2026 World Cup Golden Boot: Most goals, standings
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We are almost a week into the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and that means it is the perfect time to start looking at one of the big stories from this tournament every four years.
The chase for the Golden Boot.
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The 2026 World Cup could see history, given the presence of Kylian Mbappe. In the history of this event, no player has ever won the Golden Boot twice. After winning the Golden Boot at the 2022 World Cup, Mbappe could become the first player to achieve that feat, if he were to win again this year.
Mbappe’s brace against Senegal got his campaign for a second Golden Boot off to a strong start, but Lionel Messi’s hat trick against Algeria put the Argentina legend atop the list after his opening match.
Here are the current standings in the chase for the Golden Boot. You will note that assists and minutes played are listed, as those are the two tiebreakers in determining the winner of the Golden Boot. In the case of ties, the player with the most assists is ranked ahead.
Should there still be a tie, the player with the fewest minutes played is ranked ahead.
Note: Table last updated Wednesday, June 17 following Ghana-Panama:
PlayerTeamGoalsAssistsMinutesLionel MessiArgentina3083Folarin BalogunUnited States2077Yasin AyariSweden20100Kai HavertzGermany20100Elijah JustNew Zealand20101Harry KaneEngland20102Erling HaalandNorway20103Kylian MbappeFrance20106Deniz UndavGermany1231Alexander IsakSweden1294Nathaniel BrownGermany1177Hwang InbeomSouth Korea1187Viktor GyokeresSweden11100Ramin RezaeianIran11101Mikel SvanbergSweden1013Gio ReynaUnited States1020Bradley BarcolaFrance1020Cyle LarinCanada1020Ibrahim MbayeSenegal1020Marcus RashfordEngland1024Oh HyeongyuSouth Korea1028Leo ØstigardNorway1030Amad DialloIvory Coast1043MauricioParaguay1053Marko ArnautovicAustria1058Nestory IrankundaAustralia1064Jovo LukicBosnia and Herzegovina1065Jamal MusialaGermany1069Petar MusaCroatia1071Crysencio SummervilleNetherlands1072Emam AshourEgypt1074Felix NmechaGermany1077Raul JimenezMexico1079Julian QuinonesMexico1082Maxi AraujoUruguay1084Martin BaturinaCroatia1084Jude BellinghamEngland1085John McGinnScotland1086Romano SchmidAustria1086Ismael SaibariMorocco1092Daichi KamadaJapan1099Keito NakamuraJapan1099Virgil van DijkNetherlands1099Ladislav KrejciCzechia10100Connor MetcalfeAustralia10100Omar RekikTunisia10100Livano ComenenciaCuraçao10100Nico SchlotterbeckGermany10100Joāo NevesPortugal10101Yoane WissaDR Congo10101Mohammad MohebbiIran10101Abdulelah Al-AmriSaudi Arabia10102Breel EmboloSwitzerland10103Aymen HusseinIraq10103Vinicius Jr.Brazil10104Ali OlwanJordan10107Caleb YirenkyiGhana10107