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Fifa worldcup Awards:
Several awards are handed out at the end of every World Cup edition, alongside the prestigious World Cup trophy presented to the winning team.
There are five post-tournament fifa world cup awards are given to the best players from different categories.
- the Golden Ball - this is awarded to the best player of the tournament, first awarded in 1982;
- the Golden Boot (currently termed as "adidas Golden Boot", for top goalscorer, first awarded in 1982;
- the Golden Glove (also termed "adidas Golden Glove", for best goalkeeper, first awarded in 1994;
- the FIFA Young Player Award (formerly known as the "Best Young Player Award" from 2006 to 2010) for best player under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year, first awarded in 2006;
- the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team that advanced to the second round with the best record of fair play, first awarded in 1970;
About Golden Boot Awards Of Worldcup:
The Golden Boot is a brass alloy electroplated with gold. It weighs about a kilogram
Incidentally, the Golden Boot award at FIFA World Cups started officially from 1982. It was known as the Golden Shoe award at the time. It came to be known as the Golden Boot only from 2010.
The Second highest goal scorer wins silver Boot while the third-highest scorer walks away with the Bronze Boot.
If at the conclusion of the tournament two or more players are tied at the top of the list with the same number of goals, the award will go to the player with the most non-penalty goals, and if they are still tied, it will go to the player with the most assists
Top goal Scorer In a Fifa Worldcup Edition:
The record for the most number of goals scored in a FIFA World Cup belongs to France’s Just Fontaine, who scored 13 goals in the 1958 edition in Sweden.
Most Golden Boot Winner Of Fifa Worldcup:
No player has won the Golden Boot more than once, but Brazilians hold the record for winning the award the most number of times - on six occasions.
Argentina’s Guillermo Stabile,is the first FIFA World Cup Golden Boot winner, top scoring at the 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay, the inaugural edition, with eight goals.
Fifa Worldcup Golden Boot Winner List:
- Harry Kane – (6 Goals) – (England, 2018 Russia)
- James Rodríguez – (6 Goals) – (Colombia, 2014 Brazil)
- Thomas Müller – (5 Goals) – (Germany, 2010 South Africa)
- Miroslav Klose – (5 Goals) – (Germany, 2006 Germany)
- Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima – (8 Goals) – (Brazil, 2002 South Korea/Japan)
- Davor Šuker – (6 Goals) – (Croatia, 1998 France)
- Oleg Salenko (Russia) and Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) – (6 Goals) – (1994 United States)
- Salvatore Schillaci – (6 Goals) – (Italy, 1990 Italy)
- Gary Lineker – (6 Goals) – (England – 1986 Mexico)
- Paolo Rossi – (6 Goals) – (Italy, 1982 Spain)
- Mario Kempes – (6 Goals) – (Argentina, 1978 Argentina)
- Grzegorz Lato – (7 Goals) – (Poland, 1974 West Germany)
- Gerd Müller – (10 Goals) – (Germany, 1970 Mexico)
- Eusébio – (9 Goals) – (Portugal, 1966 England)
- Flórián Albert (Hungary), Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Russia), Garrincha and Vavá (Brazil), Dražan Jerković (Yugoslavia Croatia), Leonel Sánchez (Chile) – (4 Goals) – (1962 Chile)
- Just Fontaine (13 Goals) – (France, 1958 Sweden)
- Sándor Kocsis (11 Goals) – Hungary, 1954 Switzerland)
- Ademir (8 Goals) – (Brazil, 1950 Brazil)
- Leônidas (7 Goals) – (Brazil, 1938 France)
- Oldřich Nejedlý (5 Goals) – (Czechoslovakia, 1934 Italy)
- Guillermo Stábile (8 Goals) – (Uruguay, 1930 Uruguay)
