Copa América Golden Boot odds: Argentina player leads, and it's not Messi
Argentina has the leading scorer at the Copa América so far. That's certainly not a surprise to anyone.
But this next part isn't likely: that the leading scorer is not Lionel Messi.
In fact, Messi did not score in his team's first two games — though he had some nice chances in the tournament opening win over Canada — and then he sat out Saturday's game against Peru as he nursed an injury.
Meanwhile, Lautaro Martínez has stolen the show, as the 26-year-old scored twice against Peru, bringing his tournament total to four. No other player has more than two so far, and Martinez's odds of winning the Golden Boot have jumped from +700 to -165.
Here are the Golden Boot leaders so far, followed by the odds leaders, according to BetMGM (as of July 1).
Copa América Golden Boot leaders:
- Lautaro Martinez, Argentina — 4 goals
- Salomon Rondon, Venezuela — 3 goals
- Maximiliano Araujo, Uruguay — 2 goals
- Jhon Cordoba, Colombia — 2 goals
- Daniel Munoz, Colombia — 2 goals
- Folarin Balogun, United States — 2 goals
- Eduard Bello, Venezuela — 2 goals
- Jose Fajardo, Panama — 2 goals
- Vinícius Júnior, Brazil — 2 goals
- Luis Diaz, Colombia — 2 goals
- Darwin Núñez, Uruguay — 2 goals
- Lucas Paqueta, Brazil — 1 goal
- Matias Vina, Uruguay — 1 goal
- Facundo Pellistri, Uruguay — 1 goal
- Cesar Yanis, Panama — 1 goal
- Eric Ramirez, Venezuela — 1 goal
- Rodrigo Bentancur, Uruguay — 1 goal
- Jhonder Cadiz, Venezuela — 1 goal
- Alan Minda, Ecuador — 1 goal
- Eduardo Guerrero, Panama — 1 goal
- Savinho, Brazil — 1 goal
- Julian Alvarez, Argentina — 1 goal
- Mathias Oliveira, Uruguay — 1 goal
- Piero Hincapie, Ecuador — 1 goal
- Jonathan David, Canada — 1 goal
- Kendry Paez, Ecuador — 1 goal
- Jeremy Sarmiento, Ecuador — 1 goal
- Michael Murillo, Panama — 1 goal
- Davinson Sanchez, Colombia — 1 goal
- Federico Valverde, Uruguay — 1 goal
- Jefferson Lerma, Colombia — 1 goal
- Cesar Blackman, Panama — 1 goal
Odds to win Copa América Golden Boot
*BetMGM odds as of July 3
- Lautaro Martinez: -165
- Darwin Nunez: +350
- Vinicius Junior: +500
- Lionel Messi: +1200
- Julian Alvarez: +1200
- Luis Diaz: +2000
- Facundo Pellistri: +2500
- Rodrygo: +3300
- Solomon Rondon: +3300
- Jose Fajardo: +3300
- Jefferson Lerma: +3300
- Jhon Cordoba: +4000
- Endrick: +5000
- Federico Valverde: +5000
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