| Player | Goals | Assists | Mins played | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Midfielder
Kylian Mbappé
France
|
8
|
2
|
691
|
||
|
vs Australia
Group D
vs Denmark
Group D
vs Poland
Round of 16
vs Argentina
Final
| ||||||
|
Striker
Lionel Messi
Argentina
|
7
|
3
|
798
|
||
|
vs Saudi Arabia
Group C
vs Mexico
Group C
vs Australia
Round of 16
vs Netherlands
Quarter Final
vs Croatia
Semi-Final
vs France
Final
| ||||||
|
Striker
Olivier Giroud
France
|
4
|
0
|
452
|
||
|
vs Australia
Group D
vs Poland
Round of 16
vs England
Quarter Final
| ||||||
|
Striker
Julián Álvarez
Argentina
|
4
|
0
|
518
|
||
|
Striker
Gonçalo Ramos
Portugal
|
3
|
1
|
179
|
||
|
Striker
Álvaro Morata
Spain
|
3
|
1
|
206
|
||
|
Striker
Marcus Rashford
England
|
3
|
0
|
176
|
||
|
Striker
Enner Valencia
Ecuador
|
3
|
0
|
277
|
||
|
Striker
Bukayo Saka
England
|
3
|
0
|
313
|
||
|
Striker
Richarlison
Brazil
|
3
|
0
|
337
|
||
|
Striker
Cody Gakpo
Netherlands
|
3
|
0
|
490
|
||
|
Striker
Bruno Fernandes
Portugal
|
2
|
4
|
396
|
||
|
Striker
Harry Kane
England
|
2
|
3
|
449
|
||
|
Striker
Niclas Füllkrug
Germany
|
2
|
1
|
92
|
||
|
Striker
Vincent Aboubakar
Cameroon
|
2
|
1
|
160
|
||
|
Midfielder
Junior Neymar
Brazil
|
2
|
1
|
292
|
||
|
Striker
Mehdi Taremi
Iran
|
2
|
1
|
330
|
||
|
Striker
Robert Lewandowski
Poland
|
2
|
1
|
407
|
||
|
Striker
Wout Weghorst
Netherlands
|
2
|
0
|
97
|
||
|
Midfielder
Kai Havertz
Germany
|
2
|
0
|
118
|
||
|
Striker
Rafael Leão
Portugal
|
2
|
0
|
124
|
||
|
Midfielder
Giorgian de Arrascaeta
Uruguay
|
2
|
0
|
126
|
||
|
Striker
Ferran Torres
Spain
|
2
|
0
|
234
|
||
|
Striker
Ritsu Doan
Japan
|
2
|
0
|
236
|
||
|
Striker
Mohammed Kudus
Ghana
|
2
|
0
|
270
|
||
|
Striker
Aleksandar Mitrovic
Serbia
|
2
|
0
|
290
|
||
|
Striker
Cho Gue-sung
South Korea
|
2
|
0
|
309
|
||
|
Midfielder
Salem Al-Dawsari
Saudi Arabia
|
2
|
0
|
321
|
||
|
Striker
Breel Embolo
Switzerland
|
2
|
0
|
342
|
||
|
Midfielder
Andrej Kramaric
Croatia
|
2
|
0
|
500
|
||
|
Striker
Youssef En-Nesyri
Morocco
|
2
|
0
|
575
|
||
One goal
The Golden Boot is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in the tournament. If there are multiple players with the same number of goals, the tie is broken by assists, and if those too are equal, by the lowest minutes played.
Own goals do not count, and nor do penalties scored in penalty shoot-outs, but penalties in normal or extra time do.
The World Cup first gave an award to the top goalscorer of the tournament in 1982, under the name Golden Shoe, before being renamed Golden Boot for the 2010 finals (with silver and bronze boots for the second and third places). In that year, Germany’s Thomas Müller collected the award with five goals and three assists. James Rodríguez took the prize four years later with six goals, while Harry Kane’s six-goal haul for England landed the award in 2018.
These all come well short of the leading goalscorer at a single World Cup, which was France’s Just Fontaine, who scored a remarkable 13 goals during the 1958 tournament.
This year, favourites for the Golden Boot include Kane, France’s Kylian Mbappé, Argentina talisman Lionel Messi and Neymar of Brazil.