Messi is first to notch seven goals for the tournament in North America after opening the scoring against Cape Verde with a stunning finish.The 39-year-old kicked off his sixth and surely last World Cup with a stunning hat-trick against Algeria that saw him tie the previous record, having escaped an early red card for a bad challenge.He’s still got it: Lionel Messi continues to shatter major World Cup recordsGettyBut his countryman Mbappe added to his tally on Wednesday with a tidy brace as Les Bleus dumped Sweden out of the World Cup and now leads the race by virtue of providing two assists.Here are the latest Golden Boot standings for the 2026 World Cup...World Cup 2026 top scorersPositionPlayerNationGoalsAssists=1Kylian MbappeFrance72=1Lionel MessiArgentina70=3Erling HaalandNorway50=3Ha