World Cup Golden Boot Winners

by Rob Williams, 17 Apr, 2018

The Golden Boot, commercially termed Adidas Golden Boot was first awarded in 1982 under the name Adidas Golden Shoe. The term was used until 2006 and was renamed to Golden Boot in 2010.

CAPTION: Golden Boot SOURCE: FIFA

Since 1994, if more than one player scored the same number of goals, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has contributed the most a s sists - with the FIFA Technical Study Group deciding whether an a s sist is to be counted as such.

CAPTION: Guillermo-Stábile SOURCE: GoldeVestuario.com

Since 2006, the rule was changed that if there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has played the least amount of time.

Top Goal Scorer (no awards)

World Cup	Top goalscorer	Goals	Runners-up	Goals	Third place	Goals
1930 Uruguay	Guillermo Stábile	8	Pedro Cea	5	Bert Patenaude	4
1934 Italy	Old?ich Nejedlý	5	Edmund Conen	4	None
1938 France	Leônidas	7	Angelo Schiavio	5	None
1950 Brazil	Ademir	8	György Sárosi	5	Alcides Ghiggia	4
1954 Switzerland	Sándor Kocsis	11	Gyula Zsengellér	6	Chico
1958 Sweden	Just Fontaine	13	Silvio Piola	6	Estanislau Basora
1962 Chile	Flórián Albert	4	Óscar Míguez		Telmo Zarra
1966 England	Valentin Ivanov	9	Josef Hügi	6	None	4
1970 Mexico	Garrincha	10	Max Morlock	7	None	5
1974 West Germany	Vavá	7	Erich Probst	5	None
1978 Argentina[13]	Dražan Jerkovi?	6	Pelé	5	Valeriy Porkujan	5

Golden Shoe (1982-2006)

Italian professional, Paolo Rossi won the first Golden Shoe in the history of the World Cup in 1982. The same year, he also won a Golden Boot.

CAPTION: Paolo Rossi SOURCE: Outside of the Boot

World Cup	Golden Shoe	Goals	Silver Shoe	Goals	Bronze Shoe	Goals
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(4)	6	None		Kennet Andersson Romário	5
1998 France[15]	Hristo Stoichkov	6	Gabriel Batistuta	5	None
2002 South Korea/Japan[16]	Davor Šuker	8	Christian Vieri	5	None
2006 Germany[17]	Ronaldo	5	Miroslav Klose	3	Ronaldo	3

Golden Boot (2010-present)

The term was renamed to Golden Boot in the 2010 World Cup. German Professional, Thomas Müller won the Golden Boot in 2010.

CAPTION: Thomas Muller SOURCE: Cilisos

World Cup	Golden Boot	Goals	Silver Boot	Goals	Bronze Boot	Goals
2010 South Africa	Thomas Müller	5	David Villa	5	Wesley Sneijder	5
2014 Brazil	James Rodríguez	6	Thomas Müller	5	Neymar	4

CAPTION: James Rodriguez SOURCE: FIFA

Colombian professional football player, James Rodríguez won the Golden Boot in the 2014 World Cup.

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World Cup Golden Boot Winners

Top Goal Scorer (no awards)

Golden Shoe (1982-2006)

Golden Boot (2010-present)

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