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Favourites to Win the FIFA World Cup Golden Boot
- Kylian Mbappe with odds 6/1 on AK Bets
- Harry Kane with odds 7/1 on AK Bets
- Mikel Oyarzabal with odds 14/1 on Spreadex
- Erling Haaland with odds 15/1 on AK Bets
- Lionel Messi with odds 18/1 on AK Bets
- Cristiano Ronaldo with odds 22/1 on Betway
- Lamine Yamal with odds 25/1 on Bet365
- Julian Alvarez with odds 25/1 on Bet365
- Vinicius Junior with odds 30/1 on AK Bets
- Raphinha with odds 30/1 on Paddy Power
Probability to Win the 2026 World Cup Golden Boot
With the outright odds, we can calculate the probability that each team will win the 2026 World Cup Golden Boot.
| Team | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
 Kylian Mbappe | 6/1 | 14.29% |
 Harry Kane | 7/1 | 12.50% |
 Mikel Oyarzabal | 14/1 | 6.67% |
 Erling Haaland | 15/1 | 6.25% |
 Lionel Messi | 18/1 | 5.26% |
 Cristiano Ronaldo | 22/1 | 4.35% |
 Lamine Yamal | 25/1 | 3.85% |
 Julian Alvarez | 25/1 | 3.85% |
 Vinicius Junior | 30/1 | 3.23% |
 Raphinha | 30/1 | 3.23% |
 Lautaro Martinez | 35/1 | 2.78% |
 Kai Havertz | 35/1 | 2.78% |
 Michael Olise | 40/1 | 2.44% |
 Ousmane Dembele | 40/1 | 2.44% |
 Cody Gakpo | 50/1 | 1.96% |
 Igor Thiago | 50/1 | 1.96% |
 Luis Suárez | 55/1 | 1.79% |
 Luis Diaz | 55/1 | 1.79% |
 Ferran Torres | 55/1 | 1.79% |
| Hans Vanaken | 66/1 | 1.49% |
 Serge Gnabry | 66/1 | 1.49% |
 Darwin Nunez | 70/1 | 1.41% |
 Florian Wirtz | 70/1 | 1.41% |
 Jamal Musiala | 70/1 | 1.41% |
 Nick Woltemade | 70/1 | 1.41% |
 Maximilian Beier | 80/1 | 1.23% |
 Romelu Lukaku | 80/1 | 1.23% |
 Lois Openda | 80/1 | 1.23% |
 Matheus Cunha | 80/1 | 1.23% |
 Enner Valencia | 90/1 | 1.10% |
 Bukayo Saka | 90/1 | 1.10% |
 Viktor Gyokeres | 90/1 | 1.10% |
 Matias Goncalo Ramos | 90/1 | 1.10% |
 Breel Embolo | 100/1 | 0.99% |
 Lennart Karl | 100/1 | 0.99% |
 Cole Palmer | 100/1 | 0.99% |
 Iqraam Rayners | 100/1 | 0.99% |
 Bruno Fernandes | 100/1 | 0.99% |
 Antonio Sanabria | 100/1 | 0.99% |
 Kingsley Coman | 100/1 | 0.99% |
 Promise Akinpelu | 100/1 | 0.99% |
 Desire Doue | 100/1 | 0.99% |
 Jonathan David | 100/1 | 0.99% |
| Noah Okafor | 100/1 | 0.99% |
 Mohamed Salah | 100/1 | 0.99% |
 Jhon Duran | 100/1 | 0.99% |
 Folarin Balogun | 110/1 | 0.90% |
 Jude Bellingham | 110/1 | 0.90% |
 Raul Jimenez | 110/1 | 0.90% |
 Christian Pulisic | 110/1 | 0.90% |
 Leroy Sane | 110/1 | 0.90% |
 Morgan Rogers | 110/1 | 0.90% |
 Charles De Ketelaere | 110/1 | 0.90% |
 Donyell Malen | 110/1 | 0.90% |
| Ismael Saibari | 110/1 | 0.90% |
 Nico Williams | 110/1 | 0.90% |
 Marcus Rashford | 110/1 | 0.90% |
 Jeremy Doku | 125/1 | 0.79% |
 Memphis Depay | 125/1 | 0.79% |
 Nicolas Jackson | 125/1 | 0.79% |
 Patrik Schick | 125/1 | 0.79% |
 Alexander Isak | 125/1 | 0.79% |
 Dani Olmo | 125/1 | 0.79% |
 Ayase Ueda | 125/1 | 0.79% |
 Mohammed Kudus | 125/1 | 0.79% |
 Leandro Trossard | 125/1 | 0.79% |
 Lee Kang Hee | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Ollie Watkins | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Rayan Cherki | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Brian Rodriguez | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Ayoub El Kaabi | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Felix Torres | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Gho Gue sung | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Sequeira Joao Felix | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Angel Romero | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Johan Carbonero | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Ignacio Laquintana | 150/1 | 0.66% |
| Kevin Rodriguez | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Brandon Thomas-Asante | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Kyogo Furuhashi | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Giuliano Simeone | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Koki Ogawa | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Brahim Diaz | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Takefusa Kubo | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Hirving Lozano | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Deniz Undav | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Youssef En Nesyri | 150/1 | 0.66% |
| Thiago Almada | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 David Promise | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Bradley Barcola | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Estevao | 150/1 | 0.66% |
| Elye Wahi | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Alexander Sorloth | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Jean-Philippe Mateta | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 James Rodriguez | 175/1 | 0.57% |
 Kevin De Bruyne | 175/1 | 0.57% |
 Pedri | 175/1 | 0.57% |
 Sadio Mane | 175/1 | 0.57% |
 Mikel Merino | 175/1 | 0.57% |
 Eberechi Eze | 175/1 | 0.57% |
 Neymar | 175/1 | 0.57% |
 Kenan Yildiz | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Son Heung-min | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Fabian Ruiz | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Robin Gosens | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Hwang Hee chan | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Roberto Alvarado | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Zakaria Aboukhlal | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Rodrigo Aguirre | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Thelo Aasgaard | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Simon Adringra | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Shuto Machino | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Seifeddine Jaziri | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Kerem Akturkoglu | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Tim Kleindienst | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Hakan Calhanoglu | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Federico Vinas | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Anthony Gordon | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Haji Wright | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Facundo Pellistri | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Gabriel Martinelli | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Daizen Maeda | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Endrick | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Alessandro Schopf | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Gabriel Avalos | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 George Hirst | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Bernardo Silva | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Issahaku Fatawu | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Elias Saad | 200/1 | 0.50% |
| Andreas Gomez | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Cedric Itten | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Alexis Vega | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Baghdad Bounedjah | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Andrej Kramaric | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Rafael Leao | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Antoine Semenyo | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Marcus Thuram | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Arda Guler | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Omar Marmoush | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Nikola Vlasic | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Julian Quinones | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Takumi Minamino | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Randal Muani | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Edin Dzeko | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Federico Valverde | 200/1 | 0.50% |
| Jordy Caicedo | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Haris Tabakovic | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Marko Arnautovic | 200/1 | 0.50% |
| Nicolas Paz | 200/1 | 0.50% |
| Cucho Hernandez | 200/1 | 0.50% |
| Rayan Vitor | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Pedro Neto | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Musa Al Taamari | 225/1 | 0.44% |
 Christoph Baumgartner | 225/1 | 0.44% |
| Can Uzun | 225/1 | 0.44% |
 Igor Matanovic | 250/1 | 0.40% |
| John Mercado | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Josh Sargent | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Santiago Gimenez | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Luis Sinisterra | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Wout Weghorst | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Zeki Amdouni | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Sardar Azmoun | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Naim Sliti | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Nabil Bentaleb | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Ruben Vargas | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Mislav Orsic | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Noni Madueke | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Marco Pasalic | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Tomas Chory | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Mohanad Ali | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Mojmir Chytil | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Aymen Hussein | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Youcef Belali | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Franjo Ivanovic | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Firas Al Buraikan | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Jhon Cordoba | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Dan Ndoye | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Alphonso Davies | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Antonio Nusa | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Giovanni Reyna | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Enzo Fernandez | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Che Adams | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Mohammed Muntari | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Marcel Sabitzer | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Lucas Cavallini | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Joshua Zirkzee | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Ahmed Alaaeldin | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Abdullah Al Hamdan | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Ernest Nuamah | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Duckens Nazon | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Bruno Petkovic | 250/1 | 0.40% |
| Ahmed Al Rawi | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Derrick Etienne | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Ante Budimir | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Frantzdy Pierrot | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Don Deedson Louicius | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Firas Chaouat | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Scott McTominay | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Xavi Simons | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Dodi Lukebakio | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Mehdi Taremi | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Jhon Arias | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Jorgen Larsen | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Promise David | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Orbelin Pineda | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Ricardo Pepi | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Noa Lang | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Riyad Mahrez | 250/1 | 0.40% |
| Crysencio Summerville | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Ivan Perisic | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Nicolas Pepe | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Anthony Elanga | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Cyle Larin | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Benjamin Nygren | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Amas Diallo | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Gonzalo Plata | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Kang-In Lee | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Ismaila Sarr | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Oscar Bobb | 300/1 | 0.33% |
| Ange Bonny | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Amad Diallo | 300/1 | 0.33% |
| Giorgian De Arrascaeta | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Michael Gregoritsch | 350/1 | 0.28% |
 Julio Enciso | 350/1 | 0.28% |
 Hazem Mastouri | 375/1 | 0.27% |
 Lawrence Shankland | 375/1 | 0.27% |
 Daichi Kamada | 375/1 | 0.27% |
 Jordan Ayew | 400/1 | 0.25% |
 Soufiane Rahimi | 400/1 | 0.25% |
 Cedric Bakambu | 400/1 | 0.25% |
 Joshua Kimmich | 400/1 | 0.25% |
 Ivan Toney | 400/1 | 0.25% |
 Brian Brobbey | 400/1 | 0.25% |
 Martin Odegaard | 400/1 | 0.25% |
 Tijjani Reijnders | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Ali Al Hamadi | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Mohamed Toure | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Mohammed Amoura | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Ermedin Demirovic | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Miguel Almiron | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Chris Wood | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Casemiro | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Armando Gonzalez | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Granit Xhaka | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Hwang Hee-chan | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Justin Kluivert | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Assan Ouedraogo | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Akram Afif | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Amine Gouiri | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Kenji Gorre | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Denzel Dumfries | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Kerim Alajbegovic | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Saleh Al Shehri | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Salem Al Dawsari | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Martin Boyle | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Yan Diomande | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Virgil van Dijk | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Yoane Wissa | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Hugo Ekitike | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Luka Modric | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Nilson Angulo | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Nico O'Reilly | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Moises Caicedo | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Declan Rice | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Lyndon Dykes | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Joao Pedro | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Ryan Mendes | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Evann Guessand | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Brenden Aaronson | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Ben Waine | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Eldor Shomurodov | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Elliot Anderson | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Wilson Isidor | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Achraf Hakimi | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
| Tahith Chong | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Nestory Irankunda | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 John McGinn | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Ryan Christie | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
| Jordy Alcivar | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Lyle Foster | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
| Tete Yengi | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
Who is the Favourite to Win the 2026 World Cup Golden Boot?
As of 10 June 2026, according to the odds, the favourite to win the 2026 World Cup Golden Boot is Kylian Mbappe, best priced at 6/1 with AK Bets.
The odds mean that the probability for Kylian Mbappe to be the winner of the World Cup Golden Boot is 14.29%.
Who Will Win the World Cup Golden Boot?
It is hard enough to predict who will win the World Cup outright, without having to then settle on who will top score at the tournament.
You might be the best goalscorer on the planet, but if you haven't got the right players around you, it means little. Equally, you might be less of an elite player but have a kinder run of fixtures.
There are so many variables, many of which we unpick below as we assess the players most likely to win the Golden Boot.
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Kylian Mbappe
Kylian Mbappe signed off the last World Cup with a hat-trick in the final and the Golden Boot but, ultimately, it ended with a runner-up medal. Now, France are among the bookies' favourites to run deep in the tournament again and, like last time, Mbappe will be critical to their success.
He comes into the tournament in splendid form, too. A lot of narrative has been written as PSG have conquered Europe, whilst Real Madrid have struggled over the last couple of seasons but, Mbappe has been a marvel in Madrid.
He is a constant threat for Los Blancos and hit 42 goals across just 44 appearances for the Spanish giants this season.
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Harry Kane
His Ballon d’Or chances might have dwindled with Bayern Munich failing to make the Champions League final, but Harry Kane has had another scintillating campaign for the Bavarians. He bagged 61 goals across all competitions, taking his tally to an insane 146 goals from 147 appearances since joining the club.
With Kane having already bagged himself the Golden Boot in 2018, he’ll be keen to continue his goalscoring prowess across the pond and, hopefully, see England to glory too.
The other thing that could favour Kane is that assists will come into the reckoning where a goalscoring tie occurs. He’s bagged 33 of them since heading to Germany, on top of the aforementioned goal output.
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Erling Haaland
Erling Haaland scores goals in his sleep, or something like that anyway. His goalscoring touch simply cannot be questioned, as evidenced by the 38 he netted during the most recent campaign. Are odds of 14/1 good value for him to shoot his way to the Golden Boot in the World Cup, though? Arguably not.
Norway are a bit of a dark horse for many punters heading into the tournament, but there is a view that opposition will be thinking that if they stop Haaland, they largely stop Norway. It could impact how deep Norway run.
Such a thing is less of a concern for someone like Mbappe, for example, and without a run into the latter stages, Haaland would need a sensational goals per game output to be in the running for the Golden Boot.
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Lionel Messi
There is no question that Lionel Messi will attract a lot of money in the Golden Boot betting, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll go on to have a glittering World Cup campaign.
The near 39-year-old was lauded for his displays in 2022, as Argentina won the trophy, which included him finishing second to Mbappe in the top scoring charts.
It is different now, though. Admittedly, the group Argentina find themselves in is fairly kind, but with Messi four years older and reportedly coming into the competition carrying what has been described as “muscle fatigue”, it is hard to see him lighting things up in quite the same way – even if his genius is undeniable – particularly in the first couple of games, where the opposition is “easier”.
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Cristiano Ronaldo
We talk of undeniable genius and, like magic, Cristiano Ronaldo features next on our list of the Golden Boot winner odds. The 41-year-old Portuguese star heads to the World Cup desperate to leave his mark on the global stage, and there is a significant chance he adds a couple of goals to his ever-growing tally, as he chases down 1,000.
If he’s going to earn the Golden Boot, you feel he’ll need to start like a house on fire with Portugal afforded one of the kinder groups. Realistically, however, he isn’t going to score enough. There are two reasons for that.
Firstly, Portugal don’t really have a “blow you away” style of play and, secondly, there is a big question mark as to whether Ronaldo will have his minutes managed. The previous European Championships would suggest not but, equally, he has completed 90 minutes in only one of his last six games for Portugal. Again, he is also 41!
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Michael Olise
There are plenty of names that feature in the Golden Boot betting odds ahead of the 2026 World Cup. One we’re picking out from further down the pecking order is Michael Olise of France. We acknowledge it is a massive longshot, but it might just represent good value for a sneaky punt.
The Bayern Munich man has just turned in the season of his life, where he scored 22 goals and weighed in with a stunning 31 assists. With France likely to play a lot of games, and other players in the French XI likely to draw multiple defenders towards them, could Olise be the beneficiary?
He’s certainly been getting a lot of minutes under Didier Deschamps of late, and those assist numbers could come in handy too.
