FIFA World Cup Man of the Match since 1998

rank	player	country	man of the match
1	Arjen ROBBEN	NED	6
2	Leo MESSI	ARG	5
3	Miroslav KLOSE	GER	4
4	Wesley SNEIJDER	NED	4
5	Thomas MÜLLER	GER	4
6	Cristiano RONALDO	POR	4
7	Paul SCHOLES	ENG	4
8	Keisuke HONDA	JPN	4
9	RONALDO Nazario	BRA	3
10	Lilian THURAM	FRA	3
11	Zinedine ZIDANE	FRA	3
12	XAVI Hernandez	ESP	3
13	PARK Ji Sung	KOR	3
14	Landon DONOVAN	USA	3
15	Diego FORLAN	URU	3
16	Andres INIESTA	ESP	3
17	Marc WILMOTS	BEL	3
18	Luis SUAREZ	URU	3
19	JAMES Rodriguez	COL	3
20	Tim HOWARD	USA	3
21	KEYLOR NAVAS	CRC	3
22	Fabio CANNAVARO	ITA	2
23	Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER	GER	2
24	Robin VAN PERSIE	NED	2
25	Rafael MARQUEZ	MEX	2
26	Gabriel BATISTUTA	ARG	2
27	Gianluigi BUFFON	ITA	2
28	David VILLA	ESP	2
29	Michael BALLACK	GER	2
30	Patrick VIEIRA	FRA	2
31	Andrea PIRLO	ITA	2
32	Christian VIERI	ITA	2
33	RAUL Gonzalez	ESP	2
34	Asamoah GYAN	GHA	2
35	Gonzalo HIGUAIN	ARG	2
36	Gianluca PAGLIUCA	ITA	2
37	Davor SUKER	CRO	2
38	Oliver KAHN	GER	2
39	Marc OVERMARS	NED	2
40	YOO Sang Chul	KOR	2
41	Didi HAMANN	GER	2
42	Tim CAHILL	AUS	2
43	Carlos TEVEZ	ARG	2
44	Celso AYALA	PAR	2
45	Agustine "Jay Jay" OKOCHA	NGA	2
46	Agustin DELGADO	ECU	2
47	Vincent ENYEAMA	NGA	2
48	NEYMAR da Silva	BRA	2
49	Edgar DAVIDS	NED	2
50	ZE ROBERTO da Silva	BRA	2
51	Karim BENZEMA	FRA	2
52	Alexander FREI	SUI	2
53	Xherdan SHAQIRI	SUI	2
54	Marcelo SALAS	CHI	2
55	Ziad JAZIRI	TUN	2
56	Robert VITTEK	SVK	2
57	Mario GÖTZE	GER	2
58	Sinisa MIHAJLOVIC	SRB	2
59	Islam SLIMANI	ALG	2
60	Guillermo OCHOA	MEX	2
61	Javier SAVIOLA	ARG	2
62	Martin LAURSEN	DEN	2
63	Philipp LAHM	GER	1
64	CAFU Evangelista	BRA	1
65	DUNGA Bledorn	BRA	1
66	Iker CASILLAS	ESP	1
67	RIVALDO Borba	BRA	1
68	HONG Myung Bo	KOR	1
69	Lukas PODOLSKI	GER	1
70	David BECKHAM	ENG	1
71	Dennis BERGKAMP	NED	1
72	Ashley COLE	ENG	1
73	Mesut ÖZIL	GER	1
74	Bernd SCHNEIDER	GER	1
75	Henrik LARSSON	SWE	1
76	MAXI Rodriguez	ARG	1
77	Sergio ROMERO	ARG	1
78	Xabi ALONSO	ESP	1
79	LUIS ENRIQUE Martinez	ESP	1
80	RONALDINHO Gaucho	BRA	1
81	LEE Woon Jae	KOR	1
82	Philip COCU	NED	1
83	KAKA Izecson	BRA	1
84	Michael LAUDRUP	DEN	1
85	Sol CAMPBELL	ENG	1
86	Rio FERDINAND	ENG	1
87	Ariel ORTEGA	ARG	1
88	Clint DEMPSEY	USA	1
89	Cuauhtemoc BLANCO	MEX	1
90	Luis FIGO	POR	1
91	Toni KROOS	GER	1
92	JULIO CESAR Soares	BRA	1
93	LEONARDO Araujo	BRA	1
94	Gerardo TORRADO	MEX	1
95	Frank LAMPARD	ENG	1
96	John TERRY	ENG	1
97	PAULETA Resendes	POR	1
98	Hidetoshi NAKATA	JPN	1
99	Roque SANTA CRUZ	PAR	1
100	DaMarcus BEASLEY	USA	1
101	Oliver BIERHOFF	GER	1
102	YAYA TOURE	CIV	1
103	Gennaro GATTUSO	ITA	1
104	Edison MENDEZ	ECU	1
105	MAICON Douglas	BRA	1
106	Fernando MORIENTES	ESP	1
107	Claude MAKELELE	FRA	1
108	Daniele DE ROSSI	ITA	1
109	AHN Jung Hwan	KOR	1
110	Jon Dahl TOMASSON	DEN	1
111	ALEXIS SANCHEZ	CHI	1
112	DAVID LUIZ Moreira	BRA	1
113	Francisco ARCE	PAR	1
114	Jose Luis CHILAVERT	PAR	1
115	Mats HUMMELS	GER	1
116	JOE COLE	ENG	1
117	Ronald GOMEZ	CRC	1
118	Andre AYEW	GHA	1
119	MANICHE Ribeiro	POR	1
120	Luis HERNANDEZ	MEX	1
121	ROBINHO de Souza	BRA	1
122	Drazen LADIC	CRO	1
123	GIOVANI dos Santos	MEX	1
124	Didier DROGBA	CIV	1
125	Ivica OLIC	CRO	1
126	Junichi INAMOTO	JPN	1
127	HAKAN SUKUR	TUR	1
128	Fredrik LJUNGBERG	SWE	1
129	Stephen APPIAH	GHA	1
130	HASAN SAS	TUR	1
131	Jens JEREMIES	GER	1
132	ÜMIT DAVALA	TUR	1
133	Marco MATERAZZI	ITA	1
134	Georgios SAMARAS	GRE	1
135	Mehdi MAHDAVIKIA	IRN	1
136	Zvonimir BOBAN	CRO	1
137	Brian LAUDRUP	DEN	1
138	Patrick M'BOMA	CMR	1
139	Brad FRIEDEL	USA	1
140	Bogdan STELEA	ROU	1
141	Quinton FORTUNE	RSA	1
142	Oleksandr SHOVKOVSKYJ	UKR	1
143	Tahar El KHALEJ	MAR	1
144	Pape BOUBA DIOP	SEN	1
145	Tsuneyasu MIYAMOTO	JPN	1
146	Owen HARGREAVES	ENG	1
147	BRYAN RUIZ	CRC	1
148	Jean BEAUSEJOUR	CHI	1
149	Nawaf AL TEMYAT	KSA	1
150	LUIS FABIANO Clemente	BRA	1
151	DECO de Souza	POR	1
152	Marc RIEPER	DEN	1
153	Robbie KEANE	IRL	1
154	Frankie HEJDUK	USA	1
155	Aruna DINDANE	CIV	1
156	Rais M'BOLHI	ALG	1
157	Anatolij TYMOSHCHUK	UKR	1
158	Jan VERTONGHEN	BEL	1
159	CHICHARITO Hernandez	MEX	1
160	Paul POGBA	FRA	1
161	Kevin DE BRUYNE	BEL	1
162	Joel CAMPBELL	CRC	1
163	Ilhan MANSIZ	TUR	1
164	Henri CAMARA	SEN	1
165	Lamine DIATTA	SEN	1
166	Noel VALLADARES	HON	1
167	Maksym KALINICHENKO	UKR	1
168	Peter ODEMWINGIE	NGA	1
169	Tore Andre FLO	NOR	1
170	Adel SELLIMI	TUN	1
171	Eden HAZARD	BEL	1
172	Enner VALENCIA	ECU	1
173	Pierre N'JANKA	CMR	1
174	Eduardo VARGAS	CHI	1
175	Salaheddine BASSIR	MAR	1
176	JUNINHO Paulista	BRA	1
177	Adrian ILIE	ROU	1
178	Enrique VERA	PAR	1
179	Kasey KELLER	USA	1
180	Tomas ROSICKY	CZE	1
181	Michael ESSIEN	GHA	1
182	Harry KEWELL	AUS	1
183	Omar BRAVO	MEX	1
184	Johan MJÄLLBY	SWE	1
185	Theodore WHITMORE	JAM	1
186	Antolin ALCARAZ	PAR	1
187	JACKSON Martinez	COL	1
188	Nelson CUEVAS	PAR	1
189	Andreas JAKOBSSON	SWE	1
190	Bartosz BOSACKI	POL	1
191	Robert KOREN	SVN	1
192	Victor IKPEBA	NGA	1
193	Gelson FERNANDES	SUI	1
194	John Obi MIKEL	NGA	1
195	Siphiwe TSHABALALA	RSA	1
196	Bernard DIOMEDE	FRA	1
197	Edin DZEKO	BIH	1
198	Jose Francisco FONSECA	MEX	1
199	Shaun BARTLETT	RSA	1
200	JOAO RICARDO Pereira	ANG	1
201	Katlego MPHELA	RSA	1
202	Pawel KRYSZALOWICZ	POL	1
203	Mario MANDZUKIC	CRO	1
204	Dwight YORKE	TRI	1
205	Vladimir STOJKOVIC	SRB	1
206	ALIOUM Boukar	CMR	1
207	Alvaro RECOBA	URU	1
208	Alexander DOMINGUEZ	ECU	1
209	ZE KALANGA	ANG	1
210	Hiroaki MORISHIMA	JPN	1
211	JUNIOR de Souza	BRA	1
212	Mario BALOTELLI	ITA	1
213	SON Heung Min	KOR	1
214	Daniel AGGER	DEN	1
215	Marcelo GALLARDO	ARG	1
216	Craig BURLEY	SCO	1
217	Jermain DEFOE	ENG	1
218	JUANITO Gutierrez	ESP	1
219	Helman MKHALELE	RSA	1
220	Chokri EL OUAER	TUN	1
221	MARK GONZALEZ	CHI	1
222	Dmitrij SYCHJOV	RUS	1
223	Ilijan ILIEV	BUL	1
224	Julio DOS SANTOS	PAR	1
225	KIM Byung Ji	KOR	1
226	Winston PARKS	CRC	1