Every Player of the Match Award at the World Cup So Far - Round 2 Update!

Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, and Vinicuis Jr lead the charge, as Cristiano Ronaldo bags his 8th award!

Jun 24, 2026·2 min read·by Taj Soupidis

Photo: FIFA World Cup/Instagram

Mexico 2-0 South Africa - Julian Quinones (Mexico)
Korea Republic 2-1 Czechia – Hwang Inbeom (Korea Republic)

Canada 1-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ismael Kone (Canada)
USA 4-1 Paraguay - Folarin Balogun (USA)

Haiti 0-1 Scotland – John McGinn (Scotland)
Australia 2-0 Turkiye – Nestory Irankunda (Australia)
Brazil 1-1 Morocco – Vinicius Jr (Brazil)
Qatar 1-1 Switzerland – Mahmoud Abunada (Qatar)

Cote d'Ivoire 1-0 Ecuador – Yan Diomande (Cote d'Ivoire)
Germany 7-1 Curacao – Kai Havertz (Germany)
Netherlands 2-2 Japan – Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands)
Sweden 5-1 Tunisia – Alexander Isak (Sweden)

Saudi Arabia 1-1 Uruguay – Federico Valverde (Uruguay)
Spain 0-0 Cabo Verde – Vozinha (Cape Verde)
IR Iran 2-2 New Zealand – Ramin Rezaeian (Iran)
Belgium 1-1 Egypt – Emam Ashour (Egypt)

France 3-1 Senegal – Michael Olise (France)
Iraq 1-4 Norway – Erling Haaland (Norway)
Argentina 3-0 Algeria – Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Austria 3-1 Jordan – Ali Olwan (Jordan)

Ghana 1-0 Panama – Antoine Semenyo (Ghana)
England 4-2 Croatia – Harry Kane (England)
Portugal 1-1 Congo DR – Joao Neves (Portugal)
Uzbekistan 1-3 Colombia – Luis Diaz (Colombia)

Czechia 1-1 South Africa – Ladislav Krejci (Czechia)
Switzerland 4-1 Bosnia and Herzegovina – Johan Manzambi (Switzerland)
Canada 6-0 Qatar - Jonathan David (Canada)
Mexico 1-0 Korea Republic - Luis Romo (Mexico)

Brazil 3-0 Haiti – Vincius Junior (Brazil)
Scotland 0-1 Morocco – Ismael Saibari (Morocco)
Turkiye 0-1 Paraguay – Matias Galarza (Paraguay)
USA 2-0 Australia - Folarin Balogun (USA)

Germany 2-1 Cote d'Ivoire – Deniz Undav (Germany)
Ecuador 0-0 Curacao – Eloy Room (Curacao)
Netherlands 5-1 Sweden – Cody Gakpo (Netherlands)
Tunisia 0-4 Japan – Group F – Ayase Ueda (Japan)

Uruguay 2-2 Cabo Verde – Kevin Pina (Cape Verde)
Spain 4-0 Saudi Arabia – Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain)
Belgium 0-0 Iran – Alireza Beiranvand (Iran)
New Zealand 1-3 Egypt – Mohamed Salah (Egypt)

Norway 3-2 Senegal – Erling Haaland (Norway)
France 3-0 Iraq – Kylian Mbappe (France)
Argentina 2-0 Austria – Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Jordan 1-2 Algeria – Ibrahim Maza (Algeria)

England 0-0 Ghana – Jude Bellingham (England)
Panama 0-1 Croatia – Cristian Martinez (Panama)
Portugal 5-0 Uzbekistan – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Colombia 1-0 Congo DR – Daniel Munoz (Colombia)

The Leaders So Far:

Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, and Vinicuis Jr all have 2 awards to their names so far.

There are 34 total nations represented thus far.

These nations appear with multiple appearances:

Brazil (2)
Canada (2)
Mexico (2)
USA (2)
Germany (2)
Netherlands (2)
Cape Verde (2)
Egypt (2)
France (2)
Norway (2)
Argentina (2)
England (2)
Portugal (2)
Colombia (2)

Confederation Representation So Far:

UEFA: 15 nations
CAF: 10 nations
CONCACAF: 7 nations
CONMEBOL: 4 nations
AFC: 5 nations

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