Lionel Messi is the new World Cup Scoring King .

The Argentine icon recorded his 17th and 18th career World Cup goals during Monday’s 2-0 win over Austria to become the all-time scoring leader in the history of the tournament.

Messi’s historic tally came in the 38th minute. He missed a penalty earlier in the match, but made up for it with a classic left-footed finish.

He brought his total to 18 World Cup goals in the 95th minute, finding the net after a wild scramble inside the Austria penalty area to seal his team’s win.

Brazilian legend Marta has 17 goals in the Women’s World Cup, which stood as the overall record for men or women prior to Messi’s brace Monday.

Messi entered the match tied with former Germany striker Miroslav Klose on 16 men’s World Cup goals. The Inter Miami superstar passed Ronaldo Nazario (15) and Gerd Muller (14) on the all-time list after posting a hat-trick – his first-ever World Cup treble – during Argentina’s opener versus Algeria last week. Messi now has five goals in two World Cup games at this years tournament .

Messi is tied with Ronaldo as one of only two players to play in 6 World cups .