Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe are tied at the top of the 2026 World Cup top scorers race with six goals each. Harry Kane and Erling Haaland are one behind on five, so the Golden Boot fight is still tight.
Messi and Mbappe on six
The pair have set the pace in the World Cup Golden Boot race during the tournament, and their six-goal totals are the mark everyone else is chasing. Just Fontaine's 13-goal record from 1958 remains the long-range target, but the immediate race is much narrower: a single goal separates the leaders from Haaland and Kane.
That gap keeps the standings fluid. Ousmane Dembele and Vinicius Jr sit on four goals each, while Matheus Cunha, Ismaila Sarr and Jonathan David are on three. The chase has not broken open yet, and the next scoring burst can quickly reorder the top of the table.
Harry Kane and Haaland
Kane's five-goal total includes two late goals against DR Congo, and that pushed him into the same hunt as Haaland. Both remain capable of catching the leaders if they keep scoring, which is why the race still has a clear live threat behind the front two.
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Eliminated scorers
Kai Havertz, Deniz Undav, Cody Gakpo and Brian Brobbey can no longer add to their totals after their countries were eliminated in the last-32. Cristiano Ronaldo also opened his account with a double against Uzbekistan, but his total still leaves him short of the leading pack.
Messi has also reached 19 all-time World Cup goals after two games, and Mbappe has overtaken Miroslav Klose on the all-time World Cup goalscoring chart. The race now turns on the remaining matches and the next goals, with the order at the top still capable of changing quickly.
