I was planning to try to keep the leagues from which the goalscorers come from at this World Cup, but it has become too much effort to keep up to date, and I can’t find an up to date data source. So here are some other interesting stats.
Golden Boot Winners at each World Cup
| Year | Player | Nation | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Guillermo Stabile | Argentina | 8 |
| 1934 | Oldrich Nejedly | Czechoslovakia | 5 |
| 1938 | Leonidas | Brazil | 7 |
| 1950 | Ademir | Brazil | 8 |
| 1954 | Sandor Kocsis | Hungary | 11 |
| 1958 | Just Fontaine | France | 13 |
| 1962 | Florian Albert | Hungary | 4 |
| 1966 | Eusebio | Portugal | 9 |
| 1970 | Gerd Muller | West Germany | 10 |
| 1974 | Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 7 |
| 1978 | Mario Kempes | Argentina | 6 |
| 1982 | Paolo Rossi | Italy | 6 |
| 1986 | Gary Lineker | England | 6 |
| 1990 | Salvatore Schillaci | Italy | 6 |
| 1994 | Oleg Salenko | Russia | 6 |
| 1998 | Davor Suker | Croatia | 6 |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 8 |
| 2006 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 5 |
| 2010 | Thomas Muller | Germany | 5 |
| 2014 | James Rodriguez | Colombia | 6 |
| 2018 | Harry Kane | England | 6 |
All Time Goalscorers at the World Cup
| Player | Nation | Goals | Tournaments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miroslav Klose | Germany | 16 | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 |
| Ronaldo | Brazil | 15 | 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 |
| Gerd Muller | Germany | 14 | 1970, 1974 |
| Just Fontaine | France | 13 | 1958 |
| Pele | Brazil | 12 | 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 |
| Sandor Kocsis | Hungary | 11 | 1954 |
| Jurgen Klinsmann | Germany | 11 | 1990, 1994, 1998 |
| Helmut Rahn | Germany | 10 | 1954, 1958 |
| Gary Linekar | England | 10 | 1986, 1990 |
| Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | 10 | 1994, 1998, 2002 |
| Teofilo Cubillas | Peru | 10 | 1970, 1974, 1982 |
| Thomas Muller | Germany | 10 | 2010, 2014, 2018 |
| Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 10 | 1974, 1978, 1982 |
