# FIFA World Cup records and statistics

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 |
| 1930 | Uruguay | Uruguay | Alberto Suppici | Guillermo Stábile (8) | Not awarded |
| 1934 | Italy | Italy | Vittorio Pozzo | Oldřich Nejedlý (5) | Not awarded |
| 1938 | France | Italy | Vittorio Pozzo | Leônidas (7) | Not awarded |
| 1950 | Brazil | Uruguay | Juan López | Ademir (9) | Not awarded |
| 1954 | Switzerland | West Germany | Sepp Herberger | Sándor Kocsis (11) | Not awarded |
| 1958 | Sweden | Brazil | Vicente Feola | Just Fontaine (13) | Not awarded |
| 1962 | Chile | Brazil | Aymoré Moreira | Six players (4) | Not awarded |
| 1966 | England | England | Alf Ramsey | Eusébio (9) | Not awarded |
| 1970 | Mexico | Brazil | Mário Zagallo | Gerd Müller (10) | Not awarded |
| 1974 | West Germany | West Germany | Helmut Schön | Grzegorz Lato (7) | Not awarded |
| 1978 | Argentina | Argentina | César Luis Menotti | Mario Kempes (6) | Mario Kempes |
| 1982 | Spain | Italy | Enzo Bearzot | Paolo Rossi (6) | Paolo Rossi |
| 1986 | Mexico | Argentina | Carlos Bilardo | Gary Lineker (6) | Diego Maradona |
| 1990 | Italy | West Germany | Franz Beckenbauer | Salvatore Schillaci (6) | Salvatore Schillaci |
| 1994 | United States | Brazil | Carlos Alberto Parreira | Hristo Stoichkov (6) Oleg Salenko (6) | Romário |
| 1998 | France | France | Aimé Jacquet | Davor Šuker (6) | Ronaldo |
| 2002 | South Korea Japan | Brazil | Luiz Felipe Scolari | Ronaldo (8) | Oliver Kahn |
| 2006 | Germany | Italy | Marcello Lippi | Miroslav Klose (5) | Zinedine Zidane |
| 2010 | South Africa | Spain | Vicente del Bosque | Four players (5) | Diego Forlán |
| 2014 | Brazil | Germany | Joachim Löw | James Rodríguez (6) | Lionel Messi |
| 2018 | Russia | France | Didier Deschamps | Harry Kane (6) | Luka Modrić |
| 2022 | Qatar | Argentina | Lionel Scaloni | Kylian Mbappé (8) | 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 (1934–1938) | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 |
| West Germany (1950–1990) | 10 | 62 | 36 | 14 | 12 | 131 | 77 | +54 | 122 |
| Germany (1994–present) | 8 | 44 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 87 | 40 | +46 | 93 |
| Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Soviet Union (1958–1990) | 7 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 51 |
| Russia (1994–present) | 4 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 16 |
| Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Yugoslavia (1930–1990) | 8 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 49 |
| FR Yugoslavia (1998) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
| Serbia and Montenegro (2006) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
| Serbia (2010–present) | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 7 |

## 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

* West Germany – 3 (1982–1990)
* Brazil – 3 (1994–2002)

### 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

* Luxembourg – 21 (all 1934–2022)

### 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

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

* Pelé – 3 ( Brazil, 1958, 1962 and 1970)

### Most appearances in a World Cup final

* Cafu – 3 ( Brazil; 1994, 1998, 2002)

### Youngest player

* Norman Whiteside – 17 years, 41 days (for Northern Ireland vs. Yugoslavia, 17 June 1982)

### Youngest player in a final

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

### Oldest player

* Essam El-Hadary – 45 years, 161 days (for Egypt vs. Saudi Arabia, 25 June 2018)

### Oldest player in a final

* Dino Zoff – 40 years, 133 days (for Italy vs. West Germany, 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.
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 |
| 4 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 13 | 26 | 0.50 |

#### Most goals scored in a single tournament

* Just Fontaine – 13 ( France, 1958)

#### Most goals scored in a match

* Oleg Salenko – 5 (for Russia vs. Cameroon, 1994)

#### Most goals scored in a final match

* Geoff Hurst – 3 (for England vs. West Germany, 1966)
* Kylian Mbappé – 3 (for France vs. Argentina, 2022)

#### Most goals scored in final matches (overall)

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

#### Most consecutive matches scored in

* Just Fontaine – 6 ( France, 1958)
* Jairzinho – 6 ( Brazil, 1970)

#### Most tournaments scored in

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

#### Milestone goals

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

#### Olympic goals

* 1 – Marcos Coll (for Colombia vs. Soviet Union, 3 June 1962)

#### Youngest goalscorer

* Pelé – 17 years, 239 days (for Brazil vs. Wales, 19 June 1958)

#### Youngest goalscorer in a final

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

#### Oldest goalscorer

* Roger Milla – 42 years, 39 days (for Cameroon vs. Russia, 28 June 1994)

#### Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round

* Pepe – 39 years, 283 days (for Portugal vs. Switzerland, 6 December 2022)

#### Oldest goalscorer in a final

* Nils Liedholm – 35 years, 264 days (for Sweden vs. Brazil, 29 June 1958)

#### Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final

* Lionel Messi – 35 years, 177 days (for Argentina vs. France, 18 December 2022)

#### Fastest goal

* Hakan Şükür – 11 seconds (for Turkey vs. South Korea, 2002)

#### Fastest goal in a final

* Johan Neeskens – 90 seconds (for Netherlands vs. West Germany, 1974)

#### Latest goal in regular time

* Mehdi Taremi – 90+13th minute (for Iran vs. England, 2022)

### 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 |
| 1 | 17 June 1954 | Hardturm Stadium, Zürich | Hungary | 9–0 | South Korea |
| 1 | 18 June 1974 | Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen | Yugoslavia | 9–0 | Zaire |
| 4 | 12 June 1938 | Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes | Sweden | 8–0 | Cuba |
| 4 | 2 July 1950 | Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte | Uruguay | 8–0 | Bolivia |
| 4 | 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 |
| 1 | 21 June 1970 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | Brazil | 4–1 | Italy |
| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 20 June 1954 | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel | 11 | Hungary | 8–3 | West Germany |
| 2 | 15 June 1982 | Nuevo Estadio, Elche | 11 | Hungary | 10–1 | El Salvador |
| 5 | 8 June 1958 | Idrottsparken, Norrköping | 10 | France | 7–3 | Paraguay |

#### Most goals in a tournament

* Hungary – 27 (1954)

#### Top scoring teams by tournament

| Period | Top scorers | Goals scored |
| 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 |
| 1978 | Netherlands | 15 |
| 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

* 2022 – 172 goals

#### Fewest goals scored in a tournament

* 1930 – 70 goals
* 1934 – 70 goals

#### 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
## Assists
### Most assists

* Pelé – 10 ( Brazil, 1958–1970)

### Most assists in a tournament

* Raymond Kopa – 9 ( France, 1958)

### Most tournaments assisted in

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

### Most assists provided in a match

* Giovanni Ferrari – 4 (for Italy vs. United States, 1934)
* Robert Gadocha – 4 (for Poland vs. Haiti, 1974)

### Most assists provided in final matches

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

### Most assists in the knockout rounds

* Fritz Walter – 6 ( West Germany 1954, 1958)
* Lionel Messi – 6 ( Argentina 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

## Goal contributions
### Most goal contributions

* Lionel Messi – 21, 13 goals and 8 assists for ( Argentina, 2006–2022)

## Goalkeeping
### Most clean sheets

* Peter Shilton – 10 ( England, 1982–1990)
* Fabien Barthez – 10 ( France, 1998–2006)

### Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal

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

### Most goals conceded

* Antonio Carbajal – 25 ( Mexico, 1950–1966)
* Mohamed Al-Deayea – 25 ( Saudi Arabia, 1994–2006)

### Most goals conceded in a tournament

* Hong Deok-young – 16 ( South Korea, 1954)

### Fewest goals conceded in a tournament

* Pascal Zuberbühler – 0 ( Switzerland, 2006)

### Fewest goals conceded in a tournament for the eventual winners

* Fabien Barthez – 2 ( France, 1998)
* Gianluigi Buffon – 2 ( Italy, 2006)
* Iker Casillas – 2 ( Spain, 2010)

### Most saves in one match

* Tim Howard – 16 (for United States vs. Belgium, 2014)

### Most penalties saved (excluding penalty shoot-outs)

* Jan Tomaszewski – 2 ( Poland, both in 1974)
* Brad Friedel – 2 ( United States, both in 2002)
* Iker Casillas – 2 ( Spain, 2002, 2010)
* Wojciech Szczęsny – 2 ( Poland, both in 2022)

### Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out

* Ricardo – 3 (for Portugal vs. England, 2006)
* Danijel Subašić – 3 (for Croatia vs. Denmark, 2018)
* Dominik Livaković – 3 (for Croatia vs. Japan, 2022)

### Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs

* Harald Schumacher – 4 ( West Germany, 1982–1986)
* Sergio Goycochea – 4 ( Argentina, 1990)
* Danijel Subašić – 4 ( Croatia, 2018)
* Dominik Livaković – 4 ( Croatia, 2022)

## Coaching
### Most matches coached

* Helmut Schön – 25 ( West Germany, 1966–1978)

### Most matches won

* Helmut Schön – 16 ( West Germany, 1966–1978)

### Most tournaments won

* Vittorio Pozzo – 2 ( Italy, 1934–1938)

### Most tournaments as a coach

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

### Most different nations coached

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

### Most consecutive tournaments as a coach

* Bora Milutinović – 5 (1986–2002)

### Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team

* Walter Winterbottom – 4 ( England, 1950–1962)
* Helmut Schön – 4 ( West Germany, 1966–1978)

### Youngest coach

* Juan José Tramutola – 27 years, 267 days ( Argentina, 1930)

### Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team

* Alberto Suppici – 31 years, 252 days ( Uruguay, 1930)

### Oldest coach

* Otto Rehhagel – 71 years, 317 days ( Greece, 2010)

### Oldest coach of a World Cup winning team

* Vicente del Bosque – 59 years, 200 days ( Spain, 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 Mexico vs. Sweden, 2018)

### Fastest sending off

* José Batista – 56 seconds (for Uruguay vs. Scotland, 1986)

### Fastest sending off, qualification

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

### Latest caution

* Emiliano Martínez – During penalty shoot-out (for Argentina vs. France, 2022)

### Latest sending off

* Leandro Cufré – After penalty shoot-out (for Argentina vs. Germany, 2006)
* Denzel Dumfries – After penalty shoot-out (for Netherlands vs. Argentina, 2022)

### Sent off from the bench

* Claudio Caniggia (for Argentina vs. Sweden, 2002)

### Most cards (all-time, player)

* Javier Mascherano – 7 ( Argentina, 2006–2018)

### Most cautions (all-time, player)

* Javier Mascherano – 7 ( Argentina, 2006–2018)

### Most sendings off (all-time, player)

* Rigobert Song – 2 ( Cameroon, 1994 and 1998)
* Zinedine Zidane – 2 ( France, 1998 and 2006)

### Most sendings off (tournament)

* 2006 – 28 (in 64 games)

### Most sendings off (all-time, team)

* Brazil – 11 (in 97 games)

### Most sendings off (match, both teams)

* 2 each for Portugal and Netherlands – 4 (2006)

### Most sendings off (final match)

* 2 for Argentina vs. West Germany, 1990

### Most cautions (tournament)

* 2006 – 345 (in 64 matches)

### Most cautions (all-time, team)

* Argentina – 88 (in 64 games until 2006)

### Most cautions (match, one team)

* Argentina – 10 (2022, vs. Netherlands)

### Most cautions (match, both teams)

* 8 for Netherlands and 10 for Argentina – 18 (2022)

### Most cautions (match, player)

* Josip Šimunić – 3 (61', 90', 93') (for Croatia vs. Australia, 2006) (referee: Graham Poll)

### Most cautions (final match, both teams)

* 9 for Netherlands and 5 for Spain – 14 (2010)

### Most suspensions (tournament, player)

* André Kana-Biyik – 2 ( Cameroon, 1990)

## Teams: Matches played/goals scored
### All time
#### Most matches played

* Brazil – 114

#### Most wins

* Brazil – 76

#### Most losses

* Mexico – 28

#### Most draws

* England – 22

#### Most goals scored

* Brazil – 237

#### Most goalscorers

* Brazil – 85

#### Most goals conceded

* Germany – 130

#### Fewest goals scored

* China – 0
* Dutch East Indies – 0
* Trinidad and Tobago – 0
* Zaire – 0

#### Highest goal difference

* Brazil – +129

### In one tournament
#### Most goals scored

* Hungary – 27 (1954)

#### Fewest goals conceded

* Switzerland – 0 (2006)

#### Most goals conceded

* South Korea – 16 (1954)

#### Most matches gone into extra time

* Belgium – 3 (1986)
* England – 3 (1990)
* Argentina – 3 (2014)
* Croatia – 3 (2018)

#### Most minutes without conceding a goal

* Italy – 517 mins (1990)

#### Highest goal difference in a tournament

* Hungary – +17 (1954)

#### Highest goal difference, champions

* Brazil – +14 (2002)
* Germany – +14 (2014)

#### Lowest goal difference

* South Korea – −16 (1954)

#### Lowest goal difference, champions

* Italy / Italy – +6 (1938 and 1982)
* Spain – +6 (2010)

#### Highest average of goals scored per match

* Hungary – 5.40 (1954)

#### Highest average goal difference per match

* Hungary – +3.2 (1954)

#### Most goals scored, champions

* West Germany – 25 (1954)

#### Fewest goals scored, champions

* Spain – 8 (2010)

#### Fewest goals scored, finalists

* Argentina – 5 (1990)

#### Fewest goals conceded, champions

* France – 2 (1998)
* Italy – 2 (2006)
* Spain – 2 (2010)

#### Most goals conceded, champions

* West Germany – 14 (1954)

#### Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions

* Spain – 1.14 (2010)

#### Most penalties scored (excluding shoot-outs)

* Portugal – 4 (1966)
* Netherlands – 4 (1978)
* Argentina – 4 (2022)

#### Most penalties awarded (excluding shoot-outs)

* Argentina – 5 (2022)

## Attendance
### Highest attendance

| Rank | Date | Venue | Match | Attendance |
| 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 |
| 5 | 29 June 1986 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | Argentina v West Germany | 114,600 |

### Lowest attendance

* Romania vs. Peru – 300 (14 July 1930, Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo)

### 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 ‡ | Highest attendances ‡ | Highest attendances ‡ |
| Year | Hosts | Venues/ Cities | Total attendance † | Matches | Average attendance | 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 | Overall | 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.