PILLAR ONE

Roll of Honor

Every World Cup. Every champion. Every individual award. The full canon, 1930 to 2022, laid out in one place.

Golden Ball — official since 1982

Golden Glove — official since 1994 (as the Lev Yashin Award)

Best Young Player — official since 2006

— marks years before an award existed. The gaps are part of the story.

1930

Uruguay

CHAMPION

Uruguay

def. Argentina

Golden Boot

Guillermo Stábile

Argentina · 8 goals

Golden Ball

Golden Glove

Young Player

1934

Italy

CHAMPION

Italy

def. Czechoslovakia

Golden Boot

Oldřich Nejedlý

Czechoslovakia · 5 goals

Golden Ball

Golden Glove

Young Player

1938

France

CHAMPION

Italy

def. Hungary

Golden Boot

Leônidas

Brazil · 7 goals

Golden Ball

Golden Glove

Young Player

1950

Brazil

CHAMPION

Uruguay

def. Brazil

Golden Boot

Ademir

Brazil · 8 goals

Golden Ball

Golden Glove

Young Player

1954

Switzerland

CHAMPION

West Germany

def. Hungary

Golden Boot

Sándor Kocsis

Hungary · 11 goals

Golden Ball

Golden Glove

Young Player

1958

Sweden

CHAMPION

Brazil

def. Sweden

Golden Boot

Just Fontaine

France · 13 goals

Golden Ball

Golden Glove

Young Player

1962

Chile

CHAMPION

Brazil

def. Czechoslovakia

Golden Boot

Six players

Various · Tied at 4 goals

Golden Ball

Golden Glove

Young Player

1966

England

CHAMPION

England

def. West Germany

Golden Boot

Eusébio

Portugal · 9 goals

Golden Ball

Golden Glove

Young Player

1970

Mexico

CHAMPION

Brazil

def. Italy

Golden Boot

Gerd Müller

West Germany · 10 goals

Golden Ball

Golden Glove

Young Player

1974

West Germany

CHAMPION

West Germany

def. Netherlands

Golden Boot

Grzegorz Lato

Poland · 7 goals

Golden Ball

Golden Glove

Young Player

1978

Argentina

CHAMPION

Argentina

def. Netherlands

Golden Boot

Mario Kempes

Argentina · 6 goals

Golden Ball

Golden Glove

Young Player

1982

Spain

CHAMPION

Italy

def. West Germany

Golden Boot

Paolo Rossi

Italy · 6 goals

Golden Ball

Paolo Rossi

Italy

Golden Glove

Young Player

1986

Mexico

CHAMPION

Argentina

def. West Germany

Golden Boot

Gary Lineker

England · 6 goals

Golden Ball

Diego Maradona

Argentina

Golden Glove

Young Player

1990

Italy

CHAMPION

West Germany

def. Argentina

Golden Boot

Salvatore Schillaci

Italy · 6 goals

Golden Ball

Salvatore Schillaci

Italy

Golden Glove

Young Player

1994

United States

CHAMPION

Brazil

def. Italy

Golden Boot

Salenko & Stoichkov

RUS · BUL · Tied at 6 goals

Golden Ball

Romário

Brazil

Golden Glove

Michel Preud'homme

Belgium

Young Player

1998

France

CHAMPION

France

def. Brazil

Golden Boot

Davor Šuker

Croatia · 6 goals

Golden Ball

Ronaldo

Brazil

Golden Glove

Fabien Barthez

France

Young Player

2002

Korea · Japan

CHAMPION

Brazil

def. Germany

Golden Boot

Ronaldo

Brazil · 8 goals

Golden Ball

Oliver Kahn

Germany

Golden Glove

Oliver Kahn

Germany

Young Player

2006

Germany

CHAMPION

Italy

def. France

Golden Boot

Miroslav Klose

Germany · 5 goals

Golden Ball

Zinedine Zidane

France

Golden Glove

Gianluigi Buffon

Italy

Young Player

Lukas Podolski

Germany

2010

South Africa

CHAMPION

Spain

def. Netherlands

Golden Boot

Thomas Müller

Germany · 5 goals · assists tiebreaker

Golden Ball

Diego Forlán

Uruguay

Golden Glove

Iker Casillas

Spain

Young Player

Thomas Müller

Germany

2014

Brazil

CHAMPION

Germany

def. Argentina

Golden Boot

James Rodríguez

Colombia · 6 goals

Golden Ball

Lionel Messi

Argentina

Golden Glove

Manuel Neuer

Germany

Young Player

Paul Pogba

France

2018

Russia

CHAMPION

France

def. Croatia

Golden Boot

Harry Kane

England · 6 goals

Golden Ball

Luka Modrić

Croatia

Golden Glove

Thibaut Courtois

Belgium

Young Player

Kylian Mbappé

France

2022

Qatar

CHAMPION

Argentina

def. France

Golden Boot

Kylian Mbappé

France · 8 goals

Golden Ball

Lionel Messi

Argentina

Golden Glove

Emiliano Martínez

Argentina

Young Player

Enzo Fernández

Argentina