2pts Rachel Daly to win the Golden Boot at 10/1 (General)
1pt e.w. Alba Redondo to win the Golden Boot at 14/1 (General)
1pt e.w. Geyse to win the Golden Boot at 33/1 (General)
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Odds correct at 12:00 BST (15/7/23)
The women's game is finally starting to garner the attention it deserves and this summer's World Cup promises to be the biggest yet, with a wealth of cross-globe talent poised to make their mark in Australia and New Zealand in July and August.
And while winning the event is of course a team success, many stars and under-the-radar figures alike will have one eye on individual honours: the famous Golden Boot award.
Megan Rapinoe won the accolade in 2019 as the USA secured back-to-back tournament wins, reminding us just how important a deep run is for a striker's chances in the goal stakes. Only once - when Germany's Celia Sasic finished top in 2015 - has a World Cup finalist not won the Golden Boot.
The World Cup Golden Boot is given to the player who has scored most goals in the tournament. If more than one player is tied, as happened last time out, ties are broken by other criteria (i.e assists or minutes played) to decide who wins.
This ultimately meant the 2019 award went to Rapinoe, whose record of six goals and three assists was identical to teammate Alex Morgan's, but was achieved in 52 fewer on-field minutes.
'Top scorer' is simply who has scored the most goals, leaving a greater likelihood for a dead heat.
The first Women's World Cup in 1991 saw the USA's Michelle Akers scoop the award with 10 goals, but a maximum of 7 goals has been needed to secure the award since then, with a post-1995 average of 6.3.
However, the Australia/New Zealand tournament will be the first to feature 32 teams; the previous two events saw 24 nations take part, after an expansion from the original 12 to 16 in 1999.
As such, we're in unchartered waters as far as the Golden Boot is concerned and it may well take more than Rapinoe's six to win top honours.
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