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🏆 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (MVP) Winners

2022 Qatar

Lionel Messi

Argentina

Golden Ball

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Lionel Messi

Argentina

Golden Ball

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Kylian Mbappé

France

Silver Ball

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Kylian Mbappé

France

Silver Ball

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Luka Modrić

Croatia

Bronze Ball

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Luka Modrić

Croatia

Bronze Ball

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2018 Russia

Luka Modrić

Croatia

Golden Ball

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Luka Modrić

Croatia

Golden Ball

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Eden Hazard

Belgium

Silver Ball

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Eden Hazard

Belgium

Silver Ball

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Antoine Griezmann

France

Bronze Ball

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Antoine Griezmann

France

Bronze Ball

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2014 Brazil

Lionel Messi

Argentina

Golden Ball

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Lionel Messi

Argentina

Golden Ball

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Thomas Müller

Germany

Silver Ball

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Thomas Müller

Germany

Silver Ball

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Arjen Robben

Netherlands

Bronze Ball

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Arjen Robben

Netherlands

Bronze Ball

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2010 South Africa

Diego Forlán

Uruguay

Golden Ball

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Diego Forlán

Uruguay

Golden Ball

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Wesley Sneijder

Netherlands

Silver Ball

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Wesley Sneijder

Netherlands

Silver Ball

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David Villa

Spain

Bronze Ball

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David Villa

Spain

Bronze Ball

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2006 Germany

Zinédine Zidane

France

Golden Ball

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Zinédine Zidane

France

Golden Ball

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Fabio Cannavaro

Italy

Silver Ball

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Fabio Cannavaro

Italy

Silver Ball

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Andrea Pirlo

Italy

Bronze Ball

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Andrea Pirlo

Italy

Bronze Ball

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2002 South Korea/Japan

Oliver Kahn

Germany

Golden Ball

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Oliver Kahn

Germany

Golden Ball

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Ronaldo Nazario

Brazil

Silver Ball

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Ronaldo Nazario

Brazil

Silver Ball

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Hong Myung-bo

South Korea

Bronze Ball

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Hong Myung-bo

South Korea

Bronze Ball

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1998 France

Ronaldo Nazario

Brazil

Golden Ball

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Ronaldo Nazario

Brazil

Golden Ball

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Davor Šuker

Croatia

Silver Ball

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Davor Šuker

Croatia

Silver Ball

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Lilian Thuram

France

Bronze Ball

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Lilian Thuram

France

Bronze Ball

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1994 United States

Romário

Brazil

Golden Ball

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Romário

Brazil

Golden Ball

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Roberto Baggio

Italy

Silver Ball

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Roberto Baggio

Italy

Silver Ball

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Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgaria

Bronze Ball

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Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgaria

Bronze Ball

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1990 Italy

Salvatore Schillaci

Italy

Golden Ball

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Salvatore Schillaci

Italy

Golden Ball

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Lothar Matthäus

Germany

Silver Ball

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Lothar Matthäus

Germany

Silver Ball

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Diego Maradona

Argentina

Bronze Ball

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Diego Maradona

Argentina

Bronze Ball

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1986 Mexico

Diego Maradona

Argentina

Golden Ball

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Diego Maradona

Argentina

Golden Ball

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Toni(Harald) Schumacher

West Germany

Silver Ball

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Toni(Harald) Schumacher

West Germany

Silver Ball

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Preben Elkjær

Denmark

Bronze Ball

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Preben Elkjær

Denmark

Bronze Ball

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Summary

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.

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