World Cup: Past Winners and Best Players – A Comprehensive List from 1930-2018
2022 World Cup – Past Winners And Best Player Of The Tournaments
As we get closer and closer to the 2022 World Cup, it is always worthwhile remembering Past winners and players who have made this competition special over the years.
These legends have shown their pedigree on the world’s biggest stage and immortalized their names in every football fan’s mind.
We all know the famous golden ball given to the best-renowned player in the tournament and all the prominent award recipients. The award started was created in 1982.
There exists a record published by Ejikeme Ikwunze in his book “World Cup 1930-2010 A Statistical Summary”. He gave his picks for the best football players in each tournament. Previous FIFA presidents like Sepp Blatter and Joao Havelange have acknowledged this list.
Let us look at the best players and past winners from every single edition of the World Cup from 1930 to 2018.
PAST WINNERS
1930 World Cup
Winners: Uruguay
Best Player: Jose Nasazzi
1934 World Cup
Winners: Italy
Best Player: Giuseppe Meazza
1938 World Cup
Winners: Italy
Best Player: Leonidas de Silva
1950 World Cup
Winners: Uruguay
Best Player: Zizinho
1954 World Cup
Winners: Germany
Best Player: Ferenc Puskas
1958 World Cup
Winners: Brazil
Best Player: Didi
1962 World Cup
Winners: Brazil
Best Player: Garrincha
1966 World Cup
Winners: England
Best Player: Bobby Charlton
1970 World Cup
Winners: Brazil
Best Player: Pele
1974 World Cup
Winners: West Germany
Best Player: Johan Cruyff
1978 World Cup
Winners: Argentina
Best Player: Mario Kempes
1982 World Cup
Winners: Italy
Best Player: Paolo Rossi
1986 World Cup
Winners: Argentina
Best Player: Diego Maradona
1990 World Cup
Winners: West Germany
Best Player: Salvatore Schillaci
1994 World Cup
Winners: Brazil
Best Player: Romario
1998 World Cup
Winners: France
Best Player: Ronaldo
2002 World Cup
Winners: Brazil
Best Player: Oliver Kahn
2006 World Cup
Winners: Italy
Best Player: Zinedine Zidane
2010 World Cup
Winners: Spain
Best Player: Diego Forlan
2014 World Cup
Winners: Germany
Best Player: Lionel Messi
2018 World Cup
Winners: France
Best Player: Luka Modric
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