FIFA World Cup Golden Boot Winners list – All Time Past Winners
Past FIFA World Cup Golden Boot Winners? Who are the Past FIFA World Cup Golden Boot Winners? Which players have finished as the leading goal scorers of each season since the inception of the FIFA World Cup in 1930? Watch & Bet Football Live =>
Well, Let’s find out with the list below of who have won the Golden Boot.
The FIFA World Cup is the best and toughest competition in the world. It’s not easy for a striker to get away with easy goals when you’re playing in the FIFA World Cup that’s why we took the time to give credits to the previous FIFA World Cup Golden Boot winners.
These players have been outstanding and need to be given credit for the amazing goal scoring abilities most players on the list are the strikers. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have outstanding goalscoring records in the competition.
FIFA World Cup Golden Boot winners list
What is the FIFA Golden Boot? The Golden Boot Award in England is an annual association football award presented to the leading goal scorer in the FIFA World Cup.
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FIFA World Cup Golden Boot (Shoe) History
The winners of the Golden Boot are given £1000 for each goal they scored throughout the season to donate to any charity of their choice. In the first-ever World Cup season in 1991-92, Franck Sauzée was the top scorer scoring a total of 5 goals. Watch & Bet Football Live =>
World Cup | Golden Boot | Goals | Silver Boot | Goals | Bronze Boot | Goals |
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2010 South Africa | Thomas Müller | 5 | David Villa | 5 | Wesley Sneijder | 5 |
2014 Brazil | James Rodríguez | 6 | Thomas Müller | 5 | Neymar | 4 |
2018 Russia | Harry Kane | 6 | Antoine Griezmann | 4 | Romelu Lukaku | 4 |
2022 Qatar | Kylian Mbappe | 8 | Lionel Messi | 7 | Olivier Giroud | 4 |
Golden boot winners since 1930
Who won the 2018 FIFA World Cup golden boot? World Cup Golden Boot Winners? Here are all World Cup Golden Boot since 1930-2018:
World Cup | Top goalscorer | Goals | Runners-up | Goals | Third place | Goals |
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1930 Uruguay | Guillermo Stábile | 8 | Pedro Cea | 5 | Bert Patenaude | 4 |
1934 Italy | Oldřich Nejedlý | 5 | Edmund Conen Angelo Schiavio |
4 | None | |
1938 France | Leônidas | 7 | György Sárosi Gyula Zsengellér Silvio Piola |
5 | None | |
1950 Brazil | Ademir | 8 | Óscar Míguez | 5 | Alcides Ghiggia Chico Estanislau Basora Telmo Zarra |
4 |
1954 Switzerland | Sándor Kocsis | 11 | Josef Hügi Max Morlock Erich Probst |
6 | None | |
1958 Sweden | Just Fontaine | 13 | Pelé Helmut Rahn |
6 | None | |
1962 Chile | Flórián Albert Valentin Ivanov Garrincha Vavá Dražan Jerković Leonel Sánchez |
4 | None | None | ||
1966 England | Eusébio | 9 | Helmut Haller | 6 | Valeriy Porkujan Geoff Hurst Ferenc Bene Franz Beckenbauer |
4 |
1970 Mexico | Gerd Müller | 10 | Jairzinho | 7 | Teófilo Cubillas | 5 |
1974 West Germany | Grzegorz Lato | 7 | Andrzej Szarmach Johan Neeskens |
5 | None | |
1978 Argentina | Mario Kempes | 6 | Teófilo Cubillas | 5 | Rob Rensenbrink | 5 |
FIFA Golden Shoe Winners Record
Who has won the most number of Golden Shoe?
We took the time to look at all the past players that have won the Golden Boot since it’s inception in 1930. Here is the list of the past players that have won the Golden Boot.
World Cup | Golden Shoe | Goals | Silver Shoe | Goals | Bronze Shoe | Goals |
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1982 Spain | Paolo Rossi | 6 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | 5 | Zico | 4 |
1986 Mexico | Gary Lineker | 6 | Emilio Butragueño Careca Diego Maradona |
5 | None | |
1990 Italy | Salvatore Schillaci | 6 | Tomáš Skuhravý | 5 | Roger Milla | 4 |
1994 United States | Oleg Salenko Hristo Stoichkov |
6 | None | Kennet Andersson Romário |
5 | |
1998 France | Davor Šuker | 6 | Gabriel Batistuta Christian Vieri |
5 | None | |
2002 South Korea/Japan | Ronaldo | 8 | Miroslav Klose Rivaldo |
5 | None | |
2006 Germany | Miroslav Klose | 5 | Hernán Crespo | 3 | Ronaldo | 3 |
2010 South Africa | Thomas Muller (T) | 5 | David Villa | 5 | Wesley Sneijder | 5 |
2014 Brazil | James Rodriguez | 6 | Thomas Muller | 5 | Neymar | 4 |
2018 Russia | Harry Kane | 6 | Antoine Griezmann | 4 | Romelu Lukaku | 4 |
2022 Qatar | Kylian Mbappé | 8 | Lionel Messi | 7 | Olivier Giroud | 4 |
Be sure to check out our other lists as they are also full of interesting information. Watch & Bet Football Live =>
- Serie A Golden Boot Winners List
- La Liga Golden boot Winners List
- Bundesliga Golden Boot Winners List
- Premier League Golden Boot Winners List
- Top goalscorers in El Classico history List
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