After Giroud scored against Poland to become France’s all-time record goalscorer ahead of Thierry Henry, Mbappé stopped the match with a brace to take his Qatar tally to five, along with a pair of assists.
Messi, meanwhile, marked his 1,000th career appearance in style in Argentina’s victory over Australia, to also appear alongside Dutchman Cody Gakpo and Enner Valencia, who can no longer add to his list after Ecuador’s group stage elimination. England’s Bukayo Saka joined them with his third of the tournament against Senegal.
Goncalo Ramos looks poised to launch a late attack at the Golden Boot. He played just ten minutes of football in the group stage, but took his chance in the round of 16 against Switzerland when he scored the tournament’s first hat-trick.
Here are the latest Golden Boot standings at the World Cup…
2022 World Cup Golden Boot standings
|
Position |
Player |
Nation |
Goals |
assists |
|
=1 |
Kylian Mbappe |
France |
5 |
2 |
|
=2 |
Lionel Messi |
Argentina |
3 |
1 |
|
=2 |
Alvaro Morata |
Spain |
3 |
1 |
|
=2 |
Goncalo Ramos |
Portugal |
3 |
1 |
|
=2 |
Bukayo Saka |
England |
3 |
0 |
|
=2 |
Oliver Giroud |
France |
3 |
0 |
|
=2 |
End of Valencia |
Ecuador |
3 |
0 |
|
=2 |
Cody Gakpo |
The Netherlands |
3 |
0 |
|
=2 |
Marcus Rashford |
England |
3 |
0 |
|
=2 |
rich carlison |
Brazil |
3 |
0 |
|
=11 |
Bruno Fernandes |
Portugal |
2 |
3 |
|
=11 |
Nicholas Fullkrug |
Germany |
2 |
1 |
|
=11 |
Mahdi Taremi |
Iran |
2 |
1 |
|
=11 |
Vincent Abubakar |
Cameroon |
2 |
1 |
|
=11 |
Julian Alvarez |
Argentina |
2 |
0 |
|
=11 |
Ferran Torres |
Spain |
2 |
0 |
|
=11 |
Andrew Kramaric |
Croatia |
2 |
0 |
|
=11 |
Salem Al-Dawsari |
Saudi Arabia |
2 |
0 |
|
=11 |
Holy Mohammed |
Ghana |
2 |
0 |
|
=11 |
Cho Gue Sung |
South Korea |
2 |
0 |
|
=11 |
Kai Havertz |
Germany |
2 |
0 |
|
=11 |
Ritsu Don |
Japan |
2 |
0 |
|
=11 |
Raphael Leo |
Portugal |
2 |
0 |
Table correct as of December 6, 2022.