FIFA World Cup awards

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

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

Awards

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

Golden Ball

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

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

Official winners (1982–present)

Golden Ball^[7]

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

Trophies by country

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

Unofficial winner (1978)

A group of journalists and experts selected the best player of the 1978 tournament,^[8] 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,^[8] and was not chosen as the third best player by FIFA later.

Best player

World Cup	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
1978 Argentina[8]	Mario Kempes[9]	Paolo Rossi[10]	Dirceu[10]

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,^[11] and it gained the most attention among experts' selections about the best players until 1978. This work is part of the official FIFA library.^[12] A considerable number of other media agreed with him.^{[13][14][15][16]}

On 2 August 1950, Dr. Friedebert Becker [de], the editor-in-chief of Kicker (then Sport-Magazin), chose his best players of the tournament.^[17]

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.^[18]

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.^[19]

Best players by medium

World Cup	Medium	First place	Second place	Third place
1930 Uruguay	ESPN Deportes[20]	José Nasazzi	—	—
	World Cup: A Statistical Summary[21]	José Nasazzi[22]	Guillermo Stábile	José Leandro Andrade
	Clarín	José Nasazzi	—	—
1934 Italy	ESPN Deportes[23]	Raimundo Orsi	—	—
	World Cup: A Statistical Summary[21]	Giuseppe Meazza	Matthias Sindelar	Oldrich Nejedly
	Clarín	Giuseppe Meazza	—	—
1938 France	ESPN Deportes[24]	Giuseppe Meazza	—	—
	World Cup: A Statistical Summary[21]	Leônidas[25]	Silvio Piola	György Sárosi
	Clarín	Leônidas	—	—
1950 Brazil	Sport-Magazin	Zizinho	Alcides Ghiggia	Ademir
	ESPN Deportes[26]	Obdulio Varela	—	—
	World Cup: A Statistical Summary[21]	Zizinho[27]	Juan Alberto Schiaffino	—
	Clarín	Obdulio Varela	—	—
1954 Switzerland	ESPN Deportes[28]	Ferenc Puskás	—	—
	World Cup: A Statistical Summary[21]	Ferenc Puskás	Sándor Kocsis	Fritz Walter
	Clarín	Ferenc Puskás	—	—
1958 Sweden	ESPN Deportes[29]	Pelé	—	—
	World Cup: A Statistical Summary[21]	Didi[30][31]	Pelé	Just Fontaine
	El Gráfico[32]	Pelé	Garrincha	Vavá
	Clarín	Pelé	—	—
1962 Chile	ESPN Deportes[33]	Garrincha	—	—
	World Cup: A Statistical Summary[21]	Garrincha[34]	Josef Masopust	Leonel Sánchez
	Clarín	Garrincha	—	—
1966 England	France Football and L'Équipe	Bobby Charlton	Franz Beckenbauer	Eusébio
	ESPN Deportes[35]	Bobby Charlton	—	—
	World Cup: A Statistical Summary[21]	Bobby Charlton	Bobby Moore	—
	Sofascore[36]	Eusébio	Helmut Haller	Ferenc Bene
	Castrol Football[15]	Franz Beckenbauer	Helmut Haller	Martin Peters
	Clarín	Franz Beckenbauer	—	—
1970 Mexico	ESPN Deportes[37]	Pelé	—	—
	World Cup: A Statistical Summary[38]	Pelé[39]	Gérson	Gerd Müller
	Sofascore[40]	Gerd Müller	Pelé	Rivellino
	Castrol Football[16]	Gerd Müller	Jairzinho	Pelé
	Clarín	Pelé	—	—
1974 West Germany	ESPN Deportes[41]	Johan Cruyff	—	—
	World Cup: A Statistical Summary[38]	Johan Cruyff	Franz Beckenbauer	Kazimierz Deyna
	Sofascore[42]	Johan Cruyff	Kazimierz Deyna	Ronnie Hellström
	Castrol Football[25]	Johan Cruyff	Grzegorz Lato	Kazimierz Deyna
	Clarín	Johan Cruyff	—	—

Golden Boot

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

The Golden Boot or Golden Shoe award goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA World Cup. While every World Cup had a ranking of the goalscorers, the first time an award was given was in 1982,^[7] under the name Golden Shoe.^[5] It was rechristened Golden Boot in 2010.^[43] FIFA sometimes lists the top goalscorers of previous Cups among the Golden Boot winners.^[44]

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[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[a]	Edmund Conen Angelo Schiavio	4	None	—
1938 France	Leônidas	7[b]	György Sárosi Gyula Zsengellér Silvio Piola	5	None	—
1950 Brazil	Ademir	9[c]	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[50]	Mario Kempes	6	Teófilo Cubillas	5	Rob Rensenbrink	5
Golden Shoe[44]
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	Gary Lineker Roger Milla	4
1994 United States	Oleg Salenko[d] Hristo Stoichkov[e]	6	None	—	Kennet Andersson Romário	5[f]
1998 France[54]	Davor Šuker	6	Gabriel Batistuta Christian Vieri	5	None[g]
2002 South Korea/Japan[55]	Ronaldo	8[h]	Miroslav Klose Rivaldo	5
2006 Germany[57]	Miroslav Klose	5	Hernán Crespo	3[i]	Ronaldo	3[i]
Golden Boot[44]
World Cup	Golden Boot	Goals	Silver Boot	Goals	Bronze Boot	Goals
2010 South Africa	Thomas Müller	5[j]	David Villa	5[j]	Wesley Sneijder	5[j]
2014 Brazil	James Rodríguez	6	Thomas Müller	5	Neymar	4[k]
2018 Russia	Harry Kane	6	Antoine Griezmann	4[l]	Romelu Lukaku	4[l]
2022 Qatar	Kylian Mbappé	8	Lionel Messi	7	Olivier Giroud	4[m]
Notes
FIFA initially credited Nejedlý with only four goals, which would make him joint top scorer with Angelo Schiavio of Italy and Edmund Conen of Germany. However, FIFA changed it to five goals in November 2006, making Nejedlý the outright top scorer.[47] 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] 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] Salenko is the only player to win the award playing for a team that were eliminated in the group stage. His six goals are the only international goals he ever scored. Despite the assist tiebreaker, Salenko and Stoichkov remained tied with six goals and one assist each, and both received the Golden Shoe.[52] Romário and Andersson surpassed the other two players with five goals (Jürgen Klinsmann and Roberto Baggio) by having three assists each.[52][53] Both runners-up had the same number of assists, and each received the Silver Shoe. During the tournament, after the group stage match against Costa Rica, Ronaldo logged a protest against the crediting of a goal as an own goal, and FIFA granted him the change.[56] 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).[58] 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.[59] 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).[60] 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.[61] Giroud and Julián Álvarez tied with four goals. Giroud won the Bronze Boot due to playing fewer minutes than Álvarez.[62]

Golden Glove

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

The Golden Glove award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The award was introduced with the name "Lev Yashin Award" in 1994, in honor of the late Soviet goalkeeper.^[7] It was rechristened "Golden Glove" in 2010. The FIFA Technical Study Group recognises the top goalkeeper of the tournament based on the player's performance throughout the final competition. Although goalkeepers have this specific award for their position, they are still eligible for the Golden Ball as well, as when Oliver Kahn was awarded in 2002.^[63]

Official Award

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

FIFA Young Player Award

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

The FIFA Young Player Award ("Best Young Player Award" 2006–2010) was awarded for the first time at the 2006 World Cup in Germany and given to Germany's Lukas Podolski.^[64] 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,^[65] the election took place on FIFA's official World Cup website with the help of The FIFA Technical Study Group.^[66]

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.^[67] 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.^[68][69]

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

World Cup	FIFA Young Player	Age	Position
1958 Sweden	Pelé	17	Centre-Forward
1962 Chile	Flórián Albert	20	Centre-Forward
1966 England	Franz Beckenbauer	20	Sweeper-Defender
1970 Mexico	Teófilo Cubillas	21	Attacking-Midfielder
1974 West Germany	Władysław Żmuda	20	Centre-Back
1978 Argentina	Antonio Cabrini	20	Left-Back
1982 Spain	Manuel Amoros	21	Right-Back
1986 Mexico	Enzo Scifo	20	Attacking-Midfielder
1990 Italy	Robert Prosinečki	21	Centre-Midfielder
1994 United States	Marc Overmars	20	Left-Winger
1998 France	Michael Owen	18	Centre-Forward
2002 South Korea/Japan	Landon Donovan	20	Second-Striker
2006 Germany	Lukas Podolski[64]	21	Second-Striker
2010 South Africa	Thomas Müller[70]	20	Second-Striker
2014 Brazil	Paul Pogba[71]	21	Centre-Midfielder
2018 Russia	Kylian Mbappé[72]	19	Left-Winger
2022 Qatar	Enzo Fernández	21	Centre-Midfielder

FIFA Fair Play Trophy

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

The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is given to the team with the best record of fair play during the World Cup final tournament since 1970. Only teams that qualified for the second round are considered. The winners of this award earn the FIFA Fair Play Trophy, a diploma, a fair play medal for each player and official, and $50,000 worth of football equipment to be used for youth development.^[73]

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.^[74][75] Ever since 1994, it is simply a trophy with an elegant footballer figure.^[76] 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.^[77]

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

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

Player of the Match

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

While the inaugural two editions were chosen by the technical group,^[78][79] since 2010, Player of the Match is picked by an online poll on FIFA's website.^[80][81][82]

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

Total awards
As of 18 December 2022

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

By country
As of 18 December 2022

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

Most Entertaining Team

The Most Entertaining Team award is a subjectively awarded prize for the team that had done the most to entertain the public with a positive approach to the game, organised through public participation in a poll^[7] starting in 1994.^[43]

World Cup	Most Entertaining Team Award
1994 United States	Brazil[57]
1998 France	France[57]
2002 South Korea/Japan	South Korea[83]
2006 Germany	Portugal[84]

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.^[85] For 1998, 2002 and 2006, substitute and reserve members were also nominated for full squads.

All-Star Team

World Cup	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Reserves
1994 United States[85]	Michel Preud'homme	Jorginho Márcio Santos Paolo Maldini	Dunga Krasimir Balakov Gheorghe Hagi Tomas Brolin	Romário Hristo Stoichkov Roberto Baggio	—
1998 France[86]	Fabien Barthez José Luis Chilavert	Roberto Carlos Marcel Desailly Lilian Thuram Frank de Boer Carlos Gamarra	Dunga Rivaldo Michael Laudrup Zinedine Zidane Edgar Davids	Ronaldo Davor Šuker Brian Laudrup Dennis Bergkamp	Edwin van der Sar Juan Sebastián Verón Thierry Henry Jay-Jay Okocha Michael Owen Christian Vieri
2002 South Korea/Japan[87]	Oliver Kahn Rüştü Reçber	Roberto Carlos Sol Campbell Fernando Hierro Hong Myung-bo Alpay Özalan	Rivaldo Ronaldinho Michael Ballack Claudio Reyna Yoo Sang-chul	Ronaldo Miroslav Klose El Hadji Diouf Hasan Şaş	Iker Casillas Cafu Dietmar Hamann Joaquín Hidetoshi Nakata Landon Donovan Marc Wilmots
2006 Germany[88]	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	—

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.^[89] 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.^[90]

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^[91] 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.^[92]

1930 Uruguay

Selections by medium

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
ESPN Deportes[20]	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

Selections by medium

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
ESPN Deportes[23]	Ricardo Zamora	Eraldo Monzeglio Jacinto Quincoces	Leonardo Cilaurren Luis Monti Franz Wagner	Raimundo Orsi Giuseppe Meazza Oldřich Nejedlý Matthias Sindelar Enrique Guaita
Lucien Gamblin[93]	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.^[94]

Unofficial All-Star Team

Goalkeepers	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

Selections by medium

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Sport-Magazin[17]	Roque Máspoli	Juvenal Matías González	Víctor Rodríguez Andrade Obdulio Varela Billy Wright	Agustín Gaínza Jair Ademir Zizinho Alcides Ghiggia
Mundo Esportivo[17][95]	Moacir Barbosa	Juvenal Matías González	Víctor Rodríguez Andrade Obdulio Varela Bauer	Tom Finney Rajko Mitić Ademir Zizinho Alcides Ghiggia
ESPN Deportes[26]	Antoni Ramallets	Eusebio Tejera Matías González Bauer	Antonio Puchades Obdulio Varela	Agustín Gaínza Zizinho Ademir Juan Alberto Schiaffino Alcides Ghiggia
O Globo Sportivo[96]	Kalle Svensson	Juvenal Matías González	Víctor Rodríguez Andrade Obdulio Varela Bauer	Chico Karl-Erik Palmér Ademir Julio Pérez Alcides Ghiggia

1954 Switzerland

Selections by medium

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Mundo Esportivo[97]	Vladimir Beara	Billy Wright William Martínez Djalma Santos	József Bozsik Ernst Ocwirk	Hans Schäfer Juan Alberto Schiaffino Nándor Hidegkuti Sándor Kocsis Julinho
El Gráfico[98]	Gyula Grosics	William Martínez Djalma Santos	Bauer Obdulio Varela József Bozsik	Carlos Borges Ferenc Puskás Nándor Hidegkuti Sándor Kocsis Julinho
ESPN Deportes[28]	Gyula Grosics	Víctor Rodríguez Andrade José Santamaría József Bozsik	Fritz Walter Obdulio Varela Nándor Hidegkuti	Mihály Tóth Ferenc Puskás Sándor Kocsis Zoltán Czibor

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.^[99][100]

Unofficial All-Star Team

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

1962 Chile

Selections by medium

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
France Football[101]	Viliam Schrojf	Ladislav Novák Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Emilio Álvarez Luis Eyzaguirre	Zito Dragoslav Šekularac	Mário Zagallo Viktor Ponedelnik Uwe Seeler Garrincha
ESPN Deportes[33]	Viliam Schrojf	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Mauro Ramos Zito Djalma Santos	Amarildo Josef Masopust Valery Voronin	Josip Skoblar Vavá Garrincha

1966 England

Selections by medium

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Associated Press[102]	Gordon Banks	Silvio Marzolini Bobby Moore Willi Schulz Djalma Santos	Valery Voronin Bobby Charlton Franz Beckenbauer	António Simões Eusébio Ferenc Bene
Estadio[103]	Gordon Banks	Silvio Marzolini Bobby Moore Jack Charlton Vladimir Ponomaryov	Franz Beckenbauer Bobby Charlton Flórián Albert	António Simões Eusébio Geoff Hurst
SportGráfico[103]	Gordon Banks	Silvio Marzolini Bobby Moore Jack Charlton Roberto Ferreiro	Franz Beckenbauer Bobby Charlton	António Simões Flórián Albert Uwe Seeler Ferenc Bene
ESPN Deportes[35]	Gordon Banks	Silvio Marzolini Franz Beckenbauer Bobby Moore Horst-Dieter Höttges	Bobby Charlton Helmut Haller	António Simões Geoff Hurst Eusébio Ferenc Bene
Castrol Football[104]	Gordon Banks	Ray Wilson Bobby Moore Wolfgang Weber George Cohen	Helmut Haller Franz Beckenbauer José Augusto Martin Peters	Eusébio José Torres
Sofascore[105]	Ladislao Mazurkiewicz	Bobby Moore Shin Yung-kyoo Jack Charlton	Martin Peters Bobby Charlton Franz Beckenbauer Helmut Haller	Eusébio Uwe Seeler Ferenc Bene

1970 Mexico

Selections by medium

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
ESPN Deportes[37]	Ladislao Mazurkiewicz	Giacinto Facchetti Franz Beckenbauer Wilson Piazza Carlos Alberto Torres	Gérson Clodoaldo	Rivellino Pelé Gerd Müller Jairzinho
Castrol Football[106]	Anzor Kavazashvili	Juan Mujica Roberto Matosas Atilio Ancheta Luis Ubiña	Rivellino Teófilo Cubillas Ildo Maneiro Jairzinho	Pelé Gerd Müller
Sofascore[107]	Enrico Albertosi	Javier Guzmán Bobby Moore Franz Beckenbauer	Rivellino Teófilo Cubillas Gérson Jairzinho	Pelé Gerd Müller Uwe Seeler

1974 West Germany

Selections by medium

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Estadio[108]	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[109]	Jan Tomaszewski	Marinho Chagas Franz Beckenbauer Wim Rijsbergen Paul Breitner	Kazimierz Deyna Wolfgang Overath Johan Neeskens	Robert Gadocha Johan Cruyff Grzegorz Lato
De Volkskrant[110]	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[111]	Ronnie Hellström	Paul Breitner Franz Beckenbauer Elías Figueroa Luís Pereira	Johan Neeskens Billy Bremner	Robert Gadocha Gerd Müller Johan Cruyff Grzegorz Lato
El Gráfico[112]	Ronnie Hellström	Paul Breitner Franz Beckenbauer Wim Rijsbergen Antoni Szymanowski	Ralf Edström Kazimierz Deyna Johan Neeskens	Robert Gadocha Johan Cruyff Grzegorz Lato
ESPN Deportes[41]	Jan Tomaszewski	Marinho Chagas Wim Suurbier Franz Beckenbauer Berti Vogts	Branko Oblak Johan Neeskens Kazimierz Deyna Rob Rensenbrink	Grzegorz Lato Johan Cruyff
Castrol Football[113]	Ronnie Hellström	Ruud Krol Wim Rijsbergen Franz Beckenbauer Wim Suurbier	Johan Cruyff Kazimierz Deyna Arie Haan Grzegorz Lato	Johnny Rep Gerd Müller
Sofascore[114]	Ronnie Hellström	Paul Breitner Luís Pereira Franz Beckenbauer Antoni Szymanowski	Kazimierz Deyna Rainer Bonhof Johan Neeskens	Ralf Edström Johan Cruyff Grzegorz Lato

1978 Argentina

Selections by medium

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Goles[115]	Ubaldo Fillol	Antonio Cabrini Daniel Passarella Ruud Krol Toninho	Mario Kempes Romeo Benetti Zbigniew Boniek	Rob Rensenbrink Leopoldo Luque Franco Causio
Guerin Sportivo[116]	Ubaldo Fillol	Antonio Cabrini Daniel Passarella Amaral Claudio Gentile	Dirceu Mario Kempes Arie Haan	Rob Rensenbrink Paolo Rossi Hans Krankl
Crónica and El Mercurio[116]	Ubaldo Fillol	Antonio Cabrini Gaetano Scirea Ruud Krol Robert Sara	Teófilo Cubillas Romeo Benetti Kazimierz Deyna	Roberto Bettega Leopoldo Luque Franco Causio
Enzo Bearzot[116]	Fillol	Maxime Bossis Daniel Passarella Marius Trésor Toninho	Arie Haan Dirceu Batista Sándor Pintér	Mario Kempes Hans Krankl
La Prensa[116]	Émerson Leão	Antonio Cabrini Amaral Ruud Krol Toninho	Mario Kempes Osvaldo Ardiles Kazimierz Deyna	Roberto Bettega Paolo Rossi Daniel Bertoni
Clarín[116]	Ubaldo Fillol	Alberto Tarantini Mauro Bellugi Ruud Krol Toninho	Mario Kempes Américo Gallego Johan Neeskens	Rob Rensenbrink Leopoldo Luque Franco Causio
La Razón[116]	Ubaldo Fillol	Antonio Cabrini Daniel Passarella Ruud Krol Berti Vogts	Mario Kempes Romeo Benetti Dirceu	Rob Rensenbrink Paolo Rossi Franco Causio
El País[116]	Ubaldo Fillol	Arie Haan Daniel Passarella Marius Trésor Berti Vogts	Mario Kempes René van de Kerkhof Dirceu	Roberto Bettega Paolo Rossi Témime Lahzami
Pelé[117]	Ubaldo Fillol	Antonio Cabrini Daniel Passarella Ruud Krol Robert Sara	Mario Kempes Michel Platini Batista	Rob Rensenbrink Paolo Rossi Franco Causio
ESPN Deportes[118]	Ubaldo Fillol	Antonio Cabrini Daniel Passarella Ruud Krol Nelinho	Teófilo Cubillas Américo Gallego Marco Tardelli	Rob Rensenbrink Mario Kempes Paolo Rossi
Castrol Football[119]	Émerson Leão	Ruud Krol Daniel Passarella Gaetano Scirea Manfred Kaltz	Wim Jansen Arie Haan Rainer Bonhof Grzegorz Lato	Mario Kempes Hans Krankl
Sofascore[120]	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

Selections by medium

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Guerin Sportivo[121]	Dino Zoff	Léo Júnior Daniel Passarella Sergei Baltacha Claudio Gentile	Zbigniew Boniek Alain Giresse Paulo Roberto Falcão	Éder Aleixo Paolo Rossi Bruno Conti
Pelé[122]	Rinat Dasayev	Léo Júnior Daniel Passarella Gaetano Scirea Claudio Gentile	Diego Maradona Alain Giresse Paulo Roberto Falcão	Zbigniew Boniek Paolo Rossi Bruno Conti
El Gráfico[123]	Dino Zoff	Léo Júnior Daniel Passarella Uli Stielike Leandro	Paulo Roberto Falcão Alain Giresse Osvaldo Ardiles	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Paolo Rossi Bruno Conti
L'Équipe[124]	Dino Zoff	Antonio Cabrini Marius Trésor Karlheinz Förster Claudio Gentile	Alain Giresse Paulo Roberto Falcão Marco Tardelli Toninho Cerezo	Paolo Rossi Zico
Mundo Deportivo[124]	Rinat Dasayev	Léo Júnior Uli Stielike Fulvio Collovati Claudio Gentile	Giancarlo Antognoni Zbigniew Boniek Sócrates Paulo Roberto Falcão	Paolo Rossi Bruno Conti
La Gazzetta dello Sport[125]	Dino Zoff	Léo Júnior Fulvio Collovati Gaetano Scirea Claudio Gentile	Toninho Cerezo Zbigniew Boniek Paulo Roberto Falcão	Pierre Littbarski Paolo Rossi Bruno Conti
Estadio[125]	Rinat Dasayev	Antonio Cabrini Gaetano Scirea Fulvio Collovati Claudio Gentile	Bruno Conti Alain Giresse Marco Tardelli Paulo Roberto Falcão	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Paolo Rossi
Don Balón[125]	Rinat Dasayev	Léo Júnior Daniel Passarella Gaetano Scirea Eric Gerets	Bruno Conti Michel Platini Alain Giresse Paulo Roberto Falcão	Zbigniew Boniek Paolo Rossi
ESPN Deportes[126]	Rinat Dasayev	Léo Júnior Daniel Passarella Gaetano Scirea Eric Gerets	Michel Platini Paulo Roberto Falcão Alain Giresse Bruno Conti	Paolo Rossi Sócrates
Castrol Football[127]	Józef Młynarczyk	Antonio Cabrini Paul Breitner Gaetano Scirea Mick Mills	Uli Stielike Zico Alain Giresse Pierre Littbarski	Paolo Rossi Zbigniew Boniek
Sofascore[128]	Józef Młynarczyk	Léo Júnior Daniel Passarella Bruno Pezzey	Franky Vercauteren Zico Zbigniew Boniek Michel Platini Alain Giresse	Paolo Rossi Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

1986 Mexico

Selections by medium

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
France Football[122]	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Manuel Amoros Maxime Bossis Karlheinz Förster Eric Gerets	Diego Maradona Jean Tigana Jorge Burruchaga Lothar Matthäus	Klaus Allofs Jorge Valdano
Kicker[122]	Toni Schumacher	Stéphane Demol Karlheinz Förster Morten Olsen Josimar	Luis Fernandez Elzo Coelho Lothar Matthäus Jorge Burruchaga	Diego Maradona Igor Belanov
El Gráfico[129]	Nery Pumpido	Julio Alberto Oscar Ruggeri Morten Olsen Manuel Amoros	Diego Maradona Jorge Burruchaga Luis Fernandez Elzo Coelho	Careca Preben Elkjær
Guerin Sportivo[121]	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[121]	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Manuel Amoros Morten Olsen Júlio César Eric Gerets	Jan Ceulemans Felix Magath Míchel	Gary Lineker Diego Maradona Preben Elkjær
La Stampa[130]	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[131]	Peter Shilton	Branco Maxime Bossis Karlheinz Förster Manuel Amoros	Jean Tigana Michel Platini Diego Maradona Enzo Scifo	Careca Preben Elkjær
ESPN Deportes[132]	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Manuel Amoros Oscar Ruggeri Júlio César Josimar	Jorge Burruchaga Diego Maradona Luis Fernandez Michel Platini	Gary Lineker Emilio Butragueño
Castrol Football[133]	Carlos Gallo	Raúl Servín Fernando Quirarte José Luis Brown José Luis Cuciuffo	Jorge Burruchaga Diego Maradona Michel Platini Jean Tigana	Gary Lineker Careca
Sofascore[134]	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.^[135][136]

Unofficial All-Star Team

Goalkeepers	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,^[137] it published Team of the Tournament based on statistical data of other sponsors, which evaluates players' performances. FIFA explained these are not official.^[138]

Statistical Team of the Tournament

World Cup	Standard	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2010 South Africa[139]	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[140]	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[138]	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.^[138]

Fan Dream Team

World Cup	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Manager
2010 South Africa[141]	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[142]	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[143]	Thibaut Courtois	Marcelo Raphaël Varane Diego Godín Thiago Silva	Philippe Coutinho Luka Modrić Kevin De Bruyne	Cristiano Ronaldo Harry Kane Kylian Mbappé	—

2022 Qatar

Selections by medium

Medium	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
The Guardian[144]	Emiliano Martínez	Noussair Mazraoui Joško Gvardiol John Stones Achraf Hakimi	Antoine Griezmann Alexis Mac Allister Sofyan Amrabat	Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez Lionel Messi
ARD Sportschau[145]	Emiliano Martínez	Cristian Romero Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi	Ángel Di María Jude Bellingham Sofyan Amrabat Alexis Mac Allister	Kylian Mbappé Richarlison Lionel Messi
GloboEsporte[146]	Emiliano Martínez	Théo Hernandez Dayot Upamecano Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi	Enzo Fernández Rodrigo De Paul Luka Modrić	Antoine Griezmann Lionel Messi Kylian Mbappé
UOL[147]	Emiliano Martínez	Théo Hernandez Dayot Upamecano Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi	Luka Modrić Antoine Griezmann Enzo Fernández	Julián Álvarez Kylian Mbappé Lionel Messi
Goal[148]	Emiliano Martínez	Théo Hernandez Joško Gvardiol Nicolás Otamendi Achraf Hakimi	Enzo Fernández Antoine Griezmann Sofyan Amrabat	Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez Lionel Messi
Kicker[149]	Emiliano Martínez	Théo Hernandez Romain Saïss Joško Gvardiol Nahuel Molina	Antoine Griezmann Luka Modrić Sofyan Amrabat	Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez Lionel Messi
Der Spiegel[150]	Emiliano Martínez	Théo Hernandez Joško Gvardiol Nicolás Otamendi Achraf Hakimi	Sofyan Amrabat Jamal Musiala Enzo Fernández	Kylian Mbappé Antoine Griezmann Lionel Messi
RND SportBuzzer[151]	Dominik Livaković	Théo Hernandez Joško Gvardiol Nicolás Otamendi Achraf Hakimi	Luka Modrić Jude Bellingham Sofyan Amrabat	Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez Lionel Messi
Bleacher Report[152]	Dominik Livaković	Théo Hernandez Romain Saïss Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi	Jude Bellingham Antoine Griezmann Sofyan Amrabat	Kylian Mbappé Olivier Giroud Lionel Messi
The Independent[153]	Dominik Livaković	Théo Hernandez Romain Saïss Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi	Alexis Mac Allister Jude Bellingham Sofyan Amrabat Antoine Griezmann	Kylian Mbappé Lionel Messi
Radio Times[154]	Dominik Livaković	Théo Hernandez Romain Saïss Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi	Bruno Fernandes Sofyan Amrabat Antoine Griezmann	Kylian Mbappé Olivier Giroud Lionel Messi
Diario AS[155]	Dominik Livaković	Théo Hernandez Joško Gvardiol Marquinhos Achraf Hakimi	Aurélien Tchouaméni Bruno Fernandes	Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez Antoine Griezmann Lionel Messi
Opta Sports[156]	Dominik Livaković	Théo Hernandez Marquinhos Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi	Aurélien Tchouaméni Antoine Griezmann Bruno Fernandes	Lionel Messi Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez
CBS Sports[157]	Dominik Livaković	Aziz Behich Joško Gvardiol Raphaël Varane Achraf Hakimi	Antoine Griezmann Jude Bellingham Sofyan Amrabat	Julián Álvarez Lionel Messi Kylian Mbappé
Sky Sports[158]	Dominik Livaković	Marcos Acuña Harry Maguire Joško Gvardiol Achraf Hakimi	Azzedine Ounahi Sofyan Amrabat Antoine Griezmann	Kylian Mbappé Olivier Giroud Lionel Messi
L'Équipe[159]	Dominik Livaković	Marcos Acuña Joško Gvardiol Romain Saïss Achraf Hakimi	Luka Modrić Sofyan Amrabat Enzo Fernández	Kylian Mbappé Lionel Messi Bukayo Saka
Sofascore[160]	Dominik Livaković	Daley Blind Harry Maguire Ibrahima Konaté Josip Juranović	Antoine Griezmann Casemiro Cody Gakpo	Kylian Mbappé Lionel Messi Bruno Fernandes
WhoScored.com[161]	Wojciech Szczęsny	Théo Hernandez Rodri Harry Maguire Achraf Hakimi	Kylian Mbappé Casemiro Jude Bellingham Bruno Fernandes	Antoine Griezmann Lionel Messi
Süddeutsche Zeitung[162]	Yassine Bounou	Théo Hernandez Cristian Romero Sofyan Amrabat Achraf Hakimi	Jude Bellingham Antoine Griezmann Luka Modrić	Kylian Mbappé Julián Álvarez Lionel Messi

Goal of the Tournament

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

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

Official winners

World Cup	Player	Scored against	Score	Minute	Result	Round	Ref.
2006 Germany	Maxi Rodríguez	Mexico	2–1	98' (a.e.t.)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Round of 16	[163]
2010 South Africa	Diego Forlán	Germany	2–1	51'	2–3	Third place match
2014 Brazil	James Rodríguez	Uruguay	1–0	28'	2–0	Round of 16
2018 Russia	Benjamin Pavard	Argentina	2–2	57'	4–3	Round of 16
2022 Qatar	Richarlison	Serbia	2–0	73'	2–0	Group stage	[164]

Unofficial winners

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

World Cup	Player	Scored against	Score	Minute	Result	Round	Ref.
1970 Mexico	Carlos Alberto	Italy	4–1	86'	4–1	Final	[165]
1986 Mexico	Diego Maradona	England	2–0	55'	2–1	Quarter-finals	[166]
1990 Italy	Roberto Baggio	Czechoslovakia	2–0	78'	2–0	Group stage	[167]

Nominees

World Cup	Rank	Player	Scored against	Score	Minute	Result	Round	Ref.
2006 Germany	1	Maxi Rodríguez	Mexico	2–1	98' (a.e.t.)	2–1	Round of 16	[168]
	2	Esteban Cambiasso	Serbia and Montenegro	2–0	31'	6–0	Group stage
	3	Carlos Tevez	Serbia and Montenegro	5–0	99'	6–0	Group stage
	4	Fabio Grosso	Germany	1–0	119'	2–0	Semi-finals
	5	Joe Cole	Sweden	1–0	64'	2–2	Group stage
	6	Philipp Lahm	Costa Rica	1–0	6'	4–2	Group stage
		Torsten Frings	Costa Rica	4–1	87'	4–2	Group stage
		Maxi Rodríguez	Serbia and Montenegro	1–0	6'	6–0	Group stage
	9	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Portugal	1–0	56'	3–1	Third place match
	10	Steven Gerrard	Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	90+5'	2–0	Group stage
2010 South Africa	1	Diego Forlán	Germany	2–1	51'	2–3	Third place match	[169]
	2	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Uruguay	1–0	18'	3–2	Semi-finals
	3	Mesut Özil	Ghana	1–0	60'	1–0	Group stage
	4	Carlos Tevez	Mexico	3–0	52'	3–1	Round of 16
	5	Luis Suárez	South Korea	2–1	80'	2–1	Round of 16
	6	Siphiwe Tshabalala	Mexico	1–0	55'	1–1	Group stage
	7	Fabio Quagliarella	Slovakia	2–3	90+2'	2–3	Group stage
	8	Lukas Podolski	England	2–0	32'	4–1	Round of 16
	9	Sulley Muntari	Uruguay	1–0	45+1'	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Quarter-finals
	10	Gabriel Heinze	Nigeria	1–0	6'	1–0	Group stage
2014 Brazil	1	James Rodríguez	Uruguay	1–0	28'	2–0	Round of 16	[170]
	2	Robin van Persie	Spain	1–1	44'	5–1	Group stage
	3	James Rodríguez	Japan	4–1	90'	4–1	Group stage
	4	Mario Götze	Argentina	1–0	113' (a.e.t.)	1–0	Final
	5	David Luiz	Colombia	2–0	69'	2–1	Quarter-finals
	6	Tim Cahill	Netherlands	1–1	21'	2–3	Group stage
	7	David Villa	Australia	1–0	36'	3–0	Group stage
	8	Lionel Messi	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–0	65'	2–1	Group stage
	9	Lionel Messi	Nigeria	2–1	45+1'	3–2	Group stage
	10	Xherdan Shaqiri	Honduras	1–0	6'	3–0	Group stage
2018 Russia	1	Benjamin Pavard	Argentina	2–2	57'	4–3	Round of 16	[171] [172]
	2	Juan Quintero	Japan	1–1	39'	1–2	Group stage
	3	Luka Modrić	Argentina	2–0	80'	3–0	Group stage
	4	Cristiano Ronaldo	Spain	3–3	88'	3–3	Group stage
	5	Lionel Messi	Nigeria	1–0	14'	2–1	Group stage
	6	Denis Cheryshev	Croatia	1–0	31'	2–2	Quarter-finals
	7	Nacer Chadli	Japan	3–2	90+4'	3–2	Round of 16
	8	Ahmed Musa	Iceland	2–0	75'	2–0	Group stage
	9	Ricardo Quaresma	Iran	1–0	45'	1–1	Group stage
	10	Toni Kroos	Sweden	2–1	90+5'	2–1	Group stage
	Unranked	Denis Cheryshev	Saudi Arabia	2–0	43'	5–0	Group stage
		Artem Dzyuba	Egypt	2–0	62'	3–1	Group stage
		Nacho	Portugal	3–2	58'	3–3	Group stage
		Philippe Coutinho	Switzerland	1–0	20'	1–1	Group stage
		Dries Mertens	Panama	1–0	47'	3–0	Group stage
		Jesse Lingard	Panama	3–0	36'	6–1	Group stage
		Adnan Januzaj	England	1–0	51'	1–0	Group stage
		Ángel Di María	France	1–1	41'	3–4	Round of 16
2022 Qatar	1	Richarlison	Serbia	2–0	73'	2–0	Group stage	[164]
	Unranked	Salem Al-Dawsari	Argentina	2–1	53'	2–1	Group stage
		Cody Gakpo	Ecuador	1–0	6'	1–1	Group stage
		Enzo Fernández	Mexico	2–0	87'	2–0	Group stage
		Vincent Aboubakar	Serbia	2–3	63'	3–3	Group stage
		Luis Chávez	Saudi Arabia	2–0	52'	2–1	Group stage
		Kylian Mbappé	Poland	3–0	90+1'	3–1	Round of 16
		Richarlison	South Korea	3–0	29'	4–1	Round of 16
		Paik Seung-ho	Brazil	1–4	76'	1–4	Round of 16
		Neymar	Croatia	1–0	105+1'	1–1	Quarter-finals

See also

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