FIFA World Cup 2014: Golden Ball award contenders

Golden Ball 2014 trophy
Golden Ball 2014 trophy

Golden Ball award or “Adidas Golden Ball” award is given to the most outstanding player of FIFA World Cup. The winner is chosen by the FIFA technical committee and the representives of the media. It is to be seen who wins it in the 2014 edition as the tournament has seen so many brilliant individual performances.

It is to be noted that the second and third best players of the tournament are awarded the ‘Silver Ball’ and ‘Bronze Ball’ awards. Germany’s legendary goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn won the prestigious award in 2002 and going by the performances of goalkeepers so far, will it to go to another goal keeper this year? You can check the contenders for Golden Glove here

Here are the likely contenders for the award in terms of total goals, assists and Man of the Match awards:

Contenders for the FIFA Golden Ball 2014 award

Player

Team

Number of goals

Number of assists

Appearances

Man of the Match awards

James Rodriguez

Colombia

6

2

5

3

Thomas Muller

Germany

5

3

6

2

Lionel Messi

Argentina

4

1

6

4

Neymar

Brazil

4

1

5

1

Karim Benzema

France

3

2

5

2

Arjen Robben

Netherlands

3

1

6

4

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

3

0

5

0

Enner Valencia

Ecuador

3

0

3

1

Xherdan Shaqiri

Switzerland

3

0

4

1

Andre Schurrle

Germany

3

0

6

0

Last updated: 10th July 2014

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