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Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland keep pace in what is shaping up to be one of the most hotly contested World Cup Golden Boot battles in memory.
The superstars are delivering on the biggest stage of them all and setting a scintillating pace in the race to be the top scorer of the 2026 tournament.
messi His double against Austria took Argentina to a 2-0 win, taking him to five goals in two games.
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South American football expert Tim Vickery has debated whether Messi is the greatest footballer of all time after becoming the World Cup’s top scorer.
Mbappe And Haaland Just behind Messi with four goals in doubles in respective wins for France and Norway.
It is the first World Cup since 1954 – and only the second tournament in history – where three players have scored four or more times after two matches and Harry Kane can join them with a brace for England against Ghana on Tuesday evening.
How the Golden Boot race stands…
Could more records be messed up?
Miroslav Klose started the tournament at the top of the World Cup’s all-time goalscoring chart with 16 goals.
Two games in and Messi now leads by two with 18, while Mbappe is level with the Germany striker, whose international career spans from 2002 to the 2014 World Cup.
Haaland is now Norway’s top goalscorer at the World Cup after just two games, and another goal from Kane would see him overtake Gary Lineker as England’s top scorer at the World Cup.
All four players will aim for Just Fontaine’s 1958 record of 13 goals in a single tournament.
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Big hitters arrive, how Messi reacts to hat-trick for Argentina, Mbappe and Haaland double for France and Norway respectively
Only three players in World Cup history – Fontaine, Germany’s Gerd Müller in 1970 and Hungary’s Sandor Kocsis in 1954 – have ever reached double figures in a single tournament.
At the current rate of scoring in this tournament, three or more players could make it this summer!
Will anyone else join the team?
England’s Harry Kane celebrates after scoring against Croatia
The big question is: Will anyone else gatecrash the Golden Boot Party?
After the exploits of Messi, Mbappe and Haaland, why (Two goals) He has a chance to mix things up against Ghana.
Like Mbappe, the England captain, whose overall World Cup goals tally stands at 10, has the chance to become the first striker to win multiple Golden Boots.
of Spain Lamine Yamal (one goal) got his tournament up and running with a goal against Saudi Arabia, when cristiano ronaldo Scorers have yet to trouble Portugal – but they still have plenty of games left to mount a challenge.
Meanwhile, Denise Undav Three goals in Germany’s opening two games and a run deep into the tournament could see him in contention, while the Netherlands’ Cody Steel (Two) Has a good scoring record in major tournaments.
Matthews Cunha of Brazil celebrates with Vinicius Jr. and Lucas Paqueta
Brazilian pair Vinicius Jr And Mathews Cunha (Both) will target a few more goals and have challenges from the hosts’ forwards. Canada can Jonathan David (three) and of the USA Folarin Balogun (Two) Get enough games to set themselves on fire in contention?
The problem for the rest is that Messi, Mbappe and Haaland, and potentially Kane, show no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
