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World Cup 2022 top scorers: Kylian Mbappé surpasses Lionel Messi and Olivier Giroud in the race for the Golden Boot
After Giroud
After Giroud scored against Poland to become France‘s all-time top scorer, surpassing Thierry Henry, Mbappe closed the game with a brace to take his Qatari tally to five, along with a pair of assists.
Messi, meanwhile, marked his 1,000th career appearance in style in Argentina‘s win over Australia, to also move alongside Dutch star Cody Gakpo and Enner Valencia, who won’t be able to add more to his tally after Ecuador‘s elimination. in the group stage. England’s Bukayo Saka joined them with his third of the tournament against Senegal.
There are a host of players chasing further back with two goals apiece, including Richarlison, Bruno Fernandes and Ferran Torres, to name just a few, and the battle for top scorer honors is heating up very well in Qatar.
Here are the last positions of the Golden Boot in the World Cup…
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World Cup 2022 Golden Boot Ranking
Position
Player
Nation
Goals
assists
=1
kylian mbappe
France
5
two
=2
Lionel Messi
Argentina
3
1
=2
alvaro morata
3
1
=2
Bukayo Saka
England
3
0
=2
Olivier Giroud
France
3
0
=2
jan valencia
Ecuador
3
0
=2
Cody Gakpo
3
0
=2
Mark Rashford
England
3
0
=9
Niclas Fullkrug
two
1
=9
Mehdi Taremi
two
1
=9
vincent aboubakar
two
1
=9
Julian Alvarez
Argentina
two
0
=9
richarlison
two
0
=9
Ferran Torres
Spain
two
0
=9
andrej kramaric
two
0
=9
Bruno Fernandes
two
0
=9
Salem Al-Dawsari
two
0
=9
Mohamed Kudus
two
0
=9
Cho Gue Sung
two
0
=9
Kai Havertz
Germany
two
0
=9
ritsu doan
two
0
Table correct as of December 4, 2022.
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