2026 World Cup Golden Boot: Most goals, standings

Nairavoice | Jun 17, 2026 Jun 17, 2026 827 0 3 min read

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.

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 following Group H matches on June 26:

PlayerTeamGoalsAssistsMinutesLionel MessiArgentina50188Kylian MbappéFrance42290Ousmane DembéléFrance41226Vinicius Jr.Brazil41294Erling HaalandNorway40208Deniz UndavGermany32107Johan ManzambiSwitzerland31147Ismaila SarrSenegal31275Brian BrobbeyNetherlands30168Matheus CunhaBrazil30191Ismael SaibariMorocco30255Jonathan DavidCanada30271Crysencio SummervilleNetherlands21147Pape GueyeSenegal21186Ruben VargasSwitzerland21194Mikel OyarzabalSpain21228Ayase UedaJapan21245Cody GakpoNetherlands21268Maxi AraujoUruguay21278Ermin MahmicBosnia and Herzegovina2037Anthony ElangaSweden20149Nicolas PépéIvory Coast20164Folarin BalogunUnited States20180Cyle LarinCanada20187Elijah JustNew Zealand20190Cristiano RonaldoPortugal20202Harry KaneEngland20204Daniel MuñozColombia20207Kai HavertzGermany20256Julian QuinonesMexico20270Daichi KamadaJapan20278Yasin AyariSweden20286Iliman-Cheikh NdiayeSenegal1256Nathan-Dylan SalibaCanada12143Mohamed SalahEgypt12168Breel EmboloSwitzerland12283Alexander IsakSweden12296Viktor GyokeresSweden12303Soufiane RahimiMorocco1154Promise DavidCanada1158Bradley BarcolaFrance11136Luis RomoMexico11141Mostafa ZikoEgypt11160Nathaniel BrownGermany11182Sebastian BerhalterUnited States11183Hwang In-beomSouth Korea11187Baris YilmazTürkiye11196Luis DíazColombia11199Ramin RezaeianIran11205Alex FreemanUnited States11232Felix NmechaGermany11250Keito NakamuraJapan11261Virgil van DijkNetherlands11298Achraf HakimiMorocco11309Kaan AyhanTürkiye1012Mikel SvanbergSweden1013Mahmoud TrezeguetEgypt1025Gessime YassineMorocco1028Jaminton CampazColombia1029Rafael LeãoPortugal1037Marcus RashfordEngland1038Ante BudimirCroatia1050Nadhir BenboualiAlgeria1052Oh Hyeon-gyuSouth Korea1067Hasan Al HaydosQatar1070Helio VarelaCabo Verde1075Jovo LukicBosnia and Herzegovina1077Mateo ChávezMexico1082Marko ArnautovicAustria1088Habib DiarraSenegal1090Hazem MastouriTunisia1093Alvaro FidalgoMexico1094Thelonious AasgaardNorway10100Gio ReynaUnited States10101MauricioParaguay10104Petar MusaCroatia10116Auston TrustyUnited States10123Aymen HusseinIraq10129Ibrahim MbayeSenegal10137Álex BaenaSpain10140Marcus PedersenNorway10142Leo ØstigardNorway10142Nico SchlotterbeckGermany10145Lamine YamalSpain10153Nilson AnguloEcuador10157Amine GouiriAlgeria10158Abbosbek FayzullaevUzbekistan10161Junya ItoJapan10161Emam AshourEgypt10163Jude BellinghamEngland10164Raul JimenezMexico10164Thapelo MasekoSouth Africa10167Amad DialloIvory Coast10169Daizen MaedaJapan10171Romano SchmidAustria10171Mohammad MohebbiIran10175Kevin LeniniCabo Verde10177Alexandre Nuno MendesPortugal10178Martin BaturinaCroatia10182Joāo NevesPortugal10182Matías GalarazaParaguay10199Omar RekikTunisia10201Wilson IsidorHaiti10201Yoane WissaDR Congo10202Teboho MokoenaSouth Africa10202Kerim AlajbegovicBosnia and Herzegovina10202Ali OlwanJordan10203Michal SadilekCzechia10204Finn SurmanNew Zealand10206Nestory IrankundaAustralia10208Nizar al-RashdanJordan10209Caleb YirenkyiGhana10209Désiré DouéFrance10218Jamal MusialaGermany10237Livano ComenenciaCuraçao10253Connor MetcalfeAustralia10255Agustin CanobbioUruguay10262Leroy SanéGermany10268Abdulelah Al-AmriSaudi Arabia10269John McGinnScotland10278Franck KessiéIvory Coast10288Jan Paul van HeckeNetherlands10298Ladislav KrejciCzechia10301Granit XhakaSwitzerland10304Gonzalo PlataEcuador10304Arda GulerTürkiye10314

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