Who is leading the race for the FIFA World Cup 2026 Golden Boot award?
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Who is leading the race for the FIFA World Cup 2026 Golden Boot award?
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It’s what football fans expect Kylian Mbappe to have said to Lionel Messi after France’s latest thumping win in the FIFA World Cup 2026. The battle to be the tournament’s top scorer is heating up as the action moves into the knockout stages. Argentinian great Messi is battling it out with French superstar Mbappe at the top of the table, with Norway’s Erling Haaland and Brazil’s Vinicius Junior hot on their heels.
Here’s everything you need to know about FIFA’s Golden Boot award: FIFA’s Golden Boot is awarded to the player with the most goals at the end of the tournament. France’s Mbappe is the current holder after scoring eight goals in Qatar at the 2022 World Cup. If two players are tied on the same number of goals at the end of the tournament, then the player with the most assists will win the award.
If those tiebreakers cannot split two players, then the Golden Boot is handed to the player who achieved their goals and assists in the least number of minutes. Mbappe, Harry Kane and James Rodriguez are all looking to bag the top goal-scorer prize for a second time.
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