The Golden Boot is awarded to the player who scores most goals in the tournament. Ties are settled by assists, then by minutes per goal. The Golden Boot will be updated throughout the tournament in Russia
A guide to all 736 players| World Cup 2018 in charts-By Frank Hulley-Jones and Sean Clarke -The Guardian
[SIZE=6]What is the Golden Boot award?[/SIZE]
The first official Fifa World Cup award for the player to score the most goals in the competition went to Paolo Rossi in 1982. It was at that time known as the Golden Shoe, renamed as the less bathetic Golden Boot in 2010. The Golden Shoe now usually refers to the top scorer in Europe across all club competitions.
The Golden Boot goes to the player credited with the most goals (not including own goals, since you ask). If there is a tie, the award goes to the player with the most assists. If there is still a tie, the winner is the player who played the fewest minutes - that is to say, the player with most goals per minutes played. The second- and third-placed players are given the Silver and Bronze Boot respectively.
In 2010, Thomas Müller, David Villa, Wesley Sneijder and Diego Forlán were tied on five goals. Müller won on the basis of assists, with the others ranked on the basis of minutes played. This meant that Forlán, in fourth place, got nothing, and had to console himself with the Golden Ball for the best player of the tournament.
Hot prospects in 2018 must include Lionel Messi, Pichichi winner in the Spanish league, Cristiano Ronaldo, top scorer in the Champions League, and Mohamed Salah, top scorer in the Premier League. Harry Kane is there too.
Here are players compete for Golden Boot till now
Harry Kane-England / Striker => 5 goals
Romelu Lukaku-Belgium / Strike =>4 goals
Cristiano Ronaldo-Portugal / Striker =>4 goals
Denis Cheryshev-Russia / Midfielder =>3 goals
Diego Costa-Spain / Striker =>3 goals
Artem Dzyuba-Russia / Striker =>2 goals
Eden Hazard-Belgium / Midfielder =>2 goals
Ahmed Musa-Nigeria / Striker => 2 goals
Mile Jedinak-Australia / Midfielder => 2 goals
Luka Modric-Croatia / Midfielder = 2 goals
Philippe Coutinho-Brazil / Midfielder = 2 goals
John Stones-England / Defender => 2 goals
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Aleksandr Golovin-Russia
Marco Reus -Germany
Wahbi Khazri-Tunisia
Javier Hernandez-Mexico
Christian Eriksen-Denmark
Xherdan Shaqiri-Switzerland
Felipe Baloy-Panama
Michy Batshuayi-Belgium
Juan Quintero-Colombia
Jesse Lingard-England
Shinji Kagawa-Japan
M’Baye Niang-Senegal
Yuya Osako-Japan
Mohamed Salah-Egypt
Fernandez Nacho-Spain
Grzegorz Krychowiak-Poland
Dylan Bronn-Tunisia
Carlos Alberto Vela-Mexico
Ante Rebic-Croatia
Hirving Lozano-Mexico
Antoine Griezmann-France
Sergio Agüero-Argentina
Ola Toivonen-Sweden
Yussuf Poulsen-Denmark
Ferjani Sassi-Tunisia
Kylian Mbappe-Lottin-France
Dries Mertens-Belgium
Alfred Finnbogason-Iceland
Aleksandar Mitrovic-Serbia
Yury Gazinsky-Russia
Ivan Rakitic-Croatia
Heung-Min Son-South Korea
José Giménez-Uruguay
Luis Suárez-Uruguay
Toni Kroos-Germany
Steven Zuber-Switzerland
Andreas Granqvist-Sweden
Aleksandar Kolarov-Serbia
Granit Xhaka-Switzerland
Junior Neymar-Brazil
Sadio Mane-Senegal
Moussa Wague- Senegal
Thread will be updated till the winner of the Golden Boot WC Russia 2018
