The Golden Glove Award is given to the best goalkeeper in each FIFA World Cup final. The best goalkeepers have been awarded since the first World Cup in 1930.
From 1930 to 1990, the tournament’s All-Star team named one goalkeeper (unless two were named in 1990). This is the name used in the list of top goalkeepers for the contest below.
A special award given to the best goalkeeper at the World Cup, the Lev Yashin Award, was introduced in 1994. The award is honored by the late legendary Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin. In 2010, the Best Goalkeeper Award was renamed the Golden Glove Award.
The FIFA Technical Study Group will determine the winner. The goalkeeper is also eligible for the Golden Ball award, and in 2002 German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn won both awards.
Here is the List of World Cup Best Goalkeepers (Golden Glove)
| Year | Golden Glove Winner | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Thibaut Courtois | Belgium |
| 2014 | Manuel Neuer | Germany |
| 2010 | Iker Casillas | Spain |
| 2006 | Gianluigi Buffon | Italy |
| 2002 | Oliver Kahn | Germany |
| 1998 | Fabien Barthez | France |
| 1994 | Michel Preud’homme | Belgium |
| 1990 | Luis Gabelo Conejo Sergio Goycochea | Costa Rica Argentina |
| 1986 | Jean-Marie Pfaff | Belgium |
| 1982 | Dino Zoff | Italy |
| 1978 | Ubaldo Fillol | Argentina |
| 1974 | Sepp Maier | West Germany |
| 1970 | Ladislao Mazurkiewicz | Uruguay |
| 1966 | Gordon Banks | England |
| 1962 | Viliam Schrojf | Czechoslovakia |
| 1958 | Harry Gregg | Northern Ireland |
| 1954 | Gyula Grosics | Hungary |
| 1950 | Roque Máspoli | Uruguay |
| 1938 | František Plánička | Czechoslovakia |
| 1934 | Ricardo Zamora | Spain |
| 1930 | Enrique Ballestrero | Uruguay |
