FIFA World Cup awards


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

Awards

There are currently five post-tournament awards, and one given during the tournament:
Two other awards were given between 1994 and 2006:
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 and the winner voted for by representatives of the media. 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, though fifa.com also lists in their player articles as "golden ball winners" Kempes, Cruyff, Pelé, Bobby Charlton, Garrincha and Didi for 1978, 1974, 1970, 1966, 1962 and 1958 respectively. Barcelona is the only club whose players have won the Golden Ball a record 3 times.
World CupGolden BallSilver BallBronze Ball
1930 Uruguay José Nasazzi Guillermo Stábile José Leandro Andrade
1934 Italy Giuseppe Meazza Matthias Sindelar Oldřich Nejedlý
1938 France Leônidas Silvio Piola György Sárosi
1950 Brazil Zizinho Juan Alberto Schiaffino Ademir
1954 Switzerland Ferenc Puskás Sándor Kocsis Fritz Walter
1958 Sweden Didi Pelé Just Fontaine
1962 Chile Garrincha Josef Masopust Leonel Sánchez
1966 England Bobby Charlton Bobby Moore Eusébio
1970 Mexico Pelé Gérson Gerd Müller
1974 West Germany Johan Cruyff Franz Beckenbauer Kazimierz Deyna
1978 Argentina Mario Kempes Paolo Rossi Dirceu
1982 Spain Paolo Rossi Falcão Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
1986 Mexico Diego Maradona Harald Schumacher Preben Elkjær Larsen
1990 Italy Salvatore Schillaci Lothar Matthäus Diego Maradona
1994 United States Romario Roberto Baggio Hristo Stoichkov
1998 France Ronaldo Davor Šuker Lilian Thuram
2002 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

NationGSBTotal
74213
3418
3115
2114
West Germany / Germany1438
1113
1113
1102
1102
1034
0112
0101
0101
0011
0011
0011
0011
0011
0011
0011

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, under the name Golden Shoe. It was rechristened Golden Boot in 2010. FIFA sometimes lists the top goalscorers of previous Cups among the Golden Boot winners.
If there is more than one player with the same number of goals, since 1994 the tie-breaker goes to the player with fewer goals scored from penalties, then next tie breaker goes to the person with more assists - with the FIFA Technical Study Group deciding whether an assist is to be counted as such. If there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker since 2006 goes to the player who has played the least amount of time, which translates to a higher goal average.

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. 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. In the event of a tie, the Golden Glove Award goes to the goalkeeper who progressed furthest in the competition. The next tiebreakers are saves made, then minutes played.
World CupGolden Glove
1994 United States Michel Preud'homme
1998 France Fabien Barthez
2002 Korea/Japan Oliver Kahn
2006 Germany Gianluigi Buffon
2010 South Africa Iker Casillas
2014 Brazil Manuel Neuer
2018 Russia Thibaut Courtois

Although the Golden Glove Award was first awarded in 1994, every All-Star Team in World Cups prior to 1998 except 1990 included only one goalkeeper.
World CupAll-Star Goalkeeper
1930 Uruguay Enrique Ballestrero
1934 Italy Ricardo Zamora
1938 France František Plánička
1950 Brazil Roque Máspoli
1954 Switzerland Gyula Grosics
1958 Sweden Harry Gregg
1962 Chile Viliam Schrojf
1966 England Gordon Banks
1970 Mexico Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
1974 West Germany Sepp Maier
1978 Argentina Ubaldo Fillol
1982 Spain Dino Zoff
1986 Mexico Jean-Marie Pfaff
1990 Italy Luis Gabelo Conejo
Sergio Goycochea

Best Young Player Award

The Best Young Player award was awarded for the first time at the 2006 World Cup in Germany and given to Germany's Lukas Podolski. The award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years old. For the 2018 World Cup, this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 1997. The election took place on FIFA's official World Cup website with the help of The FIFA Technical Study Group.
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. 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.
World CupBest Young PlayerAge
1958 Sweden Pelé17
1962 Chile Flórián Albert20
1966 England Franz Beckenbauer20
1970 Mexico Teófilo Cubillas21
1974 West Germany Władysław Żmuda20
1978 Argentina Antonio Cabrini20
1982 Spain Manuel Amoros21
1986 Mexico Enzo Scifo20
1990 Italy Robert Prosinečki21
1994 United States Marc Overmars20
1998 France Michael Owen18
2002 Korea/Japan Landon Donovan20
2006 Germany Lukas Podolski21
2010 South Africa Thomas Müller20
2014 Brazil Paul Pogba21
2018 Russia Kylian Mbappé19

FIFA 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.
The appearance of the award was originally a certificate. From 1982 to 1990, it had been a golden trophy based on Sport Billy, a football-playing cartoon character from 1982 who became an icon for FIFA Fair play. Ever since 1994, it is simply a trophy with an elegant footballer figure. 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.
World CupFIFA Fair Play Trophy Winners
1970 Mexico Peru
1974 West Germany West Germany
1978 Argentina Argentina
1982 Spain
1986 Mexico
1990 Italy
1994 United States
1998 France
2002 Korea/Japan
2006 Germany
2010 South Africa
2014 Brazil
2018 Russia

Man of the Match

The Man of the Match award picks the outstanding player in every game of the tournament since 2002. While the inaugural two editions were chosen by the technical group, the Man of the Match is since 2010 picked by an online poll on FIFA's website.
World CupMost Man of the Match winsWins
2002 South Korea/Japan Rivaldo3
2006 Germany Andrea Pirlo3
2010 South Africa Wesley Sneijder4
2014 Brazil Lionel Messi4
2018 Russia Antoine Griezmann3

Total awards
As of 15 July 2018
RankPlayerCountryMoMWC with awards
1Arjen Robben62006, 2010, 2014
1Cristiano Ronaldo62010, 2014, 2018
1Lionel Messi62010, 2014, 2018
4Luis Suárez52010, 2014, 2018
5Eden Hazard42014, 2018
5Keisuke Honda42010, 2014
5James Rodríguez42014, 2018
5Miroslav Klose42002, 2006
5Park Ji-sung42002, 2006, 2010
5Thomas Müller42010, 2014
5Wesley Sneijder42010

By Country
As of 15 July 2018
RankCountryMoMPlayers
12214
12212
31711
41610
5158
61412
71210
7123
9117
9116
9117

Most Entertaining Team

The FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team 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 starting in 1994.
World CupMost Entertaining Team Award
1994 United States
1998 France
2002 Korea/Japan
2006 Germany
2010 South Africa
2014 Brazil

All-Star Team

The All-Star Team is a team of the best performers at the respective World Cup finals. The ways in which the FIFA All-Star team members have been chosen has varied from year to year. A technical study group consisting of journalists - mostly from Europe and South America - and experts has historically chosen the team. However, in 1994 FIFA decided to add an official squad, chosen by the FIFA technical group and under the brand name MasterCard All-Star Team. For 1998, 2002 and 2006, substitute and reserve members were also nominated for full 22 and 23-player squads. The All-Star team wound up dropped prior to the 2010 tournament - coincidentally, three years after FIFA changed its sponsorship from MasterCard to Visa.
World CupGoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards
1930 Uruguay
Enrique Ballestrero

José Nasazzi

Milutin Ivković

Luis Monti

Álvaro Gestido

José Leandro Andrade

Pedro Cea

Héctor Castro

Héctor Scarone

Guillermo Stábile

Bert Patenaude
1934 Italy
Ricardo Zamora

Jacinto Quincoces

Eraldo Monzeglio

Luis Monti

Attilio Ferraris

Leonardo Cilaurren

Giuseppe Meazza

Raimundo Orsi

Enrique Guaita

Matthias Sindelar

Oldřich Nejedlý
1938 France
František Plánička

Pietro Rava

Alfredo Foni

Domingos da Guia

Michele Andreolo

Ugo Locatelli

Silvio Piola

Gino Colaussi

György Sárosi

Gyula Zsengellér

Leônidas
1950 Brazil
Roque Máspoli

Erik Nilsson

José Parra

Víctor Rodríguez Andrade

Obdulio Varela

Bauer

Alcides Ghiggia

Jair

Zizinho

Ademir

Juan Alberto Schiaffino
1954 Switzerland
Gyula Grosics

Ernst Ocwirk

Djalma Santos

José Santamaría

Fritz Walter

József Bozsik

Nándor Hidegkuti

Zoltán Czibor

Helmut Rahn

Ferenc Puskás

Sándor Kocsis
1958 Sweden
Harry Gregg

Djalma Santos

Bellini

Nílton Santos

Danny Blanchflower

Didi

Gunnar Gren

Raymond Kopa

Pelé

Garrincha

Just Fontaine
1962 Chile
Viliam Schrojf

Djalma Santos

Cesare Maldini

Valery Voronin

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

Mário Zagallo

Zito

Josef Masopust

Vavá

Garrincha

Leonel Sánchez
1966 England
Gordon Banks

George Cohen

Bobby Moore

Vicente

Silvio Marzolini

Franz Beckenbauer

Mário Coluna

Bobby Charlton

Flórián Albert

Uwe Seeler

Eusébio
1970 Mexico
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz

Carlos Alberto

Atilio Ancheta

Franz Beckenbauer

Giacinto Facchetti

Gérson

Rivellino

Bobby Charlton

Pelé

Gerd Müller

Jairzinho
1974 West Germany
Sepp Maier

Ruud Krol

Paul Breitner

Franz Beckenbauer

Berti Vogts

Elias Figueroa

Wolfgang Overath

Kazimierz Deyna

Johan Neeskens

Rob Rensenbrink

Johan Cruyff

Grzegorz Lato
1978 Argentina
Ubaldo Fillol

Berti Vogts

Ruud Krol

Daniel Passarella

Alberto Tarantini

Dirceu

Teófilo Cubillas

Rob Rensenbrink

Roberto Bettega

Paolo Rossi

Mario Kempes
1982 Spain
Dino Zoff

Luizinho

Júnior

Claudio Gentile

Fulvio Collovati

Zbigniew Boniek

Falcão

Michel Platini

Zico

Paolo Rossi

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
1986 Mexico
Jean-Marie Pfaff

Josimar

Manuel Amoros

Júlio César

Jan Ceulemans

Jean Tigana

Michel Platini

Diego Maradona

Preben Elkjær Larsen

Emilio Butragueño

Gary Lineker
1990 Italy
Sergio Goycochea

Luis Gabelo Conejo

Andreas Brehme

Paolo Maldini

Franco Baresi

Diego Maradona

Lothar Matthäus

Dragan Stojković

Paul Gascoigne

Salvatore Schillaci

Roger Milla

Jürgen Klinsmann

World CupGoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwards
1994 United States
Michel Preud'homme

Jorginho

Márcio Santos

Paolo Maldini

Dunga

Krasimir Balakov

Gheorghe Hagi

Tomas Brolin

Romário

Hristo Stoichkov

Roberto Baggio
1998 France
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
2002 Korea/Japan
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
2006 Germany
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

While FIFA did not release official list of tournaments, official sponsors published All-Star Teams based on their statistical data, which evaluates players' performances.
World CupGoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwardsSponsor
2014 Brazil
Manuel Neuer

Marcos Rojo
Mats Hummels
Thiago Silva
Stefan de Vrij

Oscar
Toni Kroos
Philipp Lahm
James Rodríguez

Arjen Robben
Thomas Müller
Castrol
2018 Russia
Thibaut Courtois

Andreas Granqvist
Raphaël Varane
Thiago Silva
Yerry Mina

Denis Cheryshev
Philippe Coutinho
Luka Modrić

Harry Kane
Eden Hazard
Antoine Griezmann
McDonald's

Since 2010, the fans' Dream Team is being voted by online poll of FIFA.com.
World CupGoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwardsManagerSponsor
2010 South Africa
Iker Casillas

Philipp Lahm
Sergio Ramos
Carles Puyol
Maicon

Xavi
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Wesley Sneijder
Andrés Iniesta

David Villa
Diego Forlán

Vicente del Bosque
Yingli
2014 Brazil
Manuel Neuer

Marcelo
Mats Hummels
David Luiz
Thiago Silva

Ángel Di María
Toni Kroos
James Rodríguez

Neymar
Thomas Müller
Lionel Messi

Joachim Löw
Oi
2018 Russia
Thibaut Courtois

Marcelo
Raphaël Varane
Diego Godín
Thiago Silva

Philippe Coutinho
Luka Modrić
Kevin De Bruyne

Cristiano Ronaldo
Harry Kane
Kylian Mbappé

Didier Deschamps
Hisense

World CupPlayerScored againstScore Result RoundSource
2006 Germany Maxi Rodríguez2‒12‒1Round of 16
2010 South Africa Diego Forlán2‒12‒33rd place match
2014 Brazil James Rodríguez1‒02‒0Round of 16
2018 Russia Benjamin Pavard2‒24‒3Round of 16