THE World Cup 2026 is HERE – with 48 of the best nations in the world playing to call themselves world champions!
There have been four winners of the World Cup Golden Boot since it re-branded from the Golden Shoe in 2010.
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Kylian Mbappe won the Golden Boot in 2022, despite losing the final Credit: Getty
A young Thomas Muller won the Golden Boot when it was re-named in South Africa Credit: PA:Press Association
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Thomas Muller won the first in South Africa, scoring five times as Germany finished third at the tournament, scoring in the third place playoff against Uruguay.
James Rodriguez burst onto the scene in Brazil to win the 2014 Golden Boot with six goals, beating out Muller, who scored five goals in 2014.
An Englishman won in 2018, as Harry Kane netted six times for the Three Lions, as they finished fourth in Russia.
France’s Kylian Mbappe put his name in history and won the 2022 Golden Boot with eight goals, including a hat-trick in the World Cup final against Argentina, beating out Lionel Messi, who struck seven.
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And now, Mbappe, Kane and Messi go to battle with other scoring elite to call themselves the World Cup 2026 top scorer.
JattvibeSport can reveal who is leading the way for the Golden Boot in 2026.
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This year’s World Cup is like no other as a record-breaking 48 nations compete to lift football’s biggest prize.
England manager Thomas Tuchel is hoping to finally bring football home after a 60-year drought.
But footballing legends Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have other plans in what will likely be their final World Cup appearance.
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Who is leading the race for the Golden Boot?
This is who is leading the way for the Golden Boot at the World Cup:
1 Deniz Undav (Germany) – 3 (2 assists)
T-2 Lionel Messi (Argentina) – 3
T-2 Jonathan David (Canada) – 3
T-2 Crysencio Summerville (Netherlands) – 2
T-2 Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) – 2
T-2 Vinicius Junior (Brazil) – 2
T-2 Kai Havertz (Germany) – 2
T-2 Kylian Mbappe (France) – 2
T-2 Erling Haaland (Norway) – 2
T-2 Harry Kane (England) – 2
T-2 Mattheus Cunha (Brazil) – 2
T-2 Yasin Ayari (Sweden) – 2
T-2 Folarin Balogun (USA) – 2
T-2 Cyle Larin (Canada) – 2
T-2 Johan Manzambi (Switzerland) – 2
T-2 Elijah Just (New Zealand) – 2
T-2 Brian Brobbey (Netherlands) – 2
T-2 Ismael Saibari (Morocco) – 2
