# CONCACAF Gold Cup awards

At the end of each CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game.

## Awards

* There are currently five post-tournament awards from the Tournament Awards Committee:
** the Golden Ball for best player, first awarded in 1991;
** the Golden Boot for top goalscorer, first awarded in 1991;
** the Golden Glove for best goalkeeper, first awarded in 2002;
** the Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play, first awarded in 2002;
** the Goal of the Tournament, for the best goal scored during the tournament, first awarded in 2021.

## Best player

| Gold Cup | Golden Ball |
| 1991 | Tony Meola |
| 1993 | Ramón Ramírez |
| 1996 | Raúl Lara |
| 1998 | Kasey Keller |
| 2000 | Craig Forrest |
| 2002 | Brian McBride |
| 2003 | Jesús Arellano |
| 2005 | Luis Tejada |
| 2007 | Julian de Guzman |
| 2009 | Giovani dos Santos |
| 2011 | Javier Hernández |
| 2013 | Landon Donovan |
| 2015 | Andrés Guardado |
| 2017 | Michael Bradley |
| 2019 | Raúl Jiménez |
| 2021 | Héctor Herrera |
| 2023 | Adalberto Carrasquilla |

## Top goalscorer

| Gold Cup | Golden Boot | Goals |
| 1991 | Benjamín Galindo | 4 |
| 1993 | Zague | 11 |
| 1996 | Eric Wynalda | 4 |
| 1998 | Luis Hernández | 4 |
| 2000 | Carlo Corazzin | 4 |
| 2002 | Brian McBride | 4 |
| 2003 | Walter Centeno Landon Donovan | 4 |
| 2005 | DaMarcus Beasley | 3 |
| 2007 | Carlos Pavón | 5 |
| 2009 | Miguel Sabah | 4 |
| 2011 | Javier Hernández | 7 |
| 2013 | Gabriel Torres Landon Donovan Chris Wondolowski | 5 |
| 2015 | Clint Dempsey | 7 |
| 2017 | Alphonso Davies | 3 |
| 2019 | Jonathan David | 6 |
| 2021 | Almoez Ali | 4 |
| 2023 | Jesús Ferreira | 7 |

## Best goalkeeper

| Gold Cup | Golden Glove | Clean sheets |
| 2002 | Lars Hirschfeld | 2 |
| 2003 | Oswaldo Sánchez | 5 |
| 2005 | Jaime Penedo | 2 |
| 2007 | Franck Grandel | 0 |
| 2009 | Keylor Navas | 1 |
| 2011 | Noel Valladares | 1 |
| 2013 | Jaime Penedo | 2 |
| 2015 | Brad Guzan | 2 |
| 2017 | Andre Blake | 3 |
| 2019 | Guillermo Ochoa | 3 |
| 2021 | Matt Turner | 5 |
| 2023 | Guillermo Ochoa | 4 |

## Best young player

The Young Player Award ("Bright Future Award" 2015) was awarded for the first time at the 2015 Gold Cup in Canada–United States and given to Mexico's Jesús Corona.
The winner of the award has only been part of the winning country one time. Jesús Corona in 2015.
| Gold Cup | Young Player | Age |
| 2015 | Jesús Corona | 22 |
| 2017 | Alphonso Davies | 16 |
| 2019 | Christian Pulisic | 20 |
| 2021 | Tajon Buchanan | 22 |

## Team of the Tournament

| Year | Host(s) | Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| 1998 | United States | Kasey Keller | Eddie Pope Claudio Suárez Zé Maria | Ramón Ramírez Preki Paul Hall Cuauhtémoc Blanco | Edmundo Romário Paulo Wanchope |
| 2000 | United States | Craig Forrest | Rafael Márquez Jason de Vos | Ramón Ramírez Roberto Palacios Russell Latapy | Cobi Jones Arnold Dwarika Carlo Corazzin Carlos Pavón Dwight Yorke |
| 2002 | United States | Odelin Molina | Luis Marin Jeff Agoos Jason de Vos | Alfonso Sosa Mauricio Solis Landon Donovan Kim Nam-il Rónald Gómez | Kevin McKenna Brian McBride |
| 2003 | United States Mexico | | | | |
| 2005 | United States | Jaime Penedo | Felipe Baloy Samuel Caballero Oguchi Onyewu | DaMarcus Beasley Landon Donovan Jairo Patiño Luis Ernesto Pérez | Tressor Moreno Luis Tejada Wilmer Velásquez |
| 2007 | United States | Franck Grandel | Felipe Baloy Richard Hastings Frankie Hejduk Carlos Salcido | Walter Centeno Julian de Guzman Pablo Mastroeni Pável Pardo | Carlos Pavón Blas Pérez |
| 2009 | United States | Keylor Navas Guillermo Ochoa | Mike Klukowski Freddy Fernández Fausto Pinto Luis Moreno Clarence Goodson Chad Marshall | Julian de Guzman Celso Borges Stéphane Auvray Gerardo Torrado Giovani dos Santos Stuart Holden | Álvaro Saborío Walter Martínez Miguel Sabah Kenny Cooper |
| 2011 | United States | | | | |
| 2013 | United States | | | | |
| 2015 | United States  Canada | | | | |
| 2017 | United States | Andre Blake | Graham Zusi Omar Gonzalez Jermaine Taylor Kemar Lawrence | Darlington Nagbe Jesús Dueñas Michael Bradley Alphonso Davies | Jozy Altidore Jordan Morris |
| 2019 | United States Costa Rica Jamaica | Guillermo Ochoa | Luis Rodríguez Carlos Salcedo Aaron Long Jesús Gallardo | Michael Bradley Andrés Guardado Jonathan dos Santos Jonathan David Christian Pulisic | Raúl Jiménez |
| 2021 | United States | Matt Turner | Miles Robinson Edson Álvarez Shaq Moore Damion Lowe | Héctor Herrera Celso Borges Tajon Buchanan | Akram Afif Rogelio Funes Mori Almoez Ali |
| 2023 | United States Canada | Guillermo Ochoa | Fidel Escobar Johan Vásquez Jorge Sánchez | Luis Chávez Adalberto Carrasquilla Orbelín Pineda Yoel Bárcenas Demarai Gray | Jesús Ferreira Ismael Díaz |

## Fair Play Trophy

| Gold Cup | Fair Play Trophy Winners |
| 2002 | Costa Rica |
| 2003 | United States |
| 2005 | Honduras |
| 2007 | Honduras |
| 2009 | United States |
| 2011 | Mexico |
| 2013 | Panama |
| 2015 | Jamaica |
| 2017 | United States |
| 2019 | United States |
| 2021 | United States |
| 2023 | United States |

## Goal of the Tournament

The Goal of the Tournament award was awarded for the first time at the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
* Scores and results list the goal tally of the players' team first.
| Gold Cup | Player | Scored against | Score | Minute | Result | Round | Ref. |
| 2021 | Bobby Decordova-Reid | Suriname | 2–0 | 26' | 2–0 | Group stage | |
| 2023 | Anthony Baron | Cuba | 4–0 | 50' | 4–0 | Group stage | |