World Cup Golden Boot

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Who will win the 2022 World Cup Golden Boot? (90min)

So who's in the running to scoop the award? Here are the four players who head into Sunday's final with a shot of winning the Golden Boot. Lionel Messi. 5 goals.

The numbers of assists is used as a tiebreaker if two or more players are tied on the same amount of goals scored at the World Cup. Like Giroud, he'll need a brace in the final if he wants that Golden Boot. However, with no assists so far he'll have to score twice in the final to have a shot at claiming the Golden Boot. Here are the four players who head into Sunday's final with a shot of winning the Golden Boot. Giroud grabbed two in the thrashing of Australia and the opener against Poland before grabbing the winner in the quarter-final victory against England. While that collective trophy is the aim for both Argentina and France ahead of Sunday's final, there are also a number of individual awards that are still up for grabs.

Who will win the World Cup Golden Boot? Paddy's latest prices (Paddy Power News)

Argentina and France are set to clash for the biggest prize in team sport – but there is also personal glory on the line in the World Cup final. Lionel Messi ...

The former Arsenal and Chelsea forward is also without an assist so a brace is likely required to stay in the race. Julian Alvarez emerged as a late contender thanks to his brace in Argentina’s 3-0 demolition of Croatia in the semi-finals. Lionel Messi is the favourite with Paddy Power to win the Golden Boot.

World Cup golden boot: What are the tiebreakers for top goalscorer ... (The Independent)

World Cup golden boot: What are the tiebreakers for top goalscorer award? Argentina's Lionel Messi and France's Kylian Mbappe enter the final on five goals each.

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World Cup Golden Boot 2022: Who has scored most goals at Qatar ... (iNews)

Four players enter Sunday's World Cup 2022 final with a chance to seal the Golden Boot as France and Argentina battle for the main trophy.

He followed his teenage kicks from Russia with eight more strikes here, although doubles against Denmark and Poland preceded blanks against England and Morocco in the last eight and four. That included the opener in the last 16 against Australia – his 1,000th career game. He opened the scoring in the final from the penalty spot before adding a second in extra-time. Olivier Giroud (4 goals) Julian Alvarez (4 goals) [Lionel Messi vs Kylian Mbappe billing](https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-final-2022-messi-vs-mbappe-victory-qatar-football-fatalities-2031184?ico=in-line_link), with the former scoring twice and the latter becoming the first player to score a World Cup final hat-trick since Sir Geoff Hurst in 1966.

World Cup Golden Boot rules: How is the top scorer decided if they ... (Daily Express)

Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi will go head to head in the battle for the World Cup Golden Boot.

As it stands, Messi has played 570 minutes during the tournament compared to Mbappe's total of 477 minutes. No other player representing Argentina or France has two goals in the tournament, meaning it is highly likely one of the four players will be crowned the winner. The [PSG](/latest/psg-fc) pair will be on opposing sides for a change as Argentina take on world champions France at Lusail Stadium on Sunday, hoping to win their third World Cup and first since 1986, while France are hoping to become the first nation since Brazil in 1962 to retain the title.

FIFA World Cup: List of all Golden Boot winners since 1930 (Economic Times)

As Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe compete to be the FIFA World Cup Golden Boot winners this year, heres a look at the record of Golden Boot winners since ...

1990: Salvatore Schillaci of Italy with 6 goals So far in the competition, both players have five goals each. 1982: Paolo Rossi of Italy with 6 goals

How is the World Cup Golden Boot winner decided if two players ... (FourFourTwo)

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe are both on the same amount of goals heading into the World Cup final.

Indeed, Oleg Salenko and Hristo Stoichkov shared the Golden Boot at the 1994 World Cup, with both grabbing six goals each and an assist, too. Meanwhile, at the 2010 World Cup, Thomas Muller, David Villa, Wesley Sneijder and Diego Forlan all tied with five goals. Olivier Giroud and Julian Alvarez are still in contention to take home the Golden Boot, with both scoring four goals so far.