Cup scoring record, he has 40 champions league goals already, 100 shy of Cristiano Ronaldo, and Messi has the record for most assists with 305.  Mbappe at 24 already has 132, which is 48 more than Messi when he was the same age.

According to Planet Football, Mbappe said, "Every time I step on onto the pitch, I tell myself I'm the best, and yet I've played on the same pitch as Messi and Cristiano."