Lionel Messi

2022 champion. Golden Boot + Golden Ball. 13 World Cup goals total. Redemption at 35.

Messi finally claimed his World Cup in 2022 at the age of 35, scoring 7 goals and making 3 assists to win the Golden Boot and Golden Ball simultaneously — the first player to win both in the same tournament. His quarterfinal performance against the Netherlands, culminating in a deliberate taunt at the Dutch bench, was one of the most electrifying individual displays in World Cup history.