A Golden Boot race for the ages - but who will come out on top?

A Golden Boot race for the ages - but who will come out on top?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Kylian Mbappe (4), Lionel Messi (5) and Erling Haaland (4) have scored 13 goals between them at the 2026 World CupByAndy CryerBBC Sport Senior JournalistPublished1 minute agoCommentsIt is fast becoming a Golden Boot race for the ages.Lionel Messi leads the way with five goals from two games. Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland are second in the standings with four goals each.This is only the second time in World Cup history where three players have scored four or more times after two matches - and the first since since 1954.It was another extraordinary few hours of goalscoring from some of the best forwards football has seen.Messi was up first - breaking the World Cup goals record with a double for Argentina against Austria. Mbappe responded in kind with two goals in France's weather-delayed victory against Iraq on his 100th international appearance.And it was Haaland's turn soon after, scoring twice as Norway beat Senegal to qualify for the last 32. Not a bad start to his own World Cup career.Anything one can do, the others can do better. It has that feel about it at the moment - and this is before England's Harry Kane has the chance to add to his opening-day double against Ghana on Tuesday.There is a growing sense we are seeing something special as the world's best set records tumbling on the sport's biggest stage.French football expert Julien Laurens told BBC Sport: "With the big stars, they want the ball all the time."I guess part of it is that they're not just chasing the Golden Boot, a handful of them are chasing the all-time record too."To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Messi becomes World Cup's all-time leading scorerRecords fall on 'superstar day'This tournament started with Germany's Miroslav Klose top of the all-time W...