ERLING HAALAND'S RUN
Haaland’s longest ever run in World Cup qualifiers
Erling Haaland finished the 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign with an 11-game ongoing scoring streak, dating back to the previous edition of the tournament.
«The Cyborg» scored in his last 3 matches for Norway in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, and then in all 8 of the team's matches in the 2026 edition.
His streak is the longest in the competition's history, taking the world record from Pauleta, who scored in 9 consecutive qualifying matches for Portugal between 2001 and 2004.
| WORLD CUP | QUALIFICATION | ||||
| LONGEST | SCORING RUNS | ||||
| Player | Team | Games | From | To | |
| 1 | Erling Haaland | Norway | 11 | 01/09/2021 | |
| 2 | Pauleta | Portugal | 9 | 06/06/2001 | 17/11/2004 |
| 3 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Serbia | 8 | 15/11/2013 | 31/08/2017 |
| 4 | Steve David | Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 30/11/1972 | 15/08/1976 |
| 5 | Karim Bagheri | Iran | 7 | 09/06/1997 | 17/10/1997 |
| 6 | Ibrahima Bakayoko | Ivory Coast | 7 | 23/04/2000 | 15/07/2001 |
| 7 | Takumi Minamino | Japan | 7 | 10/09/2019 | 07/06/2021 |
| 8 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | 7 | 04/09/2017 | 05/09/2021 |