Top goalscorers in the last 5 World Cups

2010 World Cup, South Africa

Thomas Müller won the Golden Boot despite scoring the same number of goals as three other players.

The first World Cup to be hosted in an African nation, it ended with Spain as World Champions. The tournament had its share of surprises with 1998 champions France and defending champions Italy not making it beyond the group stages. Like every World Cup, it had its fair share of controversies and stories. The foremost being the handball by Luis Suarez to deny Ghana a fitting chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Ghana, who were performing exceptionally well in the tournament so far, lost out in the penalty shootouts which would have probably not taken place if Suarez hadn't denied them a clear goal. The Netherlands was the star performing nation as they went all the way to the finals before losing out to a 116th-minute winner by Spain's Andres Iniesta.

Top Goalscorers:

5 goals - Thomas Müller (Germany)

In what turned out to be an entertaining conclusion to the World Cup, the tournament ended with four players scoring five goals which were the highest number of goals scored. Alongside Germany's Thomas Müller, Spain's David Villa, The Netherlands' Wesley Sneijder, and Uruguay's Diego Forlán finished with five goals apiece. However, given that the rest took seven matches to score five goals while Müller took simply six matches to score the same number of goals, Muller was adjudged to be the winner of the Golden Boot. His first goal came against Australia and he continued his fine goal-scoring form till the playoffs where he scored against an excellent Uruguayan side to complete his five goals.

5 goals - David Villa (Spain), Wesley Sneijder (The Netherlands), Diego Forlán (Uruguay)

4 goals - Gonzalo Higuaín (Argentina), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Róbert Vittek (Slovakia)