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Favourites to Win the FIFA World Cup Golden Boot
- Lionel Messi with odds 10/11 on Bet365
- Kylian Mbappe with odds 7/2 on AK Bets
- Vinicius Junior with odds 16/1 on Spreadex
- Ousmane Dembele with odds 16/1 on Spreadex
- Harry Kane with odds 18/1 on AK Bets
- Erling Haaland with odds 20/1 on Bet365
- Cristiano Ronaldo with odds 80/1 on AK Bets
- Matheus Cunha with odds 100/1 on Spreadex
- Ismael Saibari with odds 125/1 on Spreadex
- Mikel Oyarzabal with odds 125/1 on Spreadex
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 |
|---|---|---|
 Lionel Messi | 10/11 | 52.36% |
 Kylian Mbappe | 7/2 | 22.22% |
 Vinicius Junior | 16/1 | 5.88% |
 Ousmane Dembele | 16/1 | 5.88% |
 Harry Kane | 18/1 | 5.26% |
 Erling Haaland | 20/1 | 4.76% |
 Cristiano Ronaldo | 80/1 | 1.23% |
 Matheus Cunha | 100/1 | 0.99% |
| Ismael Saibari | 125/1 | 0.79% |
 Mikel Oyarzabal | 125/1 | 0.79% |
 Kai Havertz | 130/1 | 0.76% |
 Brian Brobbey | 150/1 | 0.66% |
 Daizen Maeda | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Daichi Kamada | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Cody Gakpo | 200/1 | 0.50% |
 Marcus Rashford | 200/1 | 0.50% |
| Ermin Mahmic | 250/1 | 0.40% |
| Keito Nakamura | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Alexander Isak | 250/1 | 0.40% |
| Junya Ito | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Ismaila Sarr | 250/1 | 0.40% |
| Daniel Munoz | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Promise David | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Deniz Undav | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Igor Thiago | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 David Promise | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Raphinha | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Desire Doue | 250/1 | 0.40% |
 Bradley Barcola | 250/1 | 0.40% |
| Johan Manzambi | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Lautaro Martinez | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Jude Bellingham | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Son Heung-min | 300/1 | 0.33% |
 Mohamed Salah | 300/1 | 0.33% |
| Yasin Ayari | 350/1 | 0.28% |
| Felix Nmecha | 350/1 | 0.28% |
 Endrick | 350/1 | 0.28% |
 Michael Olise | 350/1 | 0.28% |
 Rafael Leao | 350/1 | 0.28% |
 Leroy Sane | 350/1 | 0.28% |
| Rayan Vitor | 350/1 | 0.28% |
 Ferran Torres | 350/1 | 0.28% |
 Cyle Larin | 400/1 | 0.25% |
 Lamine Yamal | 400/1 | 0.25% |
| Crysencio Summerville | 400/1 | 0.25% |
 Joao Neves | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Ollie Watkins | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Wout Weghorst | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Ruben Vargas | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Trezeguet | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Noni Madueke | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Nathaniel Brown | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Sequeira Joao Felix | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Assan Ouedraogo | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Issahaku Fatawu | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Jovo Lukic | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Yoane Wissa | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Amad Diallo | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Nathan-Dylan Saliba | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Luis Romo | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Rayan Cherki | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Habib Diarra | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Breel Embolo | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Armando Gonzalez | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Alphonso Davies | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Antonio Nusa | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Ivan Toney | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Hwang Hee-chan | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Giovanni Reyna | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Folarin Balogun | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Danilo dos Santos | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Emam Ashour | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Jeremy Doku | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 James Rodriguez | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Brahim Diaz | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Bukayo Saka | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Raul Jimenez | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Kerim Alajbegovic | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Romelu Lukaku | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Luis Suárez | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Luis Diaz | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Marcus Thuram | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Nikola Vlasic | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Julian Quinones | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Dodi Lukebakio | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Jorgen Larsen | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Jaminton Campaz | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Morgan Rogers | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Yan Diomande | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Thiago Almada | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Connor Metcalfe | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Marko Arnautovic | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Jonathan David | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Ayase Ueda | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Cucho Hernandez | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Elye Wahi | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Nico Williams | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Matias Goncalo Ramos | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Jean-Philippe Mateta | 500/1 | 0.20% |
 Neymar | 500/1 | 0.20% |
| Franck Kessie | 750/1 | 0.13% |
| Prado Mauricio | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Nuno Mendes | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Gonzalo Plata | 750/1 | 0.13% |
| Mauricio Magalhaes Prado | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Declan Rice | 750/1 | 0.13% |
| Ibrahim Mbaye | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Takefusa Kubo | 750/1 | 0.13% |
| Caleb Yirenkyi | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Antoine Semenyo | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Vitinha | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Mehdi Taremi | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Virgil van Dijk | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Jamal Musiala | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Dani Olmo | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Julian Alvarez | 750/1 | 0.13% |
 Ivan Perisic | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Jordan Ayew | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Fabian Ruiz | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Santiago Gimenez | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Moises Caicedo | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Soufiane Rahimi | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Tijjani Reijnders | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Ryan Mendes | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Nicolas Pepe | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Mohamed Toure | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Mohammed Amoura | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
| Miguel Almiron | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Jhon Cordoba | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Dan Ndoye | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Justin Kluivert | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Elliot Anderson | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Michael Gregoritsch | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
| Mattias Svanberg | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Marcel Sabitzer | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Bernardo Silva | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Ante Budimir | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Amine Gouiri | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Charles De Ketelaere | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Viktor Gyokeres | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
| Jordy Alcivar | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Nico O'Reilly | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Cedric Bakambu | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Anthony Elanga | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Ermedin Demirovic | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Evann Guessand | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Joshua Kimmich | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Brenden Aaronson | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Casemiro | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Ayoub El Kaabi | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Anthony Gordon | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Granit Xhaka | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Haji Wright | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Gabriel Martinelli | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Enzo Fernandez | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Benjamin Nygren | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Achraf Hakimi | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Denzel Dumfries | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Kevin De Bruyne | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Enner Valencia | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Andrej Kramaric | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Bruno Fernandes | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Memphis Depay | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Christian Pulisic | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Omar Marmoush | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Nicolas Jackson | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Martin Odegaard | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Nestory Irankunda | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Jhon Arias | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Julio Enciso | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Orbelin Pineda | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Ricardo Pepi | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Edin Dzeko | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Oscar Bobb | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Pedri | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Noa Lang | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
| Ange Bonny | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
| Jordy Caicedo | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Sadio Mane | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
| Nicolas Paz | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Riyad Mahrez | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Florian Wirtz | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Donyell Malen | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Hugo Ekitike | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Lyle Foster | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Luka Modric | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
| Tete Yengi | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Estevao | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Nick Woltemade | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
| Nilson Angulo | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Alexander Sorloth | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Pedro Neto | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Mikel Merino | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Eberechi Eze | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
 Leandro Trossard | 1000/1 | 0.10% |
Who is the Favourite to Win the 2026 World Cup Golden Boot?
As of 30 June 2026, according to the odds, the favourite to win the 2026 World Cup Golden Boot is Lionel Messi, best priced at 10/11 with Bet365.
The odds mean that the probability for Lionel Messi to be the winner of the World Cup Golden Boot is 52.36%.
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.
