| World Cup Golden Shoe History | |||
| Year | Player | Nationality | Goals |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 8 |
| 1998 | Davor Suker | Croatia | 6 |
| 1994 | Histro Stoichkov / Oleg Salenko | Bulgaria / Russia | 6 |
| 1990 | Salvatore Schillaci | Italy | 6 |
| 1986 | Gary Lineker | England | 6 |
| 1982 | Paolo Rossi | Italy | 6 |
| 1978 | Mario Kempes | Argentina | 6 |
| 1974 | Gregorz Lato | Poland | 7 |
| 1970 | Gerd Muller | West Germany | 10 |
| 1966~ | ... | ... | ... |