Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics

As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup.

Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. Eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are Argentina. The most successful nation is Brazil, which has won the cup on five occasions. Five teams have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals without winning, while twelve more have appeared in the semi-finals.

List of tournaments

Year Host Champions Winning coach Top scorer(s) Best player award Source
1930 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Uruguay Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Uruguay Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Alberto Suppici Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Guillermo Stábile (8) Not awarded
1934 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Vittorio Pozzo Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Oldřich Nejedlý (5)
1938 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Vittorio Pozzo Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Leônidas (7)
1950 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Uruguay Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Juan López Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Ademir (9)
1954 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics   Switzerland Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  West Germany Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Sepp Herberger Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Sándor Kocsis (11)
1958 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Sweden Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Vicente Feola Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Just Fontaine (13)
1962 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Chile Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Aymoré Moreira Six players (4)
1966 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  England Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  England Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Alf Ramsey Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Eusébio (9)
1970 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Mexico Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Mário Zagallo Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Gerd Müller (10)
1974 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  West Germany Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  West Germany Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Helmut Schön Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Grzegorz Lato (7)
1978 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Argentina Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Argentina Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  César Luis Menotti Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Mario Kempes (6) Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Mario Kempes
1982 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Spain Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Enzo Bearzot Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Paolo Rossi (6) Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Paolo Rossi
1986 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Mexico Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Argentina Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Carlos Bilardo Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Gary Lineker (6) Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Diego Maradona
1990 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  West Germany Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Franz Beckenbauer Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Salvatore Schillaci (6) Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Salvatore Schillaci
1994 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  United States Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Carlos Alberto Parreira Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Hristo Stoichkov (6)
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Oleg Salenko (6)
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Romário
1998 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Aimé Jacquet Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Davor Šuker (6) Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Ronaldo
2002 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  South Korea
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Japan
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Luiz Felipe Scolari Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Ronaldo (8) Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Oliver Kahn
2006 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Marcello Lippi Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Miroslav Klose (5) Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Zinedine Zidane
2010 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  South Africa Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Spain Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Vicente del Bosque Four players (5) Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Diego Forlán
2014 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Joachim Löw Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  James Rodríguez (6) Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Lionel Messi
2018 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Russia Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Didier Deschamps Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Harry Kane (6) Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Luka Modrić
2022 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Qatar Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Argentina Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Lionel Scaloni Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Kylian Mbappé (8) Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Lionel Messi

Overall team records

The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil 22 114 76 19 19 237 108 +129 247
2 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany 20 112 68 21 23 232 130 +102 225
3 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Argentina 18 88 47 17 24 152 101 +51 158
4 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy 18 83 45 21 17 128 77 +51 156
5 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France 16 73 39 14 20 136 85 +51 131
6 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  England 16 74 32 22 20 104 68 +36 118
7 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Spain 16 67 31 17 19 108 75 +33 110
8 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Netherlands 11 55 30 14 11 96 52 +44 104
9 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Uruguay 14 59 25 13 21 89 76 +13 88
10 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Belgium 14 51 21 10 20 69 74 −5 73
11 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Sweden 12 51 19 13 19 80 73 +7 70
12 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Russia 11 45 19 10 16 77 54 +23 67
13 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Mexico 17 60 17 15 28 62 101 −39 66
14 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Serbia 13 49 18 9 22 71 71 0 63
15 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Portugal 8 35 17 6 12 61 41 +20 57
16 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Poland 9 38 17 6 15 49 50 −1 57
17 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics   Switzerland 12 41 14 8 19 55 73 −18 50
18 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Hungary 9 32 15 3 14 87 57 +30 48
19 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Croatia 6 30 13 8 9 43 33 +10 47
20 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Slovakia 9 34 12 6 18 49 52 −3 42
21 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Czech Republic 9 33 12 5 16 47 49 −2 41
22 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Austria 7 29 12 4 13 43 47 −4 40
23 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Chile 9 33 11 7 15 40 49 −9 40
24 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  United States 11 37 9 8 20 40 66 −26 35
25 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Denmark 6 23 9 6 8 31 29 +2 33
26 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Paraguay 8 27 7 10 10 30 38 −8 31
27 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  South Korea 11 38 7 10 21 39 78 −39 31
28 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Colombia 6 22 9 3 10 32 30 +2 30
29 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Romania 7 21 8 5 8 30 32 −2 29
30 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Japan 7 25 7 6 12 25 33 −8 27
31 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Costa Rica 6 21 6 5 10 22 39 −17 23
32 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Cameroon 8 26 5 8 13 22 47 −25 23
33 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Morocco 6 23 5 7 11 20 27 −7 22
34 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Nigeria 6 21 6 3 12 23 30 −7 21
35 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Scotland 8 23 4 7 12 25 41 −16 19
36 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Senegal 3 12 5 3 4 16 17 −1 18
37 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Ghana 4 15 5 3 7 18 23 −5 18
38 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Peru 5 18 5 3 10 21 33 −12 18
39 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Ecuador 4 13 5 2 6 14 14 0 17
40 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Bulgaria 7 26 3 8 15 22 53 −31 17
41 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Turkey 2 10 5 1 4 20 17 +3 16
42 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Australia 6 20 4 4 12 17 37 −20 16
43 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Republic of Ireland 3 13 2 8 3 10 10 0 14
44 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Northern Ireland 3 13 3 5 5 13 23 −10 14
45 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Tunisia 6 18 3 5 10 14 26 −12 14
46 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Saudi Arabia 6 19 4 2 13 14 44 −30 14
47 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Iran 6 18 3 4 11 13 31 −18 13
48 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Algeria 4 13 3 3 7 13 19 −6 12
49 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Ivory Coast 3 9 3 1 5 13 14 −1 10
50 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  South Africa 3 9 2 4 3 11 16 −5 10
51 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Norway 3 8 2 3 3 7 8 −1 9
52 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  East Germany 1 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
53 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Greece 3 10 2 2 6 5 20 −15 8
54 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Ukraine 1 5 2 1 2 5 7 −2 7
55 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Wales 2 8 1 4 3 5 10 −5 7
56 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Slovenia 2 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
57 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Cuba 1 3 1 1 1 5 12 −7 4
58 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  North Korea 2 7 1 1 5 6 21 −15 4
59 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
60 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Jamaica 1 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
61 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  New Zealand 2 6 0 3 3 4 14 −10 3
62 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Honduras 3 9 0 3 6 3 14 −11 3
63 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Angola 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
64 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Israel 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
65 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Egypt 3 7 0 2 5 5 12 −7 2
66 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Iceland 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
67 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Kuwait 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
68 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Trinidad and Tobago 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
69 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Bolivia 3 6 0 1 5 1 20 −19 1
70 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Iraq 1 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
71 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Togo 1 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
72 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Qatar 1 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
73 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Indonesia 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 0
74 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Panama 1 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
75 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  United Arab Emirates 1 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
76 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  China 1 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
77 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Canada 2 6 0 0 6 2 12 −10 0
78 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Haiti 1 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
79 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  DR Congo 1 3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0
80 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  El Salvador 2 6 0 0 6 1 22 −21 0
    Breakdown of successor team records
Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Czechoslovakia (1934–1990) 8 30 11 5 14 44 45 −1 38
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Czech Republic (2006–present) 1 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Slovakia (2010–present) 1 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany (1934–1938) 2 6 3 1 2 14 13 +1 10
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  West Germany (1950–1990) 10 62 36 14 12 131 77 +54 122
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany (1994–present) 8 44 29 6 9 87 40 +46 93
Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Soviet Union (1958–1990) 7 31 15 6 10 53 34 +19 51
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Russia (1994–present) 4 14 4 4 6 24 20 +4 16
Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Yugoslavia (1930–1990) 8 33 14 7 12 55 42 +13 49
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Yugoslavia (1998) 1 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Serbia and Montenegro (2006) 1 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Serbia (2010–present) 3 9 2 1 6 9 15 −6 7

Finals records by team

Performances in finals by team
Nation Titles Runners-up
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil 5 2
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany 4 4
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy 4 2
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Argentina 3 3
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France 2 2
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Uruguay 2 0
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  England 1 0
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Spain 1 0
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Netherlands 0 3
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Hungary 0 2
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Czechoslovakia 0 2
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Sweden 0 1
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Croatia 0 1

Teams statistics

Note: In case there are teams with equal quantities, they will be mentioned in chronological order of tournament history (the teams that attained the quantity first, are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, the teams will be listed alphabetically.

For a detailed list of top four appearances, see FIFA World Cup results.

Most titles

  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil – 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

Most finishes in the top two

  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany/West Germany – 8 (1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986 and 1990 as West Germany, 2002 and 2014 as Germany)

Most second-place finishes

  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany/West Germany – 4 (1966, 1982, 1986 as West Germany, 2002 as Germany)

Most World Cup appearances

  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil – 22 (every tournament)

Most consecutive championships

  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy – 2 (1934–1938)
  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil – 2 (1958–1962)

Most consecutive finishes in the top two

Longest gap between successive titles

  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy – 44 years (nine editions, 1938–1982)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two

  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Argentina – 48 years (10 editions, 1930–1978)

Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup

  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Wales – 64 years (16 editions, 1958–2022)

Most consecutive failed qualification attempts

Worst finish by defending champions

  • Group stage – Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy (1950)
  • Group stage – Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil (1966)
  • Group stage – Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France (2002)
  • Group stage – Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy (2010)
  • Group stage – Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Spain (2014)
  • Group stage – Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany (2018)

Players

Most appearances

Players in bold text are still active with their national team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

All-time top player appearances
Rank Player Team(s) Matches Tournaments
1 Lionel Messi Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Argentina 26 5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
2 Lothar Matthäus Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  West Germany/Germany 25 5 (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
3 Miroslav Klose Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany 24 4 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
4 Paolo Maldini Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy 23 4 (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
5 Cristiano Ronaldo Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Portugal 22 5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Most championships

Most appearances in a World Cup final

Youngest player

Youngest player in a final

  • Pelé – 17 years, 249 days (for Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil vs. Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Sweden, 29 June 1958)

Oldest player

Oldest player in a final

Goalscoring

Individual

Top goalscorers

Players in bold text are still active with their national team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

All-time top scorers
Rank Player Team(s) Goals Matches Goals per game
1 Miroslav Klose Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany 16 24 0.67
2 Ronaldo Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil 15 19 0.79
3 Gerd Müller Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  West Germany 14 13 1.08
4 Just Fontaine Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France 13 6 2.17
Lionel Messi Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Argentina 26 0.50

Most goals scored in a single tournament

Most goals scored in a match

Most goals scored in a final match

Most goals scored in final matches (overall)

  • Kylian Mbappé – 4 (Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France, 2018, 2022)

Most consecutive matches scored in

Most tournaments scored in

Milestone goals

Youngest goalscorer

Youngest goalscorer in a final

  • Pelé – 17 years, 249 days (for Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil vs. Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Sweden, 29 June 1958)

Oldest goalscorer

Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round

Oldest goalscorer in a final

Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final

Fastest goal

Fastest goal in a final

Latest goal in regular time

Most goals against country of birth

Team

Biggest wins

Biggest margin of victory
Rank Date Venue Winning team Score Losing team
1 15 June 1982 Nuevo Estadio, Elche Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Hungary 10–1 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  El Salvador
17 June 1954 Hardturm Stadium, Zürich Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Hungary 9–0 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  South Korea
18 June 1974 Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Yugoslavia 9–0 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Zaire
4 12 June 1938 Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Sweden 8–0 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Cuba
2 July 1950 Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Uruguay 8–0 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Bolivia
1 June 2002 Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany 8–0 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Saudi Arabia

Biggest win in a final

Biggest margin of victory in a final
Rank Date Venue Winning team Score Losing team
1 29 June 1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil 5–2 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Sweden
21 June 1970 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil 4–1 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy
12 July 1998 Stade de France, Saint-Denis Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France 3–0 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil

Highest scoring matches

Most goals scored in a match
Rank Date Venue Total goals Team Score Team
1 26 June 1954 Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne 12 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Austria 7–5 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics   Switzerland
2 5 June 1938 Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg 11 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil 6–5 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Poland
20 June 1954 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Hungary 8–3 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  West Germany
15 June 1982 Nuevo Estadio, Elche Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Hungary 10–1 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  El Salvador
5 8 June 1958 Idrottsparken, Norrköping 10 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France 7–3 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Paraguay

Most goals in a tournament

Top scoring teams by tournament

Period Top scorers Goals scored Source
1930 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Argentina 18
1934 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy 12
1938 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Hungary 15
1950 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil 22
1954 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Hungary 27
1958 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France 23
1962 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil 14
1966 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Portugal 17
1970 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil 19
1974 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Poland 16
1978 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Argentina 15
Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Netherlands
1982 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France 16
1986 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Argentina 14
1990 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  West Germany 15
1994 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Sweden 15
1998 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France 15
2002 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil 18
2006 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany 14
2010 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany 16
2014 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Germany 18
2018 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Belgium 16
2022 Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  France 16

Teams listed in bold won the tournament. Fewer than half of all World Cup tournaments have been won by the highest-scoring team.

Tournament

Most goals scored in a tournament

Fewest goals scored in a tournament

Most goals per match in a tournament

  • 1954 – 5.38 goals per match

Fewest goals per match in a tournament

  • 1990 – 2.21 goals per match

Own goals

Assists

Note: FIFA formally records assists only from the 1966 edition onwards.

Most assists

Most assists in a tournament

Most tournaments assisted in

Most assists provided in a match

Most assists provided in final matches

  • Pelé – 3 (Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil, 1 in 1958, 2 in 1970)

Most assists in the knockout rounds

Penalty shoot-outs

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal

Most goals conceded

Most goals conceded in one tournament

Fewest goals conceded in one tournament

Fewest goals conceded in one tournament for the eventual winners

Most saves in one match

Most penalties saved (excluding penalty shoot-outs)

Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out

Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs

Coaching

Most matches coached

Most matches won

Most tournaments won

Most tournaments as a coach

Most different nations coached

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach

  • Bora Milutinović – 5 (1986–2002)

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team

Youngest coach

Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team

Oldest coach

Oldest coach of a World Cup winning team

Refereeing

Most tournaments

Most matches refereed, overall

  • Ravshan Irmatov – 11 (Uzbekistan, 2010–2018)

Youngest referee

  • Juan Gardeazábal – 24 years and 193 days (Spain, 1958)

Oldest referee

Discipline

Note: There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970.

Fastest caution

Fastest sending off

Fastest sending off, qualification

Latest caution

Latest sending off

Sent off from the bench

Most cards (all-time, player)

Most cautions (all-time, player)

Most sendings off (all-time, player)

Most sendings off (tournament)

  • 2006 – 28 (in 64 games)

Most sendings off (all-time, team)

  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Brazil – 11 (in 97 games)

Most sendings off (match, both teams)

Most sendings off (final match)

Most cautions (tournament)

  • 2006 – 345 (in 64 matches)

Most cautions (all-time, team)

Most cautions (match, one team)

Most cautions (match, both teams)

Most cautions (match, player)

Most cautions (final match, both teams)

Most suspensions (tournament, player)

Teams: Matches played/goals scored

All time

Most matches played

Most wins

Most losses

Most draws

Most goals scored

Most goalscorers

Most goals conceded

Fewest goals scored

Highest goal difference

In one tournament

Most goals scored

Fewest goals conceded

Most goals conceded

Most matches gone into extra time

Most minutes without conceding a goal

  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy – 517 mins (1990)

Highest goal difference

Highest goal difference, champions

Lowest goal difference

Lowest goal difference, champions

  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Italy – +6 (1938 and 1982)
  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Spain – +6 (2010)

Highest average of goals scored per match

Highest average goal difference per match

Most goals scored, champions

Fewest goals scored, champions

Fewest goals scored, finalists

Fewest goals conceded, champions

Most goals conceded, champions

Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions

  • Fifa World Cup Records And Statistics  Spain – 1.14 (2010)

Most penalties scored (excluding shoot-outs)

Most penalties awarded (excluding shoot-outs)

Hat-tricks

Attendance

Highest attendance

Rank Date Venue Match Attendance Source
1 16 July 1950 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Uruguay v Brazil 173,850
2 13 July 1950 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil v Spain 152,772
3 1 July 1950 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil v Yugoslavia 142,409
4 9 July 1950 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil v Sweden 138,886
5 7 June 1986 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Mexico v Paraguay 114,600
29 June 1986 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Argentina v West Germany 114,600

Lowest attendance

Highest average of attendance

  • 1994 – 69,174 per match

Highest aggregated attendance

  • 1994 – 3,594,042

Lowest average of attendance

  • 1934 – 21,239

Lowest aggregated attendance

  • 1934 – 358,000

See also

Footnotes

References

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