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Golden Boot - Top Goalscorers
The Golden Boot (or Golden Shoe) is awarded to the top goalscorer of the World Cup final tournament. The award was introduced at the 1982 World Cup for the first time.
| World Cup | Top Goal Scorer | Goals |
| 1930 Uruguay | Guillermo Stábile (Argentina) | 8 |
| 1934 Italy | Edmund Conen (Germany) Oldřich Nejedlý (Czechoslovakia) Angelo Schiavio (Italy) |
4 |
| 1938 France | Leônidas (Brazil) | 8 |
| 1950 Brazil | Ademir (Brazil) | 9 |
| 1954 Switzerland | Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) | 11 |
| 1958 Sweden | Just Fontaine (France) | 13 |
| 1962 Chile | Garrincha (Brazil) Vavá (Brazil) Leonel Sánchez (Chile) Dražen Jerković (Yugoslavia) Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union) Flórián Albert (Hungary) |
4 |
| 1966 England | Eusébio (Portugal) | 9 |
| 1970 Mexico | Gerd Müller (West Germany) | 10 |
| 1974 West Germany | Grzegorz Lato (Poland) | 7 |
| 1978 Argentina | Mario Kempes (Argentina) | 6 |
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| 1982 Spain | Paolo Rossi (Italy) | 6 |
| 1986 Mexico | Gary Lineker (England) | 6 |
| 1990 Italy | Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) | 6 |
| 1994 USA | Hristo Stoitchkov (Bulgaria) Oleg Salenko (Russia) |
6 |
| 1998 France | Davor Šuker (Croatia) | 6 |
| 2002 Korea/Japan | Ronaldo (Brazil) | 8 |
| 2006 Germany | Miroslav Klose (Germany) | 5 |