List of FIFA World Cup penalty shoot-outs

This is a list of all penalty shoot-outs that have taken place in the final tournaments of the Men's FIFA World Cup.

For knockout matches tied after regulation and extra time, the first editions of the Men's World Cup up until 1958 used the rule of replaying the game. With fixtures becoming increasingly crowded, drawn matches from 1962 in quarter-finals and semi-finals would have been decided by drawing of lots. Replacement of the rules was first proposed in 1970 to the IFAB, and penalty shoot-outs were adopted for the new format of the 1978 tournament, although the replay rule for the final matches remained in place until 1982.

In practice, penalty shootouts did not occur before 1982. Three times, in 1994, 2006, and 2022, the Men's World Cup title has been decided by a penalty shoot-out. Of the 35 shoot-outs that have taken place in the competition, only two reached the sudden death stage after still being tied at the end of "best of five kicks". Three times the shootouts required only 7 kicks, compared to the theoretical minimum of 6 kicks necessary.

Penalty shoot-outs



 * Key
 * ✅ = scored penalty
 * ❌ = missed penalty
 * golden background = scored penalty ending the shoot-out
 * red background = missed penalty ending the shoot-out
 * grey background = first penalty in the shoot-out
 * horizontal line within a list of takers = beginning of the sudden death stage

Statistics

 * Key
 * † = shoot-out in the World Cup final
 * Bold = won championship that year

Shoot-out records

 * Most shoot-outs in a tournament
 * 5 – 2022


 * Fewest shoot-outs in a tournament
 * 0 – 1978


 * Most played shoot-out
 * 2 – 🇫🇷 france vs 🇮🇹 italy (1998, 2006†)
 * 2 – 🇦🇷 argentina vs (2014, 2022)


 * Most penalties in a shoot-out
 * 12 – vs 🇫🇷 france, 1982
 * 12 – 🇸🇪 sweden vs 🇷🇴 romania, 1994


 * Fewest penalties in a shoot-out
 * 7 – vs 🇲🇽 mexico, 1986
 * 7 – 🇺🇦 ukraine vs, 2006
 * 7 – 🇲🇦 morocco vs 🇪🇸 spain, 2022


 * Fewest scores in a shoot-out
 * 3 – 🇺🇦 ukraine vs, 2006
 * 3 – 🇲🇦 morocco vs 🇪🇸 spain, 2022


 * Most misses in a shoot-out
 * 5 – 🇦🇷 argentina vs, 1990
 * 5 – 🇪🇸 spain vs 🇮🇪 ireland, 2002
 * 5 – vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, 2006
 * 5 – 🇧🇷 brazil vs, 2014
 * 5 – vs, 2018


 * Most consecutive misses in a shoot-out
 * 4 – 🇪🇸 spain vs 🇮🇪 ireland, 2002


 * Most scored in a shoot-out
 * 9 – vs 🇫🇷 france, 1982
 * 9 – 🇧🇪 belgium vs 🇪🇸 spain, 1986
 * 9 – 🇮🇪 ireland vs 🇷🇴 romania, 1990
 * 9 – 🇸🇪 sweden vs 🇷🇴 romania, 1994


 * Most consecutive scored in a shoot-out
 * 8 – 🇮🇪 ireland vs 🇷🇴 romania, 1990

Team records

 * Most played
 * 7 – 🇦🇷 argentina (1990 (x2), 1998, 2006, 2014, 2022 (x2))


 * Most played in one tournament
 * 2 – 🇦🇷 argentina (1990) 2/0, (2022) 2/0
 * 2 – (2018) 2/0, (2022) 2/0
 * 2 – 🇪🇸 spain (2002) 1/1
 * 2 – (2014) 1/1
 * 2 – (2014) 1/1
 * 2 – 🇷🇺 russia (2018) 1/1


 * Most won
 * 6 – 🇦🇷 argentina (1990 (x2), 1998, 2014, 2022 (x2))


 * Most lost
 * 4 – 🇪🇸 spain (1986, 2002, 2018, 2022)


 * Most consecutive wins
 * 4 – 🇩🇪 germany (1982, 1986, 1990, 2006)
 * 4 – (2018 (x2), 2022 (x2))


 * Most consecutive losses
 * 3 – 🇮🇹 italy (1990, 1994†, 1998)
 * 3 – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england (1990, 1998, 2006)
 * 3 – 🇪🇸 spain (2002, 2018, 2022)


 * Most won without ever losing
 * 4 – 🇩🇪 germany (1982, 1986, 1990, 2006)
 * 4 – (2018 (x2), 2022 (x2))


 * Most lost without ever winning
 * 2 – 🇲🇽 mexico (1986, 1994)
 * 2 – 🇷🇴 romania (1990, 1994)
 * 2 – 🇯🇵 japan (2010, 2022)


 * Most knockout matches played, never playing a shoot-out
 * 6 – 🇺🇸 united states (1994, 2002 (×2), 2010, 2014, 2022)


 * Won shoot-out and eventually won the cup
 * (1990)
 * 🇧🇷 brazil (1994†)
 * 🇫🇷 france (1998)
 * 🇮🇹 italy (2006†)
 * 🇦🇷 argentina (2022† (x2))


 * Won the cup without having to play any shoot-outs (Since 1982)
 * 🇮🇹 italy (1982)
 * 🇦🇷 argentina (1986)
 * 🇧🇷 brazil (2002)
 * 🇪🇸 spain (2010)
 * 🇩🇪 germany (2014)
 * 🇫🇷 france (2018)

Taker records

 * Most participations in shoot-outs
 * 3 – 🇮🇹 Roberto Baggio (1990, 1994†, 1998)
 * 3 – Luka Modrić (2018 (×2), 2022)
 * 3 – 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi (2014, 2022† (×2))


 * Most penalties scored
 * 3 – Luka Modrić (2018 (×2), 2022)
 * 3 – 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi (2014, 2022† (×2))


 * Most penalties scored in one tournament
 * 2 – 🇦🇷 José Serrizuela (1990)
 * 2 – 🇦🇷 Jorge Burruchaga (1990)
 * 2 – 🇪🇸 Fernando Hierro (2002)
 * 2 – 🇪🇸 Rubén Baraja (2002)
 * 2 – Celso Borges (2014)
 * 2 – Giancarlo González (2014)
 * 2 – Arjen Robben (2014)
 * 2 – Dirk Kuyt (2014)
 * 2 – Luka Modrić (2018)
 * 2 – 🇷🇺 Sergei Ignashevich (2018)
 * 2 – Ivan Rakitić (2018)
 * 2 – Nikola Vlašić (2022)
 * 2 – 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi (2022†)
 * 2 – 🇦🇷 Gonzalo Montiel (2022†)
 * 2 – 🇦🇷 Leandro Paredes (2022†)


 * Most decider penalties scored
 * 2 – Ivan Rakitić (2018 (×2))

Goalkeeper records

 * Most participations in shoot-outs
 * 2 – Harald Schumacher (1982, 1986)
 * 2 – 🇦🇷 Sergio Goycochea (1990 (×2))
 * 2 – 🇧🇷 Cláudio Taffarel (1994†, 1998)
 * 2 – 🇮🇹 Gianluca Pagliuca (1994†, 1998)
 * 2 – 🇫🇷 Fabien Barthez (1998, 2006†)
 * 2 – 🇪🇸 Iker Casillas (2002 (×2))
 * 2 – Keylor Navas (2014 (×2))
 * 2 – 🇷🇺 Igor Akinfeev (2018 (×2))
 * 2 – Danijel Subašić (2018 (×2))
 * 2 – Dominik Livaković (2022 (×2))
 * 2 – 🇦🇷 Emiliano Martínez (2022† (×2))


 * Most penalties taken against
 * 10 – 🇦🇷 Sergio Goycochea
 * 10 – 🇫🇷 Fabien Barthez
 * 10 – 🇪🇸 Iker Casillas
 * 10 – 🇷🇺 Igor Akinfeev
 * 10 – Danijel Subašić


 * Most penalties scored against
 * 8 – 🇫🇷 Fabien Barthez


 * Most penalties missed against
 * 5 – 🇦🇷 Sergio Goycochea
 * 5 – 🇧🇷 Cláudio Taffarel
 * 5 – Danijel Subašić
 * 5 – Dominik Livaković


 * Most penalties saved
 * 4 – 🇩🇪 Harald Schumacher (2 vs 🇫🇷 france in 1982 and 2 vs 🇲🇽 mexico in 1986)
 * 4 – 🇦🇷 Sergio Goycochea (2 vs  in 1990 and 2 vs 🇮🇹 italy in 1990)
 * 4 – Danijel Subašić (3 vs  in 2018 and 1 vs 🇷🇺 russia in 2018)
 * 4 – Dominik Livaković (3 vs 🇯🇵 japan in 2022 and 1 vs 🇧🇷 brazil in 2022)


 * Most penalties saved in one shoot-out
 * 3 – Ricardo (vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england in 2006)
 * 3 – Danijel Subašić (vs  in 2018)
 * 3 – Dominik Livaković (vs 🇯🇵 japan in 2022)


 * Most decider penalties saved
 * 2 – 🇦🇷 Sergio Goycochea (1990 (×2))

By tournament
Before the introduction of penalty shoot-outs in 1978:
 * Of the 35 knock-out matches from 1930 to 1938, 31 were decided within at most 120 minutes, the remaining 4 matches – one in 1934 and three in 1938 – were decided by replays.
 * There were no knock-out matches in 1950.
 * All 42 knock-out matches from 1954 to 1974 were decided within at most 120 minutes, so no replays or drawing of lots were needed.

Highest values in bold.