2014 World Cup Top Goalscoring Football Boots: Adidas and Nike Finish The Group Stage On Level

Jun 27, 2014

by Pat

2014 World Cup Top Goalscoring Boots - 136 goals have been scored during the 2014 World Cup group stages, already almost reaching 2010's 145 scored goals with 48 of 64 matches played.

Four own goals were scored so far, while in this post we'll do break-down of the 2014 World Cup Boot Statistics of the 132 'normal' goals scored so far.

Also check out Football Boots DB, a site dedicated to the world of football boots and related stats for more detailed insight.

2014 World Cup Top Goalscoring Football Boot Brands

While Adidas had a nice lead on Nike in our analysis after the first 16 matches, Nike really catched up in the rest of the group stage matches and is not slightly edging this ranking with a total of 60 goals scored (45.5%). Adidas cmes in 2nd with 58 goals scored (43.9%).

The list is completed by Puma (8), Mizuno (3) and Warrior (2), while Concord, Lotto, Umbro and Under Armour, who all have players under contract at this World Cup, have still not yet seen goals scored in their boots.

2014 World Cup Top Goalscoring Football Boot Silos

Even though Nike catched up on Adidas in the brands ranking, the Adidas F50 Adizero still has a distinctive lead in the 2014 World Cup Top Goalscoring Boots Ranking after the group stage with 39 goals. The Nike Mercurial is 2nd with 32 goals, up from 8 after the first group stage match round - interstingly only slightly more than half (51.6%) of Nike's Mercurial players are wearing the high-end Superfly IV, which the rest opting for the Mercurial Vapor X and IX instead.

They are followed in the 2014 World Cup Top Goalscoring Silos Ranking by the Adidas Predator (6), Nike Hypervenom (4) and Nike Tiempo (3). Puma's Evopower (6) and Evospeed (2) did relatively good in the 2nd and 3rd group stage matches, while the Warrior boot silos still stand at a total of 2 goals in the competition.

#	Goals	Boot		Top players
1	39		Adidas Adizero	Lionel Messi (4), Thomas Müller (4), Robin van Persie (3)
2	32		Nike Mercurial	Enner Valencia (3), Xherdan Shaqiri (3), Gervinho (2)
3	15		Adidas Predator	Oscar (1), Xabi Alonso (1), Juan Mata (1)
4	13		Nike Hypervenom	Neymar (4), Mario Mandžukić (2), Clint Dempsey (2)
5	8		Nike Magista	Mario Götze (1), Rafael Márquez (1), Blaise Matuidi (1)
6	6		Nike Tiempo	André Ayew (2), Javier Hernández (1), Stefan de Vrij (1)
6	6		Puma Evopower	Asamoah Gyan (2), Mario Balotelli (1), Oribe Peralta (1)
8	3		Adidas Nitrocharge	Juan Cuadrado (1), Ivica Olić (1), Carlos Costly (1)
9	2		Puma Evospeed	Olivier Giroud (1), Vedad Ibišević (1)
9	2		Warrior Superheat	Tim Cahill (2)
11	1		Adidas Adipure	Jorge Valdivia (1)
11	1		Mizuno Basara	Shinji Okazaki (1)
11	1		Mizuno Morelia Neo	Lee Keun-Ho (1)
11	1		Mizuno Wave Ignitus	Keisuke Honda (1)
11	1		Nike CTR360	Jermaine Jones (1)
11	1		Warrior Gambler	Marouane Fellaini (1)

2014 World Cup Top Goalscorers

The 2014 World Cup Top Goalscorers ranking is lead by Lionel Messi, Thomas Müller and Neymar, wearing Adidas Adizero and Nike Hypervenom boots, who all have a four goals tally after 3 matches. More Addias Adizero wearers including Karim Benzema, Arjen Robben and James Rodríguez are following with thee goals.

Goals	Nat	Club	Name	Club	Boots	Age	Height	Weight
4			Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	Adidas F50 Adizero Messi	27	169	67
4			Neymar	FC Barcelona	Nike Hypervenom Golden Dream	22	174	64
4			Thomas Müller	Bayern München	Adidas F50 Adizero	24	186	74
3			Robin van Persie	Manchester United	Adidas F50 Adizero	30	183	71
3			Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	Adidas F50 Adizero Samba	26	187	79
3			Arjen Robben	Bayern München	Adidas F50 Adizero	30	180	80
3			James Rodríguez	AS Monaco	Adidas F50 Adizero	22	180	79
3			Enner Valencia		Nike Mercurial Vapor X	24	174	74
3			Xherdan Shaqiri	Bayern München	Nike Mercurial Superfly	22	169	72
2			Tim Cahill		Warrior Superheat	34	178	68