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World Cup Golden Boot

The Golden Boot is the award given to the top goalscorer in a football tournament, most commonly used in conjunction with the FIFA World Cup.

Golden Boot winners from previous FIFA World Cup tournaments

Year Player Country Goals
1930 Guillermo Stábile Argentina 8
1934 Edmund Conen Germany 4
Oldrich Nejedly Czechoslovakia 4
Angelo Schiavio Italy 4
1938 Leônidas da Silva Brazil 8
1950 Marques Ademir Brazil 7
1954 Sandor Kocsis Hungary 11
1958 Just Fontaine France 13
1962 Flórián Albert Hungary 4
Garrincha Brazil 4
Valentin Ivanov USSR 4
Drazen Jerkovic Yugoslavia 4
Leonel Sánchez Chile 4
Vavá Brazil 4
1966 Eusébio Portugal 9
1970 Gerd Müller West Germany 10
1974 Grzegorz Lato Poland 7
1978 Mario Kempes Argentina 6
1982 Paolo Rossi Italy 6
1986 Gary Lineker England 6
1990 Salvatore Schillaci Italy 6
1994 Oleg Salenko Russia 6
Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria 6
1998 Davor Suker Croatia 6
2002 Ronaldo Brazil 8
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