World Cup Golden Boot race heats up as Messi, Mbappe, Haaland are scoring goals for fun

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The stars have not disappointed at the 2026 World Cup.

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland have been scoring for fun, with all three scoring multiple goals in each of their two group games so far.

Messi followed up his hat trick against Algeria with two more goals Monday against Austria in Argentina's 2-0 win. Mbappe added two more against Iraq in France's 3-0 win and Haaland's brace helped Norway to a 3-2 win over Senegal.

France and Norway meet in the Group I decider on June 26.

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England's Harry Kane, who scored twice in the Three Lions' opener vs. Croatia, gets a shot to climb the Golden Boot list on Tuesday against Ghana.


Here's a look at the leading goal scorers so far this World Cup as the race for the Golden Boot heats up.

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Through June 22 games

  • Lionel Messi, Argentina: 5
  • Kylian Mbappe, France: 4
  • Erling Haaland, Norway: 4
  • Denis Undav, Germany: 3 (2 assists)
  • Jonathan David, Canada: 3
  • Mikel Oyarzabal, Spain: 2 (1 assist)
  • Maximiliano Araujo: Uruguay: 2 (1 assist)
  • Ayase Ueda, Japan: 2 (1 assist)
  • Crysencio Summerville, Netherlands: 2 (1 assist)
  • Cody Gakpo, Netherlands: 2 (1 assist)
  • Vinicius Junior, Brazil: 2 (1 assist)
  • Folarin Balugon, United States: 2
  • Harry Kane, England: 2
  • Matheus Cunha, Brazil: 2
  • Kai Havertz, Germany: 2
  • Yasin Ayari, Sweden: 2
  • Elijah Just, New Zealand: 2
  • Johan Manzambi, Switzerland: 2
  • Cyle Larin, Canada: 2
  • Brian Brobbey, Netherlands: 2
  • Ismael Salibari, Morocco: 2
  • Daichi Kamada, Japan: 2

World Cup schedule: Tuesday's games, TV channel​

  • Portugal vs. Uzbekistan, 1 p.m. (Fox)
  • England vs. Ghana, 4 p.m. (Fox)
  • Panama vs. Croatia, 7 p.m. (Fox)
  • Colombia vs. DR Congo, 10 p.m. (FS1)

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: World Cup stats: Golden Boot tracker, who has scored most goals?

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