Last Update: 26 June 2018, 7:48am
With the first round of matches underway and all groups having played their first match it’s time to take a look at which players are already on the scoreboard for the Golden Boot.
Two weeks into the competition and we already know some of the teams going home and some of the top teams. The top scorers have not really changed this past week only there positions. Harry Kane has flown to the top after his hat-trick against Panama and Lukaku has taken the second spot above Ronaldo based on time played.
We are heading into the quarter-finals and Harry Kane is the only one to break away from the group after scoring against Colombia in the Round of 16. Ronaldo and De Costa have been sent home which takes them out of the final running. New entries are Edison Cavani and Kylian Mbappé.
Here are the top scorers so far:
🔺 🏴 Harry Kane: 6 goals ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽
🔺 🇧🇪 Romelu Lukaku: 4 goals ⚽⚽⚽⚽
🔻 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo: 4 goals ⚽⚽⚽⚽
🆕 🇺🇾 Edinson Cavani: 3 goals ⚽⚽⚽
🔺 🇷🇺 Denis Cheryshev: 3 goals ⚽⚽⚽
🇪🇸 Diego Costa: 3 goals ⚽⚽⚽
🇷🇺 Artem Dzyubu: 3 goals ⚽⚽⚽
🆕 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappe: 3 goals ⚽⚽⚽
Kylian Mbappé is the youngest goalscorer for France at a World Cup
🆕 🇨🇴 Yerry Mina: 3 goals ⚽⚽⚽
How does it work:
The Golden Boot is awarded to the top goal scorer of the tournament. If two players have scored the same amount of goals then it is drilled down to number of assists made and minutes played, the player who has played fewer minutes will be ranked as higher.
Past Golden Boot winners:
| Tournament | Winner |
| Brazil 2014 | James Rodriguez |
| South Africa 2010 | Thomas Müller |
| Germany 2006 | Miroslav Klose |
| Japan/South Korea 2002 | Ronaldo |
| France 1998 | Davor Suker |
| USA 1994 | Oleg Salenko and Hristo Stoichkov |
| Italy 1990 | Salvatore Schillaci |
| Mexico 1986 | Gary Lineker |
| Spain 1982 | Paolo Rossi |