Messi is keeping the World Cup record that may be broken in the final: all five World Cups have assists.

At 23:00 on the evening of December 18, the Qatar World Cup final is about to begin, with France and Argentina on both sides.
Today, FIFA’s official website counts the records Lionel Messi has achieved (is maintaining) and is expected to match or break in this World Cup, as follows:
At present, there are only six people who have played in five World Cups in the history of the World Cup, with Lionel Messi on the list. The other five are Antonio Cabahal (Mexico), Matthaeus (Germany), Marcos (Mexico), Guardado (Mexico) and Ronaldo (Portugal).
Messi and Matthaeus have both played in 25 World Cup matches, and if Messi plays in the final, he will surpass Matthaeus to become the player with the most appearances in the World Cup.
As captain, Messi has played 18 games for Argentina, the highest figure in World Cup history, followed by former Mexican defender Marcos (17) and Maradona (16).
At present, the player who has played the most in the World Cup is Italian legendary defender Paolo Maldini, who has played for 2217 minutes. Messi, who has played for 2194 minutes, is likely to break Maldini’s record in the final.
Lionel Messi is the only player in the history of the World Cup to have assists in all five World Cups, followed by Pele, Grzegorz Rato (Poland), Maradona and Beckham, all of whom have assists in three World Cups.
Messi and Pele both scored six assists in the knockout stages of the World Cup.
Messi became Argentina’s top scorer in the World Cup with 11 World Cup goals, followed by Bhatti (10 goals), Maradona (8 goals), Guillermo Starbier (8 goals), Kempes (6 goals) and Higuain (5 goals).
Messi is the only player in the history of the World Cup who has scored goals in his teens, twenties and thirties.
The gap between Messi’s first World Cup goal and the last World Cup goal was 16 years and 180 days, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo, whose first and last goal spanned 16 years and 160 days.
Lionel Messi has won 10 times since the 2002 World Cup, including four at the World Cup in Brazil, tied with Sneijder, and the former Dutch star won four at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Klose has won 17 games in the World Cup, holding the World Cup record. Messi has won 16 games so far.