France, July 20 -- Mbappe picked up the accolade for leading marksman for the first time at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The then 23-year-old scored five goals in France's surge to the final.

In the showdown against Argentina, he scored a hat trick to take his haul up to eight before France lost in a penalty shootout.

The picture of him glumly holding the 'golden boot' award after the final remains one of the most iconic pictures of that tournament. Kylian Mbappe scored eight goals to win the 'golden boot' award for the top striker at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

In the game, Mbappe joined England's Geoff Hurst as the only men to score three goals in a World Cup final.

Unlike Hurst in 1966, Mbappe finished on the losing side and his ...