Golden Boot Winners List of FIFA World Cup, List of Golden Boot Winners

The Golden Boot is also called as Golden Shoe which is awarded to the player who scores maximum number of goals in FIFA World Cup tournament. The award was introduced in the first World cup of 1930 which was organized in 1930. Uruguay was the host of first FIFA World Cup. But have you ever wondered how many players are awarded with this award? To get answer of this question, read this article & you will get your answer.

FIFA World Cup Golden Boot History

It was invented in 1930 Uruguay World Cup which was the first World tournament. That tournament was won by Home team & Argentina was the Runners-up. Uruguay defeated Argentina in the finals by 4–2 & Guillermo was awarded with Golden Boot for the first time. He scored total of 5 Goals. Earlier it was given to the player who scores highest number of goals. But after in some world cup more players start scoring highest goals & the award was given to more than a player. It was the world Cup of 1962 which was organized in Chile, when 6 players were awarded with Golden Boot. So the governing body FIFA decided to change the rule. They decided that, if more than one player scores same number of goals then the player with maximum assists will be awarded with this award. If still this happens again, then the player played minimum number of games will be declared winner of Golden Boot.

List of all Golden Boot Winners of FIFA World Cup