World Cup Stats - Top Scoring Football Boots
The World Cup's over and it's now time to reflect on how the rival football boots performed. Despite the adiZero's dominance, after all was said and done there was just one goal seperating Nike and adidas at the tournament, but which brand scored the most goals at the 2010 FIFA World Cup...
For football boots fans the World Cup provided many great highlights. There was the goal scoring exploits of players wearing the new adidas adiZero's, such as David Villa, Diego Forlan and Thomas Mueller. The thunderbolt of a strike from Giovanni Van Bronckhorst in Nike Elite Lasers, and the fantastic Mukaiten-esque freekick from Keisuke Honda wearing Mizuno Wave Ignitus.
And as the original pioneers of the Boot Race, throughout the tournament the SoccerBible's exclusive Boot Stats recorded all the goals hitting the back of the net, and the football boots the goalscorer was wearing.
Regular SoccerBible fans will know that even from very early on there was only going to be one winner, as players wearing the adidas F50 adiZero football boots scored the most goals with a huge 43 in total.
So who won the big battle of the brands? With only one goal in it, this one was not so obvious. Taking into account every single goal scored at the World Cup, adidas leads the way with a total of 63 goals, incredibly just pipping Nike by one goal who mustered 62 goals from all their combined boot silo's.
However, if you neglect to mention own goals, the plaudits are reversed as adidas drop to 61 - thus making the Swoosh the overall World Cup Top Football Boots scorers. So we'll leave it up to you, the football boots fans, to decide who deserves to come out on top!
Our exclusive and original football boots stats also show respectable performances for Puma, who notched nine goals, and Mizuno who totalled seven. Here's our in depth look at the top scoring football boots, and the stats for their best performing players:
Thomas Mueller has been a revelation at the World Cup, claiming both the World Cup Golden Boot and the Young Player of the Tournament award. Mueller formed part of a three pronged attack, and wearing adiZero's he struck five goals and set up another three.
The adidas F50 adiZero football boots Mueller was playing in took the World Cup by storm. One of the lightest football boots on the market, the F50 adiZero boasts a host of technologies and an ingenious design, the adiZero is a genuinely competitive and innovative speed boot.
Wesley Sneijder scored five goals in seven appearances, an impressive return from a midfield player. Sneijder pulled the strings for the Dutch team, as well as venturing forward with deadly effect.
Nike dedicated themselves to improving player performance, through extensive research and player testing to create the Nike Elite T90 Laser football boots Sneijder was playing in. Lightweight construction, intricate engineering, carbon-enforced strength and high contrast colors distinguished the Elite's as superior performance footwear.
Landon Donovan inspired a nation with his performances for the United States. Scorer of crucial goals, including the late winner against Algeria, Donovan's all round play in the Elite CTR's benefitted the team.
It surprised many that the Nike Elite CTR360 Maestri football boots were the third top scoring boots at the World Cup. But then, the CTR360 Maestri's had just completed their debut season, and were a popular choice amongst a host of players. Not to mention they were enhanced by lightweight construction, intricate engineering and carbon-enforced strength.
HOW DID YOU THINK THE VARIOUS FOOTBALL BOOTS PERFORMED AT THE WORLD CUP, WERE YOU SURPRISED AT HOW QUIET THE VAPOR AND SUPERFLY WEARERS WERE? LET US KNOW YOUR FAVOURITE WORLD CUP FOOTBALL BOOTS AND WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THEIR PERFORMANCE...
