The stars had been out all through the 2026 World Cup, and so they shined vibrant via the final days of the event.
France’s Kylian Mbappé was the final participant to maneuver out in entrance of the Golden Boot race, putting twice in Les Bleus‘ third-place match towards England after that they had stumbled to a 4-0 deficit in the primary half Saturday. That put him two targets forward of Lionel Messi earlier than Argentina took the pitch in Sunday’s final towards Spain.
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Mbappé held on to win the Golden Boot, the award bestowed upon the World Cup’s prime purpose scorer, after Messi was held scoreless in Argentina’s 1-0 extra-time loss to Spain.
Mbappé completed the event with 10 targets, two greater than Messi.
Mbappé has 22 profession World Cup targets; Messi 21. During this 12 months’s event, they every topped Germany’s Miroslav Klose (16 targets), the earlier all-time main purpose scorer in males’s World Cup historical past, and Brazil’s Marta (17 targets), who stays atop the ladies’s World Cup goal-scoring leaderboard.
Mbappé additionally gained the Golden Boot throughout the 2022 World Cup, which culminated in France falling to Argentina in a nail-biting final that went to penalty kicks.
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Four gamers completed this 12 months’s World Cup with at the least seven targets.
2026 World Cup Golden Boot final standings
|
RANK |
NAME |
COUNTRY |
GOALS |
|
1 |
Kylian Mbappé |
France |
10 (4 assists) |
|
2 |
Lionel Messi |
Argentina |
8 (4 assists) |
|
3 |
England |
7 (1 help) |
|
|
4 |
Norway |
7 |
|
|
5 |
France |
6 (2 assists) |