2026 World Cup Golden Boot: Most goals, standings

June 16, 2026; Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.; Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates with teammates after the match. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images | Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images 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.

class="has-text-align-none">The chase for the Golden Boot.

class="has-text-align-none">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.

class="has-text-align-none">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.

class="has-text-align-none">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.

class="has-text-align-none">Should there still be a tie, the player with the fewest minutes played is ranked ahead.

class="has-text-align-none">Note: Table last updated on June 21 following Tunisia-Japan

PlayerTeamGoalsAssistsMinutesDeniz UndavGermany3269Lionel MessiArgentina3083Jonathan DavidCanada30165Crysencio SummervilleNetherlands21123Ayase UedaJapan21174Cody GakpoNetherlands21182Vinicius Jr.Brazil21191Johan ManzambiSwitzerland2059Brian BrobbeyNetherlands2088Yasin AyariSweden20184Elijah JustNew Zealand20101Harry KaneEngland20102Erling HaalandNorway20103Kylian MbappéFrance20106Matheus CunhaBrazil20109Cyle LarinCanada20121Daichi KamadaJapan20176Folarin BalogunUnited States20180Ismael SaibariMorocco20181Kai HavertzGermany20192Alexander IsakSweden12194Nathan-Dylan SalibaCanada1138Hwang InbeomSouth Korea1187Luis DíazColombia1198Ramin RezaeianIran11101Ruben VargasSwitzerland11111Keito NakamuraJapan11181Nathaniel BrownGermany11182Felix NmechaGermany11182Breel EmboloSwitzerland11195Viktor GyokeresSweden11201Alex FreemanUnited States11209Ermin MahmicBosnia and Herzegovina107Mikel SvanbergSweden1013Gio ReynaUnited States1020Bradley BarcolaFrance1020Ibrahim MbayeSenegal1020Marcus RashfordEngland1024Oh HyeongyuSouth Korea1028Jaminton CampazColombia1029Leo ØstigardNorway1030Anthony ElangaSweden1047MauricioParaguay1053Marko ArnautovicAustria1058Petar MusaCroatia1071Emam AshourEgypt1074Luis RomoMexico1075Jovo LukicBosnia and Herzegovina1077Raul JimenezMexico1079Julian QuinonesMexico1082Abbosbek FayzullaevUzbekistan1082Maxi AraujoUruguay1084Martin BaturinaCroatia1084Jude BellinghamEngland1085Romano SchmidAustria1086Omar RekikTunisia10100Joāo NevesPortugal10101Yoane WissaDR Congo10101Mohammad MohebbiIran10101Abdulelah Al-AmriSaudi Arabia10102Matías GalarazaParaguay10102Aymen HusseinIraq10103Michal SadilekCzechia10104Daniel MuñozColombia10106Ali OlwanJordan10107Caleb YirenkyiGhana10107Nestory IrankundaAustralia10117Amad DialloIvory Coast10124Junya ItoJapan10130Jamal MusialaGermany10136Nico SchlotterbeckGermany10145Connor MetcalfeAustralia10153John McGinnScotland10180Livano ComenenciaCuraçao10188Virgil van DijkNetherlands10199Ladislav KrejciCzechia10201Teboho MokoenaSouth Africa10202Granit XhakaSwitzerland10204Franck KessiéIvory Coast10207