Who'll win the Golden Boot at the 2026 FIFA World Cup? The race is on for who'll score the most goals at the tournament, and it is set to be one of the tournament's most closely watched storylines.

After 102 games, the World Cup Golden Boot comes down to two predictable names: Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé. The pair were the top two scorers at the last World Cup -- Mbappé pipped Messi to the ...

Lionel Messi is back atop the 2026 World Cup Golden Boot odds after guiding Argentina into the Final. Check out the latest odds, top contenders, and scoring trends shaping the market. The race for the ...

Here you’ll find detailed estimates for how likely all teams are to reach each round or to win the tournament. You can sort the table by any of these measures. Advertisement We estimate each team’s ...

WE have reached the business end of this year’s World Cup – and the Golden Boot is still up for grabs! There have been four winners of the World Cup Golden Boot since it re-branded from the Golden ...

How many Golden Boot winners also won the World Cup? There have been 22 previous editions of the men's FIFA World Cup, but there have only been three occasions when the champion also had a player atop ...

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Mbappe celebrates scoring his 10th goal of the tournament. Reuters / Marco Bello “Sometimes in football, you have to score goals.” There are only four games remaining in the 2026 World Cup and Thierry ...

At the 2026 World Cup, group-stage play has met its end. That means that high-stakes soccer is now upon World Cup viewers. In this year's tournament so far, the top of the goalscoring charts features ...

The star-studded Golden Boot race at the World Cup 2026 has taken another twist with Lionel Messi leading the way once again. Messi is the first player in history to notch in six successive World Cup ...

Mbappe won the World Cup Golden Boot in 2022 - and is in pole position to do so againCredit: Getty FIFA rebranded the accolade from the Golden Shoe to the Golden Boot in the 2010 edition and that's ...