Harry Kane nets two late goals to send England through
"Harry Kane has scored more World Cup goals than Pelé" is something that is both true & incredibly impressive & also feels completely wrong
Lou Roper18Well, Pele had 'only' 14 appearances in 4 WC when 4 was maximum (and was injured v Portugal in 66 @amandajsummers.bsky.social ) but Kane has benefitted from tournament's inflation including more opportunities (played 15 games in 3 WC)
Mark Copelovitch17The real way to make these comparisons is goals per game. And there, as great as Pele was, the champions are Just Fontaine and Sander Kocsis;
BigFishStone8Best stat about Kane is that he's been England WC Captain, and at the tournament as 3 prime ministers have stepped down
John7We may need to move to a goals/game ratio for these historical comparisons soon.
richardr64.bsky.social5When Pele played there were only 16 teams in a World Cup and the first knock out round was the last 8 not the last 32 It feels wrong (is wrong) because it’s not a direct comparison.
Blake Mitchell3His WC goal count this year alone matches Beckham and Rooney’s combined!
Brian Phillips355The outer Harry Kane is identical to every other bad-good lower-middle-elite awkward-diffident English player who ever skied a penalty under pressure; the inner Harry Kane is a zero-at-the-bone assassin without a fuck to give; this combination is perhaps the most confounding thing in all of sports
Mihnea136It's as pointless to compare modern day football statistics with the '50's as it is to do modern NFL with 1920's Its simply another era, thoroughly.
Eddie Robson13There is a simple reason for this: Pele was out injured after the second game in 1962 and persistently kicked in 1966 as Brazil went out in the first round, so he only got to have two good World Cups, despite being so heavily identified with the tournament. #WorldCup
Adanedhel🌹3In fairness, Miroslav Klose has more World Cup goals than Pelé.
Chris Webb2Shame they only played together once. But, man, what a game that was.
