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Kylian Mbappe has become the first player to win the World Cup Golden Boot twice after earning the award for top scorer at the 2026 tournament.


The France forward netted 10 goals in eight games to edge out Lionel Messi in a high-quality race.

Having struck eight times to finish top scorer at Qatar 2022, Mbappe has won the Golden Boot in back-to-back World Cups.

The 27-year-old was the first man to reach double figures for World Cup goals since Gerd Muller for West Germany in 1970.

Only Just Fontaine, who hit 13 for France in 1958, and Hungary's Sandor Kocsis with 11 in 1954, have scored more individual goals in a single tournament.

Mbappe is also now the men's World Cup all-time top scorer with 22 goals - one ahead of Messi.

World champions Spain swept the rest of the awards, including captain Rodri winning the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player.

Mbappe moved clear of Messi on Saturday with two goals in the bronze match, although he could not stop France falling to a 6-4 defeat against England and finishing fourth.

"When you score that many goals in the World Cup, it certainly takes you to a whole new level," he said after Saturday's match in Miami.

"But I would have preferred not to be the top scorer and to have played in the final. It's good for my legacy once I've retired, but right now, that's not what's on my mind."

Mbappe also scored twice against Senegal and Iraq in the group stage, as well as Sweden in the last 32.

He followed that with strikes against Paraguay in the last 16 - the 70th-minute winner from the penalty spot - and against Morocco in the quarter-finals.

Messi could have overtaken the Real Madrid forward with a hat-trick in the World Cup final on Sunday.

However, the 39-year-old could not find the net in New Jersey as his Argentina side were beaten 1-0 by Spain, and ended the competition with eight goals in as many matches.

England's Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland of Norway scored seven times, while France forward Ousmane Dembele and English captain Harry Kane followed them in the list with six.

brain54:
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Spoilers.


I see people like him as spoilers. Not as good as Messi yet won't allow him achieve what he deserves.


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brain54:
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Spoilers.


I see people like him as spoilers. Not as good as Messi yet won't allow him achieve what he deserves.

Ironfaceman:
Who will give me golden boot to wear

Who will give me world cup

Who will give me Ballon dior

Now everybody knows I am a fraud

Another FIFA syndicate.

Ironfaceman:
Who will give me golden boot to wear

Who will give me world cup

Who will give me Ballon dior

Now everybody knows I am a fraud

Another FIFA syndicate.

tonididdy:
The father that fathered their asún 🐐

Kobicove:
Penaldo has never played in a World cup final, that thought will haunt him forever

DMCA:

Anyways
Image story a la pendu

Adakintroy:
Some people go sleep well this night as messi no win either.


I never see we're person effort and achievement go de bother other people. Be carefully how you succeed a little success is ok for others. Too much success maybring unhinged hate.

As guy humble reach far from or Ronaldinho or maradona in character. Drama free with personal or social life. Played the game descipline. kept his head and away from social media drama and any other form. Probably. the best to ever do it. People still contrive with themselves to hate.

If you can hate messi the one send to save football from stupid pass pass and stiff structure you can kill Jesus thinking you on the right side of things