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FIFA World Cup Golden Ball Award

Name all players who have won the Golden Ball award as the best player at the men's FIFA World Cup.
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First submittedJune 29, 2018
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Year
Host
Winner's country
Winner
2022
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Argentina
Lionel Messi
2018
Russia
Croatia
Luka Modrić
2014
Brazil
Argentina
Lionel Messi
2010
South Africa
Uruguay
Diego Forlán
2006
Germany
France
Zinedine Zidane
2002
Korea/Japan
Germany
Oliver Kahn
1998
France
Brazil
Ronaldo
1994
United States
Brazil
Romário
1990
Italy
Italy
Salvatore Schillaci
1986
Mexico
Argentina
Diego Maradona
1982
Spain
Italy
Paolo Rossi
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13 Comments
Algernon
+2
Level 74
Dec 20, 2022
Nice idea for a quiz. I got them all apart from 2010
loni
+3
Level 68
Dec 23, 2022
The only ones I didn't got were the italians.
selful
+1
Level 69
Dec 20, 2022
nice quiz!
IamTheSam
+5
Level 48
Dec 27, 2022
Messi 2014 , Kahn, Rossi, and Schillaci were the wrong calls.*

Considering that Messi won again in 2022 because he was wrongly named as MOTM in the final (2 goals, lost the ball in the build up to France's 2nd goal) instead of Mbappe (3 goals), then there's an argument to be made that he's been incorrectly awarded the trophy twice.

Having said that, if Mbappe had won the final's MOTM, he'd have had 4 awards for the trophy, level with Messi. I'd still have given the Golden Ball to the Argentine though.

*Robben, Ronaldo, Conti, Matthaus, for those of you still reading. Also: Cannavaro over Zidane.

hasanabdi
+3
Level 70
Dec 27, 2022
mbappé made a massive comeback, even though he was absent for the first part of the game, and france just lost on penalties. mbappé scored against australia, denmark, poland and argentina yet still didn't get the golden ball? robbery
boromaih
+10
Level 50
Dec 27, 2022
You know football is more than just scoring goals right? And overall Messi performed the best during the tournament, which is why he deserved the golden ball. Mbappe deservedly got the golden boot for most goals, but performance-wise, Messi just edged it (and won the cup, which is a huge bonus for individual awards such as this one) which got him the golden ball.
Anothabadpun
+5
Level 65
Dec 27, 2022
So your acknowledging that it was about how well one played throughout the whole tournament, whilst ignoring messi's effort. Great play isn't about how well you do for five minutes in a match. It's consistency that counts. Messi has a moving threat every match he played in. 2018 Modric won it when Griezmann had a better world cup. No one's talking about that.

They reason people like you are picking at random arguments is simply because you don't like the man winning. Rough for you honestly.

Quizbyquiz
+3
Level 43
Dec 28, 2022
The Golden Ball Award is for the best overall player. This includes goals, assists, passes, and penalties. Even though Mbappe scored more goals than Messi, Messi was awarded it because he was a better overall player.
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 94
Jul 26, 2023
Baggio for Scillachi?
IamTheSam
+2
Level 48
Oct 11, 2023
I said Messi 2014 was the wrong call. Messi 2022 was correct.
KingXXI21
+1
Level 74
Jul 4, 2025
I agree with all except r9 over kahn. That man was a brick wall that only got beat by his defence being incredibly bad. That German team with lloris in goal goes out in the round of 16. Even in the final one of the goals scored was kahn making a save and his defence not reacting allowing for Ronaldo to tap in the rebound.
Jonfc
+1
Level 44
Sep 27, 2024
So much wrong winner's country 😭
skibidifeyenoord
+1
Level 53
Dec 7, 2024
No? I don't know what quiz you have made but in this one there are no wrong winner's countries.
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