2010 South Africa:
Thomas Müller
Nationality: Germany
Goals scored: 5
Clubs played for: TSV Pähl, Bayern Munich
2006 Germany:
Miroslav Klose
Nationality: Germany
Goals scored: 5
Clubs played for: SG Blaubach-Diedelkopf, FC 08 Homburg, FC Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich and Lazio
2002 South Korea/Japan:
Ronaldo
Nationality: Brazil
Goals scored: 8
Clubs played for: Cruzeiro, PSV, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Corinthians
1998 France:
Davor Šuker
Nationality: Croatia
Goals scored: 6
Clubs played for: Osijek, Dinamo Zagreb, Sevilla, Real Madrid, Arsenal, West Ham, 1860 Munich
1994 United States:
Oleg Salenko, Hristo Stoichkov(tied)
Nationality (in order): Russia, Bulgaria
Goals scored: 6
Clubs played for: Zenit Leningrad, Dynamo Kiev, Logroñés, Valencia, Rangers, İstanbulspor, Pogoń Szczecin (Salenko); Zavod “Yuri Gagarin”, Hebros, Leeds United, Barcelona, Parma, CSKA Sofia, Al-Nassr, Kashiwa Reysol, Chicago Fire, D.C. United (Stoichkov)
1990 Italy:
Salvatore Schillaci
Nationality: Italy
Goals scored: 6
Clubs played for: Messina, Juventus, Inter Milan, Júbilo Iwata
1982 Spain:
Paolo Rossi
Nationality: Italy
Goals scored: 6
Clubs played for: Juventus, Como, Vicenza, Perugia, Milan, Hellas Verona
1978 Argentina:
Mario Kempes
Nationality: Argentina
Goals scored: 6
Clubs played for: Instituto, Rosario Central, Valencia, River Plate, Hércules, First Vienna, St. Pölten, Kremser SC, Fernández Vial, Pelita Jaya
1974 West Germany:
Grzegorz Lato
Nationality: Poland
Goals scored: 7
Clubs played for: Stal Mielec, Lokeren, Atlante, Polonia Hamilton
1970 Mexico:
Gerd Müller
Nationality: West Germany
Goals scored: 10
Clubs played for: Nördlingen, Bayern Munich, Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1966 England:
Eusebio
Nationality: Portugal
Goals scored: 9
Clubs played for: Sporting de Lourenço Marques, Benfica, Boston Minutemen, Monterrey, Toronto Metros-Croatia, Beira-Mar, Las Vegas Quicksilvers, União de Tomar, New Jersey Americans
1958 Sweden:
Just Fontaine
Nationality: France
Goals scored: 13
Clubs played for: Casablanca, Nice, Stade Reims
1954 Switzerland:
Sándor Kocsis
Nationality: Hungary
Goals scored: 11
Clubs played for: Kobanyai TC, Ferencváros, ÉDOSZ, Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, Barcelona
1950 Brazil:
Ademir Marques de Menezes
Nationality: Brazil
Goals scored: 8
Clubs played for: Sport Recife, Vasco da Gama, Fluminense, Vasco da Gama, Sport Recife
1938 France:
Leônidas da Silva
Nationality: Brazil
Goals scored: 7
Clubs played for: São Cristóvão, Sírio e Libanês, Bonsucesso, Peñarol, Vasco da Gama, Botafogo, Flamengo, São Paulo
1934 Italy:
Oldřich Nejedlý
Nationality: Czechoslovakia
Goals scored: 5
Clubs played for: Sparta Prague, SK Rakovník