World Cup 2022 top scorers: Olivier Giroud level with Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi in Golden Boot race
His goal to put France ahead against Poland in the last-16 also saw him becoming his country’s all-time record goalscorer, moving ahead of Thierry Henry as he netted his third goal of the tournament.
Messi meanwhile marked his 1000th career appearance in style in Argentina’s win over Australia, to also move alongside Netherlands star Cody Gakpo and Enner Valencia, who will not be able to add any further to his tally after Ecuador’s group-stage elimination.
There are a glut of players chasing further behind on two goals each, including England’s Bukayo Saka, Richarlison, Bruno Fernandes and Ferran Torres to name just a few, with the battle for top scorer honours heating up nicely in Qatar.
Here are the latest Golden Boot standings at the World Cup…
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World Cup 2022 Golden Boot standings
Position
Player
Nation
Goals
Assists
=1
Lionel Messi
Argentina
3
1
=1
Kylian Mbappe
France
3
1
=1
Alvaro Morata
Spain
3
1
=1
Olivier Giroud
France
3
0
=1
Enner Valencia
Ecuador
3
0
=1
Cody Gakpo
Netherlands
3
0
=1
Marcus Rashford
England
3
0
=8
Niclas Fullkrug
Germany
2
1
=8
Mehdi Taremi
Iran
2
1
=8
Vincent Aboubakar
Cameroon
2
1
=8
Julian Alvarez
Argentina
2
0
=8
Richarlison
Brazil
2
0
=8
Ferran Torres
Spain
2
0
=8
Bukayo Saka
England
2
0
=8
Andrej Kramaric
Croatia
2
0
=8
Bruno Fernandes
Portugal
2
0
=8
Salem Al Dawsari
Saudi Arabia
2
0
=8
Mohammed Kudus
Ghana
2
0
=8
Cho Gue-Sung
South Korea
2
0
=8
Kai Havertz
Germany
2
0
=8
Ritsu Doan
Japan
2
0
Table correct as of December 4, 2022.
