{"id":772761,"date":"2026-07-01T06:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T06:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/772761\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T06:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T06:34:14","slug":"who-is-leading-the-race-for-the-fifa-world-cup-2026-golden-boot-award-world-cup-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/772761\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is leading the race for the FIFA World Cup 2026 Golden Boot award? | World Cup 2026 News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Argentina\u2019s Messi is level on goals with France\u2019s Mbappe as World Cup favourites look to power through the knockouts.<\/p>\n

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Published On 1 Jul 20261 Jul 2026<\/p>\n

Over to you, Lionel. It\u2019s what football fans expect Kylian Mbappe to have said to Lionel Messi after France\u2019s latest thumping win in the FIFA World Cup 2026.<\/p>\n

The battle to be the tournament\u2019s top scorer is heating up as the action moves into the knockout stages.<\/p>\n

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Argentinian great Messi is battling it out with French superstar Mbappe at the top of the table, with Norway\u2019s Erling Haaland and Brazil\u2019s Vinicius Junior hot on their heels.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about FIFA\u2019s Golden Boot award:<\/p>\n

\"MessiArgentina\u2019s Lionel Messi has scored six goals so far in North America [Tim Heitman\/reuters]What\u2019s the FIFA Golden Boot award and how is it decided?<\/p>\n

FIFA\u2019s Golden Boot is awarded to the player with the most goals at the end of the tournament.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s Mbappe is the current holder after scoring eight goals in Qatar<\/a> at the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"HaalandErling Haaland celebrates after the match as Norway qualify for the round of 16 [Issei Kato\/Reuters]Which players are the top goal scorers at World Cup 2026?
\nKylian Mbappe (France) \u2013 6 goals, 2 assists
\nLionel Messi (Argentina) \u2013 6 goals, 0 assists
\nErling Haaland (Norway) \u2013 5 goals, 0 assists
\nOusmane Dembele (France) \u2013 4 goals, 2 assists
\nVinicius Junior (Brazil) \u2013 4 goals, 1 assist
\nHow many Golden Boot awards have current World Cup players won?<\/p>\n

Mbappe, Harry Kane and James Rodriguez are all looking to bag the top goal-scorer prize for a second time.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s Kane won the award in 2018 in Russia, while Colombia\u2019s Rodriguez was top scorer in 2014 in Brazil.<\/p>\n

No player has ever won the award more than once.<\/p>\n

Can Cristiano Ronaldo win the Golden Boot this year?<\/p>\n

He can, but he needs to start scoring more goals, and quickly.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese veteran has scored twice at this tournament, with both goals coming in a 5-0 win over Uzbekistan<\/a> in the group stage.<\/p>\n

Portugal are looking to go deep in the tournament and will be looking to their captain to add to his goal tally.<\/p>\n

Which player has scored the most goals in a single World Cup?<\/p>\n

French forward Just Fontaine holds the record after scoring an incredible 13 goals at the 1958 tournament in Sweden.<\/p>\n

Sandor Kocsis scored 11 at the 1954 tournament in Switzerland, while West Germany\u2019s Gerd Muller bagged 10 at the World Cup 1970 in Mexico.<\/p>\n

\"MiroslavGermany\u2019s Miroslav Klose celebrates scoring against Argentina during their World Cup 2006 quarterfinal match in Berlin [File: Reuters]Who has scored the most goals in FIFA World Cup history?
\nLionel Messi (Argentina) \u2013 19
\nKylian Mbappe (France) \u2013 18
\nMiroslav Klose (Germany) \u2013 16
\nRonaldo (Brazil) \u2013 15
\nGerd Muller (West Germany) \u2013 14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Argentina\u2019s Messi is level on goals with France\u2019s Mbappe as World Cup favourites look to power through the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,527,799,1072,44,561,457,82,772,1690,13009,13010],"class_list":["post-772761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-football","tag-latin-america","tag-mexico","tag-news","tag-soccer","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}