Mbappe is leading Messi in the Golden Boot race. Click here to see all the 2022 World Cup goalscorers and follow the race for the FIFA Golden Boot
France's Kylian Mbappe is back on the World Cup trail, with the 2018 World champion looking to defend their trophy and win the Golden Boot (and perhaps the Golden Ball while at it).
Ecuador's surprise package Enner Balencia is in close second but the striker's injury in the second round of group matches could severely hamper his challenge for the World Cup top scorer gong.
Lionel Messi has two (2) goals and one (1) assist so far while big names Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski both have one (1) goal apiece.
You can click here to see the highest goalscorers (Golden Boot Winners) from all the previous World Cups.
See the list of all the goal scorers so far at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup top scorers list (Golden Boot Rankings)
| Position/Ranking | Player Name | No. of Goals | No. of Assists | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kylian Mbappe | 3 | 1 | France |
| 2 | Enner Valencia | 3 | 0 | Ecuador |
| - | Marcus Rashford | 3 | 0 | England |
| - | Cody Gakpo | 3 | 0 | Netherlands |
| 5 | Bruno Fernandes | 2 | 2 | Portugal |
| 6 | Lionel Messi | 2 | 1 | Argentina |
| - | Mehdi Taremi | 2 | 1 | Iran |
| - | Alvaro Morata | 2 | 1 | Spain |
| 9 | Bukayo Saka | 2 | 0 | England |
| - | Ferran Torres | 2 | 0 | Spain |
| - | Olivier Giroud | 2 | 0 | France |
| - | Richarlison | 2 | 0 | Brazil |
| - | Andrej Kramaric | 2 | 0 | Croatia |
| - | Mohammed Kudus | 2 | 0 | Ghana |
| - | Gue-sung Cho | 2 | 0 | South Korea |
| - | Salem Al-Dawsari | 2 | 0 | Saudi Arabia |
| 17 | Davy Klaassen | 1 | 2 | Netherlands |
| - | Dani Olmo | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| - | Robert Lewandowski | 1 | 1 | Poland |
| - | Adrien Rabiot | 1 | 1 | France |
| - | Raheem Sterling | 1 | 1 | England |
| - | Vincent Aboubakar | 1 | 1 | Cameroon |
| - | Jean-Charles Castelletto | 1 | 1 | Cameroon |
| - | Andre Ayew | 1 | 1 | Ghana |
| - | Christian Pulisic | 1 | 1 | USA |
| - | Frenkie de Jong | 1 | 1 | Netherlands |
| - | Enzo Fernandez | 1 | 1 | Argentina |
| 28 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 1 | 0 | Portugal |
| - | Osman Bukari | 1 | 0 | Ghana |
| - | Rafael Leao | 1 | 0 | Portugal |
| - | Ritsu Doan | 1 | 0 | Japan |
| - | Pablo Gavi | 1 | 0 | Spain |
| - | Joao Felix | 1 | 0 | Portugal |
| - | Jude Bellingham | 1 | 0 | England |
| - | Famara Diedhiou | 1 | 0 | Senegal |
| - | Carlos Soler | 1 | 0 | Spain |
| - | Craig Goodwin | 1 | 0 | Australia |
| - | Marco Asensio | 1 | 0 | Spain |
| - | Mitchell Duke | 1 | 0 | Australia |
| - | Takuma Asano | 1 | 0 | Japan |
| - | Roozbeh Chesmi | 1 | 0 | Iran |
| - | Mohammed Muntari | 1 | 0 | Qatar |
| - | Bamba Dieng | 1 | 0 | Senegal |
| - | Michy Batshuayi | 1 | 0 | Belgium |
| - | Gareth Bale | 1 | 0 | Wales |
| - | Ramin Rezaeian | 1 | 0 | Iran |
| - | Saleh Al-Shehri | 1 | 0 | Saudi Arabia |
| - | Breel Embolo | 1 | 0 | Switzerland |
| - | Boulaye Dia | 1 | 0 | Senegal |
| - | Timothy Weah | 1 | 0 | USA |
| - | Ilkay Gundogan | 1 | 0 | Germany |
| - | Piotr Zielinski | 1 | 0 | Poland |
| - | Jack Grealish | 1 | 0 | England |
| - | Andreas Christensen | 1 | 0 | Denmark |
| - | Keysher Fuller | 1 | 0 | Costa Rica |
| - | Abdelhamid Sabiri | 1 | 0 | Morocco |
| - | Zakaria Aboukhlal | 1 | 0 | Morocco |
| - | Marko Livaja | 1 | 0 | Croatia |
| - | Alphonso Davies | 1 | 0 | Canada |
| - | Lovro Majer | 1 | 0 | Croatia |
| - | Niclas Fullkrug | 1 | 0 | Germany |
| - | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 1 | 0 | Cameroon |
| - | Strahinja Pavlovic | 1 | 0 | Serbia |
| - | Sergej Milinkovic-Savic | 1 | 0 | Serbia |
| - | Aleksandar Mitrovic | 1 | 0 | Serbia |
| - | Mohammed Salisu | 1 | 0 | Ghana |
| - | Casemiro | 1 | 0 | Brazil |
| - | Moises Caicedo | 1 | 0 | Ecuador |
| - | Ismaila Sarr | 1 | 0 | Senegal |
| - | Kalidou Koulibaly | 1 | 0 | Senegal |
| - | Phil Foden | 1 | 0 | England |
| - | Wahbi Khazri | 1 | 0 | Tunisia |
| - | Mathew Leckie | 1 | 0 | Australia |
| - | Henry Martin 47 | 1 | 0 | Mexico |
| - | Luis Chavez | 1 | 0 | Mexico |
| - | Alexis Mac Allister | 1 | 0 | Argentina |
| - | Julian Alvarez | 1 | 0 | Argentina |