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FIFA World Cup Finals Tournaments 1930 to 2018 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 | Club | Nation | Goals |
| 1930 Uruguay | Guillermo Stábile |
| Huracán |
| 8 |
| 1934 Italy | Oldřich Nejedlý |
| AC Sparta Praha |
| 5 |
| 1938 France | Leônidas da Silva |
| Flamengo |
| 7 |
| 1950 Brazil | Ademir |
| Vasco da Gama |
| 8 |
| 1954 Switzerland | Sándor Kocsis |
| Budapesti Honvéd SE |
| 11 |
| 1958 Sweden | Just Fontaine |
| Stade de Reims |
| 13 |
| 1962 Chile | Flórián Albert |
| Ferencvárosi TC |
| 4 |
| Valentin Ivanov |
| Torpedo Moscow |
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| Garrincha |
| Botafogo |
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| Vavá |
| Palmeiras |
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| Dražan Jerković |
| Dinamo Zagreb |
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| Leonel Sánchez |
| Universidad de Chile |
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| 1966 England | Eusébio |
| SL Benfica |
| 9 |
| 1970 Mexico | Gerd Müller |
| Bayern Munich |
| 10 |
| 1974 West Germany | Grzegorz Lato |
| Stal Mielec |
| 7 |
| 1978 Argentina | Mario Kempes |
| Valencia |
| 6 |
| 1982 Spain | Paolo Rossi |
| Juventus |
| 6 |
| 1986 Mexico | Gary Lineker |
| Everton |
| 6 |
| 1990 Italy | Salvatore Schillaci |
| Juventus |
| 6 |
| 1994 United States | Oleg Salenko |
| Logroñés |
| 6 |
| Hristo Stoichkov |
| Barcelona |
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| 1998 France | Davor Šuker |
| Real Madrid |
| 6 |
| 2002 South Korea/Japan | Ronaldo |
| Inter Milan |
| 8 |
| 2006 Germany | Miroslav Klose |
| Werder Bremen |
| 5 |
| 2010 South Africa | Thomas Müller |
| Bayern Munich |
| 5 |
| 2014 Brazil | James Rodriguez |
| AS Monaco |
| 6 |
| 2018 Russia | Harry Kane |
| Tottenham Hotspur |
| 6 |
| 2022 Qatar |
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