FIFA World Cup records and statistics

See also: National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup

As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the men’s 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]

List of tournaments

Year	Host	Champions	Winning coach	Top scorer(s)	Best player award	Source
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	Alberto Suppici	Guillermo Stábile (8)	Not awarded	[6]
1934	Italy	Italy	Vittorio Pozzo	Oldřich Nejedlý (5)		[7]
1938	France	Italy	Vittorio Pozzo	Leônidas (7)		[8]
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	Juan López	Ademir (9)		[9]
1954	Switzerland	West Germany	Sepp Herberger	Sándor Kocsis (11)		[10]
1958	Sweden	Brazil	Vicente Feola	Just Fontaine (13)		[11]
1962	Chile	Brazil	Aymoré Moreira	Six players (4)		[12]
1966	England	England	Alf Ramsey	Eusébio (9)		[13]
1970	Mexico	Brazil	Mário Zagallo	Gerd Müller (10)		[14]
1974	West Germany	West Germany	Helmut Schön	Grzegorz Lato (7)		[15]
1978	Argentina	Argentina	César Luis Menotti	Mario Kempes (6)	Mario Kempes	[16][17]
1982	Spain	Italy	Enzo Bearzot	Paolo Rossi (6)	Paolo Rossi	[16][18]
1986	Mexico	Argentina	Carlos Bilardo	Gary Lineker (6)	Diego Maradona	[16][19]
1990	Italy	West Germany	Franz Beckenbauer	Salvatore Schillaci (6)	Salvatore Schillaci	[16][20]
1994	United States	Brazil	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Hristo Stoichkov (6) Oleg Salenko (6)	Romário	[16][21]
1998	France	France	Aimé Jacquet	Davor Šuker (6)	Ronaldo	[16][22]
2002	South Korea  Japan	Brazil	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Ronaldo (8)	Oliver Kahn	[16][23]
2006	Germany	Italy	Marcello Lippi	Miroslav Klose (5)	Zinedine Zidane	[16][24]
2010	South Africa	Spain	Vicente del Bosque	Four players (5)	Diego Forlán	[16][25]
2014	Brazil	Germany	Joachim Löw	James Rodríguez (6)	Lionel Messi	[26][16][27]
2018	Russia	France	Didier Deschamps	Harry Kane (6)	Luka Modrić	[28][29]
2022	Qatar	Argentina	Lionel Scaloni	Kylian Mbappé (8)	Lionel Messi	[30]

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.^[31][32]

As of 2022 FIFA World Cup

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	5	2	2	9
2	Germany	4	4	4	12
3	Italy	4	2	1	7
4	Argentina	3	3	0	6
5	France	2	2	2	6
6	Uruguay	2	0	0	2
7	England	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
9	Netherlands	0	3	1	4
10	Czech Republic	0	2	0	2
	Hungary	0	2	0	2
12	Croatia	0	1	2	3
	Sweden	0	1	2	3
14	Poland	0	0	2	2
15	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		22	22	22	66

Teams statistics

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

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

Most titles

•  Brazil – 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)^[33]

Most finishes in the top two

•  Germany/West Germany – 8 (1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986 and 1990 as West Germany, 2002 and 2014 as Germany)^[34]

Most second-place finishes

•  Germany/West Germany – 4 (1966, 1982, 1986 as West Germany, 2002 as Germany)^[34]

Most World Cup appearances

•  Brazil – 22 (every tournament)^[35]

Most consecutive championships

•  Italy – 2 (1934–1938)^[36][37]
•  Brazil – 2 (1958–1962)^[36][38]

Most consecutive finishes in the top two

•  West Germany – 3 (1982–1990)^[35]
•  Brazil – 3 (1994–2002)^[35]

Longest gap between successive titles

•  Italy – 44 years (nine editions, 1938–1982)^[g][35]

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two

•  Argentina – 48 years (10 editions, 1930–1978)^[35]

Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup

•  Wales – 64 years (16 editions, 1958–2022)^[39]

Most consecutive failed qualification attempts

•  Luxembourg – 21 (all 1934–2022)^[35]

Worst finish by defending champions

• Group stage –  Italy (1950)^[40]
• Group stage –  Brazil (1966)^[40]
• Group stage –  France (2002)^[40]
• Group stage –  Italy (2010)^[40]
• Group stage –  Spain (2014)^[40]
• Group stage –  Germany (2018)^[41]

Players

Most appearances

Main article: List of players who have appeared in the most FIFA World Cups

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

All-time top player appearances^[42]

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)

Most championships

Main article: List of FIFA World Cup winning players

• Pelé – 3 ( Brazil, 1958, 1962^[h] and 1970)^[44]

Most appearances in a World Cup final

• Cafu – 3 ( Brazil; 1994, 1998, 2002)^[i][45]

Youngest player

• Norman Whiteside – 17 years, 41 days (for  Northern Ireland vs.  Yugoslavia, 17 June 1982)^[46]

Youngest player in a final

• Pelé – 17 years, 249 days (for  Brazil vs.  Sweden, 29 June 1958)^[46]

Oldest player

• Essam El-Hadary – 45 years, 161 days (for  Egypt vs.  Saudi Arabia, 25 June 2018)^[47]

Oldest player in a final

• Dino Zoff – 40 years, 133 days (for  Italy vs.  West Germany, 11 July 1982)^[48]

Goalscoring

Individual

Top goalscorers

Main article: FIFA World Cup top goalscorers

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

All-time top scorers^[49][50]

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

Most goals scored in a single tournament

• Just Fontaine – 13 ( France, 1958)^[51]

Most goals scored in a match

• Oleg Salenko – 5 (for  Russia vs.  Cameroon, 1994)^[51]

Most goals scored in a final match

• Geoff Hurst – 3 (for  England vs.  West Germany, 1966)^[52]
• Kylian Mbappé – 3 (for  France vs.  Argentina, 2022)^[52]

Most goals scored in final matches (overall)

• Kylian Mbappé – 4 ( France, 2018, 2022)^[52]

Most consecutive matches scored in

• Just Fontaine – 6 ( France, 1958)^[53]
• Jairzinho – 6 ( Brazil, 1970)^[54]

Most tournaments scored in

• Cristiano Ronaldo – 5 ( Portugal, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)^[55]

Milestone goals

• Scorer of 1st goal – Lucien Laurent (for  France vs.  Mexico, 13 July 1930)^[56]
• Scorer of 100th goal – Angelo Schiavio (for  Italy vs.  United States, 27 May 1934)^[56]
• Scorer of 1,000th goal – Rob Rensenbrink (for  Netherlands vs.  Scotland, 11 June 1978)^[56]
• Scorer of 2,000th goal – Marcus Allbäck (for  Sweden vs.  England, 20 June 2006)^[56]

Olympic goals

• 1 – Marcos Coll (for  Colombia vs.  Soviet Union, 3 June 1962)^[57][58]

Youngest goalscorer

• Pelé – 17 years, 239 days (for  Brazil vs.  Wales, 19 June 1958)^[59]

Youngest goalscorer in a final

• Pelé – 17 years, 249 days (for  Brazil vs.  Sweden, 29 June 1958)^[59]

Oldest goalscorer

• Roger Milla – 42 years, 39 days (for  Cameroon vs.  Russia, 28 June 1994)^[60]

Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round

• Pepe – 39 years, 283 days (for  Portugal vs.   Switzerland, 6 December 2022)^[61]

Oldest goalscorer in a final

• Nils Liedholm – 35 years, 264 days (for  Sweden vs.  Brazil, 29 June 1958)^[45]

Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final

• Lionel Messi – 35 years, 177 days (for  Argentina vs.  France, 18 December 2022)^[62]

Fastest goal

• Hakan Şükür – 11 seconds (for  Turkey vs.  South Korea, 2002)^[63]

Fastest goal in a final

• Johan Neeskens – 90 seconds (for  Netherlands vs.  West Germany, 1974)^[45]

Latest goal in regular time

• Mehdi Taremi – 90+13th minute (for  Iran vs.  England, 2022)^[64]

Team

Biggest wins

Biggest margin of victory^[65]

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

Biggest win in a final

Biggest margin of victory in a final^[65]

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

Highest scoring matches

Most goals scored in a match^[66]

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

Most goals in a tournament

•  Hungary – 27 (1954)^[65]

Top scoring teams by tournament

Period	Top scorers	Goals scored	Source
1930	Argentina	18	[67]
1934	Italy	12	[68]
1938	Hungary	15	[68]
1950	Brazil	22	[68]
1954	Hungary	27	[69]
1958	France	23	[69]
1962	Brazil	14	[68]
1966	Portugal	17	[70]
1970	Brazil	19	[68]
1974	Poland	16	[68]
1978	Argentina	15	[68]
	Netherlands
1982	France	16	[68]
1986	Argentina	14	[68]
1990	West Germany	15	[71]
1994	Sweden	15	[68]
1998	France	15	[68]
2002	Brazil	18	[68]
2006	Germany	14	[68]
2010	Germany	16	[68]
2014	Germany	18	[72]
2018	Belgium	16	[73]
2022	France	16	[74]

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

Tournament

Most goals scored in a tournament

• 2022 – 172 goals^[75]

Fewest goals scored in a tournament

• 1930 – 70 goals^[74]
• 1934 – 70 goals^[74]

Most goals per match in a tournament

• 1954 – 5.38 goals per match^[76]

Fewest goals per match in a tournament

• 1990 – 2.21 goals per match^[76]

Own goals

Main article: List of FIFA World Cup own goals

Assists

Records vary according to sources, these statistics include assists in all matches from 1930 to the 2022. This information is gathered according to official sources, reports, and reliable records in teams, association, and press archives. FIFA formally records assists only from the 1966 edition onwards.^[77]

Most assists

• Pelé – 10 ( Brazil, 1958–1970)^[j][79][80]

Most assists in a tournament

• Raymond Kopa – 9 ( France, 1958)^[81]

Most tournaments assisted in

• Lionel Messi – 5 ( Argentina, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)^[82]

Most assists provided in a match

• Giovanni Ferrari – 4 (for  Italy vs.  United States, 1934)^[83][84]
• Robert Gadocha – 4 (for  Poland vs.  Haiti, 1974)^[85][86]

Most assists provided in final matches

• Pelé – 3 ( Brazil, 1 in 1958, 2 in 1970)^[87][88]

Most assists in the knockout rounds

• Fritz Walter – 6 ( West Germany 1954, 1958)
• Lionel Messi – 6 ( Argentina 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)^[89]

Goal contributions

Most goal contributions

• Pelé – 22, 12 goals and 10 assists for ( Brazil, 1958–1970)^[90]

Penalty shoot-outs

Main article: List of FIFA World Cup penalty shoot-outs

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets

• Peter Shilton – 10 ( England, 1982–1990)^[51]
• Fabien Barthez – 10 ( France, 1998–2006)^[51]

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal

• Walter Zenga – 517 mins, 5 consecutive clean sheets ( Italy, 1990)^[91]

Most goals conceded

• Antonio Carbajal – 25 ( Mexico, 1950–1966)^[92]
• Mohamed Al-Deayea – 25 ( Saudi Arabia, 1994–2006)^[92]

Most goals conceded in a tournament

• Hong Deok-young – 16 ( South Korea, 1954)^[93]

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament

• Pascal Zuberbühler – 0 (  Switzerland, 2006)^[k][94]

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament for the eventual winners

• Fabien Barthez – 2 ( France, 1998)^[95]
• Gianluigi Buffon – 2 ( Italy, 2006)^[95]
• Iker Casillas – 2 ( Spain, 2010)^[95]

Most saves in one match

• Tim Howard – 16 (for  United States vs.  Belgium, 2014)^[96]

Most penalties saved (excluding penalty shoot-outs)

• Jan Tomaszewski – 2 ( Poland, both in 1974)^[97]
• Brad Friedel – 2 ( United States, both in 2002)^[97]
• Iker Casillas – 2 ( Spain, 2002, 2010)^[97]
• Wojciech Szczęsny – 2 ( Poland, both in 2022)^[97]

Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out

• Ricardo – 3 (for  Portugal vs.  England, 2006)^[98]
• Danijel Subašić – 3 (for  Croatia vs.  Denmark, 2018)^[98]
• Dominik Livaković – 3 (for  Croatia vs.  Japan, 2022)^[98]

Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs

• Harald Schumacher – 4 ( West Germany, 1982–1986)^[97]
• Sergio Goycochea – 4 ( Argentina, 1990)^[97]
• Danijel Subašić – 4 ( Croatia, 2018)^[99][97]
• Dominik Livaković – 4 ( Croatia, 2022)^[97]

Coaching

Most matches coached

• Helmut Schön – 25 ( West Germany, 1966–1978)^[100]

Most matches won

• Helmut Schön – 16 ( West Germany, 1966–1978)^[101]

Most tournaments won

• Vittorio Pozzo – 2 ( Italy, 1934–1938)^[102]

Most tournaments as a coach

• Carlos Alberto Parreira – 6 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010)^[103]

Most different nations coached

• Bora Milutinović – 5 ( Mexico in 1986,  Costa Rica in 1990,  United States in 1994,  Nigeria in 1998 and  China in 2002)^[104]
• Carlos Alberto Parreira – 5 ( Kuwait in 1982,  United Arab Emirates in 1990,  Brazil in 1994 and 2006,  Saudi Arabia in 1998 and  South Africa in 2010)^[103]

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach

• Bora Milutinović – 5 (1986–2002)^[104]

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team

• Walter Winterbottom – 4 ( England, 1950–1962)^[105]
• Helmut Schön – 4 ( West Germany, 1966–1978)^[105]

Youngest coach

• Juan José Tramutola – 27 years, 267 days ( Argentina, 1930)^[106]

Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team

• Alberto Suppici – 31 years, 252 days ( Uruguay, 1930)^[107]

Oldest coach

• Otto Rehhagel – 71 years, 317 days ( Greece, 2010)^[108]

Oldest coach of a World Cup winning team

• Vicente del Bosque – 59 years, 200 days ( Spain, 2010)^[109]

Refereeing

Most tournaments

• John Langenus – 3 (Belgium, 1930–1938)^{[110][111][112]}
• Ivan Eklind – 3 (Sweden, 1934–1950)^[113]
• Sandy Griffiths – 3 (Wales, 1950–1958)^[114]
• Arthur Edward Ellis – 3 (England, 1950–1958)^[115]
• Juan Gardeazábal – 3 (Spain, 1958–1966)^[116]
• Erik Fredriksson – 3 (Sweden, 1982–1990)^[117]
• Jamal Al Sharif – 3 (Syria, 1986–1994)^[118]
• Joël Quiniou – 3 (France, 1986–1994)^[119]
• Ali Bujsaim – 3 (United Arab Emirates, 1994–2002)^[120]
• Óscar Ruiz – 3 (Colombia, 2002–2010)^[121]
• Carlos Eugênio Simon – 3 (Brazil, 2002–2010)^[122]
• Marco Antonio Rodríguez – 3 (Mexico, 2006–2014)^[123]
• Joel Aguilar^[l] – 3 (El Salvador, 2010–2018)^[124][125]
• Ravshan Irmatov – 3 (Uzbekistan, 2010–2018)^[126]
• Alireza Faghani^[l] – 3 (Iran, 2014–2022)^{[127][128][129]}
• Bakary Gassama – 3 (Gambia, 2014–2022)^[130]

Most matches refereed, overall

• Ravshan Irmatov – 11 (Uzbekistan, 2010–2018)^[131]

Youngest referee

• Juan Gardeazábal – 24 years and 193 days (Spain, 1958)^[132]

Oldest referee

• George Reader – 53 years and 236 days (England, 1950)^[133]

Discipline

There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970.^[134]

Fastest caution

• Jesús Gallardo – 11 seconds (for  Mexico vs.  Sweden, 2018)^[135]

Fastest sending off

• José Batista – 56 seconds (for  Uruguay vs.  Scotland, 1986)^[136]

Fastest sending off, qualification

• Rashed Al-Hooti – 37 seconds (for  Bahrain vs.  Iran, 11 October 2011, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification)^[137]

Latest caution

• Emiliano Martínez – During penalty shoot-out (for  Argentina vs.  France, 2022)^[m][138]

Latest sending off

• Leandro Cufré – After penalty shoot-out (for  Argentina vs.  Germany, 2006)^[n][139]
• Denzel Dumfries – After penalty shoot-out (for  Netherlands vs.  Argentina, 2022)^[140]

Sent off from the bench

• Claudio Caniggia (for  Argentina vs.  Sweden, 2002)^[141]

Most cards (all-time, player)

• Javier Mascherano – 7 ( Argentina, 2006–2018)^[142]

Most cautions (all-time, player)

• Javier Mascherano – 7 ( Argentina, 2006–2018)^[142]

Most sendings off (all-time, player)

• Rigobert Song – 2 ( Cameroon, 1994 and 1998)^[143]
• Zinedine Zidane – 2 ( France, 1998 and 2006)^[143]

Most sendings off (tournament)

• 2006 – 28 (in 64 games)^[143]

Most sendings off (all-time, team)

•  Brazil – 11 (in 97 games)^[143]

Most sendings off (match, both teams)

• 2 each for  Portugal and  Netherlands – 4 (2006)^[o][144]

Most sendings off (final match)

• 2 for  Argentina vs.  West Germany, 1990^[p][145]

Most cautions (tournament)

• 2006 – 345 (in 64 matches)^[146]

Most cautions (all-time, team)

•  Argentina – 88 (in 64 games until 2006)^{[147][better source needed]}

Most cautions (match, one team)

•  Argentina – 10 (2022, vs.  Netherlands)^[148]

Most cautions (match, both teams)

• 8 for  Netherlands and 10 for  Argentina – 18 (2022)^[148]

Most cautions (match, player)

• Josip Šimunić – 3 (61', 90', 93') (for  Croatia vs.  Australia, 2006) (referee: Graham Poll)^[q][149]

Most cautions (final match, both teams)

• 9 for  Netherlands and 5 for  Spain – 14 (2010)^[150]

Most suspensions (tournament, player)

• André Kana-Biyik – 2 ( Cameroon, 1990)^[r][154]

Teams: Matches played/goals scored

All time

Most matches played

•  Brazil – 114^[31]

Most wins

•  Brazil – 76^[31]

Most losses

•  Mexico – 28^[31]

Most draws

•  England – 22^[31]

Most goals scored

•  Brazil – 237^[31]

Most goalscorers

•  Brazil – 85^[155][156]

Most goals conceded

•  Germany – 130^[31]

Fewest goals scored

•  China – 0^[31]
•  Dutch East Indies – 0^[31]
•  Trinidad and Tobago – 0^[31]
•  Zaire – 0^[31]

Highest goal difference

•  Brazil – +129^[31]

In one tournament

Most goals scored

•  Hungary – 27 (1954)^[s][157]

Fewest goals conceded

•   Switzerland – 0 (2006)^[s][158]

Most goals conceded

•  South Korea – 16 (1954)^[s][159]

Most matches gone into extra time

•  Belgium – 3 (1986)^[160]
•  England – 3 (1990)^[160]
•  Argentina – 3 (2014)^[160]
•  Croatia – 3 (2018)^[160]

Most minutes without conceding a goal

•  Italy – 517 mins (1990)^[s][161]

Highest goal difference in a tournament

•  Hungary – +17 (1954)^[s][157]

Highest goal difference, champions

•  Brazil – +14 (2002)^[s][162]
•  Germany – +14 (2014)^[s][162]

Lowest goal difference

•  South Korea – −16 (1954)^[s][159]

Lowest goal difference, champions

•  Italy /  Italy – +6 (1938 and 1982)^[s][162]
•  Spain – +6 (2010)^[s][162]

Highest average of goals scored per match

•  Hungary – 5.40 (1954)^[s][163]

Highest average goal difference per match

•  Hungary – +3.2 (1954)^[163]

Most goals scored, champions

•  West Germany – 25 (1954)^[s][157]

Fewest goals scored, champions

•  Spain – 8 (2010)^[s][164]

Fewest goals scored, finalists

•  Argentina – 5 (1990)^[s][165]

Fewest goals conceded, champions

•  France – 2 (1998)^[s][166]
•  Italy – 2 (2006)^[s][166]
•  Spain – 2 (2010)^[s][166]

Most goals conceded, champions

•  West Germany – 14 (1954)^[s][157]

Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions

•  Spain – 1.14 (2010)^[s][167]

Most penalties scored (excluding shoot-outs)

•  Portugal – 4 (1966)^[168]
•  Netherlands – 4 (1978)^[168]
•  Argentina – 4 (2022)^[168]

Most penalties awarded (excluding shoot-outs)

•  Argentina – 5 (2022)^[168]

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks

Attendance

See also: List of sports attendance figures

Highest attendance

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]

Lowest attendance

•  Romania vs.  Peru – 300 (14 July 1930, Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo)^[175]

Highest average of attendance

• 1994 – 69,174 per match^[176]

Highest aggregated attendance

• 1994 – 3,594,042^[177]

Lowest average of attendance

• 1934 – 21,239^[177]

Lowest aggregated attendance

• 1934 – 358,000^[177]

Statistics per tournament

Year	Hosts	Venues/ Cities	Total attendance †	Matches	Average attendance	Highest attendances ‡
						Number	Venue	Game(s)
1930	Uruguay	3/1	590,549	18	32,808	79,867	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	62,500	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	76,594	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 2–0 France, group stage
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	Two matches, including the final, all at Estadio Azteca
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	Four matches, including the final, all at Stade de France
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	Five matches, all at Olympiastadion
2010	South Africa	10/9	3,178,856	64	49,670	84,490	Soccer City, Johannesburg	Two matches, including the final, all at Soccer City
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	Seven matches, including the final, all at Luzhniki Stadium
2022	Qatar	8/5	3,404,252	64	53,191	88,966	Lusail Stadium, Lusail	Three matches, including the final, all at Lusail Stadium
2026	Canada Mexico United States	16/16		104
2030	Morocco Portugal Spain[t]	20/20		104
2034	Saudi Arabia	15/5		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.

See also

• AFC Asian Cup records and statistics
• Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics
• CONCACAF Gold Cup records and statistics
• Copa América records and statistics
• FIFA Arab Cup records and statistics
• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics
• FIFA Confederations Cup records and statistics
• FIFA Futsal World Cup
• FIFA U-17 World Cup records and statistics
• FIFA U-20 World Cup records and statistics
• FIFA Women's World Cup records and statistics
• Men's Olympic football tournament records and statistics
• OFC Nations Cup records and statistics
• UEFA European Championship records and statistics
• Women's Olympic football tournament records and statistics

Footnotes

1. 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.
2. The Soviet Union qualified seven times prior to its dissolution in 1991. The 15 former nations Soviet republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the Soviet Union.
3. 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 before 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 that 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.
4. Czechoslovakia qualified eight times prior to being divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993. FIFA considers both the Czech Republic and Slovakia the successor team of Czechoslovakia. 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.
5. Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.
6. The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.
7. Uruguay (76 years) and England (60 years) have longer active streaks.
8. Only played in first two matches; medal awarded retroactively by FIFA in 2007.^[43]
9. 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.^[45]
10. Different sources give Pelé between 8 and 10 assists.^[78]
11. 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.
12. Attended three tournaments but did not act as main referee in all of them. Instead, he was exclusively used as a fourth official in a minimum of one edition.
13. Putting French players off.^[138]
14. Cufré was red carded for kicking Per Mertesacker in an altercation following the match.^[139]
15. Also known as Battle of Nuremberg.
16. The players sent off were Pedro Monzón and Gustavo Dezotti.^[145]
17. 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.^[149]
18. Biyik missed the team's second game after receiving a red card in the first,^[151] and then missed Cameroon's fifth game after yellow cards in the third and fourth.^[152][153] 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.
19. Penalties awarded in a match count towards the team’s total, but penalties in a shootout do not.
20. Opening three games hosts:
    Argentina
    Paraguay
    Uruguay