<P> The Golden Boot or Golden Shoe Award goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup . While every World Cup had a ranking of the goalscorers, the first time an award was given was in 1982, under the name Golden Shoe . It was rechristened Golden Boot in 2010 . FIFA sometimes lists the top goalscorers of previous Cups among the Golden Boot winners . </P> <P> If there is more than one player with the same number of goals, since 1994 the tie - breaker goes to the player without a penalty goal, if none has a penalty then the tie breaker goes to the person with more assists - with the FIFA Technical Study Group deciding whether an assist is to be counted as such . If there is still more than one player, the tie - breaker since 2006 goes to the player who has played the least amount of time, which translates to a higher goal average . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> Top Goalscorer </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> World Cup </Th> <Th> Top goalscorer </Th> <Th> Goals </Th> <Th> Runners - up </Th> <Th> Goals </Th> <Th> Third place </Th> <Th> Goals </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1930 Uruguay </Td> <Td> Guillermo Stábile </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Pedro Cea </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Bert Patenaude </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1934 Italy </Td> <Td> Oldřich Nejedlý </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Edmund Conen Angelo Schiavio </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1938 France </Td> <Td> Leônidas </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> György Sárosi Gyula Zsengellér Silvio Piola </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1950 Brazil </Td> <Td> Ademir </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Óscar Míguez </Td> <Td> Alcides Ghiggia Chico Estanislau Basora Telmo Zarra </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1954 Switzerland </Td> <Td> Sándor Kocsis </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Josef Hügi Max Morlock Erich Probst </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1958 Sweden </Td> <Td> Just Fontaine </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Pelé Helmut Rahn </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 Chile </Td> <Td> Flórián Albert Valentin Ivanov Garrincha Vavá Dražan Jerković Leonel Sánchez </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 England </Td> <Td> Eusébio </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Helmut Haller </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Valeriy Porkujan Geoff Hurst Ferenc Bene Franz Beckenbauer </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 Mexico </Td> <Td> Gerd Müller </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Jairzinho </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Teófilo Cubillas </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1974 West Germany </Td> <Td> Grzegorz Lato </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Andrzej Szarmach Johan Neeskens </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 Argentina </Td> <Td> Mario Kempes </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Teófilo Cubillas </Td> <Td> Rob Rensenbrink </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> Golden Shoe </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> World Cup </Th> <Th> Golden Shoe </Th> <Th> Goals </Th> <Th> Silver Shoe </Th> <Th> Goals </Th> <Th> Bronze Shoe </Th> <Th> Goals </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 Spain </Td> <Td> Paolo Rossi </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Karl - Heinz Rummenigge </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Zico </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986 Mexico </Td> <Td> Gary Lineker </Td> <Td> Emilio Butragueño Careca Diego Maradona </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1990 Italy </Td> <Td> Salvatore Schillaci </Td> <Td> Tomáš Skuhravý </Td> <Td> Roger Milla Gary Lineker </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1994 United States </Td> <Td> Oleg Salenko Hristo Stoichkov </Td> <Td> None </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Kennet Andersson Romário </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 France </Td> <Td> Davor Šuker </Td> <Td> Gabriel Batistuta Christian Vieri </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> None </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 South Korea / Japan </Td> <Td> Ronaldo </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Miroslav Klose Rivaldo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 Germany </Td> <Td> Miroslav Klose </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Hernán Crespo </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ronaldo </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> Golden Boot </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> World Cup </Th> <Th> Golden Boot </Th> <Th> Goals </Th> <Th> Silver Boot </Th> <Th> Goals </Th> <Th> Bronze Boot </Th> <Th> Goals </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2010 South Africa </Td> <Td> Thomas Müller </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> David Villa </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Wesley Sneijder </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 Brazil </Td> <Td> James Rodríguez </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Thomas Müller </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Neymar </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2018 Russia </Td> <Td> Harry Kane </Td> <Td> Antoine Griezmann </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Romelu Lukaku </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> <Ol> <Li> Jump up ^ FIFA initially credited Nejedlý with only four goals, which would make him joint top scorer with Angelo Schiavio of Italy and Edmund Conen of Germany . However, FIFA changed it to five goals in November 2006, making Nejedlý the outright top scorer . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ FIFA initially credited Leônidas with eight goals . However, in November 2006, FIFA confirmed that in the quarter - final tie against Czechoslovakia, he had scored once, not twice as FIFA had originally recorded, meaning he had scored only seven goals in total . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ There was controversy regarding the number of goals Brazilian Ademir had scored in 1950, as a result of incomplete data concerning the Final Round game Brazil vs. Spain (6--1). The 5--0 goal had been credited to Jair, but is now credited to Ademir . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Salenko is the only player to win the award playing for a team that were eliminated in the group stages . His six goals are the only international goals he ever scored . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Despite the assist tiebreaker, Salenko and Stoichkov remained tied with 6 goals and one assist each, and both received the Golden Shoe . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Romário and Andersson surpassed the other two players with five goals (Jürgen Klinsmann and Roberto Baggio) by having three assists each . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Both runners - up had the same number of assists, and each received the Silver Shoe . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ During the tournament, after the group stage match against Costa Rica, Ronaldo logged a protest against the crediting of a goal as an own goal, and FIFA granted him the change . </Li> <Li> ^ Jump up to: Eight players had scored three goals . Ronaldo, Crespo and Zinedine Zidane stood out for having one assist, and then the two recipients were determined by less playtime (308 minutes for Crespo, 411 for Ronaldo, 559 for Zidane). </Li> <Li> ^ Jump up to: Müller, Villa, Sneijder and Diego Forlán tied with five goals . Müller won by virtue of having more assists (3) than the rest (each had one). Villa won the Silver Boot due to playing fewer minutes than Sneijder, and Sneijder won the Bronze Boot due to having played fewer minutes than Forlán . </Li> <Li> Jump up ^ Neymar, Lionel Messi and Robin van Persie all had four goals in the tournament . Neymar received the Bronze Boot for playing fewer minutes than his competitors (480; Messi played 693 minutes, and Van Persie, 548). </Li> <Li> ^ Jump up to: Griezmann, Lukaku, Denis Cheryshev, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappé tied with 4 goals . Griezmann won the Silver Boot by virtue of having more assists (2) than the rest (Lukaku had one, the rest had zero). Lukaku won the Bronze Boot due to having more assists (one) than Cheryshev, Ronaldo or Mbappé (zero). </Li> </Ol> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> Top Goalscorer </Th> </Tr>

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