| Number | FIFA World Cup | Top Goalscorer (Country) | Goals Scored |
| 1 | 1930 | Guillermo Stabile (Argentina) | 8 |
| 2 | 1934 | Oldrich Nejedly (Czech Republic) | 5 |
| 3 | 1938 | Leonidas (Brazil) | 7 |
| 4 | 1950 | Ademir (Brazil) | 8 |
| 5 | 1954 | Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) | 11 |
| 6 | 1958 | Just Fontaine (France) | 13 |
| 7 | 1962 | Florian Albert (Hungary) Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union) Garrincha (Brazil) Vava (Brazil) Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) Leonel Sanchez (Chile) | 4 |
| 8 | 1966 | Eusebio (Portugal) | 9 |
| 9 | 1970 | Gerd Muller (Germany) | 10 |
| 10 | 1974 | Grzegorz Lato (Poland) | 7 |
| 11 | 1978 | Mario Kempes (Argentina) | 6 |
| 12 | 1982 | Paolo Rossi (Italy) | 6 |
| 13 | 1986 | Gary Lineker (England) | 6 |
| 14 | 1990 | Salvatore Schillaci (Italy) | 6 |
| 15 | 1994 | Oleg Salenko (Russia) Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria) | 6 |
| 16 | 1998 | Davor Suker (Croatia) | 6 |
| 17 | 2002 | Ronaldo (Brazil) | 8 |
| 18 | 2006 | Miroslav Klose (Germany) | 5 |
| 19 | 2010 | Thomas Muller (Germany) | 5 |
| 20 | 2014 | James Rodríguez (Colombia) | 6 |
| 21 | 2018 | Harry Kane (England) | 6 |