Your votes have been counted and we can now confirm the overall winner of the GOAL50 2022 World Cup Wonders!
GOAL50 is an annual award that gives fans the power to rank the 50 best footballers in the world over the previous 12 months.
This year GOAL50 featured three categories of players to vote on. In addition to the Men and Women categories, we added a special once-off World Cup Wonders category to pay tribute to the tournament legends of the past.
GOAL50 employs a unique voting system that sees fans voting on a series of head-to-head clashes between players in each category.
There were 2,450 possible player match-ups in each category, and the players with the most victories have now been crowned the GOAL50 2022 winners.
Here are the final standings, and the overall winner, of the World Cup Wonders GOAL50 2022!
GOAL1Diego Maradona – Argentina
Perhaps the greatest player of all time, the inspirational Maradona dragged Argentina to the title in 1986, scoring one of the most magnificent goals in the tournament's history—a mazy 60-yard dribble against England—only minutes after giving the Albiceleste the lead with the infamous 'Hand of God'.
AdvertisementGOAL2Pelé – Brazil
The only player to have won three World Cups, Pele brought his excellence to bear on the tournament like no player past or present—from scoring twice as a dazzling 17-year-old in the 1958 final against Sweden to spearheading Brazil's iconic 1970 vintage.
GOAL3Ronaldo – Brazil
O Fenomeno scored 15 goals in 19 World Cup matches – winning the title in 1994 and 2002 – with his eight strikes during the latter competition capping a remarkable comeback following final heartbreak at France '98.
GOAL4 Zinedine Zidane – France
The most mesmerising playmaker of his generation, Zidane went from hero to villain at the World Cup; netting twice in the '98 final as France won their first crown in Paris, before his headbutt on Marco Materazzi left Les Bleus reeling eight years later.