Kylian Mbappe emerged the highest goal scorer of the 2022 World Cup with eight goals. Mbappe and his PSG teammate Lionel Messi were neck and neck on to the final. Messi scored a brace to bring his haul to seven, while Mbappe cemented his place in history with a hat-trick to become the first man to do so since 1966, when England striker Geoff Hurst achieved the feat. Hurst tweeted to congratulate the Frenchman and said: ‘Many congratulations to Mbappe, whatever happens. I’ve had a great run!’ Mbappé, 23, is the first Frenchman to win the Golden Boot, though Just Fontaine scored a record 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup, before the award was introduced. Antoine Griezmann finished second in goals scored at the 2018 World Cup. Mbappe is also just the fifth man to score in multiple World Cup finals and the second to score in back-to-back finals. What Mbappé can’t say is that he’s the youngest Golden Boot winner ever. Germany’s Thomas Müller won it as a 20-year-old at the 2010 World Cup. Müller finished a goal shy of becoming the first two-time Golden Boot winner in 2014.
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