Who’ll win the Golden Boot at the 2026 FIFA World Cup? The race is on for who’ll score the most goals at the tournament, and it is set to be one of the tournament’s most closely watched storylines.
Several of the world’s top forwards will be aiming to finish as the competition’s leading goalscorer. Lionel Messi – now the top all-time goalscorer in FIFA men’s World Cup history – led the race through the group stages. After Kylian Mbappé caught him when he scored his second goal during the second half of France’s round of 32 matchup against Sweden, Messi retook the lead following his goal against Cape Verde to put Argentina up 1-0 in the first half.
Harry Kane, Erling Haaland and Cristiano Ronaldo are among the other players expected to challenge for the award. And don’t count out Vinícius Júnior.
Check out our list of all the 2026 World Cup group-stage goals, ranked!
Favorites To Win The Golden Boot
Kylian Mbappé: +125 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total)
Lionel Messi: +140 (bet $10 to win $24 total)
Harry Kane: +750 (bet $10 to win $85 total)
Erling Haaland: +2200 (bet $10 to win $230 total)
Mikel Oyarzabal: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)
Vinícius Júnior: +3500 (bet $10 to win $360 total)
Ousmane Dembélé: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)
Cristiano Ronaldo: +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total)
Jonathan David: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total)
Ismael Saibari: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total)
7 Goals
6 Goals
5 Goals
- Harry Kane (England)
- Erling Haaland (Norway)
4 Goals
- Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain)
- Ousmane Dembélé (France)
- Vinícius Júnior (Brazil)
3 Goals
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
- Folarin Balogun (USA)
- Julián Quiñones (Mexico)
- Ismael Saibari (Morocco)
- Matheus Cunha (Brazil)
- Jonathan David (Canada)
- Johan Manzambi (Switzerland)
2 Goals
- Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
- Raúl Jiménez (Mexico)
- Bradley Barcola (France)
- Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)
- Marko Arnautovic (Austria)
- Jude Bellingham (England)
- Leandro Trossard (Belgium)
- Rubén Vargas (Switzerland)
- Daniel Muñoz (Colombia)
- Yasin Ayari (Sweden)
- Cyle Larin (Canada)
Last 5 Golden Boot Winners
- 2022 (Qatar): Kylian Mbappé (France) – 8 goals
- 2018 (Russia): Harry Kane (England) – 6 goals
- 2014 (Brazil): James Rodríguez (Colombia) – 6 goals
- 2010 (South Africa): Thomas Müller (Germany) – 5 goals
- 2006 (Germany): Miroslav Klose (Germany) – 5 goals
Lionel Messi Scores Goal vs Austria, Becoming Men’s All-time FIFA World Cup™ Goalscoring Leader
