The Golden Ball for the best player, determined by a vote of media members (firs

t awarded in 1982); the Silver Ball and the Bronze Ball are awarded to the playe
rs finishing second and third in the voting respectively;[61]
The Golden Boot (sometimes called the Golden Shoe) for the top goalscorer (first
awarded in 1982, but retrospectively applied to all tournaments from 1930); mos
t recently, the Silver Boot and the Bronze Boot have been awarded to the second
and third top goalscorers respectively;[62]
The Golden Glove Award (formerly the Yashin Award) for the best goalkeeper, deci
ded by the FIFA Technical Study Group (first awarded in 1994);[63]
The Best Young Player Award for the best player aged 21 or younger at the start
of the calendar year, decided by the FIFA Technical Study Group (first awarded i
n 2006);[64]
The FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play, accord
ing to the points system and criteria established by the FIFA Fair Play Committe
e (first awarded in 1978);[64]
The Most Entertaining Team for the team that has entertained the public the most
during the World Cup, determined by a poll of the general public (first awarded
in 1994);[64]
An All-Star Team consisting of the best players of the tournament has also been
announced for each tournament since 1998.
Records and statistics
Main article: FIFA World Cup records
Three players share the record for playing in the most World Cups; Mexico's Anto
nio Carbajal (19501966), Germany's Lothar Matthus (19821998) and Italy's Gianluigi
Buffon (1998-2014) all played in five tournaments.[65] Matthus has played the mos
t World Cup matches overall, with 25 appearances.[66] West Germany's Franz Becke
nbauer (19661974) is the only player to be named to three Finals All-Star Teams.
Miroslav Klose of Germany (20022014) is the all time top scorer at the finals, wh
en he scored the second goal in the semi-final of the 2014 World Cup vs. Brazil.
He broke Ronaldo of Brazil's record of 15 goals (19982006). West Germany's Gerd
Mller (19701974) is third, with 14 goals.[67] The fourth placed goalscorer, France
's Just Fontaine, holds the record for the most goals scored in a single World C
up; all his 13 goals were scored in the 1958 tournament.[68]
In November 2007, FIFA announced that all members of World Cup-winning squads be
tween 1930 and 1974 were to be retroactively awarded winners' medals.[33] This m
ade Brazil's Pel the only player to have won three World Cup winners' medals (195
8, 1962, and 1970, although he did not play in the 1962 final due to injury),[69
] with 20 other players who have won two winners' medals. Six players have colle
cted all three types of World Cup medals (winners', runner- ups', and third-plac
e); five players were from West Germany's squad of 19661974 including Franz Becke
nbauer, and the most recent has been Italy's Franco Baresi (1982, 1990, 1994).
Brazil's Mrio Zagallo and West Germany's Franz Beckenbauer are the only people to
date to win the World Cup as both player and head coach. Zagallo won in 1958 an
d 1962 as a player and in 1970 as head coach.[70] Beckenbauer won in 1974 as cap
tain and in 1990 as head coach.[71] Italy's Vittorio Pozzo is the only head coac
h to ever win two World Cups (1934 and 1938).[72] All World Cup winning head coa
ches were natives of the country they coached to victory.
Among the national teams, Germany has played the most World Cup matches (99) and
appeared in the most semi-finals (12) as well as quarter-finals (16).[73] Brazi
l has scored the most World Cup goals (210) and has appeared in the most World C
ups (20).[74] The two teams have played each other twice in the World Cup, in th
e 2002 final and in the 2014 semi-final.
Top goalscorers
Main articles: FIFA World Cup top goalscorers and List of FIFA World Cup goalsco
rers
Note: Players in bold are playing in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Players with 10 goals at World Cup tournaments
Rank Nation Player Goals scored
1 Germany Miroslav Klose 16
2 Brazil Ronaldo 15
3 West Germany Gerd Mller 14
4 France Just Fontaine 13
5 Brazil Pel 12
6 Germany Jrgen Klinsmann 11
Hungary Sndor Kocsis 11
8 Argentina Gabriel Batistuta 10
Peru Tefilo Cubillas 10
Poland Grzegorz Lato 10
England Gary Lineker 10
Germany Thomas Mller 10
West Germany Helmut Rahn 10
See also: All-time table of the FIFA World Cup
See also
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Book: FIFA World Cup
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List of FIFA World Cup finals
National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA Confederations Cup
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