FIFA World Cup awards

FIFA 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

FIFA World Cup awards

• There are currently five post-tournament awards from the FIFA Technical Study Group: • the Golden Ball (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Ball") for best player, first awarded in (/wiki/1982FIFAWorldCup). • 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 (/wiki/1994FIFAWorldCup); • 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 (/wiki/2006FIFAWorldCup); • the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team that advanced to the second round with the best record of fair play, first awarded in (/wiki/1970FIFAWorldCup). • 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 (/wiki/2002FIFAWorldCup). • 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 (/wiki/2006FIFAWorldCup); • 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: • 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

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Lionel Messi, captain of Argentina, only player to win the award twice (2014, 2022).

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. 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. 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.

Official winners (1982–present)

World Cup	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
1982 Spain	Paolo Rossi	Falcão	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
1986 Mexico	Diego Maradona	Toni 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

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 (1978 Argentina)

A group of journalists and experts selected the best player of the 1978 tournament, and their selection is recognised by the FIFA website. FIFA recognises only this selection besides the Golden Ball award. Hans Krankl received the same number of votes as Dirceu at the time, and was not chosen as the third best player by FIFA later.

Winner	Runner-up	Third place
Mario Kempes	Paolo Rossi	Dirceu

Media's selections (1930–1974)

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, and it gained the most attention among experts' selections about the best players until 1978. This work is part of the official FIFA library. A considerable number of other media agreed with him.

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

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.

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.

<table><thead><tr><th>World Cup</th><th>Medium</th><th>First place</th><th>Second place</th><th>Third place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1930 Uruguay</td><td>ESPN Deportes</td><td>José Nasazzi</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>World Cup: A Statistical Summary</td><td>José Nasazzi</td><td>Guillermo Stábile</td><td>José Leandro Andrade</td></tr><tr><td>Clarín</td><td>José Nasazzi</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>1934 Italy</td><td>ESPN Deportes</td><td>Raimundo Orsi</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>World Cup: A Statistical Summary</td><td>Giuseppe Meazza</td><td>Matthias Sindelar</td><td>Oldrich Nejedly</td></tr><tr><td>Clarín</td><td>Giuseppe Meazza</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>1938 France</td><td>ESPN Deportes</td><td>Giuseppe Meazza</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>World Cup: A Statistical Summary</td><td>Leônidas</td><td>Silvio Piola</td><td>György Sárosi</td></tr><tr><td>Clarín</td><td>Leônidas</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>1950 Brazil</td><td>Sport-Magazin</td><td>Zizinho</td><td>Alcides Ghiggia</td><td>Ademir</td></tr><tr><td>ESPN Deportes</td><td>Obdulio Varela</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>World Cup: A Statistical Summary</td><td>Zizinho</td><td>Juan Alberto Schiaffino</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Clarín</td><td>Obdulio Varela</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>1954 Switzerland</td><td>ESPN Deportes</td><td>Ferenc Puskás</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>World Cup: A Statistical Summary</td><td>Ferenc Puskás</td><td>Sándor Kocsis</td><td>Fritz Walter</td></tr><tr><td>Clarín</td><td>Ferenc Puskás</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>1958 Sweden</td><td>ESPN Deportes</td><td>Pelé</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>World Cup: A Statistical Summary</td><td>Didi</td><td>Pelé</td><td>Just Fontaine</td></tr><tr><td>El Gráfico</td><td>Pelé</td><td>Garrincha</td><td>Vavá</td></tr><tr><td>Clarín</td><td>Pelé</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>1962 Chile</td><td>ESPN Deportes</td><td>Garrincha</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>World Cup: A Statistical Summary</td><td>Garrincha</td><td>Josef Masopust</td><td>Leonel Sánchez</td></tr><tr><td>Clarín</td><td>Garrincha</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>1966 England</td><td>France Football and L'Équipe</td><td>Bobby Charlton</td><td>Franz Beckenbauer</td><td>Eusébio</td></tr><tr><td>ESPN Deportes</td><td>Bobby Charlton</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>World Cup: A Statistical Summary</td><td>Bobby Charlton</td><td>Bobby Moore</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>Sofascore</td><td>Eusébio</td><td>Helmut Haller</td><td>Ferenc Bene</td></tr><tr><td>Castrol Football</td><td>Franz Beckenbauer</td><td>Helmut Haller</td><td>Martin Peters</td></tr><tr><td>Clarín</td><td>Franz Beckenbauer</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>1970 Mexico</td><td>ESPN Deportes</td><td>Pelé</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>World Cup: A Statistical Summary</td><td>Pelé</td><td>Gérson</td><td>Gerd Müller</td></tr><tr><td>Sofascore</td><td>Gerd Müller</td><td>Pelé</td><td>Rivellino</td></tr><tr><td>Castrol Football</td><td>Gerd Müller</td><td>Jairzinho</td><td>Pelé</td></tr><tr><td>Clarín</td><td>Pelé</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>1974 West Germany</td><td>ESPN Deportes</td><td>Johan Cruyff</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>World Cup: A Statistical Summary</td><td>Johan Cruyff</td><td>Franz Beckenbauer</td><td>Kazimierz Deyna</td></tr><tr><td>Sofascore</td><td>Johan Cruyff</td><td>Kazimierz Deyna</td><td>Ronnie Hellström</td></tr><tr><td>Castrol Football</td><td>Johan Cruyff</td><td>Grzegorz Lato</td><td>Kazimierz Deyna</td></tr><tr><td>Clarín</td><td>Johan Cruyff</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Golden Boot

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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 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
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	Edmund Conen Angelo Schiavio	4	None	—
1938 France	Leônidas	7	György Sárosi Gyula Zsengellér Silvio Piola	5	None	—
1950 Brazil	Ademir	9	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	Mario Kempes	6	Teófilo Cubillas	5	Rob Rensenbrink	5
Golden Shoe
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
1990 Italy	Salvatore Schillaci	6	Tomáš Skuhravý	5	Gary Lineker Roger Milla	4
1994 United States	Oleg Salenko Hristo Stoichkov	6	None	—	Kennet Andersson Romário	5
1998 France	Davor Šuker	6	Gabriel Batistuta Christian Vieri	5	None
2002 South Korea/Japan	Ronaldo	8	Miroslav Klose Rivaldo	5
2006 Germany	Miroslav Klose	5	Hernán Crespo	3	Ronaldo	3
Golden Boot
World Cup	Golden Boot	Goals	Silver Boot	Goals	Bronze Boot	Goals
2010 South Africa	Thomas Müller	5	David Villa	5	Wesley Sneijder	5
2014 Brazil	James Rodríguez	6	Thomas Müller	5	Neymar	4
2018 Russia	Harry Kane	6	Antoine Griezmann	4	Romelu Lukaku	4
2022 Qatar	Kylian Mbappé	8	Lionel Messi	7	Olivier Giroud	4
Notes

Golden Glove

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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. 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.

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

FIFA Young Player Award

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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. 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, 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.

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

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	21	Second-Striker
2010 South Africa	Thomas Müller	20	Second-Striker
2014 Brazil	Paul Pogba	21	Centre-Midfielder
2018 Russia	Kylian Mbappé	19	Right-Winger
2022 Qatar	Enzo Fernández	21	Centre-Midfielder

FIFA Fair Play Trophy

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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 was 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.

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

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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, since 2010, Player of the Match is picked by an online poll on FIFA's website.

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

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
Guillermo Ochoa	3	2014, 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

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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 starting in 1994.

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

All-Star Team

Official winners (1994–2006)

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

<table><thead><tr><th>World Cup</th><th>Goalkeepers</th><th>Defenders</th><th>Midfielders</th><th>Forwards</th><th>Reserves</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1994 United States</td><td>Michel Preud'homme</td><td>Jorginho Márcio Santos Paolo Maldini</td><td>Dunga Krasimir Balakov Gheorghe Hagi Tomas Brolin</td><td>Romário Hristo Stoichkov Roberto Baggio</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>1998 France</td><td>Fabien Barthez José Luis Chilavert</td><td>Roberto Carlos Marcel Desailly Lilian Thuram Frank de Boer Carlos Gamarra</td><td>Dunga Rivaldo Michael Laudrup Zinedine Zidane Edgar Davids</td><td>Ronaldo Davor Šuker Brian Laudrup Dennis Bergkamp</td><td>Edwin van der Sar Juan Sebastián Verón Thierry Henry Jay-Jay Okocha Michael Owen Christian Vieri</td></tr><tr><td>2002 South Korea/Japan</td><td>Oliver Kahn Rüştü Reçber</td><td>Roberto Carlos Sol Campbell Fernando Hierro Hong Myung-bo Alpay Özalan</td><td>Rivaldo Ronaldinho Michael Ballack Claudio Reyna Yoo Sang-chul</td><td>Ronaldo Miroslav Klose El Hadji Diouf Hasan Şaş</td><td>Iker Casillas Cafu Dietmar Hamann Joaquín Hidetoshi Nakata Landon Donovan Marc Wilmots</td></tr><tr><td>2006 Germany</td><td>Gianluigi Buffon Jens Lehmann Ricardo</td><td>Roberto Ayala John Terry Lilian Thuram Philipp Lahm Fabio Cannavaro Gianluca Zambrotta Ricardo Carvalho</td><td>Zé Roberto Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane Michael Ballack Andrea Pirlo Gennaro Gattuso Luís Figo Maniche</td><td>Hernán Crespo Thierry Henry Miroslav Klose Luca Toni Francesco Totti</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

Other 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. 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.

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 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.

1930 Uruguay

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
ESPN Deportes	Milovan Jakšić	Milutin Ivković José Nasazzi	Álvaro Gestido Luis Monti José Leandro Andrade	Pedro Cea Manuel Ferreira Guillermo Stábile Héctor Scarone Héctor Castro

1934 Italy

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
ESPN Deportes	Ricardo Zamora	Eraldo Monzeglio Jacinto Quincoces	Leonardo Cilaurren Luis Monti Franz Wagner	Raimundo Orsi Giuseppe Meazza Oldřich Nejedlý Matthias Sindelar Enrique Guaita
Lucien Gamblin	František Plánička	Karl Sesta Jacinto Quincoces	Puck van Heel György Szűcs Franz Wagner	Raimundo Orsi Oldřich Nejedlý Isidro Lángara Luis Regueiro Enrique Guaita

Unofficial winners (1938 France)

FIFA published the first All-Star Team in 1938, but it never made All-Star Team again until 1990 due to ensuing complaints.

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
František Plánička	Domingos da Guia Pietro Rava	Zezé Procópio Michele Andreolo Ugo Locatelli	Arne Nyberg Giuseppe Meazza Leônidas György Sárosi Pál Titkos

1950 Brazil

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Sport-Magazin	Roque Máspoli	Juvenal Matías González	Víctor Rodríguez Andrade Obdulio Varela Billy Wright	Agustín Gaínza Jair Ademir Zizinho Alcides Ghiggia
Mundo Esportivo	Moacir Barbosa	Juvenal Matías González	Víctor Rodríguez Andrade Obdulio Varela Bauer	Tom Finney Rajko Mitić Ademir Zizinho Alcides Ghiggia
ESPN Deportes	Antoni Ramallets	Eusebio Tejera Matías González Bauer	Antonio Puchades Obdulio Varela	Agustín Gaínza Zizinho Ademir Juan Alberto Schiaffino Alcides Ghiggia
O Globo Sportivo	Kalle Svensson	Juvenal Matías González	Víctor Rodríguez Andrade Obdulio Varela Bauer	Chico Karl-Erik Palmér Ademir Julio Pérez Alcides Ghiggia

1954 Switzerland

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Mundo Esportivo	Vladimir Beara	Billy Wright William Martínez Djalma Santos	József Bozsik Ernst Ocwirk	Hans Schäfer Juan Alberto Schiaffino Nándor Hidegkuti Sándor Kocsis Julinho
El Gráfico	Gyula Grosics	William Martínez Djalma Santos	Bauer Obdulio Varela József Bozsik	Carlos Borges Ferenc Puskás Nándor Hidegkuti Sándor Kocsis Julinho
ESPN Deportes	Gyula Grosics	Víctor Rodríguez Andrade José Santamaría József Bozsik	Fritz Walter Obdulio Varela Nándor Hidegkuti	Mihály Tóth Ferenc Puskás Sándor Kocsis Zoltán Czibor
RCS MediaGroup	Gyula Grosics	Werner Liebrich Obdulio Varela José Santamaría	Víctor Rodríguez Andrade József Bozsik	Zoltán Czibor Sándor Kocsis Nándor Hidegkuti Fritz Walter Helmut Rahn

Unofficial winners (1958 Sweden)

In January 1959, host Swedish Football Association published an All-Star Team based on 720 answers out of 1,200 experts.

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Harry Gregg	Orvar Bergmark Bellini Nílton Santos	Yuriy Voynov Horst Szymaniak	Garrincha Didi Raymond Kopa Pelé Lennart Skoglund

1962 Chile

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
France Football	Viliam Schrojf	Ladislav Novák Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Emilio Álvarez Luis Eyzaguirre	Zito Dragoslav Šekularac	Mário Zagallo Viktor Ponedelnik Uwe Seeler Garrincha
ESPN Deportes	Viliam Schrojf	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Mauro Ramos Zito Djalma Santos	Amarildo Josef Masopust Valery Voronin	Josip Skoblar Vavá Garrincha
RCS MediaGroup	Gilmar	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Mauro Ramos Djalma Santos	Josef Masopust Zito Valery Voronin	Paco Gento Amarildo Helmut Haller Garrincha

1966 England

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Associated Press	Gordon Banks	Silvio Marzolini Bobby Moore Willi Schulz Djalma Santos	Valery Voronin Bobby Charlton Franz Beckenbauer	António Simões Eusébio Ferenc Bene
Estadio	Gordon Banks	Silvio Marzolini Bobby Moore Jack Charlton Vladimir Ponomaryov	Franz Beckenbauer Bobby Charlton Flórián Albert	António Simões Eusébio Geoff Hurst
SportGráfico	Gordon Banks	Silvio Marzolini Bobby Moore Jack Charlton Roberto Ferreiro	Franz Beckenbauer Bobby Charlton	António Simões Flórián Albert Uwe Seeler Ferenc Bene
ESPN Deportes	Gordon Banks	Silvio Marzolini Franz Beckenbauer Bobby Moore Horst-Dieter Höttges	Bobby Charlton Helmut Haller	António Simões Geoff Hurst Eusébio Ferenc Bene
Castrol Football	Gordon Banks	Ray Wilson Bobby Moore Wolfgang Weber George Cohen	Helmut Haller Franz Beckenbauer José Augusto Martin Peters	Eusébio José Torres
Sofascore	Ladislao Mazurkiewicz	Bobby Moore Shin Yung-kyoo Jack Charlton	Martin Peters Bobby Charlton Franz Beckenbauer Helmut Haller	Eusébio Uwe Seeler Ferenc Bene
RCS MediaGroup	Gordon Banks	Silvio Marzolini Bobby Moore George Cohen	Mário Coluna Valery Voronin Franz Beckenbauer Wolfgang Overath	Geoff Hurst Eusébio Bobby Charlton
Le Miroir des sports [fr]	Lev Yashin	Silvio Marzolini Willi Schulz Jack Charlton George Cohen	Bobby Charlton Franz Beckenbauer	Igor Chislenko Flórián Albert Eusébio Ferenc Bene

1970 Mexico

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
ESPN Deportes	Ladislao Mazurkiewicz	Giacinto Facchetti Franz Beckenbauer Wilson Piazza Carlos Alberto Torres	Gérson Clodoaldo	Rivellino Pelé Gerd Müller Jairzinho
Castrol Football	Anzor Kavazashvili	Juan Mujica Roberto Matosas Atilio Ancheta Luis Ubiña	Rivellino Teófilo Cubillas Ildo Maneiro Jairzinho	Pelé Gerd Müller
Sofascore	Enrico Albertosi	Javier Guzmán Bobby Moore Franz Beckenbauer	Rivellino Teófilo Cubillas Gérson Jairzinho	Pelé Gerd Müller Uwe Seeler

1974 West Germany

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Estadio	Sepp Maier	Paul Breitner Franz Beckenbauer Elías Figueroa Berti Vogts	Wolfgang Overath Johan Neeskens Wim Jansen	Robert Gadocha Johan Cruyff Grzegorz Lato
English and Italian journalists	Jan Tomaszewski	Marinho Chagas Franz Beckenbauer Wim Rijsbergen Paul Breitner	Kazimierz Deyna Wolfgang Overath Johan Neeskens	Robert Gadocha Johan Cruyff Grzegorz Lato
De Volkskrant	Ronnie Hellström	Ruud Krol Franz Beckenbauer Luís Pereira Enrique Wolff	Willem van Hanegem Kazimierz Deyna Johan Neeskens	Robert Gadocha Johan Cruyff Rubén Ayala
Jornal dos Sports	Ronnie Hellström	Paul Breitner Franz Beckenbauer Elías Figueroa Luís Pereira	Johan Neeskens Billy Bremner	Robert Gadocha Gerd Müller Johan Cruyff Grzegorz Lato
El Gráfico	Ronnie Hellström	Paul Breitner Franz Beckenbauer Wim Rijsbergen Antoni Szymanowski	Ralf Edström Kazimierz Deyna Johan Neeskens	Robert Gadocha Johan Cruyff Grzegorz Lato
József Hoffer	Sepp Maier	Paul Breitner Franz Beckenbauer Luís Pereira Wim Suurbier	Carlos Babington Johan Cruyff Kazimierz Deyna	Robert Gadocha Gerd Müller Grzegorz Lato
ESPN Deportes	Jan Tomaszewski	Marinho Chagas Wim Suurbier Franz Beckenbauer Berti Vogts	Branko Oblak Johan Neeskens Kazimierz Deyna Rob Rensenbrink	Grzegorz Lato Johan Cruyff
Castrol Football	Ronnie Hellström	Ruud Krol Wim Rijsbergen Franz Beckenbauer Wim Suurbier	Johan Cruyff Kazimierz Deyna Arie Haan Grzegorz Lato	Johnny Rep Gerd Müller
Sofascore	Ronnie Hellström	Paul Breitner Luís Pereira Franz Beckenbauer Antoni Szymanowski	Kazimierz Deyna Rainer Bonhof Johan Neeskens	Ralf Edström Johan Cruyff Grzegorz Lato

1978 Argentina

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Goles	Ubaldo Fillol	Antonio Cabrini Daniel Passarella Ruud Krol Toninho	Mario Kempes Romeo Benetti Zbigniew Boniek	Rob Rensenbrink Leopoldo Luque Franco Causio
Guerin Sportivo	Ubaldo Fillol	Antonio Cabrini Daniel Passarella Amaral Claudio Gentile	Dirceu Mario Kempes Arie Haan	Rob Rensenbrink Paolo Rossi Hans Krankl
Crónica and El Mercurio	Ubaldo Fillol	Antonio Cabrini Gaetano Scirea Ruud Krol Robert Sara	Teófilo Cubillas Romeo Benetti Kazimierz Deyna	Roberto Bettega Leopoldo Luque Franco Causio
Enzo Bearzot	Ubaldo Fillol	Maxime Bossis Daniel Passarella Marius Trésor Toninho	Arie Haan Dirceu Batista Sándor Pintér	Mario Kempes Hans Krankl
La Prensa	Émerson Leão	Antonio Cabrini Amaral Ruud Krol Toninho	Mario Kempes Osvaldo Ardiles Kazimierz Deyna	Roberto Bettega Paolo Rossi Daniel Bertoni
Clarín	Ubaldo Fillol	Alberto Tarantini Mauro Bellugi Ruud Krol Toninho	Mario Kempes Américo Gallego Johan Neeskens	Rob Rensenbrink Leopoldo Luque Franco Causio
La Razón	Ubaldo Fillol	Antonio Cabrini Daniel Passarella Ruud Krol Berti Vogts	Mario Kempes Romeo Benetti Dirceu	Rob Rensenbrink Paolo Rossi Franco Causio
El País	Ubaldo Fillol	Arie Haan Daniel Passarella Marius Trésor Berti Vogts	Mario Kempes René van de Kerkhof Dirceu	Roberto Bettega Paolo Rossi Témime Lahzami
Pelé	Ubaldo Fillol	Antonio Cabrini Daniel Passarella Ruud Krol Robert Sara	Mario Kempes Michel Platini Batista	Rob Rensenbrink Paolo Rossi Franco Causio
ESPN Deportes	Ubaldo Fillol	Antonio Cabrini Daniel Passarella Ruud Krol Nelinho	Teófilo Cubillas Américo Gallego Marco Tardelli	Rob Rensenbrink Mario Kempes Paolo Rossi
Castrol Football	Émerson Leão	Ruud Krol Daniel Passarella Gaetano Scirea Manfred Kaltz	Wim Jansen Arie Haan Rainer Bonhof Grzegorz Lato	Mario Kempes Hans Krankl
Sofascore	Ramón Quiroga	Daniel Passarella Ruud Krol Luis Galván	Rob Rensenbrink Willy van de Kerkhof Rainer Bonhof Arie Haan Daniel Bertoni	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Mario Kempes

1982 Spain

<table><thead><tr><th>Medium</th><th>Goalkeeper</th><th>Defenders</th><th>Midfielders</th><th>Forwards</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Guerin Sportivo</td><td>Dino Zoff</td><td>Léo Júnior Daniel Passarella Sergei Baltacha Claudio Gentile</td><td>Zbigniew Boniek Alain Giresse Paulo Roberto Falcão</td><td>Éder Aleixo Paolo Rossi Bruno Conti</td></tr><tr><td>Pelé</td><td>Rinat Dasayev</td><td>Léo Júnior Daniel Passarella Gaetano Scirea Claudio Gentile</td><td>Diego Maradona Alain Giresse Paulo Roberto Falcão</td><td>Zbigniew Boniek Paolo Rossi Bruno Conti</td></tr><tr><td>El Gráfico</td><td>Dino Zoff</td><td>Léo Júnior Daniel Passarella Uli Stielike Leandro</td><td>Paulo Roberto Falcão Alain Giresse Osvaldo Ardiles</td><td>Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Paolo Rossi Bruno Conti</td></tr><tr><td>L'Équipe</td><td>Dino Zoff</td><td>Antonio Cabrini Marius Trésor Karlheinz Förster Claudio Gentile</td><td>Alain Giresse Paulo Roberto Falcão Marco Tardelli Toninho Cerezo</td><td>Paolo Rossi Zico</td></tr><tr><td>Mundo Deportivo</td><td>Rinat Dasayev</td><td>Léo Júnior Uli Stielike Fulvio Collovati Claudio Gentile</td><td>Giancarlo Antognoni Zbigniew Boniek Sócrates Paulo Roberto Falcão</td><td>Paolo Rossi Bruno Conti</td></tr><tr><td>La Gazzetta dello Sport</td><td>Dino Zoff</td><td>Léo Júnior Fulvio Collovati Gaetano Scirea Claudio Gentile</td><td>Toninho Cerezo Zbigniew Boniek Paulo Roberto Falcão</td><td>Pierre Littbarski Paolo Rossi Bruno Conti</td></tr><tr><td>Estadio</td><td>Rinat Dasayev</td><td>Antonio Cabrini Gaetano Scirea Fulvio Collovati Claudio Gentile</td><td>Bruno Conti Alain Giresse Marco Tardelli Paulo Roberto Falcão</td><td>Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Paolo Rossi</td></tr><tr><td>Don Balón</td><td>Rinat Dasayev</td><td>Léo Júnior Daniel Passarella Gaetano Scirea Eric Gerets</td><td>Bruno Conti Michel Platini Alain Giresse Paulo Roberto Falcão</td><td>Zbigniew Boniek Paolo Rossi</td></tr><tr><td>ESPN Deportes</td><td>Rinat Dasayev</td><td>Léo Júnior Daniel Passarella Gaetano Scirea Eric Gerets</td><td>Michel Platini Paulo Roberto Falcão Alain Giresse Bruno Conti</td><td>Paolo Rossi Sócrates</td></tr><tr><td>Castrol Football</td><td>Józef Młynarczyk</td><td>Antonio Cabrini Paul Breitner Gaetano Scirea Mick Mills</td><td>Uli Stielike Zico Alain Giresse Pierre Littbarski</td><td>Paolo Rossi Zbigniew Boniek</td></tr><tr><td>Sofascore</td><td>Józef Młynarczyk</td><td>Léo Júnior Daniel Passarella Bruno Pezzey</td><td>Franky Vercauteren Zico Zbigniew Boniek Michel Platini Alain Giresse</td><td>Paolo Rossi Karl-Heinz Rummenigge</td></tr></tbody></table>

1986 Mexico

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
France Football	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Manuel Amoros Maxime Bossis Karlheinz Förster Eric Gerets	Diego Maradona Jean Tigana Jorge Burruchaga Lothar Matthäus	Klaus Allofs Jorge Valdano
Kicker	Toni Schumacher	Stéphane Demol Karlheinz Förster Morten Olsen Josimar	Luis Fernandez Elzo Coelho Lothar Matthäus Jorge Burruchaga	Diego Maradona Igor Belanov
El Gráfico	Nery Pumpido	Julio Alberto Oscar Ruggeri Morten Olsen Manuel Amoros	Diego Maradona Jorge Burruchaga Luis Fernandez Elzo Coelho	Careca Preben Elkjær
Guerin Sportivo	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Hans-Peter Briegel Júlio César Morten Olsen Josimar	Diego Maradona Søren Lerby Fernando De Napoli	Preben Elkjær Careca Ivan Yaremchuk
La Gazzetta dello Sport	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Manuel Amoros Morten Olsen Júlio César Eric Gerets	Jan Ceulemans Felix Magath Míchel	Gary Lineker Diego Maradona Preben Elkjær
La Stampa	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Manuel Amoros José Luis Brown Karlheinz Förster Josimar	Lothar Matthäus Jan Ceulemans Pavlo Yakovenko Jorge Burruchaga	Diego Maradona Igor Belanov
Bob Paisley	Peter Shilton	Branco Maxime Bossis Karlheinz Förster Manuel Amoros	Jean Tigana Michel Platini Diego Maradona Enzo Scifo	Careca Preben Elkjær
ESPN Deportes	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Manuel Amoros Oscar Ruggeri Júlio César Josimar	Jorge Burruchaga Diego Maradona Luis Fernandez Michel Platini	Gary Lineker Emilio Butragueño
Castrol Football	Carlos Gallo	Raúl Servín Fernando Quirarte José Luis Brown José Luis Cuciuffo	Jorge Burruchaga Diego Maradona Michel Platini Jean Tigana	Gary Lineker Careca
Sofascore	Joël Bats	Andreas Brehme Júlio César Fernando Quirarte Manuel Amoros	Lothar Matthäus Diego Maradona Jorge Burruchaga	Igor Belanov Careca Preben Elkjær

Unofficial winners (1990 Italy)

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.

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Reserves
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

Statistical winners (2010–2018)

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

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

Fan Dream Team (2010–2018)

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

World Cup	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Manager
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
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
2018 Russia	Thibaut Courtois	Marcelo Raphaël Varane Diego Godín Thiago Silva	Philippe Coutinho Luka Modrić Kevin De Bruyne	Cristiano Ronaldo Harry Kane Kylian Mbappé	—

2022 Qatar

<table><thead><tr><th>Medium</th><th>Goalkeeper</th><th>Defenders</th><th>Midfielders</th><th>Forwards</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Guardian</td><td>Emiliano Martínez</td><td>Noussair Mazraoui Joško Gvardiol John Stones Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Antoine Griezmann Alexis Mac Allister Sofyan Amrabat</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>ARD Sportschau</td><td>Emiliano Martínez</td><td>Cristian Romero Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Ángel Di María Jude Bellingham Sofyan Amrabat Alexis Mac Allister</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Richarlison Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>GloboEsporte</td><td>Emiliano Martínez</td><td>Théo Hernandez Dayot Upamecano Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Enzo Fernández Rodrigo De Paul Luka Modrić</td><td>Antoine Griezmann Lionel Messi Kylian Mbappé</td></tr><tr><td>UOL</td><td>Emiliano Martínez</td><td>Théo Hernandez Dayot Upamecano Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Luka Modrić Antoine Griezmann Enzo Fernández</td><td>Julián Álvarez Kylian Mbappé Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>Goal</td><td>Emiliano Martínez</td><td>Théo Hernandez Joško Gvardiol Nicolás Otamendi Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Enzo Fernández Antoine Griezmann Sofyan Amrabat</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>Kicker</td><td>Emiliano Martínez</td><td>Théo Hernandez Romain Saïss Joško Gvardiol Nahuel Molina</td><td>Antoine Griezmann Luka Modrić Sofyan Amrabat</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>Der Spiegel</td><td>Emiliano Martínez</td><td>Théo Hernandez Joško Gvardiol Nicolás Otamendi Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Sofyan Amrabat Jamal Musiala Enzo Fernández</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Antoine Griezmann Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>RND SportBuzzer</td><td>Dominik Livaković</td><td>Théo Hernandez Joško Gvardiol Nicolás Otamendi Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Luka Modrić Jude Bellingham Sofyan Amrabat</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>Bleacher Report</td><td>Dominik Livaković</td><td>Théo Hernandez Romain Saïss Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Jude Bellingham Antoine Griezmann Sofyan Amrabat</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Olivier Giroud Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>The Independent</td><td>Dominik Livaković</td><td>Théo Hernandez Romain Saïss Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Alexis Mac Allister Jude Bellingham Sofyan Amrabat Antoine Griezmann</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>Radio Times</td><td>Dominik Livaković</td><td>Théo Hernandez Romain Saïss Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Bruno Fernandes Sofyan Amrabat Antoine Griezmann</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Olivier Giroud Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>Diario AS</td><td>Dominik Livaković</td><td>Théo Hernandez Joško Gvardiol Marquinhos Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Aurélien Tchouaméni Bruno Fernandes</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez Antoine Griezmann Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>Opta Sports</td><td>Dominik Livaković</td><td>Théo Hernandez Marquinhos Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Aurélien Tchouaméni Antoine Griezmann Bruno Fernandes</td><td>Lionel Messi Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez</td></tr><tr><td>CBS Sports</td><td>Dominik Livaković</td><td>Aziz Behich Joško Gvardiol Raphaël Varane Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Antoine Griezmann Jude Bellingham Sofyan Amrabat</td><td>Julián Álvarez Lionel Messi Kylian Mbappé</td></tr><tr><td>Sky Sports</td><td>Dominik Livaković</td><td>Marcos Acuña Harry Maguire Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Azzedine Ounahi Sofyan Amrabat Antoine Griezmann</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Olivier Giroud Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>L'Équipe</td><td>Dominik Livaković</td><td>Marcos Acuña Joško Gvardiol Romain Saïss Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Luka Modrić Sofyan Amrabat Enzo Fernández</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Lionel Messi Bukayo Saka</td></tr><tr><td>Sofascore</td><td>Dominik Livaković</td><td>Daley Blind Harry Maguire Ibrahima Konaté Josip Juranović</td><td>Antoine Griezmann Casemiro Cody Gakpo</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Lionel Messi Bruno Fernandes</td></tr><tr><td>WhoScored.com</td><td>Wojciech Szczęsny</td><td>Théo Hernandez Rodri Harry Maguire Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Casemiro Jude Bellingham Bruno Fernandes</td><td>Antoine Griezmann Lionel Messi</td></tr><tr><td>Süddeutsche Zeitung</td><td>Yassine Bounou</td><td>Théo Hernandez Cristian Romero Sofyan Amrabat Achraf Hakimi</td><td>Jude Bellingham Antoine Griezmann Luka Modrić</td><td>Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez Lionel Messi</td></tr></tbody></table>

Goal of the Tournament

FIFA World Cup awards

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

<table><thead><tr><th>World Cup</th><th>Player</th><th>Scored against</th><th>Score</th><th>Minute</th><th>Result</th><th>Round</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2006 Germany</td><td>Maxi Rodríguez</td><td> Mexico</td><td>2–1</td><td>98' (a.e.t.)</td><td>2–1 (a.e.t.)</td><td>Round of 16</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010 South Africa</td><td>Diego Forlán</td><td> Germany</td><td>2–1</td><td>51'</td><td>2–3</td><td>Match for third place</td></tr><tr><td>2014 Brazil</td><td>James Rodríguez</td><td> Uruguay</td><td>1–0</td><td>28'</td><td>2–0</td><td>Round of 16</td></tr><tr><td>2018 Russia</td><td>Benjamin Pavard</td><td> Argentina</td><td>2–2</td><td>57'</td><td>4–3</td><td>Round of 16</td></tr><tr><td>2022 Qatar</td><td>Richarlison</td><td> Serbia</td><td>2–0</td><td>73'</td><td>2–0</td><td>Group stage</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Unofficial winners

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

<table><thead><tr><th>World Cup</th><th>Player</th><th>Scored against</th><th>Score</th><th>Minute</th><th>Result</th><th>Round</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1970 Mexico</td><td>Carlos Alberto</td><td> Italy</td><td>4–1</td><td>86'</td><td>4–1</td><td>Final</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1986 Mexico</td><td>Diego Maradona</td><td> England</td><td>2–0</td><td>55'</td><td>2–1</td><td>Quarter-finals</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1990 Italy</td><td>Roberto Baggio</td><td> Czechoslovakia</td><td>2–0</td><td>78'</td><td>2–0</td><td>Group stage</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Nominees

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