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Who is winning the World Cup 2026 Golden Boot?
The Golden Boot goes to the tournament's top scorer. Tiebreakers run in order: assists, then minutes played. Kylian Mbappe won in 2022 with eight goals; Harry Kane took it in 2018 on the same tally. The race opens 11 June 2026.
Verified·Winners sourced June 2026
Last verified 2026-06-15 04:10 UTC · auto-refreshed
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Kylian Mbappé
2022 
Harry Kane
2018 
James Rodríguez
2014 Recent Golden Boot winners; free-licensed images via the squad-face harvest.
The 2026 Golden Boot race opens with kick-off on 11 June 2026. This table fills automatically after every match using the verified scorer data. Tiebreaker order: goals, then assists, then minutes played. A Min/G (minutes per goal) column appears once scoring begins.
Historical context: Kylian Mbappe and Harry Kane both took the 2022 and 2018 boots respectively on 8 and 6 goals.
Golden Boot winners, last eight tournaments
Source: per FIFA records via Wikipedia FIFA World Cup awards (fetched 2026-06-08)
| Year | Player | Country | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Oleg Salenko / Hristo Stoichkov | Russia / Bulgaria | 6 |
| 1998 | Davor Suker | Croatia | 6 |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 8 |
| 2006 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 5 |
| 2010 | Thomas Muller / David Villa / Wesley Sneijder | Germany / Spain / Netherlands | 5 |
| 2014 | James Rodriguez | Colombia | 6 |
| 2018 | Harry Kane | England | 6 |
| 2022 | Kylian Mbappe | France | 8 |
The award was known as the Golden Shoe through 2006; renamed Golden Boot from 2010. Per FIFA records via Wikipedia FIFA World Cup awards.