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Golden Boot Winners
The Golden Boot is awarded to the highest scorer in a particular year's World Cup Football tournament. It was first awarded at the 1930 World Cup held in Uruguay. The list below is a list of previous winners of the prestigious award. |
| World Cup |
Goalscorer |
Country |
Goals |
| Uruguay - 1930 |
Guillermo Stabile |
Argentina |
8 |
| Italy - 1934 |
Edmund Conen
Oldrich Nejedly
Angelo Schiavio |
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Italy |
4 |
| France - 1938 |
Leonidas |
Brazil |
8 |
| Brazil - 1950 |
Ademir |
Brazil |
9 |
| Switzerland - 1954 |
Sandor Kocsis |
Hungary |
11 |
| Sweden - 1958 |
Just Fontaine |
France |
13 |
| Chile - 1962 |
Garrincha
Vavá
Leonel Sánchez
Drazen Jerkovic
Valentin Ivanov
Florian Albert |
Brazil
Brazil
Chile
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Hungary |
4 |
| England - 1966 |
Eusebio |
Portugal |
9 |
| Mexico - 1970 |
Gerd Muller |
West Germany |
10 |
| West Germany - 1974 |
Grzegorz Lato |
Poland |
7 |
| Argentina - 1978 |
Mario Kempes |
Argentina |
6 |
| Spain - 1982 |
Paolo Rossi |
Italy |
6 |
| Mexico -1986 |
Gary Lineker |
England |
6 |
| Italy - 1990 |
Salvatore Schillaci |
Italy |
6 |
| USA - 1994 |
Hristo Stoitchkov
Oleg Salenko |
Bulgaria
Russia |
6 |
| France - 1998 |
Davor Suker |
Croatia |
6 |
| South Korea and Japan- 2002 |
Ronaldo |
Brazil |
8 |
| Germany - 2006 |
Miroslav Klose |
Germany |
5 |
| South Africa - 2010 |
Thomas Müller |
Germany |
5 |
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Champions