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This is a list of records and statistics of the FIFA World Cup.

As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the final tournaments.^[1] 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.^[2] To date, eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are France. The most successful nation in the competition currently is Brazil, which has won the cup on five occasions.^[3] Five European nations have won the tournament a record 12 times, followed by three South America nations with nine victories. Five teams have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals without winning,^[4] while eleven more have appeared in semi-finals.^[5]

Debut of national teams

Each successive World Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Using FIFA's view on successor teams, the total number of teams that have participated in the World Cup until the 2022 edition is 80.

Year	Debuting teams			Successor teams
Year	Teams	No.	Cum.	Successor teams
1930	Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, France, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, United States, Uruguay, Yugoslavia^[a]	13	13
1934	Austria, Czechoslovakia,^[b] Egypt, Germany,^[c] Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland	10	23
1938	Cuba, Dutch East Indies,^[d] Norway, Poland	4	27
1950	England	1	28
1954	South Korea, Scotland, Turkey	3	31	West Germany^[c]
1958	Northern Ireland, Soviet Union,^[e] Wales	3	34
1962	Bulgaria, Colombia	2	36
1966	North Korea, Portugal	2	38
1970	El Salvador, Israel, Morocco	3	41
1974	Australia, East Germany,^[c] Haiti, Zaire^[f]	4	45
1978	Iran, Tunisia	2	47
1982	Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, New Zealand	5	52
1986	Canada, Denmark, Iraq	3	55
1990	Costa Rica, Republic of Ireland, United Arab Emirates	3	58
1994	Greece, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia	3	61	Germany,^[c] Russia^[e]
1998	Croatia,^[a] Jamaica, Japan, South Africa	4	65	FR Yugoslavia^[a]
2002	China, Ecuador, Senegal, Slovenia^[a]	4	69
2006	Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine^[e]	6	75	Czech Republic,^[b] Serbia and Montenegro^[a]
2010	Slovakia^[b]	1	76	Serbia^[a]
2014	Bosnia and Herzegovina^[a]	1	77
2018	Iceland, Panama	2	79
2022	Qatar	1	80

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.

As of 2022 FIFA World Cup^[6]

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

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany (1934–1938)	2	6	3	1	2	14	13	+1	10
West Germany (1950–1990)	10	62	36	14	12	131	77	+54	122
Germany (1994–present)	8	44	29	6	9	87	40	+46	93

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union (1958–1990)	7	31	15	6	10	53	34	+19	51
Russia (1994–present)	4	14	4	4	6	24	20	+4	16

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia (1930–1990)	8	33	14	7	12	55	42	+13	49
FR Yugoslavia (1998)	1	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
Serbia and Montenegro (2006)	1	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0
Serbia (2010–present)	3	9	2	1	6	9	15	−6	7

Medal table

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Hosts

Results of host nations
Year	Hosting team	Finish
1930	Uruguay	Champions
1934	Italy	Champions
1938	France	Quarter-finals
1950	Brazil	Runners-up
1954	Switzerland	Quarter-finals
1958	Sweden	Runners-up
1962	Chile	Third place
1966	England	Champions
1970	Mexico	Quarter-finals
1974	West Germany	Champions
1978	Argentina	Champions
1982	Spain	Second group stage
1986	Mexico	Quarter-finals
1990	Italy	Third place
1994	United States	Round of 16
1998	France	Champions
2002	South Korea	Fourth place
2002	Japan	Round of 16
2006	Germany	Third place
2010	South Africa	Group stage
2014	Brazil	Fourth place
2018	Russia	Quarter-finals
2022	Qatar	Group stage
2026	Canada	TBD
	Mexico
	United States

Results of defending champions

The defending World Cup champions were formerly granted an automatic spot in the Cup finals field. As of the 2006 tournament, this berth is no longer guaranteed.^[7] However, no defending World Cup champion has yet failed to qualify.

Year	Defending champions	Finish
1934	Uruguay	Did not enter
1938	Italy	Champions
1950	Italy	Group stage
1954	Uruguay	Fourth place
1958	West Germany	Fourth place
1962	Brazil	Champions
1966	Brazil	Group stage
1970	England	Quarter-finals
1974	Brazil	Fourth place
1978	West Germany	Second round (top 8)
1982	Argentina	Second round (top 12)
1986	Italy	Round of 16
1990	Argentina	Runners-up
1994	Germany	Quarter-finals
1998	Brazil	Runners-up
2002	France	Group stage
2006	Brazil	Quarter-finals
2010	Italy	Group stage
2014	Spain	Group stage
2018	Germany	Group stage
2022	France	TBD

Results by confederation

AFC

	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	Total
Teams	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	43
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0^[g]	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	3	9
Top 8	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0^[g]	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st																							0
2nd																							0
3rd																							0
4th																							1

CAF

	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	Total
Teams	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	49
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0^[g]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	11
Top 8	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[g]	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	4
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
1st																							0
2nd																							0
3rd																							0
4th																							0

CONCACAF

	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	Total
Teams	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	46
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0^[g]	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	3	1	1	15
Top 8	—	0	1	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0^[g]	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5
Top 4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st																							0
2nd																							0
3rd																							1
4th																							0

CONMEBOL

	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	Total
Teams	7	2	1	5	2	3	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	6	5	4	89
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2^[g]	4	4	2	4	2	3	5	5	4	2	37
Top 8	—	0	1	—	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	2^[g]	2	1	1	2	1	2	4	3	2	2	36
Top 4	2	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	23
Top 2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		14
1st																							9
2nd																							5
3rd																							3
4th																							5

OFC

	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	Total
Teams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0^[g]	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Top 8	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[g]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st																							0
2nd																							0
3rd																							0
4th																							0

UEFA

	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	Total
Teams	4	12	12	6	12	12	10	10	9	9	10	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	13	13	14	13	258
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10^[g]	10	10	10	10	9	10	6	6	10	8	99
Top 8	—	8	6	—	6	7	6	5	4	6	5	10^[g]	5	6	7	6	4	6	3	4	6	5	105
Top 4	1	4	3	2	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	2	4	2	62
Top 2	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2		28
1st																							12
2nd																							16
3rd																							17
4th																							15

Active consecutive participations

This is a list of active consecutive participations of national teams in the FIFA World Cup

Team	Confederation	Managed to qualify since	Consecutive participations
Brazil	CONMEBOL	1930	22
Germany^[c]	UEFA	1954	18
Argentina	CONMEBOL	1974	13
Spain	UEFA	1978	12
South Korea	AFC	1986	10
Mexico	CONCACAF	1994	8
England	UEFA	1998	7
France	UEFA	1998	7
Japan	AFC	1998	7
Portugal	UEFA	2002	6
Switzerland	UEFA	2006	5
Australia	AFC	2006	5
Uruguay	CONMEBOL	2010	4
Belgium	UEFA	2014	3
Croatia	UEFA	2014	3
Iran	AFC	2014	3
Costa Rica	CONCACAF	2014	3
Denmark	UEFA	2018	2
Serbia	UEFA	2018	2
Saudi Arabia	AFC	2018	2
Senegal	CAF	2018	2
Poland	UEFA	2018	2
Tunisia	CAF	2018	2
Morocco	CAF	2018	2

Droughts

Droughts are the number of World Cups missed by a country after that country appeared in a World Cup. Thus a nation or its predecessor nation must have appeared in a World Cup at least once to suffer a drought. Only the longest drought for a country is listed. If the county's longest drought is currently still continuing, that drought is listed considered active. This section is a list of droughts associated with the participation of national football teams in the FIFA World Cups. 1942 and 1946, when the tournament was not held due to World War II, are not included in the calculation of a drought.

Longest active World Cup appearance droughts

Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance or teams that no longer exist.

As of 2022 FIFA World Cup

Team	Last appearance	WC missed
Cuba	1938	19
Indonesia^[d]	1938	19
Israel	1970	13
DR Congo^[f]	1974	12
Haiti	1974	12
El Salvador	1982	10
Kuwait	1982	10
Hungary	1986	9
Iraq	1986	9
Northern Ireland	1986	9
United Arab Emirates	1990	8
Bolivia	1994	7
Austria	1998	6
Bulgaria	1998	6
Jamaica	1998	6
Norway	1998	6
Romania	1998	6
Scotland	1998	6
China	2002	5
Republic of Ireland	2002	5
Turkey	2002	5
Angola	2006	4
Czech Republic	2006	4
Togo	2006	4
Trinidad and Tobago	2006	4
Ukraine	2006	4
New Zealand	2010	3
North Korea	2010	3
Paraguay	2010	3
Slovakia	2010	3
Slovenia	2010	3
South Africa	2010	3
Algeria	2014	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2014	2
Chile	2014	2
Greece	2014	2
Honduras	2014	2
Italy	2014	2
Ivory Coast	2014	2

Longest World Cup appearance droughts overall

Team	Prev. appearance	Next appearance	WC missed
Cuba	1938	active	19
Indonesia^[d]	1938	active	19
Wales	1958	2022	15
Israel	1970	active	13
DR Congo^[f]	1974	active	12
Haiti	1974	active	12
Egypt	1934	1990	11
Norway	1938	1994	11
Turkey	1954	2002	11
Bolivia	1950	1994	10
North Korea	1966	2010	10
El Salvador	1982	active	10
Kuwait	1982	active	10
United States	1950	1990	9
Hungary	1986	active	9
Iraq	1986	active	9
Northern Ireland	1986	active	9
Peru	1982	2018	8
Canada	1986	2022	8
United Arab Emirates	1990	active	8
South Korea	1954	1986	7
Australia	1974	2006	7
Netherlands	1938	1974	6
Poland	1938	1974	6
Paraguay	1958	1986	6
Colombia	1962	1990	6
Switzerland	1966	1994	6
Honduras	1982	2010	6
New Zealand	1982	2010	6
Austria	1998	active	6
Bulgaria	1998	active	6
Jamaica	1998	active	6
Romania	1998	active	6
Scotland	1998	active	6
Algeria	1986	2010	5
China	2002	active	5
Republic of Ireland	2002	active	5
Portugal	1966	1986	4
East Germany^[c]	1974	dissolved	4
Iran	1978	1998	4
Tunisia	1978	1998	4
Morocco	1998	2018	4
Angola	2006	active	4
Czech Republic	2006	active	4
Togo	2006	active	4
Trinidad and Tobago	2006	active	4
Ukraine	2006	active	4
Argentina	1934	1958	3
Belgium	1954	1970	3
Chile	1982	1998	3
Greece	1994	2010	3
Senegal	2002	2018	3
Slovakia	2010	active	3
Slovenia	2010	active	3
South Africa	2010	active	3
Mexico	1930	1950	2
Serbia^[a]	1930	1950	2
Serbia^[a]	1962	1974	2
Uruguay	1930	1950	2
	1974	1986
	1990	2002
Sweden	1958	1970	2
	1978	1990
	2006	2018
France	1966	1978	2
France	1986	1998	2
Spain	1966	1978	2
England	1970	1982	2
Russia^[e]	1970	1982	2
Russia^[e]	2002	2014	2
Denmark	1986	1998	2
Costa Rica	1990	2002	2
Saudi Arabia	2006	2018	2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2014	active	2
Italy	2014	active	2
Ivory Coast	2014	active	2

General statistics by tournament

Year	Host	Champions	Winning coach	Top scorer(s)	Best player award^[8]^[9]^[10]
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	Alberto Suppici	Guillermo Stábile (8)	José Nasazzi
1934	Italy	Italy	Vittorio Pozzo	Oldřich Nejedlý (5)	Giuseppe Meazza
1938	France	Italy	Vittorio Pozzo	Leônidas (7)	Leônidas
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	Juan López	Ademir (9)	Zizinho
1954	Switzerland	West Germany	Sepp Herberger	Sándor Kocsis (11)	Ferenc Puskás
1958	Sweden	Brazil	Vicente Feola	Just Fontaine (13)	Didi
1962	Chile	Brazil	Aymoré Moreira	Garrincha (4) Vavá (4) Leonel Sánchez (4) Flórián Albert (4) Valentin Ivanov (4) Dražan Jerković (4)	Garrincha
1966	England	England	Alf Ramsey	Eusébio (9)	Bobby Charlton
1970	Mexico	Brazil	Mário Zagallo	Gerd Müller (10)	Pelé
1974	West Germany	West Germany	Helmut Schön	Grzegorz Lato (7)	Johan Cruyff
1978	Argentina	Argentina	César Luis Menotti	Mario Kempes (6)	Mario Kempes
1982	Spain	Italy	Enzo Bearzot	Paolo Rossi (6)	Paolo Rossi
1986	Mexico	Argentina	Carlos Bilardo	Gary Lineker (6)	Diego Maradona
1990	Italy	West Germany	Franz Beckenbauer	Salvatore Schillaci (6)	Salvatore Schillaci
1994	United States	Brazil	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Hristo Stoichkov (6) Oleg Salenko (6)	Romário
1998	France	France	Aimé Jacquet	Davor Šuker (6)	Ronaldo
2002	South Korea Japan	Brazil	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Ronaldo (8)	Oliver Kahn
2006	Germany	Italy	Marcello Lippi	Miroslav Klose (5)	Zinedine Zidane
2010	South Africa	Spain	Vicente del Bosque	Thomas Müller (5) Wesley Sneijder (5) David Villa (5) Diego Forlán (5)	Diego Forlán
2014	Brazil	Germany	Joachim Löw	James Rodríguez (6)	Lionel Messi
2018	Russia	France	Didier Deschamps	Harry Kane (6)	Luka Modrić
2022	Qatar

Teams: Tournament position

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.


Most titles won: 5, Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Most finishes in the top two: 8, Germany (1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2014)

Most finishes in the top three: 12, Germany (1934, 1954, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)

Most finishes in the top four: 13, Germany (1934, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014); For a detailed list of top four appearances, see FIFA World Cup results

Most finishes in the top eight: 19, Brazil (every tournament except 1934, 1966 and 1990)^[h]

Most finishes in the top 16: 22, Brazil (every tournament)

Most World Cup appearances: 22, Brazil (every tournament)

Most second-place finishes: 4, Germany (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)

Most third-place finishes: 4, Germany (1934, 1970, 2006, 2010)

Most fourth-place finishes: 3, Uruguay (1954, 1970, 2010)

Most eliminations in semi-final: 5, Germany (1934, 1958, 1970, 2006, 2010)

Most eliminations in quarter-final: 9, England (1950, 1954, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2022)^[i]

Most eliminations in round of 16: 7, Mexico (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Most eliminations in first round: 8, Mexico (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1978, 2022), South Korea (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018), Scotland (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)

Most titles won by a confederation: 12, UEFA (1934, 1938, 1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)

Most final appearances by confederation: 28, UEFA (2 in 1934, 2 in 1938, 2 in 1954, 1958, 1962, 2 in 1966, 1970, 2 in 1974, 1978, 2 in 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2 in 2006, 2 in 2010, 2014, 2 in 2018)

Confederation with highest percentage of teams who qualified for the finals at least once: 90% (9 out of 10), CONMEBOL (all but Venezuela)

Confederation with lowest percentage of teams who qualified for the finals at least once: 15.38% (2 out of 11 current and 2 former), OFC (only Australia and New Zealand)

Consecutive


Most consecutive championships: 2, Italy (1934–1938), Brazil (1958–1962)

Most consecutive finishes in the top two: 3, Germany (1982–1990), Brazil (1994–2002)

Most consecutive finishes in the top three: 4, Germany (2002–2014)

Most consecutive finishes in the top four: 4, Germany (2002–2014)

Most consecutive finishes in the top eight: 16, Germany (1954–2014)

Most consecutive finishes in the top 16: 22, Brazil (1930–2022)^[j]

Most consecutive finals tournaments: 22, Brazil (1930–2022)

Most consecutive second-place finishes: 2, Netherlands (1974–1978), West Germany (1982–1986)

Most consecutive third-place finishes: 2, Germany (2006–2010)

Most consecutive fourth-place finishes: No country has finished 4th in two consecutive tournaments

Most consecutive 3rd–4th-place finishes: 2, Sweden (1938–1950), Brazil (1974–1978), France (1982–1986), Germany (2006–2010)

Most consecutive 5th–8th-place finishes: 4, Switzerland (1934–1954)^[k]

Most consecutive 9th–16th-place finishes: 7, Mexico (1994–2018)

Most consecutive 17th–32nd-place finishes: 4, South Korea (1986–1998)

Biggest improvement in position in consecutive tournaments: Did not participate/qualify, then champions; Italy (1930–1934), Uruguay (1938–1950), West Germany (1950–1954), France (1994–1998)

Most consecutive championships by a confederation: 4, UEFA (2006–2018)

Most consecutive top two appearances by confederation: 17, UEFA (1954–2018)

Most consecutive top three appearances by confederation: 20, UEFA (1934–2018)

Most consecutive top four appearances by confederation: 21, UEFA (1930–2018)

Gaps


Longest gap between successive titles: 44 years, Italy (1938–1982)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two: 48 years, Argentina (1930–1978)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top three: 48 years, Argentina (1930–1978)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top four: 60 years, Spain (1950–2010)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the finals: 64 years, Wales (1958–2022)

Longest holding of the world champion title: Italy: 16 years, 1 month and 6 days (10 June 1934 – 16 July 1950)

Host team


Best finish by host team: Champion: Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), England (1966), West Germany (1974), Argentina (1978), France (1998)

Worst finish by host team: 17th–32nd position (FIFA final ranking 32nd): Qatar (2022)^[l]

Defending champions


Best finish by defending champions: Champions; Italy (1938), Brazil (1962)

Worst finish by defending champions: Did not participate; Uruguay (1934)

Worst finish by defending champions who participate in the next tournament: Group stage; Italy (1950), Brazil (1966), France (2002), Italy (2010), Spain (2014), Germany (2018)

Debuting teams

Best finish by a debuting team: Champions; Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934)^[m]

Best finish by a debuting team after 1934: Third place; Portugal (1966), Croatia (1998)

Other

Most finishes in the top two without ever being champions: 3, Netherlands (1974, 1978, 2010)

Most finishes in the top three without ever being champions: 4, Netherlands (1974, 1978, 2010, 2014)

Most finishes in the top four without ever being champions: 5, Netherlands (1974, 1978, 1998, 2010, 2014)

Most appearances, never progressing from the first round: 8, Scotland (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)^[n]

Most finals played, never lost: 2, Uruguay (1930, 1950)
Most semi-finals played, never lost: 5, Argentina (1930, 1978, 1986, 1990, 2014)^[o]

Most quarter-finals (or best eight round) played, never lost: 8, Italy (1934, 1938, 1970, 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006)

Most round of 16 (from 1986 to date) played, never lost: 8, Germany (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)

Most appearances, never winning a match: 3, Bolivia (1930, 1950, 1994), Honduras (1982, 2010, 2014), Egypt (1934, 1990, 2018)

Most played final: 3, Argentina vs. Germany (1986, 1990, 2014)

Most played match: 7, Argentina vs. Germany (1958, 1966, 1986, 1990, 2006, 2010, 2014), Brazil vs. Sweden (1938, 1950, 1958, 1978, 1990, 1994 (2x)), Germany vs. Yugoslavia/ Serbia (1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1990, 1998, 2010)

Teams: Tournament progress

All time

Most appearances in the first round: 22, Brazil (every tournament)

Progressed from the first round the most times: 19, Brazil (every tournament except 1930, 1934 and 1966)

Progressed from the first round as group winners the most times: 16, Brazil (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Eliminated in the first round the most times: 8, Scotland (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998), Mexico (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1978, 2022)

Most appearances without elimination from the first round: 3, Republic of Ireland (1990, 1994, 2002)^[p]

Fewest appearances, reaching quarter-finals: 1, Cuba (1938), East Germany (1974), Ukraine (2006)

Most appearances without reaching quarter-finals: 8, Scotland (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)

Fewest appearances, reaching semi-finals: 2, Turkey (2002)

Most appearances without reaching semi-finals: 17, Mexico (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Fewest appearances, reaching a final: 6, Croatia (2018)

Most appearances without reaching a final: 17, Mexico (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Fewest appearances, winning a title: 14, Uruguay (1930, 1950)

Most appearances without winning a title: 17, Mexico (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Consecutive

Most consecutive appearances in the first round: 22, Brazil (every tournament)

Most consecutive progressions from the first round: 16, Germany (1954–2014)

Most consecutive progressions from the first round as group winners: 11, Brazil (1982–2022)

Most consecutive eliminations from the first round: 5, Mexico (1950–1966), Scotland (1974–1990)

Most consecutive result by the same team: 7, Round of 16, Mexico (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)

Players

Most championships: 3, Pelé ( Brazil, 1958, 1962^[q] and 1970); See here for a list of players who have won multiple FIFA World Cups.

Most man of the match awards: 9, Lionel Messi ( Argentina; 1 in 2010, 4 in 2014, 1 in 2018, 3 in 2022)^[12]

Most man of the match awards in one tournament: 4, Wesley Sneijder ( Netherlands) in 2010, Lionel Messi ( Argentina) in 2014^[13]

Most tournament appearances: 5, Antonio Carbajal ( Mexico, 1950–1966), Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, 1982–1998), Rafael Márquez ( Mexico, 2002–2018), Lionel Messi ( Argentina, 2006–2022), Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2006–2022), Andrés Guardado ( Mexico, 2006–2022)^[14]

Most finishes in the top two: 3, Nílton Santos ( Brazil; 1950, 1958, 1962), Carlos José Castilho ( Brazil; 1950, 1958, 1962), Pelé ( Brazil; 1958, 1962, 1970), Pierre Littbarski ( West Germany; 1982, 1986, 1990), Lothar Matthäus ( West Germany; 1982, 1986, 1990), Cafu ( Brazil; 1994, 1998, 2002), Ronaldo ( Brazil; 1994,^[r] 1998, 2002)

Most finishes in the top three: 4, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014)

Most appearances in All-Star Team: 3, Djalma Santos ( Brazil, 1954–1962), Franz Beckenbauer ( West Germany, 1966–1974), Philipp Lahm ( Germany, 2006–2014)

Most matches played: 25, Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, 1982–1998)

Most knockout games played: 14, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014)

Most minutes played: 2,217 minutes, Paolo Maldini ( Italy, 1990–2002)

Most qualifier matches played: 68, Iván Hurtado ( Ecuador, 1994–2010)

Most matches won: 17, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014)

Most appearances in a World Cup final: 3, Cafu ( Brazil; 1994, 1998, 2002)^[s]

Most different teams played in tournaments: 2, Luis Monti ( Argentina, 1930 and Italy, 1934), Robert Prosinečki and Robert Jarni ( Yugoslavia, 1990 and Croatia, 1998 and 2002), Ferenc Puskás ( Hungary, 1954 and Spain, 1962)

Most appearances as captain: 17, Rafael Márquez ( Mexico, 2002–2018)^[15], Lionel Messi ( Argentina, 2010–2022)

Most tournaments as captain: 5, Rafael Márquez ( Mexico, 2002–2018)^[15]

Most appearances as substitute: 11, Denílson ( Brazil, 1998–2002)

Youngest player: 17 years, 41 days, Norman Whiteside ( Northern Ireland), vs. Yugoslavia, 17 June 1982^[16]

Youngest player, final: 17 years, 249 days, Pelé ( Brazil), vs. Sweden, 29 June 1958^[16]

Youngest player, qualifying match: 13 years, 310 days, Souleymane Mamam ( Togo), vs. Zambia, 6 May 2001, 2002 CAF Group 1^[t]

Youngest captain: 21 years, 109 days, Tony Meola ( United States), vs. Czechoslovakia, 10 June 1990^[u]

Youngest player to ever be named to a FIFA World Cup squad: 16 years, 339 days, Edu ( Brazil), 1966

Oldest player: 45 years, 161 days, Essam El-Hadary ( Egypt), vs. Saudi Arabia, 25 June 2018

Oldest player, final: 40 years, 133 days, Dino Zoff ( Italy), vs. West Germany, 11 July 1982

Oldest player, qualifying match: 46 years, 175 days, MacDonald Taylor Sr. ( U.S. Virgin Islands), vs. Saint Kitts and Nevis, 18 February 2004, 2006 CONCACAF First Round^[18]

Oldest captain: 45 years, 161 days, Essam El-Hadary ( Egypt), vs. Saudi Arabia, 25 June 2018

Oldest player to debut in a World Cup finals tournament: 45 years, 161 days, Essam El-Hadary ( Egypt), vs. Saudi Arabia, 25 June 2018

Oldest player to ever be named to a FIFA World Cup squad: 45 years, 150 days, Essam El-Hadary ( Egypt), 2018^[19]

Largest age difference on the same team: 24 years and 42 days, 1994, Cameroon (Rigobert Song: 17 years and 358 days; Roger Milla: 42 years and 35 days)

Largest age difference on a champion team: 21 years and 297 days, 1982, Italy (Dino Zoff: 40 years and 133 days; Giuseppe Bergomi: 18 years and 201 days)

Longest period between World Cup finals appearances as a player: 15 years and 363 days, Faryd Mondragón ( Colombia, 1998–2014)

Longest span of World Cup finals appearances as a player: 16 years, Antonio Carbajal ( Mexico, 1950–1966); Elías Figueroa ( Chile, 1966–1982); Hugo Sánchez ( Mexico, 1978–1994); Giuseppe Bergomi ( Italy, 1982–1998); Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, 1982–1998); Rigobert Song ( Cameroon, 1994–2010); Faryd Mondragón ( Colombia, 1998–2014); Samuel Eto'o ( Cameroon, 1998–2014); Rafael Márquez ( Mexico, 2002–2018); Lionel Messi ( Argentina, 2006–2022); Luka Modrić ( Croatia, 2006–2022); Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2006–2022); Andrés Guardado ( Mexico, 2006–2022)

Longest period between World Cup finals appearances, overall: 44 years, Tim ( Brazil, 1938, as a player and Peru, 1982, as coach)

Goalscoring

Individual

Most goals scored, final tournaments: 16, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014)^[15]

Most goals scored, qualifying: 39, Carlos Ruiz ( Guatemala, 2002–2016)^[20]

Most goals scored, single tournament: 13, Just Fontaine ( France, 1958)^[15]

Most goals scored in a match: 5, Oleg Salenko ( Russia), vs. Cameroon, 1994^[15]

Most goals scored in a defeat: 4, Ernst Wilimowski ( Poland), vs. Brazil, 1938^[v]

Most goals scored in a qualifying match: 13, Archie Thompson ( Australia), vs American Samoa, 11 April 2001, 2002 OFC Group 1

Most goals scored in a final match: 3, Geoff Hurst ( England), vs. West Germany, 1966

Most goals scored in all final matches: 3, Vavá ( Brazil), 2 vs. Sweden in 1958 & 1 vs. Czechoslovakia in 1962; Pelé ( Brazil), 2 vs. Sweden in 1958 & 1 vs. Italy in 1970; Geoff Hurst ( England), 3 vs. West Germany in 1966 and Zinedine Zidane ( France), 2 vs. Brazil in 1998 & 1 vs. Italy in 2006

Scored goal(s) in multiple final matches: Vavá ( Brazil, 1958 & 1962), Pelé ( Brazil, 1958 & 1970), Paul Breitner ( West Germany, 1974 & 1982) and Zinedine Zidane ( France, 1998 & 2006)

Most matches with at least one goal: 11, Ronaldo ( Brazil, 1998–2006), Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014)

Most consecutive matches with at least one goal: 6, Just Fontaine ( France, 1958) and Jairzinho ( Brazil, 1970)

Most matches with at least two goals: 4, Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine ( France, 1958), Ronaldo ( Brazil, 1998–2006) and Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2010)

Most consecutive matches with at least two goals: 4, Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary, 1954)

Most hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine ( France, 1958), Gerd Müller ( West Germany, 1970) and Gabriel Batistuta ( Argentina, 1994 & 1998)^[21]

Most consecutive hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary, 1954) and Gerd Müller ( West Germany, 1970)^[21]

Fastest hat-trick: 8 minutes, László Kiss ( Hungary), scored at 69', 72' and 76', vs. El Salvador, 1982

Most goals scored by a substitute in a match: 3, László Kiss ( Hungary), vs. El Salvador, 1982

Hat-tricks of penalty kicks: Never occurred in the final tournament, four times in qualification: Kubilay Türkyilmaz ( Switzerland), vs. Faroe Islands, 7 October 2000, 2002 UEFA Group 1; Henrik Larsson ( Sweden), vs. Moldova, 6 June 2001, 2002 UEFA Group 4; Ronaldo ( Brazil), vs. Argentina, 2 June 2004, 2006 CONMEBOL; Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ( Gabon), vs. Niger, 15 June 2013, 2014 CAF Second Round Group E

Scoring in every match of a team in a World Cup (at least three matches): György Sárosi ( Hungary), 5 goals in 4 matches (1938), Arne Nyberg ( Sweden), 3 goals in 3 matches (1938), Alcides Ghiggia ( Uruguay), 4 goals in 4 matches (1950), Just Fontaine ( France), 13 goals in 6 matches (1958), Omar Oreste Corbatta ( Argentina), 3 goals in 3 matches (1958), Ferenc Bene ( Hungary), 4 goals in 4 matches (1966), Jairzinho ( Brazil), 7 goals in 6 matches (1970), Teófilo Cubillas ( Peru), 5 goals in 4 matches (1970), James Rodríguez ( Colombia), 6 goals in 5 matches (2014)

Most tournaments with at least one goal: 5, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 2006–2022)

Most tournaments with at least two goals: 4, Uwe Seeler ( West Germany, 1958–1970) and Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014)

Most tournaments with at least three goals: 3, Jürgen Klinsmann ( Germany, 1990–1998), Ronaldo ( Brazil, 1998–2006) and Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2010)

Most tournaments with at least four goals: 3, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2010)

Most tournaments with at least five goals: 2, Teófilo Cubillas ( Peru, 1970, 1978), Miroslav Klose ( Germany), (2002–2006) and Thomas Müller ( Germany, 2010–2014)

Most qualification tournaments with at least one goal: 5, Rafael Márquez ( Mexico, 2002–2018) and Carlos Ruiz ( Guatemala, 2002–2018)

Longest period between a player's first and last goals overall: 16 years, Lionel Messi ( Argentina, 16 June 2006 – 9 December 2022) and Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal, 17 June 2006 – 24 November 2022)

Longest period between successive goals: 12 years, Michael Laudrup ( Denmark, 1986–1998) and Ivica Olić ( Croatia, 2002–2014)

First goalscorer: Lucien Laurent ( France), vs. Mexico, 13 July 1930^[21]

100th goal goalscorer: Angelo Schiavio ( Italy), vs. United States, 27 May 1934^[21]

1000th goal goalscorer: Rob Rensenbrink ( Netherlands), vs. Scotland, 11 June 1978^[21]

2000th goal goalscorer: Marcus Allbäck ( Sweden), vs. England, 20 June 2006^[21]

Youngest goalscorer: 17 years, 239 days, Pelé ( Brazil), vs. Wales, 19 June 1958^[22]

Youngest hat-trick scorer: 17 years, 244 days, Pelé ( Brazil), vs. France, 24 June 1958^[22]

Youngest goalscorer, final: 17 years, 249 days, Pelé ( Brazil), vs. Sweden, 29 June 1958^[22]

Oldest goalscorer: 42 years, 39 days, Roger Milla ( Cameroon), vs. Russia, 28 June 1994

Oldest goalscorer in a knockout game: 39 years, 283 days, Pepe ( Portugal), vs. Switzerland, 6 December 2022^[23]

Oldest debut goal: 38 years, 19 days, Roger Milla ( Cameroon), 1990

Oldest hat-trick scorer: 33 years, 130 days, Cristiano Ronaldo ( Portugal), vs. Spain, 15 June 2018

Oldest goalscorer, final: 35 years, 264 days, Nils Liedholm ( Sweden), vs. Brazil, 29 June 1958

The oldest player who received "at least Bronze Boot" for being top goalscorer in the tournament: 38 years, 49 days, Roger Milla ( Cameroon), 1990

Only player to score in his teens, twenties and thirties: Lionel Messi ( Argentina) (2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022)^[24]^[25]

Most penalties scored (excluding shoot-outs): 4, Eusébio ( Portugal, 4 in 1966), Rob Rensenbrink ( Netherlands, 4 in 1978) – both records for one tournament , Gabriel Batistuta ( Argentina, 2 each in 1994 and 1998), Harry Kane ( England), 3 in 2018, 1 in 2022

Most penalties missed (excluding during shoot-outs): 2, Asamoah Gyan ( Ghana), vs. Czech Republic, 2006 and vs. Uruguay, 2010; Lionel Messi ( Argentina), vs. Iceland, 2018 and vs. Poland, 2022

Fastest goal from kick-off: 11 seconds, Hakan Şükür ( Turkey), vs. South Korea, 2002

Fastest goal by a substitute: 16 seconds, Ebbe Sand ( Denmark), vs. Nigeria, 1998

Fastest goal in a final: 90 seconds, Johan Neeskens ( Netherlands), vs. West Germany, 1974 final

Fastest goal in a qualifying match: 8.1 seconds, Christian Benteke ( Belgium), vs. Gibraltar, 10 October 2016, 2018 UEFA Group H^[26]

Fastest brace scored: 69 seconds, Toni Kroos ( Germany), vs. Brazil, 2014

Latest goal in regular time: 90+13th minute, Mehdi Taremi ( Iran), vs. England, 2022^[27]

Latest goal from kick-off: 121st minute, Alessandro Del Piero ( Italy), vs. Germany, 2006 and Abdelmoumene Djabou ( Algeria), vs. Germany, 2014

Latest goal from kick-off in a final: 120th minute, Geoff Hurst ( England), vs. Germany, 1966 (see "They think it's all over")

Latest goal from kick-off, with no goals scored between: 119th minute, David Platt ( England), vs. Belgium, 1990 and Fabio Grosso ( Italy), vs. Germany, 2006

Latest goal from kick-off in a final, with no goals scored between: 116th minute, Andrés Iniesta ( Spain), vs. Netherlands, 2010

Players to score against the country of their birth: Alfred Bickel for Switzerland vs. Germany (1938); Breel Embolo for Switzerland vs. Cameroon (2022); Wahbi Khazri for Tunisia vs. France (2022); Xherdan Shaqiri for Switzerland vs. Serbia (2018, 2022). Note, Shaqiri was born in Kosovo, which is recognized as a country by FIFA but not as a nation state by the United Nations.

Team


Biggest margin of victory: 9, Hungary 9–0 South Korea, 1954;^[28] Yugoslavia 9–0 Zaire, 1974^[28] and Hungary 10–1 El Salvador, 1982^[28]

Biggest margin of victory, knockout match: 8, Sweden 8–0 Cuba, 1938 quarter-final

Biggest margin of victory, qualifying match: 31, Australia 31–0 American Samoa, 11 April 2001, 2002 OFC Group 1

Most goals scored in a match, one team: 10, Hungary 10–1 El Salvador, 1982

Most goals scored in a match, both teams: 12, Austria 7–5 Switzerland, 1954

Highest scoring draw: 4–4, England vs. Belgium (a.e.t.), 1954 and Soviet Union vs. Colombia, 1962

Largest deficit overcome in a win: 3 goals, Austria, 1954 (coming from 0–3 down to win 7–5 vs. Switzerland) and Portugal, 1966 (coming from 0–3 down to win 5–3 vs. North Korea)

Largest deficit overcome in a draw: 3 goals, Colombia, 1962 (coming from 0–3 down to draw 4–4 vs. Soviet Union) and Uruguay, 2002 (coming from 0–3 down to draw 3–3 vs. Senegal)

Most goals scored in extra time, both teams: 5, Italy 3–2 West Germany, 1970

Most goals scored in a final, one team: 5, Brazil, 1958

Most goals scored in a final, both teams: 7, Brazil 5–2 Sweden, 1958

Fewest goals scored in a final, both teams: 0, Brazil 0–0 Italy, 1994

Biggest margin of victory in a final: 3, Brazil 5–2 Sweden, 1958; Brazil 4–1 Italy, 1970 and France 3–0 Brazil, 1998

Largest deficit overcome in a win in a final: 2, West Germany, 1954 (coming from 0–2 down to win 3–2 vs. Hungary)

Most goals in a tournament, one team: 27, Hungary, 1954

Most individual goalscorers for one team, one match: 7, Yugoslavia, vs. Zaire, 1974 (Dušan Bajević, Dragan Džajić, Ivica Šurjak, Josip Katalinski, Vladislav Bogićević, Branko Oblak and Ilija Petković)

Most individual goalscorers for one team, one tournament: 11, Belgium, 2018^[w] (Michy Batshuayi, Nacer Chadli, Kevin De Bruyne, Marouane Fellaini, Eden Hazard, Adnan Januzaj, Romelu Lukaku, Dries Mertens, Thomas Meunier, Jan Vertonghen and an own goal by Brazil's Fernandinho)

Most consecutive goals for a team scored by same player: 6: Eusébio ( Portugal), Paolo Rossi ( Italy), Oleg Salenko ( Russia), Enner Valencia ( Ecuador). Valencia's goals were scored across two tournament appearances for Ecuador, spanning over eight years.

Tournament


Most goals scored in a tournament: 171 goals, 1998 and 2014^[29]

Fewest goals scored in a tournament: 70 goals, 1930 and 1934^[29]

Most goals per match in a tournament: 5.38 goals per match, 1954

Fewest goals per match in a tournament: 2.21 goals per match, 1990

Most matches without a scoreless draw: 63 matches, 2018

Most consecutive matches without a scoreless draw: 36 matches, 2018

Most knockout matches without a scoreless draw: 16 matches, 2018

Most scorers in a tournament: 122, 2018

Most players scoring at least two goals in a tournament: 37, 1998

Most players scoring at least three goals in a tournament: 21, 1954

Most players scoring at least four goals in a tournament: 11, 1954

Most players scoring at least five goals in a tournament: 6, 1994 – Hristo Stoichkov ( Bulgaria), Oleg Salenko ( Russia), Romário ( Brazil), Jürgen Klinsmann ( Germany), Roberto Baggio ( Italy) and Kennet Andersson ( Sweden)

Most players scoring at least six goals in a tournament: 4, 1954 – Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary), Erich Probst ( Austria), Max Morlock ( West Germany) and Josef Hügi ( Switzerland)

Most players scoring at least seven goals in a tournament: 2, 1970 – Gerd Müller ( West Germany) and Jairzinho ( Brazil)

Longest distance covered by a player in a tournament: 84 km, 2014 – Thomas Müller ( Germany)^[30]

Own goals

Top scoring teams by tournament

1930: Argentina, 18 goals
1934: Italy, 12 goals
1938: Hungary, 15 goals
1950: Brazil, 22 goals
1954: Hungary, 27 goals
1958: France, 23 goals
1962: Brazil, 14 goals
1966: Portugal, 17 goals
1970: Brazil, 19 goals
1974: Poland, 16 goals
1978: Argentina and Netherlands, 15 goals each
1982: France, 16 goals
1986: Argentina, 14 goals
1990: West Germany, 15 goals
1994: Sweden, 15 goals
1998: France, 15 goals
2002: Brazil, 18 goals
2006: Germany, 14 goals
2010: Germany, 16 goals
2014: Germany, 18 goals
2018: Belgium, 16 goals

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

Goal scoring by tournament

1930: 70 goals in 18 matches (15 group matches, 3 knockout matches). 3.89 goals per game (gpg)
1934: 70 goals in 17 matches (15 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off, 1 replay). 4.67 gpg
1938: 84 goals in 18 matches (14 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off, 3 replays). 3.56 gpg
1950: 88 goals in 22 matches (22 group matches). 4 gpg
1954: 140 goals in 26 matches (16 group matches, 7 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off, 2 progress play-offs). 5.38 gpg
1958: 126 goals in 35 matches (24 group matches, 7 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off, 3 progress play-offs). 3.6 gpg
1962: 89 goals in 32 matches (24 group matches, 7 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off). 2.78 gpg
1966: 89 goals in 32 matches (24 group matches, 7 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off). 2.78 gpg
1970: 95 goals in 32 matches (24 group matches, 7 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off) 2.97 gpg
1974: 97 goals in 38 matches (36 group matches, 1 final, 1 third place play-off). 2.55 gpg
1978: 102 goals in 38 matches (36 group matches, 1 final, 1 third place play-off). 2.68 gpg
1982: 146 goals in 52 matches (48 group matches, 3 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off). 2.81 gpg
1986: 132 goals in 52 matches (36 group matches, 15 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off). 2.54 gpg
1990: 115 goals in 52 matches (36 group matches, 15 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off). 2.21 gpg
1994: 141 goals in 52 matches (36 group matches, 15 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off). 2.71 gpg
1998: 171 goals in 64 matches (48 group matches, 15 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off). 2.67 gpg
2002: 161 goals in 64 matches (48 group matches, 15 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off). 2.52 gpg
2006: 147 goals in 64 matches (48 group matches, 15 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off). 2.3 gpg
2010: 145 goals in 64 matches (48 group matches, 15 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off). 2.27 gpg
2014: 171 goals in 64 matches (48 group matches, 15 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off). 2.67 gpg
2018: 169 goals in 64 matches (48 group matches, 15 knockout matches, 1 third place play-off). 2.64 gpg

Assisting

Most assists provided, overall, final tournaments: 10, Pelé ( Brazil, 1958–1970)^[31]
Most assists provided in a tournament: 6, Pelé ( Brazil, 1970)^[32]
Most assists provided in a match (since 1966): 4, Robert Gadocha ( Poland), vs. Haiti, 1974^[33]^[34]
Most assists provided in final matches: 3, Pelé ( Brazil, 1 in 1958, 2 in 1970)^[35]
Most tournaments with at least one assist: 5, Lionel Messi ( Argentina, 2006–2022)^[36]
Most consecutive tournaments with at least one assist: 5, Lionel Messi ( Argentina, 2006–2022)^[36]

Penalties

By team

Most awarded: 19, Spain

Most converted: 16, Spain

Most missed or saved: 4, Argentina, Brazil

By tournament

Most awarded: 29, 2018^[37]

Most converted: 22, 2018

Most not converted: 7, 2018

Penalty shoot-outs

By team

Most played: 6, Argentina (1990 (2), 1998, 2006, 2014, 2022)

Most played in one tournament: 2, Argentina (1990), Spain (2002), Costa Rica and Netherlands (2014), Croatia and Russia (2018), Croatia (2022)

Most won: 5, Argentina (1990 (2), 1998, 2014, 2022)

Most won in one tournament: 2, Argentina (1990) and Croatia (2018, 2022)

Most lost: 4, Spain (1986, 2002, 2018, 2022)

Most played shoot-out: 2, France vs. Italy (1998, 2006) and Argentina vs. Netherlands (2014, 2022)

By tournament

Most played: 4, 1990, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022

Fewest played (since the introduction in 1978): 0, 1978

Extra time

By team

Most played: 11, Germany (1938, 1966, 1970 (2), 1982, 1986, 1990, 2006 (2), 2014 (2)), Italy (1934 (2), 1938, 1970, 1990, 1994 (2), 1998, 2002, 2006 (2))

Most tournaments playing extra time: 8, Germany (1938, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2006, 2014), Italy (1934, 1938, 1970, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006)

Most consecutive tournaments playing extra time: 5, Italy (1990–2006)

Most played in one tournament: 3, Belgium (1986), England (1990), Argentina (2014), Croatia (2018)

Most consecutive played in one tournament: 3, England (1990), Croatia (2018)

Most won (excluding replays and shoot-outs): 5, Italy (1934, 1938, 1970, 1994, 2006)

Most lost (excluding replays and shoot-outs): 3, Germany (1966, 1970, 2006)

Most won in one tournament (excluding replays and shoot-outs): 2, England (1990), Germany (2014)

Most consecutive won in one tournament (excluding replays and shoot-outs): 2, England (1990)

Most played match: 3, England vs. Germany (1966, 1970, 1990)

Most consecutive played match: 2, England vs. Germany (1966–1970)

By tournament

Most played: 8, 1990, 2014

Most played, not ending in replays or shoot-outs: 4, 1990, 2014

Most played ending in replays: 3, 1938

Most played ending in shoot-outs: 4, 1990, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022

Most played ending in a golden goal (sudden death): 3, 2002

Fewest played: 0, 1930, 1950, 1962, 1974

Tiebreakers

Cases when replays were used

1934 quarter-finals – To determine who advanced to the semi-finals ( Italy vs. Spain)
1938 round of 16 – To determine who advanced to the quarter-finals ( Switzerland vs. Germany) and ( Cuba vs. Romania)
1938 quarter-finals – To determine who advanced to the semi-finals ( Brazil vs. Czechoslovakia)

Cases when play-offs were used

1954 group stage – To determine second place in Group 2 ( West Germany vs. Turkey) and Group 4 ( Switzerland vs. Italy)
1958 group stage – To determine second place in Group 1 ( Northern Ireland vs. Czechoslovakia), Group 3 ( Wales vs. Hungary) and Group 4 ( Soviet Union vs. England)

Cases when drawing of lots was used

1954 group stage – To determine first place in Group 1 ( Brazil ahead of Yugoslavia) and Group 3 ( Uruguay ahead of Austria)
1970 group stage – To determine first place in Group 1 ( Soviet Union ahead of Mexico)
1990 group stage – To determine second place ( Republic of Ireland) and third place ( Netherlands) in Group F

Cases when fair play points were used

2018 group stage – To determine second place in Group H ( Japan qualified over Senegal due to having received fewer yellow cards)

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets (matches without conceding): 10, Peter Shilton ( England, 1982–1990) and Fabien Barthez ( France, 1998–2006)^[15]
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (finals): 517 mins (5 consecutive clean sheets), Walter Zenga ( Italy, 1990)
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (qualifying): 930 mins (9 consecutive clean sheets^[x]), Richard Wilson ( New Zealand, 1982)
Most goals conceded: 25, Antonio Carbajal ( Mexico) and Mohamed Al-Deayea ( Saudi Arabia)
Most goals conceded, one tournament: 16, Hong Deok-young ( South Korea), 1954
Most goals conceded, one match: 10, Luis Guevara Mora ( El Salvador), 1982 (vs. Hungary)
Fewest goals conceded, one tournament, champions: 2, Fabien Barthez ( France), 1998, Gianluigi Buffon ( Italy, 2006), Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2010)
Fewest goals conceded, one tournament: 0, Pascal Zuberbühler ( Switzerland), 2006^[y]
Fewest goals conceded, penalty shoot-outs, one match: 0, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi ( Ukraine), vs. Switzerland, 2006, Bono ( Morocco), vs. Spain, 2022.
Most saves, one match: 16, Tim Howard ( United States), vs. Belgium, 2014^[38]
Most penalties saved, one tournament (excluding during shoot-outs): 2, Jan Tomaszewski ( Poland), 1974, Brad Friedel ( United States), 2002, Wojciech Szczęsny ( Poland), 2022^[39]
Most penalties saved overall (excluding during shoot-outs): 2, Jan Tomaszewski ( Poland, both in 1974), Brad Friedel ( United States, both in 2002), Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2002, 2010), Wojciech Szczęsny ( Poland, both in 2022)^[39]
Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out: 3, Ricardo ( Portugal), vs. England, 2006, Danijel Subašić ( Croatia), vs. Denmark, 2018, Dominik Livaković ( Croatia), vs. Japan, 2022
Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs: 4, Harald Schumacher ( West Germany, 2 vs. France in 1982 and 2 vs. Mexico in 1986), Sergio Goycochea ( Argentina, 2 vs. Yugoslavia in 1990 and 2 vs. Italy in 1990), Danijel Subašić ( Croatia, 3 vs. Denmark and 1 vs. Russia, both in 2018)^[40], Dominik Livaković ( Croatia 3 vs. Japan and 1 vs. Brazil, both in 2022)
Youngest goalkeeper: 19 years, 191 days, Lee Chang-myung ( North Korea), vs. Soviet Union, 12 July 1966
Youngest goalkeeper to save a penalty (excluding during shoot-outs): 21 years, 27 days, Iker Casillas ( Spain), vs. Republic of Ireland, 16 June 2002
Youngest goalkeeper to save a penalty in a shoot-out: 21 years, 27 days, Iker Casillas ( Spain), vs. Republic of Ireland, 16 June 2002
Oldest goalkeeper: 45 years, 161 days, Essam El-Hadary ( Egypt), vs. Saudi Arabia, 25 June 2018
Oldest goalkeeper to save a penalty (excluding during shoot-outs): 45 years, 161 days, Essam El-Hadary ( Egypt), vs. Saudi Arabia, 25 June 2018
Oldest goalkeeper to save a penalty in a shoot-out: 36 years, 232 days, Jens Lehmann ( Germany), vs. Argentina, 30 June 2006

Coaching

Most matches coached: 25, Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966–1978)
Most matches won: 16, Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966–1978)
Most tournaments won: 2, Vittorio Pozzo ( Italy, 1934–1938)
Most tournaments: 6, Carlos Alberto Parreira (1982, 1990–1998, 2006, 2010)
Most nations coached: 5, Bora Milutinović ( Mexico, 1986; Costa Rica, 1990; United States, 1994; Nigeria, 1998; China, 2002), and Carlos Alberto Parreira ( Kuwait, 1982; United Arab Emirates, 1990; Brazil, 1994 and 2006; Saudi Arabia, 1998, South Africa, 2010)
Most consecutive tournaments: 5, Bora Milutinović ( Mexico, 1986; Costa Rica, 1990; United States, 1994; Nigeria, 1998; China, 2002)^[41]
Most consecutive tournaments with same team: 4, Walter Winterbottom ( England, 1950–1962); Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966–1978) (note that Sepp Herberger took Germany/West Germany to four tournaments, (1938, 1954, 1958, 1962) omitting the 1950 competition from which Germany was banned)
Most consecutive wins: 11, Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil, 2002, 7 wins; Portugal, 2006, 4 wins – Portugal "won" its next match, the quarter-final against England, by penalty shoot-out, which technically counts as a draw)
Most consecutive matches without a loss: 12, Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil, 2002, 7 matches; Portugal, 2006, 5 matches), Louis van Gaal ( Netherlands, 2014, 7 matches; 2022, 5 matches)
Most matches coached, never losing: 12, Louis Van Gaal ( Netherlands (2014, 7 games, 2022, 5 games)
Youngest coach: 27 years, 267 days, Juan José Tramutola ( Argentina, 1930)
Youngest coach, champions: 31 years, 252 days, Alberto Suppici ( Uruguay, 1930)
Oldest coach: 71 years, 317 days, Otto Rehhagel ( Greece, 2010)
Oldest coach, champions: 59 years, 200 days, Vicente del Bosque ( Spain, 2010)
Quickest substitution made: 4th minute, Cesare Maldini, Giuseppe Bergomi for Alessandro Nesta ( Italy, vs. Austria, 1998); Sven-Göran Eriksson, Peter Crouch for Michael Owen ( England, vs. Sweden, 2006)
Most championship wins as player and head coach: 3, Mário Zagallo, Brazil (1958–1962 as player, 1970 as coach)^[z]
Most tournament appearances as player and head coach: 5, Mário Zagallo, Brazil (1958–1962 as player, 1970–1974 and 1998 as coach); Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany (1966–1974 as player, 1986–1990 as coach); Berti Vogts, West Germany (1970–1978 as player, 1994–1998 as coach); Diego Maradona, Argentina (1982–1994 as player, 2010 as coach); Rigobert Song Cameroon (1994–2002 and 2010 as player, 2022 as coach)
Won tournaments as both player and head coach: Mário Zagallo, Brazil (1958–1962 as player, 1970 as coach), Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany (1974 as player, 1990 as coach), and Didier Deschamps, France (1998 as player, 2018 as coach)
First World Cup player to coach a team in a World Cup: Milorad Arsenijević, Yugoslavia (1930 as player, 1950 as coach)
Won tournament as a foreign head coach: No foreign coach has won a tournament (all winning head coaches were natives of the country they coached)
Best finish for a foreign head coach: Runners-up, George Raynor ( England, coached Sweden in 1958) and Ernst Happel ( Austria, coached Netherlands in 1978)

Refereeing

Most tournaments: 3 – John Langenus (Belgium, 1930–1938), Ivan Eklind (Sweden, 1934–1950), Benjamin Griffiths (Wales, 1950–1958), Arthur Ellis (England, 1950–1958), Juan Gardeazábal (Spain, 1958–1966), Erik Fredriksson (Sweden, 1982–1990), Jamal Al Sharif (Syria, 1986–1994), Joël Quiniou (France, 1986–1994), Ali Mohamed Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates, 1994–2002), Óscar Ruiz (Colombia, 2002–2010), Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil, 2002–2010), Marco Rodríguez (Mexico, 2006–2014), Joel Aguilar (El Salvador, 2010–2018), Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan, 2010–2018), Alireza Faghani (Iran, 2014–2022), Bakary Gassama (Gambia, 2014–2022)
Most matches refereed, overall: 11 – Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan, 2010–2018)
Most matches refereed, one tournament: 5 – Benito Archundia (Mexico, 2006), Horacio Elizondo (Argentina, 2006), Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan, 2010) and Néstor Pitana (Argentina, 2018)
Youngest referee: 24 years and 193 days – Juan Gardeazábal (Spain, 1958)
Oldest referee: 53 years and 236 days – George Reader (England, 1950)

Referees listed in italics attended three tournaments but did not act as main referee in all of them. Instead, they were exclusively used as fourth officials in minimum one edition.

Discipline

Note: There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970.^[42]

Fastest caution: 11 seconds, Jesús Gallardo ( Mexico), vs. Sweden, 2018
Fastest sending off: 56 seconds, José Batista ( Uruguay), vs. Scotland, 1986
Fastest sending off, qualification: 37 seconds, Rashed Al Hooti ( Bahrain), vs. Iran, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Latest caution: after penalty shoot-out: Noa Lang ( Netherlands), vs. Argentina, 2022
Latest sending off: after penalty shoot-out: Leandro Cufré ( Argentina), vs. Germany, 2006; Denzel Dumfries ( Netherlands), vs. Argentina, 2022
Sent off from the bench: Claudio Caniggia ( Argentina), vs. Sweden, 2002
Most cards (all-time, player): 7, Javier Mascherano ( Argentina, 2006–2018)^[43]
Most cautions (all-time, player): 7, Javier Mascherano ( Argentina, 2006–2018)^[43]
Most sendings off (all-time, player): 2, Rigobert Song ( Cameroon, 1994 and 1998) and Zinedine Zidane ( France, 1998 and 2006)
Most sendings off (tournament): 28 (in 64 games), 2006
Most sendings off (all-time, team): 11 (in 97 games), Brazil
Most sendings off (match, both teams): 4 (2 each) in Portugal vs. Netherlands, 2006 (also known as Battle of Nuremberg)
Most sendings off (final match): 2, Pedro Monzón and Gustavo Dezotti (both Argentina), v West Germany, 1990
Most cautions (tournament): 345 (in 64 matches), 2006
Most cautions (all-time, team): 88 (in 64 games until 2006), Argentina^[44]
Most cautions (match, one team): 10, Argentina, 2022, vs. Netherlands
Most cautions (match, both teams): 18, 8 ( Netherlands) and 10 ( Argentina), 2022^[45]
Most cautions (match, player): 3 (61', 90', 93') Josip Šimunić ( Croatia), vs. Australia, 2006 (referee: Graham Poll)^[aa]
Most cautions (final match, both teams): 14, 9 ( Netherlands) and 5 ( Spain), 2010^[46]
Most suspensions (tournament, player): 2, André Kana-Biyik ( Cameroon), 1990^[ab]

Suspension

Offence	Qualifying	Final round
Doping	Many cases	15 months, Diego Maradona ( Argentina vs. Nigeria, 1994)^[47]
Misconduct	10 matches, Josip Šimunić ( Croatia vs. Iceland, 2013) for shouting fascist Ustaše salute after the game.^[48]	9 matches, Luis Suárez ( Uruguay vs. Italy, 2014) for biting Giorgio Chiellini^[49] 1 year, Ndaye Mulamba ( Zaire vs. Yugoslavia, 1974) for kicking the referee^[50] 1 year, Samir Shaker ( Iraq vs. Belgium, 1986) for spitting at the referee^[51]
Fair play violation	Life (amnestied after 12 years): Roberto Rojas ( Chile vs. Brazil, 1989) for feigning injury from a firecracker, leading to a match being abandoned.^[52]	none

Fine

Offence	Qualifying	Final round
Doping	Many cases
Misconduct	(Have other sanction) CHF 30,000, Josip Šimunić ( Croatia vs. Iceland, 2013) for shouting fascist Ustaše salute after the game.^[48] (Only fined) CHF 50,000, Croatia ( Kosovo vs. Croatia, 2016) for anti-Serbia chants by fans.	(Have other sanction) CHF 100,000, Luis Suárez ( Uruguay vs. Italy, 2014) for biting Giorgio Chiellini^[49] (Only fined) CHF 10,000, Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka ( Serbia vs. Switzerland, 2018) both for celebrating their goals by making double-headed eagle gesture with their hands.
Fair play violation	none	none
Other	none	none

Other sanctions

Offence	Qualifying	Final round
Doping	Many cases	none
Misconduct	Empty stadium, many cases	none
Fair play violation	Chile banned from the qualifiers for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.	none
Other	South Africa was banned from international competition by FIFA from 1961 to 1991 due to apartheid. FR Yugoslavia was banned from the qualifiers for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, due to United Nations sanctions against Yugoslavia following the Yugoslav War. Russia was banned from the qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, due to the invasion of Ukraine, significantly escalating the war between both countries started in 2014.	none

Teams: Matches played/goals scored

All time

Most matches played: 114, Brazil
Fewest matches played: 1, Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies)
Most wins: 76, Brazil
Most losses: 28, Mexico
Most draws: 22, England
Most points: 247, Brazil
Most average points/match: 2.17, Brazil
Highest draw rate (participating in more than one finals): 61.5%, Republic of Ireland (8 draws from 13 matches)
Most matches played without a point (win or a draw): 6, Canada, El Salvador
Most matches played without a win: 9, Honduras
Most matches played until first win: 17, Bulgaria
Most goals scored: 233, Brazil
Most goalscorers: 82, Brazil
Most goals conceded: 130, Germany
Fewest goals scored: 0, China, Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies), Trinidad and Tobago and DR Congo (as Zaire)
Fewest goals conceded: 2, Angola
Best goal difference: +126, Brazil
Worst goal difference: –39, Mexico
Most matches played without ever scoring a goal: 3, China, Trinidad and Tobago and DR Congo (as Zaire)
Most matches played always conceding a goal: 6, Canada, El Salvador
Highest average of goals scored per match: 2.72, Hungary (87 goals in 32 matches)
Lowest average of goals conceded per match: 0.67, Angola (2 goals in 3 matches)
Highest average of goals conceded per match: 6, Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies)
Lowest average of goals both scored and conceded per match: 1, Angola
Highest average of goals both scored and conceded per match: 6, Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies)
Most meetings between two teams: 7 times, Brazil vs. Sweden (1938, 1950, 1958, 1978, 1990 and twice in 1994), Germany vs. Yugoslavia/ Serbia (1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1990, 1998 and 2010) and Argentina vs. Germany (1958, 1966, 1986, 1990, 2006, 2010 and 2014)
Most meetings between two teams in the knockout stage: 5 times, Argentina vs. Germany (1986 final, 1990 final, 2006 quarter-final, 2010 quarter-final and 2014 final)
Most meetings between two teams, final-four or final (not counting 3rd place match): 3 times, Argentina vs. Germany (1986 final, 1990 final, 2014 final), Brazil vs. Sweden (1950 final group, 1958 final, 1994 semi-final), Brazil vs. Italy (1938 semi-final, 1970 final, 1994 final), Germany vs. Italy (1970 semi-final, 1982 final, 2006 semi-final)
Most meetings between two teams in the group stage: 6 times, Brazil vs. Yugoslavia/ Serbia (1930 group 2, 1950 group 1, 1954 group 1, 1974 group 2, 2018 group E, 2022 group G)
Most meetings between two teams, final match: 3 times, Argentina vs. Germany (1986, 1990, 2014)
Most frequent matchup without a loss: Brazil vs. Sweden, 5 wins and 2 draws
Most frequent matchup with a perfect record: Argentina vs. Nigeria, 5 wins (1994, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Most frequent matchup in the knockout stage with a perfect record: Brazil eliminated Chile 4 times (1962 semi-final, 1998 round of 16, 2010 round of 16 and 2014 round of 16)
Most consecutive meetings between two teams: 5 times, Italy vs. Argentina (1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
Most consecutive meetings between two teams in the knockout stage: 3 times, Germany vs. Yugoslavia/ Serbia (1954 quarter-final, 1958 quarter-final and 1962 quarter-final), Argentina vs. Germany (2006 quarter-final, 2010 quarter-final and 2014 final)
Most consecutive meetings between two teams, final match: 2 times, Argentina vs. Germany (1986–1990)
Most knockout wins: 35, Germany^[ac]
Most knockout losses: 14, Germany^[ad]
Most tournaments unbeaten: 7, Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 2002)^[ae]
Most tournaments eliminated without having lost a match: 3, England (1982, 1990,^[af] 2006)^[ae], Netherlands (1998, 2014, 2022)
Most tournaments eliminated without having won a match: 6, Mexico (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978) and Bulgaria (1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1998)

In one tournament

Most wins: 7, Brazil, 2002^[ag]
Fewest wins, champions: 3, Uruguay, 1950 (out of 4)^[ah]
Most matches not won, champions: 3, Italy, 1982 (out of 7)
Most wins by non-champion (excluding third-place playoff): 6, Netherlands, 2010^[ai]^[aj]
Most matches not won: 5, Yugoslavia, 1974; Argentina, 1974; West Germany, 1978; Belgium, 1986; Republic of Ireland, 1990; Argentina, 1990^[ae]
Most matches not won in regulation time: 6, Belgium, 1986; England, 1990
Most losses: 3 (30 teams, of which only Mexico has accomplished this feat at three different tournaments: 1930, 1950, and 1978)
Most losses, champions: 1, Germany, 1954 and 1974; Argentina, 1978; Spain, 2010
Most victories over former World Cup winning teams: 3, Brazil, 1970; Italy, 1982; Argentina, 1986; Germany, 2010 and 2014^[ak]^[ae]
Most matches against former World Cup champions and staying unbeaten: 4, Argentina, 1986^[al]^[ae]
Most matches between former World Cup champions: 7, 1970^[am]^[ae]
All matches won without extra time, replays, penalty shoot-outs or playoffs: Uruguay in 1930 (4 matches), Brazil in 1970 (6 matches), and Brazil in 2002 (7 matches)
Highest finish without winning a match: Quarter-finals, Republic of Ireland (1990)^[ae]
Highest finish, winning at most one match: Fourth, Sweden (1938)^[an]^[ae]
Most goals scored: 27, Hungary, 1954^[ao]
Fewest goals conceded: 0, Switzerland, 2006^[ao]
Most goals conceded: 16, South Korea, 1954^[ao]
Most matches gone into extra time: 3, Belgium, 1986; England, 1990; Argentina, 2014; Croatia, 2018
Most minutes without conceding a goal: 517 mins, Italy, 1990^[ao]
Highest goal difference: +17, Hungary, 1954^[ao]
Highest goal difference, champions: +14, Brazil, 2002; Germany, 2014^[ao]
Lowest goal difference: −16, South Korea, 1954^[ao]
Lowest goal difference, champions: +6, Italy, 1938 and 1982; Spain, 2010^[ao]
Highest average of goals scored per match: 5.40, Hungary, 1954;^[ao]
Highest average goal difference per match: +3.2, Hungary, 1954
Highest average goal difference per match, champions: +3.0, Uruguay, 1930
Most goals scored, champions: 25, West Germany, 1954^[ao]
Fewest goals scored, champions: 8, Spain, 2010^[ao]
Fewest goals scored, finalists: 5, Argentina, 1990^[ao]
Fewest goals conceded, champions: 2, France, 1998; Italy, 2006; Spain, 2010^[ao]
Most goals conceded, champions: 14, West Germany, 1954^[ao]
Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions: 1.14, Spain, 2010^[ao]
Most unbeaten teams: 5, 2006 ( Switzerland, Argentina, England, France, Italy)^[ae]
Fewest unbeaten teams: 0, 1954
Most matches to qualify for World Cup finals: 22, Australia (2018)
Longest distance travelled in a single qualifying campaign: 155,000 miles: Australia (2018)
Most brothers in the same team in the finals: 3, Honduras (Johnny Palacios, Jerry Palacios, Wilson Palacios, 2010)^[53]

Teams: Overall performance (winning percentage)

In one tournament

All time

Best overall performance

Team	Pld	W	Win %	GF	GA	GD
Uruguay (1930)	4	4	100	15	3	+12
Brazil (1970)	6	6	100	19	7	+12
Brazil (2002)	7	7	100	18	4	+14
Italy (1938)	4	4*	100	11	5	+6

* One of the wins was after extra time.

Worst overall performance

Because a large number of teams have lost all their matches in a World Cup, only teams with a goal difference/match <= −4.0 are included.

Team	Pld	L	GF	GA	GD
South Korea (1954)	2	2	0	16	−16
Bolivia (1950)	1	1	0	8	−8
Dutch East Indies (1938)	1	1	0	6	−6
United States (1934)	1	1	1	7	−6
Zaire (1974)	3	3	0	14	−14
Saudi Arabia (2002)	3	3	0	12	−12
Bolivia (1930)	2	2	0	8	−8
Scotland (1954)	2	2	0	8	−8
El Salvador (1982)	3	3	1	13	−12
Haiti (1974)	3	3	2	14	−12

Host team

Best overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
Uruguay (1930)	4	4	0	0	100	15	3	+12

Worst overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
Qatar (2022)	3	0	0	3	0	1	7	−6

Defending champion

Best overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
Italy (1938)	4	4*	0	0	100	11	5	+6

* One of the wins was after extra time.

Worst overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
France (2002)	3	0	1	2	0	0	3	−3

Champion

Best overall performance

See all-time best overall performance above.

Worst overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
Italy (1982)	7	4	3	0	57	12	6	+6	+0.9	+1.7

Non-champion

Best overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
Italy (1990)	7	6	1	0	86	10	2	+8	+1.1	+1.4

Worst overall performance

See all-time worst overall performance above.

Upsets

Teams eliminated by penalty shoot-outs are not considered as defeated.

Overall

Biggest upset in the group stage, per FIFA rankings: +74 – South Africa (2010) ranked 83 – won 2–1 over France (ranked 9)^[54]
Biggest upset in the knockout stage, per FIFA rankings: +34 – South Korea (2002) ranked 40 – won 2–1 over Italy (ranked 6)^[ap]
Biggest upset of a former champion, per FIFA rankings: +74 – South Africa (2010) ranked 83 – won 2–1 over France (ranked 9)
Biggest upset of a defending champion, per FIFA rankings: +56 – South Korea (2018) ranked 57 – won 2–0 over Germany (ranked 1)
Biggest upset of a top-ranked team, per FIFA rankings: +56 – South Korea (2018) ranked 57 – won 2–0 over Germany (ranked 1)

Continental records

Biggest upset by an African team, per FIFA rankings: +74 – South Africa (2010) ranked 83 – won 2–1 over France (ranked 9)^[54]
Biggest upset by an Asian team, per FIFA rankings: +56 – South Korea (2018) ranked 57 – won 2–0 over Germany (ranked 1)
Biggest upset by a European team, per FIFA rankings: +29 – Slovakia (2010) ranked 34 – won 3–2 over Italy (ranked 5)
Biggest upset by an Oceanian team, per FIFA rankings: +24 – Australia (2006) ranked 42 – won 3–1 over Japan (ranked 18)
Biggest upset by a North American team, per FIFA rankings: +21 – Costa Rica (2014) ranked 28 – won 3–1 over Uruguay (ranked 7)
Biggest upset by a South American team, per FIFA rankings: +15 – Ecuador (2002) ranked 36 – won 1–0 over Croatia (ranked 21)

Podium finishers who missed subsequent tournaments

Most subsequent tournaments missed by champions: 2, Uruguay (won in 1930, did not participate in 1934 or 1938)
Most subsequent tournaments missed by runners-up: 2, Sweden (runners-up in 1958, did not qualify in 1962 or 1966), Netherlands (runners-up in 1978, did not qualify in 1982 or 1986)
Most subsequent tournaments missed by bronze medalists: 5, Turkey (third place in 2002, did not qualify from 2006 to 2022)

Hat-tricks

Most hat-tricks in a single World Cup: 8, 1954
Fewest hat-tricks in a single World Cup: 0, 2006

Streaks

Most consecutive successful qualification attempts: 10, Spain (1986–2022)^[aq]
Most consecutive failed qualification attempts: 21, Luxembourg (1934–2022)
Most consecutive wins: 11, Brazil, from 2–1 vs. Turkey (2002) to 3–0 vs. Ghana (2006)
Most consecutive wins by a European team: 7, Italy, from 1–0 vs. Spain (Italy, 1934) to 4–2 vs. Hungary (France, 1938)
Most consecutive matches without a loss: 13, Brazil, from 3–0 vs. Austria (1958) to 2–0 vs. Bulgaria (1966)
Most consecutive matches without a loss in ordinary time: 19, Netherlands, from 2–0 vs. Denmark (South Africa, 2010) to 2–2 vs. Argentina (Qatar, 2022)
Most consecutive losses: 9, Mexico, from 1–4 vs. France (1930) to 0–3 vs. Sweden (1958)
Most consecutive matches without a win: 17, Bulgaria, from 0–1 vs. Argentina (1962) to 0–3 vs. Nigeria (1994)
Most consecutive draws: 5, Belgium, from 0–0 vs. Netherlands (1998) to 1–1 vs. Tunisia (2002)
Most consecutive matches without a draw: 16, Portugal, from 3–1 vs. Hungary (1966) to 1–0 vs. Netherlands (2006); Belgium, from 3–2 vs. Russia (2002) to 0–2 vs. Morocco (2022)
Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal: 18, Brazil (1930–1958) and Germany (1934–1958)
Most consecutive matches scoring at least two goals: 11, Uruguay (1930–1954)
Most consecutive matches scoring at least three / four goals: 4, Uruguay (1930–1950), Hungary (1954) (four goals), Portugal (1966), West Germany (1970), Brazil (1970)
Most consecutive matches scoring at least six / eight goals: 2, Hungary (1954) (eight goals), Brazil (1950) (six goals)
Most consecutive matches without scoring a goal: 5, Bolivia (1930, 1950 and 1994), Algeria (1986 and 2010), Honduras (1982 and 2010–2014)
Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal (clean sheets): 5, Italy (1990), Switzerland (2006–2010)
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal: 559, Switzerland (1994, 2006–2010)^[55]^[56]
Most consecutive matches conceding at least one goal: 22, Switzerland (1934–1994)
Most consecutive matches conceding at least two goals: 9, Mexico (1930–1958)
Most consecutive matches conceding at least three goals: 5, Mexico (1930–1950)
Most consecutive matches conceding at least four goals: 3, Bolivia (1930–1950), Mexico (1930–1950)
Most consecutive matches conceding at least five / six / seven goals: 2, South Korea (1954) (seven goals), United States (1930–1934) (six goals), Austria (1954) (five goals)

Host records

Most times hosted: 2, Mexico, 1970 and 1986; Italy, 1934 and 1990; France, 1938 and 1998; Germany, 1974 and 2006; Brazil, 1950 and 2014
Most times hosted, continent: 11, Europe (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2018)
Best performance by host: Winners, 6 times: Uruguay, 1930; Italy, 1934; England, 1966; West Germany, 1974; Argentina, 1978; France, 1998
Worst performance by host: Qatar in 2022 were eliminated in the first round after losing all three of their group matches, scoring just one goal. South Africa in 2010 were also eliminated in the first round, but finished with a better group stage record of 1–1–1.
Had its best performance as hosts: Champions: Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), England (1966), West Germany (1974), Argentina (1978), France (1998)^[57]^[58]
Runners-up: Sweden (1958)
Third place: Chile (1962)
Fourth place: South Korea (2002)
Quarter-finals: Switzerland (1954),^[ar] Mexico (1970, 1986), Russia (2018)^[as]
Round of 16: Japan (2002)^[at]
Group stage of 32: South Africa (2010),^[au] Qatar (2022)
Stadium to host most World Cup matches: Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico, 19 (10 in 1970 and 9 in 1986)
Most times a stadium hosted a World Cup final: 2, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico (1970 and 1986) and Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1950 and 2014)
City to host most World Cup matches: Mexico City, Mexico, 23 (19 at Estadio Azteca and 4 at Estadio Olimpico Universitario)
Most times a city hosted a World Cup final: 2, Mexico City, Mexico (1970 and 1986); Rome, Italy (1934 and 1990); Paris, France (1938 and 1998); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1950 and 2014)

Attendance

Final: 114,600, Argentina v West Germany, 29 June 1986, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico, 1986
Decisive match: 199,854, Uruguay v Brazil, 16 July 1950, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950^[av]
Lowest match attendance in a World Cup tournament: 300, Romania vs. Peru, 14 July 1930, Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1930
Highest match attendance in a World Cup qualifying match: 162,764, Brazil vs. Colombia, 9 March 1977, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1978 CONMEBOL Group 1
Highest average of attendance per match: 68,991, 1994
Highest attendance (tournament): 3,570,000, 1994
Lowest average of attendance per match: 23,235, 1934
Lowest attendance (tournament): 390,000, 1934

Others

Most players provided by a club overall: 139, Juventus^[59]
Most players provided by a club in one tournament: 17, Barcelona (2022)^[60]
Most players provided by a club for champions squads overall: 25 (22 Italians), Juventus^[61]
Most players provided by a football association overall: 1,156, Premier League^[59]
Most players provided by a football association in one tournament: 164, The Football Association (2022)
Most players provided by a football association for champions squads overall: 113 (89 Italians), Serie A

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ The Yugoslavia national football team qualified eight times during eras of Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1950–1990). They qualified from 1930–1990 under the name Yugoslavia prior to its breakup in 1992 by the secession of many of its constituent republics. They qualified once in 1998 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, then changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, only qualifying under that name in 2006. All of these teams are considered the predecessors of the current Serbia team by FIFA, which first qualified under that name in 2010. The other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the SFR Yugoslavia in 1992 — Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia — are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro now also competes separately after independence in 2006 and Kosovo was recognized by FIFA in 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Czechoslovakia qualified eight times prior to being divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993. FIFA considers the Czech Republic as the successor team of Czechoslovakia. The other national team which resulted from the breakup of the Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, is considered a distinct entity from the Czechoslovakia team. The Czech Republic national team qualified for the World Cup for the first time as a separate nation in 2006, with Slovakia doing the same in 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949, has been represented by the same governing body, the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB), since 1904. Following World War II and the division of Germany, the DFB was re-admitted to FIFA after the 1950 World Cup as West Germany. Saar competed in the 1954 World Cup qualifying before joining West Germany in 1956. East Germany fielded teams of their own from 1958 to 1990 before joining with West Germany and the DFB during the German reunification. FIFA officially attributes all international results of the DFB team since 1908 to Germany, including the results of West Germany from 1954–1990.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The Soviet Union qualified seven times prior to its dissolution in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f In 1982, the second round has 12 teams of which 4 progressed to the semi-finals.
^ In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions, FIFA retrospective rankings were used to determine 5th–8th places. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then Brazil's 1930 and 1982 results drop out, and they are tied with Germany with 17 (all tournaments except 1930, 1938, 1950, 2018, and 2022).
^ In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions, FIFA retrospective rankings were used. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then England still has the most 5th–8th-place finishes (7).
^ Until 1978 inclusive, all tournaments had 16 teams or fewer.
^ In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then the record is 2, shared by several countries: Switzerland (1934–1938), Yugoslavia (1954–1958), Soviet Union (1958–1962), Hungary (1962–1966), Germany (1994–1998), England (2002–2006), Argentina (2006–2010), and Brazil (2006–2010).
^ South Africa in 2010 also exited in the first round of 32, but finished in a better position of 20th place.
^ In 1954, the West Germany ("Germany FR") team became world champions in what was the team's debut appearance representing the name and territory of West Germany. However, Germany (since 1949 officially Federal Republic of Germany) is since 1904 represented by the same governing body (Deutscher Fußball-Bund, DFB), and FIFA officially attributes all international results of the DFB team since 1908 to Germany, including the results of 1954–1990, when the team was often called West Germany. Thus, the 1954 participation is counted as the third appearance of the team, as Germany had previously appeared in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups.
^ Other teams never progressing from the first round in at least two appearances are as follows: 6 appearances Iran (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022) and Tunisia (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022); 3 appearances Bolivia (1930, 1950, 1994), South Africa (1998, 2002, 2010), Honduras (1982, 2010, 2014), Ivory Coast (2006, 2010, 2014) and Egypt (1934, 1990, 2018); 2 appearances El Salvador (1970, 1982), New Zealand (1982, 2010), Slovenia (2002, 2010) and Canada (1986, 2022).
^ Although there were no semi-finals in the 1978 tournament, Argentina won second round group ahead of Brazil, who played in the third-place match against Italy; Argentina's second group round match against Brazil ended in a 0–0 draw.
^ Other teams who have qualified only for one tournament so far progressed from the first round in their debut include Cuba (1938), Ukraine (2006) and Slovakia (2010). East Germany’s only appearance in 1974 before reunification with West Germany also saw them progress past the first round.
^ Only played in first two matches; medal awarded retroactively by FIFA in 2007.^[11]
^ Did not play
^ Pelé, Lothar Matthäus, Pierre Littbarski and Ronaldo each appeared three times in the squads of the teams that reached the finals, but none of them played in all three games.
^ FIFA official records claim Mamam was born in 1987, but other sources claim he was born in 1985, which would mean he was 15 years and 320 days old when he played the match.
^ According to the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation,^[17] Fuad Anwar Amin of Saudi Arabia would have been the youngest captain, at 21 years and 250 days in the 1994, but the source does not specify the match in which he was captain. It is listed that the starting captain was substituted in both the match against the Netherlands and the one against Sweden, in which Amin may have been given the armband on the captains' substitutions, but this information has not been verified. In any case, Meola still is the youngest starting captain, and players who received the captain's armband during the course of the match are generally not regarded as official captains.
^ This was Wilimowski's only finals match. Uniquely, he therefore averages four goals per match.
^ If own goals are excluded, then Belgium shares the record of 10 goalscorers with France in 1982 and Italy in 2006.
^ 9 consecutive clean sheets, 5 of them away from home over 2 qualifying rounds against 5 different oppositions from 2 confederations.
^ Zuberbühler kept goal throughout every minute of Switzerland's four matches. Other keepers have kept clean sheets only playing part of their team's matches. These are: Velloso (Brazil, 1930, 1 match of 2); Pedro Benítez (Paraguay, 1930, 1 of 2); József Háda (Hungary, 1938, 1 of 4); Giuseppe Moro (Italy, 1950, 1 of 2); István Ilku (Hungary, 1958, 1 of 4); Lorenzo Buffon (Italy, 1962, 2 of 3); Rogelio Domínguez (Argentina, 1962, 1 of 3); Adán Godoy (Chile, 1962, 1 of 6); Antonio Carbajal (Mexico, 1966, 1 of 3); Horst Wolter (West Germany, 1970, 1 of 6); József Szendrei (Hungary, 1986, 1 of 3); Viktor Chanov (USSR, 1986, 1 of 4); Manuel Bento (Portugal, 1986, 1 of 3); Plamen Nikolov (Bulgaria, 1994, 45 minutes of 7 matches); Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria, 2002, 1 of 3); Rami Shaaban (Sweden, 2006, 1 of 4); Aldo Bobadilla (Paraguay, 2006, 2 of 3 matches); Rogério Ceni (Brazil, 2006, 8 minutes of 5 matches); Santiago Cañizares (Spain, 2006, 1 of 4); Pepe Reina (Spain, 2014, 1 of 3); Faryd Mondragón (Colombia, 2014, 5 minutes of 4 matches); Ben Foster (England, 2014, 1 of 3); Tim Krul and Michel Vorm (Netherlands, 2014, 0 minutes each of 7 matches); Steve Mandanda (France, 2018, 1 of 7); Łukasz Fabiański (Poland, 2018, 1 of 3).
^ Zagallo was also an assistant coach when Brazil won in 1994.
^ Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match as the referee failed to send him off the pitch after the second yellow, and was only red carded after the third yellow. The original FIFA match report listed all three cautions, however was revised shortly after, with the second caution (90') not being recorded; it is unknown whether this was for consistency in the reports, or whether the caution was retrospectively overturned.
^ Biyik missed the team's second game after receiving a red card in the first; and then missed their fifth game after yellow cards in the third and fourth. Others, including Zinedine Zidane in 2006, have earned a second suspension in their team's final match of the tournament, not servable during the tournament.
^ Including penalty shoot-out progressions
^ Including penalty shoot-out eliminations
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ A match decided by a penalty shoot-out is considered a draw for both sides.
^ England did lose the third-place playoff in 1990, but had already been eliminated from any chance of winning the World Cup.
^ In 1998, France had 6 match wins; however, the Italy match is regarded as drawn although France progressed via penalties. In addition, France's win against Paraguay happened after extra time, while Brazil won all their matches in regular time.
^ Uruguay also qualified for the 1950 finals without playing a match as a result of withdrawals by other teams in South America.
^ Netherlands also won all eight of their qualification matches.
^ Poland in 1974, Italy in 1990, and Belgium in 2018 also won 6 matches, but one of them was the third-place playoff. Playing fewer matches, Argentina in 1930, Czechoslovakia in 1934, and Hungary in 1938 and 1954 won all the games but lost the final.
^ Details as follows: Brazil in 1970 beat England (first round), Uruguay (semi-final) and Italy (final). Italy in 1982 beat Argentina (second group stage), Brazil (second group stage) and West Germany (final). Argentina in 1986 beat Uruguay (round of 16), England (quarter-final), and West Germany (final). Germany in 2010 beat England (round of 16), Argentina (quarter-final) and Uruguay (third place match). In 2014, Germany beat France (quarter-final), Brazil (semi-final) and Argentina (final).
^ Excluding Argentina themselves, there were 5 former World Cup champions in 1986. They draw Italy at group stage, then beat Uruguay (round of 16), England (quarter-finals), and West Germany (final).
^ Even though only five nations were crowned before 1970, the 1970 tournament obtained the most matches between former champions of totally. All five former champions qualified to the tournament, they all advanced to the knockout stage, and 4 of them advanced into semi-finals. Those seven matches were: Italy vs. Uruguay and Brazil vs. England (group stage), England vs. West Germany (quarter-final), Brazil vs. Uruguay and Italy vs. West Germany (semi-final), Uruguay vs. West Germany (third place), Brazil vs. Italy (final).
^ Sweden progressed to the last eight without playing a single match as a result of the withdrawal of Austria.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Successful kicks in a penalty shoot-out are not counted as goals (but penalties scored in the normal course of play are counted).
^ If penalty shoot-outs are considered, then the biggest knockout stage upset is Russia (ranked 70) winning over Spain (ranked 10) on penalties in the 2018 round of 16.
^ Excluding automatic qualification as hosts, as reigning champion, or by invitation.
^ Switzerland's best position, the sixth place in 1950, relies on retrospective rankings, and had them eliminated in the group stage. While the Swiss also reached the quarter-finals in 1934 and 1938, both tournaments only required one win, in contrast to 1954's group stage format. 1954 also marked the last time Switzerland reached the top 8.
^ Not counting the results as Soviet Union, who reached the semi-finals in 1966.
^ Also reached this stage in 2010, 2018 and 2022.
^ 2010 had hosts South Africa matching their 2002 record, falling in the group stage with one win, one tie and one draw, even if with a lower goal difference.
^ Although the decisive match of the 1950 tournament, it was simply the last game of a final four-team group format to decide the winner. This is also the highest attendance for any World Cup match, or indeed any soccer match anywhere.

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External links

FIFA World Cup Superlatives at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 June 2010)
FIFA World Cup biggest margin victories at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 June 2010)
FIFA competitions biggest crowds at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 June 2010)
World Cup 1930–2018 at RSSSF.com

* Category:FIFA World Cup records and statistics * Category:All-time football league tables

Records Category:Top sports lists

[Yugoslavia-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ The Yugoslavia national football team qualified eight times during eras of Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1950–1990). They qualified from 1930–1990 under the name Yugoslavia prior to its breakup in 1992 by the secession of many of its constituent republics. They qualified once in 1998 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, then changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, only qualifying under that name in 2006. All of these teams are considered the predecessors of the current Serbia team by FIFA, which first qualified under that name in 2010. The other national teams which resulted from the breakup of the SFR Yugoslavia in 1992 — Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia — are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. Montenegro now also competes separately after independence in 2006 and Kosovo was recognized by FIFA in 2016.

[Czechoslovakia-7] Czechoslovakia qualified eight times prior to being divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993. FIFA considers the Czech Republic as the successor team of Czechoslovakia. The other national team which resulted from the breakup of the Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, is considered a distinct entity from the Czechoslovakia team. The Czech Republic national team qualified for the World Cup for the first time as a separate nation in 2006, with Slovakia doing the same in 2010.

[Germany-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949, has been represented by the same governing body, the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB), since 1904. Following World War II and the division of Germany, the DFB was re-admitted to FIFA after the 1950 World Cup as West Germany. Saar competed in the 1954 World Cup qualifying before joining West Germany in 1956. East Germany fielded teams of their own from 1958 to 1990 before joining with West Germany and the DFB during the German reunification. FIFA officially attributes all international results of the DFB team since 1908 to Germany, including the results of West Germany from 1954–1990.

[Indonesia-9] Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.

[USSR-10] The Soviet Union qualified seven times prior to its dissolution in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union.

[Zaire-11] The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.

[SR1982-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f In 1982, the second round has 12 teams of which 4 progressed to the semi-finals.

[18] In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions, FIFA retrospective rankings were used to determine 5th–8th places. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then Brazil's 1930 and 1982 results drop out, and they are tied with Germany with 17 (all tournaments except 1930, 1938, 1950, 2018, and 2022).

[19] In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions, FIFA retrospective rankings were used. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then England still has the most 5th–8th-place finishes (7).

[20] Until 1978 inclusive, all tournaments had 16 teams or fewer.

[21] In the 1930, 1950 and 1982 competitions FIFA retrospective rankings were used. If these rankings are excluded from consideration, then the record is 2, shared by several countries: Switzerland (1934–1938), Yugoslavia (1954–1958), Soviet Union (1958–1962), Hungary (1962–1966), Germany (1994–1998), England (2002–2006), Argentina (2006–2010), and Brazil (2006–2010).

[22] South Africa in 2010 also exited in the first round of 32, but finished in a better position of 20th place.

[23] In 1954, the West Germany ("Germany FR") team became world champions in what was the team's debut appearance representing the name and territory of West Germany. However, Germany (since 1949 officially Federal Republic of Germany) is since 1904 represented by the same governing body (Deutscher Fußball-Bund, DFB), and FIFA officially attributes all international results of the DFB team since 1908 to Germany, including the results of 1954–1990, when the team was often called West Germany. Thus, the 1954 participation is counted as the third appearance of the team, as Germany had previously appeared in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups.

[fn1-24] Other teams never progressing from the first round in at least two appearances are as follows: 6 appearances Iran (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022) and Tunisia (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022); 3 appearances Bolivia (1930, 1950, 1994), South Africa (1998, 2002, 2010), Honduras (1982, 2010, 2014), Ivory Coast (2006, 2010, 2014) and Egypt (1934, 1990, 2018); 2 appearances El Salvador (1970, 1982), New Zealand (1982, 2010), Slovenia (2002, 2010) and Canada (1986, 2022).

[25] Although there were no semi-finals in the 1978 tournament, Argentina won second round group ahead of Brazil, who played in the third-place match against Italy; Argentina's second group round match against Brazil ended in a 0–0 draw.

[26] Other teams who have qualified only for one tournament so far progressed from the first round in their debut include Cuba (1938), Ukraine (2006) and Slovakia (2010). East Germany’s only appearance in 1974 before reunification with West Germany also saw them progress past the first round.

[28] Only played in first two matches; medal awarded retroactively by FIFA in 2007.^[11]

[32] Did not play

[33] Pelé, Lothar Matthäus, Pierre Littbarski and Ronaldo each appeared three times in the squads of the teams that reached the finals, but none of them played in all three games.

[36] FIFA official records claim Mamam was born in 1987, but other sources claim he was born in 1985, which would mean he was 15 years and 320 days old when he played the match.

[38] According to the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation,^[17] Fuad Anwar Amin of Saudi Arabia would have been the youngest captain, at 21 years and 250 days in the 1994, but the source does not specify the match in which he was captain. It is listed that the starting captain was substituted in both the match against the Netherlands and the one against Sweden, in which Amin may have been given the armband on the captains' substitutions, but this information has not been verified. In any case, Meola still is the youngest starting captain, and players who received the captain's armband during the course of the match are generally not regarded as official captains.

[42] This was Wilimowski's only finals match. Uniquely, he therefore averages four goals per match.

[51] If own goals are excluded, then Belgium shares the record of 10 goalscorers with France in 1982 and Italy in 2006.

[61] 9 consecutive clean sheets, 5 of them away from home over 2 qualifying rounds against 5 different oppositions from 2 confederations.

[62] Zuberbühler kept goal throughout every minute of Switzerland's four matches. Other keepers have kept clean sheets only playing part of their team's matches. These are: Velloso (Brazil, 1930, 1 match of 2); Pedro Benítez (Paraguay, 1930, 1 of 2); József Háda (Hungary, 1938, 1 of 4); Giuseppe Moro (Italy, 1950, 1 of 2); István Ilku (Hungary, 1958, 1 of 4); Lorenzo Buffon (Italy, 1962, 2 of 3); Rogelio Domínguez (Argentina, 1962, 1 of 3); Adán Godoy (Chile, 1962, 1 of 6); Antonio Carbajal (Mexico, 1966, 1 of 3); Horst Wolter (West Germany, 1970, 1 of 6); József Szendrei (Hungary, 1986, 1 of 3); Viktor Chanov (USSR, 1986, 1 of 4); Manuel Bento (Portugal, 1986, 1 of 3); Plamen Nikolov (Bulgaria, 1994, 45 minutes of 7 matches); Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria, 2002, 1 of 3); Rami Shaaban (Sweden, 2006, 1 of 4); Aldo Bobadilla (Paraguay, 2006, 2 of 3 matches); Rogério Ceni (Brazil, 2006, 8 minutes of 5 matches); Santiago Cañizares (Spain, 2006, 1 of 4); Pepe Reina (Spain, 2014, 1 of 3); Faryd Mondragón (Colombia, 2014, 5 minutes of 4 matches); Ben Foster (England, 2014, 1 of 3); Tim Krul and Michel Vorm (Netherlands, 2014, 0 minutes each of 7 matches); Steve Mandanda (France, 2018, 1 of 7); Łukasz Fabiański (Poland, 2018, 1 of 3).

[67] Zagallo was also an assistant coach when Brazil won in 1994.

[72] Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match as the referee failed to send him off the pitch after the second yellow, and was only red carded after the third yellow. The original FIFA match report listed all three cautions, however was revised shortly after, with the second caution (90') not being recorded; it is unknown whether this was for consistency in the reports, or whether the caution was retrospectively overturned.

[74] Biyik missed the team's second game after receiving a red card in the first; and then missed their fifth game after yellow cards in the third and fourth. Others, including Zinedine Zidane in 2006, have earned a second suspension in their team's final match of the tournament, not servable during the tournament.

[81] Including penalty shoot-out progressions

[82] Including penalty shoot-out eliminations

[pksnotloss-83] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ A match decided by a penalty shoot-out is considered a draw for both sides.

[84] England did lose the third-place playoff in 1990, but had already been eliminated from any chance of winning the World Cup.

[85] In 1998, France had 6 match wins; however, the Italy match is regarded as drawn although France progressed via penalties. In addition, France's win against Paraguay happened after extra time, while Brazil won all their matches in regular time.

[86] Uruguay also qualified for the 1950 finals without playing a match as a result of withdrawals by other teams in South America.

[87] Netherlands also won all eight of their qualification matches.

[88] Poland in 1974, Italy in 1990, and Belgium in 2018 also won 6 matches, but one of them was the third-place playoff. Playing fewer matches, Argentina in 1930, Czechoslovakia in 1934, and Hungary in 1938 and 1954 won all the games but lost the final.

[89] Details as follows: Brazil in 1970 beat England (first round), Uruguay (semi-final) and Italy (final). Italy in 1982 beat Argentina (second group stage), Brazil (second group stage) and West Germany (final). Argentina in 1986 beat Uruguay (round of 16), England (quarter-final), and West Germany (final). Germany in 2010 beat England (round of 16), Argentina (quarter-final) and Uruguay (third place match). In 2014, Germany beat France (quarter-final), Brazil (semi-final) and Argentina (final).

[90] Excluding Argentina themselves, there were 5 former World Cup champions in 1986. They draw Italy at group stage, then beat Uruguay (round of 16), England (quarter-finals), and West Germany (final).

[91] Even though only five nations were crowned before 1970, the 1970 tournament obtained the most matches between former champions of totally. All five former champions qualified to the tournament, they all advanced to the knockout stage, and 4 of them advanced into semi-finals. Those seven matches were: Italy vs. Uruguay and Brazil vs. England (group stage), England vs. West Germany (quarter-final), Brazil vs. Uruguay and Italy vs. West Germany (semi-final), Uruguay vs. West Germany (third place), Brazil vs. Italy (final).

[92] Sweden progressed to the last eight without playing a single match as a result of the withdrawal of Austria.

[pksnotgoals-93] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Successful kicks in a penalty shoot-out are not counted as goals (but penalties scored in the normal course of play are counted).

[96] If penalty shoot-outs are considered, then the biggest knockout stage upset is Russia (ranked 70) winning over Spain (ranked 10) on penalties in the 2018 round of 16.

[97] Excluding automatic qualification as hosts, as reigning champion, or by invitation.

[102] Switzerland's best position, the sixth place in 1950, relies on retrospective rankings, and had them eliminated in the group stage. While the Swiss also reached the quarter-finals in 1934 and 1938, both tournaments only required one win, in contrast to 1954's group stage format. 1954 also marked the last time Switzerland reached the top 8.

[103] Not counting the results as Soviet Union, who reached the semi-finals in 1966.

[104] Also reached this stage in 2010, 2018 and 2022.

[105] 2010 had hosts South Africa matching their 2002 record, falling in the group stage with one win, one tie and one draw, even if with a lower goal difference.

[106] Although the decisive match of the 1950 tournament, it was simply the last game of a final four-team group format to decide the winner. This is also the highest attendance for any World Cup match, or indeed any soccer match anywhere.

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