Kylian Mbappe. Photo: AFP
France forward Kylian Mbappe has become the first player in history to win the FIFA World Cup Golden Boot twice after finishing as the top scorer at the 2026 tournament.
The 27-year-old scored 10 goals in eight matches to beat Argentina captain Lionel Messi to the award, having also claimed the Golden Boot at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with eight goals.
According to the BBC, the Real Madrid forward is the first player to win the tournament’s top scorer prize at consecutive World Cups.
His 10-goal haul also made him the first player to reach double figures in a single men’s World Cup since West Germany’s Gerd Muller scored 10 goals in 1970. Only France’s Just Fontaine (13 goals in 1958) and Hungary’s Sandor Kocsis (11 goals in 1954) have scored more in a single edition of the tournament.
