Golden Boot 2022

2022 - 12 - 18

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Who will win the 2022 World Cup Golden Boot? (90min)

So who's in the running to scoop the award? Here are the four players who head into Sunday's final with a shot of winning the Golden Boot. Lionel Messi. 5 goals.

The numbers of assists is used as a tiebreaker if two or more players are tied on the same amount of goals scored at the World Cup. Like Giroud, he'll need a brace in the final if he wants that Golden Boot. However, with no assists so far he'll have to score twice in the final to have a shot at claiming the Golden Boot. Here are the four players who head into Sunday's final with a shot of winning the Golden Boot. Giroud grabbed two in the thrashing of Australia and the opener against Poland before grabbing the winner in the quarter-final victory against England. While that collective trophy is the aim for both Argentina and France ahead of Sunday's final, there are also a number of individual awards that are still up for grabs.

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World Cup golden boot: What are the tiebreakers for top goalscorer ... (The Independent)

World Cup golden boot: What are the tiebreakers for top goalscorer award? Argentina's Lionel Messi and France's Kylian Mbappe enter the final on five goals each.

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World Cup Golden Boot 2022: Who has scored most goals at Qatar ... (iNews)

Four players enter Sunday's World Cup 2022 final with a chance to seal the Golden Boot as France and Argentina battle for the main trophy.

He followed his teenage kicks from Russia with eight more strikes here, although doubles against Denmark and Poland preceded blanks against England and Morocco in the last eight and four. That included the opener in the last 16 against Australia – his 1,000th career game. He opened the scoring in the final from the penalty spot before adding a second in extra-time. Olivier Giroud (4 goals) Julian Alvarez (4 goals) [Lionel Messi vs Kylian Mbappe billing](https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-final-2022-messi-vs-mbappe-victory-qatar-football-fatalities-2031184?ico=in-line_link), with the former scoring twice and the latter becoming the first player to score a World Cup final hat-trick since Sir Geoff Hurst in 1966.

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Who won the Golden Boot? Top scorers list at World Cup 2022 as ... (NationalWorld)

French striker Kylian Mbappe and Argentina star Messi were both locked level in the race to win the Golden Boot for the Qatar World Cup with five goals each ...

While Goncalo Ramos was the only player other than Mbappe to score a World Cup hat-trick during the tournament. Mbappe is only the second player in history to score in two consecutive World Cup finals after Brazilian forward Vava in 1958 and 1962. Lionel Messi opened the scoring from the penalty spot and helped his side claim a two goal lead in the first half.

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