World Cup 2022 – the top goalscorers

FIFA+ looks at the battle to finish as top goalscorer at Qatar 2022, with Cody Gakpo, Kylian Mbappe, Marcus Rashford and Alvaro Morata leading the way.

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  • The race for the adidas Golden Boot is wide open

  • Five players are setting the pace on three goals apiece

  • A host of players who are still in the tournament are just one goal behind

    Qatar 2022 top goalscorers
    3 goals
    Alvaro Morata (Spain)
    Kylian Mbappe (France)
    Marcus Rashford (England)
    Cody Gakpo (Netherlands)
    Enner Valencia (Ecuador)

    2 goals
    Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon)
    Salem Al-Dawsari (Saudi Arabia)
    Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Uruguay)
    Ritsu Doan (Japan)
    Breel Embolo (Switzerland)
    Bruno Fernandes (Portugal)
    Niclas Fullkrug (Germany)
    Cho Guesung (Korea Republic)
    Olivier Giroud (France)
    Kai Havertz (Germany)
    Andrej Kramaric (Croatia)
    Mohammed Kudus (Ghana)
    Lionel Messi (Argentina)
    Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia)
    Richarlison (Brazil)
    Bukayo Saka (England)
    Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran)
    Ferran Torres (Spain)

    Golden Boot criteria
    The Golden Boot will be awarded to the player who scores the most goals at Qatar 2022. If two players are equal, the one with the most assists will win it. If two or more players are still equal, the one who has played the fewest minutes will triumph.

    Golden Boot winners
    1930: Guillermo Stabile (8 goals)
    1934: Oldrich Nejedly (5)
    1938: Leonidas da Silva (7)
    1950: Ademir de Menezes (8)
    1954: Sandor Kocsis (11)
    1958: Just Fontaine, France (13)
    1962: Florian Albert, Garrincha, Valentin Ivanov, Drazan Jerkovic, Leonel Sanchez and Vava (4)
    1966: Eusebio (9)
    1970: Gerd Muller (10)
    1974: Grzegorz Lato (7)
    1978: Mario Kempes (6)
    1982: Paolo Rossi (6)
    1986: Gary Lineker (6)
    1990: Toto Schillaci (6)
    1994: Oleg Salenko and Hristo Stoichkov (6)
    1998: Davor Suker (6)
    2002: Ronaldo (8)
    2006: Miroslav Klose (5)
    2010: Thomas Muller (5)
    2014: James Rodriguez (6)
    2018: Harry Kane (6)