FIFA World Cup Finals Tournaments 1930 to 2014 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 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.
Year & Venue
Player
Nation
Goals
1930 Uruguay
Guillermo Stábile
8
1934 Italy
Oldřich Nejedlý
5
1938 France
Leônidas da Silva
7
1950 Brazil
Ademir
8
1954 Switzerland
Sándor Kocsis
11
1958 Sweden
Just Fontaine
13
1962 Chile
Flórián Albert
4
Valentin Ivanov
Garrincha
Vavá
Dražan Jerković
Leonel Sánchez
1966 England
Eusébio
9
1970 Mexico
Gerd Müller
10
1974 West Germany
Grzegorz Lato
7
1978 Argentina
Mario Kempes
6
1982 Spain
Paolo Rossi
6
1986 Mexico
Gary Lineker
6
1990 Italy
Salvatore Schillaci
6
1994 United States
Oleg Salenko
6
Hristo Stoichkov
1998 France
Davor Šuker
6
2002 South Korea/Japan
Ronaldo
8
2006 Germany
Miroslav Klose
5
2010 South Africa
Thomas Müller
5
2014 Brazil
James Rodriguez
6
2018 Russia
Harry Kane
6
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