A key award was announced at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. The award was known as the Golden Shoe until the 2006 World Cup. However, from 2010 this award was changed to Golden Boot.
Fifa World Cup 2022 Golden Boot Winners
FIFA World Cup 2022 will start from November 20. 32 of the best teams in the world will compete in Qatar to become world champions. A key award is also given in this big tournament. Its name is Golden Boot. The award is presented to the top scorer in the FIFA World Cup. The award was officially launched at the 1982 World Cup. The award was known as the Golden Shoe until the 2006 World Cup.
At the FIFA World Cup 2010, the award was renamed the Golden Boot. It is known that receiving this award is not so easy. The award is given to the player who scores the most goals among the 32 teams. So far 27 players have received this award in the history of FIFA World Cup. Let’s have a look at the complete list.
List of Golden Boot Award Winners..
1930 FIFA World Cup – Guillermo Stabile (Argentina) – 8 goals
1934 FIFA World Cup – Olderich Nejedli (Czechoslovakia) 5 goals
1938 FIFA World Cup – Leonidas (Brazil) – 7 goals
1950 FIFA World Cup – Ademir (BR) – 8 goals
1954 FIFA World Cup – Sander Kocacs (Hungary) – 11 goals
1958 FIFA World Cup – Just Fontaine (France) – 13 goals
1962 FIFA World Cup – Florian Albert (Hungary), Valentin Ivanov (Russia), Garincha, Vava (Brazil), Drason Djerkovic (Croatia), Lionel Sanchez (Chile) – 4 goals
1966 FIFA World Cup – Isebio (Portugal) – 9 goals
1970 FIFA World Cup – Gerad Müller (Germany) – 10 goals
1974 FIFA World Cup – Grzegorz Lato (Poland) – 7 goals
1978 FIFA World Cup – Mario Camps (Argentina) – 6 goals
1982 FIFA World Cup – Paolo Rossi (Italy) – 6 goals
1986 FIFA World Cup – Gary Lineker (England) – 6 goals
1990 FIFA World Cup – Salvatore Cilacchi (Italy) – 6 goals
1994 FIFA World Cup – Oleg Salenko (Russia), Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) – 6 goals
1998 FIFA World Cup – Davar Sukar (Croatia) – 6 goals
2002 FIFA World Cup – Ronaldo Narazio (Brazil) – 8 goals
2006 FIFA World Cup – Miroslav Klose (Germany) – 5 goals
2010 FIFA World Cup – Thomas Müller (Germany) – 6 goals
2014 FIFA World Cup – James Rodriguez (Colombia) – 6 goals
2018 FIFA World Cup – Harry Kane (England) – 6 goals.
The Football World Cup will start from November 20 in Qatar. 32 teams will try their luck in this football extravaganza. This time the total prize money of the Football World Cup has reached Rs.3568 crores. The winning team will get Rs.344 crores, while the runner-up team will get Rs.245 crores.