TOURNAMENT ORACLE · 2026 ARCHIVE

Golden Boot

Original forecasts. Points earned at the earliest correct lock.

Checkpoint scoring

Only the earliest correct scoring lock earns points. Later correct picks do not add to the total.

Day 0Jun 1012 pts
Pre-R32Jun 288 pts
Pre-R16Jul 46 pts
Pre-QFJul 84 pts
Pre-SFJul 121 pts
Pre-finalJul 160 pts

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The locked predictions

11 models · highest points first

Highlighted locks earned points. All other snapshots remain part of the record.

Claude Opus 4.8Anthropic12points earned

Day 0Jun 10
Kylian MbappéCounted12 pts
Pre-R32Jun 28
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted8 pt value
Pre-R16Jul 4
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted6 pt value
Pre-QFJul 8
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted4 pt value
Pre-SFJul 12
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted1 pt value
Pre-finalJul 16
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted0 pt value

Daily prediction history 7 entries

Jun 8Kylian Mbappé
Jun 15Kai Havertz
Jun 16Kylian Mbappé
Jun 25Lionel Messi
Jun 26Kylian Mbappé
Jul 17Lionel Messi
Jul 19 · finalKylian Mbappé

DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek12points earned

Day 0Jun 10
Kylian MbappéCounted12 pts
Pre-R32Jun 28
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted8 pt value
Pre-R16Jul 4
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted6 pt value
Pre-QFJul 8
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted4 pt value
Pre-SFJul 12
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted1 pt value
Pre-finalJul 16
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted0 pt value

Daily prediction history 16 entries

Jun 8Kylian Mbappé
Jun 12Erling Haaland
Jun 13Kylian Mbappé
Jun 20Lionel Messi
Jun 22Kylian Mbappé
Jun 23Lionel Messi
Jun 27Kylian Mbappé
Jun 29Lionel Messi
Jul 1Kylian Mbappé
Jul 9Lionel Messi
Jul 10Kylian Mbappé
Jul 15Lionel Messi
Jul 16Kylian Mbappé
Jul 17Lionel Messi
Jul 18Kylian Mbappé
Jul 19 · finalLionel Messi

Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle12points earned

Day 0Jun 10
Kylian MbappéCounted12 pts
Pre-R32Jun 28
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted8 pt value
Pre-R16Jul 4
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-QFJul 8
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted4 pt value
Pre-SFJul 12
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted1 pt value
Pre-finalJul 16
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts

Daily prediction history 11 entries

Jun 8Kylian Mbappé
Jun 12Harry Kane
Jun 13Kylian Mbappé
Jun 23Lionel Messi
Jun 25Kylian Mbappé
Jun 29Lionel Messi
Jul 2Kylian Mbappé
Jul 4Lionel Messi
Jul 5Kylian Mbappé
Jul 15Lionel Messi
Jul 19 · finalKylian Mbappé

Gemma 4 31BGoogle12points earned

Day 0Jun 10
Kylian MbappéCounted12 pts
Pre-R32Jun 28
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-R16Jul 4
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-QFJul 8
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted4 pt value
Pre-SFJul 12
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted1 pt value
Pre-finalJul 16
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted0 pt value

Daily prediction history 19 entries

Jun 8Kylian Mbappé
Jun 14F. Balogun
Jun 16Kai Havertz
Jun 17Kylian Mbappé
Jun 18Lionel Messi
Jun 20Kylian Mbappé
Jun 21Lionel Messi
Jun 22Deniz Undav
Jun 23Lionel Messi
Jul 2Kylian Mbappé
Jul 4Lionel Messi
Jul 5Kylian Mbappé
Jul 9Lionel Messi
Jul 10Kylian Mbappé
Jul 13Lionel Messi
Jul 14Kylian Mbappé
Jul 15Lionel Messi
Jul 16Kylian Mbappé
Jul 17 · finalLionel Messi

GLM-5.1Z.ai12points earned

Day 0Jun 10
Kylian MbappéCounted12 pts
Pre-R32Jun 28
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-R16Jul 4
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted6 pt value
Pre-QFJul 8
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted4 pt value
Pre-SFJul 12
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted1 pt value
Pre-finalJul 16
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted0 pt value

Daily prediction history 16 entries

Jun 8Kylian Mbappé
Jun 15Kai Havertz
Jun 16Kylian Mbappé
Jun 24Lionel Messi
Jun 27Kylian Mbappé
Jun 28Lionel Messi
Jul 2Kylian Mbappé
Jul 7Lionel Messi
Jul 8Kylian Mbappé
Jul 9Lionel Messi
Jul 10Kylian Mbappé
Jul 15Lionel Messi
Jul 16Kylian Mbappé
Jul 17Lionel Messi
Jul 18Kylian Mbappé
Jul 19 · finalLionel Messi

GPT-5.5 HighOpenAI12points earned

Day 0Jun 10
Kylian MbappéCounted12 pts
Pre-R32Jun 28
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-R16Jul 4
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted6 pt value
Pre-QFJul 8
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted4 pt value
Pre-SFJul 12
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted1 pt value
Pre-finalJul 16
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted0 pt value

Daily prediction history 12 entries

Jun 8Kylian Mbappé
Jun 16Kai Havertz
Jun 17Kylian Mbappé
Jun 18Lionel Messi
Jun 19Kylian Mbappé
Jun 23Lionel Messi
Jun 24Kylian Mbappé
Jun 25Lionel Messi
Jun 26Kylian Mbappé
Jun 28Lionel Messi
Jul 1Kylian Mbappé
Jul 17 · finalLionel Messi

Grok 4.3xAI12points earned

Day 0Jun 10
Kylian MbappéCounted12 pts
Pre-R32Jun 28
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-R16Jul 4
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-QFJul 8
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-SFJul 12
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-finalJul 16
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted0 pt value

Daily prediction history 20 entries

Jun 8Kylian Mbappé
Jun 13Lionel Messi
Jun 14Folarin Balogun
Jun 15F. Balogun
Jun 16Kai Havertz
Jun 17Kylian Mbappé
Jun 18Lionel Messi
Jun 21Kylian Mbappé
Jun 22D. Undav
Jun 23Lionel Messi
Jul 2Kylian Mbappé
Jul 4Lionel Messi
Jul 6Kylian Mbappé
Jul 8Lionel Messi
Jul 10Kylian Mbappé
Jul 11Lionel Messi
Jul 13Kylian Mbappé
Jul 15Lionel Messi
Jul 16Kylian Mbappé
Jul 17 · finalLionel Messi

Kimi K2.6Moonshot12points earned

Day 0Jun 10
Kylian MbappéCounted12 pts
Pre-R32Jun 28
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-R16Jul 4
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-QFJul 8
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted4 pt value
Pre-SFJul 12
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted1 pt value
Pre-finalJul 16
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts

Daily prediction history 11 entries

Jun 8Kylian Mbappé
Jun 15Kai Havertz
Jun 17Lionel Messi
Jun 22Deniz Undav
Jun 23Lionel Messi
Jul 2Kylian Mbappé
Jul 4Lionel Messi
Jul 5Kylian Mbappé
Jul 9Lionel Messi
Jul 10Kylian Mbappé
Jul 15 · finalLionel Messi

MiMo v2.5-ProXiaomi12points earned

Day 0Jun 10
Kylian MbappéCounted12 pts
Pre-R32Jun 28
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-R16Jul 4
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-QFJul 8
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-SFJul 12
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted1 pt value
Pre-finalJul 16
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts

Daily prediction history 10 entries

Jun 8Kylian Mbappé
Jun 16Viktor Gyökeres
Jun 17Kylian Mbappé
Jun 22Lionel Messi
Jul 2Kylian Mbappé
Jul 4Lionel Messi
Jul 5Kylian Mbappé
Jul 8Lionel Messi
Jul 11Kylian Mbappé
Jul 14 · finalLionel Messi

Mistral Large 3Mistral12points earned

Day 0Jun 10
Kylian MbappéCounted12 pts
Pre-R32Jun 28
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted8 pt value
Pre-R16Jul 4
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted6 pt value
Pre-QFJul 8
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted4 pt value
Pre-SFJul 12
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted1 pt value
Pre-finalJul 16
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted0 pt value

Daily prediction history 3 entries

Jun 8Kylian Mbappé
Jul 17Lionel Messi
Jul 18 · finalKylian Mbappé

Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle8points earned

Day 0Jun 10
Harry KaneIncorrect0 pts
Pre-R32Jun 28
Kylian MbappéCounted8 pts
Pre-R16Jul 4
Lionel MessiIncorrect0 pts
Pre-QFJul 8
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted4 pt value
Pre-SFJul 12
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted1 pt value
Pre-finalJul 16
Kylian MbappéCorrect · not counted0 pt value

Daily prediction history 23 entries

Jun 8Kylian Mbappé
Jun 9Harry Kane
Jun 11Kylian Mbappé
Jun 15Kai Havertz
Jun 16Kylian Mbappé
Jun 18Lionel Messi
Jun 19Harry Kane
Jun 20Lionel Messi
Jun 22Kylian Mbappé
Jun 23Lionel Messi
Jun 27Kylian Mbappé
Jun 29Lionel Messi
Jul 1Kylian Mbappé
Jul 4Lionel Messi
Jul 5Kylian Mbappé
Jul 7Lionel Messi
Jul 8Kylian Mbappé
Jul 9Lionel Messi
Jul 10Kylian Mbappé
Jul 15Lionel Messi
Jul 16Kylian Mbappé
Jul 17Lionel Messi
Jul 19 · finalKylian Mbappé