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 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 given during the tournament from the FIFA Technical Study Group:
    • the Man of the Match (currently commercially termed as "Budweiser Man of the Match") for outstanding performance during each game of the tournament, first awarded in 2002;
  • There is currently two award voted on by fans after the conclusion of the tournament:
    • the Goal of the Tournament, as determined by a poll of the general public, 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 awards 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

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]

Official award
Golden Ball[6]
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
Trophies by country
Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
 Italy2215
 Brazil2204
 Argentina2013
 West Germany/Germany1315
 Croatia1102
 France1023
 Uruguay1001
 Netherlands0112
 Belgium0101
 Bulgaria0011
 Denmark0011
 South Korea0011
 Spain0011

Unofficial award

In July 1978, a panel of 23 international experts which consisted of critics, coaches, and former players each chose the five best players of the 1978 tournament.[7] Mario Kempes got the most votes as a result of the counting. FIFA website and RSSSF also mentioned Kempes as a Golden Ball winner.[8][9][10] The FIFA website and RSSSF only mention Dirceu as the Bronze Ball winner, even though Dirceu and Hans Krankl had the same amount of top five finishes.

Unofficial Best Player
World Cup Winner Runner-up Third place
1978 Argentina Mario Kempes Paolo Rossi Dirceu

Notable former 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,[11] and it gained the most attention among experts' selections about the best players until 1974. This work is part of the official FIFA library[12] and received public recognition from his former presidents Joao Havelange and Joseph Blatter. Sports Illustrated and a writer Nick Holt also reported the same list.[13][14] A considerable number of other media[15][16] including FIFA website agreed in several cases such as José Nasazzi,[17][18] Leônidas,[19] Zizinho,[20] Didí,[21][22][23] Garrincha,[24][25][26] Bobby Charlton,[27] Pelé (Gold and Silver Ball),[28][29] Johan Cruyff,[30] Franz Beckenbauer (Silver Ball),[31] Josef Masopust (Silver Ball),[32] Fritz Walter (Bronze Ball),[33] György Sárosi (Bronze Ball)[34] and Eusébio (Bronze Ball).[35] The FIFA website lists Sándor Kocsis as the 1954 Golden Ball winner.[36]

"World Cup (1930-2010): A Statistical Summary" book's Best Players
World Cup Winner Runner-up Third place
1930 Uruguay José Nasazzi Guillermo Stábile José Leandro Andrade
1934 Italy Giuseppe Meazza Matthias Sindelar Oldrich Nejedly
1938 France Leonidas da Silva Silvio Piola György Sárosi
1950 Brazil Zizinho Juan Alberto Schiaffino Obdulio Varela
1954 Switzerland Ferenc Puskas Sandor Kocsis Fritz Walter
1958 Sweden Didí Pelé Just Fontaine
1962 Chile Garrincha Josef Masopust Leonel Sánchez
1966 England Bobby Charlton Bobby Moore Eusébio
1970 México Pelé Gérson Gerd Müller
1974 West Germany Johan Cruyff Franz Beckenbauer Kazimierz Deyna

On August 2, 1950 the German newspaper Kicker (then Sport-Magazin) published an article, written by Dr. Friedebert Becker, in which Dr. Becker chose in his opinion the best players of the tournament.[37]

Dr. Friedebert Becker's Best Player
World Cup Winner Runner-up Third place
1950 Brazil Zizinho Alcides Ghiggia Ademir

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.[38] The FIFA website also seems to agree on Bobby Charlton winning the Golden Ball[27] and Eusébio winning the Bronze Ball.[35]

France Football – L'Équipe Best Player
World Cup Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place
1966 England Bobby Charlton Franz Beckenbauer Eusébio Valery Voronin

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.[39] The 1998 winner was awarded after the tournament ended.

Clarin’s retroactive World Cup player of the tournament (1930–1998)
World Cup Winner
1930 Uruguay José Nasazzi
1934 Italy Giuseppe Meazza
1938 France Leonidas da Silva
1950 Brazil Obdulio Varela
1954 Switzerland Ferenc Puskas
1958 Sweden Pelé
1962 Chile Garrincha
1966 England Franz Beckenbauer
1970 México Pelé
1974 West Germany Johan Cruyff
1978 Argentina Mario Kempes
1982 Spain Paolo Rossi
1986 Mexico Diego Maradona
1990 Italy Diego Maradona
1994 USA Romario
1998 France Zinedine Zidane

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,[6] under the name Golden Shoe.[5] It was rechristened Golden Boot in 2010.[40] FIFA sometimes lists the top goalscorers of previous Cups among the Golden Boot winners.[41]

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.[42][43] 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.[44]

Top Goalscorer[45][46]
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
1950 Brazil Ademir 8[lower-alpha 3] Óscar Míguez 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
1962 Chile Flórián Albert
Valentin Ivanov
Garrincha
Vavá
Dražan Jerković
Leonel Sánchez		 4 None
—
1966 England Eusébio 9 Helmut Haller 6 Valeriy Porkujan
Geoff Hurst
Ferenc Bene
Franz Beckenbauer		 4
1970 Mexico Gerd Müller 10 Jairzinho 7 Teófilo Cubillas 5
1974 West Germany Grzegorz Lato 7 Andrzej Szarmach
Johan Neeskens		 5 None
1978 Argentina[50] Mario Kempes 6 Teófilo Cubillas Rob Rensenbrink 5
Golden Shoe[41]
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[51]
1990 Italy Salvatore Schillaci 6 Tomáš Skuhravý 5 Roger Milla
Gary Lineker		 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[53] Davor Šuker 6 Gabriel Batistuta
Christian Vieri		 5 None[lower-alpha 7]
2002 South Korea/Japan[54] Ronaldo 8[lower-alpha 8] Miroslav Klose
Rivaldo		 5
2006 Germany[56] Miroslav Klose 5 Hernán Crespo 3[lower-alpha 9] Ronaldo 3[lower-alpha 9]
Golden Boot[41]
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]
Notes
  1. 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.[47]
  2. 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.[47]
  3. 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.[48][49]
  4. 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.
  5. Despite the assist tiebreaker, Salenko and Stoichkov remained tied with six goals and one assist each, and both received the Golden Shoe.[42]
  6. Romário and Andersson surpassed the other two players with five goals (Jürgen Klinsmann and Roberto Baggio) by having three assists each.[42][52]
  7. Both runners-up had the same number of assists, and each received the Silver Shoe.
  8. 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.[55]
  9. 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).[57]
  10. 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.[58]
  11. 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).[59]
  12. 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.[60]

Golden Glove

Official Award

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.[6] 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. In the event of a tie, the Golden Glove Award goes to the goalkeeper who progressed furthest in the competition.[61] The next tiebreakers are saves made, then minutes played.

Official Award
Lev Yashin Award
World Cup Lev Yashin Award
1994 United States Michel Preud'homme
1998 France Fabien Barthez
2002 South Korea/Japan Oliver Kahn
2006 Germany Gianluigi Buffon
Golden Glove
World Cup Golden Glove
2010 South Africa Iker Casillas
2014 Brazil Manuel Neuer
2018 Russia Thibaut Courtois

Rumours

There was no official best goalkeeper award for the FIFA World Cup before 1994 but some blog level websites list Golden Glove winners starting from 1930. The list seems to match the All-Star team goalkeepers from different blog level websites[62] and other unofficial All-Star teams.[63][64][65][66][67] Other more official sources support some of these picks too.[68]

Unofficial[69][70]
World Cup Golden Glove
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 Gabelo Conejo

Sergio Goycochea

FIFA Young Player Award

The FIFA Young Player Award was awarded for the first time at the 2006 World Cup in Germany and given to Germany's Lukas Podolski.[71] 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.[72]

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.[73] 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.[74]

YPA[75]
World Cup FIFA 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 South Korea/Japan Landon Donovan 20
2006 Germany Lukas Podolski[71] 21
2010 South Africa Thomas Müller[76] 20
2014 Brazil Paul Pogba[77] 21
2018 Russia Kylian Mbappé[78] 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.[79]

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.[80][81] Ever since 1994, it is simply a trophy with an elegant footballer figure.[82] 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.[83]

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

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,[84][85] the Man of the Match is since 2010 picked by an online poll on FIFA's website.[86][87]

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 Netherlands62006, 2010, 2014
Lionel Messi Argentina2010, 2014, 2018
Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal2010, 2014, 2018
4 Luis Suárez Uruguay52010, 2014, 2018
5 Eden Hazard Belgium42014, 2018
Keisuke Honda Japan2010, 2014
James Rodríguez Colombia2014, 2018
Miroslav Klose Germany2002, 2006
Park Ji-sung South Korea2002, 2006, 2010
Thomas Müller Germany2010, 2014
Wesley Sneijder Netherlands2010

By country
As of 15 July 2018

Rank Country MoM Players
1  Brazil2214
 Germany12
3  France1711
4  Spain1610
5  Argentina158
6  England1412
7  Mexico1210
 Netherlands3
9  South Korea117
 Portugal6
 United States7

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[6] starting in 1994.[40]

World Cup Most Entertaining Team Award
1994 United States  Brazil[56]
1998 France  France[56]
2002 South Korea/Japan  South Korea[88]
2006 Germany  Portugal[89]
2010 South Africa  Germany
2014 Brazil  Colombia
2018 Russia  Belgium

All-Star Team

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.[90] For 1998, 2002 and 2006, substitute and reserve members were also nominated for full squads.

Official team
MasterCard All-Star Team
World Cup Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
1994 United States[90]

Michel Preud'homme

Jorginho
Márcio Santos
Paolo Maldini

Dunga
Krasimir Balakov
Gheorghe Hagi
Tomas Brolin

Romário
Hristo Stoichkov
Roberto Baggio

1998 France[lower-alpha 1][91]

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 South Korea/Japan[lower-alpha 2][92]

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[93]

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

  1. In addition to the 16 of the All-Star Team, six reserves were listed: Edwin van der Sar, Juan Sebastián Verón, Thierry Henry, Jay-Jay Okocha, Michael Owen, and Christian Vieri
  2. In addition to the 16 of the All-Star Team, seven reserves were listed: Iker Casillas, Cafu, Dietmar Hamann, Joaquín, Hidetoshi Nakata, Landon Donovan, and Marc Wilmots

Unofficial team

FIFA published the first All-Star Team in 1938, but it never made All-Star Team again until 1990 due to ensuing complaints.[63] In January 1959, the host of 1958 tournament Swedish Federation published an All-Star Team based on 720 answers out of 1,200 experts.[64][94] 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.[95][96]

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

 No

reserves

1958 Sweden

Harry Gregg

Orvar Bergmark
Bellini
Nílton Santos

Yuriy Voynov
Horst Szymaniak

Garrincha
Didi
Raymond Kopa
Pelé
Lennart Skoglund

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,[97] it published Team of the Tournament based on statistical data of other sponsors, which evaluates players' performances. FIFA explained these are not official.[98]

Statistical Team of the Tournament
World Cup Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Standard
2010 South Africa[99]

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[100]

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[98]

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 fans' Dream Team has been voted by online poll of FIFA website, but FIFA explained this is also not official team.[98]

Dream Team
World Cup Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Manager
2010 South Africa[101]

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[102]

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[103]

Thibaut Courtois

Marcelo
Raphaël Varane
Diego Godín
Thiago Silva

Philippe Coutinho
Luka Modrić
Kevin De Bruyne

Cristiano Ronaldo
Harry Kane
Kylian Mbappé

—

Statistical teams

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.[104] 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.[105]

Selected by Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
1958 Sweden
France Football[106]

Harry Gregg

Vasilije Šijaković
Bobby Evans
Nílton Santos

Eddie Turnbull
Didi

Garrincha
Just Fontaine
Raymond Kopa
Pelé
Lennart Skoglund

1966 England
Castrol Football[107]

Gordon Banks

Ray Wilson
Bobby Moore
Wolfgang Weber
George Cohen

Helmut Haller
Franz Beckenbauer
José Augusto
Martin Peters

Eusébio
José Torres

1970 Mexico
Castrol Football[108]

Anzor Kavazashvili

Juan Mujica
Roberto Matosas
Atilio Ancheta
Luis Ubiña

Rivellino
Teófilo Cubillas
Ildo Maneiro
Jairzinho

Pelé
Gerd Müller

1974 West Germany
Castrol Football[109]

Ronnie Hellström

Ruud Krol
Wim Rijsbergen
Franz Beckenbauer
Wim Suurbier

Johan Cruyff
Kazimierz Deyna
Arie Haan
Grzegorz Lato

Johnny Rep
Gerd Müller

El Gráfico[110]

Ronnie Hellström

Paul Breitner
Franz Beckenbauer
Wim Rijsbergen
Antoni Szymanowski

Ralf Edström
Kazimierz Deyna
Johan Neeskens

Robert Gadocha
Johan Cruyff
Grzegorz Lato

1978 Argentina
Castrol Football[111]

Émerson Leão

Ruud Krol
Daniel Passarella
Gaetano Scirea
Manfred Kaltz

Wim Jansen
Arie Haan
Rainer Bonhof
Grzegorz Lato

Mario Kempes
Hans Krankl

1982 Spain
Castrol Football[112]

Józef Młynarczyk

Antonio Cabrini
Paul Breitner
Gaetano Scirea
Mick Mills

Uli Stielike
Zico
Alain Giresse
Pierre Littbarski

Paolo Rossi
Zbigniew Boniek

1986 Mexico
France Football[113]

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Eric Gerets
Karlheinz Förster
Maxime Bossis
Manuel Amoros

Lothar Matthäus
Jorge Burruchaga
Jean Tigana
Diego Maradona

Jorge Valdano
Klaus Allofs

2014 Brazil
WhoScored.com[114]

Tim Howard

Ricardo Rodriguez
Stefan de Vrij
Mats Hummels
Serge Aurier

Neymar
Miralem Pjanić
Ángel Di María
Thomas Müller

Arjen Robben
Lionel Messi

2018 Russia
WhoScored.com[115]

Kasper Schmeichel

Marcelo
Andreas Granqvist
José María Giménez
Mário Fernandes

Neymar
Kevin De Bruyne
Luka Modrić
Kieran Trippier

Eden Hazard
Harry Kane

SofaScore[116]

Thibaut Courtois

Marcelo
Andreas Granqvist
John Stones
Kieran Trippier

Kevin De Bruyne
Antoine Griezmann
Luka Modrić

Eden Hazard
Harry Kane
Kylian Mbappé

Selections by media

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.

All-Star Team
Selected by Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
1950 Brazil
Sport-Magazin[37]

Roque Máspoli

Matías González
Juvenal

Billy Wright
Obdulio Varela
Víctor Rodríguez Andrade

Alcides Ghiggia
Zizinho
Ademir de Menezes
Jair
Agustín Gaínza

Mundo Esportivo[37][117]

Moacir Barbosa

Matías González
Juvenal

Bauer
Obdulio Varela
Víctor Rodríguez Andrade

Alcides Ghiggia
Zizinho
Ademir de Menezes
Rajko Mitić
Tom Finney

1954 Switzerland
Mundo Esportivo[118]

Vladimir Beara

Djalma Santos
William Martínez
Billy Wright

Ernst Ocwirk
József Bozsik

Julinho
Sándor Kocsis
Nándor Hidegkuti
Juan Alberto Schiaffino
Hans Schäfer

1958 Sweden
France Football[106]

Harry Gregg

Orvar Bergmark
Hilderaldo Bellini
Nílton Santos

Danny Blanchflower
Didi

Garrincha
Just Fontaine
Raymond Kopa
Pelé
Lennart Skoglund

Gabriel Hanot[106]

Lev Yashin

Djalma Santos
Hilderaldo Bellini
Nílton Santos

Yuriy Voynov
Didi

Garrincha
Just Fontaine
Raymond Kopa
Pelé
Jean Vincent

1962 Chile
France Football[66]

Viliam Schrojf

Luis Eyzaguirre
Emilio Álvarez
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
Ladislav Novák

Dragoslav Šekularac
Zito

Garrincha
Uwe Seeler
Viktor Ponedelnik
Mário Zagallo

1966 England
Associated Press[65]

Gordon Banks

Djalma Santos
Willi Schulz
Bobby Moore
Silvio Marzolini

Franz Beckenbauer
Bobby Charlton
Valery Voronin

Ferenc Bene
Eusébio
António Simões

Estadio[67]

Gordon Banks

Vladimir Ponomaryov
Jack Charlton
Bobby Moore
Silvio Marzolini

Flórián Albert
Bobby Charlton
Franz Beckenbauer

Geoff Hurst
Eusébio
António Simões

El Gráfico[67]

Gordon Banks

Roberto Ferreiro
Jack Charlton
Bobby Moore
Silvio Marzolini

Bobby Charlton
Franz Beckenbauer

Ferenc Bene
Uwe Seeler
Flórián Albert
António Simões

1974 West Germany
Estadio[119]

Sepp Maier

Berti Vogts
Elías Figueroa
Franz Beckenbauer
Paul Breitner

Wim Jansen
Johan Neeskens
Wolfgang Overath

Grzegorz Lato
Johan Cruyff
Robert Gadocha

English

and Italian journalists[120]

Jan Tomaszewski

Paul Breitner
Wim Rijsbergen
Franz Beckenbauer
Marinho Chagas

Johan Neeskens
Wolfgang Overath
Kazimierz Deyna

Grzegorz Lato
Johan Cruyff
Robert Gadocha

De Volkskrant[121]

Ronnie Hellström

Enrique Wolff
Luís Pereira
Franz Beckenbauer
Ruud Krol

Johan Neeskens
Kazimierz Deyna
Willem van Hanegem

Rubén Ayala
Johan Cruyff
Robert Gadocha

1978 Argentina
Goles[122]

Ubaldo Fillol

Toninho
Ruud Krol
Daniel Passarella
Antonio Cabrini

Zbigniew Boniek
Romeo Benetti
Mario Kempes

Franco Causio
Leopoldo Luque
Rob Rensenbrink

Guerin Sportivo[123]

Ubaldo Fillol

Claudio Gentile
Amaral
Daniel Passarella
Antonio Cabrini

Arie Haan
Mario Kempes
Dirceu

Hans Krankl
Paolo Rossi
Rob Rensenbrink

Crónica and

El Mercurio[123]

Ubaldo Fillol

Robert Sara
Ruud Krol
Gaetano Scirea
Antonio Cabrini

Kazimierz Deyna
Romeo Benetti
Teófilo Cubillas

Franco Causio
Roberto Bettega
Leopoldo Luque

Enzo Bearzot[123]

Ubaldo Fillol

Toninho
Marius Trésor
Daniel Passarella
Maxime Bossis

Sándor Pintér
Batista
Arie Haan
Dirceu

Hans Krankl
Mario Kempes

La Prensa[123]

Émerson Leão

Toninho
Ruud Krol
Amaral
Antonio Cabrini

Kazimierz Deyna
Osvaldo Ardiles
Mario Kempes

Daniel Bertoni
Paolo Rossi
Roberto Bettega

Clarín[123]

Ubaldo Fillol

Toninho
Ruud Krol
Mauro Bellugi
Alberto Tarantini

Johan Neeskens
Américo Gallego
Mario Kempes

Franco Causio
Leopoldo Luque
Rob Rensenbrink

La Razón[123]

Ubaldo Fillol

Berti Vogts
Ruud Krol
Daniel Passarella
Antonio Cabrini

Dirceu
Romeo Benetti
Mario Kempes

Franco Causio
Paolo Rossi
Rob Rensenbrink

El País[123]

Ubaldo Fillol

Berti Vogts
Marius Trésor
Daniel Passarella

Arie Haan
Dirceu
René van de Kerkhof
Mario Kempes

Témime Lahzami
Paolo Rossi
Roberto Bettega

Pelé[124]

Ubaldo Fillol

Robert Sara
Ruud Krol
Daniel Passarella
Antonio Cabrini

Batista
Michel Platini
Mario Kempes

Franco Causio
Paolo Rossi
Rob Rensenbrink

1982 Spain
Guerin Sportivo[125]

Dino Zoff

Claudio Gentile
Sergei Baltacha
Daniel Passarella
Júnior

Falcão
Alain Giresse
Zbigniew Boniek

Bruno Conti
Paolo Rossi
Éder

Pelé[113]

Rinat Dasayev

Claudio Gentile
Daniel Passarella
Gaetano Scirea
Júnior

Falcão
Alain Giresse
Diego Maradona

Bruno Conti
Paolo Rossi
Zbigniew Boniek

El Gráfico[126]

Dino Zoff

Leandro
Uli Stielike
Daniel Passarella
Júnior

Osvaldo Ardiles
Alain Giresse
Falcão

Bruno Conti
Paolo Rossi
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

L'Équipe[127]

Dino Zoff

Claudio Gentile
Karlheinz Förster
Marius Trésor
Antonio Cabrini

Toninho Cerezo
Marco Tardelli
Falcão
Alain Giresse
Zico

Paolo Rossi

Mundo Deportivo[127]

Rinat Dasayev

Claudio Gentile
Fulvio Collovati
Uli Stielike
Júnior

Falcão
Sócrates
Zbigniew Boniek
Giancarlo Antognoni

Bruno Conti
Paolo Rossi

La Gazzetta dello Sport[128]

Dino Zoff

Claudio Gentile
Gaetano Scirea
Fulvio Collovati
Júnior

Falcão
Toninho Cerezo
Zbigniew Boniek

Bruno Conti
Paolo Rossi
Pierre Littbarski

Estadio[128]

Rinat Dasayev

Claudio Gentile
Fulvio Collovati
Gaetano Scirea
Antonio Cabrini

Falcão
Marco Tardelli
Alain Giresse
Bruno Conti

Paolo Rossi
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Don Balón[128]

Rinat Dasayev

Eric Gerets
Gaetano Scirea
Daniel Passarella
Júnior

Falcão
Alain Giresse
Michel Platini
Bruno Conti

Paolo Rossi
Zbigniew Boniek

Roberto Bettega[129]

Rinat Dasayev

Eric Gerets
Karlheinz Förster
Daniel Passarella
Júnior

Falcão
Steve Coppell
Osvaldo Ardiles
Michel Platini
Zico

Zbigniew Boniek

Eugenio Bersellini[129]

Rinat Dasayev

Claudio Gentile
Miguel Tendillo
Gaetano Scirea
Júnior

Falcão
Pierre Littbarski
Zico
Diego Maradona

Paolo Rossi
Éder

Giovanni Trapattoni[129]

Rinat Dasayev

Eric Gerets
Karlheinz Förster
Daniel Passarella
Júnior

Falcão
Pierre Littbarski
Sócrates
Michel Platini

Zbigniew Boniek
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Massimo Giacomini[129]

Dino Zoff

Claudio Gentile
Fulvio Collovati
Gaetano Scirea
Antonio Cabrini

Falcão
Bruno Conti
Marco Tardelli
Michel Platini

Paolo Rossi
Zbigniew Boniek

Sandro Mazzola[129]

Dino Zoff

Claudio Gentile
Fulvio Collovati
Gaetano Scirea
Júnior

Gabriele Oriali
Bruno Conti
Michel Platini
Pierre Littbarski

Paolo Rossi
Zbigniew Boniek

Paolo Carosi[129]

Dino Zoff

Claudio Gentile
Karlheinz Förster
Gaetano Scirea
Antonio Cabrini

Falcão
Bruno Conti
Alain Giresse

Zbigniew Boniek
Paolo Rossi
Oleg Blokhin

1986 Mexico
Kicker[113]

Toni Schumacher

Josimar
Morten Olsen
Karlheinz Förster

Jorge Burruchaga
Lothar Matthäus
Elzo Coelho
Luis Fernandez
Stéphane Demol

Igor Belanov
Diego Maradona

El Gráfico[130]

Nery Pumpido

Manuel Amoros
Morten Olsen
Oscar Ruggeri
Julio Alberto

Elzo Coelho
Luis Fernandez
Jorge Burruchaga
Diego Maradona

Preben Elkjær
Careca

Guerin Sportivo[125]

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Josimar
Morten Olsen
Júlio César
Hans-Peter Briegel

Fernando De Napoli
Søren Lerby
Diego Maradona

Ivan Yaremchuk
Careca
Preben Elkjær

La Gazzetta dello Sport[125]

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Eric Gerets
Júlio César
Morten Olsen
Manuel Amoros

Míchel
Felix Magath
Jan Ceulemans

Preben Elkjær
Diego Maradona
Gary Lineker

La Stampa[131]

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Josimar
Karlheinz Förster
José Luis Brown
Manuel Amoros

Jorge Burruchaga
Pavlo Yakovenko
Jan Ceulemans
Lothar Matthäus

Igor Belanov
Diego Maradona

1990 Italy
La Gazzetta dello Sport[113]

Sergio Goycochea

Giuseppe Bergomi
Jürgen Kohler
Franco Baresi
Andreas Brehme

Ivan Hašek
Dragan Stojković
Lothar Matthäus
Enzo Scifo
Rafael Martín Vázquez

Salvatore Schillaci

El Gráfico[130]

Sergio Goycochea

Giuseppe Bergomi
Franco Baresi
Klaus Augenthaler
Andreas Brehme

Mark Wright
Lothar Matthäus
Paul Gascoigne
Diego Maradona

Jürgen Klinsmann
Salvatore Schillaci

Associated Press[130]

Gabelo Conejo

Jorginho
Franco Baresi
Des Walker
Andreas Brehme

Míchel
Diego Maradona
Lothar Matthäus
Enzo Scifo

Jürgen Klinsmann
Salvatore Schillaci

Deporte Gráfico[125]

Sergio Goycochea

Paul Parker
Thomas Berthold
Franco Baresi
Andreas Brehme

Paul Gascoigne
Enzo Scifo
Lothar Matthäus
Dragan Stojković

Salvatore Schillaci
Jürgen Klinsmann

Sportivo Sur[113]

Gabelo Conejo

Giuseppe Bergomi
Franco Baresi
Jürgen Kohler
Andreas Brehme

Roberto Donadoni
Paul Gascoigne
Lothar Matthäus
Dragan Stojković

Rudi Völler
Salvatore Schillaci

Jimmy Greaves[132]

Peter Shilton

André Kana-Biyik
Mark Wright
Franco Baresi
Andreas Brehme

Dragan Stojković
Lothar Matthäus
Paul Gascoigne
Enzo Scifo

Jürgen Klinsmann
Salvatore Schillaci

Match[132]

Hans van Breukelen

Paul Parker
Mark Wright
Guido Buchwald
Hany Ramzy
Andreas Brehme

Rafael Martín Vázquez
Paul Gascoigne
Enzo Scifo

Rudi Völler
Salvatore Schillaci

Fußball Woche[96]

Gabelo Conejo

Jorginho
Guido Buchwald
Franco Baresi
Des Walker
Andreas Brehme

Paul Gascoigne
Lothar Matthäus
Dragan Stojković

Salvatore Schillaci
Tomáš Skuhravý

Don Balón[133]

Andoni Zubizarreta

José Serrizuela
Emmanuel Kundé
Franco Baresi
Andreas Brehme

Lothar Matthäus
Dragan Stojković
Diego Maradona
Paul Gascoigne

Jürgen Klinsmann
Salvatore Schillaci

Placar[134]

Sergio Goycochea

Stephen Tataw
Franco Baresi
Guido Buchwald
Andreas Brehme

Lothar Matthäus
Paul Gascoigne
Diego Maradona
Thomas Häßler

Salvatore Schillaci
Roger Milla

Guerin Sportivo[125]

Jan Stejskal

Paul Parker
Franco Baresi
Jürgen Kohler
Andreas Brehme

Dragan Stojković
Lothar Matthäus
Alemão
Paul Gascoigne

Claudio Caniggia
Salvatore Schillaci

Pichi Alonso[135]

Bodo Illgner

Paul Parker
Franco Baresi
Des Walker
Michel De Wolf

Roberto Donadoni
Lothar Matthäus
Paul Gascoigne
Valdo

Salvatore Schillaci
François Omam-Biyik

1994 United States
La Stampa[136]

Michel Preud'homme

Albert Ferrer
Alessandro Costacurta
Aldair
Paolo Maldini

Dino Baggio
Gheorghe Hagi

Yordan Letchkov
Romário
Roberto Baggio
Tomas Brolin

El Gráfico[113]

Cláudio Taffarel

Antonio Benarrivo
Aldair
Paolo Maldini
Sergi

Tomas Brolin
Mauro Silva
Gheorghe Hagi

Roberto Baggio
Hristo Stoichkov
Romário

Shoot![137]

Michel Preud'homme

Paolo Maldini
Jorginho
Márcio Santos

Gheorghe Hagi
Dunga
Tomas Brolin
Krasimir Balakov

Hristo Stoichkov
Romário
Roberto Baggio

1998 France
La Stampa[138]

José Luis Chilavert

Cafu
Lilian Thuram
Marcel Desailly
Robert Jarni

Edgar Davids
Zinedine Zidane
Didier Deschamps
Emmanuel Petit

Davor Šuker
Michael Owen

2014 Brazil
Johan Cruyff[139]

Manuel Neuer

Pablo Zabaleta
Thiago Silva
Mats Hummels
Marcelo

Arjen Robben
Toni Kroos
Eden Hazard

Lionel Messi
Robin van Persie
Neymar

BBC Sport[140]

Manuel Neuer

Philipp Lahm
Giancarlo González
Mats Hummels
Daley Blind

Arjen Robben
Javier Mascherano
Toni Kroos
James Rodríguez

Lionel Messi
Thomas Müller

2018 Russia
Süddeutsche Zeitung[141]

Thibaut Courtois

Raphaël Varane
Diego Godín
Yerry Mina

Eden Hazard
Luka Modrić
N'Golo Kanté
Denis Cheryshev

Kylian Mbappé
Harry Kane
Ivan Perišić

Kicker[141]

Thibaut Courtois

Andreas Granqvist
Raphaël Varane
Yerry Mina

Kevin De Bruyne
N'Golo Kanté
Luka Modrić
Ivan Rakitić
Eden Hazard

Kylian Mbappé
Antoine Griezmann

Diario AS[142]

Thibaut Courtois

Raphaël Varane
Samuel Umtiti
Lucas Hernandez

Luka Modrić
N'Golo Kanté
Kevin De Bruyne
Ivan Rakitić

Kylian Mbappé
Antoine Griezmann
Eden Hazard

Marca[143]

Thibaut Courtois

Thomas Meunier
Raphaël Varane
Samuel Umtiti
Lucas Hernandez

N'Golo Kanté
Luka Modrić
Eden Hazard

Kylian Mbappé
Romelu Lukaku
Antoine Griezmann

Rumors

Until 1990, FIFA did not publish the All-Star Team, but some blog level websites put up the list of best teams from 1930 edition to 1990 edition. According to them, a technical study group consisting of journalists - mostly from Europe and South America - and experts has historically chosen the team. However, this list lacks reliable sources to be recognized as awards. FIFA website mentioned Djalma Santos (1954, 1958, 1962),[144] Franz Beckenbauer (1966, 1970, 1974),[144][145] and Elías Figueroa (1974) as winners among the list, but it did not announce all winners.[145]

Sporting99.com selection[62]
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
Zizinho
Ademir
Jair
Juan Alberto Schiaffino

1954 Switzerland

Gyula Grosics

Ernst Ocwirk
Djalma Santos
José Santamaría

Fritz Walter
József Bozsik

Helmut Rahn
Nándor Hidegkuti
Ferenc Puskás
Sándor Kocsis
Zoltán Czibor

1958 Sweden

Harry Gregg

Djalma Santos
Bellini
Nílton Santos

Danny Blanchflower
Didi

Pelé
Garrincha
Just Fontaine
Gunnar Gren
Raymond Kopa

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

Goal of the Tournament

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

World Cup Player Scored against Score (1) Result (1) Round Source
2006 Germany Maxi Rodríguez  Mexico 2‒1 2‒1 Round of 16 [146]
2010 South Africa Diego Forlán  Germany 2‒1 2‒3 Third place match
2014 Brazil James Rodríguez  Uruguay 1‒0 2‒0 Round of 16
2018 Russia Benjamin Pavard  Argentina 2‒2 4‒3 Round of 16
  • (1) First number represents players team, while second number represents opponents team

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