World Cup Top Goalscorer: Golden Boot Betting Tips, Predictions, Odds

The 2022 World Cup kicks off on November 20 in Qatar. The Golden Boot market is a great option for punters looking for a big price and plenty of value.

The World Cup Golden Boot is awarded to the top scorer at the tournament. Bookmakers offer competitive odds on players to win the award.

The latest odds on players to win the 2022 World Cup Golden Boot are available.

Harry Kane won the Golden Boot award in 2018. He scored six goals in the previous tournament. Kane is in good form for his club team, Tottenham Hotspur. England have a good group with Iran, the United States, and Wales. France's Karim Benzema won Balon d'Or in 2022. Karimi is injured but is a strong bet to win the award. Kylian Mbappe is second favourite to the World Cup Golden boot.

Lionel Messi is 12/1 to win the World Cup 2022 Golden Boot award. Aleksandr Mitrovic is a dark horse pick for the group G. Thomas Muller won the award in 2010 in South Africa. He has 44 goals in 118 appearances for Germany. He is the first player to have won it twice.

Neymar and Robert Lewandowski are players to avoid at the World Cup in Qatar. Cristiano Ronaldo has never won a World cup Golden Boot trophy. Gabriel Jesus has struggled for goals since the start of the season.  Robert Lewandowi has scored just one goal in three World Cups. He has played in La Liga and the Champions League.

Mitrovic, Benzema and Lautaro Martinez are good options for the Golden Boot award. Martinez is a dark horse to win the trophy. He has 21 goals in 40 games for Argentina since debuting in 2018. He is currently 25/1 to be the top scorer in 2022.

Harry Kane, Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe are the top strikers at the World Cup 2022. They will get plenty of chances to score goals. The Golden Boot winner should play for a team that has every chance to win the competition. The player's team should go deep in the tournament. An easy group could mean more goals for the player. A difficult group or Group of Death could be a problem. James Rodrigues came out of nowhere to won the Golden boot in 2014 with Colombia.

The last three World Cup Golden Boot winners scored no more than six goals. Harry Kane won the award in 2018 with six. The average number of goals needed to win the Golden boot was 5.7. Players who play more games at the tournament have more opportunities to score goals and are more likely to get the golden boot.

France's Just Fontaine holds the record for scoring the most goals at a single World Cup tournament. Fontain scored 13 goals during the 1958 World cup in Sweden. He played just five games at the tournament, which featured 16 teams. The 2022 World Cups will have 32 teams and teams could play up to seven games.

No player has won the World Cup Golden Boot more than once. Harry Kane scored six goals at the 2018 World cup in Russia. The last three World Cups' top scorer collected no more that six goal.

The World Cup has seen some of the most famous goals in football history. The players listed below tallied some the best goals from the tournament.

Diego Maradona led Argentina to the World Cup trophy in 1986 in Mexico. Argentina and Napoli played England in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Estadio Azteca. Mardona scored two goals on the day. The most famous one is the Hand of God, but the second one, "The Goal of The Century", is more impressive.

The Netherlands beat Spain 5-1 in the group stage of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Robin van Persie scored twice, including one of World Cups most famous goals. Spain won the 2010 World cup. Spain had just won two European Championship tournaments. The Netherlands were going strong after the World Championship. They lost the final to Spain in extra time. In Brazil, they won all their group games.

Carlo Alberto scored the winning goal for Brazil against Italy in the 1970 World Cup final in Mexico City. Brazil were already up 3-1 at the time. The 1970 team is well-remembered and its style of play is expected of the Brazil team.  

Argentina and Mexico met in the 2006 World Cup last 16. Rafa Marquez scored for Mexico in sixth minute. Hernan Crespo equalised four minutes later. Extra time was needed and the game went to the overtime period in Leipzig. Maxi Rodriguez scored the winner in extra time. Argentina won the match 2-1 and reached the quarterfinals.

James Rodriguez became the World Cup's top goalscorer with six goals in the competition. He opened the scoring for Colombia against Uruguay in 2014. He is compared to Maxi Rodriguez. Colombia won the match. They are playing Uruguay. The match is in Brazil. It is a quarterfinal match between Colombia and Uruguay, which is taking place in Sao Paulo.