World Cup 2026 45/1 Golden Boot Tips & Predictions
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Who to back from here
I'm going to double down on Harry Kane (9.0), tipped pre-tournament at 8.50, from this position. He’s only two goals behind Messi (2.20) and we know that he can equal that tally in a single performance.
I’m also quite keen on England reaching the final from this position, giving Kane a minimum of two games to catch up to Messi. I wouldn’t back Kylian Mbappe again from here (2.20), tipped pre-tournament at 8.0, that’s a bit too low and France have a very tough run on paper against Morocco and possibly Spain in the semi-finals.
It’s quite hard to make a case for any player outside of Mbappe, Kane, Erling Haaland and Messi given how those players have performed in front of goal at this World Cup, but if you are looking for an outside shout then I’d look at Ousmane Dembele (46.0) and Jude Bellingham (151.0) who are both on four goals.
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Pre-Tournament Picks
The Golden Boot race at this World Cup is nothing like we’ve seen before, the expanded nature of the tournament has led to players reaching milestones far earlier in the competition with Kane, Haaland, Mbappe and Messi all on six goals or more.
Messi currently leads the way with eight goals, he was as long as 17.0 to win the Golden Boot before the tournament so you wouldn’t be getting much value by backing him from this position at 2.20. Mbappe and Haaland are both tied on seven goals, yet there is a massive gap between them in the odds with Mbappe at 2.20 and Haaland all the way at 8.0.
It’s a shame that Netherlands didn’t get deeper in the tournament as Cody Gakpo netted three goals across just four starts but it’s a positive that we went with two leaders in the market prior to the World Cup, and both look like having a strong chance of walking away with the Golden Boot.
Which Big Odds Players have Placed in the Past?
It’s sometimes hard to look past the first few players in the list when looking at the Golden Boot market, but with many sites paying out E/W bets on as many as four places - it’s worth looking a little further down to pinch some value.
Julian Alvarez is someone who caught my attention straight away, he’s priced at 25/1 to win the Golden Boot and will be leading the line alongside Messi for Argentina as their main two goal threats. He placed at 25/1 with four goals at the last World Cup and has scored 20+ goals in each of his last two seasons for Atletico Madrid.
Oliver Giroud would have also earned you some place money at the 2022 World Cup with four goals, his pre-tournament price was 20/1. It’s worth noting that the favourite for the Golden Boot at the last World Cup, Harry Kane didn’t even place, he only scored twice.
Euro 2024 was also an interesting tournament for goals, with four players finishing on exactly three goals, including Georges Mikautadze, who was 200/1 before the tournament started. If any of the smaller nations have any talisman, particularly players who will take penalties, they are worth a small flutter.
Recent AFCON and Copa America tournaments also show similar trends, players like Ademola Lookman (20/1) and Gianluca Lapadula (80/1) would have returned some decent place money, and the boundary again appears to be between six and eight goals. These also tend to be players that are with nations that go deep in the tournament, though there are exceptions to that - when Kane won the Golden Boot in 2018, he scored all six of his goals in the group stages and the Round of 16.
These trends tell us that while at least one of the pre-tournament favourites almost always makes it into the top four, it’s rarely the case that the betting market accurately predicts the top four scorers at the World Cup. It’s worth looking down towards the 20/1-30/1 mark for your each-way options alongside a NAP further up the market.
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