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.

Mbappe joined England's Geoff Hurst as the only men to score three goals in a World Cup final. Kylian Mbappe scored eight goals to win the Golden Boot award for the top striker at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Overall record

In the 2026 tournament in the United States, Mexico and Canada, Mbappe featured in a France front line that included Paris Saint-Germain's Ballon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembele and Bayern Munich's Micha...