Thomas Mueller of Bayern Munich and Germany has won the World Cup Golden Shoe after finishing joint-top of the scoring charts and with the most assists.
Mueller shared a tally of five with David Villa of Spain, Uruguay's Diego Forlan, and Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands, but managed three assists while the others could hit just one.
Thus the young German in his first ever World Cup wins the award, as FIFA decided that assists will be used to decide in the case of a tie.
Below we give a chart containing all the 2010 World Cup goal scorers. Players are sorted first by goals scored, then (to separate the top four only) assists, then minutes per goal (MPG), then finally surname.
Last update: Sunday 10 July 2010, 23:24 SAST
Own Goals:
Daniel Agger of DEN
Chu-Young Park of ROK
*The first goal in NED 2-1 BRA was originally credited to Brazil's Felipe Melo as an own goal. On Saturday 3 July the FIFA Technical Study group instead awarded it to Dutch player Wesley Sneijder.
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Mueller shared a tally of five with David Villa of Spain, Uruguay's Diego Forlan, and Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands, but managed three assists while the others could hit just one.
Thus the young German in his first ever World Cup wins the award, as FIFA decided that assists will be used to decide in the case of a tie.
Below we give a chart containing all the 2010 World Cup goal scorers. Players are sorted first by goals scored, then (to separate the top four only) assists, then minutes per goal (MPG), then finally surname.
Last update: Sunday 10 July 2010, 23:24 SAST
| Rank | Name | Country | Club | Goals (Pens) | Assists | Minutes | MPG |
| 1 | Thomas Mueller | GER | Bayern Munich | 5 (0) | 3 | 473' | 95 |
| 2 | David Villa | ESP | Barcelona | 5 (0) | 1 | 635' | 127 |
| 3 | Wesley Sneijder* | NED | Inter | 5 (0) | 1 | 652' | 130 |
| 4 | Diego Forlan | URU | Atletico Madrid | 5 (0) | 1 | 654' | 131 |
| 5 | Gonzalo Higuain | ARG | Real Madrid | 4 (0) | 341' | 85 | |
| 6 | Robert Vittek | SVK | Ankaragucu | 4 (0) | 343' | 86 | |
| 7 | Miroslav Klose | GER | Bayern Munich | 4 (0) | 357' | 89 | |
| 8 | Landon Donovan | USA | Los Angeles Galaxy | 3 (0) | 390' | 130 | |
| 9 | Luis Fabiano | BRA | Sevilla | 3 (0) | 418' | 139 | |
| 10 | Asamoah Gyan | GHA | Rennes | 3 (0) | 501' | 167 | |
| 11 | Luis Suarez | URU | Ajax | 3 (0) | 543' | 181 | |
| 12 | Brett Holman | AUS | AZ | 2 (0) | 136' | 68 | |
| 13 | Elano | BRA | Galatasaray | 2 (0) | 140' | 70 | |
| 14 | Javier Hernandez | MEX | Chivas Guadalajara | 2 (0) | 169' | 85 | |
| 15 | Kalu Uche | NGA | Almeria | 2 (0) | 195' | 98' | |
| 16 | Samuel Eto'o | CMR | Internazionale | 2 (0) | 270' | 135 | |
| 17 | Tiago | POR | Atletico Madrid | 2 (0) | 298' | 149 | |
| 18 | Carlos Tevez | ARG | Manchester City | 2 (0) | 324' | 162 | |
| 19 | Robinho | BRA | Manchester City | 2 (0) | 354' | 177 | |
| 20 | Chung-Yong Lee | ROK | Bolton | 2 (0) | 359' | 180 | |
| 21 | Jung-Soo Lee | ROK | Kashima Antlers | 2 (0) | 360' | 180 | |
| 22 | Arjen Robben | NED | Bayern Munich | 2 (0) | 387' | 194 | |
| 23 | Keisuke Honda | JPN | CSKA Moscow | 2 (0) | 390' | 195 | |
| 24 | Lukas Podolski | GER | Koeln | 2 (0) | 531' | 266 | |
| 25 | Andres Iniesta | ESP | Barcelona | 2 (0) | 557' | 279 | |
| 26 | Martin Palermo | ARG | Boca Juniors | 1 (0) | 10' | 10 | |
| 27 | Kamil Kopunek | SVK | Spartak Trnava | 1 (0) | 22' | 22 | |
| 28 | Fabio Quagliarella | ITA | Napoli | 1 (0) | 44' | 44 | |
| 29 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | NED | AC Milan | 1 (0) | 48' | 48 | |
| 30 | Romaric | CIV | Sevilla | 1 (0) | 98' | 98 | |
| 31 | Shinji Okazaki | JPN | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 (0) | 105' | 105 | |
| 32 | Cuauhtemoc Blanco | MEX | Veracruz | 1 (0) | 112' | 112 | |
| 33 | Marko Pantelic | SRB | Ajax | 1 (0) | 113' | 113 | |
| 34 | Liedson | POR | Sporting CP | 1 (0) | 121' | 121 | |
| 35 | Dimitris Salpigidis | GRC | PAOK | 1 (0) | 121' | 121 | |
| 36 | Sulley Muntari | GHA | Inter | 1 (0) | 134' | 134 | |
| 37 | Hugo Almeida | POR | Werder Bremen | 1 (0) | 135' | 135 | |
| 38 | Mark Gonzalez | CHI | CSKA Moscow | 1 (0) | 137' | 137 | |
| 39 | Rodrigo Millar | CHI | Colo Colo | 1 (0) | 142' | 142 | |
| 40 | Tim Cahill | AUS | Everton | 1 (0) | 146' | 146 | |
| 41 | Florent Malouda | FRA | Chelsea | 1 (0) | 149' | 149 | |
| 42 | Antonio Di Natale | ITA | Udinese | 1 (0) | 152' | 152 | |
| 43 | Marcell Jansen | GER | Bayern Munich | 1 (0) | 154' | 154 | |
| 44 | Salomon Kalou | CIV | Chelsea | 1 (0) | 160' | 160 | |
| 45= | Jermain Defoe | ENG | Tottenham | 1 (0) | 173' | 173 | |
| 45= | Zlatan Ljubijankic | SVN | Gent | 1 (0) | 173' | 173 | |
| 46 | Jon Dahl Tomasson | DEN | Feyenoord | 1 (0) | 176' | 176 | |
| 47 | Matthew Upson | ENG | West Ham | 1 (0) | 180' | 180 | |
| 48 | Didier Drogba | CIV | Chelsea | 1 (0) | 204' | 204 | |
| 49 | Cacau | GER | Stuttgart | 1 (0) | 205' | 205 | |
| 50 | Gelson Fernandes | SUI | St. Etienne | 1 (0) | 212' | 212 | |
| 51 | Simao | POR | Atletico Madrid | 1 (0) | 217' | 217 | |
| 52 | Vasilis Torosidis | GRC | Olympiakos | 1 (0) | 235' | 235 | |
| 53 | Nicklas Bendtner | DEN | Arsenal | 1 (0) | 242' | 242 | |
| 54 | Milan Jovanovic | SRB | Liverpool | 1 (0) | 245' | 245 | |
| 55 | Yakubu Aiyegbeni | NGA | Everton | 1 (0) | 250' | 250 | |
| 56 | Valter Birsa | SVN | Auxerre | 1 (0) | 261' | 261 | |
| 57= | Daniele De Rossi | ITA | Roma | 1 (0) | 270' | 270 | |
| 57= | Vincenzo Iaquinta | ITA | Juventus | 1 (0) | 270' | 270 | |
| 57= | Steven Gerrard | ENG | Liverpool | 1 (0) | 270' | 270 | |
| 57= | Yun-Nam Ji | PRK | April 25 | 1 (0) | 270' | 270 | |
| 57= | Bongani Khumalo | RSA | Supersport United | 1 (0) | 270' | 270 | |
| 57= | Robert Koren | SVN | None | 1 (0) | 270' | 270 | |
| 57= | Katlego Mphela | RSA | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 (0) | 270' | 270 | |
| 57= | Winston Reid | NZL | Midtjylland | 1 (0) | 270' | 270 | |
| 57= | Dennis Rommedahl | DEN | Ajax | 1 (0) | 270' | 270 | |
| 57= | Shane Smeltz | NZL | Gold Coast United | 1 (0) | 270' | 270 | |
| 57= | Yaya Toure | CIV | Barcelona | 1 (0) | 270' | 270 | |
| 57= | Siphiwe Tshabalala | RSA | Kaizer Chiefs | 1 (0) | 270' | 270 | |
| 58 | Raul Meireles | POR | Porto | 1 (0) | 329' | 329 | |
| 59 | Chu-Young Park | ROK | Monaco | 1 (0) | 347' | 347' | |
| 60= | Jean Beausejour | CHI | Club America | 1 (0) | 360' | 360 | |
| 60= | Gabriel Heinze | ARG | Marseille | 1 (0) | 360' | 360 | |
| 60= | Rafael Marquez | MEX | Barcelona | 1 (0) | 360' | 360 | |
| 60= | Ji-Sung Park | ROK | Manchester United | 1 (0) | 360' | 360 | |
| 60= | Cristiano Ronaldo | POR | Real Madrid | 1 (0) | 360' | 360 | |
| 61 | Yasuhito Endo | JPN | Gamba Osaka | 1 (0) | 389' | 389 | |
| 62= | Antolin Alcaraz | PAR | Wigan | 1 (0) | 390' | 390 | |
| 62= | Michael Bradley | USA | Moenchengladbach | 1 (0) | 390' | 390 | |
| 62= | Clint Dempsey | USA | Fulham | 1 (0) | 390' | 390 | |
| 63 | Alvaro Pereira | URU | Porto | 1 (0) | 409' | 409 | |
| 64 | Enrique Vera | PAR | Atlas | 1 (0) | 414' | 414 | |
| 65= | Martin Demichelis | ARG | Bayern Munich | 1 (0) | 450' | 450 | |
| 65= | Juan | BRA | Roma | 1 (0) | 450' | 450 | |
| 65= | Maicon | BRA | Inter | 1 (0) | 450' | 450 | |
| 66 | Kevin Prince Boateng | GHA | Portsmouth | 1 (0) | 464' | 464 | |
| 67 | Cristian Riveros | PAR | Sunderland | 1 (0) | 480' | 480 | |
| 68 | Edinson Cavani | URU | Palermo | 1 (0) | 523' | 523 | |
| 69 | Mesut Oezil | GER | Werder Bremen | 1 (0) | 586' | 586 | |
| 70 | Dirk Kuyt | NED | Liverpool | 1 (0) | 587' | 587 | |
| 71 | Robin Van Persie | NED | Arsenal | 1 (0) | 599' | 599 | |
| 72 | Sami Khedira | GER | Stuttgart | 1 (0) | 608' | 608 | |
| 73 | Arne Friedrich | GER | Wolfsburg | 1 (0) | 630' | 630 | |
| 74 | Carles Puyol | ESP | Barcelona | 1 (0) | 654' | 654 | |
| 75 | Giovanni van Bronckhorst | NED | Feyenoord | 1 (0) | 655' | 655 | |
| 76 | Maxi Pereira | URU | Benfica | 1 (0) | 660' | 660 |
Own Goals:
Daniel Agger of DEN
Chu-Young Park of ROK
*The first goal in NED 2-1 BRA was originally credited to Brazil's Felipe Melo as an own goal. On Saturday 3 July the FIFA Technical Study group instead awarded it to Dutch player Wesley Sneijder.
See also: