Kylian Mbappé sealed the 2026 World Cup Golden Boot on Sunday, finishing as the tournament’s leading scorer after Lionel Messi was unable to add to his total in the final held in New Jersey.
Mbappé, captaining France, struck 10 goals to take the chart’s top spot, with Messi closing the tournament on eight.
Behind them, England midfielder Jude Bellingham and Norway striker Erling Haaland both found the net seven times to share the next step down in the scoring standings.
Quick facts
- Kylian Mbappé won the 2026 World Cup Golden Boot with 10 goals.
- Lionel Messi finished second on eight goals after not adding in the final in New Jersey.
- Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland both scored seven times.
- Mbappé, 27, previously won the Golden Boot at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
- France lost in the final at the 2022 tournament.
- Mbappé scored twice in Saturday’s third-place play-off as England beat France 6-4.
- Mbappé became the World Cup’s all-time leading scorer with 22 goals, one more than Messi.
- Mbappé made his World Cup debut in 2018.
Mbappé, who is 27, also claimed the Golden Boot at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, a tournament where France reached the final but finished as runners-up.
The France captain made his World Cup debut in 2018 and added two more goals in Saturday’s third-place play-off, a game England won 6-4.
With his latest haul, Mbappé now holds the record as the leading scorer in World Cup history, netting 22 across three editions—one more than Messi.
