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:- the Golden Ball for best player, first awarded in 1982;
- the Golden Boot for top goal scorer, first awarded in 1982;
- the Golden Glove Award for best goalkeeper, first awarded in 1994;
- the Best Young Player award 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;
- the Man of the Match Award for outstanding performance during each game of the tournament, first awarded in 2002.
- The Most Entertaining Team award 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;
- An All-Star Team comprising the best players of the tournament chosen by the technical study group.
Golden Ball
World Cup | Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze 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 |
Nation | G | S | B | Total |
7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |
3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
West Germany / Germany | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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 Cup | Golden 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 Cup | All-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 Cup | Best Young Player | Age |
1958 Sweden | Pelé | 17 |
1962 Chile | Flórián Albert | 20 |
1966 England | Franz Beckenbauer | 20 |
1970 Mexico | Teófilo Cubillas | 21 |
1974 West Germany | Władysław Żmuda | 20 |
1978 Argentina | Antonio Cabrini | 20 |
1982 Spain | Manuel Amoros | 21 |
1986 Mexico | Enzo Scifo | 20 |
1990 Italy | Robert Prosinečki | 21 |
1994 United States | Marc Overmars | 20 |
1998 France | Michael Owen | 18 |
2002 Korea/Japan | Landon Donovan | 20 |
2006 Germany | Lukas Podolski | 21 |
2010 South Africa | Thomas Müller | 20 |
2014 Brazil | Paul Pogba | 21 |
2018 Russia | Kylian Mbappé | 19 |
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 Cup | FIFA 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 Cup | Most Man of the Match 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 | 3 |
Total awards
As of 15 July 2018
Rank | Player | Country | MoM | WC with awards |
1 | Arjen Robben | 6 | 2006, 2010, 2014 | |
1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 6 | 2010, 2014, 2018 | |
1 | Lionel Messi | 6 | 2010, 2014, 2018 | |
4 | Luis Suárez | 5 | 2010, 2014, 2018 | |
5 | Eden Hazard | 4 | 2014, 2018 | |
5 | Keisuke Honda | 4 | 2010, 2014 | |
5 | James Rodríguez | 4 | 2014, 2018 | |
5 | Miroslav Klose | 4 | 2002, 2006 | |
5 | Park Ji-sung | 4 | 2002, 2006, 2010 | |
5 | Thomas Müller | 4 | 2010, 2014 | |
5 | Wesley Sneijder | 4 | 2010 |
By Country
As of 15 July 2018
Rank | Country | MoM | Players |
1 | 22 | 14 | |
1 | 22 | 12 | |
3 | 17 | 11 | |
4 | 16 | 10 | |
5 | 15 | 8 | |
6 | 14 | 12 | |
7 | 12 | 10 | |
7 | 12 | 3 | |
9 | 11 | 7 | |
9 | 11 | 6 | |
9 | 11 | 7 |
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 Cup | Most 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 Cup | Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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 Cup | Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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 Cup | Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | Sponsor |
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 Cup | Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | Manager | Sponsor |
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 |
- Only two players have been named in three separate All-Star teams whose selection only included the starting eleven: Djalma Santos in 1954, 1958 and 1962, Franz Beckenbauer in 1966, 1970 and 1974. Philipp Lahm also achieved it in 2006, 2010 and 2014. However, the 2006 edition listed 23 players and 2014 had two All-Star team listed. Lahm's name has only been in one of these.
- 21 players have been named in two separate All-Star teams: Luis Monti ; Garrincha ; Pelé ; Bobby Charlton ; Ruud Krol and Rob Rensenbrink ; Berti Vogts ; Paolo Rossi ; Michel Platini ; Diego Maradona ; Paolo Maldini ; Dunga ; Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, and Ronaldo ; Lilian Thuram and Zinedine Zidane ; Michael Ballack and Miroslav Klose ; Marcelo and Thiago Silva.
- Pelé hold the record of the longest time between being named in two separate All-Star teams by 12 years apart.
- Uruguay in 1930 and 1950, Spain in 2010 and Germany in 2014 are the only teams to have had a player in every position on the All-Star Team. Germany and Italy achieved it in 2006, however, the 2006 edition listed 23 players.
- Uruguay in 1930 and Italy in 2006 have the most players selected in the All-Star Team with 7 players each. However, the 1930 selection only had 11 players overall, while the 2006 selection had 23.
- 37 different Brazilian players have been named in All-Star teams, Brazil is also the nation with most nominations with 44 nominees in every position except goalkeeper.
- Only three players from North American zone and two from each the African and Asian zones have been named to All-Star teams, Bert Patenaude and Claudio Reyna from the United States in 1930 and 2002, as well as Luis Gabelo Conejo from Costa Rica in 1990, Hong Myung-bo and Yoo Sang-chul of South Korea in 2002 and Roger Milla from Cameroon in 1990 and El Hadji Diouf from Senegal in 2002. Another player from each zone has been named in reserves: Jay-Jay Okocha from Nigeria in 1998, Hidetoshi Nakata from Japan in 2002 and Landon Donovan from the United States in 2006.
- Only one player on the victorious 1986 Argentina team, Diego Maradona, was selected in that year's All-Star team.
- Uniquely, brothers Brian Laudrup and Michael Laudrup were both selected for the All Star Team from Denmark in 1998.
- Similarly, Cesare Maldini and Paolo Maldini are the only father and son players that were both selected for the All Star Team from Italy, in 1962 and 1990, 1994 respectively.
Goal of the Tournament
World Cup | Player | Scored against | Score | Result | Round | Source |
2006 Germany | Maxi Rodríguez | 2‒1 | 2‒1 | Round of 16 | ||
2010 South Africa | Diego Forlán | 2‒1 | 2‒3 | 3rd place match | ||
2014 Brazil | James Rodríguez | 1‒0 | 2‒0 | Round of 16 | ||
2018 Russia | Benjamin Pavard | 2‒2 | 4‒3 | Round of 16 |
- First number represents players team, while second number represents opponents team