World Cup 2026: Messi leads Mbappe, Haaland, others in Golden Boot race

Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, has eased into the aboriginal pb successful the contention for the Golden Boot, awarded to the apical scorer astatine the FIFA World Cup 2026.

The Inter Miami guardant scored a hat-trick successful Argentina’s 3-0 triumph implicit Group J rivals Algeria astatine Kansas City Stadium successful the aboriginal hours of today.

The 3 goals moved him level with Germany fable Miroslav Klose arsenic the tournament’s all-time starring scorer.

Several large names are connected the shoulders of Messi, with Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland having some struck doubly successful France’s 3-1 triumph against Senegal and Norway’s 4-1 triumph against Iraq, respectively, connected Tuesday.

World Cup apical scorers truthful far:

Three goals: Lionel Messi (Argentina)

Two goals: Folarin Balogun (USA),

Yasin Ayari (Sweden),

Kai Havertz (Germany),

Elijah Just (New Zealand),

Erling Haaland (Norway), and

Kylian Mbappe (France).

World Cup 2026: Messi leads Mbappe, Haaland, others successful Golden Boot race