Goalscorers in race for FIFA World Cup 2018 Golden Boot

Russia: FIFA World Cup 2018 has been a roller coster ride till now. The tournament started on a bright note with Russia pumping in five goals against Saudi Arabia in the opener. Since then Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, Romelu Lukaku of Belgium, England captain Harry Kane, Russia's Denis Cherysev, Diego Costa of Spain and several other players including Argentina's  Lionel Messi's have found the opposition's net. 

The biggest sports extravaganza has seen some classic games, individual brilliance and great teamwork along with some of the finest goals of all time. From Messi's twister to Ronaldo's free-kick, from Kane's hat-trick to  Panama's Felip Baloy's hard-earned goal, this World Cup gave us some exceptional performances.

Below is the list of all the goalscorers in the FIFA World Cup 2018 (rank-wise)

Rank	Players	Country	Goal Scored	Matches
1	Harry Kane	England	6	6
2	Antoine Griezmann	France	4	7
3	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	4	6
4	Denis Cheryshev	Russia	4	5
5	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	4	4
6	Kylian Mbappe	France	4	7
7	Artem Dzyuba	Russia	3	5
8	Eden Hazard	Belgium	3	6
9	Mario Mandzukic	Croatia	3	6
10	Ivan Perisic	Croatia	3	7
11	Yerry Mina	Colombia	3	3
12	Diego Costa	Spain	3	4
13	Edinson Cavani	Uruguay	3	4
14	Wahbi Khazri	Tunisia	2	3
15	Philippe Coutinho	Brazil	2	5
16	Takashi Inui	Japan	2	4
17	Luis Suarez	Uruguay	2	5
18	Neymar	Brazil	2	5
19	Luka Modric	Croatia	2	7
20	Sergio Aguero	Argentina	2	4
21	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	2	2
22	Ahmed Musa	Nigeria	2	3
23	Mile Jedinak	Australia	2	3
24	Son Heungmin	South Korea	2	3
25	Andreas Granqvist	Sweden	2	5
26	John Stones	England	2	7
27	Juan Quintero	Colombia	1	4
28	Lionel Messi	Argentina	1	4
29	Aleksandr Golovin	Russia	1	4
30	Thomas Meunir	Belgium	1	5
31	Kevin De Bruyne	Belgium	1	6
32	Keisuke Honda	Japan	1	3
33	Milan Badelj	Croatia	1	3
34	Paolo Guerrero	Peru	1	3
35	Marco Reus	Germany	1	3
36	Marcos Rojo	Argentina	1	3
37	Shinji Kagawa	Japan	1	3
38	Mbaye Niang	Senegal	1	3
39	Gabriel Mercado	Argentina	1	3
40	Victor Moses	Nigeria	1	3
41	Dries Mertens	Belgium	1	6
42	Hirving Lozano	Mexico	1	4
43	Naser Chadli	Belgium	1	6
44	Javier Hernandez	Mexico	1	4
45	Juan Cuadrado	Colombia	1	4
46	Xherdan Shaqiri	Switzerland	1	4
47	Christian Eriksen	Denmark	1	4
48	Ola Toivonen	Sweden	1	5
49	Mario Fernandes	Russia	1	5
50	Jesse Lingard	England	1	6
51	Keiran Trippier	England	1	6
52	Domagoj Vida	Croatia	1	6
53	Harry Maquire	England	1	7
54	Youssef En Nesyri	Morocco	1	1
55	Felipe Baloy	Panama	1	1
56	Renato Augusto	Brazil	1	3
57	Iago Aspas	Japan	1	3
58	Roberto Firmino	Brazil	1	4
59	Adnan Januzaj	Belgium	1	1
60	Kendall Waston	Costa Rica	1	1
61	Josip Drmic	Switzerland	1	3
62	Michy Batshuayi	Belgium	1	3
63	Dylan Bronn	Tunisia	1	2
64	Ricardo Quaresma	Portugal	1	3
65	Khalid Boutaib	Morocco	1	2
66	Nacho	Spain	1	2
67	Karim Ansarifard	Iran	1	3
68	Ferjani Sassi	Tunisia	1	3
69	Moussa Wague	Senegal	1	3
70	Mathias Jorgensen	Denmark	1	3
71	Jan Bednarek	Poland	1	3
72	Angel Di Maria	Argentina	1	3
73	Genki Haraguchi	Japan	1	3
74	Steven Zuber	Switzerland	1	3
75	Andre Carrillo	Peru	1	3
76	Alfred Finnbogason	Iceland	1	3
77	Iury Gazinsky	Russia	1	4
78	Aleksandar Mitrovic	Serbia	1	3
79	Yussuf Yurary Poulsen	Denmark	1	3
80	Aleksandar Kolarov	Serbia	1	3
81	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef	Tunisia	1	3
82	Grzegorz Krychowiak	Poland	1	3
83	Gylfi Sigurdsson	Iceland	1	3
84	Kim Younggwon	South Korea	1	3
85	Sadio Mane	Senegal	1	3
86	Salem Aldawsari	Saudi Arabia	1	3
87	Salman Alfaraj	Saudi Arabia	1	3
88	Toni Kroos	Germany	1	3
89	Yuya Osako	Japan	1	4
90	Carlos Vela	Mexico	1	4
91	Marouane Fellaini	Belgium	1	5
92	Blerim Dzemaili	Switzerland	1	4
93	Andrej Kramaric	Croatia	1	7
94	Paulinho	Brazil	1	5
95	Granit Xhaka	Switzerland	1	4
96	Jose Gimenez	Uruguay	1	4
97	Pepe	Portugal	1	4
98	Dele Alli	England	1	5
99	Radamel Falcao	Colombia	1	4
100	Isco	Spain	1	4
101	Emil Forsberg	Sweden	1	5
102	Ludwig Augustinsson	Sweden	1	5
103	Thiago Silva	Brazil	1	5
104	Paul Pogba	France	1	6
105	Benjamin Pavard	France	1	6
106	Jan Vertonghen	Belgium	1	6
107	Samuel Umtiti	France	1	6
108	Ante Rebic	Croatia	1	6
109	Raphael Varane	France	1	7
110	Ivan Rakitic	Croatia	1	7

 
Star players like Mohamed Salah of Egypt have not had a memorable tournament with the African team failing to progress beyond the group stage but he too has two goals against his name. Be it Argentina being almost knocked out from the tournament or Germany facing the ignominy of crashing out in the group stages for the first time since 1938, the tournament has given several enjoyable moments.
 
The top goalscorer at every FIFA World Cup is awarded the Golden Boot. If two or more players are tied on goals, the winner will be decided by the total assists. If assists cannot split them, the players who played the least minutes will walk away with the prize.