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As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup.[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] Eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are Argentina. The most successful nation is Brazil, which has won the cup on five occasions.[3] Five teams have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals without winning,[4] while twelve more have appeared in the semi-finals.[5]
The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.
Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brazil | 22 | 114 | 76 | 19 | 19 | 237 | 108 | +129 | 247 |
2 | Germany[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 2] | 11 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 77 | 54 | +23 | 67 |
13 | Mexico | 17 | 60 | 17 | 15 | 28 | 62 | 101 | −39 | 66 |
14 | Serbia[lower-alpha 3] | 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[lower-alpha 4] | 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[lower-alpha 1] | 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[lower-alpha 4] | 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[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
74 | Panama | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
74 | 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[lower-alpha 6] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
80 | El Salvador | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 |
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 |
Note: In case there are teams with equal quantities, they will be mentioned in chronological order of tournament history (the teams that attained the quantity first, are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, the teams will be listed alphabetically.
For a detailed list of top four appearances, see FIFA World Cup results.
Players in bold text are still active with their national team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Rank | Player | Team(s) | Matches | Tournaments |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 26 | 5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) |
2 | Lothar Matthäus | West Germany/Germany | 25 | 5 (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998) |
3 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 24 | 4 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014) |
4 | Paolo Maldini | Italy | 23 | 4 (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002) |
5 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 22 | 5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) |
Players in bold text are still active with their national team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Rank | Player | Team(s) | Goals | Matches | Goals per game |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 16 | 24 | 0.67 |
2 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 15 | 19 | 0.79 |
3 | Gerd Müller | West Germany | 14 | 13 | 1.08 |
4 | Just Fontaine | France | 13 | 6 | 2.17 |
Lionel Messi | Argentina | 26 | 0.50 |
Rank | Date | Venue | Winning team | Score | Losing team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15 June 1982 | Nuevo Estadio, Elche | Hungary | 10–1 | El Salvador |
17 June 1954 | Hardturm Stadium, Zürich | Hungary | 9–0 | South Korea | |
18 June 1974 | Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen | Yugoslavia | 9–0 | Zaire | |
4 | 12 June 1938 | Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes | Sweden | 8–0 | Cuba |
2 July 1950 | Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte | Uruguay | 8–0 | Bolivia | |
1 June 2002 | Sapporo Dome, Sapporo | Germany | 8–0 | Saudi Arabia |
Rank | Date | Venue | Winning team | Score | Losing team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 29 June 1958 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna | Brazil | 5–2 | Sweden |
21 June 1970 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | Brazil | 4–1 | Italy | |
12 July 1998 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | France | 3–0 | Brazil |
Rank | Date | Venue | Total goals | Team | Score | Team |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 26 June 1954 | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne | 12 | Austria | 7–5 | Switzerland |
2 | 5 June 1938 | Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg | 11 | Brazil | 6–5 | Poland |
20 June 1954 | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel | Hungary | 8–3 | West Germany | ||
15 June 1982 | Nuevo Estadio, Elche | Hungary | 10–1 | El Salvador | ||
5 | 8 June 1958 | Idrottsparken, Norrköping | 10 | France | 7–3 | Paraguay |
Period | Top scorers | Goals scored | Source |
---|---|---|---|
1930 | Argentina | 18 | |
1934 | Italy | 12 | |
1938 | Hungary | 15 | |
1950 | Brazil | 22 | |
1954 | Hungary | 27 | |
1958 | France | 23 | |
1962 | Brazil | 14 | |
1966 | Portugal | 17 | |
1970 | Brazil | 19 | |
1974 | Poland | 16 | |
1978 | Argentina | 15 | |
Netherlands | |||
1982 | France | 16 | |
1986 | Argentina | 14 | |
1990 | West Germany | 15 | |
1994 | Sweden | 15 | |
1998 | France | 15 | |
2002 | Brazil | 18 | |
2006 | Germany | 14 | |
2010 | Germany | 16 | |
2014 | Germany | 18 | |
2018 | Belgium | 16 | |
2022 | France | 16 |
Teams listed in bold won the tournament. Fewer than half of all World Cup tournaments have been won by the highest-scoring team.
Note: FIFA formally records assists only from the 1966 edition onwards.[78]
Most assists in the knockout rounds
Note: There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970.[134]
Rank | Date | Venue | Match | Attendance | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 16 July 1950 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro | Uruguay v Brazil | 173,850 | [169] |
2 | 13 July 1950 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil v Spain | 152,772 | [170] |
3 | 1 July 1950 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil v Yugoslavia | 142,409 | [171] |
4 | 9 July 1950 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil v Sweden | 138,886 | [172] |
5 | 7 June 1986 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | Mexico v Paraguay | 114,600 | [173] |
29 June 1986 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | Argentina v West Germany | 114,600 | [174] |
Year | Hosts | Venues/ Cities |
Total attendance † |
Matches | Average attendance |
Highest attendances ‡ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Venue | Game(s) | ||||||
1930 | Uruguay | 3/1 | 590,549 | 18 | 32,808 | 93,000 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo | Uruguay 6–1 Yugoslavia, semi-final |
1934 | Italy | 8/8 | 363,000 | 17 | 21,353 | 55,000 | Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome | Italy 2–1 Czechoslovakia, final |
1938 | France | 10/9 | 375,700 | 18 | 20,872 | 58,455 | Olympique de Colombes, Paris | France 1–3 Italy, quarter-final |
1950 | Brazil | 6/6 | 1,045,246 | 22 | 47,511 | 173,850[178] | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil 1–2 Uruguay, deciding match |
1954 | Switzerland | 6/6 | 768,607 | 26 | 29,562 | 63,000 | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern | West Germany 3–2 Hungary, final |
1958 | Sweden | 12/12 | 819,810 | 35 | 23,423 | 50,928 | Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg | Brazil 2–0 Soviet Union, group stage |
1962 | Chile | 4/4 | 893,172 | 32 | 27,912 | 68,679 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago | Brazil 4–2 Chile, semi-final |
1966 | England | 8/7 | 1,563,135 | 32 | 48,848 | 98,270 | Wembley Stadium, London | England 4–2 West Germany, final |
1970 | Mexico | 5/5 | 1,603,975 | 32 | 50,124 | 108,192 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | Mexico 1–0 Belgium, group stage |
1974 | West Germany | 9/9 | 1,865,753 | 38 | 49,099 | 83,168 | Olympiastadion, Munich | West Germany 1–0 Chile, group stage |
1978 | Argentina | 6/5 | 1,545,791 | 38 | 40,679 | 71,712 | Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires | Italy 1–0 Argentina, group stage |
1982 | Spain | 17/14 | 2,109,723 | 52 | 40,572 | 95,500 | Camp Nou, Barcelona | Argentina 0–1 Belgium, Opening match |
1986 | Mexico | 12/11 | 2,394,031 | 52 | 46,039 | 114,600 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | Mexico 1–1 Paraguay, group stage Argentina 3–2 West Germany, final |
1990 | Italy | 12/12 | 2,516,215 | 52 | 48,389 | 74,765 | San Siro, Milan | West Germany 4–1 Yugoslavia, group stage |
1994 | United States | 9/9 | 3,587,538 | 52 | 68,991 | 94,194 | Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California | Brazil 0–0 (3–2p) Italy, final |
1998 | France | 10/10 | 2,785,100 | 64 | 43,517 | 80,000 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | Brazil 0–3 France, final |
2002 | South Korea Japan | 20/20 | 2,705,197 | 64 | 42,269 | 69,029 | International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan | Brazil 2–0 Germany, final |
2006 | Germany | 12/12 | 3,359,439 | 64 | 52,491 | 72,000 | Olympiastadion, Berlin | Germany 1–1 (4–2p) Argentina, quarter-final |
2010 | South Africa | 10/9 | 3,178,856 | 64 | 49,670 | 84,490 | Soccer City, Johannesburg | Spain 1–0 Netherlands, final |
2014 | Brazil | 12/12 | 3,429,873 | 64 | 53,592 | 74,738 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro | Germany 1–0 Argentina, final |
2018 | Russia | 12/11 | 3,031,768 | 64 | 47,371 | 78,011 | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow | France 4–2 Croatia, final |
2022 | Qatar | 8/5 | 3,404,252 | 64 | 53,191 | 88,966 | Lusail Stadium, Qatar | Argentina 3–3 (4–2p) France, final |
2026 | Canada Mexico United States | 16/16 | 104 | |||||
2030[lower-alpha 20] | Morocco Portugal Spain | 104 | ||||||
2034 | Saudi Arabia | 104 | ||||||
Overall | 43,936,730 | 964 | 45,577 | 173,850[178] | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro (1950) |
† Source: FIFA[179]
‡ The best-attended single match has been the final in 11 of the 21 World Cups as of 2018[update]. Another match or matches drew more attendance than the final in 1930, 1938, 1958, 1962, 1970–1982, 1990, and 2006.
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