All this is thanks to the milestones already achieved as we enter the penultimate stage.
Apart from the upsets caused on the best teams in the world and the number of yellow cards shipped, the goals, penalties and player's ages feature in our list of records that have already been broken in Russia.
While Ronaldo scored his 85th goal to move above Ferenc Puskas as Europe's all-time top scorer, Germany joined a growing list of defending champions who have been eliminated in the group stages.
They followed Spain in 2014, Italy in 2010 and France in 2002.
Mexico's Rafael Marquez (39y 139d) became the oldest outfield player to start a World Cup knockout match since Stanley Matthews (39y 145d) in 1954 for England v Uruguay.
After shining against Argentina with two goals, Kylian Mbappe became the first teenager to score at least twice in a World Cup match since Pele vs Sweden in 1958)
After suffering a 3-4 loss to France, Argentina registered their first competitive loss despite scoring 3+ goals.
Lionel Messi was also not left behind as he became the only player to have delivered an assist in each of the last four World Cups.
The World Cup has so far seen a total of 7 own goals- the most at any World Cup tournament.
Mexico's Jesus Gallardo was shown a yellow card after 15 seconds, becoming the fastest shown in World Cup history.