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The race to become the World Cup 2022 top scorer has officially begun.
Some of the world’s best forwards are among the World Cup 2022 Golden Boot favourites – but we’ll have to wait until December 18 before we find out who has won joined the list of every World Cup’s top scorers. Some even have the opportunity of becoming one of the World Cup’s top all-time scorers.
The award is one of the most prestigious in world football, and has been won by some of the greatest players to have ever graced a football field. The first ever recipient was Guillermo Stabile, who fired Uruguay to glory in the very first World Cup back in 1930. Other notable winners include Gerd Muller in 1970, Salvatore Schillaci at Italia 90 and Thomas Muller in 2010.
Two Englishmen have even won the award in the past, with Gary Lineker’s six goals at Mexico 86 proving unbeatable, despite England’s quarter-final exit. Harry Kane is the current holder, having struck five times at Russia 2018. Kane will be hoping to make it back to back Golden Boots as England go in search go glory.
As the 2022 World Cup fixtures tick by, there will be more and more goals coming in, but here’s who’s off the mark already…
World Cup 2022 top scorers
2 goals – Enner Valencia (Ecuador)
Bukayo Saka (England)
Mehdi Taremi (Iran)
Olivier Giroud (France)
Ferran Torres (Spain)
1 goal – Jude Bellingham (England)
Raheem Sterling (England)
Marcus Rashford (England)
Jack Grealish (England)
Cody Gakpo (Netherlands)
Davy Klaassen (Netherlands)
Timothy Weah (USA)
Gareth Bale (Wales)
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Saleh Alshehri (Saudi Arabia)
Salem Aldawsari (Saudi Arabia)
Adrian Rabiot (France)
Kylian Mbappe (France)
Ilkay Gundogan (Germany)
Ritsu Doan (Japan)
Takuma Asano (Japan)
Dani Olmo (Spain)
Marco Asensio (Spain)
Gavi (Spain)
Carlos Soler (Spain)
Alvaro Morata (Spain)
Michy Batshuayi (Belgium)
