World Cup 2022 top scorers: Kylian Mbappe wins Golden Boot with final hat-trick – plus every single scorer at the tournament

Kylian Mbappe of France celebrates after scoring their team's first goal during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group D match between France and Denmark at Stadium 974 on November 26, 2022 in Doha, Qatar.
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France's Kylian Mbappe has become the World Cup 2022 top scorer, securing the Golden Boot award following an astonishing performance in the final.

Both he and Argentina's Lionel Messi went into the final with five goals. While Messi nabbed two goals himself, Mbappe scored the first hat-trick in a final since 1966 to make the award his own.

He joins the list of every World Cup's top scorers, and even catapults himself onto the World Cup's top all-time scorers list.

The Golden Boot 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, but went out with just two goals in 2022.

Here's every player who scored at the World Cup 2022:

World Cup 2022 top scorers

8 goals - Kylian Mbappe (France)

7 goals - Lionel Messi (Argentina)

4 goals - Olivier Giroud (France)
Julian Alvarez (Argentina)

3 goals – Enner Valencia (Ecuador)
Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) 
Marcus Rashford (England)
Alvaro Morata (Spain)
Richarlison (Brazil)
Goncalo Ramos (Portugal)
Bukayo Saka (England)

2 goals – Mehdi Taremi (Iran)
Ferran Torres (Spain)
Andrej Kramaric (Croatia)
Cho Gue-sung (South Korea)
Mohammed Kudus (Ghana)
Bruno Fernandes (Portugal)
Salem Aldawsari (Saudi Arabia)
Kai Havertz (Germany)
Niclas Fullkrug (Germany)
Ritsu Doan (Japan)
Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Uruguay)
Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon)
Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia)
Breel Embolo (Switzerland)
Rafael Leao (Portugal)
Neymar (Brazil)
Wout Weghorst (Netherlands)
Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco)
Harry Kane (England)

1 goal – Jude Bellingham (England)
Raheem Sterling (England)
Jack Grealish (England)
Davy Klaassen (Netherlands)
Timothy Weah (USA)
Gareth Bale (Wales)
Saleh Alshehri (Saudi Arabia)
Adrian Rabiot (France)
Ilkay Gundogan (Germany)
Takuma Asano (Japan)
Dani Olmo (Spain)
Marco Asensio (Spain)
Gavi (Spain)
Carlos Soler (Spain)
Michy Batshuayi (Belgium)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Joao Felix (Portugal)
Osman Bukari (Ghana)
Andre Ayew (Ghana)
Roozbeh Cheshmi (Iran)
Ramin Rezaeian (Iran) 
Boulaye Dia (Senegal)
Famara Diedhiou (Senegal)
Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (Senegal)
Mohammed Muntari (Qatar)
Mitchell Duke (Australia)
Piotr Zielinski (Poland)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
Andreas Christensen (Denmark)
Enzo Fernandez (Argentina)
Keysher Fuller (Costa Rica)
Abdelhamid Sabiri (Morocco)
Zakaria Aboukhlal (Morocco)
Alphonso Davies (Canada)
Marko Livaja (Croatia)
Lovro Majer (Croatia)
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Cameroon)
Jean-Charles Castelletto (Cameroon)
Sergei Milinkovic-Savic (Serbia)
Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia)
Mohammed Salisu (Ghana)
Casemiro (Brazil)
Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands)
Moises Caicedo (Ecuador)
Ismaila Sarr (Senegal)
Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal)
Phil Foden (England)
Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina)
Luis Chavez (Mexico)
Henry Martin (Mexico) 
Hakim Ziyech (Morocco)
Yeltsin Tejeda (Costa Rica)
Ao Tanaka (Japan)
Kim Young-gwon (South Korea)
Ricardo Horta (Portugal)
Hwang Heechan (South Korea)
Dusan Vlahovic (Serbia)
Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)
Remo Freuler (Switzerland)
Memphis Depay (Netherlands)
Daley Blind (Netherlands)
Haji Wright (USA)
Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands)
Ivan Perisic (Croatia)
Daizen Maeda (Japan)
Vinicius Junior (Brazil)
Lucas Paqueta (Brazil)
Paik Seung-Ho (South Korea) 
Pepe (Portugal)
Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal)
Manuel Akanji (Switzerland)
Jordan Henderson (England)
Bruno Petkovic (Croatia)
Nahuel Molina (Argentina)
Theo Hernandez (France)
Randal Kolo Muani (France)
Mislav Orsic (Croatia)
Josko Gvardiol (Croatia)
Achraf Dari (Morocco)
Angel Di Maria (Argentina)

Conor Pope
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