Di stars don shine for 2026 World Cup as we dey di knockout rounds. Di tournament top scorers dey distance demsef from di pack.
We dey track di race for di Golden Boot, di award wey dem give to di World Cup top goal scorer. Assists dey use as tiebreaker if two or more players get same goal total. Dat na why France Kylian Mbappé get lead. Im two assists vault am ahead of Argentine legend Lionel Messi, even though both of dem get seven goals for dis year World Cup.
Mbappé score im seventh wit a 70th-minute penalty kick for di Round of 16 on Saturday against Paraguay. Messi own come on Friday early for a thrilling win over Cape Verde for di Round of 32. For di 29th minute, im time a run perfectly, take a touch wit di outside of im boot and den go top shelf.
Messi, 39, don score for eight straight World Cup matches, dating back to di 2022 version of di tournament. Mbappé get 19 career World Cup goals. Messi be di current record holder wit 20. For dis year tournament, dem don each top Germany Miroslav Klose (16 goals), di previous all-time leading goal scorer for men World Cup history, and Brazil Marta (17 goals), wey still dey atop di women World Cup goal-scoring leaderboard.
Mbappé win di Golden Boot during di 2022 World Cup, wey culminate for im squad falling to Argentina for a nail-biting final wey go to PKs. Messi never win di Cup Golden Boot before.
As of Sunday night, dere be seven players wit at least four goals still remaining for dis year World Cup. Note: Players wey dem don eliminate from di tournament no dey for di list below.
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RANK NAME COUNTRY GOALS
1 Kylian Mbappé France 7 (2 assists)
T-2 Lionel Messi Argentina 7
T-2 Erling Haaland Norway 7
4 Harry Kane England 6 (1 assist)
5 Ousmane Dembélé France 4 (2 assists)
6 Mikel Oyarzabal Spain 4 (1 assist)
7 Julián Quiñones Mexico 4 (1 assist)
8 Johan Manzambi Switzerland 3 (1 assist)
Norway Erling Haaland dey level wit dem after a brace against Brazil on Sunday, but Mbappé get di tiebreaker. England Harry Kane be two goals behind dem. On Sunday, Haaland find di back of di net against Brazil. On Wednesday, Kane hit twine twice during England Round of 32 victory against DR Congo, most notably delivering di game-winner for di 86th minute.
Kane win di Golden Boot during di 2018 World Cup, and im dey for di mix for dat prestigious honor once more. Spain Mikel Oyarzabal throw im hat for di ring on Thursday wit a pair of goals for Spain Round of 32 win over Austria.
Messi, France Ousmane Dembélé and Canada Jonathan David don author hat tricks. Messi scoring clinic come for Argentina opener versus Algeria. Dembélé own take place for rapid fashion for group play versus Norway, and David three-goal showcase arrive amid Canada first-ever World Cup win, a 6-0 trouncing of Qatar.
We go dey monitor di Golden Boot race throughout di tournament on dis page, so bookmark am and come back to see who dey for di lead.
