Paraguay may have yellowed him for a fake foul, but Michael Olis tops the list with the most assists at the 2026 FIFA World Cup with 5. Supporting actors rarely get the limelight and in the World Cup Messi, Ronaldo, Haaland, Mbappe and KaneMay be completely forgotten, but his talent for lighting fires with spark-plugs, switch-starters, flintstones and match sticks has left an impression on fans.
Ollis is chasing Pele’s all-time record of 6 since 1970.
It started with Olis’ braided ponytail – delivering to both Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele to take him to 5 assists in 5 games as France beat Paraguay 1-0. He put himself in illustrious company – Diego Maradona in 1986, and the last number 5 – the aptly named German Thomas Hassler in 1994. Aulis is one less than Pele’s 1970 count.
Polish Robert Gadocha (1974) and Pierre Litbarski (1982) also had 5.
Olise is followed by Bruno (not Fernandes, who has recorded less than 2), but Bruno Guimaraes with 4 for Brazil. Brahim Diaz is the linchpin for Morocco with 4. Roberto Alvarado has scored 3 runs for Mexico against England so far.
With Isaac and Wirtz out of the cup, Martin Odegaard could resume service for Haaland and add to his 3 assists. Patrick Berg has 2 records for Norway.
Mark Cucurella seems to have had more assists, but his assists for Spain have been punched at 2 so far – the same as Dembele.
Anthony Gordon (England), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco), Mo Salah (Egypt), Kylian Mbappe and Bukayo Saka (England) each have 2 assists.
1998 was a strange World Cup where the number of top assists was stuck at 3, but in addition to Messrs Laudrup, Veron, El Khalij and Yuri Djorkef, six players were on the list, including Ronaldo and Denis Bergkamp.
In 2018, Russia, no player recorded more than 2 assists.
In the last WC, apart from champion Messi, Kane, Bruno Fernandes, Antoine Griezmann and Perisic formed a strong group of assists worthy of the golden route.
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From the record of FIFA 2026:
Michael Ollis (France) – 5 assists
Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil) – 4 assists
Brahim Diaz (Morocco) – 4 assists
Roberto Alvarado (Mexico) – 3 assists
Alexander Isak (Sweden) – 3 assists
Martin Odegaard (Norway) – 3 assists
Florian Wirtz (Germany) – 3 assists
Housem Ouar (Algeria) – 2 assists
Patrik Berg (Norway) – 2 assists
Marc Cucurella (Spain) – 2 assists
Ousmane Dembele (France) – 2 assists
Briel Embolo (Switzerland) – 2 assists
Julio Enciso (Paraguay) – 2 assists
Anthony Gordon (England) – 2 assists
Ryan Gravenburch (Netherlands) – 2 assists
Viktor Gyokares (Sweden) – 2 assists
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) – 2 assists
Joshua Kimmich (Germany) – 2 assists
Johann Manzambi (Switzerland) – 2 assists
Kylian Mbappe (France) – 2 assists
Hannibal Mezbri (Tunisia) – 2 assists
Elliman Ndia (Senegal) – 2 assists
Mohamed Salah (Egypt) – 2 assists
Nathan Saliba (Canada) – 2 assists
Cresencio Somerville (Netherlands) – 2 assists
Bukayo Saka (England) – 2 assists
Deniz Undaz (Germany) – 2 assists
Chris Wood (New Zealand) – 2 assists
