IMAGE: Best Young Player winner Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez, Golden Ball winner Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Golden Glove winner Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez and Golden Boot winner France’s Kylian Mbappe pose with their respective trophies. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters

One of the highest honours awarded on the 2022 FIFA World Cup was the Golden Boot which is offered to the highest scorer on the match.

France striker Kylian Mbappe topped the depend with eight targets, yet another than Argentina’s Lionel Messi, after bagging a hat-trick within the remaining which the defending champions misplaced to the South Americans on penalties.

The variety of assists is used as a tiebreaker to separate gamers who’re stage on targets scored. If they’re tied on each counts, the winner is determined by who performed the fewest minutes.

WORLD CUP TOP GOAL SCORER 2022: FINAL GOLDEN BOOT STANDINGS*

PLAYER GOALS ASSISTS GAMES MINUTES

Golden Boot Kylian Mbappe 2

(France) 598

8 7

Silver Boot Lionel Messi 3

(Argentina) 571

7 7

Bronze Boot Olivier Giroud 4 0

(France) 424

6

* Argentina’s Julian Alvarez additionally scored 4 targets however completed behind Giroud on the tiebreaker rule

KYLIAN MBAPPE

* The 23-year-old scored towards Australia in his facet’s opening Group D match and bagged a second-half double towards Denmark as France booked their knockout spot.

* France’s talisman failed to search out the online as Tunisia recorded a well-known upset of their remaining group match.

* He added two extra targets to his tally in a 3-1 win towards Poland within the final 16, however was unable to attain in France’s 2-1 quarter-final win over England and their 2-0 win over Morocco within the semi-finals.

* Mbappe signed off with a hat-trick within the remaining towards Argentina, netting twice from the spot.

IMAGE: France’s Kylian Mbappe poses along with his Golden Boot award in the course of the award ceremony after the match. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach

Below is an summary of gamers who had been additionally contenders within the race for high scorer on the 2022 World Cup:

LIONEL MESSI

* The Argentina nice performed in what he mentioned was his final World Cup. The 35-year-old opened his account by burying a spot kick in a shock Group C loss to Saudi Arabia, earlier than scoring and helping Enzo Fernandez in an emotionally charged win over Mexico.

* Messi scored in Argentina’s 2-1 win over Australia within the final 16, placing his facet forward after 35 minutes with a coolly taken low strike for his 94th worldwide objective.

* He additionally assisted a objective and scored in Argentina’s quarter-final win over the Netherlands.

* Messi was closely concerned in Argentina’s 3-0 semi-final victory over Croatia, scoring one and helping on one other for staff mate Julian Alvarez, who scored twice.

* He added two extra targets to his tally within the remaining.

OLIVIER GIROUD

* Giroud, 36, surpassed Thierry Henry to turn into France’s all-time high scorer when he netted his 52nd objective in 117 appearances for Les Bleus of their 3-1 World Cup last-16 win over Poland.

* He had drawn stage with Henry on 51 after netting a double in France’s 4-1 win over Australia of their opening Group D recreation.

* Giroud additionally scored in France’s 2-1 quarter-final win over England however failed to search out the online within the semi-final or remaining.