FIFA World Cup: 5 Greatest Golden Boot Winners of All Time

#1 Just Fontaine (France): 13 goals in 1958

Just Fontaine holds the record for most goals in a single World Cup tournament

For years after the 1958 World Cup, people asked three questions. What if Just Fontaine had played more World Cups for France had he not retired aged 28 due to recurring injuries?

Who would eventually break his record for most goals in World Cup history? And who would break his record for most goals in a tournament?

The second question was answered in 1974 when Gerd Muller eventually scored his 14th. But till date, nobody has scored more goals in a single tournament than Fontaine's 13 goals in Sweden in 1958.

To put that in perspective, that was seven goals more than a young Brazilian named Pele and West Germany's hero - Der Boss Helmut Rahn.

The fact that he scored 13 goals after he borrowed a pair of boots from a teammate after his own had been damaged makes his story all that more legendary.

He kicked things off with a hat-trick against Paraguay in a 7-3 win, a brace against Yugoslavia in a 3-2 loss, and a solitary goal in the 2-1 win over Scotland.

Two more followed in the quarter-final against Northern Ireland in a 4-0 win but France missed out on a spot in the final when they were ousted in the semis by Brazil. Pele's hat-trick saw the Selecao win 5-2 with Fontaine scoring just once.

Fontaine was awarded a Golden Boot trophy for his 1958 achievement before his 80th birthday

But he wasn't done yet. The third-place playoff saw France beat West Germany 6-3 with Fontaine scoring four times to top the goalscoring charts for good! What made his feat even more remarkable was that none of his goals came from the penalty spot.

13 goals in all - in just 6 games. It is a record that may stand the test of time.