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World Cup Top Goal Scorers (Golden Boot)
These are the 'golden shoe' or 'golden boot' winners from each World Cup event. The record for the most goals at a single World Cup is 13 by Frenchman Just Fontaine in 1958, which he achieved in six games. The overall top goal scorer in the Wolrd Cup is Brazilian Ronaldo, who has scored 15 goals. See the list of World Cup Top Goal Scorers.
The current rules for a tie-breaker, is that if there is a tie for the most number of goals in the tournament, the award goes to the player who has given the most assists (as decided by the FIFA Technical Study Group). If there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has played the least amount of time.
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| Year | Top Scorer(s) | Country | Matches Played | Goals Scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Guillermo Stabile | Argentina | 4 | 8 |
| 1934 | Angelo Schiavio | Italy * | 4 | 4 |
| Oldrich Nejedly | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 4 | |
| Edmund Conen | Germany | 4 | 4 | |
| 1938 | Leonidas da Silva | Brazil | 4 | 8 |
| 1950 | Marques Ademir | Brazil * | 6 | 7 |
| 1954 | Sandor Kocsis | Hungary | 5 | 11 |
| 1958 | Just Fontaine | France | 6 | 13 |
| 1962 | Drazen Jerkovic | Yugoslavia | 6 | 5 |
| 1966 | Ferreira Eusebio | Portugal | 6 | 9 |
| 1970 | Gerd Muller | West Germany | 6 | 10 |
| 1974 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 7 | 9 |
| 1978 | Mario Kempes | Argentina * | 7 | 6 |
| 1982 | Paolo Rossi | Italy * | 7 | 6 |
| 1986 | Gary Lineker | England | 5 | 6 |
| 1990 | Salvatore Schillaci | Italy | 7 | 6 |
| 1994 | Oleg Salenko | Russia | 3 | 6 |
| Hristo Stoitchkov | Bulgaria | 7 | 6 | |
| 1998 | Davor Suker | Croatia | 7 | 6 |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil * | 7 | 8 |
| 2006 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 7 | 5 |
| 2010 | Thomas Müller | Germany | 6 | 5 |
* Champion country
Related Pages
- Complete Germany 2006 goal scorers list.
- South Africa 2010 goal scorers list.
- List of World Cup Top Goal Scorers
- Goal Trivia
- Golden Ball Winners
