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As of the ], 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 November 2022 |title=The FIFA World Cup in numbers |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2022/11/14/the-fifa-world-cup-in-numbers |access-date=25 November 2022 |website=Al Jazeera English}}</ref> ] is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with ] having participated in 20, ] and ] in 18 and ] in 17.<ref name="participations">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/statistics-and-records/worldcup/teams/index.html#participations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007165059/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/statistics-and-records/worldcup/teams/index.html#participations |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 October 2015 |title=FIFA World Cup Teams Statistics: Teams with the most tournament participations |publisher=] |access-date=26 June 2018 }}</ref> Eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were ]; the current champions are Argentina. The most successful nation is Brazil, which has won the cup on five occasions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/who-has-won-world-cup-2018-5 |title=The 2018 World Cup is only 2 weeks away — here's who has won every tournament since 1930 |last=Dawson |first=Alan |work=] |date=28 May 2018 |access-date=26 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528113655/http://www.businessinsider.com/who-has-won-world-cup-2018-5 |archive-date=28 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Five teams have appeared in ] without winning,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43956267 |title=World Cup 2018: Can you name the losing finalists from previous tournaments? |work=] |date=9 June 2018 |access-date=26 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508100953/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43956267 |archive-date=8 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> while twelve more have appeared in the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wcq-records.html |title=World Cup All-Time Tables (including Qualifying) |website=] |access-date=26 June 2018 }}</ref>
This is a list of records of the ] and its ].


==List of tournaments==
==General statistics by tournament==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Host
!Champions
!Winning coach
!Top scorer(s)
!Best player award
!Source
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|URU}}
|data-sort-value=Uruguay|{{fb|URU}}
|data-sort-value="Suppici, Alberto"|{{flagicon|URU}} ]
|data-sort-value="8"|{{fbicon|ARG|1861}} ] (8)
|rowspan=10|''Not awarded''
|<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1930 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/30full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|ITA|1861}}
|data-sort-value=Italy|{{fb|ITA|1861}}
|data-sort-value="Pozzo, Vittorio"|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} ]
|data-sort-value="5"|{{fbicon|TCH}} ] (5)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1934 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/34full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|FRA|1794}}
|data-sort-value=Italy|{{fb|ITA|1861}}
|data-sort-value="Pozzo, Vittorio"|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Vittorio Pozzo
|data-sort-value="7"|{{fbicon|BRA|1889}} ] (7)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1938 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/38full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|BRA|1889}}
|data-sort-value=Uruguay|{{fb|URU}}
|data-sort-value="Lopez, Juan"|{{flagicon|URU}} ]
|data-sort-value="8"|{{fbicon|BRA|1889}} ] (9)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1950 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/50full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|SUI}}
|data-sort-value=Germany|{{fb|FRG}}
|data-sort-value="Herberger, Sepp"|{{flagicon|FRG}} ]
|data-sort-value="11"|{{fbicon|HUN|1949}} ] (11)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1954 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/54full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|SWE}}
|data-sort-value=Brazil|{{fb|BRA|1889}}
|data-sort-value="Feola, Vicente"|{{flagicon|BRA|1889}} ]
|data-sort-value="13"|{{fbicon|FRA|1794}} ] (13)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1958 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/58full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|CHI}}
|data-sort-value=Brazil|{{fb|BRA|1960}}
|data-sort-value="Moreira, Aymore"|{{flagicon|BRA|1960}} ]
|data-sort-value="4"|''Six players'' (4)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1962 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/62full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|ENG}}
|data-sort-value=England|{{fb|ENG}}
|data-sort-value="Ramsey, Alf"|{{flagicon|ENG}} ]
|data-sort-value="9"|{{fbicon|POR}} ] (9)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1966 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/66full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|MEX}}
|data-sort-value=Brazil|{{fb|BRA|1968}}
|data-sort-value="Zagallo, Mario"|{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} ]
|data-sort-value="10"|{{fbicon|FRG}} ] (10)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1970 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/70full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|FRG}}
|data-sort-value=Germany|{{fb|FRG}}
|data-sort-value="Schon, Helmut"|{{flagicon|FRG}} ]
|data-sort-value="7"|{{fbicon|POL|1928}} ] (7)
|<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1974 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/74full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|ARG|1861}}
|data-sort-value=Argentina|{{fb|ARG|1861}}
|data-sort-value="Menotti, Cesar Luis"|{{flagicon|ARG|1861}} ]
|data-sort-value="6"|{{fbicon|ARG|1861}} ] (6)
|{{fbicon|ARG|1861}} Mario Kempes
|<ref name="Gball">{{cite web|title=FIFA Awards |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |first=José Luis |last=Pierrend |access-date=14 December 2022 |website=] |date=28 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1978 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/78full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|ESP}}
|data-sort-value=Italy|{{fb|ITA|1946}}
|data-sort-value="Bearzot, Enzo"|{{flagicon|ITA|1946}} ]
|data-sort-value="6"|{{fbicon|ITA|1946}} ] (6)
|{{fbicon|ITA|1946}} Paolo Rossi
|<ref name="Gball"/><ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1982 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/82full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|MEX}}
|data-sort-value=Argentina|{{fb|ARG|1861}}
|data-sort-value="Bilardo, Carlos"|{{flagicon|ARG|1861}} ]
|data-sort-value="6"|{{fbicon|ENG}} ] (6)
|{{fbicon|ARG|1861}} ]
|<ref name="Gball"/><ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1986 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/86full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|data-sort-value=Italy|{{flagcountry|ITA|1946}}
|data-sort-value=Germany|{{fb|FRG}}
|data-sort-value="Beckenbauer, Franz"|{{flagicon|FRG}} ]
|data-sort-value="6"|{{fbicon|ITA|1946}} ] (6)
|{{fbicon|ITA|1946}} Salvatore Schillaci
|<ref name="Gball"/><ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1990 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/90full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|USA}}
|data-sort-value=Brazil|{{fb|BRA}}
|data-sort-value="Parreira, Carlos Alberto"|{{flagicon|BRA}} ]
|data-sort-value="6"|{{fbicon|BUL}} ] (6)<br />{{fbicon|RUS}} ] (6)
|{{fbicon|BRA}} ]
|<ref name="Gball"/><ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1994 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/94full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|FRA|1974}}
|data-sort-value=France|{{fb|FRA|1974}}
|data-sort-value="Jacquet, Aime"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} ]
|data-sort-value="6"|{{fbicon|CRO}} ] (6)
|{{fbicon|BRA}} ]
|<ref name="Gball"/><ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 1998 finals |website=] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98full.html |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|KOR|1997}}<br />{{flagcountry|JPN}}
|data-sort-value=Brazil|{{fb|BRA}}
|data-sort-value="Scolari, Luiz Felipe"|{{flagicon|BRA}} ]
|data-sort-value="8"|{{fbicon|BRA}} Ronaldo (8)
|{{fbicon|GER}} ]
|<ref name="Gball"/><ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 2002 - Match Details |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2002full.html |first=Erlan |last=Manaschev |date=3 July 2008 |website=] |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|GER}}
|data-sort-value=Italy|{{fb|ITA|2003}}
|data-sort-value="Lippi, Marcello"|{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} ]
|data-sort-value="5"|{{fbicon|GER}} ] (5)
|{{fbicon|FRA|1974}} ]
|<ref name="Gball"/><ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 2006 - Match Details |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2006full.html |first=Hamdan |last=Saaid |date=7 February 2007 |website=] |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|RSA}}
|data-sort-value=Spain|{{fb|ESP}}
|data-sort-value="Del Bosque, Vicente"|{{flagicon|ESP}} ]
|data-sort-value="5"|''Four players'' (5)
|{{fbicon|URU}} ]
|<ref name="Gball"/><ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 2010 - Match Details |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2010full.html |first=Neil |last=Morrison |date=16 June 2016 |website=] |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|BRA}}
|data-sort-value=Germany|{{fb|GER}}
|data-sort-value="Low, Joachim"|{{flagicon|GER}} ]
|data-sort-value="6"|{{fbicon|COL}} ] (6)
|{{fbicon|ARG}} ]
|<ref name="TechReport2014">{{cite web |title=TECHNICAL REPORT AND STATISTICS - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/4d94cc666f5726ef/original/ryosb4uxpe11qbilr288-pdf.pdf |publisher=FIFA |access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="Gball"/><ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 2014 - Match Details |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2014full.html |first=Neil |last=Morrison |date=24 July 2014 |website=] |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|RUS}}
|data-sort-value=France|{{fb|FRA|1974}}
|data-sort-value="Deschamps, Didier"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} ]
|data-sort-value="6"|{{fbicon|ENG}} ] (6)
|{{fbicon|CRO}} ]
|<ref name="TechReport2018">{{cite web |title=TECHNICAL REPORT - 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/649e84967b086928/original/evdvpfdkueqrdlbbrrus-pdf.pdf |publisher=FIFA |access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=World Cup 2018 - Match Details |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2018full.html |first=Neil |last=Morrison |date=2 August 2018 |website=] |access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|]
|{{flagcountry|QAT}}
|data-sort-value=Argentina|{{fb|ARG}}
|data-sort-value="Scaloni, Lionel"|{{flagicon|ARG}} ]
|data-sort-value="8"|{{fbicon|FRA}} ] (8)
|{{fbicon|ARG}} Lionel Messi
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Messi makes Golden Ball history|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/lionel-messi-argentina-wins-golden-ball-award-best-player-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022|access-date=19 December 2022|publisher=FIFA}}</ref>
|}

==Overall team records==
<onlyinclude>The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking ], 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in ] are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by ] are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

{{Updated|]}}<ref name="all_time">{{cite web |title=World Cup » All-time league table |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/alltime_table/wm/ |accessdate=14 December 2021 |publisher=worldfootball.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/3002f.html#22tt |title=The Twenty-Two Tourneys Till Two Thousand Twenty-Two Total Table 1930-2022 |website=] |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>


{| class=wikitable {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!width=20|Rank
!width=20|Team
!width=20|{{abbr|Part|Participations}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
!width=20|{{abbr|W|Won}}
!width=20|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}
!width=20|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- |-
|1||align=left|{{fb|BRA}}
! Year
||22||114||76||19||19||237||108||+129||247
! Host
! Champion
! Winning coach
! Top scorer(s)
! Best player award<ref name="finals_statistics">{{cite web|title=Final matches overview |url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/fifacomp/ip-399_08a_attendanceov_2631.pdf |website=FIFA.com |accessdate=1 July 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709144422/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/fifacomp/ip-399_08a_attendanceov_2631.pdf |archivedate= 9 July 2014 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FIFA World Cup Golden Ball Awards |url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html#gball |website=] |accessdate=1 July 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112000000/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |archivedate=12 January 2016 |df= }}</ref>
|- |-
|2||align=left|{{fb|GER}}{{efn|name=Germany|], officially the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949, has been represented by the same governing body, the '']'' (DFB), since 1904. Following ] and the division of Germany, the DFB was re-admitted to FIFA after the 1950 World Cup as ]. ] competed in the 1954 World Cup qualifying before joining West Germany in 1956. ] fielded ] of their own from 1958 to 1990 before joining with ] and the DFB during the ]. FIFA officially attributes all international results of the DFB team since 1908 to Germany, including the results of ] from 1954–1990.}}
| ]
|20||112||68||21||23||232||130||+102||225
| {{flagcountry|URU}}
| {{fb|URU}}
| {{flagicon|URU}} ]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} ] (8)
|rowspan="11" {{N/A}}
|- |-
|3||align=left|{{fb|ARG}}
| ]
|18||88||47||17||24||152||101||+51||158
| {{flagcountry|ITA|1861}}
| {{fb|ITA|1861}}
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} ]
| {{flagicon|TCH}} ] (5)
|- |-
|4||align=left|{{fb|ITA}}
| ]
|18||83||45||21||17||128||77||+51||156
| {{flagcountry|FRA}}
| {{fb|ITA|1861}}
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} ]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1889}} ] (7)
|- |-
|5||align=left|{{fb|FRA}}
| ]
|16||73||39||14||20||136||85||+51||131
| {{flagcountry|BRA|1889}}
| {{fb|URU}}
| {{flagicon|URU}} ]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1889}} ] (8)
|- |-
|6||align=left|{{fb|ENG}}
| ]
|16||74||32||22||20||104||68||+36||118
| {{flagcountry|SUI}}
| {{fb|FRG}}
| {{flagicon|FRG}} ]
| {{flagicon|HUN|1949}} ] (11)
|- |-
|7||align=left|{{fb|ESP}}
| ]
|16||67||31||17||19||108||75||+33||110
| {{flagcountry|SWE}}
| {{fb|BRA|1889}}
| {{flagicon|BRA|1889}} ]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} ] (13)
|- |-
|8||align=left|{{fb|NED}}
| ]
|11||55||30||14||11||96||52||+44||104
| {{flagcountry|CHI}}
| {{fb|BRA|1960}}
| {{flagicon|BRA|1960}} ]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1960}} ] (4) <br> {{flagicon|BRA|1960}} ] (4) <br> {{flagicon|CHI}} ] (4) <br> {{flagicon|HUN}} ] (4) <br> {{flagicon|URS|1955}} ] (4) <br> {{flagicon|YUG}} ] (4)
|- |-
|9||align=left|{{fb|URU}}
| ]
|14||59||25||13||21||89||76||+13||88
| {{flagcountry|ENG}}
| {{fb|ENG}}
| {{flagicon|ENG}} ]
| {{flagicon|POR}} ] (9)
|- |-
|10||align=left|{{fb|BEL}}
| ]
|14||51||21||10||20||69||74||−5||73
| {{flagcountry|MEX}}
| {{fb|BRA|1968}}
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} ]
| {{flagicon|FRG}} ] (10)
|- |-
|11||align=left|{{fb|SWE}}
| ]
|12||51||19||13||19||80||73||+7||70
| {{flagcountry|FRG}}
| {{fb|FRG}}
| {{flagicon|FRG}} ]
| {{flagicon|POL}} ] (7)
|- |-
|12||align=left|{{fb|RUS}}{{efn|name=USSR-NFT|The ] qualified seven times prior to ] in 1991. The 15 former nations ] now compete separately. FIFA considers ] as the successor team of the Soviet Union.}}
| ]
|11||45||19||10||16||77||54||+23||67
| {{flagcountry|ARG}}
| {{fb|ARG}}
| {{flagicon|ARG}} ]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} ] (6)
|- |-
|13||align=left|{{fb|MEX}}
| ]
|17||60||17||15||28||62||101||−39||66
| {{flagcountry|ESP}}
| {{fb|ITA}}
| {{flagicon|ITA}} ]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} ] (6)
| {{flagicon|ITA}} ]
|- |-
|14||align=left|{{fb|SRB}}{{efn|name=YugoslaviaNFT|The ] qualified eight times during eras of ] (1930) and the ] (1950–1990). They qualified from 1930–1990 under the name Yugoslavia before its ] in 1992 by the secession of many of its constituent republics. They qualified once in 1998 as the ], then changed its name to ] in 2003, only qualifying under that name in 2006. All of these teams are considered the predecessors of the current ] 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 — ], ], ], and ] — are considered distinct entities from the Yugoslavia team of 1930–1990. ] now also competes separately after independence in 2006 and ] was recognized by FIFA in 2016.}}
| ]
|13||49||18||9||22||71||71||0||63
| {{flagcountry|MEX}}
| {{fb|ARG}}
| {{flagicon|ARG}} ]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} ] (6)
| {{flagicon|ARG}} ]
|- |-
|15||align=left|{{fb|POR}}
| ]
|8||35||17||6||12||61||41||+20||57
| {{flagcountry|ITA}}
| {{fb|FRG}}
| {{flagicon|FRG}} ]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} ] (6)
| {{flagicon|ITA}} ]
|- |-
|16||align=left|{{fb|POL}}
| ]
|9||38||17||6||15||49||50||−1||57
| {{flagcountry|USA}}
| {{fb|BRA}}
| {{flagicon|BRA}} ]
| {{flagicon|BUL}} ] (6) <br> {{flagicon|RUS}} ] (6)
| {{flagicon|BRA}} ]
|- |-
|17||align=left|{{fb|SUI|}}
| ]
|12||41||14||8||19||55||73||−18||50
| {{flagcountry|FRA}}
| {{fb|FRA}}
| {{flagicon|FRA}} ]
| {{flagicon|CRO}} ] (6)
| {{flagicon|BRA}} ]
|- |-
|18||align=left|{{fb|HUN}}
| ]
|9||32||15||3||14||87||57||+30||48
| {{flagcountry|KOR}} <br> {{flagcountry|JPN}}
| {{fb|BRA}}
| {{flagicon|BRA}} ]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} ] (8)
| {{flagicon|GER}} ]
|- |-
|19||align=left|{{fb|CRO}}
| ]
|6||30||13||8||9||43||33||+10||47
| {{flagcountry|GER}}
| {{fb|ITA}}
| {{flagicon|ITA}} ]
| {{flagicon|GER}} ] (5)
| {{flagicon|FRA}} ]
|- |-
|20||align=left|{{fb|CZE}}{{efn|name=Czechoslovakia-NFT|] qualified eight times prior to ] into ] and the ] in 1993. FIFA considers only the ] 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.}}
| ]
|9||33||12||5||16||47||49||−2||41
| {{flagcountry|RSA}}
| {{fb|ESP}}
| {{flagicon|ESP}} ]
| {{flagicon|GER}} ] (5) <br> {{flagicon|NED}} ] (5) <br> {{flagicon|ESP}} ] (5) <br> {{flagicon|URU}} ] (5)
| {{flagicon|URU}} ]
|- |-
|21||align=left|{{fb|AUT}}
| ]
|7||29||12||4||13||43||47||−4||40
| {{flagcountry|BRA}}
|-
| {{fb|GER}}
|22||align=left|{{fb|CHI}}
| {{flagicon|GER}} ]
|9||33||11||7||15||40||49||−9||40
| {{flagicon|COL}} ] (6)
|-
| {{flagicon|ARG}} ]
|23||align=left|{{fb|USA}}
|11||37||9||8||20||40||66||−26||35
|-
|24||align=left|{{fb|DEN}}
|6||23||9||6||8||31||29||+2||33
|-
|25||align=left|{{fb|PAR}}
|8||27||7||10||10||30||38||−8||31
|-
|26||align=left|{{fb|KOR}}
|11||38||7||10||21||39||78||−39||31
|-
|27||align=left|{{fb|COL}}
|6||22||9||3||10||32||30||+2||30
|-
|28||align=left|{{fb|ROU}}
|7||21||8||5||8||30||32||−2||29
|-
|29||align=left|{{fb|JPN}}
|7||25||7||6||12||25||33||−8||27
|-
|30||align=left|{{fb|CRC}}
|6||21||6||5||10||22||39||−17||23
|-
|31||align=left|{{fb|CMR}}
|8||26||5||8||13||22||47||−25||23
|-
|32||align=left|{{fb|MAR}}
|6||23||5||7||11||20||27||−7||22
|-
|33||align=left|{{fb|NGA}}
|6||21||6||3||12||23||30||−7||21
|-
|34||align=left|{{fb|SCO}}
|8||23||4||7||12||25||41||−16||19
|-
|35||align=left|{{fb|SEN}}
|3||12||5||3||4||16||17||−1||18
|-
|36||align=left|{{fb|GHA}}
|4||15||5||3||7||18||23||−5||18
|-
|37||align=left|{{fb|PER}}
|5||18||5||3||10||21||33||−12||18
|-
|38||align=left|{{fb|ECU}}
|4||13||5||2||6||14||14||0||17
|-
|39||align=left|{{fb|BUL}}
|7||26||3||8||15||22||53||−31||17
|-
|40||align=left|{{fb|TUR}}
|2||10||5||1||4||20||17||+3||16
|-
|41||align=left|{{fb|AUS}}
|6||20||4||4||12||17||37||−20||16
|-
|42||align=left|{{fb|IRL}}
|3||13||2||8||3||10||10||0||14
|-
|43||align=left|{{fb|NIR}}
|3||13||3||5||5||13||23||−10||14
|-
|44||align=left|{{fb|TUN}}
|6||18||3||5||10||14||26||−12||14
|-
|45||align=left|{{fb|KSA}}
|6||19||4||2||13||14||44||−30||14
|-
|46||align=left|{{fb|IRN}}
|6||18||3||4||11||13||31||−18||13
|-
|47||align=left|{{fb|ALG}}
|4||13||3||3||7||13||19||−6||12
|-
|48||align=left|{{fb|CIV}}
|3||9||3||1||5||13||14||−1||10
|-
|49||align=left|{{fb|RSA}}
|3||9||2||4||3||11||16||−5||10
|-
|50||align=left|{{fb|NOR}}
|3||8||2||3||3||7||8||−1||9
|-
|51||align=left|{{fb|GDR}}{{efn|name=Germany}}
|1||6||2||2||2||5||5||0||8
|-
|52||align=left|{{fb|GRE}}
|3||10||2||2||6||5||20||−15||8
|-
|53||align=left|{{fb|UKR}}
|1||5||2||1||2||5||7||−2||7
|-
|54||align=left|{{fb|WAL}}
|2||8||1||4||3||5||10||−5||7
|-
|55||align=left|{{fb|SVK}}{{efn|name=Czechoslovakia-NFT}}
|1||4||1||1||2||5||7||−2||4
|-
|56||align=left|{{fb|SVN}}
|2||6||1||1||4||5||10||−5||4
|-
|57||align=left|{{fb|CUB}}
|1||3||1||1||1||5||12||−7||4
|-
|58||align=left|{{fb|PRK}}
|2||7||1||1||5||6||21||−15||4
|-
|59||align=left|{{fb|BIH}}
|1||3||1||0||2||4||4||0||3
|-
|60||align=left|{{fb|JAM}}
|1||3||1||0||2||3||9||−6||3
|-
|61||align=left|{{fb|NZL}}
|2||6||0||3||3||4||14||−10||3
|-
|62||align=left|{{fb|HON}}
|3||9||0||3||6||3||14||−11||3
|-
|63||align=left|{{fb|ANG}}
|1||3||0||2||1||1||2||−1||2
|-
|64||align=left|{{fb|ISR}}
|1||3||0||2||1||1||3||−2||2
|-
|65||align=left|{{fb|EGY}}
|3||7||0||2||5||5||12||−7||2
|-
|66||align=left|{{fb|ISL}}
|1||3||0||1||2||2||5||−3||1
|-
|67||align=left|{{fb|KUW}}
|1||3||0||1||2||2||6||−4||1
|-
|68||align=left|{{fb|TRI}}
|1||3||0||1||2||0||4||−4||1
|-
|69||align=left|{{fb|BOL}}
|3||6||0||1||5||1||20||−19||1
|-
|70||align=left|{{fb|IRQ}}
|1||3||0||0||3||1||4||−3||0
|-
|71||align=left|{{fb|TOG}}
|1||3||0||0||3||1||6||−5||0
|-
|72||align=left|{{fb|QAT}}
|1||3||0||0||3||1||7||−6||0
|-
|73||align=left|{{fb|IDN}}{{efn|name=Indonesia|] competed as the ] in 1938.}}
|1||1||0||0||1||0||6||−6||0
|-
|74||align=left|{{fb|PAN}}
|1||3||0||0||3||2||11||−9||0
|-
|74||align=left|{{fb|UAE}}
|1||3||0||0||3||2||11||−9||0
|-
|76||align=left|{{fb|CHN}}
|1||3||0||0||3||0||9||−9||0
|-
|77||align=left|{{fb|CAN}}
|2||6||0||0||6||2||12||−10||0
|-
|78||align=left|{{fb|HAI}}
|1||3||0||0||3||2||14||−12||0
|-
|79||align=left|{{fb|COD}}{{efn|name=Zaire|The ] competed as ] in 1974.}}
|1||3||0||0||3||0||14||−14||0
|-
|80||align=left|{{fb|SLV}}
|2||6||0||0||6||1||22||−21||0
|} |}


; Breakdown of successor team records
==Teams: tournament position==
{{main|National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup}}


{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
==All-time table==
|-
{{Main|All-time table of the FIFA World Cup}}
!width=200|Team
!width=20|{{abbr|Part|Participations}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
!width=20|{{abbr|W|Won}}
!width=20|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}
!width=20|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|-
|align=left|{{fb|TCH}} {{small|(1934–1990)}}
|8||30||11||5||14||44||45||−1||38
|-
|align=left|{{fb|CZE}} {{small|(2006–present)}}
|1||3||1||0||2||3||4||−1||3
|}


{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
== Players==
|-
{{main|List of players who have appeared in multiple FIFA World Cups}}
!width=200|Team
; Most championships: 3, ] ({{fb|BRA|1968}}, 1958, 1962 (only played in first two matches; medal awarded retroactively by FIFA in 2007<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/nov/25/newsstory.sport9 | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Pele and Greaves to get World Cup winners medals | date=25 November 2007}}</ref>) and 1970).
!width=20|{{abbr|Part|Participations}}
: ''See here for a ]''.
!width=20|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
; Most medals: 4, ] ({{fb|GER}}, 2002–2014).
!width=20|{{abbr|W|Won}}
; Most appearances in All-Star Team: 3, ] ({{fb|BRA|1960}}, 1954–1962), ] ({{fb|FRG}}, 1966–1974), ] ({{fb|GER}}, 2006–2014).
!width=20|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}
; Most matches played, finals: 25, ] ({{fb|GER}}, 1982–1998).
!width=20|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
; Most knockout games played, finals: 14, ] ({{fb|GER}}, 2002–2014).
!width=20|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
; Most minutes played, finals: 2,217 minutes, ] ({{fb|ITA}}, 1990–2002).
!width=20|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
; Most matches played, qualifying: 68, ] ({{fb|ECU}}, 1994–2010).
!width=20|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
; Most matches won: 17, ] ({{fb|GER}}, 2002–2014).
!width=20|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
; Most appearances in a World Cup final: 3, ] ({{fb|BRA}}, 1994, 1998, 2002).<ref>], ], ] and ] each appeared 3 times in the squads of the teams that reached the finals, but none of them played in all three games.</ref>
|-
; Most finals played with different teams: 2, ] ({{fb|ARG}}, 1930 and {{fb|ITA|1861}}, 1934).
|align=left|{{fbicon|GER|1933}}{{fb|GER|1935}} {{small|(1934–1938)}}
; Most appearances as captain: 16, ] ({{fb|ARG}}, 1986–1994).
|2||6||3||1||2||14||13||+1||10
; Most tournaments as captain: 4, ] ({{fb|MEX}}, 2002–2014).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=178119/index.html|title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™
|-
- FIFA.com|work=FIFA.com}}</ref>
|align=left|{{fb|FRG}} {{small|(1950–1990)}}
; Most appearances as substitute: 11, ] ({{fb|BRA}}, 1998–2002).
|10||62||36||14||12||131||77||+54||122
; Youngest player: {{Age in years and days|1965|05|07|1982|06|17}}, ] ({{fb|NIR}}), vs ], 17 June ].
|-
; Youngest player, final: {{Age in years and days|1940|10|23|1958|06|29}}, ] ({{fb|BRA|1889}}), vs ], 29 June ].
|align=left|{{fb|GER}} {{small|(1994–present)}}
; Youngest player, qualifying match: {{Age in years and days|1987|06|30|2001|05|06}}, ] ({{fb|TOG}}), vs ], 6 May 2001, ].<ref>FIFA official records claimed he was born in 1987, but some sources claimed he was born in 1985, which would mean he was 15 years and 320 days old when he played the match.</ref>
|8||44||29||6||9||87||40||+46||93
; Youngest captain: {{Age in years and days|1969|02|21|1990|06|10}}, ] ({{fb|USA}}), vs ], 10 June ].<ref>According to , ] of Saudi Arabia would have been the youngest captain, at 21 years & 250 days in the ], 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 ] and the one against ], 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.</ref>
|}
; Oldest player: {{Age in years and days|1971|06|21|2014|06|24}}, ] ({{fb|COL}}), vs ], 24 June ].

; Oldest player, final: {{Age in years and days|1942|02|28|1982|07|11}}, ] ({{fb|ITA}}), vs ], 11 July ].
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
; Oldest player, qualifying match: {{Age in years and days|1957|08|27|2004|02|18}}, ] ({{fb|VIR}}), vs ], 18 February 2004, ].<ref>According to {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010070923/http://www.access.fifa.com/infoplus/IP-301_04A_play-super.pdf |date=10 October 2006 }}. A , however, indicates that Taylor participated in another match after that date, again versus ], on 31 March 2004, breaking his own record. If the age listed in the "Superlatives" (PDF) file corresponds to the February match, then in accordance with the match report from March the actual record would be 46 years and 222 days.</ref>
|-
; Oldest captain: {{Age in years and days|1949|09|18|1990|07|07}}, ] ({{fb|ENG}}), vs ], 7 July ].
!width=200|Team
; Oldest player to debut in a World Cup finals tournament: {{Age in years and days|1970|08|01|2010|06|18}}, ] ({{fb|ENG}}), vs ], 18 June ].
!width=20|{{abbr|Part|Participations}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
!width=20|{{abbr|W|Won}}
!width=20|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}
!width=20|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|-
|align=left|{{fb|URS}} {{small|(1958–1990)}}
|7||31||15||6||10||53||34||+19||51
|-
|align=left|{{fb|RUS}} {{small|(1994–present)}}
|4||14||4||4||6||24||20||+4||16
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=200|Team
!width=20|{{abbr|Part|Participations}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
!width=20|{{abbr|W|Won}}
!width=20|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}
!width=20|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!width=20|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=20|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|-
|align=left|{{fbicon|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}{{fb|YUG}} {{small|(1930–1990)}}
|8||33||14||7||12||55||42||+13||49
|-
|align=left|{{fb|FRY}} {{small|(1998)}}
|1||4||2||1||1||5||4||+1||7
|-
|align=left|{{fb|SCG}} {{small|(2006)}}
|1||3||0||0||3||2||10||−8||0
|-
|align=left|{{fb|SRB}} {{small|(2010–present)}}
|3||9||2||1||6||9||15||−6||7
|}
</onlyinclude>

==Finals records by team==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Performances in finals by team<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIFA World Cup history: Past winners, runners-up, leading goalscorers and Golden Ball recipients |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/fifa-world-cup/world-cup-history/ |access-date=16 December 2022 |website=The Roar }}</ref>
!Nation
!Titles
!Runners-up
|-
|{{fb|BRA}}
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|2
|-
|{{fb|GER}}
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|4
|-
|{{fb|ITA}}
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|2
|-
|{{fb|ARG}}
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|3
|-
|{{fb|FRA}}
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|-
|{{fb|URU}}
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|0
|-
|{{fb|ENG}}
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|0
|-
|{{fb|ESP}}
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|0
|-
|{{fb|NED}}
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|3
|-
|{{fb|HUN}}
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|2
|-
|{{fb|TCH}}
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|2
|-
|{{fb|SWE}}
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|1
|-
|{{fb|CRO}}
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|1
|}

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

''For a detailed list of top four appearances, see ].''

===Most titles===
*{{fb|BRA}} – 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)<ref name="Analyst">{{cite news |last=Furniss |first=Matt |url=https://theanalyst.com/eu/2022/09/brazil-world-cup-wins-record/ |title=Five Stars: Brazil's FIFA World Cup Wins |date=12 September 2022 |access-date=2 January 2023 |work=The Analyst}}</ref>

===Most finishes in the top two===
*{{fb|GER}}/West Germany – 8 (1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986 and 1990 as West Germany, 2002 and 2014 as Germany)<ref name="Eurosport">{{cite news |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/world-cup/2022/who-has-lost-the-most-world-cup-finals-who-has-made-the-most-finals-without-winning-who-has-never-lo_sto9262131/story.shtml |title=Who has lost the most World Cup finals? Who has made the most finals without winning? How many finals have France lost? |date=18 December 2022 |access-date=2 January 2023 |work=]}}</ref>

===Most second-place finishes===
*{{fb|GER}}/West Germany – 4 (1966, 1982, 1986 as West Germany, 2002 as Germany)<ref name="Eurosport"/>

===Most World Cup appearances===
*{{fb|BRA}} – 22 (every tournament)<ref name="RSSSF">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/worldcup.html |title=World Cup 1930-2022 |website=] |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref>

===Most consecutive championships===
*{{fb|ITA|1861}} – 2 (1934–1938)<ref name="FourFourTwo">{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Ben |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/world-cup-2022-which-teams-have-won-back-to-back-titles |title=Which teams have won back-to-back titles? |date=16 December 2022 |access-date=2 January 2023 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Evans |first=Chris |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63873325 |title=World Cup 2022: Vittorio Pozzo's legacy and a record that is finally under threat |date=15 December 2022 |access-date=2 January 2023 |work=]}}</ref>
*{{fb|BRA|1889}} – 2 (1958–1962)<ref name="FourFourTwo"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Houeix |first=Romain |url=https://www.france24.com/en/sport/20221230-the-world-cups-that-made-pel%C3%A9-immortal |title=The World Cups that made Pelé 'immortal' |date=30 December 2022 |access-date=2 January 2023 |work=]}}</ref>

===Most consecutive finishes in the top two===
*{{fb|FRG}} – 3 (1982–1990)<ref name="RSSSF" />
*{{fb|BRA}} – 3 (1994–2002)<ref name="RSSSF" />

===Longest gap between successive titles===
*{{fb|ITA|1946}} – 44 years (nine editions, 1938–1982){{efn|name=titles|Uruguay (76 years) and England (60 years) have longer active streaks.}}<ref name="RSSSF" />

===Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two===
*{{fb|ARG|1861}} – 48 years (10 editions, 1930–1978)<ref name="RSSSF" />

===Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup===
*{{fb|WAL}} – 64 years (16 editions, 1958–2022)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grounds |first1=Ben |last2=Hughes |first2=Geraint |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/story-telling/12018/12749842/we-are-still-here-wales-64-year-world-cup-wait |title=We are still here: Wales' 64-year World Cup wait |date=18 December 2022 |access-date=2 January 2023 |work=]}}</ref>

===Most consecutive failed qualification attempts===
*{{fb|LUX}} – 21 (all 1934–2022)<ref name="RSSSF" />

===Worst finish by defending champions===
*Group stage – {{fb|ITA|1946}} (1950)<ref name="worst_finish">{{Cite web |last=Harmer |first=Alfie Potts |date=23 June 2018 |title=7 Worst Defending World Cup Winners |url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2018/06/23/7-worst-defending-world-cup-winners/ |access-date=28 March 2023 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*Group stage – {{fb|BRA|1889}} (1966)<ref name="worst_finish" />
*Group stage – {{fb|FRA|1974}} (2002)<ref name="worst_finish" />
*Group stage – {{fb|ITA}} (2010)<ref name="worst_finish" />
*Group stage – {{fb|ESP}} (2014)<ref name="worst_finish" />
*Group stage – {{fb|GER}} (2018)<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2018 |title=World Cup 2018: Germany, struck by Curse of the Champions, hit 80-year low |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/fifa-world-cup-2018/story/world-cup-2018-germany-struck-by-curse-of-the-champions-hit-80-year-low-1271793-2018-06-28 |access-date=28 March 2023 |website=] |language=en}}</ref>

==Players==
===Most appearances===
{{main|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.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+All-time top player appearances<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 December 2022 |title=Most FIFA World Cup appearances: Players who have played in most matches |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/fifa-world-cup-appearance-games-played-records-matthaus-messi |access-date=24 December 2022 |publisher=Olympics }}</ref>
!Rank
!Player
!Team(s)
!Matches
!Tournaments
|-
|1
|'''{{sortname|Lionel|Messi}}'''
|{{fb|ARG}}
|26
|5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
|-
|2
|{{sortname|Lothar|Matthäus}}
|{{fb|FRG}}/Germany
|25
|5 (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
|-
|3
|{{sortname|Miroslav|Klose}}
|{{fb|GER}}
|24
|4 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
|-
|4
|{{sortname|Paolo|Maldini}}
|{{fb|ITA|1946}}
|23
|4 (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
|-
|5
|'''{{sortname|Cristiano|Ronaldo}}'''
|{{fb|POR}}
|22
|5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
|}

===Most championships===
{{Main|List of FIFA World Cup winning players}}

*] – 3 ({{fb|BRA|1968}}, 1958, 1962{{efn|Only played in first two matches; medal awarded retroactively by FIFA in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/nov/25/newsstory.sport9 |title=Pele and Greaves to get World Cup winners medals |date=25 November 2007 |work=] |access-date=12 April 2018 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045304/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/nov/25/newsstory.sport9 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} and 1970)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rocha |first1=Camilo |title=Brazilian soccer legend Pelé dies at 82 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/29/football/brazil-pele-soccer-died-intl-latam-spt/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=31 December 2022 |date=29 December 2022 }}</ref>

===Most appearances in a World Cup final===
*] – 3 ({{fb|BRA}}; 1994, 1998, 2002){{efn|], ], ] and ] each appeared three times in the squads of the teams that reached the finals, but none of them played in all three games.<ref name="final"/>}}<ref name="final">{{Cite news |last=Nag |first=Utathya |date=18 December 2022 |title=FIFA World Cup final: Records, stats and FAQs |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/fifa-world-cup-final-records-stats-faqs |url-status=live |access-date=19 December 2022 |publisher=Olympics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220210049/https://olympics.com/en/news/fifa-world-cup-final-records-stats-faqs |archive-date=20 December 2022 }}</ref>

===Youngest player===
*] – {{Age in years and days|1965|5|7|1982|6|17}} (for {{fb|NIR}} vs. {{fb|YUG}}, 17 June 1982)<ref name="Youngest">{{Cite news |last=Nalwala |first=Ali Asgar |date=25 November 2022 |title=Youngest footballers in men's FIFA World Cup: Norman Whiteside leads list of wonderkids! |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/youngest-fifa-world-cup-player-football |access-date=30 November 2022 |publisher=Olympics}}</ref>

===Youngest player in a final===
*Pelé – {{Age in years and days|1940|10|23|1958|6|29}} (for {{fb|BRA|1889}} vs. {{fb|SWE}}, 29 June 1958)<ref name="Youngest" />

===Oldest player===
*] – {{Age in years and days|1973|1|15|2018|6|25}} (for {{fb|EGY}} vs. {{fb|KSA}}, 25 June 2018)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45094714 |title=Essam El-Hadary: World Cup's oldest player retires from Egypt duty |publisher=BBC |date=7 August 2018 |access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref>

===Oldest player in a final===
*] – {{Age in years and days|1942|2|28|1982|7|11}} (for {{fb|ITA|1946}} vs. {{fb|FRG}}, 11 July 1982)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/hof/zoff/|title=World Cup Hall of Fame: Dino Zoff|newspaper=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050912055524/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/hof/zoff/|archive-date=12 September 2005}}</ref>


==Goalscoring== ==Goalscoring==


===Individual=== ===Individual===
====Top goalscorers====
{{main|FIFA World Cup top goalscorers}} {{main|FIFA World Cup top goalscorers}}
Players in '''bold text''' are still active with their national team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
; Most goals scored, overall finals: 16, ] ({{fb|GER}}, 2002–2014).
{| class="wikitable sortable"
; Most goals scored, overall qualifying: 39, ] ({{fb|GUA}}, 2002–2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/ruiz-nets-five-goals-in-historic-performance-but-guatemala-ousted|author=|title=Ruiz nets five goals in historic performance, but Guatemala ousted|date=7 September 2016|work=|publisher=] |page=|format= |accessdate=17 October 2016}}</ref>
|+All-time top scorers<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/statistics-and-records/worldcup/players/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828021632/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/statistics-and-records/worldcup/players/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 28, 2015 |title=FIFA World Cup Players Statistics |publisher=FIFA |date=25 July 2014 |access-date=30 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/statistics-and-records/worldcup/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905112010/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/statistics-and-records/worldcup/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 September 2015 |title=FIFA World Cup All Time Statistics — All editions |publisher=FIFA |access-date=14 September 2015 }}</ref>
; Most goals scored in a tournament: 13, ] ({{fb|FRA}}, 1958).
!Rank
: ''For a detailed list of top goalscorers in each tournament (Golden Boot winner), see ]''.
!Player
; Most goals scored in a match: 5, ] ({{fb|RUS}}), vs ], ].
!Team(s)
; Most goals scored in a lost match: 4, ] ({{fb|POL}}), vs ], ].
!Goals
; Most goals scored in a qualifying match: 13, ] ({{fb|AUS}}), ] ], ].
!Matches
; Most goals scored in a final match: 3, ] ({{fb|ENG}}), vs ], ].
!Goals per game
; Most goals scored in all final matches: 3, ] ({{fb|BRA|1960}}), 2 vs ] in 1958 & 1 vs ] in 1962; ] ({{fb|BRA|1968}}), 2 vs ] in 1958 & 1 vs ] in 1970; ] ({{fb|ENG}}), 3 vs ] in 1966 and ] ({{fb|FRA}}), 2 vs ] in 1998 & 1 vs ] in 2006.
|-
; Scored goal(s) in multiple final matches: ] ({{fb|BRA|1960}}, 1958 & 1962), ] ({{fb|BRA|1968}}, 1958 & 1970), ] ({{fb|FRG}}, 1974 & 1982) and ] ({{fb|FRA}}, 1998 & 2006).
|1
; Most matches with at least one goal: 11, ] ({{fb|BRA}}, 1998–2006), ] ({{fb|GER}}, 2002–2014).
|style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Klose, Miroslav"|]
; Most consecutive matches with at least one goal: 6, ] ({{fb|FRA}}, 1958) and ] ({{fb|BRA|1968}}, 1970).
|{{fb|GER}}
; Most matches with at least two goals: 4, ] ({{fb|HUN|1949}}, 1954), ] ({{fb|FRA}}, 1958), ] ({{fb|BRA}}, 1998–2006) and ] ({{fb|GER}}, 2002–2010).
|16
; Most consecutive matches with at least two goals: 4, ] ({{fb|HUN|1949}}, 1954).
|24
; Most hat-tricks: 2, ] ({{fb|HUN|1949}}, 1954), ] ({{fb|FRA}}, 1958), ] ({{fb|FRG}}, 1970) and ] ({{fb|ARG}}, 1994 & 1998).
|{{Decimals|16/24|2}}
; Most consecutive hat-tricks: 2, ] ({{fb|HUN|1949}}, 1954) and ] ({{fb|FRG}}, 1970).
|-
; Fastest hat-trick: 8 minutes, ] ({{fb|HUN}}), scored at 69', 72' and 76', vs ], ].
|2
; Most goals scored by a substitute in a match: 3, ] ({{fb|HUN}}), vs ], ].
|style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Ronaldo"|]
; ] (Goals From a Corner) scored in a World Cup: 1, ] ({{fb|COL}}), vs ], ].
|{{fb|BRA}}
; Hat-tricks from the penalty spot: Never occurred in the final tournament. Four times in qualification: ] ({{fb|SUI}}), vs ], 7 October 2000, ]; ] ({{fb|SWE}}), vs ], 6 June 2001, ]; ] ({{fb|BRA}}), vs ], 2 June 2004, ]; ] ({{fb|GAB}}), vs ], 15 June 2013, ].
|15
; Scoring in every match of a team in a World Cup (at least three matches): ] ({{fb|HUN|1940}}), 5 goals in 4 matches (1938),<ref>]</ref> ] ({{fb|SWE}}), 3 goals in 3 matches (1938),<ref>]</ref> ] ({{fb|URU}}), 4 goals in 4 matches (1950),<ref>]</ref> ] ({{fb|FRA}}), 13 goals in 6 matches (1958),<ref>]</ref> ] ({{fb|ARG}}), 3 goals in 3 matches (1958),<ref>]</ref> ] ({{fb|HUN}}), 4 goals in 4 matches (1966),<ref>]</ref> ] ({{fb|BRA|1968}}), 7 goals in 6 matches (1970),<ref>]</ref> ] ({{fb|PER}}), 5 goals in 4 matches (1970),<ref>]</ref> ] ({{fb|COL}}), 6 goals in 5 matches (2014).<ref>]</ref>
|19
; Most tournaments with at least one goal: 4, ] ({{fb|BRA|1968}}, 1958–1970), ] ({{fb|FRG}}, 1958–1970) and ] ({{fb|GER}}, 2002–2014).
|{{Decimals|15/19|2}}
; Most tournaments with at least two goals: 4, ] ({{fb|FRG}}, 1958–1970) and ] ({{fb|GER}}, 2002–2014).
|-
; Most tournaments with at least three goals: 3, ] ({{fb|GER}}, 1990–1998), ] ({{fb|BRA}}, 1998–2006) and ] ({{fb|GER}}, 2002–2010).
|3
; Most tournaments with at least four goals: 3, ] ({{fb|GER}}, 2002–2010).
|style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Muller, Gerd"|]
; Most tournaments with at least five goals: 2, ] ({{fb|PER}}, 1970, 1978), ] ({{fb|GER}}, (2002–2006) and ] ({{fb|GER}}, 2010–2014).
|{{fb|FRG}}
; Most qualification tournaments with at least one goal: 5, ] ({{fb|MEX}}, 2002–2018) and ] ({{fb|GUA}}, 2002–2018).
|14
; Longest period between a player's first and last goals: 12 years, 1 month and 7 days; ] ({{fb|GER}}, 1 June 2002&nbsp;– 8 July 2014)
|13
; Longest period between a player's first and last goals overall: 12 years, ] ({{fb|FRG}}, 8 June 1958&nbsp;– 14 June 1970), ] ({{fb|BRA|1968}}, 19 June 1958&nbsp;– 21 June 1970), ] ({{fb|ARG}}, 18 June 1982&nbsp;– 21 June 1994), ] ({{fb|DEN}}, 8 June 1986&nbsp;– 24 June 1998), ] ({{fb|SWE}}, 16 July 1994&nbsp;– 20 June 2006), ] ({{fb|KSA}}, 25 June 1994&nbsp;– 14 June 2006), ] ({{fb|MEX}}, 20 June 1998&nbsp;– 17 June 2010), ] ({{fb|GER}}, 1 June 2002&nbsp;– 8 July 2014) and ] ({{fb|CRO}}, 8 June 2002&nbsp;– 18 June 2014).
|{{Decimals|14/13|2}}
; Longest period between one goal and another: 12 years, ] ({{fb|DEN}}, 1986–1998) and ] ({{fb|CRO}}, 2002–2014).
|-
; First goalscorer: ] ({{fb|FRA}}), vs ], 13 July ].
|rowspan=2|4
; Youngest goalscorer: {{Age in years, months and days|1940|10|23|1958|06|19}}, ] ({{fb|BRA|1889}}), vs ], 19 June ].
|style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Fontaine, Just"|]
; Youngest hat-trick scorer: {{Age in years, months and days|1940|10|23|1958|06|24}}, ] ({{fb|BRA|1889}}), vs ], 24 June ].
|{{fb|FRA}}
; Youngest goalscorer, final: {{Age in years, months and days|1940|10|23|1958|06|29}}, ] ({{fb|BRA|1889}}), vs ], 29 June ].
|rowspan=2|13
; Oldest goalscorer: {{Age in years, months and days|1952|05|20|1994|06|28}}, ] ({{fb|CMR}}), vs ], 28 June ].
|6
; Oldest hat-trick scorer: {{Age in years, months and days|1905|01|04|1938|06|12}}, ] ({{fb|SWE}}), vs ], 12 June ].<ref>Some sources such as RSSSF indicated that it was ] but not Tore Keller who scored a hat-trick in that match. </ref>
|{{Decimals|13/6|2}}
; Oldest goalscorer, final: {{Age in years, months and days|1922|10|08|1958|06|29}}, ] ({{fb|SWE}}), vs ], 29 June ].
|-
; Most penalties scored (excluding during shootouts): 4, ] ({{fb|POR}}, 4 in 1966), ] ({{fb|NED}}, 4 in 1978)&nbsp;– both records for one tournament&nbsp;– and ] ({{fb|ARG}}, 2 each in 1994 & 1998).
|style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Messi, Lionel"|''']'''
; Most penalties missed (excluding during shootouts): 2, ] ({{fb|GHA}}), vs ], ] and vs ], ].
|{{fb|ARG}}
; First substitute winning goalscorer, final: came on 86th minute, ] ({{fb|GER}}), vs ], ].
|26
; Fastest goal from kickoff: 11 seconds, ] ({{fb|TUR}}), vs ], ].
|{{Decimals|13/26|2}}
; Fastest goal by a substitute: 16 seconds, ] ({{fb|DEN}}), vs ], ].
|}
; Fastest goal in a final: 90 seconds, ] ({{fb|NED}}), vs ], ].

; Fastest goal in a qualifying match: 8.1 seconds, ] ({{fb|BEL}}), vs ], ].<ref>http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2016/m=10/news=a-historic-goal-on-a-day-of-battles-2842444.html</ref>
====Most goals scored in a single tournament====
; Fastest brace scored: 69 seconds, ] ({{fb|GER}}), vs ], ].
*] – 13 ({{fb|FRA}}, 1958)<ref name="the18">{{Cite web |url=https://the18.com/soccer-entertainment/lists/fifa-mens-world-cup-records-greatest-all-time |title=The Greatest Men's World Cup Records of All Time |last=Yoesting |first=Travis |date=3 May 2018 |website=The18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716080029/https://the18.com/soccer-entertainment/lists/fifa-mens-world-cup-records-greatest-all-time |archive-date=16 July 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>
; Latest goal from kickoff: 121st minute, ] ({{fb|ITA}}), vs ], ] and ] ({{fb|ALG}}), vs ], ].

; Latest goal from kickoff in a final: 120th minute, ] ({{fb|ENG}}), vs ], ] (see "]").
====Most goals scored in a match====
; Latest goal from kickoff, with no goals scored between: 119th minute, ] ({{fb|ENG}}), vs ], ] and ] ({{fb|ITA}}), vs ], ].
*] – 5 (for {{fb|RUS}} vs. {{fb|CMR}}, 1994)<ref name="the18" />
; Latest goal from kickoff in a final, with no goals scored between: 116th minute, ] ({{fb|ESP}}), vs ], ].

====Most goals scored in a final match====
*] – 3 (for {{fb|ENG}} vs. {{fb|FRG}}, 1966)<ref name="FIFA">{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/world-cup-2022-qatar-france-mbappe-argentina-return |title=Mbappe after World Cup final: We will return|date=19 December 2022|publisher=FIFA |access-date=20 December 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220212025/https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/world-cup-2022-qatar-france-mbappe-argentina-return |archive-date=20 December 2022 }}</ref>
*] – 3 (for {{fb|FRA}} vs. {{fb|ARG}}, 2022)<ref name="FIFA"/>

====Most goals scored in final matches (overall)====
*Kylian Mbappé – 4 ({{fb|FRA}}, 2018, 2022)<ref name="FIFA"/>

====Most consecutive matches scored in====
*Just Fontaine – 6 ({{fb|FRA}}, 1958)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/esportes/2022/12/5058505-um-frances-para-la-de-marrakech-relembre-a-historia-de-just-fontaine.html |title=Um francês para lá de Marrakech: relembre a história de Just Fontaine |trans-title=Remember the story of Just Fontaine |date=12 December 2022 |newspaper=Correio Braziliense |language=pt |access-date=20 December 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220204238/https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/esportes/2022/12/5058505-um-frances-para-la-de-marrakech-relembre-a-historia-de-just-fontaine.html |archive-date=20 December 2022 }}</ref>
*] – 6 ({{fb|BRA|1968}}, 1970)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/copa-do-mundo/2022/12/18/messi-e-o-1-a-marcar-em-todas-as-fases-da-copa-desde-jairzinho.htm |title=Copa do Mundo: Messi é o 1º a marcar em todas as fases desde Jairzinho |trans-title=Messi is the first to score in every phase of the World Cup since Jairzinho |date=18 December 2022 |work=UOL |language=pt |access-date=20 December 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220204049/https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/copa-do-mundo/2022/12/18/messi-e-o-1-a-marcar-em-todas-as-fases-da-copa-desde-jairzinho.htm |archive-date=20 December 2022}}</ref>

====Most tournaments scored in====
*] – 5 ({{fb|POR}}, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)<ref>{{cite news|date=24 November 2022|title=The road to Ronaldo's World Cup record|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/cristiano-ronaldo-world-cup-qatar-2022-scoring-record-five-world-cups|access-date=18 December 2022|publisher=FIFA}}</ref>

====Milestone goals====
*Scorer of 1st goal – ] (for {{fb|FRA}} vs. {{fb|MEX|1916}}, 13 July 1930)<ref name="milestone">{{Cite web |title=FIFA World Cup milestone goals |url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-301_02a_fwc_goals_22689.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203015017/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-301_02a_fwc_goals_22689.pdf |archive-date=3 December 2008 |access-date=3 December 2008 |website=FIFA.com}}</ref>
*Scorer of 100th goal – ] (for {{fb|ITA|1861}} vs. {{fb|USA|1912}}, 27 May 1934)<ref name="milestone" />
*Scorer of 1,000th goal – ] (for {{fb|NED}} vs. {{fb|SCO}}, 11 June 1978)<ref name="milestone" />
*Scorer of 2,000th goal – ] (for {{fb|SWE}} vs. {{fb|ENG}}, 20 June 2006)<ref name="milestone" />

====Olympic goals====
*1 – ] (for {{fb|COL}} vs. {{fb|URS}}, 3 June 1962)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/what-is-an-olympic-goal |title=What is an Olympic goal and how many have been scored at the World Cup? |website=olympics.com |date=21 November 2022 |access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/12/golden-goal-marcos-coll-scores-from-a-corner-for-colombia-v-ussr-1962 |title=Golden Goal: Marcos Coll scores from a corner for Colombia v USSR (1962) |website=The Guardian |date=12 June 2018 |access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref>

====Youngest goalscorer====
*] – {{Age in years and days|1940|10|23|1958|6|19}} (for {{fb|BRA|1889}} vs. {{fb|WAL|1953}}, 19 June 1958)<ref name="youngest_goalscorer" >{{Cite news |last=Nalwala |first=Ali Asgar |date=24 November 2022 |title=Youngest goal-scorers in men's FIFA World Cup: Pele's landmark strike at 17! |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/youngest-goal-scorer-fifa-world-cup-football |access-date=25 November 2022 |publisher=Olympics}}</ref>

====Youngest goalscorer in a final====
*Pelé – {{Age in years and days|1940|10|23|1958|6|29}} (for {{fb|BRA|1889}} vs. {{fb|SWE}}, 29 June 1958)<ref name="youngest_goalscorer" />

====Oldest goalscorer====
*] – {{Age in years and days|1952|5|20|1994|6|28}} (for {{fb|CMR}} vs. {{fb|RUS}}, 28 June 1994)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/oldest-goal-scorer-fifa-world-cup-football |title=Oldest goal-scorers in FIFA World Cup: Roger Milla heads list that also has Cristiano Ronaldo - the top 10 |publisher=Olympics |access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref>
====Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round====
*] – {{Age in years and days|1983|2|26|2022|12|6}} (for {{fb|POR}} vs. {{fb|SUI}}, 6 December 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/12/06/pepe-becomes-oldest-player-to-score-in-world-cup-knockouts-here-are-the-other-records-set-in-qatar/amp/ |title=Pepe Becomes Oldest Player To Score In World Cup Knockouts—Here Are The Other Records Set In Qatar |work=Forbes |access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref>

====Oldest goalscorer in a final====
*] – {{Age in years and days|1922|10|8|1958|6|29}} (for {{fb|SWE}} vs. {{fb|BRA|1889}}, 29 June 1958)<ref name="final"/>

====Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final====
*] – {{Age in years and days|1987|06|24|2022|12|18}} (for {{fb|ARG}} vs. {{fb|FRA}}, 18 December 2022)<ref></ref>

====Fastest goal====
*] – 11 seconds (for {{fb|TUR}} vs. {{fb|KOR|1997}}, 2002)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lance.com.br/copa-do-mundo/copa-do-mundo-veja-os-gols-mais-rapidos-na-historia-do-torneio.html |title=Copa do Mundo: veja os gols mais rápidos na história do torneio |website=Lance! |date=5 December 2022 |language=pt |access-date=15 December 2022}}</ref>

====Fastest goal in a final====
*] – 90 seconds (for {{fb|NED}} vs. {{fb|FRG}}, 1974)<ref name="final"/>

====Latest goal in regular time====
*] – 90+13th minute (for {{fb|IRN}} vs. {{fb|ENG}}, 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Duncan |title=England 6-2 Iran: Three Lions Go Goal Crazy |url=https://theanalyst.com/2022/11/england-iran-world-cup-2022/ |access-date=21 November 2022 |website=The Analyst|date=21 November 2022 }}</ref>

===Team===
====Biggest wins====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Biggest margin of victory<ref name="big_wins">{{Cite news |url=https://theanalyst.com/eu/2022/11/the-biggest-world-cup-wins/ |title=The Biggest World Cup Wins |work=The Analyst |first=Oliver |last=Hopkins |date=23 November 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022}}</ref>
!Rank
!Date
!Venue
!Winning team
!Score
!Losing team
|-
|rowspan=3|1
|{{dts|15 June 1982}}
|], ]
|{{fb|HUN}}
|{{ntsh|9}}]
|{{fb|SLV}}
|-
|{{dts|17 June 1954}}
|], ]
|{{fb|HUN|1949}}
|{{ntsh|9}}9–0
|{{fb|KOR|1949}}
|-
|{{dts|18 June 1974}}
|], ]
|{{fb|YUG}}
|{{ntsh|9}}9–0
|{{fb|ZAI}}
|-
|rowspan=3|4
|{{dts|12 June 1938}}
|], ]
|{{fb|SWE}}
|{{ntsh|8}}8–0
|{{fb|CUB}}
|-
|{{dts|2 July 1950}}
|], ]
|{{fb|URU}}
|{{ntsh|8}}8–0
|{{fb|BOL}}
|-
|{{dts|1 June 2002}}
|], ]
|{{fb|GER}}
|{{ntsh|8}}8–0
|{{fb|KSA}}
|}

====Biggest win in a final====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Biggest margin of victory in a final<ref name="big_wins"/>
!Rank
!Date
!Venue
!Winning team
!Score
!Losing team
|-
|rowspan=3|1
|{{dts|29 June 1958}}
|], ]
|{{fb|BRA|1889}}
|{{ntsh|3}}]
|{{fb|SWE}}
|-
|{{dts|21 June 1970}}
|], ]
|{{fb|BRA|1968}}
|{{ntsh|3}}]
|{{fb|ITA|1946}}
|-
|{{dts|12 July 1998}}
|], ]
|{{fb|FRA|1974}}
|{{ntsh|3}}]
|{{fb|BRA}}
|}

====Highest scoring matches====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Most goals scored in a match<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/fifa-world-cup-top-10-highest-scoring-matches/bltd443ded1d9b5bc23 |title=FIFA World Cup: Top 10 biggest wins in history |publisher=Goal |first=Ritabrata |last=Banerjee |date=2 May 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022}}</ref>
!Rank
!Date
!Venue
!Total goals
!Team
!Score
!Team
|-
|1
|{{dts|26 June 1954}}
|], ]
|12
|{{fb|AUT}}
|{{ntsh|12}}]
|{{fb|SUI}}
|-
|rowspan=3|2
|{{dts|5 June 1938}}
|], ]
|rowspan=3|11
|{{fb|BRA|1889}}
|{{ntsh|11}}]
|{{fb|POL|1928}}
|-
|{{dts|20 June 1954}}
|], ]
|{{fb|HUN|1949}}
|{{ntsh|11}}8–3
|{{fb|FRG}}
|-
|{{dts|15 June 1982}}
|], ]
|{{fb|HUN}}
|{{ntsh|11}}10–1
|{{fb|SLV}}
|-
|5
|{{dts|8 June 1958}}
|], ]
|10
|{{fb|FRA|1794}}
|{{ntsh|10}}7–3
|{{fb|PAR|1954}}
|}

====Most goals in a tournament====
*{{fb|HUN|1949}} – 27 (])<ref name="big_wins"/>

====Top scoring teams by tournament====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Period
!Top scorers
!Goals scored
!Source
|-
|]
|{{fb|ARG|1861}}
|18
|{{center|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aslan |first=Bulent |date=8 June 2018 |title=In 1930, the World Cup debuts |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/sports/in-1930-the-world-cup-debuts/1169465 |access-date=24 December 2022 |work=Anadolu Agency}}</ref>}}
|-
|]
|'''{{fb|ITA|1861}}'''
|12
|{{center|<ref name="footballwhispers">{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Peter |date=15 December 2022 |title=The top scoring nation of every World Cup tournament so far |url=https://footballwhispers.com/blog/the-top-scoring-nation-of-every-world-cup-tournament-so-far/ |access-date=24 December 2022 |website=Football Whispers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224181549/https://footballwhispers.com/blog/the-top-scoring-nation-of-every-world-cup-tournament-so-far/ |archive-date=24 December 2022 }}</ref>}}
|-
|]
|{{fb|HUN|1949}}
|15
|{{center|<ref name="footballwhispers" />}}
|-
|]
|{{fb|BRA|1889}}
|22
|{{center|<ref name="footballwhispers" />}}
|-
|]
|{{fb|HUN|1949}}
|27
|{{center|<ref name="bonanza" >{{Cite news |last=Erozden |first=Can |date=9 November 2022 |title=World Cup goals history: 1954 edition witness goal bonanza as Hungary scores record 27, South Korea concedes record 16 |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/sports/world-cup-goals-history-1954-edition-witness-goal-bonanza-as-hungary-scores-record-27-south-korea-concedes-record-16/2733280 |access-date=24 December 2022 |work=Anadolu Agency |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109163909/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/sports/world-cup-goals-history-1954-edition-witness-goal-bonanza-as-hungary-scores-record-27-south-korea-concedes-record-16/2733280 |archive-date=9 November 2022 }}</ref>}}
|-
|]
|{{fb|FRA}}
|23
|{{center|<ref name="bonanza" />}}
|-
|]
|'''{{fb|BRA|1960}}'''
|14
|{{center|<ref name="footballwhispers" />}}
|-
|]
|{{fb|POR}}
|17
|{{center|<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1255440366196662282 |user=OptaJoe |title=17 - Portugal were the only other nation to make their World Cup debut in the 1966 tournament, finishing as the top scorers with 17 goals. Only Argentina in 1930 (18) have ever scored more in their first edition of the competition. Bow. #OptaWCYears |author=OptaJoe |date=29 April 2020 |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>}}
|-
|]
|'''{{fb|BRA|1968}}'''
|19
|{{center|<ref name="footballwhispers" />}}
|-
|]
|{{fb|POL|1928}}
|16
|{{center|<ref name="footballwhispers" />}}
|-
|rowspan=2|]
|'''{{fb|ARG|1861}}'''
|rowspan=2|15
|rowspan=2|{{center|<ref name="footballwhispers" />}}
|-
|{{fb|NED}}
|-
|]
|{{fb|FRA|1974}}
|16
|{{center|<ref name="footballwhispers" />}}
|-
|]
|'''{{fb|ARG|1861}}'''
|14
|{{center|<ref name="footballwhispers" />}}
|-
|]
|'''{{fb|FRG}}'''
|15
|{{center|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harvey |first=Randy |date=9 July 1990 |title=WORLD CUP '90 : Revenge for West Germany, 1-0 : Argentina Disputes Loss on Penalty Kick |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-09-sp-151-story.html |access-date=25 December 2022 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times }}</ref>}}
|-
|]
|{{fb|SWE}}
|15
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|'''{{fb|FRA|1974}}'''
|15
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|'''{{fb|BRA}}'''
|18
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|{{fb|GER}}
|14
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|{{fb|GER}}
|16
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|'''{{fb|GER}}'''
|18
|{{center|<ref>{{Cite web |last=McNulty |first=Phil |date=13 July 2014 |title=Germany 1-0 Argentina (aet) |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/28181689 |access-date=25 December 2022 |website=BBC Sport }}</ref>}}
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|]
|{{fb|BEL}}
|16
|{{center|<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 May 2020 |title=#WorldCupAtHome: Red Devils upset Brazil |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2018russia/news/worldcupathome-brazil-belgium-russia-2018-3072226 |access-date=25 December 2022 |publisher=FIFA }}</ref>}}
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|]
|{{fb|FRA}}
|16
|{{center|<ref name="qatar_olympics" >{{Cite news |last=Nalwala |first=Ali Asgar |date=18 December 2022 |title=FIFA World Cup 2022 total goals: Qatar's 172 highest-ever |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/fifa-world-cup-2022-total-goals-team-list |access-date=24 December 2022 |publisher=Olympics}}</ref>}}
|}

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====
*] – 172 goals<ref>{{cite news|date=19 December 2022|access-date=19 December 2022|title=Triumphant Argentina conclude unprecedented FIFA World Cup|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/qatar2022/news/triumphant-argentina-conclude-unprecedented-fifa-world-cup|publisher=FIFA}}</ref>

====Fewest goals scored in a tournament====
*] – 70 goals<ref name="qatar_olympics" />
*] – 70 goals<ref name="qatar_olympics" />

====Most goals per match in a tournament====
*] – 5.38 goals per match<ref name="average_goals">{{Cite web |title=Average number of goals scored per game at the FIFA World Cup from 1930 to 2018 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/269031/goals-scored-per-game-at-the-fifa-world-cup-since-1930/ |access-date=25 December 2022 |website=Statista }}</ref>

====Fewest goals per match in a tournament====
*] – 2.21 goals per match<ref name="average_goals" />


===Own goals=== ===Own goals===
{{main|List of FIFA World Cup own goals}} {{main|List of FIFA World Cup own goals}}


==Assists==
==Penalty shootouts==
{{hatnote|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. ] formally records assists only from the 1966 edition onwards.<ref name="assists">{{Cite news |title=Three-plus assists in one World Cup (1966-2018) |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/top-assisters-at-world-cup-qatar-2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214182602/https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/top-assisters-at-world-cup-qatar-2022 |archive-date=14 December 2022 |access-date=8 February 2023 |publisher=FIFA}}</ref>}}
{{See also|List of FIFA World Cup penalty shoot-outs|l1=List of FIFA World Cup penalty shoot-outs}}

===Most assists===
*] – 10 ({{fb|BRA|1968}}, 1958–1970){{efn|name=Pele|Different sources give Pelé between 8 and 10 assists.<ref>{{cite web|title=Most assists in FIFA World Cup - Pele leads the charts|date=14 December 2022 |url=https://www.sportsadda.com/football/features/most-assists-in-fifa-world-cup|access-date=14 December 2022}}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite web|title=5 World Cup records both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will never break|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/5-world-cup-records-both-cristiano-ronaldo-and-lionel-messi-will-never-break|date=2 March 2020|access-date=15 August 2020|website=Sportskeeda|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807131341/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/5-world-cup-records-both-cristiano-ronaldo-and-lionel-messi-will-never-break|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Youngest player to win the World Cup' - What are the records that Pele holds in world football? |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/pele-records-world-cup-international-football/blt3d530b1126c36f5c|publisher=Goal|date=24 April 2022|access-date=13 January 2023}}</ref>

===Most assists in a tournament===
*] – 9 ({{fb|FRA}}, 1958)<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 November 2022 |title=WORLD CUP RECORDS (Part 17) - PLAYERS WITH MOST GOAL INVOLVEMENTS IN A SINGLE EDITION |url=https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2285 |access-date=5 September 2023 |publisher=IFFHS }}</ref>

===Most tournaments assisted in===
*] – 5 ({{fb|ARG}}, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)<ref>{{cite news|title=The World Cup records Messi owns
|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/lionel-messi-fifa-world-cup-records-milestones-argentina-appearances-assists-goals|access-date=19 April 2022|publisher=FIFA}}</ref>

===Most assists provided in a match===
*] – 4 (for {{fb|ITA|1861}} vs. {{fb|USA|1912}}, 1934)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auvn_EOhUnM&t=58s |title=1934 WC R1 Italy - USA (Rome, 27.5.1934)|publisher=Joefa's World Cup History, YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://patrimonio.archivioluce.com/luce-web/detail/IL3000089106/1/-212497.html?startPage=0 |title=Campionato mondiale di calcio. Partita fra le squadre rappresentative U.S.A.-Italia. Ottavo di finale. Roma 27 maggio 1934-XII.
|publisher=patrimonio.archivioluce.com}}</ref>
*] – 4 (for {{fb|POL|1928}} vs. {{fb|HAI|1964}}, 1974)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.twitter.com/optajoe/status/1256184093236170752 |title=Robert Gadocha stat|publisher=Opta |access-date=29 November 2022 |via=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/1974-06-19/haiti-vs-poland/85814/ |title=Poland vs. Haiti|publisher=globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref>

===Most assists provided in final matches===
*Pelé – 3 ({{fb|BRA|1968}}, 1 in 1958, 2 in 1970)<ref name="Pele-80">{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/happy-80th-birthday-to-the-king |title=Happy 80th birthday to 'The King' |publisher=FIFA |access-date=24 October 2020 |date=21 June 2020 |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023121730/https://www.fifa.com/news/happy-80th-birthday-to-the-king |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="pele-immortal-forever-with-us">{{Cite news |date=29 December 2022 |title=Football and the world mourns Pelé |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/organisation/news/pele-immortal-forever-with-us |access-date=30 December 2022 |publisher=FIFA }}</ref>

===Most assists in the knockout rounds===
* ] – 6 ({{fb|FRG}} 1954, 1958)
* ] – 6 ({{fb|ARG}} 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Messi and Ronaldo - World Cup Stats |url=https://www.messivsronaldo.app/international-stats/world-cup-stats/ |website=messivsronaldo.app |language=en}}</ref>

== Goal contributions ==
===Most goal contributions===
*] – 21, 13 goals and 8 assists for ({{fb|ARG}}, 2006–2022)<ref>{{#invoke:cite web ||last=Anand|first=Anish|url=https://www.espn.in/football/blog-espn-fc-united/story/4834907/2022-world-cup-final-stats-messi-mbappe-argentina-france |title=2022 World Cup stats: Messi joins Maradona, overtakes Ronaldo; Mbappe's record 4 |work=ESPN |date=19 December 2022 |access-date=22 December 2022 }}</ref>

==Penalty shoot-outs==
{{Main|List of FIFA World Cup penalty shoot-outs}}

==Goalkeeping==
===Most clean sheets===
*] – 10 ({{fb|ENG}}, 1982–1990)<ref name="the18" />
*] – 10 ({{fb|FRA|1974}}, 1998–2006)<ref name="the18" />

===Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal===
*] – 517 mins, 5 consecutive clean sheets ({{fb|ITA|1946}}, 1990)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2018russia/news/1603--90-days-to-go-2932565|title=90 days to go: Record-breaking Zenga stars for Italy|date=16 March 2018|accessdate=21 December 2022|publisher=FIFA.com}}</ref>

===Most goals conceded===
*] – 25 ({{fb|MEX|1934}}, 1950–1966)<ref name=cardeayea>{{cite magazine|url=https://super.abril.com.br/saude/que-goleiro-levou-mais-gols-na-historia-das-copas/|title=Que goleiro levou mais gols na história das copas?
|magazine=]|language=pt|date=30 June 2002|accessdate=21 December 2022}}</ref>
*] – 25 ({{fb|KSA}}, 1994–2006)<ref name=cardeayea/>

===Most goals conceded in a tournament===
*] – 16 ({{fb|KOR|1949}}, 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.90min.com/posts/the-saddest-moments-in-world-cup-history|title=The saddest moments in World Cup history|publisher=90min|date=9 November 2022|accessdate=21 December 2022}}</ref>

===Fewest goals conceded in a tournament===
*] – 0 ({{fb|SUI}}, 2006){{efn|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.}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifamuseum.com/en/blog-stories/blog/mini-pop-up-exhibition-for-swiss-world-cup-record-holder/|title=Mini pop-up exhibition for Swiss World Cup record holder|publisher=FIFA Museum|date=12 January 2021|accessdate=21 December 2022}}</ref>

===Fewest goals conceded in a tournament for the eventual winners===
*Fabien Barthez – 2 ({{fb|FRA|1974}}, 1998)<ref name="betweensticks">{{Cite web |last=Rachini |first=Mouhamad |date=20 May 2019 |title=Love her or hate her, Sarah Bouhaddi is the queen of French goalkeeping. |url=https://btsgoalies.com/2019/05/20/love-her-or-hate-her-sarah-bouhaddi-is-the-queen-of-french-goalkeeping/ |access-date=26 December 2022 |website=Between the Sticks }}</ref>
*] – 2 ({{fb|ITA|2003}}, 2006)<ref name="betweensticks" />
*] – 2 ({{fb|ESP}}, 2010)<ref name="betweensticks" />

===Most saves in one match===
*] – 16 (for {{fb|USA}} vs. {{fb|BEL}}, 2014)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/behind-the-world-cup-record-tim-howard-2868575|title=Behind the World Cup record: Tim Howard|publisher=FIFA|access-date=15 August 2020|date=1 July 2020|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815080222/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/behind-the-world-cup-record-tim-howard-2868575|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Most penalties saved (excluding penalty shoot-outs)===
*] – 2 ({{fb|POL|1928}}, both in 1974)<ref name="everynewrecord" />
*] – 2 ({{fb|USA}}, both in 2002)<ref name="everynewrecord" />
*Iker Casillas – 2 ({{fb|ESP}}, 2002, 2010)<ref name="everynewrecord" />
*] – 2 ({{fb|POL}}, both in 2022)<ref name="everynewrecord">{{Cite web |date=22 December 2022 |title=Every major FIFA World Cup record broken at Qatar 2022 |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/sport/fifa-world-cup-2022/article/every-major-fifa-world-cup-record-broken-at-qatar-2022/saar6q86j |access-date=25 December 2022 |website=SBS Sport }}</ref>

===Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out===
*] – 3 (for {{fb|POR}} vs. {{fb|ENG}}, 2006)<ref name="Saves Shoot-out">{{cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/esportes/catar-2022/noticia/2022/12/heroi-da-croacia-livakovic-iguala-recorde-de-defesas-de-penaltis-em-copas-do-mundo.ghtml |title=Herói da Croácia, Livaković iguala recorde de defesas de pênaltis em Copas do Mundo |website=O Globo |date=5 December 2022 |access-date=24 December 2022 |language=pt |url-access=registration }}</ref>
*] – 3 (for {{fb|CRO}} vs. {{fb|DEN}}, 2018)<ref name="Saves Shoot-out" />
*] – 3 (for {{fb|CRO}} vs. {{fb|JPN}}, 2022)<ref name="Saves Shoot-out" />

===Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs===
*] – 4 ({{fb|FRG}}, 1982–1986)<ref name="everynewrecord" />
*] – 4 ({{fb|ARG|1861}}, 1990)<ref name="everynewrecord" />
*Danijel Subašić – 4 ({{fb|CRO}}, 2018)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/4/blog/post/3559381/by-the-numbers-back-to-back-shootout-wins-for-croatiarecord-penalty-saves-for-danijel-subasic |title=By the numbers: Back-to-back shootout wins for Croatia, record penalty saves for Subasic |last=Sen |first=Debayan |date=7 July 2018 |publisher=] |access-date=19 July 2018 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424105931/http://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/4/blog/post/3559381/by-the-numbers-back-to-back-shootout-wins-for-croatiarecord-penalty-saves-for-danijel-subasic |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="everynewrecord" />
*Dominik Livaković – 4 ({{fb|CRO}}, 2022)<ref name="everynewrecord" />

==Coaching==
===Most matches coached===
*] – 25 ({{fb|FRG}}, 1966–1978)<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 August 2017 |title=Behind the World Cup record: Helmut Schon |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2018russia/news/behind-the-world-cup-record-helmut-schon-2903230 |access-date=23 December 2022 |publisher=FIFA }}</ref>

===Most matches won===
*Helmut Schön – 16 ({{fb|FRG}}, 1966–1978)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Most wins as player and coach combined |url=https://iffhs.com/posts/2409 |access-date=23 December 2022 |website=IFFHS}}</ref>

===Most tournaments won===
*] – 2 ({{fb|ITA|1861}}, 1934–1938)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Chris |date=15 December 2022|title=World Cup 2022: Vittorio Pozzo's legacy and a record that is finally under threat |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63873325 |access-date=23 December 2022 |website=BBC Sport }}</ref>

===Most tournaments as a coach===
*] – 6 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010)<ref name="Parreira">{{cite web|url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/superesportes/2009/12/08/interna_superesportes,159715/parreira-nao-teme-marca-negativa-nas-copas.shtml |title=Parreira não teme marca negativa nas Copas |website=Correio Braziliense |date=8 December 2009 |language=pt |access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref>

===Most different nations coached===
*] – 5 ({{fb|MEX}} in 1986, {{fb|CRC}} in 1990, {{fb|USA}} in 1994, {{fb|NGA}} in 1998 and {{fb|CHN}} in 2002)<ref name="Milutinovic"/>
*Carlos Alberto Parreira – 5 ({{fb|KUW}} in 1982, {{fb|UAE}} in 1990, {{fb|BRA}} in 1994 and 2006, {{fb|KSA}} in 1998 and {{fb|RSA}} in 2010)<ref name="Parreira" />

===Most consecutive tournaments as a coach===
*Bora Milutinović – 5 (1986–2002)<ref name="Milutinovic">{{Cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/behind-the-world-cup-record-bora-milutinovic-2890944 |title=Behind the World Cup record: Bora Milutinovic |publisher=FIFA |date=7 September 2020 |access-date=7 September 2020 |archive-date=7 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907103955/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/behind-the-world-cup-record-bora-milutinovic-2890944 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team===
*] – 4 ({{fb|ENG}}, 1950–1962)<ref name="coach_same">{{Cite web |title=The coach at the most editions |url=https://www.iffhs.com/index.php/posts/2307 |access-date=26 December 2022 |website=IFFHS}}</ref>
*Helmut Schön – 4 ({{fb|FRG}}, 1966–1978)<ref name="coach_same" />

===Youngest coach===
*] – {{Age in years and days|1902|10|21|1930|7|15}} ({{fb|ARG|1861}}, 1930)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Youngest coach in a FIFA Women's World Cup |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/379936-youngest-coach-in-a-fifa-womens-world-cup |access-date=25 December 2022 |publisher=Guinness World Records }}</ref>

===Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team===
*] – {{Age in years and days|1898|11|20|1930|7|30}} ({{fb|URU}}, 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pavlović |first=Svetozar |date=15 December 2022 |title=Which team won the first World Cup? When and where was it played? |url=https://en.as.com/soccer/which-team-won-the-first-world-cup-when-and-where-was-it-played-n/ |access-date=26 December 2022 |website=Diario AS }}</ref>

===Oldest coach===
*] – {{Age in years and days|1938|8|9|2010|6|22}} ({{fb|GRE}}, 2010)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.agonasport.com/agonasport-allnews/rehhagel-still-holds-record-for-oldest-world-cup-manager|title=Rehhagel still holds record for oldest World Cup manager |work=Agona Sport |date=13 June 2018 |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>

===Oldest coach of a World Cup winning team===
*] – {{Age in years and days|1950|12|23|2010|7|11}} ({{fb|ESP}}, 2010)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/100-great-world-cup-moments-qatar-2022-60-del-bosque-spain-oldest-coach-2010 |title=Veteran Vicente leads Spain to the summit (60) - 100 great World Cup moments |publisher=FIFA |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>

==Refereeing==

===Most tournaments===
* ] – 3 (], 1930–1938)<ref>{{Cite web |title=1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay: Argentina - Chile |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1930uruguay/match-center/1084 |access-date=7 February 2023 |website=FIFA.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1934 FIFA World Cup Italy: Czechoslovakia - Romania |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1934italy/match-center/1141 |access-date=7 February 2023 |website=FIFA.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=1938 FIFA World Cup France: Switzerland - Germany |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1938france/match-center/1165 |access-date=7 February 2023 |website=FIFA.com |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – 3 (], 1934–1950)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ivan Eklind - Matches as referee |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/ivan-eklind/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – 3 (], 1950–1958)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandy Griffiths - Matches as referee |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/sandy-griffiths/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – 3 (], 1950–1958)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arthur Ellis - Matches as referee |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/arthur-ellis/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – 3 (], 1958–1966)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan Gardeazábal Garay - Matches as referee |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/juan-gardeazabal-garay/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – 3 (], 1982–1990)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Erik Fredriksson - Matches as referee |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/erik-fredriksson/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – 3 (], 1986–1994)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamal Al Sharif - Matches as referee |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/jamal-al-sharif/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – 3 (], 1986–1994)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joël Quiniou - Matches as referee |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/joel-quiniou/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – 3 (], 1994–2002)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ali Bujsaim - Matches as referee |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/ali-bujsaim/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – 3 (], 2002–2010)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Óscar Ruiz - Matches as referee |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/oscar-ruiz/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – 3 (], 2002–2010)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carlos Simon - Matches as referee |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/carlos-simon/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – 3 (], 2006–2014)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marco Rodríguez - Matches as referee |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/marco-rodriguez/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref>
* ]{{efn|name=notmain|Attended three tournaments but did not act as main referee in all of them. Instead, he was exclusively used as a ] in a minimum of one edition.}} – 3 (], 2010–2018)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joel Aguilar - Matches as referee |url=https://worldreferee.com/referee/joel_aguilar/ |access-date=28 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Slovenia vs. England - 23 June 2010 |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2010/06/23/world/world-cup/slovenia/england/878788/|access-date=28 March 2023 |website=Soccerway}}</ref>
* ] – 3 (], 2010–2018)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ravshan Irmatov - Matches as referee |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/ravshan-irmatov/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref>
* ]{{efn|name=notmain}} – 3 (], 2014–2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alireza Faghani - Matches as referee |url=https://worldreferee.com/referee/alireza_faghani/ |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brazil vs. Serbia - Football Match Summary |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/633802 |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Uruguay vs. England - 19 June 2014 |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/06/19/world/world-cup/uruguay/england/1220090/|access-date=20 May 2023 |website=Soccerway}}</ref>
* ] – 3 (], 2014–2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bakary Gassama - Matches as referee |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/bakary-gassama/1/1/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net |language=en}}</ref>

===Most matches refereed, overall===
* Ravshan Irmatov – 11 (Uzbekistan, 2010–2018)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2018russia/news/9-days-to-go-irmatov-world-cup-record-2953218 |title=9 days to go: Irmatov's World Cup record |publisher=FIFA |date=18 June 2018 |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>

===Youngest referee===
* Juan Gardeazábal – 24 years and 193 days (Spain, 1958)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kundu |first=Abhishek |date=22 May 2018 |title=FIFA World Cup: 10 records that might never be broken |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/10-fifa-world-cup-records-might-never-be-broken |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=Sportskeeda |page=8 }}</ref>

===Oldest referee===
* ] – 53 years and 236 days (England, 1950)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Oldest referee at the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup finals |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-referee-at-the-football-(soccer)-fifa-world-cup-finals |access-date=4 January 2023 |publisher=Guinness World Records }}</ref>

==Discipline==
{{hatnote|There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of ]s in 1970.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/CmpWC/CmpWCPlyrsDisc.html |title=Discipline at World Cup Final Tournaments 1950 – 2018 by Tournament |last1=Goodwin |first1=Chris |last2=Young |first2=Peter |website=England Football Online |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629074401/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/CmpWC/CmpWCPlyrsDisc.html |archive-date=29 June 2018 |url-status=live |access-date=19 July 2018 }}</ref>}}

===Fastest caution===
* ] – 11 seconds (for {{fb|MEX}} vs. {{fb|SWE}}, 2018)<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 June 2018 |title=Mexico yellow card fastest in World Cup history |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/mexico/story/3547297/jesus-gallardos-yellow-card-for-mexico-fastest-in-world-cup-history |access-date=28 January 2023 |publisher=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>

===Fastest sending off===
* ] – 56 seconds (for {{fb|URU}} vs. {{fb|SCO}}, 1986)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2014/6/world-cup-rewind-jos%C3%A9-batista-clocks-up-the-fastest-ever-sending-off-57934 |title=World Cup Rewind: José Batista clocks up the fastest ever sending off |publisher=Guinness World Records |date=9 June 2014 |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>

===Fastest sending off, qualification===
* ] – 37 seconds (for {{fb|BHR}} vs. {{fb|IRN}}, 11 October 2011, ])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marioni |first=Massimo |date=12 October 2011 |title=Rashed Al Hooti gets the 'fastest international red card ever' for Bahrain |url=https://metro.co.uk/2011/10/12/rashed-al-hooti-gets-the-fastest-international-red-card-ever-for-bahrain-182121/ |access-date=28 January 2023 |newspaper=Metro |language=en}}</ref>

===Latest caution===
* ] – During penalty shoot-out (for {{fb|ARG}} vs. {{fb|FRA}}, 2022){{efn|Putting French players off.<ref name="emiliano_martinez" />}}<ref name="emiliano_martinez">{{Cite news |last=Glendenning |first=Barry |date=19 December 2022 |title=Emiliano Martínez: shootouts, controversy and World Cup success |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/19/emiliano-martinez-shootouts-controversy-and-world-cup-success |access-date=24 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Latest sending off===
* ] – After penalty shoot-out (for {{fb|ARG|1861}} vs. {{fb|GER}}, 2006){{efn|Cufré was ] for kicking ] in an altercation following the ].<ref name="cufre" />}}<ref name="cufre">{{Cite news |last=Jackson |first=Jamie |date=1 July 2006 |title=Pekerman ethos blown up in a fit of emotion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jul/02/worldcup2006.sport16 |access-date=24 May 2023 |newspaper=The Guardian |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* ] – After penalty shoot-out (for {{fb|NED}} vs. {{fb|ARG}}, 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bettoni |first=Lorenzo |date=10 December 2022 |title=Why Inter star Dumfries was sent off in Argentina-Netherlands |url=https://football-italia.net/why-inter-star-dumfries-was-sent-off-in-argentina-netherlands/ |access-date=24 May 2023 |website=Football Italia}}</ref>

===Sent off from the bench===
* ] (for {{fb|ARG|1861}} vs. {{fb|SWE}}, 2002)<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 June 2022 |title=Caniggia hit by ban and fine |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/argentina/newsid_2067000/2067942.stm |access-date=24 May 2023 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Most cards (all-time, player)===
* ] – 7 ({{fb|ARG}}, 2006–2018)<ref name="Mascherano">{{cite news |url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/mascherano-makes-unwanted-world-cup-history-as-argentina-bow-out-/pdqvz713x41p1kpvpsrpjvaq8 |title=Mascherano makes unwanted World Cup history as Argentina bow out of Russia 2018 |last=Burton |first=Chris |website=Goal.com |access-date=1 July 2018 |archive-date=30 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630225559/http://www.goal.com/en/news/mascherano-makes-unwanted-world-cup-history-as-argentina-bow-out-/pdqvz713x41p1kpvpsrpjvaq8 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Most cautions (all-time, player)===
* ] – 7 ({{fb|ARG}}, 2006–2018)<ref name="Mascherano" />

===Most sendings off (all-time, player)===
* ] – 2 ({{fb|CMR}}, 1994 and 1998)<ref name="redcards_records">{{Cite web |last=Ibrahim |first=Mina |date=25 November 2022 |title=History, records, controversy: Everything you need to know about World Cup red cards |url=https://theathletic.com/3914522/2022/11/25/world-cup-red-card-history/ |access-date=28 January 2023 |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref>
* ] – 2 ({{fb|FRA|1974}}, 1998 and 2006)<ref name="redcards_records" />

===Most sendings off (tournament)===
* 2006 – 28 (in 64 games)<ref name="redcards_records" />

===Most sendings off (all-time, team)===
* {{fb|BRA}} – 11 (in 97 games)<ref name="redcards_records" />

===Most sendings off (match, both teams)===
* 2 each for {{fb|POR}} and {{fb|NED}} – 4 (2006){{efn|Also known as ].}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Ryan |date=17 October 2014 |title=10 Matches with a Shocking Amount of Red Cards |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2235142-10-matches-with-a-shocking-amount-of-red-cards |access-date=24 May 2023 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}</ref>

===Most sendings off (final match)===
* 2 for {{fb|ARG|1861}} vs. {{fb|FRG}}, 1990{{efn|The players sent off were ] and ].<ref name="ARG_GER_1990" />}}<ref name="ARG_GER_1990">{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Jerrad |date=8 September 2013 |title=World Cup Infamy: The 5 Players Sent Off in World Cup Finals |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1765504-world-cup-infamy-the-5-players-sent-off-in-world-cup-finals |access-date=24 May 2023 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}</ref>

===Most cautions (tournament)===
* 2006 – 345 (in 64 matches)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soergel |first=Andrew |date=12 June 2014 |title=Counting the Cards at the World Cup |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2014/06/12/counting-the-cards-at-the-world-cup |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref>

===Most cautions (all-time, team)===
* {{fb|ARG}} – 88 (in 64 games until 2006)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-a7BAAAQBAJ&q=portugal%2520vs%2520netherlands%25202006%2520most%2520cautions&pg=PT53 |title=The World Cup, A Very Peculiar History |last=Arscott |first=David |date=2012 |publisher=Andrews UK Limited |isbn=9781908759481 |access-date=12 December 2020 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808074114/https://books.google.com/books?id=c-a7BAAAQBAJ&q=portugal%2520vs%2520netherlands%25202006%2520most%2520cautions&pg=PT53 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{better ref needed|reason=Source publishes in 2012, hence missing 3 WCs (and counting)|date=February 2023}}

===Most cautions (match, one team)===
* {{fb|ARG}} – 10 (2022, vs. {{fb|NED}})<ref name="battle">{{Cite news |date=2022-12-10 |title=Netherlands vs. Argentina 'Battle of Lusail' sees record 18 yellow cards |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/blog-the-toe-poke/story/4829954/netherlands-vs-argentina-world-cup-quarterfinal-sees-record-18-yellow-cards |access-date=2023-02-03 |publisher=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>

===Most cautions (match, both teams)===
* 8 for {{fb|NED}} and 10 for {{fb|ARG}} – 18 (2022)<ref name="battle"/>

===Most cautions (match, player)===
* ] – 3 (61', 90', 93') (for {{fb|CRO}} vs. {{fb|AUS}}, 2006) (referee: ]){{efn|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.<ref name="three_yellows">{{Cite news |date=20 November 2022 |title=FIFA World Cup: When referee Graham Poll mistakenly gave three yellow cards to Croatian defender Josip Simunic in 2006 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/uk/fifa-world-cup-when-referee-graham-poll-mistakenly-gave-three-yellow-cards-to-croatian-defender-josip-simunic-in-2006/articleshow/95641709.cms?from=mdr |access-date=28 January 2023 |newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref>}}<ref name="three_yellows" />

===Most cautions (final match, both teams)===
* 9 for {{fb|NED}} and 5 for {{fb|ESP}} – 14 (2010)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/12/world-cup-final-holland-spain-del-bosque|title=World Cup final: Beauty was rewarded in the end – Vicente del Bosque|last=Fifield|first=Dominic|date=12 July 2010|work=]|access-date=13 July 2010|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808074138/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jul/12/world-cup-final-holland-spain-del-bosque|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Most suspensions (tournament, player)===
* ] – 2 ({{fb|CMR}}, 1990){{efn|Biyik missed the team's second game after receiving a red card in the first,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dove |first=Ed |date=27 November 2022 |title=Cameroon 1990: Celebrating Africa's World Cup pioneers |url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/cameroon-1990-celebrating-africa-s-world-cup-pioneers/blt8da5407090ceef78 |access-date=7 June 2023 |publisher=Goal |language=en-GB}}</ref> and then missed Cameroon's fifth game after yellow cards in the third and fourth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cameroon vs. Soviet Union - Football Match Summary - June 18, 1990 |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/197987 |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cameroon vs. Colombia - Football Match Summary - June 23, 1990 |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/match/_/gameId/198009 |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref> Others, including ] in ], have earned a second suspension in their team's final match of the tournament, not servable during the tournament.}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pagani |first=Francesco Federico |date=22 May 2010 |title=FIFA World Cup records: i record Mondiali! |url=https://sciabolatamorbida.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/fifa-world-cup-records-i-record-mondiali/ |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=Sciabolata Morbida |language=it-IT}}</ref>

==Teams: Matches played/goals scored==
===All time===

====Most matches played====
* {{fb|BRA}} – 114<ref name="all_time" />

====Most wins====
* {{fb|BRA}} – 76<ref name="all_time" />

====Most losses====
* {{fb|MEX}} – 28<ref name="all_time" />

====Most draws====
* {{fb|ENG}} – 22<ref name="all_time" />

====Most goals scored====
* {{fb|BRA}} – 237<ref name="all_time" />

====Most goalscorers====
* {{fb|BRA}} – 85<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Cup » All-time Topscorers |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/alltime_goalgetter/wm/tore/1/ |access-date=15 June 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=World Cup » All-time Topscorers » Brazil|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/alltime_goalgetter/wm/tore/brasilien-team/1/|access-date=15 June 2023 |website=WorldFootball.net}}</ref>

====Most goals conceded====
* {{fb|GER}} – 130<ref name="all_time" />

====Fewest goals scored====
* {{fb|CHN}} – 0<ref name="all_time" />
* {{fb|Dutch East Indies}} – 0<ref name="all_time" />
* {{fb|TRI}} – 0<ref name="all_time" />
* {{fb|Zaire}} – 0<ref name="all_time" />

====Highest goal difference====
* {{fb|BRA}} – +129<ref name="all_time" />

===In one tournament===

====Most goals scored====
* {{fb|HUN|1949}} – 27 (1954){{efn|name=pksnotgoals|Penalties awarded in a match count towards the team’s total, but penalties in a shootout do not.}}<ref name="1954_records">{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Daniel |date=13 July 2018 |title=The Most Important Soccer Game Ever Played |url=https://www.theringer.com/soccer/2018/7/13/17568582/world-cup-most-important-game-1954-final-hungary-west-germany |access-date=25 February 2023 |website=] |language=en}}</ref>

====Fewest goals conceded====
* {{fb|SUI}} – 0 (2006){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=Switzerland built on a well-drilled defence |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/switzerland-world-cup-qatar-2022-fixtures-coach-key-players |access-date=11 March 2023 |publisher=FIFA}}</ref>

====Most goals conceded====
* {{fb|KOR|1949}} – 16 (1954){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref name="soutk_korea_1954">{{Cite news |last=Stubbings |first=David |date=6 June 2018 |title=World Cup rewind: Goals aplenty at Switzerland 1954 with 140 strikes in just 26 matches |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/6/world-cup-rewind-goals-aplenty-at-switzerland-1954-with-140-strikes-in-just-26-m |access-date=11 March 2023 |publisher=Guinness World Records |language=en-gb}}</ref>

====Most matches gone into extra time====
* {{fb|BEL}} – 3 (1986)<ref name="extratime_mostmatches">{{Cite web |last=Ricci |first=Dario |date=15 July 2018 |title=Francia per la storia, Croazia per la leggenda: tutti i segreti della finale |url=https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/francia-la-storia-croazia-la-leggenda-tutti-segreti-finale-AEyhu0LF |access-date=5 September 2023 |website=Il Sole 24 Ore |language=it}}</ref>
* {{fb|ENG}} – 3 (1990)<ref name="extratime_mostmatches"/>
* {{fb|ARG}} – 3 (2014)<ref name="extratime_mostmatches"/>
* {{fb|CRO}} – 3 (2018)<ref name="extratime_mostmatches"/>

====Most minutes without conceding a goal====
* {{fb|ITA}} – 517 mins (1990){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=#ReachOut: Walter Zenga urges people to talk and listen |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/medical/news/reach-out-walter-zenga-urges-people-to-talk-and-listen |access-date=11 March 2023 |publisher=FIFA |language=en}}</ref>

====Highest goal difference in a tournament====
* {{fb|HUN|1949}} – +17 (1954){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref name="1954_records" />

====Highest goal difference, champions====
* {{fb|BRA}} – +14 (2002){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref name="highestdifference_champions">{{Cite web |last=Silver |first=Nate |date=13 July 2014 |title=Germany May Be the Best National Soccer Team Ever |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/germany-may-be-the-best-national-soccer-team-ever/ |access-date=5 September 2023 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en-US}}</ref>
* {{fb|GER}} – +14 (2014){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref name="highestdifference_champions" />

====Lowest goal difference====
* {{fb|KOR|1949}} – −16 (1954){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref name="soutk_korea_1954" />

====Lowest goal difference, champions====
* {{fb|ITA|1861}} / {{fb|ITA|1946}} – +6 (1938 and 1982){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref name="highestdifference_champions" />
* {{fb|ESP}} – +6 (2010){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref name="highestdifference_champions" />

====Highest average of goals scored per match====
* {{fb|HUN|1949}} – 5.40 (1954){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref name="pinnacle">{{Cite web |date=22 May 2018 |title=Who is the best team in World Cup history? |url=https://www.pinnacle.com/en/betting-articles/World-Cup/the-pinnacle-world-cup/2TZ2CMFJTW4SWUCP |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=Pinnacle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928183331/http://www.pinnacle.com/en/betting-articles/World-Cup/the-pinnacle-world-cup/2TZ2CMFJTW4SWUCP |archive-date=28 September 2022 }}</ref>

====Highest average goal difference per match====
* {{fb|HUN|1949}} – +3.2 (1954)<ref name="pinnacle" />

====Most goals scored, champions====
* {{fb|FRG}} – 25 (1954){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref name="1954_records" />

====Fewest goals scored, champions====
* {{fb|ESP}} – 8 (2010){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 July 2010 |title=Spain set record of fewest goals for Cup winners |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-world-spain-goals/spain-set-record-of-fewest-goals-for-cup-winners-idUKTRE66A2LF20100711/ |access-date=4 January 2023 |work=Reuters}}</ref>

====Fewest goals scored, finalists====
* {{fb|ARG|1861}} – 5 (1990){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kapadia |first=Novy |title=The Football Fanatic's Essential Guide: 2018 World Cup Special |publisher=Hachette India |year=2018 |isbn=9789350096147 |pages=7}}</ref>

====Fewest goals conceded, champions====
* {{fb|FRA|1974}} – 2 (1998){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref name="sportmonks">{{Cite web |title=World Cup Facts & Records |url=https://www.sportmonks.com/football-api/world-cup-2022-qatar/facts-records/ |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=Sportmonks }}</ref>
* {{fb|ITA|2003}} – 2 (2006){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref name="sportmonks"/>
* {{fb|ESP}} – 2 (2010){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref name="sportmonks"/>

====Most goals conceded, champions====
* {{fb|FRG}} – 14 (1954){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref name="1954_records" />

====Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions====
* {{fb|ESP}} – 1.14 (2010){{efn|name=pksnotgoals}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=15 July 2020 |title=5966 Touches And Eight Goals: The Numbers Beneath Spain's Polarising 2010 World Cup |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-5966-touches-and-eight-goals-the-numbers-beneath-spains-polarising-2010-world-cup/356781 |access-date=8 February 2023 |magazine=]}}</ref>

====Most penalties scored (excluding shoot-outs)====
* {{fb|POR}} – 4 (1966)<ref name="penalties">{{Cite news |last=Farrell |first=Dom |date=18 December 2022 |title=Most penalties for one team in a World Cup: Argentina, Lionel Messi lead for pens received at Qatar 2022 |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/most-penalties-one-team-world-cup-argentina-lionel-messi/r3qnxmtxb7wpe5lqdx5eq8dy |access-date=3 January 2023 |work=The Sporting News }}</ref>
* {{fb|NED}} – 4 (1978)<ref name="penalties"/>
* {{fb|ARG}} – 4 (2022)<ref name="penalties"/>

====Most penalties awarded (excluding shoot-outs)====
* {{fb|ARG}} – 5 (2022)<ref name="penalties"/>

==Hat-tricks==
{{main|List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks}}

==Attendance==
{{See also|List of sports attendance figures}}
===Highest attendance===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Date
!Venue
!Match
!Attendance
!Source
|-
|1
|{{dts|16 July 1950}}
|], ]
|]
|{{nts|173850}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/6/world-cup-rewind-world-cup-rewind-largest-attendance-at-a-match-in-the-1950-brazil-final|title=World Cup Rewind: Largest attendance at a match in the 1950 Brazil final|date=12 June 2018|author=Mike Janela |publisher=]|access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2
|{{dts|13 July 1950}}
|Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
|]
|{{nts|152772}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/brazil-v-spain-13-july-1950-225869/ |title=Brazil v Spain, 13 July 1950 |website=11v11.com |accessdate=19 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|3
|{{dts|1 July 1950}}
|Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
|]
|{{nts|142409}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/brazil-v-yugoslavia-01-july-1950-225860/ |title=Brazil v Yugoslavia, 01 July 1950 |website=11v11.com |accessdate=19 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|4
|{{dts|9 July 1950}}
|Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro
|]
|{{nts|138886}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/brazil-v-sweden-09-july-1950-225868/ |title=Brazil v Sweden, 09 July 1950 |website=11v11.com |accessdate=19 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|5
|{{dts|7 June 1986}}
|], ]
|]
|{{nts|114600}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/mexico-v-paraguay-07-june-1986-239893/ |title=Mexico v Paraguay, 07 June 1986 |website=11v11.com |accessdate=19 December 2022}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|29 June 1986}}
|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
|]
|{{nts|114600}}
|<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/argentina-v-west-germany-29-june-1986-239928/ |title=Argentina v West Germany, 29 July 1986 |website=11v11.com |accessdate=19 December 2022}}</ref>
|}

===Lowest attendance===
*{{fb|ROU}} vs. {{fb|PER|1825}} – 300 (14 July 1930, ], ])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lance.com.br/copa-do-mundo/saiba-quais-foram-os-maiores-publicos-de-todas-as-copas-do-mundo.html |title=Saiba quais foram os maiores públicos de todas as Copas do Mundo |newspaper=Lance! |date=27 November 2022 |language=pt |access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref>

===Highest average of attendance===
*1994 – 69,174 per match<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Michael |date=2 July 2020 |title=Fourth of July Retrospective: USA Wins Right to Host 1994 FIFA World Cup |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2020/07/fourth-of-july-retrospective-usa-wins-right-to-host-1994-fifa-world-cup |access-date=20 December 2022 |website=U.S. Soccer }}</ref>

===Highest aggregated attendance===
*1994 – 3,594,042<ref name="Attendance">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-10-ss-14092-story.html |title=WORLD CUP USA 1994 : They Caught the Fever : World Cup '94 Will Shatter Attendance Records--Even With Dallas |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=10 July 1994 |access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref>

===Lowest average of attendance===
*1934 – 21,239<ref name="Attendance" />

===Lowest aggregated attendance===
*1934 – 358,000<ref name="Attendance" />

===Statistics per tournament===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Hosts
!rowspan="2"| Venues/<br />Cities
!rowspan="2"| Total<br />attendance †
!rowspan="2"| Matches
!rowspan="2"| Average<br />attendance
!colspan="3"| Highest attendances ‡
|-
! Number
! class="unsortable"|Venue
! Game(s)
|-
|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Uruguay}}||data-sort-value="03"|3/1||590,549||18||32,808||79,867||align=left|<small>], Montevideo</small>||align=left|<small>Uruguay 6–1 Yugoslavia, semi-final</small>
|-
|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Italy|1861}}||data-sort-value="08"|8/8||363,000||17||21,353||55,000||align=left|<small>], Rome</small>||align=left|<small>]</small>
|-
|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|France|1794}}||10/9|||375,700||18||20,872||58,455||align=left|<small>], Paris</small>||align=left|<small>France 1–3 Italy, quarter-final</small>
|-
|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Brazil|1889}}||data-sort-value="06"|6/6||1,045,246||22||47,511||173,850<ref name="maracana">{{Cite news|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/6/world-cup-rewind-world-cup-rewind-largest-attendance-at-a-match-in-the-1950-brazil-final|title=World Cup Rewind: Largest attendance at a match in the 1950 Brazil final|date=12 June 2018|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=4 July 2018|language=en-GB|quote="Officially, 173,850 paid spectators crammed into Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã Stadium on July 16, 1950. Some estimates have even pegged the attendance as high as 199,000 or 210,000 unofficially"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613000614/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/6/world-cup-rewind-world-cup-rewind-largest-attendance-at-a-match-in-the-1950-brazil-final|archive-date=13 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>||align=left|<small>], Rio de Janeiro</small>||align=left|<small>]</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Switzerland}}||data-sort-value="06"|6/6||768,607||26||29,562||62,500||align=left|<small>], Bern</small>||align=left|<small>]</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Sweden}}||12/12||819,810||35||23,423||50,928||align=left|<small>], Gothenburg</small>||align=left|<small>Brazil 2–0 Soviet Union, group stage</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Chile}}||data-sort-value="04"|4/4||893,172||32||27,912||76,594||align=left|<small>], Santiago</small>||align=left|<small>Brazil 4–2 Chile, semi-final</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|England}}||data-sort-value="08"|8/7||1,563,135||32||48,848||98,270||align=left|<small>], London</small>||align=left|<small>England 2–0 France, group stage</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Mexico}}||data-sort-value="05"|5/5||1,603,975||32||50,124||108,192||align=left|<small>], Mexico City</small>||align=left|<small>Mexico 1–0 Belgium, group stage</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left" data-sort-value="Germany"|{{flag|West Germany}}||data-sort-value="09"|9/9||1,865,753||38||49,099||83,168||align=left|<small>], Munich</small>||align=left|<small>West Germany 1–0 Chile, group stage</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Argentina}}||data-sort-value="06"|6/5||1,545,791||38||40,679||71,712||align=left|<small>], Buenos Aires</small>||align=left|<small>Italy 1–0 Argentina, group stage</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Spain}}||17/14||2,109,723||52||40,572||95,500||align=left|<small>], Barcelona</small>||align=left|<small>Argentina 0–1 Belgium, Opening match</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Mexico}}||12/11||2,394,031||52||46,039||114,600||align=left|<small>], Mexico City</small>||align=left|<small>''Two matches, including the ], all at Estadio Azteca''</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Italy|1946}}||12/12||2,516,215||52||48,389||74,765||align=left|<small>], Milan</small>||align=left|<small>West Germany 4–1 Yugoslavia, group stage</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|United States}}||data-sort-value="09"|9/9||3,587,538||52||68,991||94,194||align=left|<small>], Pasadena, California</small>||align=left|<small>]</small>
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|style="text-align: center" |]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|France|1974}}||10/10||2,785,100||64||43,517||80,000||align=left|<small>], Saint-Denis</small>||align=left|<small>''Four matches, including the ], all at Stade de France''</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|South Korea|1997}}<br />{{flag|Japan}}||20/20||2,705,197||64||42,269||69,029||align=left|<small>], Yokohama, Japan</small>||align=left|<small>]</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Germany}}||12/12||3,359,439||64||52,491||72,000||align=left|<small>], Berlin</small>||align=left|<small>''Five matches, all at Olympiastadion''</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|South Africa}}||10/9||3,178,856||64||49,670||84,490||align=left|<small>], Johannesburg</small>||align=left|<small>''Two matches, including the ], all at Soccer City''</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Brazil}}||12/12||3,429,873||64||53,592||74,738||align=left|<small>], Rio de Janeiro</small>||align=left|<small>]</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align: left"|{{flag|Russia}}||12/11||3,031,768||64||47,371||78,011||align=left|<small>], Moscow</small>||align=left|<small>''Seven matches, including the ], all at Luzhniki Stadium''</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align: left"|{{flag|Qatar}}||8/5|| 3,404,252 || 64|| 53,191 || 88,966 ||align=left|<small>], Lusail</small>||align=left|<small>''Three matches, including the ], all at Lusail Stadium''</small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align: left"|''{{flag|Canada}}<br />{{flag|Mexico}}<br />{{flag|United States}}''|| 16/16 || ||''104''|| || ||align=left|<small> </small>||align=left|<small> </small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align: left"|''{{flag|Morocco}}<br />{{flag|Portugal}}<br />{{flag|Spain}}''{{efn|'''Opening three games hosts''':<br />{{flag|Argentina}}<br />{{flag|Paraguay}}<br />{{flag|Uruguay}}''|name=hosts2030}}|| 20/20 || ||''104''|| || ||align=left|<small> </small>||align=left|<small> </small>
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|style="text-align: center"| ]||style="text-align: left"|''{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}''|| 15/5 || ||''104''|| || ||align=left|<small> </small>||align=left|<small> </small>
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!colspan="3"|Overall||'''43,936,730'''||'''964'''||45,577||173,850<ref name="maracana" />||<small>], Rio de Janeiro (1950)</small>||
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{{†}} Source: FIFA<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/30/fs-301_01a_fwc-stats.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215131121/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/30/fs-301_01a_fwc-stats.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 February 2010 |title=FIFA World Cup competition records |work=FIFA.com |publisher=] |page=2 |access-date=30 January 2013}}</ref>

{{‡}} The best-attended single match has been the final in 11 of the 21 World Cups {{as of|2018|lc=y}}. Another match or matches drew more attendance than the final in 1930, 1938, 1958, 1962, 1970–1982, 1990, and 2006.

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As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. Eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are Argentina. The most successful nation is Brazil, which has won the cup on five occasions. Five teams have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals without winning, while twelve more have appeared in the semi-finals.

List of tournaments

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

Overall team records

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

As of 2022 FIFA World Cup
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Brazil 22 114 76 19 19 237 108 +129 247
2  Germany 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 11 45 19 10 16 77 54 +23 67
13  Mexico 17 60 17 15 28 62 101 −39 66
14  Serbia 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 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 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 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 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 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
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


Finals records by team

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

Teams statistics

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

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

Most titles

  •  Brazil – 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

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)

Most second-place finishes

  •  Germany/West Germany – 4 (1966, 1982, 1986 as West Germany, 2002 as Germany)

Most World Cup appearances

  •  Brazil – 22 (every tournament)

Most consecutive championships

  •  Italy – 2 (1934–1938)
  •  Brazil – 2 (1958–1962)

Most consecutive finishes in the top two

Longest gap between successive titles

  •  Italy – 44 years (nine editions, 1938–1982)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two

  •  Argentina – 48 years (10 editions, 1930–1978)

Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup

  •  Wales – 64 years (16 editions, 1958–2022)

Most consecutive failed qualification attempts

Worst finish by defending champions

  • Group stage –  Italy (1950)
  • Group stage –  Brazil (1966)
  • Group stage –  France (2002)
  • Group stage –  Italy (2010)
  • Group stage –  Spain (2014)
  • Group stage –  Germany (2018)

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
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

Most appearances in a World Cup final

Youngest player

Youngest player in a final

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

Oldest player

Oldest player in a final

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
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

Most goals scored in a match

Most goals scored in a final match

Most goals scored in final matches (overall)

  • Kylian Mbappé – 4 ( France, 2018, 2022)

Most consecutive matches scored in

Most tournaments scored in

Milestone goals

Olympic goals

Youngest goalscorer

Youngest goalscorer in a final

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

Oldest goalscorer

Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round

Oldest goalscorer in a final

Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final

Fastest goal

Fastest goal in a final

Latest goal in regular time

Team

Biggest wins

Biggest margin of victory
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
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
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

Top scoring teams by tournament

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.

Tournament

Most goals scored in a tournament

Fewest goals scored in a tournament

Most goals per match in a tournament

  • 1954 – 5.38 goals per match

Fewest goals per match in a tournament

  • 1990 – 2.21 goals per match

Own goals

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.

Most assists

Most assists in a tournament

Most tournaments assisted in

Most assists provided in a match

Most assists provided in final matches

  • Pelé – 3 ( Brazil, 1 in 1958, 2 in 1970)

Most assists in the knockout rounds

Goal contributions

Most goal contributions

Penalty shoot-outs

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

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal

Most goals conceded

Most goals conceded in a tournament

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament for the eventual winners

Most saves in one match

Most penalties saved (excluding penalty shoot-outs)

Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out

Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs

Coaching

Most matches coached

Most matches won

Most tournaments won

Most tournaments as a coach

Most different nations coached

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach

  • Bora Milutinović – 5 (1986–2002)

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team

Youngest coach

Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team

Oldest coach

Oldest coach of a World Cup winning team

Refereeing

Most tournaments

Most matches refereed, overall

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

Youngest referee

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

Oldest referee

Discipline

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

Fastest caution

Fastest sending off

Fastest sending off, qualification

Latest caution

Latest sending off

Sent off from the bench

Most cards (all-time, player)

Most cautions (all-time, player)

Most sendings off (all-time, player)

Most sendings off (tournament)

  • 2006 – 28 (in 64 games)

Most sendings off (all-time, team)

Most sendings off (match, both teams)

Most sendings off (final match)

Most cautions (tournament)

  • 2006 – 345 (in 64 matches)

Most cautions (all-time, team)

Most cautions (match, one team)

Most cautions (match, both teams)

Most cautions (match, player)

Most cautions (final match, both teams)

Most suspensions (tournament, player)

Teams: Matches played/goals scored

All time

Most matches played

Most wins

Most losses

Most draws

Most goals scored

Most goalscorers

Most goals conceded

Fewest goals scored

Highest goal difference

In one tournament

Most goals scored

Fewest goals conceded

Most goals conceded

Most matches gone into extra time

Most minutes without conceding a goal

  •  Italy – 517 mins (1990)

Highest goal difference in a tournament

Highest goal difference, champions

Lowest goal difference

Lowest goal difference, champions

Highest average of goals scored per match

Highest average goal difference per match

Most goals scored, champions

Fewest goals scored, champions

Fewest goals scored, finalists

Fewest goals conceded, champions

Most goals conceded, champions

Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions

Most penalties scored (excluding shoot-outs)

Most penalties awarded (excluding shoot-outs)

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

Lowest attendance

Highest average of attendance

  • 1994 – 69,174 per match

Highest aggregated attendance

  • 1994 – 3,594,042

Lowest average of attendance

  • 1934 – 21,239

Lowest aggregated attendance

  • 1934 – 358,000

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 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		 20/20 104
2034  Saudi Arabia 15/5 104
Overall 43,936,730 964 45,577 173,850 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro (1950)

† Source: FIFA

‡ 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

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 only the Czech Republic 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.
  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.
  10. Different sources give Pelé between 8 and 10 assists.
  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.
  14. Cufré was red carded for kicking Per Mertesacker in an altercation following the match.
  15. Also known as Battle of Nuremberg.
  16. The players sent off were Pedro Monzón and Gustavo Dezotti.
  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.
  18. Biyik missed the team's second game after receiving a red card in the first, and then missed Cameroon's 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.
  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

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