SOCCER MEN'S WORLD CUP GOLDEN BOOT AWARD
tie-breaker goes to the player who has contributed the most assists, second tie-breaker goes to the player who has played the least amount of time
| 2014 Brazil |
6 | James Rodriguez, Colombia | ||
| 2010 South Africa | 5 | Thomas Müller, Germany | ||
| 2006 Germany | 5 | Miroslav Klose, Germany | ||
| 2002 South Korea/Japan | 8 | Ronaldo, Brazil | ||
| 1998 France | 6 | Davor Šuker, Croatia | ||
| 1994 United States | 6 | Oleg Salenko, Russia | ||
| 6 | Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgaria | |||
| 1990 Italy | 6 | Salvatore Schillaci, Italy | ||
| 1986 Mexico | 6 | Gary Lineker, England | ||
| 1982 Spain | 6 | Paolo Rossi, Italy | ||
| 1978 Argentina | 6 | Mario Kempes, Argentina | ||
| 1974 West Germany | 7 | Grzegorz Lato, Poland | ||
| 1970 Mexico | 10 | Gerd Müller, West Germany | ||
| 1966 England | 9 | Eusébio, Portugal | ||
| 1962 Chile | 4 | Flórián Albert, Hungary | ||
| 4 | Valentin Ivanov, Soviet Union | |||
| 4 | Garrincha, Brazil | |||
| 4 | Vavá, Brazil | |||
| 4 | Dražan Jerkovic, Yugoslavia | |||
| 4 | Leonel Sánchez, Chile | |||
| 1958 Sweden | 13 | Just Fontaine, France | ||
| 1954 Switzerland | 11 | Sándor Kocsis, Hungary | ||
| 1950 Brazil | 8 | Ademir, Brazil | ||
| 1938 France | 7 | Leônidas da Silva, Brazil | ||
| 1934 Italy | 5 | Oldrich Nejedlý, Czechoslovakia | ||
| 1930 Uruguay | 8 | Guillermo Stábile, Argentina |
