France captain Kylian Mbappe is the Golden Boot winner of the FIFA World Cup 2026. The 27-year-old forward played eight matches for Les Bleus and scored 10 goals in addition to providing four assists. He finished the tournament with two more goals than Argentina’s Lionel Messi.
Messi played eight matches for Argentina and scored eight goals in addition to providing four assists.
Spain vs Argentina FIFA World Cup 2026 Final
However, in the final of the FIFA World Cup 2026 against Spain on Sunday (July 19), Messi failed to find his name on the scoresheet and his side suffered a 0-1 defeat at the New York New Jersey Stadium.
Most goals in FIFA World Cup 2026
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | GOALS | ASSISTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kylian Mbappe | France | 10 | 4 |
| Lionel Messi | Argentina | 8 | 4 |
| Jude Bellingham | England | 7 | 1 |
| Erling Haaland | Norway | 7 | 0 |
| Ousmane Dembele | France | 6 | 2 |
| Harry Kane | England | 6 | 1 |
| Mikel Oyarzabal | Spain | 5 | 1 |
| Ismaila Sarr | Senegal | 4 | 1 |
| Julian Quinones | Mexico | 4 | 1 |
| Vinicius Junior | Brazil | 4 | 1 |
By winning the Golden Boot at the FIFA World Cup 2026, Mbappe has entered his name in the history
books.
He is the first player in the world to win two Golden Boots at the FIFA World Cup.
In the 2022 edition of the FIFA World Cup as well, Mbappe finished as the highest goal-scorer. He played seven matches in that edition and scored eight goals, which included a hat-trick in the final against Argentina.
Players to win Golden Boots in FIFA World Cup
| EDITION | PLAYER | COUNTRY | GOALS |
| 1930 | Guillermo Stábile | Argentina | 8 |
| 1934 | Oldřich Nejedlý | Czechoslovakia | 5 |
| 1938 | Leônidas | Brazil | 7 |
| 1950 | Ademir | Brazil | 9 |
| 1954 | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | 11 |
| 1958 | Just Fontaine | France | 13 |
| 1962 | Flórián Albert, Valentin Ivanov, Garrincha, Vava, Dražan Jerković, Sánchez | Hungary, Soviet Union, Brazil, Brazil, Yugoslavia, Chile | 4 |
| 1966 | Eusébio | Portugal | 9 |
| 1970 | Gerd Müller | West Germany | 10 |
| 1974 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 7 |
| 1978 | Mario Kempes | Argentina | 6 |
| 1982 | Paolo Rossi | Italy | 6 |
| 1986 | Gary Lineker | England | 6 |
| 1990 | Salvatore Schillaci | Italy | 6 |
| 1994 | Oleg Salenko, Hristo Stoichkov | Russia, Bulgaria | 6 |
| 1998 | Davor Šuker | Croatia | 6 |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 8 |
| 2006 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 5 |
| 2010 | Thomas Müller | Germany | 5 |
| 2014 | James Rodríguez | Colombia | 6 |
| 2018 | Harry Kane | England | 6 |
| 2022 | Kylian Mbappe | France | 8 |
| 2026 | Kylian Mbappe | France | 10 |
In the FIFA World Cup 2026, Mbappe played all eight matches and scored two goals each against Senegal, Iraq, Sweden and England. In the Round of 16 match against Paraguay, he scored once from the penalty spot in the second half and also found the back of the net against Morocco in the quarterfinal.
Mbappe now tops the list of players with the most goals in FIFA World Cup history. He has scored 22 goals in 22 matches across three editions of the tournament. Argentina’s Lionel Messi is in second place with 21 goals in 34 matches.
In addition to winning the Golden Boot at the FIFA World Cup 2026, Mbappe also became only the fourth player in history to score 10 or more goals in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup.
Hungary’s Sándor Kocsis scored 11 goals in five matches at the 1954 FIFA World Cup, while France’s Just Fontaine netted a record 13 goals in the 1958 edition. In 1970, West Germany’s Gerd Muller also scored 10 goals in a single World Cup campaign.
