2014 FIFA World Cup awards: Stats and facts

At the end of each FIFA World Cup tournament, few players and teams are rewarded for their brilliance performances along with various attributes. These awards include the Golden Ball, The Golden Boot, The Golden Glove, Best Young Player of the Tournament and FIFA Fair Play award. We take a look at the statistics of the winners as well take a look back in the past

#1 Golden Ball

The Adidas Golden Ball is given to the best player of the tournament. This time, the Golden Ball was awarded to Argentinas captain Lionel messi for his outstanding performances at Brazil 2014.

Player	Games	Minutes	Goals	Assists
Lionel Messi	7	693	4	1
Thomas Mueller	7	682	5	3
Arjen Robben	7	690	3	1

Apart from the Golden Ball, FIFA awards Silver ball and Bronze ball for the most outstanding players behind Golden Ball winner. Thomas Mueller and Arjen Robben won the Silver and Bronze ball respectively.

Previous 5 Winners of Golden Ball:

Year	Country	Player
1994	United States	Romario (BRA)
1998	France	Ronaldo (BRA)
2002	Korea/Japan	Olivier Kahn (GER)
2006	Germany	Zinedine Zidane (FRA)
2010	South Africa	Diego Forlan (URU)