Rabat – Kylian Mbappé became the first player to win the Golden Boot at two consecutive tournaments after finishing as the leading scorer of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
France midfielder scored 10 goals in eight matches, beating Argentina’s star Lionel Messi, who had a chance to win the Golden Boot himself if he had scored a hat-trick in the final, something he could not achieve against La Roja.
Mbappe scored in all stages of the competition with 2 braces against Senegal and Iraq in the group stage, another brace against Sweden in the round of 32, a penalty against Paraguay in the round of 16, a goal against Morocco in the quarterfinals, and a brace against England in the third-place match.
The Real Madrid forward won his first Golden Boot in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, scoring 8 goals, including a hat-trick in the final against Argentina.
At that time, Mbappé seemed unhappy about it, since what mattered to him the most was holding a golden cup, not a golden boot.
Mbappé did not break Messi’s record in this tournament only; he is now at the top of the World Cup all-time scoring chart with 22 goals, one ahead of Messi.
He scored 4 goals in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and became world champion in the same tournament; four years later, he scored eight goals in Qatar and won the Golden Boot. The same thing happened in the 2026 FIFA World Cup when he scored 10 goals and won the top scorer prize for the second time.
Obviously, the 27-year-old cannot have both the World Cup and the Golden Boot at the same time; however, the 2018 World Cup champion seems to have more chances in the future since his number one competitor, Lionel Messi, has officially played his last World Cup.
