FIFA World Cup awards

This article is about the men's senior tournament. For the women's tournament, see FIFA Women's World Cup awards.

At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams who have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game.

Awards

• There are currently five post-tournament awards from the FIFA Technical Study Group: ^{[1] [2]}
  • the Golden Ball (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Ball") for best player, first awarded in 1982.
  • the Golden Boot (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Boot", formerly known as the "adidas Golden Shoe" from 1982 to 2006) for top goalscorer, first awarded in 1982;
  • the Golden Glove (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Glove", formerly known as the "Lev Yashin Award" from 1994 to 2006) for best goalkeeper, first awarded in 1994;
  • the FIFA Young Player Award (formerly known as the "Best Young Player Award" from 2006 to 2010) for best player under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year, first awarded in 2006;
  • the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team that advanced to the second round with the best record of fair play, first awarded in 1970.
• There is currently one award voted on by fans during the tournament:
  • the Player of the Match (currently commercially termed "Budweiser Player of the Match", formerly known as the "Man of the Match" from 2002 to 2018) for outstanding performance during each match of the tournament, first awarded in 2002.
• There are currently two awards voted on by fans after the conclusion of the tournament:
  • the Goal of the Tournament, (currently commercially termed "Hyundai Goal of the Tournament") for the fans' best goal scored during the tournament, first awarded in 2006;
  • the Most Entertaining Team for the team that has entertained the public the most, during the World Cup final tournament, as determined by a poll of the general public.
• One other award was given between 1994 and 2006: ^[3]
  • an All-Star Team comprising the best players of the tournament chosen by the FIFA Technical Study Group. From 2010 onwards, all Dream Teams or Statistical Teams are unofficial, as reported by FIFA itself.

Golden Ball

"FIFA World Cup Golden Ball" redirects here. For the women's award, see FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball.

The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each FIFA World Cup finals, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee (Technical Study Group) and the winner voted for by representatives of the media. ^[4] Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively. The current award was introduced in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, sponsored by Adidas and France Football . ^[5] Oliver Kahn is to date the only goalkeeper to have won the award, which he did in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. At the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Lionel Messi became the first player to win a second Golden Ball. ^[6]

Official winners

Golden Ball ^[7]

World Cup	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
1982 Spain	Paolo Rossi	Falcão	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
1986 Mexico	Diego Maradona	Harald Schumacher	Preben Elkjær
1990 Italy	Salvatore Schillaci	Lothar Matthäus	Diego Maradona
1994 United States	Romário	Roberto Baggio	Hristo Stoichkov
1998 France	Ronaldo	Davor Šuker	Lilian Thuram
2002 South Korea/Japan	Oliver Kahn	Ronaldo	Hong Myung-bo
2006 Germany	Zinedine Zidane	Fabio Cannavaro	Andrea Pirlo
2010 South Africa	Diego Forlán	Wesley Sneijder	David Villa
2014 Brazil	Lionel Messi	Thomas Müller	Arjen Robben
2018 Russia	Luka Modrić	Eden Hazard	Antoine Griezmann
2022 Qatar	Lionel Messi	Kylian Mbappé	Luka Modrić

Trophies by country

Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Argentina	3	0	1	4
Italy	2	2	1	5
Brazil	2	2	0	4
West Germany/Germany	1	3	1	5
France	1	1	2	4
Croatia	1	1	1	3
Uruguay	1	0	0	1
Netherlands	0	1	1	2
Belgium	0	1	0	1
Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
Denmark	0	0	1	1
South Korea	0	0	1	1
Spain	0	0	1	1

Unofficial winner

The following players are recognised as best players by the FIFA website. FIFA recognizes the Golden Ball award prior to 1982 only in 1978; it does not recognize Golden Ball awards from 1930 to 1974.

Unofficial Best Player

World Cup	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
1978 Argentina	Mario Kempes [8]	Paolo Rossi [9]	Dirceu [9]

Media selections

Authoritative football historian and statistician Ejikeme Ikwunze, popularly called "Mr. Football", published a list of the best players in his book World Cup (1930-2010): A Statistical Summary, ^[10] and it gained the most attention among experts' selections about the best players until 1978. This work is part of the official FIFA library, ^[11] and received public recognition from his former presidents Joao Havelange and Sepp Blatter.^{[ citation needed ]} A considerable number of other media agreed with him. ^{[12] [13] [14] [15]}

World Cup (1930-2010): A Statistical Summary's Best Player ^[10]

World Cup	First place	Second place	Third place
1930 Uruguay	José Nasazzi [16]	Guillermo Stábile	José Leandro Andrade
1934 Italy	Giuseppe Meazza	Matthias Sindelar	Oldrich Nejedly
1938 France	Leônidas [17]	Silvio Piola	György Sárosi
1950 Brazil	Zizinho [18]	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	Ademir
1954 Switzerland	Ferenc Puskás	Sándor Kocsis	Fritz Walter
1958 Sweden	Didi [19] [20]	Pelé	Just Fontaine
1962 Chile	Garrincha [21]	Josef Masopust	Leonel Sánchez
1966 England	Bobby Charlton	Bobby Moore	Eusébio
1970 México	Pelé [22]	Gérson	Gerd Müller
1974 West Germany	Johan Cruyff	Franz Beckenbauer	Kazimierz Deyna
1978 Argentina [23]	Mario Kempes	Paolo Rossi	Did not select

On 2 August 1950, Dr. Friedebert Becker  [ de ], the editor-in-chief of Kicker (then Sport-Magazin), chose his best players of the tournament. ^[24]

France Football , the sponsor of Golden Ball and Ballon d'Or, selected the best player of the 1966 FIFA World Cup at that time with L'Équipe , and Bobby Charlton became the winner. ^[25]

After the 1978 World Cup, Argentinian magazine El Gráfico held a survey for the best player of the tournament. This was different from the unofficial Golden Ball which is recognised by FIFA. ^[26]

Guerin Sportivo chose their top ten players for the 1990 tournament in Italy. ^[27]

In 1998, the Argentinian newspaper Clarín provided a brief description of each star player dating back to 1930. Some are controversial decisions as is the case with retrospective awards. The 1998 winner was awarded after the tournament ended. ^[28]

World Cup	Media	First place	Second place	Third place
1930 Uruguay	Clarín	José Nasazzi
	ESPN Deportes [29]	José Nasazzi
1934 Italy	Clarín	Giuseppe Meazza
	ESPN Deportes [30]	Raimundo Orsi
1938 France	Clarín	Leônidas
	ESPN Deportes [31]	Giuseppe Meazza
1950 Brazil	Sport-Magazin	Zizinho	Alcides Ghiggia	Ademir
	Clarín	Obdulio Varela
	ESPN Deportes [32]	Obdulio Varela
1954 Switzerland	Clarín	Ferenc Puskás
	ESPN Deportes [33]	Ferenc Puskás
1958 Sweden	El Gráfico [34]	Pelé	Garrincha	Vavá
	Clarín	Pelé
	ESPN Deportes [35]	Pelé
1962 Chile	Clarín	Garrincha
	ESPN Deportes [36]	Garrincha
1966 England	France Football L'Équipe	Bobby Charlton	Franz Beckenbauer	Eusébio
	Sofascore [37]	Eusébio	Helmut Haller	Ferenc Bene
	Castrol Football [14]	Franz Beckenbauer	Helmut Haller	Martin Peters
	Clarín	Franz Beckenbauer
	ESPN Deportes [38]	Bobby Charlton
1970 Mexico	Sofascore [39]	Gerd Müller	Pelé	Rivellino
	Castrol Football [15]	Gerd Müller	Jairzinho	Pelé
	Clarín	Pelé
	ESPN Deportes [40]	Pelé
1974 West Germany	Sofascore [41]	Johan Cruyff	Kazimierz Deyna	Ronnie Hellström
	Castrol Football [17]	Johan Cruyff	Grzegorz Lato	Kazimierz Deyna
	Clarín	Johan Cruyff
	ESPN Deportes [42]	Johan Cruyff
1978 Argentina	El Gráfico	Mario Kempes	Paolo Rossi	Ubaldo Fillol
	Sofascore [43]	Mario Kempes	Daniel Passarella	Ramón Quiroga
	Castrol Football [18]	Mario Kempes	Émerson Leão	Ubaldo Fillol
	Clarín	Mario Kempes
	ESPN Deportes [44]	Mario Kempes
1982 Spain	FourFourTwo [45]	Paolo Rossi	Bruno Conti	Falcão
	Guerin Sportivo [46]	Paolo Rossi	Claudio Gentile	Júnior
	Sofascore [47]	Zbigniew Boniek	Michel Platini	Zico
	Castrol Football [19]	Paolo Rossi	Zico	Zbigniew Boniek
	Clarín	Paolo Rossi
	ESPN Deportes [48]	Sócrates
	Pelé [49]	Bruno Conti
1986 Mexico	FourFourTwo [50]	Diego Maradona	Preben Elkjær	Gary Lineker
	Sofascore [51]	Diego Maradona	Careca	Gary Lineker
	Castrol Football [20]	Diego Maradona	José Luis Brown	Gary Lineker
	Clarín	Diego Maradona
	ESPN Deportes [52]	Diego Maradona
1990 Italy	FourFourTwo [53]	Lothar Matthäus	Salvatore Schillaci	Diego Maradona
	Guerin Sportivo	Salvatore Schillaci	Andreas Brehme	Paul Gascoigne
	Sofascore [1]	Lothar Matthäus	Andreas Brehme	Míchel
	Castrol Football [21]	Andreas Brehme	Franco Baresi	Guido Buchwald
	Clarín	Diego Maradona
	ESPN Deportes [54]	Lothar Matthäus
1994 United States	FourFourTwo [55]	Romário	Hristo Stoichkov	Gheorghe Hagi
	Sofascore [2]	Gheorghe Hagi	Kennet Andersson	Florin Răducioiu
	Castrol Football [22]	Romário	Márcio Santos	Aldair
	Clarín	Romário
	ESPN Deportes [56]	Romário
1998 France	FourFourTwo [57]	Lilian Thuram	Ronaldo	Davor Šuker
	Sofascore [3]	Celso Ayala	Lilian Thuram	Zinedine Zidane
	Castrol Football [23]	Lilian Thuram	Marcel Desailly	Bixente Lizarazu
	Clarín	Zinedine Zidane
	ESPN Deportes [58]	Zinedine Zidane
2002 South Korea/Japan	FourFourTwo [59]	Ronaldo	Oliver Kahn	Hasan Şaş
	Sofascore [4]	Michael Ballack	Ronaldo	Torsten Frings
	Castrol Football [26]	Ronaldo	Michael Ballack	Thomas Linke
	ESPN Deportes [60]	Ronaldo
2006 Germany	FourFourTwo [61]	Andrea Pirlo	Zinedine Zidane	Fabio Cannavaro
	Sofascore [6]	Andrea Pirlo	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	Pascal Zuberbühler
	Castrol Football [27]	Gianluigi Buffon	Lilian Thuram	William Gallas
	ESPN Deportes [62]	Zinedine Zidane
2010 South Africa	FourFourTwo [63]	Xavi	Diego Forlán	Andrés Iniesta
	Bleacher Report [64]	Wesley Sneijder	David Villa	Diego Forlán
	Sofascore [8]	Lionel Messi	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Xavi
	Castrol Football [28]	Sergio Ramos	Joan Capdevila	Carles Puyol
	ESPN Deportes [65]	Diego Forlán
2014 Brazil	FourFourTwo [66]	James Rodríguez	Toni Kroos	Javier Mascherano
	The Guardian [67]	James Rodríguez	Thomas Müller	Arjen Robben
	Bleacher Report [68]	Manuel Neuer	Arjen Robben	James Rodríguez
	Sofascore [11]	James Rodríguez	Ricardo Rodriguez	Tim Howard
2018 Russia	Irish Independent [69]	Luka Modrić	Kylian Mbappé	N'Golo Kanté
	Sportskeeda [70]	Luka Modrić	Kylian Mbappé	Eden Hazard
	Sofascore [12]	Isco	Eden Hazard	Neymar
2022 Qatar	FourFourTwo [71]	Lionel Messi	Kylian Mbappé	Antoine Griezmann
	Sports Illustrated [72]	Kylian Mbappé	Lionel Messi	Antoine Griezmann
	Sofascore [13]	Lionel Messi	Antoine Griezmann	Kylian Mbappé

Golden Boot

"FIFA World Cup Golden Boot" redirects here. For the women's award, see FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot.

The Golden Boot or Golden Shoe award goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup. While every World Cup had a ranking of the goalscorers, the first time an award was given was in 1982, ^[7] under the name Golden Shoe. ^[5] It was rechristened Golden Boot in 2010. ^[73] FIFA sometimes lists the top goalscorers of previous Cups among the Golden Boot winners. ^[74]

If there is more than one player with the same number of goals, since 1994 the tie-breaker goes to the player with more assists. If there is still more than one player, the tie (since 2006) is decided by minutes played in the tournament, with the player playing fewest minutes ranked first. A Silver Boot and a Bronze Boot are also awarded for the second and third-highest goalscorers respectively.

Top Goalscorer [75] [76]
World Cup	Top goalscorer	Goals	Runners-up	Goals	Third place	Goals
1930 Uruguay	Guillermo Stábile	8	Pedro Cea	5	Bert Patenaude	4
1934 Italy	Oldřich Nejedlý	5 [lower-alpha 1]	Edmund Conen Angelo Schiavio	4	None	—
1938 France	Leônidas	7 [lower-alpha 2]	György Sárosi Gyula Zsengellér Silvio Piola	5	None	—
1950 Brazil	Ademir	9 [lower-alpha 3]	Óscar Míguez	5	Alcides Ghiggia Chico Estanislau Basora Telmo Zarra	4
1954 Switzerland	Sándor Kocsis	11	Josef Hügi Max Morlock Erich Probst	6	None	—
1958 Sweden	Just Fontaine	13	Pelé Helmut Rahn	6	None	—
1962 Chile	Flórián Albert Valentin Ivanov Garrincha Vavá Dražan Jerković Leonel Sánchez	4	None	—	None	—
1966 England	Eusébio	9	Helmut Haller	6	Franz Beckenbauer Ferenc Bene Geoff Hurst Valeriy Porkujan	4
1970 Mexico	Gerd Müller	10	Jairzinho	7	Teófilo Cubillas	5
1974 West Germany	Grzegorz Lato	7	Johan Neeskens Andrzej Szarmach	5	None	—
1978 Argentina [80]	Mario Kempes	6	Teófilo Cubillas	5	Rob Rensenbrink	5
Golden Shoe [74]
World Cup	Golden Shoe	Goals	Silver Shoe	Goals	Bronze Shoe	Goals
1982 Spain	Paolo Rossi	6	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	5	Zico	4
1986 Mexico	Gary Lineker	6	Emilio Butragueño Careca Diego Maradona	5	None [81]
1990 Italy	Salvatore Schillaci	6	Tomáš Skuhravý	5	Gary Lineker Roger Milla	4
1994 United States	Oleg Salenko [lower-alpha 4] Hristo Stoichkov [lower-alpha 5]	6	None	—	Kennet Andersson Romário	5 [lower-alpha 6]
1998 France [84]	Davor Šuker	6	Gabriel Batistuta Christian Vieri	5	None [lower-alpha 7]
2002 South Korea/Japan [85]	Ronaldo	8 [lower-alpha 8]	Miroslav Klose Rivaldo	5
2006 Germany [87]	Miroslav Klose	5	Hernán Crespo	3 [lower-alpha 9]	Ronaldo	3 [lower-alpha 9]
Golden Boot [74]
World Cup	Golden Boot	Goals	Silver Boot	Goals	Bronze Boot	Goals
2010 South Africa	Thomas Müller	5 [lower-alpha 10]	David Villa	5 [lower-alpha 10]	Wesley Sneijder	5 [lower-alpha 10]
2014 Brazil	James Rodríguez	6	Thomas Müller	5	Neymar	4 [lower-alpha 11]
2018 Russia	Harry Kane	6	Antoine Griezmann	4 [lower-alpha 12]	Romelu Lukaku	4 [lower-alpha 12]
2022 Qatar	Kylian Mbappé	8	Lionel Messi	7	Olivier Giroud	4 [lower-alpha 13]
Notes
FIFA initially credited Nejedlý with only four goals, which would make him joint top scorer with Angelo Schiavio of Italy and Edmund Conen of Germany. However, FIFA changed it to five goals in November 2006, making Nejedlý the outright top scorer. [77] FIFA initially credited Leônidas with eight goals. However, in November 2006, FIFA confirmed that in the quarter-final tie against Czechoslovakia, he had scored once, not twice as FIFA had originally recorded, meaning he had scored only seven goals in total. [77] There was controversy regarding the number of goals Brazilian Ademir had scored in 1950, as a result of incomplete data concerning the Final Round game Brazil vs. Spain (6–1). The 5–0 goal had been credited to Jair, but is now credited to Ademir. [78] [79] Salenko is the only player to win the award playing for a team that were eliminated in the group stage. His six goals are the only international goals he ever scored. Despite the assist tiebreaker, Salenko and Stoichkov remained tied with six goals and one assist each, and both received the Golden Shoe. [82] Romário and Andersson surpassed the other two players with five goals (Jürgen Klinsmann and Roberto Baggio) by having three assists each. [82] [83] Both runners-up had the same number of assists, and each received the Silver Shoe. During the tournament, after the group stage match against Costa Rica, Ronaldo logged a protest against the crediting of a goal as an own goal, and FIFA granted him the change. [86] Eight players had scored three goals. Ronaldo, Crespo and Zinedine Zidane stood out for having one assist, and then the two recipients were determined by less playtime (308 minutes for Crespo, 411 for Ronaldo, 559 for Zidane). [88] Müller, Villa, Sneijder and Diego Forlán tied with five goals. Müller won by virtue of having more assists (three) than the rest (each had one). Villa won the Silver Boot due to playing fewer minutes than Sneijder, and Sneijder won the Bronze Boot due to having played fewer minutes than Forlán. [89] Neymar, Lionel Messi and Robin van Persie all had four goals in the tournament. Neymar received the Bronze Boot for playing fewer minutes than his competitors (480; Messi played 693 minutes, and Van Persie, 548). [90] Griezmann, Lukaku, Denis Cheryshev, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappé tied with four goals. In the assists tiebreaker, Griezmann won the Silver Boot by virtue of having two, while Lukaku got the Bronze Boot as he had one. The rest had zero. [91] Giroud and Julián Álvarez tied with four goals. Giroud won the Bronze Boot due to playing fewer minutes than Álvarez. [92]

Golden Glove

"FIFA World Cup Golden Glove" redirects here. For the women's award, see FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Glove.

The Golden Glove award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The award was introduced with the name "Lev Yashin Award" in 1994, in honor of the late Soviet goalkeeper. ^[7] It was rechristened "Golden Glove" in 2010. The FIFA Technical Study Group recognises the top goalkeeper of the tournament based on the player's performance throughout the final competition. Although goalkeepers have this specific award for their position, they are still eligible for the Golden Ball as well, as when Oliver Kahn was awarded in 2002. ^[93]

Official Award

Lev Yashin Award
World Cup	Lev Yashin Award	Clean sheets
1994 United States	Michel Preud'homme	2
1998 France	Fabien Barthez	5
2002 South Korea/Japan	Oliver Kahn	5
2006 Germany	Gianluigi Buffon	5
Golden Glove
World Cup	Golden Glove	Clean sheets
2010 South Africa	Iker Casillas	5
2014 Brazil	Manuel Neuer	4
2018 Russia	Thibaut Courtois	3
2022 Qatar	Emiliano Martínez	3

FIFA Young Player Award

"FIFA World Cup Young Player Award" redirects here. For the women's award, see FIFA Women's World Cup Young Player Award.

The FIFA Young Player Award ("Best Young Player Award" 2006–2010) was awarded for the first time at the 2006 World Cup in Germany and given to Germany's Lukas Podolski. ^[94] The award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years old. For the 2022 World Cup, this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 2001.

In 2006, ^[95] the election took place on FIFA's official World Cup website with the help of The FIFA Technical Study Group. ^[96]

FIFA organised a survey on the Internet for users to choose the "Best Young Player" of the World Cup, between 1958 and 2002, named the best young player of each tournament. ^[97] With 61% of the overall vote, the winner was Pelé, who finished ahead of the Peruvian Teófilo Cubillas, the best young player at Mexico 1970, and England's Michael Owen, who reached similar heights at France 98. ^{[98] [99]}

The winner of the award has only been part of the winning country three times. Pelé in 1958, Kylian Mbappé in 2018, and Enzo Fernández in 2022.

World Cup	FIFA Young Player	Age	Position
1958 Sweden	Pelé	17	Centre-Forward
1962 Chile	Flórián Albert	20	Centre-Forward
1966 England	Franz Beckenbauer	20	Sweeper-Defender
1970 Mexico	Teófilo Cubillas	21	Attacking-Midfielder
1974 West Germany	Władysław Żmuda	20	Centre-Back
1978 Argentina	Antonio Cabrini	20	Left-Back
1982 Spain	Manuel Amoros	21	Right-Back
1986 Mexico	Enzo Scifo	20	Attacking-Midfielder
1990 Italy	Robert Prosinečki	21	Centre-Midfielder
1994 United States	Marc Overmars	20	Left-Winger
1998 France	Michael Owen	18	Centre-Forward
2002 South Korea/Japan	Landon Donovan	20	Second-Striker
2006 Germany	Lukas Podolski [94]	21	Second-Striker
2010 South Africa	Thomas Müller [100]	20	Second-Striker
2014 Brazil	Paul Pogba [101]	21	Centre-Midfielder
2018 Russia	Kylian Mbappé [102]	19	Left-Winger
2022 Qatar	Enzo Fernández	21	Centre-Midfielder

FIFA Fair Play Trophy

"FIFA World Cup Fair Play Trophy" redirects here. For the women's award, see FIFA Women's World Cup Fair Play Trophy.

The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is given to the team with the best record of fair play during the World Cup final tournament since 1970. Only teams that qualified for the second round are considered. The winners of this award earn the FIFA Fair Play Trophy, a diploma, a fair play medal for each player and official, and $50,000 worth of football equipment to be used for youth development. ^[103]

The appearance of the award was originally a certificate. From 1982 to 1990, it was a golden trophy based on Sport Billy, a football-playing cartoon character from 1982 who became an icon for FIFA Fair play. ^{[104] [105]} Ever since 1994, it is simply a trophy with an elegant footballer figure. ^[106] Peru was the first nation to win the award after receiving no yellow or red cards in the 1970 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico. ^[107]

Peru's FIFA Fair Play trophy award. Peru won the award after receiving no yellow or red cards in the tournament.

World Cup	FIFA Fair Play Trophy Winners
1970 Mexico	Peru
1974 West Germany	West Germany
1978 Argentina	Argentina
1982 Spain	Brazil
1986 Mexico	Brazil
1990 Italy	England
1994 United States	Brazil
1998 France	England   France
2002 South Korea/Japan	Belgium
2006 Germany	Brazil   Spain
2010 South Africa	Spain
2014 Brazil	Colombia
2018 Russia	Spain
2022 Qatar	England

Player of the Match

The Player of the Match (POTM) award picks the outstanding player in every match of the tournament. The award was introduced with the name "Man of the Match" in 2002. It was rechristened "Player of the Match" in 2022.

While the inaugural two editions were chosen by the technical group, ^{[108] [109]} since 2010, Player of the Match is picked by an online poll on FIFA's website. ^{[110] [111] [112]}

World Cup	Player(s) with most POTM wins	Wins
2002 South Korea/Japan	Rivaldo	3
2006 Germany	Andrea Pirlo	3
2010 South Africa	Wesley Sneijder	4
2014 Brazil	Lionel Messi	4
2018 Russia	Antoine Griezmann Eden Hazard Harry Kane Luka Modrić	3
2022 Qatar	Lionel Messi	5

Total awards
As of 18 December 2022

Rank	Player	Wins	World Cup(s) with awards
1	Lionel Messi	11	2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	7	2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
3	Arjen Robben	6	2006, 2010, 2014
4	Kylian Mbappé	5	2018, 2022
	Luka Modrić		2018, 2022
	Luis Suárez		2010, 2014, 2018
7	Antoine Griezmann	4	2018, 2022
	Eden Hazard		2014, 2018
	Keisuke Honda		2010, 2014
	Harry Kane		2018, 2022
	Miroslav Klose		2002, 2006
	Thomas Müller		2010, 2014
	Neymar		2014, 2018, 2022
	Park Ji-sung		2002, 2006, 2010
	James Rodríguez		2014, 2018
	Wesley Sneijder		2010

By country
As of 18 December 2022

Rank	Country	Wins	Players
1	Brazil	25	16
2	Germany	23	13
3	France	22	12
4	Argentina	21	9
5	Spain	18	12
6	England	17	14
7	Netherlands	16	7
8	Mexico	14	11
	Portugal		8
10	United States	13	8
	Croatia		8

Most Entertaining Team

The Most Entertaining Team award is a subjectively awarded prize for the team that had done the most to entertain the public with a positive approach to the game, organised through public participation in a poll ^[7] starting in 1994. ^[73]

World Cup	Most Entertaining Team Award
1994 United States	Brazil [87]
1998 France	France [87]
2002 South Korea/Japan	South Korea [113]
2006 Germany	Portugal [114]

All-Star Team

Official winners

The All-Star Team is a team of the best performers at the respective World Cup finals. Since 1994, FIFA decided to add official best squads, chosen by its Technical Study Group under the brand name MasterCard All-Star Team. ^[115] For 1998, 2002 and 2006, substitute and reserve members were also nominated for full squads.

All-Star Team

World Cup	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Reserves
1994 United States [115]	Michel Preud'homme	Jorginho Márcio Santos Paolo Maldini	Dunga Krasimir Balakov Gheorghe Hagi Tomas Brolin	Romário Hristo Stoichkov Roberto Baggio	Did not select
1998 France [116]	Fabien Barthez José Luis Chilavert	Roberto Carlos Marcel Desailly Lilian Thuram Frank de Boer Carlos Gamarra	Dunga Rivaldo Michael Laudrup Zinedine Zidane Edgar Davids	Ronaldo Davor Šuker Brian Laudrup Dennis Bergkamp	Edwin van der Sar Juan Sebastián Verón Thierry Henry Jay-Jay Okocha Michael Owen Christian Vieri
2002 South Korea/Japan [117]	Oliver Kahn Rüştü Reçber	Roberto Carlos Sol Campbell Fernando Hierro Hong Myung-bo Alpay Özalan	Rivaldo Ronaldinho Michael Ballack Claudio Reyna Yoo Sang-chul	Ronaldo Miroslav Klose El Hadji Diouf Hasan Şaş	Iker Casillas Cafu Dietmar Hamann Joaquín Hidetoshi Nakata Landon Donovan Marc Wilmots
2006 Germany [118]	Gianluigi Buffon Jens Lehmann Ricardo	Roberto Ayala John Terry Lilian Thuram Philipp Lahm Fabio Cannavaro Gianluca Zambrotta Ricardo Carvalho	Zé Roberto Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane Michael Ballack Andrea Pirlo Gennaro Gattuso Luís Figo Maniche	Hernán Crespo Thierry Henry Miroslav Klose Luca Toni Francesco Totti	Did not select

Unofficial winners

FIFA published the first All-Star Team in 1938, but it never made All-Star Team again until 1990 due to ensuing complaints. ^[119] In January 1959, the host of 1958 tournament Swedish Federation published an All-Star Team based on 720 answers out of 1,200 experts. ^{[120] [121]} In 1990 there was an All-Star Team announced in combination with the Golden Ball ceremony. It was chosen by the same journalists who chose the best player, but this team is still considered unofficial. ^{[122] [123]}

Unofficial All-Star Team

World Cup	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Reserves
1938 France	František Plánička	Domingos da Guia Pietro Rava	Zezé Procópio Michele Andreolo Ugo Locatelli	Arne Nyberg Giuseppe Meazza Leônidas György Sárosi Pál Titkos	Did not select
1958 Sweden	Harry Gregg	Orvar Bergmark Bellini Nílton Santos	Yuriy Voynov Horst Szymaniak	Garrincha Didi Raymond Kopa Pelé Lennart Skoglund	Did not select
1990 Italy	Cláudio Taffarel	Jorginho Giuseppe Bergomi Franco Baresi Guido Buchwald Andreas Brehme	Roberto Donadoni Lothar Matthäus Enzo Scifo	Salvatore Schillaci Jürgen Klinsmann	Gabelo Conejo Branco Des Walker Dragan Stojković Roger Milla

After FIFA changed its sponsor from MasterCard to Visa in 2007, ^[124] it published Team of the Tournament based on statistical data of other sponsors, which evaluates players' performances. FIFA explained these are not official. ^[125]

Statistical Team of the Tournament

World Cup	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Standard
2010 South Africa [126]	Manuel Neuer	Joan Capdevila Philipp Lahm Carles Puyol Sergio Ramos	Mark van Bommel Thomas Müller Wesley Sneijder Sergio Busquets	David Villa Luis Suárez	Castrol performance index
2014 Brazil [127]	Manuel Neuer	Marcos Rojo Mats Hummels Thiago Silva Stefan de Vrij	Oscar Toni Kroos Philipp Lahm James Rodríguez	Arjen Robben Thomas Müller	Castrol performance index
2018 Russia [125]	Thibaut Courtois	Andreas Granqvist Raphaël Varane Thiago Silva Yerry Mina	Denis Cheryshev Philippe Coutinho Luka Modrić	Harry Kane Eden Hazard Antoine Griezmann	Fantasy football

Since 2010, the Fan Dream Team has been voted by online poll of FIFA website, but FIFA explained this is also not official team. ^[125]

Fan Dream Team

World Cup	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Manager
2010 South Africa [128]	Iker Casillas	Philipp Lahm Sergio Ramos Carles Puyol Maicon	Xavi Bastian Schweinsteiger Wesley Sneijder Andrés Iniesta	David Villa Diego Forlán	Vicente del Bosque
2014 Brazil [129]	Manuel Neuer	Marcelo Mats Hummels David Luiz Thiago Silva	Ángel Di María Toni Kroos James Rodríguez	Neymar Thomas Müller Lionel Messi	Joachim Löw
2018 Russia [130]	Thibaut Courtois	Marcelo Raphaël Varane Diego Godín Thiago Silva	Philippe Coutinho Luka Modrić Kevin De Bruyne	Cristiano Ronaldo Harry Kane Kylian Mbappé	Did not select

Media's selections

Many different newspapers, sports journalists, managers and former players have picked their All-Star teams for the tournaments over the years. Newspapers which picked their All-Star teams include Sport-Magazin, Mundo Esportivo, France Football, Associated Press, Estadio, El Gráfico, Goles, Guerin Sportivo, Crónica, El Mercurio, La Prensa, Clarín, La Razón, El País, L'Équipe, Mundo Deportivo, De Volkskrant, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Don Balón, La Stampa, Kicker, Deporte Gráfico, Spotivo Sur, Match, Fußball Woche, Placar, Shoot!, BBC Sport, Süddeutsche Zeitung , Diario AS and Marca.

Sports journalists, managers and former players who picked their All-Star teams include Dr. Friedebert Becker, Gabriel Hanot, Enzo Bearzot, Pelé, Roberto Bettega, Eugenio Bersellini, Giovanni Trapattoni, Massimo Giacomini, Sandro Mazzola, Paolo Carosi, Jimmy Greaves, Pichi Alonso and Johan Cruyff.

Since the beginning many newspapers gave players points to players based on their performances at the World Cup. Some are based in statistics, but some were just rankings given by experts. ^[131] Castrol Football has given retrospective rankings to players until 1966 with their expert panel consisting of people such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Arsène Wenger, Marcel Desailly, Cafu, Alan Shearer, Emilio Butragueño, Ronald Koeman, Pierluigi Collina, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Gary Bailey, Peter Stöger, Mohamed Al-Deayea and Stanislav Levý. ^[132]

There are rumours about "official" World Cup All-Star teams across the internet. The same teams have been published on many websites including football.sporting99.com, worldcupbrazil.net, talksport ^[133] and thesoccerworldcups.com. It is unclear where these teams originated, but the earliest they can be found on the internet was in the October of 2011 on the football.sporting99.com website. ^[134]

World Cup	Media	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
1930 Uruguay	ESPN Deportes [29]	Jakšić	Ivković Nasazzi	Gestido Monti J. Andrade	Cea Ferreira Stábile Scarone Castro
1934 Italy	ESPN Deportes [30]	Zamora	Monzeglio Quincoces	Cilaurren Monti Wagner	Orsi Meazza Nejedlý Sindelar Guaita
	Lucien Gamblin [135]	Plánička	Sesta Quincoces	van Heel Szűcs Wagner	Orsi Nejedlý Lángara Regueiro Guaita
1938 France	ESPN Deportes [31]	Plánička	Rava Da Guia	Locatelli Andreolo Serantoni	Titkos Sárosi Leônidas Meazza Biavati
1950 Brazil	Sport-Magazin [24]	Máspoli	Juvenal M. González	V. Andrade Varela Wright	Gaínza Jair Ademir Zizinho Ghiggia
	Mundo Esportivo [24] [136]	Barbosa	Juvenal M. González	V. Andrade Varela Bauer	Finney Mitić Ademir Zizinho Ghiggia
	ESPN Deportes [32]	Ramallets	Tejera M. González Bauer	Puchades Varela	Gaínza Zizinho Ademir Schiaffino Ghiggia
	O Globo Sportivo [137]	Svensson	Juvenal M. González	V. Andrade Varela Bauer	Chico Palmér Ademir J. Pérez Ghiggia
1954 Switzerland	Mundo Esportivo [138]	Beara	Wright W. Martínez Djalma	Bozsik Ocwirk	Schäfer Schiaffino Hidegkuti Kocsis Julinho
	El Gráfico [139]	Grosics	W. Martínez Djalma	Bauer Varela Bozsik	Borges Puskás Hidegkuti Kocsis Julinho
	ESPN Deportes [33]	Grosics	V. Andrade Santamaría Bozsik	Walter Varela Hidegkuti	M. Tóth Puskás Kocsis Czibor
1958 Sweden	France Football [140]	Gregg	Nílton Bellini Bergmark	Didi Blanchflower	Skoglund Pelé Kopa Fontaine Garrincha
	France Football (ratings) [140]	Gregg	Nílton Evans Šijaković	Didi Turnbull	Skoglund Pelé Kopa Fontaine Garrincha
	Gabriel Hanot [140]	Yashin	Nílton Bellini Djalma	Didi Voynov	Vincent Pelé Kopa Fontaine Garrincha
	Sport-Magazin [141]	Gregg	Juskowiak Gustavsson Djalma	Szymaniak Voynov	Skoglund Pelé Vavá Fontaine Rahn
	ESPN Deportes [35]	Yashin	Nílton Orlando Bellini Djalma	Didi Szymaniak Pelé	Hamrin Fontaine Garrincha
	Idrottsbladet [142]	Gregg	Nílton Djalma	Orlando Gustavsson Blanchflower	Peter McParland Pelé Kopa Fontaine Garrincha
	O Globo Sportivo [143]	Gilmar	Nílton Bellini Mráz	Orlando Turnbull	Skoglund Pelé Kopa Didi Garrincha
1962 Chile	France Football [144]	Schrojf	Novák Schnellinger E. Álvarez Eyzaguirre	Zito Šekularac	Zagallo Ponedelnik Seeler Garrincha
	ESPN Deportes [36]	Schrojf	Schnellinger Mauro Zito Djalma	Amarildo Masopust Voronin	Skoblar Vavá Garrincha
1966 England	Associated Press [145]	Banks	Marzolini Moore Schulz Djalma	Voronin B. Charlton Beckenbauer	Simões Eusébio Bene
	Estadio [146]	Banks	Marzolini Moore J. Charlton Ponomaryov	Beckenbauer B. Charlton Albert	Simões Eusébio Hurst
	SportGráfico [146]	Banks	Marzolini Moore J. Charlton Ferreiro	Beckenbauer B. Charlton	Simões Albert Seeler Bene
	ESPN Deportes [38]	Banks	Marzolini Beckenbauer Moore Höttges	B. Charlton Haller	Simões Hurst Eusébio Bene
	Castrol Football [147]	Banks	Wilson Moore Weber Cohen	Haller Beckenbauer Augusto Peters	Eusébio Torres
	Sofascore [148]	Mazurkiewicz	Moore Shin J. Charlton	Peters B. Charlton Beckenbauer Haller	Eusébio Seeler Bene
1970 Mexico	ESPN Deportes [40]	Mazurkiewicz	Facchetti Beckenbauer Piazza C. Alberto	Gérson Clodoaldo	Rivellino Pelé G. Müller Jairzinho
	Castrol Football [149]	Kavazashvili	Mujica Matosas Ancheta Ubiña	Rivellino Cubillas Maneiro Jairzinho	Pelé G. Müller
	Sofascore [150]	Albertosi	Guzmán Moore Beckenbauer	Rivellino Cubillas Gérson Jairzinho	Pelé G. Müller Seeler
1974 West Germany	Estadio [151]	Maier	Breitner Beckenbauer Figueroa Vogts	Overath Neeskens Jansen	Gadocha Cruyff Lato
	English and Italian journalists [152]	Tomaszewski	Marinho Beckenbauer Rijsbergen Breitner	Deyna Overath Neeskens	Gadocha Cruyff Lato
	De Volkskrant [153]	Hellström	Krol Beckenbauer L. Pereira Wolff	Van Hanegem Deyna Neeskens	Gadocha Cruyff Rubén Ayala
	Jornal dos Sports [154]	Hellström	Breitner Beckenbauer Figueroa L. Pereira	Neeskens Bremner	Gadocha G. Müller Cruyff Lato
	El Gráfico [155]	Hellström	Breitner Beckenbauer Rijsbergen Szymanowski	Edström Deyna Neeskens	Gadocha Cruyff Lato
	ESPN Deportes [42]	Tomaszewski	Marinho Suurbier Beckenbauer Vogts	Oblak Neeskens Deyna Rensenbrink	Lato Cruyff
	Castrol Football [156]	Hellström	Krol Rijsbergen Beckenbauer Suurbier	Cruyff Deyna Haan Lato	Rep G. Müller
	Sofascore [157]	Hellström	Breitner L. Pereira Beckenbauer Szymanowski	Deyna Bonhof Neeskens	Edström Cruyff Lato
1978 Argentina	Goles [158]	Fillol	Cabrini Passarella Krol Toninho	Kempes Benetti Boniek	Rensenbrink Luque Causio
	Guerin Sportivo [159]	Fillol	Cabrini Passarella Amaral Gentile	Dirceu Kempes Haan	Rensenbrink Rossi Krankl
	Crónica and El Mercurio [159]	Fillol	Cabrini Scirea Krol Sara	Cubillas Benetti Deyna	Bettega Luque Causio
	Enzo Bearzot [159]	Fillol	Bossis Passarella Trésor Toninho	Haan Dirceu Batista Pintér	Kempes Krankl
	La Prensa [159]	Leão	Cabrini Amaral Krol Toninho	Kempes Ardiles Deyna	Bettega Rossi Bertoni
	Clarín [159]	Fillol	Tarantini Bellugi Krol Toninho	Kempes Gallego Neeskens	Rensenbrink Luque Causio
	La Razón [159]	Fillol	Cabrini Passarella Krol Vogts	Kempes Benetti Dirceu	Rensenbrink Rossi Causio
	El País [159]	Fillol	Haan Passarella Trésor Vogts	Kempes R. van de Kerkhof Dirceu	Bettega Rossi Lahzami
	Pelé [160]	Fillol	Cabrini Passarella Krol Sara	Kempes Platini Batista	Rensenbrink Rossi Causio
	ESPN Deportes [44]	Fillol	Cabrini Passarella Krol Nelinho	Cubillas Gallego Tardelli	Rensenbrink Kempes Rossi
	Castrol Football [161]	Leão	Krol Passarella Scirea Kaltz	Jansen Haan Bonhof Lato	Kempes Krankl
	Sofascore [162]	Quiroga	Passarella Krol Galván	Rensenbrink W. van de Kerkhof Bonhof Haan Bertoni	Rummenigge Kempes
1982 Spain	Guerin Sportivo [163]	Zoff	Júnior Passarella Baltacha Gentile	Boniek Giresse Falcão	Éder Rossi Conti
	Pelé [164]	Dasayev	Júnior Passarella Scirea Gentile	Maradona Giresse Falcão	Boniek Rossi Conti
	El Gráfico [165]	Zoff	Júnior Passarella Stielike Leandro	Falcão Giresse Ardiles	Rummenigge Rossi Conti
	L'Équipe [166]	Zoff	Cabrini Trésor Förster Gentile	Giresse Falcão Tardelli Cerezo	Rossi Zico
	Mundo Deportivo [166]	Dasayev	Júnior Stielike Collovati Gentile	Antognoni Boniek Sócrates Falcão	Rossi Conti
	La Gazzetta dello Sport [167]	Zoff	Júnior Collovati Scirea Gentile	Cerezo Boniek Falcão	Littbarski Rossi Conti
	Estadio [167]	Dasayev	Cabrini Scirea Collovati Gentile	Conti Giresse Tardelli Falcão	Rummenigge Rossi
	Don Balón [167]	Dasayev	Júnior Passarella Scirea Gerets	Conti Platini Giresse Falcão	Boniek Rossi
	ESPN Deportes [48]	Dasayev	Júnior Passarella Scirea Gerets	Platini Falcão Giresse Conti	Rossi Sócrates
	Castrol Football [168]	Młynarczyk	Cabrini Breitner Scirea Mills	Stielike Zico Giresse Littbarski	Rossi Boniek
	Sofascore [169]	Młynarczyk	Júnior Passarella Pezzey	Vercauteren Zico Boniek Platini Giresse	Rossi Rummenigge
1986 Mexico	France Football [164]	Pfaff	Amoros Bossis Förster Gerets	Maradona Tigana Burruchaga Matthäus	Allofs Valdano
	Kicker [164]	Schumacher	Demol Förster Olsen Josimar	L. Fernandez Coelho Matthäus Burruchaga	Maradona Belanov
	El Gráfico [170]	Pumpido	J. Alberto Ruggeri Olsen Amoros	Maradona Burruchaga L. Fernandez Coelho	Careca Elkjær
	Guerin Sportivo [163]	Pfaff	Briegel César Olsen Josimar	Maradona Lerby De Napoli	Elkjær Careca Yaremchuk
	La Gazzetta dello Sport [163]	Pfaff	Amoros Olsen César Gerets	Ceulemans Magath Míchel	Lineker Maradona Elkjær
	La Stampa [171]	Pfaff	Amoros Brown Förster Josimar	Matthäus Ceulemans Yakovenko Burruchaga	Maradona Belanov
	Bob Paisley [172]	Shilton	Branco Bossis Förster Amoros	Tigana Platini Maradona Scifo	Careca Elkjær
	ESPN Deportes [52]	Pfaff	Amoros Ruggeri César Josimar	Burruchaga Maradona L. Fernandez Platini	Lineker Butragueño
	Castrol Football [173]	Carlos G.	Servín Quirarte Brown Cuciuffo	Burruchaga Maradona Platini Tigana	Lineker Careca
	Sofascore [174]	Bats	Brehme César Quirarte Amoros	Matthäus Maradona Burruchaga	Belanov Careca Elkjær
1990 Italy	La Gazzetta dello Sport [164]	Goycochea	Brehme Baresi Kohler Bergomi	Vázquez Scifo Matthäus Hašek	Schillaci Stojković
	El Gráfico [170]	Goycochea	Brehme Augenthaler Baresi Bergomi	Maradona Gascoigne Matthäus M. Wright	Schillaci Klinsmann
	Associated Press [170]	Conejo	Brehme Walker Baresi Jorginho	Scifo Matthäus Maradona Míchel	Schillaci Klinsmann
	Deporte Gráfico [163]	Goycochea	Brehme Baresi Berthold Parker	Stojković Matthäus Scifo Gascoigne	Klinsmann Schillaci
	Sportivo Sur [164]	Conejo	Brehme Kohler Baresi Bergomi	Stojković Matthäus Gascoigne Donadoni	Schillaci Völler
	Jimmy Greaves [175]	Shilton	Brehme Baresi M. Wright Kana-Biyik	Scifo Gascoigne Matthäus Stojković	Schillaci Klinsmann
	Match [175]	Breukelen	Brehme Ramzy Parker Buchwald M. Wright	Scifo Gascoigne Vázquez	Schillaci Völler
	Fußball Woche [123]	Conejo	Brehme Walker Baresi Buchwald Jorginho	Stojković Matthäus Gascoigne	Skuhravý Schillaci
	Don Balón [176]	Zubizarreta	Brehme Baresi Kundé Serrizuela	Gascoigne Maradona Stojković Matthäus	Schillaci Klinsmann
	Placar [177]	Goycochea	Brehme Buchwald Baresi Tataw	Häßler Maradona Gascoigne Matthäus	Milla Schillaci
	Guerin Sportivo [163]	Stejskal	Brehme Kohler Baresi Parker	Gascoigne Matthäus Alemão Stojković	Schillaci Caniggia
	Pichi Alonso [178]	Illgner	De Wolf Walker Baresi Parker	Valdo Gascoigne Matthäus Donadoni	Omam-Biyik Schillaci
	ESPN Deportes [54]	Goycochea	Brehme Kohler Baresi Parker	Skuhravý Matthäus Scifo Gascoigne	Schillaci Caniggia
	Castrol Football [179]	Goycochea	Brehme M. Wright Baresi Buchwald	Burruchaga Gascoigne Matthäus Stojković	Skuhravý Omam-Biyik
	Sofascore [180]	Stejskal	Popescu Baresi M. Wright	Brehme Matthäus Stojković Littbarski Míchel	Milla Skuhravý
1994 United States	La Stampa [181]	Preud'homme	Maldini Aldair Costacurta Ferrer	Brolin Hagi D. Baggio Letchkov	R. Baggio Romário
	El Gráfico [164]	Taffarel	Sergi Maldini Aldair Benarrivo	R. Baggio Hagi M. Silva Brolin	Romário Stoichkov
	Shoot! [182]	Preud'homme	Maldini M. Santos Jorginho	Hagi Dunga Balakov Brolin	Stoichkov Romário R. Baggio
	Hull Daily Mail [183]	Ravelli	Wagner Maldini M. Santos Jorginho	Caminero Hagi Donadoni Letchkov	Bergkamp Romário
	ESPN Deportes [56]	Preud'homme	Maldini Baresi M. Santos Jorginho	Brolin Dunga Hagi	R. Baggio Stoichkov Romário
	Castrol Football [184]	Mihaylov	Maldini Aldair M. Santos Jorginho	Brolin Dunga M. Silva Zinho	Romário Bebeto
	Sofascore [185]	Ravelli	Maldini M. Santos Koeman	Balakov Dunga Hagi Brolin	Răducioiu Klinsmann Andersson
1998 France	El Gráfico [186] [187]	Barthez	R. Carlos De Boer Desailly Thuram	Zidane Davids Deschamps Boban	Šuker Owen
	La Stampa [188]	Chilavert	Jarni Desailly Thuram Cafu	Petit Deschamps Zidane Davids	Owen Šuker
	ESPN Deportes [58]	Barthez	R. Carlos Blanc De Boer Thuram	Rivaldo Zidane Deschamps Davids	Ronaldo Šuker
	Castrol Football [189]	Pagliuca	Lizarazu Blanc Desailly Thuram	Rivaldo Zidane Deschamps Stanić	Ronaldo Šuker
	Sofascore [190]	Chilavert	Lizarazu Desailly C. Ayala Thuram	Verón Jonk Dunga Zidane Petit	Bierhoff
2002 South Korea/Japan	ESPN Deportes [60]	Kahn	R. Carlos Campbell Hierro Cafu	Yoo Rivaldo Ballack Ronaldinho	Klose Ronaldo
	El Gráfico [191]	Marcos	R. Carlos Metzelder Özalan Cafu	Schneider Márquez Fadiga	Rivaldo Ronaldo Şaş
	Placar [192]	Kahn	R. Carlos Roque Jr. Mjällby Arce	G. Silva Kléberson Ronaldinho	Rivaldo Ronaldo Raúl
	World Soccer [193]	Kahn	R. Carlos Ferdinand Hong Cafu	Yoo Diop Ronaldinho	Raúl Ronaldo Şaş
	Castrol Football [194]	Lee	R. Carlos Lúcio Linke Choi	Rivaldo Ballack Edmílson Frings	Ronaldo Klose
	Sofascore [195]	Reçber	R. Carlos Hierro Puyol Frings	Rivaldo Ballack Hamann Beckham	Ronaldo Vieri
2006 Germany	ESPN Deportes [62]	Buffon	Lahm Cannavaro Terry Thuram	Figo Ballack Pirlo Zidane	Klose Crespo
	Castrol Football [196]	Buffon	Abidal Gallas Cannavaro Thuram	Ballack Vieira Pirlo Gattuso	Henry Klose
	Sofascore [197]	Zuberbühler	Materazzi Cannavaro Roberto Ayala	Kalynychenko Tymoshchuk Riquelme Pirlo Vieira Barnetta	Klose
2010 South Africa	ESPN Deportes [65]	Casillas	Lahm S. Ramos Puyol Maicon	Xavi Sneijder Schweinsteiger	Forlán Villa Iniesta
	Bleacher Report [198]	Casillas	Van Bronckhorst Lugano Puyol S. Ramos	Sneijder Xavi Schweinsteiger	Iniesta Forlán T. Müller
	Goal [199]	Casillas	Juan Mensah S. Ramos	Sneijder Iniesta Xavi Schweinsteiger	Villa Forlán T. Müller
	Sofascore [200]	Carvalho	Juan Piqué Lahm	Xavi Schweinsteiger Sneijder	Villa Forlán T. Müller Messi
2014 Brazil	Johan Cruyff [201]	Neuer	Marcelo Hummels T. Silva Zabaleta	Hazard Kroos Robben	Neymar Van Persie Messi
	BBC Sport [202]	Neuer	Blind Hummels G. González Lahm	J. Rodríguez Kroos Messi Mascherano Robben	T. Müller
	Sofascore [203]	Howard	R. Rodriguez Vlaar De Vrij	J. Rodríguez Kroos Messi	Neymar Benzema T. Müller Robben
	Sportsnet [204]	Neuer	Lahm Garay Hummels R. Rodriguez	Mascherano Kroos Robben J. Rodríguez	T. Müller Messi
2018 Russia	Süddeutsche Zeitung [205]	Courtois	Mina Godín Varane	Cheryshev Kanté Modrić Hazard	Perišić Kane Mbappé
	Kicker [205]	Courtois	Mina Varane Granqvist	Hazard Rakitić Modrić Kanté De Bruyne	Griezmann Mbappé
	Diario AS [206]	Courtois	L. Hernandez Umtiti Varane	Rakitić De Bruyne Kanté Modrić	Hazard Griezmann Mbappé
	Marca [207]	Courtois	L. Hernandez Umtiti Varane Meunier	Hazard Modrić Kanté	Griezmann Lukaku Mbappé
	Forbes [208]	Courtois	Meunier Vida Godín Vrsaljko	De Bruyne Modrić Kanté	Hazard Griezmann Mbappé
	Sofascore [209]	Courtois	Marcelo Granqvist Stones Trippier	Modrić Griezmann De Bruyne	Hazard Kane Mbappé
	Sports Illustrated [210]	Courtois	L. Hernandez Godín Varane Trippier	Coutinho Kanté Modrić	Hazard Lukaku Mbappé
	Goal [211]	Pickford	Godín Vida Varane	Perišić Kanté Modrić De Bruyne	Hazard Griezmann Mbappé
	WhoScored.com [212]	Schmeichel	Marcelo Giménez Granqvist M. Fernandes	Neymar De Bruyne Modrić Trippier	Kane Hazard
2022 Qatar	The Guardian [213]	E. Martínez	Mazraoui Gvardiol Stones Hakimi	Griezmann Mac Allister Amrabat	Mbappé J. Álvarez Messi
	ARD Sportschau [214]	E. Martínez	Romero Gvardiol Hakimi	Di María Bellingham Amrabat Mac Allister	Mbappé Richarlison Messi
	GloboEsporte [215]	E. Martínez	T. Hernandez Upamecano Gvardiol Hakimi	E. Fernández De Paul Modrić	Griezmann Messi Mbappé
	UOL [216]	E. Martínez	T. Hernandez Upamecano Gvardiol Hakimi	Modrić Griezmann E. Fernández	J. Álvarez Mbappé Messi
	Goal [217]	E. Martínez	T. Hernandez Gvardiol Otamendi Hakimi	E. Fernández Griezmann Amrabat	Mbappé J. Álvarez Messi
	Kicker [218]	E. Martínez	T. Hernandez Saïss Gvardiol Molina	Griezmann Modrić Amrabat	Mbappé J. Álvarez Messi
	Der Spiegel [219]	E. Martínez	T. Hernandez Gvardiol Otamendi Hakimi	Amrabat Musiala E. Fernández	Mbappé Griezmann Messi
	RND SportBuzzer [220]	Livaković	T. Hernandez Gvardiol Otamendi Hakimi	Modrić Bellingham Amrabat	Mbappé J. Álvarez Messi
	Bleacher Report [221]	Livaković	T. Hernandez Saïss Gvardiol Hakimi	Bellingham Griezmann Amrabat	Mbappé Giroud Messi
	The Independent [222]	Livaković	T. Hernandez Saïss Gvardiol Hakimi	Mac Allister Bellingham Amrabat Griezmann	Mbappé Messi
	Radio Times [223]	Livaković	T. Hernandez Saïss Gvardiol Hakimi	B. Fernandes Amrabat Griezmann	Mbappé Giroud Messi
	Diario AS [224]	Livaković	T. Hernandez Gvardiol Marquinhos Hakimi	Tchouaméni B. Fernandes	Mbappé J. Álvarez Griezmann Messi
	Opta Sports [225]	Livaković	T. Hernandez Marquinhos Gvardiol Hakimi	Tchouaméni Griezmann B. Fernandes	Messi Mbappé J. Álvarez
	CBS Sports [226]	Livaković	Behich Gvardiol Varane Hakimi	Griezmann Bellingham Amrabat	J. Álvarez Messi Mbappé
	Sky Sports [227]	Livaković	Acuña Maguire Gvardiol Hakimi	Ounahi Amrabat Griezmann	Mbappé Giroud Messi
	L'Équipe [228]	Livaković	Acuña Gvardiol Saïss Hakimi	Modrić Amrabat E. Fernández	Mbappé Messi Saka
	Sofascore [229]	Livaković	Blind Maguire Konaté Juranović	Griezmann Casemiro Gakpo	Mbappé Messi B. Fernandes
	WhoScored.com [230]	Szczęsny	T. Hernandez Rodri Maguire Hakimi	Mbappé Casemiro Bellingham B. Fernandes	Griezmann Messi
	Süddeutsche Zeitung [231]	Bounou	T. Hernandez Romero Amrabat Hakimi	Bellingham Griezmann Modrić	Mbappé J. Álvarez Messi

Goal of the Tournament

The Goal of the Tournament award was awarded for the first time at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

• Scores and results list the goal tally of the players' team first.

Official winners

World Cup	Player	Scored against	Score	Minute	Result	Round	Ref.
2006 Germany	Maxi Rodríguez	Mexico	2–1	98' ( a.e.t. )	2–1 ( a.e.t. )	Round of 16	[232]
2010 South Africa	Diego Forlán	Germany	2–1	51'	2–3	Third place match
2014 Brazil	James Rodríguez	Uruguay	1–0	28'	2–0	Round of 16
2018 Russia	Benjamin Pavard	Argentina	2–2	57'	4–3	Round of 16
2022 Qatar	Richarlison	Serbia	2–0	73'	2–0	Group stage	[233]

Unofficial winners

In 2020 and 2021, FIFA's official YouTube channel made videos of the top ten goals of the following three tournaments.

World Cup	Player	Scored against	Score	Minute	Result	Round	Ref.
1970 Mexico	Carlos Alberto	Italy	4–1	86'	4–1	Final	[234]
1986 Mexico	Diego Maradona	England	2–0	55'	2–1	Quarter-finals	[235]
1990 Italy	Roberto Baggio	Czechoslovakia	2–0	78'	2–0	Group stage	[236]

Nominees

World Cup	Rank	Player	Scored against	Score	Minute	Result	Round	Ref.
2006 Germany	1	Maxi Rodríguez	Mexico	2–1	98' (a.e.t.)	2–1	Round of 16	[237]
	2	Esteban Cambiasso	Serbia and Montenegro	2–0	31'	6–0	Group stage
	3	Carlos Tevez	Serbia and Montenegro	5–0	99'	6–0	Group stage
	4	Fabio Grosso	Germany	1–0	119'	2–0	Semi-finals
	5	Joe Cole	Sweden	1–0	64'	2–2	Group stage
	6	Philipp Lahm	Costa Rica	1–0	6'	4–2	Group stage
		Torsten Frings	Costa Rica	4–1	87'	4–2	Group stage
		Maxi Rodríguez	Serbia and Montenegro	1–0	6'	6–0	Group stage
	9	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Portugal	1–0	56'	3–1	Third place match
	10	Steven Gerrard	Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	90+5'	2–0	Group stage
2010 South Africa	1	Diego Forlán	Germany	2–1	51'	2–3	Third place match	[238]
	2	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Uruguay	1–0	18'	3–2	Semi-finals
	3	Mesut Özil	Ghana	1–0	60'	1–0	Group stage
	4	Carlos Tevez	Mexico	3–0	52'	3–1	Round of 16
	5	Luis Suárez	South Korea	2–1	80'	2–1	Round of 16
	6	Siphiwe Tshabalala	Mexico	1–0	55'	1–1	Group stage
	7	Fabio Quagliarella	Slovakia	2–3	90+2'	2–3	Group stage
	8	Lukas Podolski	England	2–0	32'	4–1	Round of 16
	9	Sulley Muntari	Uruguay	1–0	45+1'	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Quarter-finals
	10	Gabriel Heinze	Nigeria	1–0	6'	1–0	Group stage
2014 Brazil	1	James Rodríguez	Uruguay	1–0	28'	2–0	Round of 16	[239]
	2	Robin van Persie	Spain	1–1	44'	5–1	Group stage
	3	James Rodríguez	Japan	4–1	90'	4–1	Group stage
	4	Mario Götze	Argentina	1–0	113' (a.e.t.)	1–0	Final
	5	David Luiz	Colombia	2–0	69'	2–1	Quarter-finals
	6	Tim Cahill	Netherlands	1–1	21'	2–3	Group stage
	7	David Villa	Australia	1–0	36'	3–0	Group stage
	8	Lionel Messi	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–0	65'	2–1	Group stage
	9	Lionel Messi	Nigeria	2–1	45+1'	3–2	Group stage
	10	Xherdan Shaqiri	Honduras	1–0	6'	3–0	Group stage
2018 Russia	1	Benjamin Pavard	Argentina	2–2	57'	4–3	Round of 16	[240] [241]
	2	Juan Quintero	Japan	1–1	39'	1–2	Group stage
	3	Luka Modrić	Argentina	2–0	80'	3–0	Group stage
	4	Cristiano Ronaldo	Spain	3–3	88'	3–3	Group stage
	5	Lionel Messi	Nigeria	1–0	14'	2–1	Group stage
	6	Denis Cheryshev	Croatia	1–0	31'	2–2	Quarter-finals
	7	Nacer Chadli	Japan	3–2	90+4'	3–2	Round of 16
	8	Ahmed Musa	Iceland	2–0	75'	2–0	Group stage
	9	Ricardo Quaresma	Iran	1–0	45'	1–1	Group stage
	10	Toni Kroos	Sweden	2–1	90+5'	2–1	Group stage
	Unranked	Denis Cheryshev	Saudi Arabia	2–0	43'	5–0	Group stage
		Artem Dzyuba	Egypt	2–0	62'	3–1	Group stage
		Nacho	Portugal	3–2	58'	3–3	Group stage
		Philippe Coutinho	Switzerland	1–0	20'	1–1	Group stage
		Dries Mertens	Panama	1–0	47'	3–0	Group stage
		Jesse Lingard	Panama	3–0	36'	6–1	Group stage
		Adnan Januzaj	England	1–0	51'	1–0	Group stage
		Ángel Di María	France	1–1	41'	3–4	Round of 16
2022 Qatar	1	Richarlison	Serbia	2–0	73'	2–0	Group stage	[233]
	Unranked	Salem Al-Dawsari	Argentina	2–1	53'	2–1	Group stage
		Cody Gakpo	Ecuador	1–0	6'	1–1	Group stage
		Enzo Fernández	Mexico	2–0	87'	2–0	Group stage
		Vincent Aboubakar	Serbia	2–3	63'	3–3	Group stage
		Luis Chávez	Saudi Arabia	2–0	52'	2–1	Group stage
		Kylian Mbappé	Poland	3–0	90+1'	3–1	Round of 16
		Richarlison	South Korea	3–0	29'	4–1	Round of 16
		Paik Seung-ho	Brazil	1–4	76'	1–4	Round of 16
		Neymar	Croatia	1–0	105+1'	1–1	Quarter-finals

See also

• FIFA Women's World Cup awards
• UEFA European Championship awards
• Copa América awards
• Africa Cup of Nations awards
• AFC Asian Cup awards
• CONCACAF Gold Cup awards
• OFC Nations Cup awards

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External links

• FIFA World Cup Awards on FIFA.com (archived)