FIFA World Cup 2026 Now it has reached its decisive stage. Now only three matches are left in the tournament and soon the world will get a new world champion. Along with this, the race for the Golden Boot Award for the player who scores the most goals has also become very exciting.
France and Spain will face each other in the first semi-final. Meanwhile, the eyes of football lovers are also fixed on the race for the Golden Boot, where many legendary players are still in the competition.
In their performance so far, France captain Kylian Mbappe and Argentina captain Lionel Messi have scored 8-8 goals in 6-6 matches. Both the players jointly top the Golden Boot list.
Whereas England’s Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham have scored 6-6 goals so far and they are also in the race.
Although Erling Haaland of Norway has scored 7 goals, his team is out of the tournament. In such a situation, he will not play any further matches and is considered out of the race for the Golden Boot.
According to FIFA rules, the Golden Boot is given to the player who scores the most goals. If two or more players have the same number of goals scored, additional criteria are applied to decide the winner.
First of all the number of assists is seen. The player who has assisted more goals gets priority.
In the current situation, Kylian Mbappe has 3 assists in his name, while Lionel Messi has made 2 assists. On this basis, Mbappe is currently in the lead.
If both goals and assists are equal, then it is seen which player has performed this in less time (Minutes Played). The one who has scored the same number of goals while playing less minutes will be declared the winner of the Golden Boot.
According to current statistics, Mbappe has spent less time on the field than Messi, which gives him an edge in this rule as well.
