French player Kylian Mbappé won the Golden Boot at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by scoring 8 goals, including a hat-trick in the final, which his team lost to Argentina in a penalty shootout 2-4 after a 3-3 draw.
Mbappé surpassed Lionel Messi, who scored 7 goals and led his country to its third title with a brace.
Here is the final ranking of the top scorers after the completion of the 64 matches:
- 8 goals - Kylian Mbappé (France)
- 7 goals - Lionel Messi (Argentina)
- 4 goals - Olivier Giroud (France), Julián Álvarez (Argentina)
- 3 goals - Ener Valencia (Ecuador), Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka (England), Álvaro Morata (Spain), Richarlison (Brazil), Gonçalo Ramos (Portugal)
- 2 goals - Mehdi Taremi (Iran), Ferran Torres (Spain), Mohammed Kudus (Ghana), Gue-Sung Cho (South Korea), Bruno Fernandes, Rafael Leão (Portugal), Andrej Kramarić (Croatia), Salem Al-Dawsari (Saudi Arabia), Kai Havertz, Niclas Füllkrug (Germany), Ritsu Doan (Japan), Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Uruguay), Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon), Aleksandar Mitrović (Serbia), Breel Embolo (Switzerland), Robert Lewandowski (Poland), Neymar (Brazil), Wout Weghorst (Netherlands), Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco), Harry Kane (England).
