Under 20 World Cup Golden Ball

Short name
Golden Ball
Nation
—
Editions recorded
22

Editions

Season Rank Winner Nation Representing Age
2019 1 Kang-In Lee South Korea South Korea 18
2019 2 Buletsa Serhiy Anatoliiovych Ukraine Ukraine 20
2019 3 Gonzalo Jordy Plata Jiménez Ecuador Ecuador 18
2017 1 Dominic Ayodele Solanke-Mitchell England England 19
2017 2 Federico Santiago Valverde Dipetta Uruguay Uruguay 18
2017 3 Yangel Clemente Herrera Ravelo Venezuela Venezuela 19
2015 1 Adama Noss Traoré Mali Mali 19
2015 2 Danilo Barbosa Brazil Brazil 19
2015 3 Sergej Milinković-Savić Serbia Serbia 20
2013 1 Paul Labile Pogba France France 20
2013 2 Nicolás Federico López Alonso Uruguay Uruguay 19
2013 3 Clifford Aboagye Ghana Ghana 18
2011 1 Henrique Almeida Brazil Brazil 20
2011 2 Nélson Miguel Castro Oliveira Portugal Portugal 19
2011 3 Jorge Enríquez García Mexico Mexico 20
2009 1 Dominic Adiyiah Ghana Ghana 19
2009 2 Alex Teixeira Brazil Brazil 19
2009 3 Giuliano Brazil Brazil 18
2007 1 Sergio Leonel Agüero del Castillo Argentina Argentina 18
2007 2 Maximiliano Nicolás Moralez Argentina Argentina 20
2007 3 Giovani Álex dos Santos Ramírez Mexico Mexico 18
2005 1 Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini Argentina Argentina 17
2005 2 John Obi Mikel Nigeria Nigeria —
2005 3 Taye Ismaila Taiwo Nigeria Nigeria 20
2003 1 Ismael Matar Ibrahim Khamis Al-Mukhaini Al-Junaibi United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 20
2003 2 Dudu Cearense Brazil Brazil 20
2003 3 Daniel Alves Brazil Brazil 20
2001 1 Javier Pedro Saviola Fernández Argentina Argentina 19
2001 2 Andres d'Alessandro Argentina Argentina 20
2001 3 Djibril Arrun Cissé France France 19
1999 1 Seydou Keita Mali Mali 19
1999 2 Pius Ikedia Nigeria Nigeria 18
1999 3 Pablo Couñago Spain Spain 19
1997 1 Andrés Nicolás Olivera Uruguay Uruguay 19
1997 2 Marcelo Zalayeta Uruguay Uruguay 18
1997 3 Pablo César Aimar Argentina Argentina 17
1995 1 Caio Brazil Brazil 19
1995 2 Dani Portugal Portugal 18
1995 3 Joaquin Irigoytia Argentina Argentina —
1993 1 Adriano Brazil Brazil 18
1991 1 Emílio Manuel Delgado Peixe Portugal Portugal 18
1991 2 Élber Brazil Brazil 18
1991 3 Paulo Manuel Banha Torres Portugal Portugal 19
1989 1 Bismarck Brazil Brazil 19
1989 2 Kasey Keller United States United States 19
1989 3 Christopher Nwosu Nigeria Nigeria 17
1987 1 Robert Prosinečki Croatia Croatia 18
1987 2 Zvonimir Boban Croatia Croatia 18
1987 3 Marcel Witeczek Germany Germany 18
1985 1 Silas Brazil Brazil 19
1985 2 Gerson Brazil Brazil —
1985 3 Juan Carlos Unzué Spain Spain 18
1983 1 Geovani Brazil Brazil 17
1983 2 Roberto Zarate Argentina Argentina —
1983 3 Luis Islas Argentina Argentina —
1981 1 Romulus Gabor Romania Romania 19
1981 2 Michael Zorc Germany Germany 18
1981 3 Roland Wohlfarth Germany Germany —
1979 1 Diego Maradona Argentina Argentina 18
1979 2 Romerito Paraguay Paraguay 18
1979 3 Ramón Angel Díaz Argentina Argentina 19
1977 1 Bessonov Volodymyr Vasylovych Soviet Union Soviet Union 19
1977 2 Junior Brasilia Brazil Brazil —
1977 3 Cleber Brazil Brazil —

Newest edition first. Only the columns these editions actually fill are shown. Recorded value is award_history_winner.value exactly as stored, and what it counts depends on the award — goals for a top-scorer award, votes or points elsewhere. The export gives it no unit, so none is invented here. position_mask and info2 are also stored against each winner and are deliberately not shown: the first is a bitmask whose bit order does not match the position lookup, and the second is populated for under two percent of rows with no recorded meaning. Both are reported as unmapped rather than guessed at.