Mbappe first to win Golden Boot twice as Rodri named best player

Kylian Mbappe has go the archetypal subordinate to triumph the World Cup Golden Boot doubly aft earning the grant for apical scorer astatine the 2026 tournament.

The France guardant netted 10 goals successful 8 games to borderline retired Lionel Messi in a high-quality race.

Having struck 8 times to decorativeness top scorer astatine Qatar 2022, Mbappe has won the Golden Boot successful back-to-back World Cups.

The 27-year-old was the archetypal antheral to scope treble figures for World Cup goals since Gerd Muller for West Germany successful 1970.

Only Just Fontaine, who deed 13 for France successful 1958, and Hungary's Sandor Kocsis with 11 successful 1954, person scored much idiosyncratic goals successful a azygous tournament.

Mbappe is besides present the men's World Cup all-time apical scorer with 22 goals - 1 up of Messi.

World champions Spain swept the remainder of the awards, including skipper Rodri winning the Golden Ball arsenic the tournament's champion player.

Mbappe moved wide of Messi connected Saturday with 2 goals successful the bronze match, though helium could not halt France falling to a 6-4 decision against England and finishing fourth.

"When you people that galore goals successful the World Cup, it surely takes you to a full caller level," helium said aft Saturday's lucifer successful Miami.

"But I would person preferred not to beryllium the apical scorer and to person played successful the final. It's bully for my bequest erstwhile I've retired, but close now, that's not what's connected my mind."

Mbappe besides scored doubly against Senegal and Iraq successful the radical stage, arsenic good arsenic Sweden successful the past 32.

He followed that with strikes against Paraguay successful the past 16 - the 70th-minute victor from the punishment spot - and against Morocco successful the quarter-finals.

Messi could person overtaken the Real Madrid guardant with a hat-trick successful the World Cup last connected Sunday.

However, the 39-year-old could not find the nett successful New Jersey arsenic his Argentina broadside were beaten 1-0 by Spain, and ended the contention with 8 goals successful arsenic galore matches.

England's Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland of Norway scored 7 times, portion France guardant Ousmane Dembele and English skipper Harry Kane followed them successful the database with six.