FIFA World Cup records and statistics

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

Overall team records

<onlyinclude>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.

Breakdown of successor team records

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All-time medal table

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

• – 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

Most finishes in the top two

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

Most second-place finishes

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

Most World Cup appearances

• – 22 (every tournament)

Most consecutive championships

• – 2 (1934–1938)
• – 2 (1958–1962)

Most consecutive finishes in the top two

• – 3 (1982–1990)
• – 3 (1994–2002)

Longest gap between successive titles

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

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two

• – 48 years (10 editions, 1930–1978)

Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup

• – 64 years (16 editions, 1958–2022)

Most consecutive failed qualification attempts

• – 22 (all 1934–2026)

Worst finish by defending champions

• Group stage – (1950)
• Group stage – (1966)
• Group stage – (2002)
• Group stage – (2010)
• Group stage – (2014)
• Group stage – (2018)

Players

Most appearances

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

Most championships

• Pelé – 3 (, 1958, 1962 and 1970)

Most appearances in a World Cup final

• Cafu – 3 (; 1994, 1998, 2002)

Youngest player

• Norman Whiteside – (for vs. , 17 June 1982)

Youngest player in a final

• Pelé – (for vs. , 29 June 1958)

Oldest player

• Essam El-Hadary – (for vs. , 25 June 2018)

Oldest player in a final

• Dino Zoff – (for vs. , 11 July 1982)

Goalscoring

Individual

Top goalscorers

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

Most goals scored in a single tournament

• Just Fontaine – 13 (, 1958)

Most goals scored in a match

• Oleg Salenko – 5 (for vs. , 1994)

Most goals scored in a final match

• Geoff Hurst – 3 (for vs. , 1966)
• Kylian Mbappé – 3 (for vs. , 2022)

Most goals scored in final matches (overall)

• Kylian Mbappé – 4 (, 2018, 2022)

Most consecutive matches scored in

• Just Fontaine – 6 (, 1958)
• Jairzinho – 6 (, 1970)

Most tournaments scored in

• Cristiano Ronaldo – 5 (, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Milestone goals

• Scorer of 1st goal – Lucien Laurent (for vs. , 13 July 1930)
• Scorer of 100th goal – Angelo Schiavio (for vs. , 27 May 1934)
• Scorer of 500th goal – Bobby Collins (for vs. , 11 June 1958)
• Scorer of 1,000th goal – Rob Rensenbrink (for vs. , 11 June 1978)
• Scorer of 2,000th goal – Marcus Allbäck (for vs. , 20 June 2006)
• Scorer of 2,500th goal – Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (for vs. , 28 June 2018)

Olympic goals

• 1 – Marcos Coll (for vs. , 3 June 1962)

Youngest goalscorer

• Pelé – (for vs. , 19 June 1958)

Youngest goalscorer in a final

• Pelé – (for vs. , 29 June 1958)

Oldest goalscorer

• Roger Milla – (for vs. , 28 June 1994)

Oldest goalscorer in a final

• Nils Liedholm – (for vs. , 29 June 1958)

Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final

• Lionel Messi – (for vs. , 18 December 2022)

Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round

• Pepe – (for vs. , 6 December 2022)

Fastest goal

• Hakan Şükür – 11 seconds (for vs. , 2002)

Fastest goal in a final

• Johan Neeskens – 90 seconds (for vs. , 1974)

Latest goal in regular time

• Mehdi Taremi – 90+13th minute (for vs. , 2022)

Team

Biggest wins

Biggest win in a final

Highest scoring matches

Most goals in a tournament

• – 27 (1954)

Top scoring teams by tournament

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 – 2022

Fewest goals scored in a tournament

• 70 goals – 1930, 1934

Most goals per match in a tournament

• 5.38 goals per match – 1954

Fewest goals per match in a tournament

• 2.21 goals per match – 1990

Own goals

Assists

Most assists

• Pelé – 10 (, 1958–1970)

Most assists in a tournament

• Raymond Kopa – 9 (, 1958)

Most tournaments assisted in

• Lionel Messi – 5 (, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Most assists provided in a match

• Giovanni Ferrari – 4 (for vs. , 1934)
• Robert Gadocha – 4 (for vs. , 1974)

Most assists provided in final matches

• Pelé – 3 (, 1 in 1958, 2 in 1970)

Most assists in the knockout rounds

• Fritz Walter – 6 ( 1954, 1958)
• Lionel Messi – 6 ( 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Goal contributions

Most goal contributions

• Pelé – 22, 12 goals and 10 assists (, 1958–1970)
• Lionel Messi – 21, 13 goals and 8 assists (, 2006–2022)

Penalty shoot-outs

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets

• Peter Shilton – 10 (, 1982–1990)
• Fabien Barthez – 10 (, 1998–2006)

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal

• Walter Zenga – 517 mins, 5 consecutive clean sheets (, 1990)

Most goals conceded

• Antonio Carbajal – 25 (, 1950–1966)
• Mohamed Al-Deayea – 25 (, 1994–2006)

Most goals conceded in a tournament

• Hong Deok-young – 16 (, 1954)

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament

• Pascal Zuberbühler – 0 (, 2006)

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament for the eventual winners

• Fabien Barthez – 2 (, 1998)
• Gianluigi Buffon – 2 (, 2006)
• Iker Casillas – 2 (, 2010)

Most saves in one match

• Tim Howard – 16 (for vs. , 2014)

Most penalties saved (excluding penalty shoot-outs)

• Jan Tomaszewski – 2 (, both in 1974)
• Brad Friedel – 2 (, both in 2002)
• Iker Casillas – 2 (, 2002, 2010)
• Wojciech Szczęsny – 2 (, both in 2022)

Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out

• Ricardo – 3 (for vs. , 2006)
• Danijel SubaÅ¡ić – 3 (for vs. , 2018)
• Dominik Livaković – 3 (for vs. , 2022)

Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs

• Harald Schumacher – 4 (, 1982–1986)
• Sergio Goycochea – 4 (, 1990)
• Danijel SubaÅ¡ić – 4 (, 2018)
• Dominik Livaković – 4 (, 2022)

Coaching

Most matches coached

• Helmut Schön – 25 (, 1966–1978)

Most matches won

• Helmut Schön – 16 (, 1966–1978)

Most tournaments won

• Vittorio Pozzo – 2 (, 1934–1938)

Most tournaments as a coach

• Carlos Alberto Parreira – 6 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010)

Most different nations coached

• Bora Milutinović – 5 ( in 1986, in 1990, in 1994, in 1998 and in 2002)
• Carlos Alberto Parreira – 5 ( in 1982, in 1990, in 1994 and 2006, in 1998 and in 2010)

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach

• Bora Milutinović – 5 (1986–2002)

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team

• Walter Winterbottom – 4 (, 1950–1962)
• Helmut Schön – 4 (, 1966–1978)

Youngest coach

• Juan José Tramutola – (, 1930)

Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team

• Alberto Suppici – (, 1930)

Oldest coach

• Otto Rehhagel – (, 2010)

Oldest coach of a World Cup winning team

• Vicente del Bosque – (, 2010)

Refereeing

Most tournaments

• John Langenus – 3 (Belgium, 1930–1938)
• Ivan Eklind – 3 (Sweden, 1934–1950)
• Sandy Griffiths – 3 (Wales, 1950–1958)
• Arthur Edward Ellis – 3 (England, 1950–1958)
• Juan Gardeazábal – 3 (Spain, 1958–1966)
• Erik Fredriksson – 3 (Sweden, 1982–1990)
• Jamal Al Sharif – 3 (Syria, 1986–1994)
• Joël Quiniou – 3 (France, 1986–1994)
• Ali Bujsaim – 3 (United Arab Emirates, 1994–2002)
• Óscar Ruiz – 3 (Colombia, 2002–2010)
• Carlos Eugênio Simon – 3 (Brazil, 2002–2010)
• Marco Antonio Rodríguez – 3 (Mexico, 2006–2014)
• Joel Aguilar – 3 (El Salvador, 2010–2018)
• Ravshan Irmatov – 3 (Uzbekistan, 2010–2018)
• Alireza Faghani – 3 (Iran, 2014–2022)
• Bakary Gassama – 3 (Gambia, 2014–2022)

Most matches refereed, overall

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

Youngest referee

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

Oldest referee

• George Reader – 53 years and 236 days (England, 1950)

Discipline

Fastest caution

• Jesús Gallardo – 11 seconds (for vs. , 2018)

Fastest sending off

• José Batista – 56 seconds (for vs. , 1986)

Fastest sending off, qualification

• Rashed Al-Hooti – 37 seconds (for vs. , 11 October 2011, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification)

Latest caution

• Emiliano Martínez – During penalty shoot-out (for vs. , 2022)

Latest sending off

• Leandro Cufré – After penalty shoot-out (for vs. , 2006)
• Denzel Dumfries – After penalty shoot-out (for vs. , 2022)

Sent off from the bench

• Claudio Caniggia (for vs. , 2002)

Most cards (all-time, player)

• Javier Mascherano – 7 (, 2006–2018)

Most cautions (all-time, player)

• Javier Mascherano – 7 (, 2006–2018)

Most sendings off (all-time, player)

• Rigobert Song – 2 (, 1994 and 1998)
• Zinedine Zidane – 2 (, 1998 and 2006)

Most sendings off (tournament)

• 2006 – 28 (in 64 games)

Most sendings off (all-time, team)

• – 11 (in 97 games)

Most sendings off (match, both teams)

• 2 each for and – 4 (2006)

Most sendings off (final match)

• 2 for vs. , 1990

Most cautions (tournament)

• 2006 – 345 (in 64 matches)

Most cautions (match, one team)

• – 10 (2022, vs. )

Most cautions (match, both teams)

• 8 for and 10 for – 18 (2022)

Most cautions (match, player)

• Josip Å imunić – 3 (61', 90', 93') (for vs. , 2006) (referee: Graham Poll)

Most cautions (final match, both teams)

• 9 for and 5 for – 14 (2010)

Most suspensions (tournament, player)

• André Kana-Biyik – 2 (, 1990)

Teams: Matches played/goals scored

All time

Most matches played

• – 114

Most wins

• – 76

Most losses

• – 28

Most draws

• – 22

Most goals scored

• – 237

Most goalscorers

• – 85

Most goals conceded

• – 130

Fewest goals scored

• – 0
• – 0
• – 0
• – 0

Highest goal difference

• – +129

In one tournament

Most goals scored

• – 27 (1954)

Fewest goals conceded

• – 0 (2006)

Most goals conceded

• – 16 (1954)

Most matches gone into extra time

• – 3 (1986)
• – 3 (1990)
• – 3 (2014)
• – 3 (2018)

Most minutes without conceding a goal

• – 517 mins (1990)

Highest goal difference in a tournament

• – +17 (1954)

Highest goal difference, champions

• – +14 (2002)
• – +14 (2014)

Lowest goal difference

• – −16 (1954)

Lowest goal difference, champions

• / – +6 (1938 and 1982)
• – +6 (2010)

Highest average of goals scored per match

• – 5.40 (1954)

Highest average goal difference per match

• – +3.2 (1954)

Most goals scored, champions

• – 25 (1954)

Fewest goals scored, champions

• – 8 (2010)

Fewest goals scored, finalists

• – 5 (1990)

Fewest goals conceded, champions

• – 2 (1998)
• – 2 (2006)
• – 2 (2010)

Most goals conceded, champions

• – 14 (1954)

Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions

• – 1.14 (2010)

Most penalties scored (excluding shoot-outs)

• – 4 (1966)
• – 4 (1978)
• – 4 (2022)

Most penalties awarded (excluding shoot-outs)

• – 5 (2022)

Hat-tricks

Attendance

Highest attendance

Lowest attendance

• vs. – 300 (14 July 1930, Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo)

Highest average of attendance

• 68,991 per match – 1994

Highest aggregated attendance

• 3,587,538 – 1994

Lowest average of attendance

• 21,059 per match – 1934

Lowest aggregated attendance

• 358,000 – 1934

Statistics per tournament

Source: FIFA

The best-attended single match has been the final in 11 of the 21 World Cups . Another match or matches drew more attendance than the final in 1930, 1938, 1958, 1962, 1970–1982, 1990, and 2006.

See also

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

Footnotes

References

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