All Golden Boot winners in FIFA World Cup history
by Alex Sarwar ·
Updated
From Eusebio to Ronaldo and Gerd Muller to Kylian Mbappe, some of the greatest goalscorers in world football have come away from a FIFA World Cup by winning the Golden Boot award as the top scorer in that particular tournament.
We break down all Golden Boot winners in FIFA World Cup history all the way back from 1930 to the present day. See the full list of top scorers below:
YEAR | TOP SCORER | NATION | GOAL SCORED |
|---|---|---|---|
2026 | Kylian Mbappe | France | 10 |
2022 | Kylian Mbappe | France | 8 |
2018 | Harry Kane | England | 6 |
2014 | James Rodriguez | Colombia | 6 |
2010 | Thomas Muller | Germany | 5 |
2006 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 5 |
2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 8 |
1998 | Davor Suker | Croatia | 6 |
1994 1994 | Oleg Salenko Hristo Stoichkov | Russia Bulgaria | 6 6 |
1990 | Salvatore Schillaci | Italy | 6 |
1986 | Gary Lineker | England | 6 |
1982 | Paolo Rossi | Italy | 6 |
1978 | Mario Kempes | Argentina | 6 |
1974 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 7 |
1970 | Gerd Muller | West Germany | 10 |
1966 | Eusebio | Portugal | 9 |
1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 | Florian Albert Garrincha Valentin Ivanov Drazen Jerkovic Leonel Sanchez Vava | Hungary Brazil Russia Soviet Union Yugoslavia Brazil | 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
1958 | Just Fontaine | France | 13 |
1954 | Sandor Kocsis | Hungary | 11 |
1950 | Ademir | Brazil | 9 |
1938 | Leonidas | Brazil | 7 |
1934 | Oldrich Nejedly | Czechoslovakia | 5 |
1930 | Guillermo Stabile | Argentina | 8 |
Kylian Mbappe won the Golden Boot in both 2022 and 2026, becoming the first player ever to win the award twice.
Argentina's Guillermo Stabile was the first ever footballer to finish as top goalscorer at the FIFA World Cup, doing so in 1930. Since then, the likes of Eusebio, Paolo Rossi, Gary Lineker, Ronaldo (R9) and Miroslav Klose have all achieved the feat.
1962 was the first time the award was shared, with six different players finishing on four goals, including Florian Albert of Hungary along with Brazilian duo Garrincha and Vava. The Golden Boot went on to be shared again in 1994, this time between two players. Oleg Salenko and Bulgarian legend Hristo Stoichkov each finished on six goals in the race for the 'Golden Shoe'.
