The Golden Boot trophy is awarded to the football player scoring the most goals at the World Cup finals. The award is presented immediately after the Final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Here is a list of the previous winners of the trophy and the countries they represented;

1930 World Cup Venue Uruguay
- Guillermo Stábile (Argentina)

1934 World Cup Venue Italy
- Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia), Edmund Conen (Germany), Angelo Schiavio (Italy)

1938 World Cup Venue France
- Leonidas (Brazil)

1950 World Cup Venue Brazil
- Ademir (Brazil)

1954 World Cup Venue Switzerland
- Sandor Kocsis (Hungary)

1958 World Cup Venue Sweden
- Juste Fontaine (France)

1962 World Cup Venue Chile
- Florian Albert (Hungary), Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union), Drazen Jerkovic (Yugoslavia), Leonel Sánchez (Chile), Vavá (Brazil), Garrincha (Brazil)

1966 World Cup Venue England
- Eusebio (Portugal)

1970 World Cup Venue Mexico
- Gerd Müller (Germany)

1974 World Cup Venue Germany
- Grzegorz Lato (Poland)

1978 World Cup Venue Argentina
-Mario Kempes (Argentina)

1982 World Cup Venue Spain
- Paolo Rossi (Italy)

1986 World Cup Venue Mexico
- Gary Lineker (England)

1990 World Cup Venue Italy
- Salvatore Schillacim(Italy)

1994 World Cup Venue USA
- Hristo Stoitchkov (Bulgaria), Oleg Salenko (Russia)

1998 World Cup Venue France
- Davor Suker (Croatia)

2002 World Cup Venue Korea / Japan
- Ronaldo (Brazil)

Update:

2006 World Cup Venue Germany

- Klose (Germany)