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Messi leads 2026 World Cup golden boot race with five goals
Lionel Messi tops the scoring chart with five goals after matches against Algeria and Austria. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice against Uzbekistan to join the top group.
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Lionel Messi leads the race for the golden boot at the 2026 World Cup with five goals. He scored a hat-trick against Algeria and added two more against Austria. Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland each have four goals after recording doubles on the same match day.
Mbappe's matches faced a nearly two-hour weather delay. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice against Uzbekistan, bringing his tournament total to two goals and one assist.
Germany has three goals and two assists.
Jonathan David of Canada also has three goals. Players with two goals include Harry Kane, Vinicius Jr, Cody Gakpo, Crysencio Summerville, Mikel Oyarzabal, Maximiliano Araujo, Ayase Ueda, Matheus Cunha, Yasin Ayari, Elijah Just, Kai Havertz, Johan Manzambi, Cyle Larin, Ismael Saibari, Folarin Balogun, Brian Brobbey, Daichi Kamada and Ismaila Sarr.
Ties are broken first by assists, then by minutes played and goals-per-minute ratio. Several teams still have one group-stage match remaining.
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