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.

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.


 * Breakdown of successor team records

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

 * – 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)

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

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, 45 days (for vs., 17 June 1982)

Youngest player in a final

 * Pelé – 17 years, 253 days (for 🇧🇷 brazil vs. 🇸🇪 sweden, 29 June 1958)

Oldest player

 * Essam El-Hadary – 45 years, 171 days (for 🇪🇬 egypt vs., 25 June 2018)

Oldest player in a final

 * Dino Zoff – 40 years, 143 days (for 🇮🇹 italy vs., 11 July 1982)

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 (🇫🇷 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., 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 (, 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 vs., 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., 3 June 1962)

Youngest goalscorer

 * Pelé – 17 years, 243 days (for 🇧🇷 brazil vs. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wales, 19 June 1958)

Youngest goalscorer in a final

 * Pelé – 17 years, 253 days (for 🇧🇷 brazil vs. 🇸🇪 sweden, 29 June 1958)

Oldest goalscorer

 * Roger Milla – 42 years, 49 days (for 🇨🇲 cameroon vs. 🇷🇺 russia, 28 June 1994)

Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round

 * Pepe – 39 years, 293 days (for vs., 6 December 2022)

Oldest goalscorer in a final

 * Nils Liedholm – 35 years, 272 days (for 🇸🇪 sweden vs. 🇧🇷 brazil, 29 June 1958)

Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final

 * Lionel Messi – 35 years, 185 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 vs., 1974)

Latest goal in regular time

 * Mehdi Taremi – 90+13th minute (for 🇮🇷 iran vs. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, 2022)

Most goals in a tournament

 * 🇭🇺 hungary – 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.

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

Assists
Note: FIFA formally records assists only from the 1966 edition onwards.

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

 * Robert Gadocha – 4 (for 🇵🇱 poland vs., 1974)

Most assists provided in final matches
 Most assists in the knockout rounds 
 * Pelé – 3 (🇧🇷 brazil, 1 in 1958, 2 in 1970)


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

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 (, 1994–2006)

Most goals conceded in one tournament

 * Hong Deok-young – 16 (🇰🇷 south korea, 1954)

Fewest goals conceded in one tournament

 * Pascal Zuberbühler – 0 (, 2006)

Fewest goals conceded in one 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 vs. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, 2006)
 * Danijel Subašić – 3 (for vs., 2018)
 * Dominik Livaković – 3 (for vs. 🇯🇵 japan, 2022)

Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs

 * Harald Schumacher – 4 (, 1982–1986)
 * Sergio Goycochea – 4 (🇦🇷 argentina, 1990)
 * Danijel Subašić – 4 (, 2018)
 * Dominik Livaković – 4 (, 2022)

Most matches coached

 * Helmut Schön – 25 (, 1966–1978)

Most matches won

 * Helmut Schön – 16 (, 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, in 1990, 🇺🇸 united states in 1994, 🇳🇬 nigeria in 1998 and 🇨🇳 china in 2002)
 * Carlos Alberto Parreira – 5 ( in 1982, in 1990, 🇧🇷 brazil 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 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, 1950–1962)
 * Helmut Schön – 4 (, 1966–1978)

Youngest coach

 * Juan José Tramutola – 27 years, 274 days (🇦🇷 argentina, 1930)

Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team

 * Alberto Suppici – 31 years, 259 days (, 1930)

Oldest coach

 * Otto Rehhagel – 71 years, 335 days (, 2010)

Oldest coach of a World Cup winning team

 * Vicente del Bosque – 59 years, 215 days (🇪🇸 spain, 2010)

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

Fastest caution

 * Jesús Gallardo – 11 seconds (for 🇲🇽 mexico vs. 🇸🇪 sweden, 2018)

Fastest sending off

 * José Batista – 56 seconds (for vs., 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 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 and  – 4 (2006)

Most sendings off (final match)

 * 2 for 🇦🇷 argentina vs., 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. )

Most cautions (match, both teams)

 * 8 for and 10 for 🇦🇷 argentina – 18 (2022)

Most cautions (match, player)

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

Most cautions (final match, both teams)

 * 9 for and 5 for 🇪🇸 spain – 14 (2010)

Most suspensions (tournament, player)

 * André Kana-Biyik – 2 (🇨🇲 cameroon, 1990)

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
 * – 0
 * – 0
 * – 0

Highest goal difference

 * 🇧🇷 brazil – +129

Most goals scored

 * 🇭🇺 hungary – 27 (1954)

Fewest goals conceded

 * – 0 (2006)

Most goals conceded

 * 🇰🇷 south korea – 16 (1954)

Most matches gone into extra time

 * 🇧🇪 belgium – 3 (1986)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england – 3 (1990)
 * 🇦🇷 argentina – 3 (2014)
 * – 3 (2018)

Most minutes without conceding a goal

 * 🇮🇹 italy – 517 mins (1990)

Highest goal difference

 * 🇭🇺 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 – +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

 * – 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

 * – 14 (1954)

Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions

 * 🇪🇸 spain – 1.14 (2010)

Most penalties scored (excluding shoot-outs)

 * – 4 (1966)
 * – 4 (1978)
 * 🇦🇷 argentina – 4 (2022)

Most penalties awarded (excluding shoot-outs)

 * 🇦🇷 argentina – 5 (2022)

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
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.