See also: National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup

As of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, 84 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 23 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 21, Argentina in 19, and Italy and Mexico in 18.[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]

General performances

List of tournaments

Year Host Champions Winning coach Top scorer(s) Best player award Source
1930  Uruguay  Uruguay Uruguay Alberto Suppici Argentina Guillermo Stábile (8) Not awarded [6]
1934  Italy  Italy Italy Vittorio Pozzo Czechoslovakia Oldřich Nejedlý (5) [7]
1938  France  Italy Italy Vittorio Pozzo Brazil Leônidas (7) [8]
1950  Brazil  Uruguay Uruguay Juan López Brazil Ademir (9) [9]
1954   Switzerland  West Germany West Germany Sepp Herberger Hungary Sándor Kocsis (11) [10]
1958  Sweden  Brazil Brazil Vicente Feola France Just Fontaine (13) [11]
1962  Chile  Brazil Brazil Aymoré Moreira Six players (4) [12]
1966  England  England England Alf Ramsey Portugal Eusébio (9) [13]
1970  Mexico  Brazil Brazil Mário Zagallo West Germany Gerd Müller (10) [14]
1974  West Germany  West Germany West Germany Helmut Schön Poland Grzegorz Lato (7) [15]
1978  Argentina  Argentina Argentina César Luis Menotti Argentina Mario Kempes (6) Argentina Mario Kempes [16][17]
1982  Spain  Italy Italy Enzo Bearzot Italy Paolo Rossi (6) Italy Paolo Rossi [16][18]
1986  Mexico  Argentina Argentina Carlos Bilardo England Gary Lineker (6) Argentina Diego Maradona [16][19]
1990  Italy  West Germany West Germany Franz Beckenbauer Italy Salvatore Schillaci (6) Italy Salvatore Schillaci [16][20]
1994  United States  Brazil Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov (6)
Russia Oleg Salenko (6)		 Brazil Romário [16][21]
1998  France  France France Aimé Jacquet Croatia Davor Šuker (6) Brazil Ronaldo [16][22]
2002  South Korea
 Japan		  Brazil Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari Brazil Ronaldo (8) Germany Oliver Kahn [16][23]
2006  Germany  Italy Italy Marcello Lippi Germany Miroslav Klose (5) France Zinedine Zidane [16][24]
2010  South Africa  Spain Spain Vicente del Bosque Four players (5) Uruguay Diego Forlán [16][25]
2014  Brazil  Germany Germany Joachim Löw Colombia James Rodríguez (6) Argentina Lionel Messi [26][16][27]
2018  Russia  France France Didier Deschamps England Harry Kane (6) Croatia Luka Modrić [28][29]
2022  Qatar  Argentina Argentina Lionel Scaloni France Kylian Mbappé (8) Argentina Lionel Messi [30]
2026  United States
 Mexico
 Canada		 In progress In progress In progress In progress

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 18 June 2026
Rank Team Part. Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 23 115 76 20 19 238 109 +129 248
2  Germany[note 1] 21 113 69 21 23 239 131 +108 228
3  Argentina 19 89 48 17 24 155 101 +54 161
4  Italy 18 83 45 21 17 128 77 +51 156
5  France 17 74 40 14 20 139 86 +53 134
6  England 17 75 33 22 20 108 70 +38 121
7  Spain 17 68 31 18 19 108 75 +33 111
8  Netherlands 12 56 30 15 11 98 54 +44 105
9  Uruguay 15 60 25 14 21 90 77 +13 89
10  Belgium 15 52 21 11 20 70 75 −5 74
11  Sweden 13 52 20 13 19 85 74 +11 73
12  Mexico 18 62 19 15 28 65 101 −36 72
13  Russia[note 2] 11 45 19 10 16 77 54 +23 67
14  Serbia[note 3] 13 49 18 9 22 71 71 0 63
15  Portugal 9 36 17 7 12 62 42 +20 58
16  Poland 9 38 17 6 15 49 50 −1 57
17   Switzerland 13 43 15 9 19 60 75 −15 54
18  Hungary 9 32 15 3 14 87 57 +30 48
19  Croatia 7 31 13 8 10 45 37 +8 47
20  Austria 8 30 13 4 13 46 48 −2 43
21  Slovakia[note 4] 9 34 12 6 16 49 52 −3 42
22  Czech Republic[note 4] 10 35 12 6 17 49 52 −3 42
23  Chile 9 33 11 7 15 40 49 −9 40
24  United States 12 38 10 8 20 44 67 −23 38
25  South Korea 12 40 8 10 22 41 80 −39 34
26  Colombia 7 23 10 3 10 35 31 +4 33
27  Denmark 6 23 9 6 8 31 29 +2 33
28  Paraguay 9 28 7 10 11 31 42 −11 31
29  Romania 7 21 8 5 8 30 32 −2 29
30  Japan 8 26 7 7 12 27 35 −8 28
31  Morocco 7 24 5 8 11 21 28 −7 23
32  Costa Rica 6 21 6 5 10 22 39 −17 23
33  Cameroon 8 26 5 8 13 22 47 −25 23
34  Scotland 9 24 5 7 12 26 41 −15 22
35  Ghana 5 16 6 3 7 19 23 −4 21
36  Nigeria 6 21 6 3 12 23 30 −7 21
37  Australia 7 21 5 4 12 19 37 −18 19
38  Senegal 4 13 5 3 5 17 20 −3 18
39  Peru 5 18 5 3 10 21 33 −12 18
40  Ecuador 5 14 5 2 7 14 15 −1 17
41  Bulgaria 7 26 3 8 15 22 53 −31 17
42  Turkey 3 11 5 1 5 20 19 +1 16
43  Saudi Arabia 7 20 4 3 13 15 45 −30 15
44  Republic of Ireland 3 13 2 8 3 10 10 0 14
45  Northern Ireland 3 13 3 5 5 13 23 −10 14
46  Tunisia 7 19 3 5 11 15 31 −16 14
47  Iran 7 19 3 5 11 15 33 −18 14
48  Ivory Coast 4 10 4 1 5 14 14 0 13
49  Norway 4 9 3 3 3 11 9 +2 12
50  Algeria 5 14 3 3 8 13 22 −9 12
51  South Africa 4 11 2 5 4 12 19 −7 11
52  East Germany[note 1] 1 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8
53  Greece 3 10 2 2 6 5 20 −15 8
54  Ukraine 1 5 2 1 2 5 7 −2 7
55  Wales 2 8 1 4 3 5 10 −5 7
56  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 5 1 1 3 6 9 −3 4
57  Canada 3 8 1 1 6 9 13 −4 4
58  Slovenia 2 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
59  Cuba 1 3 1 1 1 5 12 −7 4
60  New Zealand 3 7 0 4 3 6 16 −10 4
61  North Korea 2 7 1 1 5 6 21 −15 4
62  Jamaica 1 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
63  Egypt 4 8 0 3 5 6 13 −7 3
64  Honduras 3 9 0 3 6 3 14 −11 3
65  Angola 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
66  Israel 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
67  Cape Verde 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
68  Iceland 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
69  Kuwait 1 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
70  Trinidad and Tobago 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
71  Qatar 2 5 0 1 4 2 14 −12 1
72  DR Congo[note 5] 2 4 0 1 3 1 15 −14 1
73  Bolivia 3 6 0 1 5 1 20 −19 1
74  Jordan 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0
74  Uzbekistan 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0
76  Togo 1 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
77  Iraq 2 4 0 0 4 2 8 −6 0
78  Curaçao 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 −6 0
79  Indonesia[note 6] 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 0
80  United Arab Emirates 1 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
81  China 1 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
82  Panama 2 4 0 0 4 2 12 −10 0
83  Haiti 2 4 0 0 4 2 15 −13 0
84  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) 2 5 1 1 3 5 7 −2 4
 Slovakia (2010–present) 1 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany 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) 9 45 30 6 9 94 41 +53 96
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
Kingdom of Yugoslavia 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
Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Zaire (1974) 1 3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0
 DR Congo (2026–present) 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1


All-time 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
Source: [33]

Teams

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.

Titles

  • Most titles: 5 –  Brazil, (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)[34]
  • Most consecutive titles: 2
  • Longest gap between successive titles: 44 years –  Italy, (nine editions, 1938–1982)[note 7][38]
  • Worst finish by defending champions: Group stage
  • Most titles won as host: 1[note 8]
    •  Uruguay (1930)
    •  Italy (1934)
    •  England (1966)
    •  West Germany (1974)
    •  Argentina (1978)
    •  France (1998)

Appearances

  • Most World Cup appearances: 23 –  Brazil, 1930–2026 (every tournament)[38]
  • Most appearances in the final: 8 –  Germany, 1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986 and 1990 as West Germany, 2002 and 2014 as Germany[41]
  • Most runners-up: 4 –  Germany, 1966, 1982, 1986 as West Germany, 2002 as Germany[41]
  • Most consecutive appearances in the final: 3
    •  West Germany, 1982–1990[38]
    •  Brazil, 1994–2002[38]
  • Longest gap between successive appearances in the final: 48 years –  Argentina, 10 editions, 1930–1978[38]
  • Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup: 64 years –  Wales, 16 editions, 1958–2022[42]
  • Most consecutive failed qualification attempts: 22 –  Luxembourg, 1934–2026[38]

Goals

Highest scoring matches

Most goals scored in a match[43]
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

Teams

  • Most goals overall: 239 –  Germany, 1930–2026
  • Most goals in a tournament: 27 –  Hungary, 1954[44]

Tournament

  • Most goals scored in a tournament: 172 – 2022[45]
  • Fewest goals scored in a tournament: 70 – 1930, 1934[46]
  • Most goals per match in a tournament: 5.38 – 1954[47]
  • Fewest goals per match in a tournament: 2.21 – 1990[47]

By tournament

Source:[46][48]

Period Matches Goals Ø Goals Top scorers Goals scored
1930 18 70 3.89  Argentina 18
1934 17 70 4.12  Italy 12
1938 18 84 4.67  Hungary 15
1950 22 88 4.0  Brazil 22
1954 26 140 5.38  Hungary 27
1958 35 126 3.6  France 23
1962 32 89 2.78  Brazil 14
1966 32 89 2.78  Portugal 17
1970 32 95 2.97  Brazil 19
1974 38 97 2.55  Poland 16
1978 38 102 2.68  Argentina 15
 Netherlands
1982 52 146 2.81  France 16
1986 52 132 2.54  Argentina 14
1990 52 115 2.21  West Germany 15
1994 52 141 2.71  Sweden 15
1998 64 171 2.67  France 15
2002 64 161 2.52  Brazil 18
2006 64 147 2.3  Germany 14
2010 64 145 2.27  Germany 16
2014 64 171 2.67  Germany 18
2018 64 169 2.64  Belgium 16
2022 64 172 2.69  France 16
2026 104 82 TBD TBD TBD

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

Matches results

Biggest wins

Biggest margin of victory[44]
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[44]
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

Streaks

  • Longest winning streak: 11 –  Brazil, 2002–2006[49]
  • Longest unbeaten streak: 13
    •  Brazil, 1958–1966[50]
    •  Netherlands, 2014–2026
  • Longest losing streak: 9 –  Mexico, 1930–1958[51]
  • Longest winless streak: 17 –  Bulgaria, 1962–1994[52]
  • Longest drawn streak: 5 –  Belgium, 1998–2002[53]
  • Longest streak scoring at least 1 goal: 18[54]
    •  Brazil, 1930–1958
    •  West Germany, 1934–1962
    •  Germany, 1986–1998
  • Longest goalless streak: 5[55]
    •  Bolivia, 1930–1994
    •  Honduras, 1982–2014
    •  Algeria, 1986–2010
  • Longest goalless streak by minutes: 542 minutes –  Algeria, 1986–2014
  • Longest clean sheets streak: 5
    •  Italy, 1990
    •   Switzerland, 2006–2010
  • Longest streak without conceding a goal by minutes: 559 minutes –   Switzerland, 1994–2010
  • Longest streak without clean sheets: 22 –   Switzerland, 1934–1994[56]
  • Longest streak without red cards: 26 –  Japan, 1998–2026

Discipline

  • Most red cards (tournament): 28 – 2006, in 64 games[57]
  • Most red cards (all-time, team): 11 –  Brazil, in 97 games[57]
  • Most red cards (match, both teams): 4 – 2 each for  Portugal and  Netherlands, 2006[note 9][58]
  • Most red cards (final match): 2 –  Argentina v  West Germany, 1990[note 10][59]
  • Most yellow cards (tournament): 345 – 2006, in 64 matches[60]
  • Most yellow cards (match, one team): 10 –  Argentina, 2022, v  Netherlands[61]
  • Most yellow cards (match, both teams): 18 – 8 for  Netherlands and 10 for  Argentina, 2022[61]
  • Most yellow cards (final match, both teams): 14 – 9 for  Netherlands and 5 for  Spain, 2010[62]

Players

Titles

Main article: List of FIFA World Cup winning players
Left: Pelé, the only player to have won the FIFA World Cup three times.
Right: Lionel Messi holds the record for the most matches played, with 27 games.
  • Most titles: 3 – Pelé for  Brazil, 1958, 1962[note 11] and 1970[64]
  • Most appearances in a final: 3 – Cafu for  Brazil, 1994–2002[note 12][65]
  • Youngest player to win the tournament: 17 years, 249 days – Pelé for  Brazil, 1958[66]
  • Oldest player to win the tournament: 40 years, 133 days – Dino Zoff for  Italy, 1982

Appearances

Most appearances

Main article: List of players who have appeared in the most FIFA World Cups
  • Most matches played: 27 – Argentina Lionel Messi[67]
  • Most tournaments played: 6
    • Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (2006–2026)
    • Argentina Lionel Messi (2006–2026)

Oldest and youngest

  • Youngest player: 17 years, 41 days – Norman Whiteside for  Northern Ireland v  Yugoslavia, 17 June 1982[66]
  • Youngest player in a final: 17 years, 249 days – Pelé for  Brazil v  Sweden, 29 June 1958[66]
  • Oldest player: 45 years, 161 days – Essam El-Hadary for  Egypt v  Saudi Arabia, 25 June 2018[68]
  • Oldest player in a final: 40 years, 133 days – Dino Zoff for  Italy v  West Germany, 11 July 1982[69]

Goals

Top: Miroslav Klose (left) the joint all-time top scorer of the FIFA World Cup with 16 goals.
Just Fontaine (right) the player with the most goals scored in a single edition, with 13 goals at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
Bottom: Oleg Salenko (left) the only player to score five goals in a single FIFA World Cup match.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi (right) the only players to score in five different FIFA World Cup editions.

Most goals

Main article: List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers
  • Most goals: 16
    • Miroslav Klose, for  Germany, 2002–2014[70][71]
    • Lionel Messi, for  Argentina, 2006–2026
  • Most goals in a tournament: 13 – Just Fontaine, for  France, 1958[72]
  • Most goals scored in the knockout-phase: 8
    • Leônidas, for  Brazil, 1934–1938[73]
    • Ronaldo, for  Brazil, 1998–2006[73]
    • Kylian Mbappé, for  France, 2018–2022[73]
  • Most goals scored in a match: 5 – Oleg Salenko, for  Russia v  Cameroon, 28 June 1994[72]
  • Most goals scored in a final match: 3
    • Geoff Hurst, for  England v  West Germany, 1966[74]
    • Kylian Mbappé, for  France v  Argentina, 2022[74]
  • Most goals scored in final matches: 4 – Kylian Mbappé, for  France, 2018–2022[74]

Oldest and youngest

  • Youngest goalscorer: 17 years, 239 days – Pelé for  Brazil v  Wales, 19 June 1958[75]
  • Youngest goalscorer in a final: 17 years, 249 days – Pelé for  Brazil v  Sweden, 29 June 1958[75]
  • Oldest goalscorer: 42 years, 39 days – Roger Milla for  Cameroon v  Russia, 28 June 1994[76]
  • Oldest goalscorer in a final: 35 years, 264 days – Nils Liedholm for  Sweden v  Brazil, 29 June 1958[65]
  • Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final: 35 years, 177 days – Lionel Messi for  Argentina v  France, 18 December 2022[77]
  • Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round: 39 years, 283 days – Pepe for  Portugal v   Switzerland, 6 December 2022[78]

Milestone goals

  • Scorer of 1st goal – Lucien Laurent, for  France v  Mexico, 13 July 1930[79]
  • Scorer of 100th goal – Angelo Schiavio, for  Italy v  United States, 27 May 1934[79]
  • Scorer of 500th goal – Bobby Collins, for  Scotland v  Paraguay, 11 June 1958[79]
  • Scorer of 1,000th goal – Rob Rensenbrink, for  Netherlands v  Scotland, 11 June 1978[79]
  • Scorer of 2,000th goal – Marcus Allbäck, for  Sweden v  England, 20 June 2006[79]
  • Scorer of 2,500th goal – Fakhreddine Ben Youssef, for  Tunisia v  Panama, 28 June 2018[79]

By method

  • Most penalty kick goals (excluding penalty shoot-outs): 5 – Harry Kane, for  England, 2018–2026[80]
  • Most penalty kick goals scored in a tournament: 4[80]
    • Eusébio, for  Portugal, 1966
    • Rob Rensenbrink, for  Netherlands, 1978
    • Lionel Messi, for  Argentina, 2022
  • Most free kick goals: 2
    • Rivellino, for  Brazil, 1970
    • Bernard Genghini, for  France, 1982
    • David Beckham, for  England, 1998 and 2006
  • Most direct corner-kick goals: 1 – Marcos Coll, for  Colombia v  Soviet Union, 3 June 1962[81][82]
  • Most headed goals: 7 – Miroslav Klose, for  Germany, 2002–2010[83]
  • Most headed goals in a match: 3 – Miroslav Klose, for  Germany v  Saudi Arabia, 1 June 2002[84]

Other goals records

  • Fastest goal: 11 seconds – Hakan Şükür, for  Turkey v  South Korea, 2002[85]
  • Fastest goal in a final: 90 seconds – Johan Neeskens, for  Netherlands v  West Germany, 1974[65]
  • Latest goal in regular time: 90+13th minute – Mehdi Taremi, for  Iran v  England, 2022[86]
  • Most consecutive matches scored in: 6
    • Just Fontaine, for  France, 8 June 1958 – 28 June 1958[87]
    • Jairzinho, for  Brazil, 3 June 1970 – 21 June 1970[88]
  • Most tournaments scored in: 5
    • Cristiano Ronaldo, for  Portugal, 2006–2022[89]
    • Lionel Messi, for  Argentina, 2006, 2014–2026

Assists

Fritz Walter holds the assists record, with 9.

Notes: The criteria for an assist to be awarded may vary according to the source, the following stats is based on the assists criteria according to Opta, where assists are not counted for balls that are deflected or rebounded off opposing players and have clearly affected the trajectory of the ball and its arrival to the recipient (the goal scorer). Assists are also not counted for penalty kicks, direct goals from corners or free kicks, or own goals. These statistics include assists in all matches from 1930. Assist statistics are reviewed strictly according to Opta standards. Matches for which video footage cannot be found are examined and verified through newspaper archives and detailed press descriptions of the goals. The following figures may differ from the relevant sources, including Opta itself, as Opta, for example, only covers tournaments from the 1966 edition onward, whereas the following figures account for every edition since the inaugural tournament.

  • Most assists: 9 – Fritz Walter, for  West Germany, 1954–1958[90]
  • Most assists in a tournament: 8 – Raymond Kopa, for  France, 1958[91]
  • Most assists in a match: 4
    • Giovanni Ferrari, for  Italy v  United States, 27 May 1934[92][93]
    • Robert Gadocha, for  Poland v  Haiti, 19 June 1974[94][95]
  • Most assists in final matches: 2
    • Héctor Scarone, for  Uruguay, 1930
    • Giuseppe Meazza, for  Italy, 1938
    • Mário Zagallo, for  Brazil, 1958 and 1962
    • Bobby Moore, for  England, 1966
    • Pelé, for  Brazil, 1970[note 13]
  • Most assists in the knockout rounds: 6 – Lionel Messi, for  Argentina, 2010–2022[98]
  • Most tournaments assisted in: 5 – Lionel Messi, for  Argentina, 2006–2022[99]

Goalkeeping

Peter Shilton (left) and Fabien Barthez (right), the joint record holders for the most clean sheets in FIFA World Cup history, with 10 each.
  • Most clean sheets: 10
    • Peter Shilton, for  England, 1982–1990[72]
    • Fabien Barthez, for  France, 1998–2006[72]
  • Most consecutive clean sheets: 5 – Walter Zenga, for  Italy, 1990[100]
  • Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal: 517 minutes – Walter Zenga, for  Italy, 1990
  • Most goals conceded: 25
    • Antonio Carbajal, for  Mexico, 1950–1966[101]
    • Mohamed Al-Deayea, for  Saudi Arabia, 1994–2006[101]
  • Most goals conceded in a tournament: 16 – Hong Deok-young, for  South Korea, 1954[102]
  • Fewest goals conceded in a tournament: 0 – Pascal Zuberbühler, for   Switzerland, 2006[note 14][103]
  • Fewest goals conceded in a tournament for the eventual winners: 2
    • Fabien Barthez, for  France, 1998[104]
    • Gianluigi Buffon, for  Italy, 2006[104]
    • Iker Casillas, for  Spain, 2010[104]
  • Most penalties saved: 2[note 15]
    • Jan Tomaszewski, for  Poland, both in 1974[105]
    • Brad Friedel, for  United States, both in 2002[105]
    • Iker Casillas, for  Spain, 2002, 2010[105]
    • Wojciech Szczęsny, for  Poland, both in 2022[105]
  • Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs: 4
    • Harald Schumacher, for  West Germany, 1982–1986[105]
    • Sergio Goycochea, for  Argentina, 1990[105]
    • Danijel Subašić, for  Croatia, 2018[106][105]
    • Dominik Livaković, for  Croatia, 2022[105]
  • Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out: 3
    • Ricardo, for  Portugal v  England, 2006[107]
    • Danijel Subašić, for  Croatia v  Denmark, 2018[107]
    • Dominik Livaković, for  Croatia v  Japan, 2022[107]
  • Most saves in a match: 16 – Tim Howard, for  United States v  Belgium, 2014[108]

Discipline

  • Fastest yellow card: 11 seconds – Jesús Gallardo, for  Mexico v  Sweden, 2018[109]
  • Fastest red card: 56 seconds – José Batista, for  Uruguay v  Scotland, 1986[110]
  • Fastest red card, qualification: 37 seconds – Rashed Al-Hooti, for  Bahrain v  Iran, 11 October 2011, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification[111]
  • Latest yellow card: During penalty shoot-out – Emiliano Martínez, for  Argentina v  France, 2022[note 16][112]
  • Latest red card: After penalty shoot-out
    • Leandro Cufré, for  Argentina v  Germany, 2006[note 17][113]
    • Denzel Dumfries, for  Netherlands v  Argentina, 2022[114]
  • Sent off from the bench – Claudio Caniggia, for  Argentina v  Sweden, 2002[115]
  • Most cards: 7 – Javier Mascherano,  Argentina, 2006–2018[116]
  • Most yellow cards: 7 – Javier Mascherano,  Argentina, 2006–2018[116]
  • Most yellow cards in a match: 3 – Josip Šimunić, 61', 90', 93', for  Croatia v  Australia, 2006, by referee Graham Poll[note 18][117]
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Rigobert Song, for  Cameroon, 1994 and 1998[57]
    • Zinedine Zidane, for  France, 1998 and 2006[57]
  • Most suspensions in a tournament: 2 – André Kana-Biyik, for  Cameroon, 1990[note 19][121]

Managers

Top: Vittorio Pozzo (left) the only coach to have won the FIFA World Cup twice.
Helmut Schön (right) the coach with the most matches managed in the history of the tournament, with 25 matches.
Bottom: Bora Milutinović (left) the first coach to have managed in five consecutive editions.
Carlos Alberto Parreira (right) the only coach to have managed in six different editions of the FIFA World Cup.
  • Most matches coached: 25 – West Germany Helmut Schön, for  West Germany, 1966–1978[122]
  • Most matches won: 16 – West Germany Helmut Schön, for  West Germany, 1966–1978[123]
  • Most tournaments won: 2 – Italy Vittorio Pozzo, for  Italy, 1934–1938[124]
  • Most tournaments as a coach: 6 – Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira, for  Kuwait in 1982, for  United Arab Emirates in 1990, for  Brazil in 1994 and 2006, for  Saudi Arabia in 1998 and for  South Africa in 2010[125]
  • Most different nations coached: 5
    • Serbia Bora Milutinović, for  Mexico in 1986, for  Costa Rica in 1990, for  United States in 1994, for  Nigeria in 1998 and for  China in 2002[126]
    • Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira, for  Kuwait in 1982, for  United Arab Emirates in 1990, for  Brazil in 1994 and 2006, for  Saudi Arabia in 1998 and for  South Africa in 2010[125]
  • Most consecutive tournaments as a coach: 5
    • Serbia Bora Milutinović, 1986–2002[126]
    • Portugal Carlos Queiroz, 2010–2026[127]
  • Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team: 4
    • England Walter Winterbottom, for  England, 1950–1962[128]
    • West Germany Helmut Schön, for  West Germany, 1966–1978[128]
    • France Didier Deschamps, for  France, 2014–2026[128]
  • Youngest coach: 27 years, 267 days – Argentina Juan José Tramutola for  Argentina v  France, 15 July 1930[129]
  • Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team: 31 years, 252 days – Uruguay Alberto Suppici for  Uruguay, 1930[130]
  • Oldest coach: 78 years, 260 days – Netherlands Dick Advocaat for  Curaçao v  Germany, 14 June 2026[131]
  • Oldest coach of a World Cup winning team: 59 years, 200 days – Spain Vicente del Bosque, for  Spain, 2010[132]

Referees

  • Most tournaments: 4 – Iran Australia Alireza Faghani[note 20], 2014–2026[133][134][135][136][137]
  • Youngest referee: 24 years and 193 days – Spain Juan Gardeazábal, 1958[138]
  • Oldest referee: 53 years and 236 days – England George Reader, 1950[139]

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 [140]
2 13 July 1950 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil v Spain 152,772 [141]
3 1 July 1950 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil v Yugoslavia 142,409 [142]
4 9 July 1950 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil v Sweden 138,886 [143]
5 7 June 1986 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Mexico v Paraguay 114,600 [144]
29 June 1986 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Argentina v West Germany 114,600 [145]

Lowest attendance

  •  Romania vs.  Peru – 300 (14 July 1930, Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo)[146]

Highest average of attendance

  • 68,991 per match – 1994[147]

Highest aggregated attendance

  • 3,587,538 – 1994[147]

Lowest average of attendance

  • 21,059 per match – 1934[148]

Lowest aggregated attendance

Statistics per tournament

Year Hosts Venues/
Cities		 Total
attendance †		 Matches Average
attendance		 Highest attendances ‡
Number Venue Game(s)
1930 Uruguay 3/1 434,500 18 24,139 79,867 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Uruguay 6–1 Yugoslavia, semi-final
1934 Italy 8/8 358,000 17 21,059 55,000 Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome Italy 2–1 Czechoslovakia, final
1938 France 10/9 376,000 18 20,889 58,455 Olympique de Colombes, Paris France 1–3 Italy, quarter-final
1950 Brazil 6/6 1,043,500 22 47,432 173,850[149] Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1–2 Uruguay, deciding match
1954  Switzerland 6/6 889,500 26 34,212 62,500 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern West Germany 3–2 Hungary, final
1958 Sweden 12/12 919,580 35 26,274 50,928 Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg Brazil 2–0 Soviet Union, group stage
1962 Chile 4/4 899,074 32 28,096 76,594 Estadio Nacional, Santiago Brazil 4–2 Chile, semi-final
1966 England 8/7 1,635,000 32 51,094 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 1,768,152 38 50,124 83,168 Olympiastadion, Munich West Germany 1–0 Chile, group stage
1978 Argentina 6/5 1,546,151 38 40,688 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 2,393,331 52 46,026 114,600 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Two matches, including the final, all at Estadio Azteca
1990 Italy 12/12 2,516,348 52 48,391 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[note 21]		 20/20 104
2034 Saudi Arabia 15/5 104
Overall 43,936,730 964 45,577 173,850[149] Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro (1950)

† Source: FIFA[147]

‡ The best-attended single match has been the final in 11 of the 21 World Cups as of 2018. 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 Men's Nations Cup records and statistics
  • UEFA European Championship records and statistics
  • Women's Olympic football tournament records and statistics

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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. Russia and Ukraine qualified for the World Cup for the first time as separate nations in 1994 and 2006 respectively, with Uzbekistan doing the same in 2026.
  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. ^ a b 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. ^ The Democratic Republic of the Congo competed as Zaire in 1974.
  6. ^ Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.
  7. ^ Uruguay (76 years) and England (60 years) have longer active streaks.
  8. ^ No national team has won the title more than once as host.
  9. ^ Also known as Battle of Nuremberg.
  10. ^ The players sent off were Pedro Monzón and Gustavo Dezotti.[59]
  11. ^ Only played in first two matches; medal awarded retroactively by FIFA in 2007.[63]
  12. ^ 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.[65]
  13. ^ Many sources state that Pelé recorded three assists in FIFA World Cup finals, including Brazil’s second goal against Sweden in the 1958 FIFA World Cup final. However, that assist has not been included in this list because Pelé did not touch the ball, as it was instead deflected by a Swedish defender.[96][97]
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Not including penalty shoot-outs.
  16. ^ Putting French players off.[112]
  17. ^ Cufré was red carded for kicking Per Mertesacker in an altercation following the match.[113]
  18. ^ 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.[117]
  19. ^ Biyik missed the team's second game after receiving a red card in the first,[118] and then missed Cameroon's fifth game after yellow cards in the third and fourth.[119][120] 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.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ Opening three games hosts:
    Argentina
    Paraguay
    Uruguay

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