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Kylian Mbappe now leads the race for the Golden Boot with 10 goals – two clear of Lionel Messi who played in Sunday’s World Cup final.
Mbappe’s two goals in France’s 6-4 defeat of England in the third-place play-off put him in a commanding position to claim the honor and he is now the all-time record goalscorer in World Cup history with 22 goals.
Messi – on eight goals – will need to score twice against Spain on Sunday to overtake Mbappe, with both players currently also having four assists which are used as tiebreakers in the event of a draw.
Erling Haaland and Judd Bellingham, who were knocked out, scored seven and Harry Kane scored six.
The superstars set a brilliant pace in the race to be the tournament’s top scorer in the US, Canada and Mexico.
Messi bounced back after missing a penalty against Egypt Argentina completed their historic comebackScored three goals in the final 13 minutes to advance to the quarterfinals, but failed to add to his tally in the win over Switzerland.
Mbappe put in an eerily similar display against Morocco in the first of the last-eight matches, missing from the spot as he headed in the same direction as Messi before giving France the lead after the hour mark.
Then it was Bellingham’s turn to stand up and deliver after scoring twice against Mexico in the previous round.
How the Golden Boot race stands…
Could more records be messed up?
Miroslav Klose started the tournament at the top of the all-time World Cup goalscoring chart with 16 goals, but both Messi and Mbappe have surpassed the former German striker.
Haaland became Norway’s top goalscorer at the World Cup after just two games, and Kane overtook Gary Lineker as England’s top scorer at the World Cup.
Golden Boot contenders continue to target Just Fontaine’s 1958 record of 13 goals in a single tournament.
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.
What other records have been broken?
Most World Cup tournaments played: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo (six each)
First player to score in six World Cups: Cristiano Ronaldo
Oldest player to score multiple goals in a game: Cristiano Ronaldo
Smallest country to appear in World Cup: Curacao
Most red cards in the opening match: Mexico v South Africa (three)
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Highest scoring in World Cup
