FIFA Golden Boot and Ball winners list
The Golden Boot or Golden Shoe award given to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup. While every World Cup had a ranking of the goalscorers, the award was first time given in 1982 under the name Golden Shoe. The 'Golden Ball Award' is presented to the outstanding player at each FIFA World Cup finals. Although FIFA men's World Cup first took place in 1930, but the inception of the Golden Ball starts from 1982.
| FIFA World Cup Edition | Golden Boot winners | Golden Ball winners |
|---|---|---|
| 1930, Uruguay | Guillermo Stabile (Argentina) | NA |
| 1934, Italy | Oldrich Nejedly (Czech Republic) | NA |
| 1938, France | Leonidas (Brazil) | NA |
| 1950, Brazil | Ademir (Brazil) | NA |
| 1954, Switzerland | Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) | NA |
| 1958, Sweden | Just Fontaine (France) | NA |
| 1962, Chile | Florian Albert (Hungary) Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union) Garrincha (Brazil) Vava (Brazil) Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) Leonel Sanchez (Chile) | NA |
| 1966, England | Eusebio (Portugal) | NA |
| 1970, Mexico | Gerd Muller (Germany) | NA |
| 1974, West Germany | Grzegorz Lato (Poland) | NA |
| 1978, Argentina | Mario Kempes (Argentina) | NA |
| 1982, Spain | Paolo Rossi (Italy) | Paolo Rossi (Italy) |
| 1986, Mexico | Gary Lineker (England) | Diego Maradona (Argentina) |
| 1990, Italy | Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) | Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) |
| 1994, USA | Oleg Salenko (Russia) Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) | Romário (Brazil) |
| 1998, France | Davor Suker (Croatia) | Ronaldo (Brazil) |
| 2002, South Korea/Japan | Ronaldo (Brazil) | Oliver Kahn (Germany) |
| 2006, Germany | Miroslav Klose (Germany) | Zinedine Zidane (France) |
| 2010, South Africa | Thomas Muller (Germany) | Diego Forlán (Uruguay) |
| 2014, Brazil | James Rodríguez (Colombia) | Lionel Messi (Argentina) |
| 2018, Russia | Harry Kane (England) | Luka Modrić (Croatia) |
| 2022, Qatar | Kylian Mbappe (France) | Lionel Messi (Argentina) |
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