<Li> The Most Entertaining Team award for the team that has entertained the public the most, during the World Cup final tournament, as determined by a poll of the general public; </Li> <Li> An All - Star Team comprising the best players of the tournament chosen by the technical study group . </Li> <P> 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 . The current award was introduced in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, sponsored by Adidas and France Football, though fifa.com also lists in their player articles as "golden ball winners" Kempes, Cruyff, Pelé, Bobby Charlton, Garrincha and Didi for 1978, 1974, 1970, 1966, 1962 and 1958 respectively . Barcelona is the only club whose players have won the Golden Ball a record 3 times (Johan Cruyff in 1974, Romário in 1994, Lionel Messi in 2014). </P> <Table> Golden Ball <Tr> <Th> World Cup </Th> <Th> Golden Ball </Th> <Th> Silver Ball </Th> <Th> Bronze Ball </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1930 Uruguay </Td> <Td> José Nasazzi </Td> <Td> Guillermo Stábile </Td> <Td> José Leandro Andrade </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1934 Italy </Td> <Td> Giuseppe Meazza </Td> <Td> Matthias Sindelar </Td> <Td> Oldřich Nejedlý </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1938 France </Td> <Td> Leônidas </Td> <Td> Silvio Piola </Td> <Td> György Sárosi </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1950 Brazil </Td> <Td> Zizinho </Td> <Td> Juan Alberto Schiaffino </Td> <Td> Ademir </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1954 Switzerland </Td> <Td> Ferenc Puskás </Td> <Td> Sándor Kocsis </Td> <Td> Fritz Walter </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1958 Sweden </Td> <Td> Didi </Td> <Td> Pelé </Td> <Td> Just Fontaine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 Chile </Td> <Td> Garrincha </Td> <Td> Josef Masopust </Td> <Td> Leonel Sánchez </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 England </Td> <Td> Bobby Charlton </Td> <Td> Bobby Moore </Td> <Td> Eusébio </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 Mexico </Td> <Td> Pelé </Td> <Td> Gérson </Td> <Td> Gerd Müller </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1974 West Germany </Td> <Td> Johan Cruyff </Td> <Td> Franz Beckenbauer </Td> <Td> Kazimierz Deyna </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 Argentina </Td> <Td> Mario Kempes </Td> <Td> Paolo Rossi </Td> <Td> Dirceu </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 Spain </Td> <Td> Paolo Rossi </Td> <Td> Falcão </Td> <Td> Karl - Heinz Rummenigge </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986 Mexico </Td> <Td> Diego Maradona </Td> <Td> Harald Schumacher </Td> <Td> Preben Elkjær Larsen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1990 Italy </Td> <Td> Salvatore Schillaci </Td> <Td> Lothar Matthäus </Td> <Td> Diego Maradona </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1994 United States </Td> <Td> Romario </Td> <Td> Roberto Baggio </Td> <Td> Hristo Stoichkov </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 France </Td> <Td> Ronaldo </Td> <Td> Davor Šuker </Td> <Td> Lilian Thuram </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 Korea / Japan </Td> <Td> Oliver Kahn </Td> <Td> Ronaldo </Td> <Td> Hong Myung - bo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 Germany </Td> <Td> Zinedine Zidane </Td> <Td> Fabio Cannavaro </Td> <Td> Andrea Pirlo </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2010 South Africa </Td> <Td> Diego Forlán </Td> <Td> Wesley Sneijder </Td> <Td> David Villa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 Brazil </Td> <Td> Lionel Messi </Td> <Td> Thomas Müller </Td> <Td> Arjen Robben </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2018 Russia </Td> <Td> Luka Modrić </Td> <Td> Eden Hazard </Td> <Td> Antoine Griezmann </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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