While Kylian Mbappé is scoring the goals and grabbing the headlines, Michael Olise may be quietly putting together one of the greatest playmaking seasons football has ever seen.
The numbers are becoming difficult to comprehend.
At the 2026 World Cup, Olise already has 5 assists in his first four matches. Not in his second World Cup. Not in his third. Not after a decade on the international stage.
His first.
To understand how ridiculous that is, consider the names he is chasing.
Pelé finished his legendary World Cup career with 10 assists across four tournaments.
Lionel Messi, after five completed World Cups and now playing in his sixth, sits on 9 assists, second-most in tournament history.
Diego Maradona finished with 8 assists across four World Cups.
And then there is Michael Olise.
One World Cup.
Five assists.
Still potentially four matches remaining.
If France reaches the final, Olise would have as many as four more games to chase one of football’s most untouchable records. Suddenly, a mark that stood for generations no longer feels impossible.
What’s even more frightening is that these assists aren’t coming from simple passes. Olise is orchestrating the most dangerous attack in the world. Every touch seems to create a chance. Every through ball finds Mbappé in space. Every set piece feels like a goal waiting to happen.
And his World Cup brilliance is only part of the story.
Across club and country this season, Olise has already recorded 31 assists. The recognized modern-era record for assists in a single season belongs to Messi with 34.
That means Olise is just three assists away from matching one of the most remarkable creative seasons football has ever seen.
Think about that.
A player who entered the season as a rising star is now threatening records held by Pelé and Messi in the same year.
It’s no surprise that reports continue linking him with a world-record move to Real Madrid. If those rumors prove true, Bayern Munich may soon find themselves facing offers that shatter transfer records.
But for now, France is the beneficiary.
With Olise pulling the strings, Mbappé scoring for fun, Dembélé terrorizing defenders, and Barcola stretching defenses, France’s attack has become the most feared unit at the World Cup.
Olise may not have the global fame of Mbappé yet.
But if he keeps producing assists at this rate, he won’t stay in the shadows much longer.
The rest of the football world is starting to realize what France already knows:
Michael Olise isn’t just having a great tournament.
He’s having a historic one.
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