World Cup Golden Boot: which players have top scored at each tournament?

World Cup Golden Boot: which players have top scored at each tournament?A look back at the top goal scorers in the FIFA World Cup’s history, littered with some of the greats of football.Scoring goals at the World Cup remains one of the most eagerly awaited moments in a footballer’s career, and come June 11, some of the best strikers will get a chance to add their names to the goal-scoring charts for the tournament.The forwards with the most goals by July 19 will walk away with the Golden Boot award and find themselves in the company of the sport’s all-time greats.Here is a list of its Golden Boot winners over the years: 1930: Guillermo Stabile (Argentina) – eight goals 1934: Oldrich Nejedly (Czech Republic) – five goals 1938: Leonidas (Brazil) – seven goals 1950: Ademir (Brazil) – eight goals 1954: Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) – 11 goals 1958: Just Fontaine (France) – 13 goals 1962: Florian Albert (Hungary), Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union), Garrincha (Brazil), Vava (Brazil), Leonel Sanchez (Chile), Drazan Jerkovoch (Yugoslavia) – four goals 1966: Eusebio (Portugal) – nine goals 1970: Gerd Muller (Germany) – 10 goals 1974: Grzegorz Lato (Poland) – seven goals 1978: Mario Kempes (Argentina) – six goals England’s Harry Kane was awarded the Golden Boot at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and was the joint-top scorer at Euro 2024 in Germany [File: Albert Gea/Reuters] 1982: Paolo Rossi (Italy) – six goals 1986: Gary Lineker (England) – six goals 1990: Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) – six goals 1994: Oleg Salenko (Russia), Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) – six goals 1998: Davor Suker (Croatia) – six goals 2002: Ronaldo (Brazil) – eight goals 2006: Miroslav Klose (Germany) – five goals 2010: Thomas Muller (Germany) – five goals 2014: James Rodríguez (Colombia) – six goals 2018: Harry Kane (England) – six goals 2022: Kylian Mbappe (France) – eight goals Mbappe’s eight goals at the Qatar World Cup was the equal-highest since 1970 [File: Martin Meissner/AP]