A look back at all the World Cup Golden Boot winners

From Pele to Rossi to Kane, we glance again on the high purpose scorers on the World Cup through the years.

England striker Harry Kane gained the Golden Boot on the final World Cup in 2018 in Russia. [Glyn Kirk/AFP]

The World Cup is the most important stage in soccer and has seen performances of excellent calibre.

Here's a listing of its Golden Boot winners through the years:

1930: Guillermo Stabile (Argentina) – eight targets

1934: Oldrich Nejedly (Czech Republic) – 5 targets 

1938: Leonidas (Brazil) – seven targets

1950: Ademir (Brazil) – eight targets

1954: Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) – 11 targets

1958: Simply Fontaine (France) – 13 targets

1962: Florian Albert (Hungary), Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union), Garrincha (Brazil) – 4 targets

1966:Eusebio (Portugal) – six targets 

1970:Gerd Muller (Germany) – 10 targets

1974: Grzegorz Lato (Poland) – seven targets

1978: Mario Kempes (Argentina) – six targets

1982: Paolo Rossi (Italy) – six targets

1986: Gary Lineker (England) – six targets

1990: Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) – six targets

1994: Oleg Salenko (Russia), Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) – six targets

1998: Davor Suker (Croatia) – six targets

2002: Ronaldo (Brazil) – eight targets

2006: Miroslav Klose (Germany) – 5 targets

2010: Thomas Muller (Germany) – 5 targets

2014: James Rodríguez (Colombia) – six targets

2018: Harry Kane (England) – six targets