The Golden Glove award given to the best goalkeeper of the tournament, Prior to 2011 edition Golden Glove Award was called as Best Goalkeeper award. The FIFA Technical study Group decides the Top goalkeepers of the World Cup tournament based on goalkeepers performance throughout the tournament till the final match. Here you get to know all details regarding the FIFA Golden Glove Winners list.
Though the award was first introduced for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in the year 1999. But, the award was originated in the FIFA Men’s World Cup in the year 1994 and the award was named as Lev Yashin Award at that time though it was changed to Golden Glove later on. In 2003 and 2007 World Cup, a Best Goalkeeper award was given, and in 1999 World Cup two goalkeepers were named to an All-Star Team. In all, six times players have won the Golden Glove award since it was first awarded in the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Golden Glove Award first Introduction
Procedure For Voting On The Golden Glove Award
The FIFA Technical Study Group casts the votes for the golden glove award. The player who wins the most votes is given the award. Each member of the panel casts a vote for the player who they feel was the best goalkeeper at the competition. Tiebreakers are used to determine the winner if two or more players have the same number of votes. The first tiebreaker is determine by who advanced the farthest in the World Cup tournament, if the seond tiebreaker is needed than the goalkeeper who made the highest number of saves, and if the third tiebreaker is required, the player who played the most minutes gets the award.
FIFA Golden Glove Winners List
| World Cup | Best Goalkeeper/Golden Glove Winner | Clean sheets |
| 1999 | Gao Hong (China) & Briana Scurry (USA) | 4 |
| 2003 | Silke Rottenberg (Germany) | 2 |
| 2007 | Nadine Angerer (Germany) | 6 |
| 2011 | Hope Solo (USA) | 2 |
| 2015 | Hope Solo (USA) | 5 |
| 2019 | Sari van Veenendaal (Netherlands) | 3 |
Player Of The Match Award Winners List
The player of the match (POTM) Award was first introduced for the FIFA Women’s World Cup in the year 2003. The award goes to the most outstanding player in every match of the tournament. Till 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup (i.e. from 2003 to 2015) the POTM award were chosen by the Technical Study Group. But, from 2019 the winner of POTM award has been chosen through an online poll conducted on FIFA’s website.
“The Player of the Match vote gives fans across the globe the opportunity to choose the most outstanding footballer in every match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 in real time. The player with the highest number of fan votes receives the award at the end of the game.
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Players with the most POTM Awards/Wins by the tournament
| World Cup | Players with the Most POTM Award | Awards/Wins |
| 2003 United States | Birgit Prinz (Germany) Bettina Wiegmann (Germany) Dagny Mellgren (Norway) Victoria Svensson (Sweden) | 2 |
| 2007 China | Daniela (Brazil) Marta (Brazil) Kelly Smith (England) Nadine Angerer (Germany) Birgit Prinz (Germany) Ane Stangeland Horpestad (Norway) | 2 |
| 2011 Germany | Aya Miyama (Japan) Homare Sawa (Japan) Lotta Schelin (Sweden) Abby Wambach (United States) | 2 |
| 2015 Canada | Carli Lloyd (United States) | 4 |
| 2019 France | Megan Rapinoe (United States) | 3 |
Player of the Match Winners of All-Time
| Rank | Player | Awards/Wins | World Cups with Awards |
| 1 | Marta (Brazil) Aya Miyama (Japan) Carli Lloyd (United States) | 5 5 5 | 2003, 2007, 2011, 2019 2011, 2015 2011, 2015 |
| 4 | Birgit Prinz (Germany) Megan Rapinoe (United States) | 4 4 | 2003, 2007 2015, 2019 |
| 6 | Daniela (Brazil) Amandine Henry (France) Nadine Angerer (Germany) Homare Sawa (Japan) Lieke Martens (Netherlands) Lotta Schelin (Sweden) Abby Wambach ( United States) | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 2003, 2007 2015, 2019 2007, 2015 2007, 2011 2015, 2019 2007, 2011 2007, 2011 |