FIFA World Cup Golden Glove: List of all winners from 1930 to 2026

The best goalkeeper of the competition is the recipient of the FIFA World Cup Golden Glove award.

People might not say their names, but behind the scene, they are the most important component of any football team. Yes, modern-day goalkeepers are receiving fame throughout the world, but previously, we only saw the forwards achieve the same. Even today, if we ask a layman about the recipient of the FIFA World Cup Golden Glove in 2018, they won’t be able to say much. But they are all familiar with Lionel Messi or Luka Modric, who won the Golden Ball award in 2014 and 2018, respectively.

The FIFA World Cup Golden Glove has been presented ever since the tournament’s inception in 1930. Similar to the Golden Glove, the Golden Boot and Golden Ball awards are also awarded to the best performers of the tournament.

The FIFA World Cup Golden Glove award is considered to be of immense repute. FIFA World Cup’s Golden Glove award was first brought to light in 1994 as the “Lev Yashin Award”. It was in honour of the Soviet Union’s goalkeeping great Lev Yashin. Later, in 2010, it was renamed the “Golden Glove Award”. On that note, let’s take a look at the list comprising all the FIFA World Cup Golden Glove winners.

FIFA World Cup Golden Glove winners

• 1930 – Enrique Ballestrero (Uruguay)
• 1934 – Ricardo Zamora (Spain)
• 1938 – Frantisek Planicka (Czechoslovakia)
• 1950 – Roque Maspoli (Uruguay)
• 1954 – Gyula Grosics (Hungary)
• 1958 – Harry Gregg (Northern Ireland)
• 1962 – Viliam Schrojf (Czechoslovakia)
• 1966 – Gordon Banks (England)
• 1970 – Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (Uruguay)
• 1974 – Sepp Maier (West Germany)
• 1978 – Ubaldo Fillol (Argentina)
• 1982 – Dino Zoff (Italy)
• 1986 – Jean-Marie Pfaff (Belgium)
• 1990 – Luis Gabelo Conejo (Costa Rica), Sergio Goycochea (Argentina)
• 1994 – Michel Preud’homme (Belgium)
• 1998 – Fabien Barthez (France)
• 2002 – Oliver Kahn (Germany)
• 2006 – Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)
• 2010 – Iker Casillas (Spain)
• 2014 – Manuel Neuer (Germany)
• 2018 – Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
• 2022 – Emiliano Martínez (Argentina)
• 2026 – Unai Simon (Spain)

Oliver Kahn is the only player to win both the Golden Glove and the Golden Ball at a FIFA World Cup.

**This article was last updated on July 19, 2026. **

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