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World Cup Golden Boot Winners (PICTURES)

World Cup Golden Shoe Winners (PICTURES)
Samuel Luckhurst
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Over the course of 19 tournaments, 25 men have won, or shared, the World Cup Golden Shoe, to give it its official name these days.

The award was shared in 1962 (between six players) and between Bulgaria's Hristo Stoichkov and Russia forward Oleg Salenko in 1994.

It would have been jointly awarded to Thomas Müller, Diego Forlán and David Villa in 2010, too, however Fifa stipulated whoever boasted the most assists would win the award outright. Müller had three, compared to Forlán and Villa's one.

World Cup Golden Boot winners
Guillermo Stábile (Uruguay), 1930 (8 goals)(01 of26)
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Oldřich Nejedlý (Czechoslovakia), 1934 (5 goals)(02 of26)
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Leônidas da Silva (Brazil), 1938 (7 goals)(03 of26)
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Ademir (Brazil), 1950 (8 goals)(04 of26)
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Sándor Kocsis (Hungary), 1954 (11 goals)(05 of26)
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Just Fontaine (France), 1958 (13 goals)(06 of26)
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Flórián Albert (Hungary), 1962 (4 goals)(07 of26)
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Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union), 1962 (4 goals)(08 of26)
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Garrincha (Brazil), 1962 (4 goals)(09 of26)
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Vavá (Brazil), 1962 (4 goals)(10 of26)
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Leonel Sánchez (Chile), 1962 (4 goals)(11 of26)
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Dražan Jerković (Yugoslavia), 1962 (4 goals)(12 of26)
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Eusébio (Portugal), 1966 (9 goals)(13 of26)
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Gerd Müller (West Germany), 1970 (10 goals)(14 of26)
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Gregorz Lato (Poland), 1974 (7 goals)(15 of26)
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Merio Kempes (Argentina), 1978 (6 goals)(16 of26)
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Paolo Rossi (Italy), 1982 (6 goals)(17 of26)
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Gary Lineker (England), 1986 (6 goals)(18 of26)
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Toto Schillaci (Italy), 1990 (6 goals)(19 of26)
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Oleg Salenko (Russia), 1994 (6 goals)(20 of26)
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Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria), 1994 (6 goals)(21 of26)
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Davor Šuker (Croatia), 1998 (6 goals)(22 of26)
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Ronaldo (Brazil), 2002 (8 goals)(23 of26)
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Miroslav Klose (Germany), 2006 (5 goals)(24 of26)
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Thomas Müller (Germany), 2010 (5 goals)(25 of26)
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James Rodriguez (Colombia, 2014 (6 goals)(26 of26)
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