# AFC Asian Cup records and statistics

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## Summary

First four edition of competition only had four or five teams and played in one single group. Since 1972, the final tournament has introduced the knockout stage. Since 2019, no third place play-off has been played; from 2023, losing semi-finalists are ranked by the AFC based on goal difference in the semi-finals.
Bold text denotes team was host country.
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalist | Top 4 total |
| Japan | 4 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011) | 1 (2019) | — | 1 (2007) | — | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 (1984, 1988, 1996) | 3 (1992, 2000, 2007) | — | — | — | 6 |
| Iran | 3 (1968, 1972, 1976) | — | 5 (1980, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2023) | 1 (1984) | 1 (2019) | 10 |
| South Korea | 2 (1956, 1960) | 4 (1972, 1980, 1988, 2015) | 4 (1964, 2000, 2007, 2011) | 1 (2023) | — | 11 |
| Qatar | 2 (2019, 2023) | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Israel | 1 (1964) | 2 (1956, 1960) | 1 (1968) | — | — | 4 |
| Kuwait | 1 (1980) | 1 (1976) | 1 (1984) | 1 (1996) | — | 4 |
| Australia | 1 (2015) | 1 (2011) | — | — | — | 2 |
| Iraq | 1 (2007) | — | — | 2 (1976, 2015) | — | 3 |
| China | — | 2 (1984, 2004) | 2 (1976, 1992) | 2 (1988, 2000) | — | 6 |
| United Arab Emirates | — | 1 (1996) | 1 (2015) | 1 (1992) | 1 (2019) | 4 |
| India | — | 1 (1964) | — | — | — | 1 |
| Myanmar | — | 1 (1968) | — | — | — | 1 |
| Jordan | — | 1 (2023) | — | — | — | 1 |
| Hong Kong | — | — | 1 (1956) | 1 (1964) | — | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | — | — | 1 (1960) | 1 (1968) | — | 2 |
| Thailand | — | — | 1 (1972) | — | — | 1 |
| Vietnam | — | — | — | 2 (1956, 1960) | — | 2 |
| Cambodia | — | — | — | 1 (1972) | — | 1 |
| North Korea | — | — | — | 1 (1980) | — | 1 |
| Bahrain | — | — | — | 1 (2004) | — | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | — | — | — | 1 (2011) | — | 1 |

## General statistics by tournament

Source:
| Year | Host(s) | Winners | Winning coach | Top scorer(s) (goals) | Best player award |
| 1956 | Hong Kong | South Korea | Kim Sung-gan | Nahum Stelmach (4) | — |
| 1960 | South Korea | South Korea | Kim Yong-sik | Cho Yoon-ok (4) | — |
| 1964 | Israel | Israel | Yosef Merimovich | Inder Singh (2) Mordechai Spiegler (2) | — |
| 1968 | Iran | Iran | Mahmoud Bayati | Homayoun Behzadi (4) Moshe Romano (4) Giora Spiegel (4) | — |
| 1972 | Thailand | Iran | Mohammad Ranjbar | Hossein Kalani (5) | Ebrahim Ashtiani |
| 1976 | Iran | Iran | Heshmat Mohajerani | Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (3) Nasser Nouraei (3) Fathi Kamel (3) | Ali Parvin |
| 1980 | Kuwait | Kuwait | Carlos Alberto Parreira | Behtash Fariba (7) Choi Soon-ho (7) | — |
| 1984 | Singapore | Saudi Arabia | Khalil Al-Zayani | Jia Xiuquan (3) Shahrokh Bayani (3) Nasser Mohammadkhani (3) | Jia Xiuquan |
| 1988 | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Carlos Alberto Parreira | Lee Tae-ho (3) | Kim Joo-sung |
| 1992 | Japan | Japan | Hans Ooft | Fahad Al-Bishi (3) | Kazuyoshi Miura |
| 1996 | United Arab Emirates | Saudi Arabia | Nelo Vingada | Ali Daei (8) | Khodadad Azizi |
| 2000 | Lebanon | Japan | Philippe Troussier | Lee Dong-gook (6) | Hiroshi Nanami |
| 2004 | China | Japan | Zico | A'ala Hubail (5) Ali Karimi (5) | Shunsuke Nakamura |
| 2007 | Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam | Iraq | Jorvan Vieira | Younis Mahmoud (4) Naohiro Takahara (4) Yasser Al-Qahtani (4) | Younis Mahmoud |
| 2011 | Qatar | Japan | Alberto Zaccheroni | Koo Ja-cheol (5) | Keisuke Honda |
| 2015 | Australia | Australia | Ange Postecoglou | Ali Mabkhout (5) | Massimo Luongo |
| 2019 | United Arab Emirates | Qatar | Félix Sánchez | Almoez Ali (9) | Almoez Ali |
| 2023 | Qatar | Qatar | Tintín Márquez | Akram Afif (8) | Akram Afif |
| 2027 | Saudi Arabia | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |

## Debut of national teams

As of 2024, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Laos, Macau, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Brunei, Timor-Leste and Mongolia are yet to make their debut in the contest.
| Year | Debuting teams | Debuting teams | Debuting teams | Successor teams |
| Year | Teams | No. | Cum. | Successor teams |
| 1956 | Hong Kong, Israel, South Korea, South Vietnam | 4 | 4 | |
| 1960 | Republic of China | 1 | 5 | |
| 1964 | India | 1 | 6 | |
| 1968 | Iran, Burma | 2 | 8 | |
| 1972 | Iraq, Khmer Republic, Kuwait, Thailand | 4 | 12 | |
| 1976 | China, Malaysia, South Yemen | 3 | 15 | |
| 1980 | Bangladesh, North Korea, Qatar, Syria, United Arab Emirates | 5 | 20 | |
| 1984 | Saudi Arabia, Singapore | 2 | 22 | |
| 1988 | Bahrain, Japan | 2 | 24 | |
| 1992 | None | 0 | 24 | |
| 1996 | Indonesia, Uzbekistan | 2 | 26 | |
| 2000 | Lebanon | 1 | 27 | |
| 2004 | Jordan, Oman, Turkmenistan | 3 | 30 | |
| 2007 | Australia | 1 | 31 | Vietnam |
| 2011 | None | 0 | 31 | |
| 2015 | Palestine | 1 | 32 | |
| 2019 | Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Yemen | 3 | 35 | |
| 2023 | Tajikistan | 1 | 36 | |

## Overall team records

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 2023 AFC Asian Cup
| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | Iran | 15 | 74 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 143 | 55 | +88 | 155 |
| 2 | South Korea | 15 | 73 | 38 | 19 | 16 | 117 | 74 | +43 | 133 |
| 3 | Japan | 10 | 53 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 104 | 52 | +52 | 111 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 11 | 52 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 74 | 50 | +24 | 84 |
| 5 | China | 13 | 59 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 88 | 66 | +22 | 84 |
| 6 | Qatar | 11 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 69 |
| 7 | Iraq | 10 | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 61 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 11 | 48 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 61 |
| 9 | Kuwait | 10 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 55 |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 8 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 52 |
| 11 | Australia | 5 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 17 | +32 | 50 |
| 12 | Jordan | 5 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 37 |
| 13 | Syria | 7 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 29 |
| 14 | Israel | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 27 |
| 15 | Bahrain | 7 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 27 |
| 16 | Thailand | 8 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 20 |
| 17 | Oman | 5 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 14 |
| 18 | North Korea | 5 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 40 | −25 | 11 |
| 19 | Indonesia | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 38 | −25 | 11 |
| 20 | India | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 33 | −21 | 10 |
| 21 | Vietnam | 5 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 9 |
| 22 | Myanmar | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
| 23 | Malaysia | 4 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 7 |
| 24 | Lebanon | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 6 |
| 25 | Palestine | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 6 |
| 26 | Tajikistan | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 |
| 27 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 |
| 28 | Singapore | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| 29 | Cambodia | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 |
| 31 | Hong Kong | 4 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 3 |
| 32 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 1 |
| 33 | Philippines | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
| 34 | South Yemen | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
| 35 | Yemen | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 0 |
* Vietnam consist of South Vietnam.

## Comprehensive team results by tournament
### Legend

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).
| Team | 1956 (4) | 1960 (4) | 1964 (4) | 1968 (5) | 1972 (6) | 1976 (6) | 1980 (10) | 1984 (10) | 1988 (10) | 1992 (8) | 1996 (12) | 2000 (12) | 2004 (16) | 2007 (16) | 2011 (16) | 2015 (16) | 2019 (24) | 2023 (24) | 2027 (24) | Total |
| West Asian members |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bahrain | Part of UK | Part of UK | Part of UK | × | • | × | •• | × | GS | • | × | • | 4th | GS | GS | GS | R16 | R16 | Q | 8 |
| Iraq | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | GS | 4th | × | × | × | × | QF | QF | QF | 1st | QF | 4th | R16 | R16 | Q | 11 |
| Jordan | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | • | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | QF | • | QF | GS | R16 | 2nd | Q | 6 |
| Kuwait | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | × | GS | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | GS | • | 4th | QF | GS | • | GS | GS | × | • | Q | 11 |
| Lebanon | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | × | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | GS | • | × | • | • | GS | GS | | 3 |
| Oman | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | • | × | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | GS | R16 | GS | Q | 6 |
| Palestine | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | R16 | Q | 4 |
| Qatar | Part of United Kingdom | Part of United Kingdom | Part of United Kingdom | Part of United Kingdom | Part of United Kingdom | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | QF | GS | GS | QF | GS | 1st | 1st | Q | 12 |
| Saudi Arabia | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | •• | × | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | R16 | R16 | Q | 12 |
| Syria | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | • | × | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | R16 | | 7 |
| United Arab Emirates | Part of United Kingdom | Part of United Kingdom | Part of United Kingdom | Part of United Kingdom | Part of United Kingdom | × | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 2nd | • | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | SF | R16 | Q | 12 |
| Yemen | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | | 1 |
| Central Asian Members |||||||||||||||||||||
| Iran | × | • | × | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | GS | 3rd | QF | 3rd | QF | QF | QF | SF | 3rd | Q | 16 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | | • | • | • | × | • | • | R16 | GS | Q | 3 |
| Tajikistan | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | QF | | 1 |
| Turkmenistan | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | | • | • | GS | × | • | • | GS | • | | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | | GS | GS | QF | QF | 4th | QF | R16 | QF | Q | 9 |
| South Asian Members |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | Part of Pakistan | Part of Pakistan | Part of Pakistan | Part of Pakistan | | × | GS | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | 1 |
| India | × | • | 2nd | • | × | × | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | GS | | 5 |
| East Asian Members |||||||||||||||||||||
| China | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | QF | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | QF | GS | Q | 14 |
| Chinese Taipei | • | 3rd | × | 4th | × | × | OFC member | OFC member | OFC member | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 3rd | • | 4th | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | | 4 |
| Japan | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | GS | 1st | QF | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | QF | 2nd | QF | Q | 11 |
| North Korea | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | Not an AFC member | •• | 4th | × | • | GS | × | • | • | × | GS | GS | GS | × | Q | 6 |
| South Korea | 1st | 1st | 3rd | • | 2nd | • | 2nd | GS | 2nd | • | QF | 3rd | QF | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | QF | 4th | Q | 16 |
| Southeast Asian Members |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia | OFC member | OFC member | OFC member | OFC member | OFC member | OFC member | OFC member | OFC member | OFC member | OFC member | OFC member | OFC member | OFC member | QF | 2nd | 1st | QF | QF | Q | 6 |
| Cambodia | • | × | × | • | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Indonesia | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | × | R16 | Q | 6 |
| Malaysia | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | | 4 |
| Myanmar | × | × | × | 2nd | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | | 1 |
| Philippines | • | • | × | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | GS | • | | 1 |
| Singapore | × | • | × | • | × | • | • | GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | 1 |
| Thailand | × | × | • | • | 3rd | •• | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | R16 | R16 | | 8 |
| Vietnam | 4th | 4th | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | QF | • | • | QF | GS | | 5 |
| Former AFC Members |||||||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | •• | Expelled from AFC | Expelled from AFC | Expelled from AFC | Expelled from AFC | Expelled from AFC | UEFA member | UEFA member | UEFA member | UEFA member | UEFA member | UEFA member | UEFA member | UEFA member | UEFA member | 4 |
| South Yemen | | | | | | GS | × | × | • | Part of Yemen | Part of Yemen | Part of Yemen | Part of Yemen | Part of Yemen | Part of Yemen | Part of Yemen | Part of Yemen | Part of Yemen | Part of Yemen | 1 |
| Team | 1956 (4) | 1960 (4) | 1964 (4) | 1968 (5) | 1972 (6) | 1976 (6) | 1980 (10) | 1984 (10) | 1988 (10) | 1992 (8) | 1996 (12) | 2000 (12) | 2004 (16) | 2007 (16) | 2011 (16) | 2015 (16) | 2019 (24) | 2023 (24) | 2027 (24) | Total |

## Total hosts

| Time(s) | Nation | Year(s) |
| 3 | Qatar | 1988, 2011, 2024 |
| 2 | Iran | 1968, 1976 |
| 2 | Thailand | 1972, 2007 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 1996, 2019 |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 1956 |
| 1 | South Korea | 1960 |
| 1 | Israel | 1964 |
| 1 | Kuwait | 1980 |
| 1 | Singapore | 1984 |
| 1 | Japan | 1992 |
| 1 | Lebanon | 2000 |
| 1 | China | 2004 |
| 1 | Indonesia | 2007 |
| 1 | Malaysia | 2007 |
| 1 | Vietnam | 2007 |
| 1 | Australia | 2015 |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 2027 |

## Results of host nations

| Year | Host nation | Finish |
| 1956 | Hong Kong | Third place |
| 1960 | South Korea | Champions |
| 1964 | Israel | Champions |
| 1968 | Iran | Champions |
| 1972 | Thailand | Third place |
| 1976 | Iran | Champions |
| 1980 | Kuwait | Champions |
| 1984 | Singapore | Group stage |
| 1988 | Qatar | Group stage |
| 1992 | Japan | Champions |
| 1996 | United Arab Emirates | Runners-up |
| 2000 | Lebanon | Group stage |
| 2004 | China | Runners-up |
| 2007 | Indonesia | Group stage |
| 2007 | Malaysia | Group stage |
| 2007 | Thailand | Group stage |
| 2007 | Vietnam | Quarter-finals |
| 2011 | Qatar | Quarter-finals |
| 2015 | Australia | Champions |
| 2019 | United Arab Emirates | Semi-finals |
| 2023 | Qatar | Champions |
| 2027 | Saudi Arabia | TBD |

## Results of defending finalists

| Year | Defending champions | Finish | Defending runners-up | Finish |
| 1960 | South Korea | Champions | Israel | Runners-up |
| 1964 | South Korea | Third place | Israel | Champions |
| 1968 | Israel | Third place | India | did not qualify |
| 1972 | Iran | Champions | Burma | Withdrew |
| 1976 | Iran | Champions | South Korea | did not qualify |
| 1980 | Iran | Third place | Kuwait | Champions |
| 1984 | Kuwait | Third place | South Korea | Group Stage |
| 1988 | Saudi Arabia | Champions | China | Fourth Place |
| 1992 | Saudi Arabia | Runners-up | South Korea | did not qualify |
| 1996 | Japan | Quarter-finals | Saudi Arabia | Champions |
| 2000 | Saudi Arabia | Runners-up | United Arab Emirates | did not qualify |
| 2004 | Japan | Champions | Saudi Arabia | Group stage |
| 2007 | Japan | Fourth place | China | Group stage |
| 2011 | Iraq | Quarter-finals | Saudi Arabia | Group stage |
| 2015 | Japan | Quarter-finals | Australia | Champions |
| 2019 | Australia | Quarter-finals | South Korea | Quarter-finals |
| 2023 | Qatar | Champions | Japan | Quarter-finals |
| 2027 | Qatar | TBD | Jordan | TBD |

## Other records

* Only three teams have won the tournament in their debut appearances:
** South Korea (1956)
** Iran (1968)
** Saudi Arabia (1984)
* Iran hold the record for the most games played, with 74.
* Only Iran have won three consecutive finals of the AFC Asian Cup.

## Individual records
### Most Valuable Player

Source:
| Year | Player |
| 1956 | — |
| 1960 | — |
| 1964 | — |
| 1968 | Ba Pu |
| 1972 | Ebrahim Ashtiani |
| 1976 | Ali Parvin |
| 1980 | — |
| 1984 | Jia Xiuquan |
| 1988 | Kim Joo-sung |
| 1992 | Kazuyoshi Miura |
| 1996 | Khodadad Azizi |
| 2000 | Hiroshi Nanami |
| 2004 | Shunsuke Nakamura |
| 2007 | Younis Mahmoud |
| 2011 | Keisuke Honda |
| 2015 | Massimo Luongo |
| 2019 | Almoez Ali |
| 2023 | Akram Afif |

### Overall top goalscorers

Players in bold are still active at international level.
| Rank | Player | Country | Years | Goals |
| 1 | Ali Daei | Iran | 1996, 2000, 2004 | 14 |
| 2 | Almoez Ali | Qatar | 2019, 2023 | 11 |
| 3 | Lee Dong-gook | South Korea | 2000, 2004, 2007 | 10 |
| 4 | Naohiro Takahara | Japan | 2000, 2007 | 9 |
| 4 | Ali Mabkhout | United Arab Emirates | 2015, 2019, 2023 | 9 |
| 4 | Akram Afif | Qatar | 2019, 2023 | 9 |
| 7 | Jasem Al-Huwaidi | Kuwait | 1996, 2000 | 8 |
| 7 | Younis Mahmoud | Iraq | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | 8 |
| 7 | Sardar Azmoun | Iran | 2015, 2019, 2023 | 8 |
| 10 | Hossein Kalani | Iran | 1968, 1972 | 7 |
| 10 | Faisal Al-Dakhil | Kuwait | 1976, 1980, 1984 | 7 |
| 10 | Behtash Fariba | Iran | 1980 | 7 |
| 10 | Choi Soon-ho | South Korea | 1980 | 7 |
| 10 | Son Heung-min | South Korea | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 | 7 |
| 15 | Yasser Al-Qahtani | Saudi Arabia | 2004, 2007, 2011 | 6 |
| 15 | Alexander Geynrikh | Uzbekistan | 2004, 2007, 2011 | 6 |
| 15 | Tim Cahill | Australia | 2007, 2011, 2015 | 6 |
| 15 | Ahmed Khalil | United Arab Emirates | 2011, 2015, 2019 | 6 |
| 15 | Aymen Hussein | Iraq | 2019, 2023 | 6 |
| 15 | Mehdi Taremi | Iran | 2019, 2023 | 6 |
| 22 | Woo Sang-kwon | South Korea | 1956, 1960 | 5 |
| 22 | Nahum Stelmach | Israel | 1956, 1960, 1964 | 5 |
| 22 | Ali Jabbari | Iran | 1968, 1972 | 5 |
| 22 | Chung Hae-won | South Korea | 1980, 1988 | 5 |
| 22 | Hwang Sun-hong | South Korea | 1988, 1996 | 5 |
| 22 | Akinori Nishizawa | Japan | 2000 | 5 |
| 22 | Shao Jiayi | China | 2000, 2004, 2007 | 5 |
| 22 | Ali Karimi | Iran | 2000, 2004, 2007 | 5 |
| 22 | A'ala Hubail | Bahrain | 2004, 2007 | 5 |
| 22 | Ismail Abdullatif | Bahrain | 2007, 2011, 2015 | 5 |
| 22 | Koo Ja-cheol | South Korea | 2011, 2015, 2019 | 5 |
| 22 | Hassan Al-Haydos | Qatar | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 | 5 |

### Top goalscorers in one tournament

Players in bold are still active at international level.
| Goals | Player | Representing | Year |
| 9 | Almoez Ali | Qatar | 2019 |
| 8 | Ali Daei | Iran | 1996 |
| 8 | Akram Afif | Qatar | 2023 |
| 7 | Behtash Fariba | Iran | 1980 |
| 7 | Choi Soon-ho | South Korea | 1980 |
| 6 | Lee Dong-gook | South Korea | 2000 |
| 6 | Aymen Hussein | Iraq | 2023 |
| 5 | Hossein Kalani | Iran | 1972 |
| 5 | Ali Karimi | Iran | 2004 |
| 5 | A'ala Hubail | Bahrain | 2004 |
| 5 | Koo Ja-cheol | South Korea | 2011 |
| 5 | Ali Mabkhout | United Arab Emirates | 2015 |

### Most tournament wins

| Times | Player | Representing | Years |
| 3 | Parviz Ghelichkhani | Iran | 1968, 1972, 1976 |

### Most tournament appearances

The table lists the players who have appeared in four or more different tournaments.
| Tournaments | Player | Years |
| 5 | Ignatiy Nesterov | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
| 4 | Adnan Al-Talyani | 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 |
| 4 | Li Ming | 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 |
| 4 | Mehdi Mahdavikia | 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007 |
| 4 | Kim Yong-dae | 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011 |
| 4 | Javad Nekounam | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 |
| 4 | Younis Mahmoud | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 |
| 4 | Yasuhito Endō | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 |
| 4 | Saud Kariri | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 |
| 4 | Bilal Mohammed | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 |
| 4 | Server Djeparov | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 |
| 4 | Timur Kapadze | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 |
| 4 | Zheng Zhi | 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019 |
| 4 | Ahmed Kano | 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019 |
| 4 | Amer Shafi | 2004, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
| 4 | Ismail Matar | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019 |
| 4 | Marat Bikmaev | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019 |
| 4 | Masoud Shojaei | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
| 4 | Waleed Abdullah | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
| 4 | Anzur Ismailov | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
| 4 | Zhang Linpeng | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| 4 | Ehsan Hajsafi | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| 4 | Karim Ansarifard | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| 4 | Son Heung-min | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| 4 | Hassan Al-Haydos | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
| 4 | Saad Al-Sheeb | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
Younis Mahmoud is the only player in the history of the tournament to score a goal in four separate tournaments.
Source:

### Fastest goals scored from kick-off

Only three goals in the history of the tournament have been scored in the first minute of their respective games.
* Ali Mabkhout (against Bahrain) at the 2015 edition in 14 seconds
* Fathi Kameel (against China PR) at the 1976 edition in 20 seconds
* Xie Yuxin (against Japan) at the 1992 edition in 20 seconds
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## Match records
### Attendance by year

| Year | Matches | Attendance | Attendance | Attendance | Attendance | Attendance |
| Year | Matches | Total | Average | Highest | | |
| 1992 | 16 | 316,496 | 19,781 | JPN – KSA | Final | 60,000 |
| 1996 | 26 | 448,000 | 17,231 | IRN – KUW UAE – KSA | 3rd place match Final | 60,000 |
| 2000 | 26 | 276,488 | 10,634 | LIB – IRN | Group stage | 52,418 |
| 2004 | 32 | 937,650 | 29,302 | CHN – JPN | Final | 62,000 |
| 2007 | 32 | 724,222 | 22,632 | KSA – IDN IDN – KOR | Group stage | 88,000 |
| 2011 | 32 | 405,361 | 12,668 | QAT – UZB | Group stage | 47,413 |
| 2015 | 32 | 705,705 | 22,053 | KOR – AUS | Final | 76,385 |
| 2019 | 51 | 644,307 | 12,633 | UAE – IND | Group stage | 43,206 |
| 2023 | 51 | 1,507,790 | 29,565 | JOR – QAT | Final | 86,492 |

### Highest attendance

* The highest ever attendance officially recorded was of 112,000 during the 1976 AFC Asian Cup final between Iran and Kuwait.

## Awards
### Team of the Tournament

| Edition | Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| 1980 | Nasser Hejazi | Naeem Saad Soh Chin Aun Mahboub Juma'a Mehdi Dinvarzadeh | Abdolreza Barzegari Saad Al-Houti Lee Young-moo | Choi Soon-ho Faisal Al-Dakhil Jasem Yaqoub |
| 1984 | Unknown or not awarded | Unknown or not awarded | Unknown or not awarded | Unknown or not awarded |
| 1988 (18 players) | Zhang Huikang Abdullah Al-Deayea | Mohamed Al-Jawad Saleh Nu'eimeh Park Kyung-hoon Chung Yong-hwan | Xie Yuxin Mohamed Salim Mahboub Juma'a Sirous Ghayeghran Chung Hae-won Adel Khamis Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri Byun Byung-joo | Youssef Al-Thunayan Majed Abdullah Kim Joo-sung Wang Baoshan |
| 1992 | Unknown or not awarded | Unknown or not awarded | Unknown or not awarded | Unknown or not awarded |
| 1996 | Mohamed Al-Deayea | Abdullah Zubromawi Yousef Saleh Mohammad Khakpour | Mehrdad Minavand Mohamed Ali Khalid Al-Muwallid Saad Bakheet Mubarak | Fahad Al-Mehallel Jasem Al-Huwaidi Ali Daei |
| 2000 | Jiang Jin | Hong Myung-bo Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Jamal Mubarak | Hiroshi Nanami Nawaf Al-Temyat Abbas Obeid Karim Bagheri Shunsuke Nakamura | Lee Dong-gook Naohiro Takahara |
| 2004 | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto Yuji Nakazawa Zheng Zhi Mehdi Mahdavikia | Shunsuke Nakamura Shao Jiayi Zhao Junzhe Talal Yousef | A'ala Hubail Ali Karimi |
| 2007 (fan-voted) | Lee Woon-jae | Yuji Nakazawa Lucas Neill Bassim Abbas Rahman Rezaei | Shunsuke Nakamura Harry Kewell Lee Chun-soo Nashat Akram | Naohiro Takahara Yasser Al-Qahtani |
| 2011 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 2015 | Mathew Ryan | Dhurgham Ismail Kwak Tae-hwi Trent Sainsbury Cha Du-ri | Massimo Luongo Omar Abdulrahman Ki Sung-yueng | Ali Mabkhout Tim Cahill Son Heung-min |
| 2019 (23 players) | Alireza Beiranvand Shūichi Gonda Saad Al Sheeb | Bandar Al-Ahbabi Boualem Khoukhi Maya Yoshida Bassam Al-Rawi Yuto Nagatomo Abdelkarim Hassan Kim Min-jae | Omid Ebrahimi Abdulaziz Hatem Ashkan Dejagah Tom Rogic Gaku Shibasaki Hassan Al-Haydos | Akram Afif Almoez Ali Sardar Azmoun Nguyễn Quang Hải Wu Lei Ali Mabkhout Yuya Osako |

### Fair play award

* First awarded in 1984
| Year | Winner |
| 1984 | China |
| 1988 | Not awarded |
| 1992 | Not awarded |
| 1996 | Iran |
| 2000 | Saudi Arabia |
| 2004 | China |
| 2007 | Japan |
| 2011 | South Korea |
| 2015 | Australia |
| 2019 | Japan |
| 2023 | Qatar |