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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
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Ewan Ross-Murray

2026 World Cup: The Favorites to Win the Golden Glove—Ranked

Star strikers and midfield maestros often steal the headlines when the World Cup comes around every four years, but it’s the person between the sticks that is often so crucial to success for competing nations.

Whether it’s a clutch last-minute save or penalty shootout heroics, goalkeepers can be the difference-makers, and clinching the world title is impossible without an elite stopper guarding net.

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