{"id":5093,"date":"2026-06-19T21:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5093"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:44:42","slug":"2026-world-cup-golden-boot-jonathan-david-surges-after-hat-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5093","title":{"rendered":"2026 World Cup Golden Boot: Jonathan David Surges After Hat Trick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Two hat tricks in three days? The Golden Boot odds seem to be changing every minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>After Lionel Messi&#8217;s first career World Cup hat trick on Tuesday night, Jonathan David replicated that performance with a hat trick of his own in Canada&#8217;s 6-0 win over Qatar on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>David became the first Canadian man or woman to record a hat trick in a World Cup match. He also became just the second CONCACAF player to score a hat trick in a men&#8217;s World Cup match, joining Bert Patenaude (1930, vs. Paraguay).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>As a result, David has surged up the Golden Boot oddsboard. Prior to his hat trick, he was either unlisted across major sportsbooks or priced as a massive underdog at over 100-1. He is now +2000 to win the award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Through the first nine days of the tournament, both Messi and David have three goals, while Mbapp\u00e9, Kane and Haaland headline the group of players with two goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>The 2026 FIFA World Cup Golden Boot race is already shaping up to be historic. Let&#8217;s dive into the updated odds at FanDuel Sportsbook as of June 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><i>This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about <\/i><i><u>Sports Betting on FOX Sports<\/u><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 is now up to 14 World Cup goals, three shy of breaking the all-time record (Photo by Dan Mullan\/Getty Images).<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9: +300 (bet $10 to win $40 total)<br \/>Harry Kane: +300 (bet $10 to win $40 total)<br \/>Lionel Messi: +300 (bet $10 to win $40 total)<br \/>Erling Haaland: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)<br \/>Kai Havertz: +1600 (bet $10 to win $170 total)<br \/>Jonathan David: +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total)<br \/>Johan Manzambi: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)<br \/>Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior: +3500 (bet $10 to win $360 total)<br \/>Cristiano Ronaldo: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)<br \/>Lamine Yamal: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)<br \/>Folarin Balogun: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)<br \/>Luis D\u00edaz: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)<br \/>Mikel Oyarzabal: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)<br \/>Raphinha: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)<br \/>Jude Bellingham: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>On Tuesday, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Erling Haaland \u2014 three of the biggest stars in the world \u2014 combined for seven goals, completely reshaping the Cup Golden Boot race in a matter of hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>With his first career World Cup hat trick, Messi tied Miroslav Klose for the most goals in men&#8217;s World Cup history with 16, while also setting the record as the oldest player (38) to record a hat trick, passing Cristiano Ronaldo. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Not to be outdone, Mbapp\u00e9 reminded everyone why he entered the tournament as the betting favorite. The French superstar scored twice in his World Cup opener, as he became France&#8217;s new all-time leader in goals with 58.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Erling Haaland also added two goals in his World Cup debut.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>If Tuesday&#8217;s theatrics weren&#8217;t enough, Harry Kane got himself into the action with a brace of his own in England&#8217;s 4-2 win over Croatia on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>With his performance, Kane recorded his third career multi-goal game in a World Cup match, and tied Gary Lineker for the most goals in the World Cup by an England player (10).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Kane is now up to 81 goals for his international career, becoming the tenth man ever to score 80+ international goals, and just the fifth European to do so.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Two hat tricks in three days? The Golden Boot odds seem to be changing every minute.\u00a0 After Lionel Messi&#8217;s first career World Cup hat trick on Tuesday night, Jonathan David replicated that performance with a hat trick of his own in Canada&#8217;s 6-0 win over Qatar on Thursday.\u00a0 David became the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}