Overview
- Michael Olise recorded two assists in the third-place match on Saturday, July 18, 2026, lifting his tournament total to seven and surpassing Pelé's six-assist mark from 1970.
- Both assists in that match set up goals for Kylian Mbappé and Olise supplied five of Mbappé's ten goals during France's run to the bronze playoff.
- Olise plays for Bayern Munich and finished the World Cup without scoring despite about 20 shots on goal, a detail analysts cite when weighing the record.
- Crypto and collectible markets reacted with spikes in trading volume and prices for PSG fan tokens and Sorare/Panini cards driven by transfer talk and performance-based demand, and there are no confirmed Olise-branded crypto deals.
- The 2026 tournament used a 48-team format that allowed Olise to play eight matches versus Pelé's six, a factor that inflates counting stats and will shape how analysts and markets interpret the record going forward.