Most penalties missed by an individual at the FIFA World Cup (excluding shoot-outs)
- Who
- Lionel Messi
- What
- 4 total number
- Where
- United States (Atlanta)
- When
- 07 July 2026
The most penalties missed by an individual at the FIFA World Cup (excluding shoot-outs) is 4, achieved by Lionel Messi (Argentina) between 2018 and 2026.
Lionel Messi missed two penalties at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, against Austria and Egypt, to take his overall total of missed spot-kicks to four – from eight taken in regulation time. He also missed penalties against Iceland in 2018 and Poland in 2022. As of the same date, Messi had scored all three of his spot-kicks taken in World Cup penalty shootouts.