World Cup Golden Boot winners: Every top goalscorer from 1930 to Harry Kane in 2018

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Harry Kane heads to Qatar bidding to win the World Cup Golden Boot at back-to-back tournaments.

The England superstar hit six goals at Russia 2018 as the Three Lions roared to the semi-finals before falling short against Croatia.

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He is the favourite in Paddy Power’s World Cup Golden Boot betting market and has the added motivation of needing just three strikes to break Wayne Rooney’s England goalscoring record.

If Kane fails to top the scoring sheets in Qatar then that means we’re likely to have a new name to add to the roll call of World Cup Golden Boot winners.

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Former Real Madrid star James Rodriguez fired six goals for Colombia at the 2014 World Cup but the South American nation have failed to qualify for this year’s edition, while 2010 winner Thomas Muller has only scored three times in 15 club appearances this term.

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World Cup Golden Boot winners

Every World Cup has had a top goalscorer but the first time an award – the Golden Shoe – was introduced was at the Spain 1982 World Cup. It was rebranded as the Golden Boot in 2010.

1930 – Guillermo Stábile (8 goals)
1934 – Oldřich Nejedlý (5 goals)
1938 – Leônidas (7 goals)
1950 – Ademir (8 goals)
1954 – Sándor Kocsis (11 goals)
1958 – Just Fontaine (13 goals)
1962 – Flórián Albert/Valentin Ivanov/Garrincha/Vavá/Dražan Jerković/Leonel Sánchez (all 4 goals)
1966 – Eusébio (9 goals)
1970 – Gerd Müller (10 goals)
1974 – Grzegorz Lato (7 goals)
1978 – Mario Kempes (6 goals)
1982 – Paolo Rossi (6 goals)
1986 – Gary Lineker (6 goals)
1990 – Salvatore Schillaci (6 goals)
1994 – Oleg Salenko/Hristo Stoichkov (6 goals)
1998 – Davor Šuker (6 goals)
2002 – Ronaldo (8 goals)
2006 – Miroslav Klose (5 goals)
2010 – Thomas Muller (5 goals)
2014 – James Rodriguez (6 goals)
2018 – Harry Kane (6 goals)

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