User:Grover cleveland/World Cup records

This is a list of records of the FIFA World Cup and its qualification matches.

All time

 * Most championships: 5, 🇧🇷 brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
 * Most finishes in the top two: 8, 🇩🇪 germany (1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2014)
 * Most finishes in the top three: 12, 🇩🇪 germany (1934, 1954, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
 * Most finishes in the top four: 13, 🇩🇪 germany (1934, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
 * For a detailed list of top four appearances, see FIFA World Cup results


 * Most finishes in the top eight: 18, 🇧🇷 brazil (Every tournament except 1934, 1966 and 1990)
 * Most top sixteen finishes: 21, 🇧🇷 brazil (every tournament)
 * Most World Cup appearances: 21, 🇧🇷 brazil (every tournament)
 * For a detailed list, see National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup


 * Most second place finishes: 4, 🇩🇪 germany (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)
 * Most third place finishes: 4, 🇩🇪 germany (1934, 1970, 2006, 2010)
 * Most fourth place finishes: 3, (1954, 1970, 2010)
 * Most 5th-8th place finishes: UPDATE: 8, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england (1950, 1954, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1986, 2002, 2006)
 * Most 9th-16th place finishes: UPDATE: 12, 🇲🇽 mexico (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
 * Most 17th-32nd place finishes: UPDATE: 5, 🇰🇷 south korea (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006)

Consecutive

 * Most consecutive championships: 2, 🇮🇹 italy (1934–1938) and 🇧🇷 brazil (1958–1962).
 * Most consecutive finishes in the top two: 3, 🇩🇪 germany (1982–1990) and 🇧🇷 brazil (1994–2002).
 * Most consecutive finishes in the top four: 4, 🇩🇪 germany (2002-2014)
 * Most consecutive finishes in the top eight: 16, 🇩🇪 germany (1954–2014)
 * Most consecutive finishes in the top sixteen: 21, 🇧🇷 brazil (1930–2018).
 * Most consecutive finals tournaments: 21, 🇧🇷 brazil (1930–2018).
 * Most consecutive second-place finishes: 2, (1974–1978) and 🇩🇪 germany (1982–1986).
 * Most consecutive third-place finishes: 2, 🇩🇪 germany (2006–2010)
 * Most consecutive fourth-place finishes: no country has finished 4th in two consecutive tournaments
 * Most consecutive 5th-8th place finishes: TODO: 4, (1934–1954)
 * Most consecutive 9th-16th place finishes:TODO: 5, 🇲🇽 mexico (1950–1966), (1994–2010)
 * Biggest improvement in position in consecutive tournaments: did not participate/qualify, then champion, 🇮🇹 italy (1930-1934), (1938-1950),  (1950-1954), 🇫🇷 france (1994-1998).

Gaps

 * Longest gap between successive titles: 44 years, 🇮🇹 italy (1938-1982)
 * Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two: 48 years, 🇦🇷 argentina (1930-1978)
 * Longest gap between successive appearances in the top four: 60 years, 🇪🇸 spain (1950-2010)
 * Longest gap between successive appearances in the top eight: 72 years, TODO: 🇺🇸 united states (1930-2002)
 * Longest gap between successive appearances in the final phase: 74 years, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 wales (1958-2022)

Host team

 * Best finish by host team: champion, (1930), 🇮🇹 italy (1934), 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england (1966),  (1974), 🇦🇷 argentina (1978), 🇫🇷 france (1998)
 * Worst finish by host team: 17th-32nd position (FIFA final ranking of 20th), (2010)

Defending champion

 * Best finish by defending champion: champion, 🇮🇹 italy (1938), 🇧🇷 brazil (1962)
 * Worst finish by defending champion: refused to participate, (1934)


 * Worst finish by defending champion participating in the tournament: 17th-32nd position (FIFA final ranking of 28th), 🇫🇷 france (2002)

Debuting teams

 * Best finish by a debuting team: champion, (1930), 🇮🇹 italy(1934)
 * Best finish by a debuting team after 1934: Third place, (1966), (1998)

Other

 * Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion: 3, (1974, 1978, 2010)
 * Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion: 5, {fb|NED}} (1974, 1978, 1998, 2010, 2014)
 * Most finishes in the top eight without ever being champion: UPDATE: 7 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1990)
 * Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two: 2, 🇦🇹 austria (1934, 1954), (1930, 1962), 🇵🇱 poland (1974, 1982),   (1966, 2006)
 * Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top two: UPDATE: 7 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1990)
 * Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the top four: UPDATE: 4, (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954)

All time

 * Most appearances in the first round: 19 🇧🇷 brazil (every tournament)
 * Progessed from the first round the most times: 16 🇩🇪 germany (every tournament except 1930, 1938 and 1950), 🇧🇷 brazil (every tournament except 1930, 1934 and 1966)
 * Eliminated in the first round the most times: 8 (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)
 * Most appearances, always progressing from the first round: 3 🇮🇪 (1990, 1994, 2002)
 * Most appearances, never progressing from the first round: 8 (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)

Consecutive

 * Most consecutive appearances in the first round: 19 🇧🇷 brazil (every tournament)
 * Most consecutive progressions from the first round: 15 🇩🇪 germany (1954-2010)
 * Most consecutive eliminations from the first round: 5 🇲🇽 mexico (1950-1966), (1974-1990)

Host team

 * Host team eliminated in the first round: (2010)

Defending champion

 * Defending champion eliminated in the first found: 🇮🇹 italy (1950), 🇧🇷 brazil (1966), 🇫🇷 france (2002), 🇮🇹 italy (2010)

Rest

 * Most matches played: 99, 🇩🇪 germany
 * Fewest matches played: 1, 🇮🇩 indonesia (as )
 * Most wins: 67, 🇧🇷 brazil
 * Most losses: 24, 🇲🇽 mexico
 * Most draws: 21, 🇮🇹 italy
 * Most matches played without a win or a draw: 6, 🇸🇻 el salvador
 * Most matches played without a win: 6, 🇧🇴 bolivia, 🇸🇻 el salvador,, 🇳🇿 new zealand
 * Most matches played until first win: 17, 🇧🇬 bulgaria
 * Most goals scored: 210, 🇧🇷 brazil
 * Most goals conceded: 117, 🇩🇪 germany
 * Fewest goals scored: 0, 🇨🇦 canada, 🇨🇳 china, 🇮🇩 indonesia (as ),, and 🇨🇩 congo (as ).
 * Fewest goals conceded: 2,
 * Highest average of goals scored per match: 2.72, 🇭🇺 hungary
 * Lowest average of goals conceded per match: 0.67, (2 goals in 3 matches)
 * Highest average of goals conceded per match: 6 🇮🇩 indonesia (as )
 * Lowest average of goals both scored and conceded per match: 1
 * Highest average of goals both scored and conceded per match: 6 🇮🇩 indonesia (as )
 * Most meetings between two teams: 7 times, 🇧🇷 brazil vs 🇸🇪 sweden (1938, 1950, 1958, 1978, 1990 and twice in 1994) and 🇩🇪 germany vs /🇷🇸 serbia (1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1990, 1998  and 2010)
 * Most meetings between two teams, Final match: 2 times, 🇧🇷 brazil vs 🇮🇹 italy (1970 & 1994) & 🇦🇷 argentina vs 🇩🇪 germany (1986 & 1990)
 * Most tournaments unbeaten : 7, 🇧🇷 brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 2002)
 * Most tournaments eliminated without having lost a match : 3, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england (1982, 1990, 2006)
 * Most tournaments eliminated without having won a match: 6, 🇲🇽 mexico (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978) and 🇧🇬 bulgaria (1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1998)

In one tournament

 * Most wins : 7, 🇧🇷 brazil, 2002
 * Fewest wins, champions: 3,, 1950 (out of 4)
 * Most matches not won, champions: 3, 🇮🇹 italy 1982 (out of 7)
 * Most wins by non-champion : 6,, 2010
 * Most matches not won : 5, 1974, 🇦🇷 argentina 1974,  1978, 🇧🇪 belgium 1986, 🇮🇪 ireland 1990, 🇦🇷 argentina 1990.
 * Most matches not won in regulation time: 6, 🇧🇪 belgium in 1986 and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england in 1990.
 * Most losses: 3 (28 teams, of which only 🇲🇽 mexico has accomplished this feat at three different tournaments: 1930, 1950 and 1978)
 * Most losses, champions: 1, 🇩🇪 germany, 1954 and 1974; 🇦🇷 argentina, 1978; 🇪🇸 spain, 2010
 * Most victories over former World Cup winning teams : 3, 🇧🇷 brazil (1970), 🇮🇹 italy (1982), 🇦🇷 argentina (1986), 🇩🇪 germany (2010).
 * All matches won without extra time, replays, penalty shootouts or playoffs: 1930 (4 matches), 🇧🇷 brazil 1970 (6 matches) and 🇧🇷 brazil 2002 (7 matches).
 * Best performance without winning a match : quarter-finals 🇮🇪 ireland (1990)
 * Most goals scored: 27, 🇭🇺 hungary, 1954
 * Fewest goals conceded: 0,, 2006
 * Most goals conceded: 16, 🇰🇷 south korea, 1954
 * Most minutes without conceding a goal: 517 mins, 🇮🇹 italy, 1990
 * Highest goal difference: +17, 🇭🇺 hungary, 1954
 * Highest goal difference, champions: +14, 🇧🇷 brazil, 2002
 * Lowest goal difference: -16, 🇰🇷 south korea, 1954
 * Lowest goal difference, champions: +6, 🇮🇹 italy, 1982, 🇪🇸 spain, 2010
 * Highest average of goals scored per match: 5.40, 🇭🇺 hungary, 1954 ;
 * Highest average goal difference per match: +3.2, 🇭🇺 hungary, 1954
 * Highest average goal difference per match, champions: +3.0,, 1930
 * Most goals scored, champions: 25, 🇩🇪 germany, 1954
 * Fewest goals scored, champions: 8, 🇪🇸 spain, 2010
 * Fewest goals scored, finalists: 5, 🇦🇷 argentina, 1990
 * Fewest goals conceded, champions: 2, 🇫🇷 france, 1998, 🇮🇹 italy, 2006, 🇪🇸 spain, 2010
 * Most goals conceded, champions: 14, 🇩🇪 germany, 1954
 * Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions: 1.14, 🇪🇸 spain, 2010
 * Most unbeaten teams: 5, 2006 (, 🇦🇷 argentina, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, 🇫🇷 france, 🇮🇹 italy)
 * Fewest unbeaten teams: 0, 1954
 * Worst performance by a defending champion: refused to participate, 1934
 * Worst performance by a defending champion participating in the finals: eliminated in the first round with 1 draw, 2 losses (goal difference 0-3), 🇫🇷 france, 2002
 * Most matches to qualify for World Cup Finals: 20, (2002 & 2010)
 * Largest distance travelled in a single qualifying campaign: 55,000 miles: 🇳🇿 new zealand (1982)

Streaks

 * Most consecutive successful qualification attempts : 7, 🇪🇸 spain (1986–2010).
 * Most consecutive failed qualification attempts: 18, 🇱🇺 luxembourg (1934–2010).
 * Most consecutive wins: 11, 🇧🇷 brazil, from 2–1 Turkey (2002) to 3–0 Ghana (2006).
 * Most consecutive matches without a loss: 13, 🇧🇷 brazil, from 3–0 Austria (1958) to 2–0 Bulgaria (1966).
 * Most consecutive losses: 9, 🇲🇽 mexico, from 1–4 France (1930) to 0–3 Sweden (1958)
 * Most consecutive matches without a win: 17, 🇧🇬 bulgaria, from 0–1 Argentina (1962) to 0–3 Nigeria (1994).
 * Most consecutive draws: 5, 🇧🇪 belgium, from 0–0 Netherlands (1998) to 1–1 Tunisia (2002).
 * Most consecutive matches without a draw: 16,, from 3–1 Hungary (1966) to 1–0 Netherlands (2006).
 * Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal: 18, 🇧🇷 brazil (1930–1958) and 🇩🇪 germany (1934–1958).
 * Most consecutive matches scoring at least two goals: 11, (1930–1954)
 * Most consecutive matches scoring at least three / four goals: 4, (1930–1950) and 🇭🇺 hungary (1954) (four goals); also  (1966), 🇩🇪 germany (1970), 🇧🇷 brazil (1970),
 * Most consecutive matches scoring at least six / eight goals: 2, 🇭🇺 hungary (1954) (eight goals); also 🇧🇷 brazil (1950) (six goals)
 * Most consecutive matches without scoring a goal: 5, 🇧🇴 bolivia (1930–1994) and (1986–2010).
 * Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal (clean sheets): 5, 🇮🇹 italy (1990) and (2006–2010).
 * Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal: 559, (1994, 2006–2010).
 * Most consecutive matches conceding at least one goal: 22, (1934–1994).
 * Most consecutive matches conceding at least two goals: 9, 🇲🇽 mexico (1930–1958).
 * Most consecutive matches conceding at least three goals: 5, 🇲🇽 mexico (1930–1950).
 * Most consecutive matches conceding at least four goals: 3, 🇧🇴 bolivia (1930–1950), 🇲🇽 mexico (1930–1950).
 * Most consecutive matches conceding at least five / six / seven goals: 2, 🇰🇷 south korea (1954) (seven goals); also 🇺🇸 united states (1930–1934) (six goals); also 🇦🇹 austria (1954) (five goals).

Individual

 * For records regarding goalscoring, see Goalscoring; for records regarding goalkeeping, see Goalkeeping


 * Most tournaments played: 5, Antonio Carbajal (🇲🇽 mexico, 1950–1966) and Lothar Matthäus (🇩🇪 Germany, 1982–1998).
 * See here for a list of players who have appeared in multiple FIFA World Cups


 * Most championships: 3, Pelé (🇧🇷 brazil, 1958, 1962 and 1970).
 * See here for a list of players who have won multiple FIFA World Cups


 * Most matches played, finals: 25, Lothar Matthäus (🇩🇪 Germany, 1982–1998).
 * Most minutes played, finals: 2,217 minutes, Paolo Maldini (🇮🇹 italy, 1990–2002).
 * Most matches played, qualifying: 68, Iván Hurtado (🇪🇨 ecuador, 1994–2010)
 * Most matches won: 16, Cafu (🇧🇷 brazil, 1994–2006).
 * Most appearances in a World Cup final: 3, Cafu (🇧🇷 brazil, 1994–2002).
 * Most finals played with different teams: 2, Luis Monti 🇦🇷 argentina (1930), 🇮🇹 italy (1934)
 * Most appearances as captain: 16, Diego Maradona (🇦🇷 argentina, 1986–1994).
 * Most appearances as substitute: 11, Denílson (🇧🇷 brazil, 1998–2002).
 * Youngest player: 17 years and 41 days, Norman Whiteside (, vs Yugoslavia, 1982).
 * Youngest player, final: 17 years and 249 days, Pele (🇧🇷 brazil, vs Sweden, 1958).
 * Youngest player, qualifying match: 13 years and 310 days, Souleymane Mamam (, vs Zambia, May 6, 2001, 2002 CAF Group 1).
 * Youngest captain: 21 years and 109 days, Tony Meola (🇺🇸 united states, vs Czechoslovakia, June 10, 1990).
 * Oldest player: 42 years and 39 days, Roger Milla (🇨🇲 cameroon, vs Russia, 1994).
 * Oldest player, final: 40 years and 133 days, Dino Zoff (🇮🇹 italy, vs Germany, 1982).
 * Oldest player, qualifying match: 46 years and 180 days, MacDonald Taylor (🇻🇮 virgin islands, u.s., vs St. Kitts and Nevis, February 18, 2004, 2006 CONCACAF Prelim Group 4).
 * Oldest captain: 40 years and 292 days, Peter Shilton (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, vs Italy, July 7, 1990).
 * Oldest player to debut in a World Cup finals tournament: 39 years and 321 days, David James (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, vs Algeria, June 18, 2010).
 * Largest age difference on the same team: 24 years and 42 days, 1994, 🇨🇲 cameroon (Rigobert Song: 17 years and 358 days; Roger Milla: 42 years and 35 days).
 * Largest age difference on a champion team: 21 years and 297 days, 1982, 🇮🇹 italy (Dino Zoff: 40 years and 133 days; Giuseppe Bergomi: 18 years and 201 days).
 * Longest period between World Cup finals appearances as a player: 12 years and 13 days, Alfred Bickel (, 1938–1950).
 * Longest span of World Cup finals appearances as a player: 16 years, Antonio Carbajal (🇲🇽 mexico, 1950–1966); Elías Figueroa (, 1966–1982); Hugo Sánchez (🇲🇽 mexico, 1978–1994); Giuseppe Bergomi (🇮🇹 italy, 1982–1998); Lothar Matthäus (🇩🇪 germany, 1982–1998); Rigobert Song (🇨🇲 cameroon, 1994–2010).
 * Longest period between World Cup finals appearances, overall: 44 years, Tim (🇧🇷 brazil, 1938, as a player; and 🇵🇪 peru, 1982, as coach).

Individual

 * Most goals scored, overall finals: 15, Ronaldo (🇧🇷 brazil, 1998–2006).
 * For a detailed list of the overall top goalscorers, see FIFA World Cup goalscorers


 * Most goals scored, overall qualifying: 35, Ali Daei (🇮🇷 iran, 1994–2006).
 * Most goals scored in a tournament: 13, Just Fontaine (🇫🇷 france), 1958.
 * For a detailed list of top goalscorers in each tournament (Golden Boot winner), see FIFA World Cup awards


 * Most goals scored in a match: 5, Oleg Salenko (🇷🇺 russia, vs Cameroon, 1994).
 * Most goals scored in a lost match: 4, Ernest Wilimowski (🇵🇱 poland, vs Brazil, 1938).
 * Most goals scored in a qualifying match: 13, Archie Thompson (🇦🇺 australia, vs American Samoa, 2002 OFC Group 1).
 * Most goals scored in one Final: 3, Geoff Hurst (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, vs West Germany, 1966).
 * Most goals scored in all Final matches: 3, Vavá (🇧🇷 brazil, 2 vs Sweden in 1958 & 1 vs Czechoslovakia in 1962), Pelé (🇧🇷 brazil, 2 vs Sweden in 1958 & 1 vs Italy in 1970), Geoff Hurst (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, 3 vs West Germany in 1966), and Zinedine Zidane (🇫🇷 france, 2 vs Brazil in 1998 & 1 vs Italy in 2006).
 * Most matches with at least one goal: 11, Ronaldo (🇧🇷 brazil, 1998–2006).
 * Most consecutive matches with at least one goal: 6, Just Fontaine (🇫🇷 france, 1958) and Jairzinho (🇧🇷 brazil, 1970).
 * Most matches with at least two goals: 4, Sándor Kocsis (🇭🇺 hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine (🇫🇷 france, 1958), Ronaldo (🇧🇷 brazil, 1998–2006) and Miroslav Klose (🇩🇪 germany, 2002-2010).
 * Most consecutive matches with at least two goals: 4, Sándor Kocsis (🇭🇺 hungary, 1954).
 * Most hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis (🇭🇺 hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine (🇫🇷 france, 1958), Gerd Müller (, 1970), and Gabriel Batistuta (🇦🇷 argentina, 1994 and 1998).
 * Most consecutive hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis (🇭🇺 hungary, 1954) and Gerd Müller (, 1970).
 * Fastest hat-trick & Most goals scored by a substitute in a match: 8 minutes, László Kiss (🇭🇺 hungary), scored at 69', 72', and 76' against El Salvador, 1982.
 * Hat-tricks from the penalty spot: Never occurred in the final tournament. Thrice in qualification: Kubilay Türkyilmaz (, vs Faroe Islands, October 7, 2000, 2002 UEFA Group 1); Henrik Larsson (🇸🇪 sweden, vs Moldova, June 6, 2001, 2002 UEFA Group 4); Ronaldo (🇧🇷 brazil, vs Argentina, June 2, 2004, 2006 CONMEBOL).
 * Scoring in every match of a World Cup: Alcides Ghiggia, 4 goals in 4 matches (1950), Just Fontaine (🇫🇷 france), 13 goals in 6 matches (1958), Jairzinho (🇧🇷 brazil), 7 goals in 6 matches (1970).
 * Most tournaments with at least one goal: 4, Pelé (🇧🇷 brazil, 1958–1970) and Uwe Seeler (, 1958–1970).
 * Most tournaments with at least two goals: 4, Uwe Seeler (, 1958–1970).
 * Most tournaments with at least three goals: 3, Jürgen Klinsmann (🇩🇪 germany, 1990–1998), Ronaldo (🇧🇷 brazil, 1998–2006), and Miroslav Klose (🇩🇪 germany, 2002–2010).
 * Most tournaments with at least four goals: 3, Miroslav Klose (🇩🇪 germany, 2002–2010).
 * Most tournaments with at least five goals: 2, Teófilo Cubillas (🇵🇪 peru 1970, 1978) and Miroslav Klose (🇩🇪 germany, 2002–2006).
 * Longest period between a player's first and last goals: 12 years, Pelé (🇧🇷 brazil, 1958–1970), Uwe Seeler (, 1958–1970), Diego Maradona (🇦🇷 argentina, 1982–1994), Michael Laudrup (, 1986–1998), Henrik Larsson (🇸🇪 sweden, 1994–2006), Sami Al-Jaber (, 1994–2006), and Cuauhtémoc Blanco (🇲🇽 mexico, 1998–2010).
 * Youngest goalscorer: 17 years and 239 days, Pelé (🇧🇷 brazil, vs Wales, 1958).
 * Youngest hat-trick scorer: 17 years and 244 days, Pelé (🇧🇷 brazil, vs France, 1958).
 * Youngest goalscorer, final: 17 years and 249 days, Pelé (🇧🇷 brazil, vs Sweden, 1958).
 * Oldest goalscorer: 42 years and 39 days, Roger Milla (🇨🇲 cameroon, vs Russia, 1994).
 * Oldest hat-trick scorer: 33 years and 159 days, Tore Keller (🇸🇪 sweden, vs Cuba, 1938).
 * Oldest goalscorer, final: 35 years, 263 days, Nils Liedholm (🇸🇪 sweden, vs Brazil, 1958).
 * Most penalties scored (excluding during shootouts): 4, Eusébio (, 4 in 1966), Rob Rensenbrink (, 4 in 1978) – both records for one tournament – and Gabriel Batistuta (🇦🇷 argentina, 2 each in 1994 and 1998).
 * Most penalties missed (excluding during shootouts): 2, Asamoah Gyan (🇬🇭 ghana, 2006 vs 🇨🇿 czech republic and 2010 vs ).
 * Fastest goal in a Fifa World Cup: 10.89 seconds, Hakan Şükür (🇹🇷, vs Korea Republic, June 29, 2002, 2002).
 * For a detailed list of the fastest goals from kickoff, see below


 * Fastest goal by a substitute: 16 seconds, Ebbe Sand (, vs Nigeria, June 28, 1998, 1998).
 * Fastest goal in a final: 90 seconds, Johan Neeskens (, vs West Germany, July 7, 1974).
 * Fastest goal in a qualifying match: 8 seconds, Davide Gualtieri (🇸🇲 san marino, vs England, November 17, 1993, 1994 UEFA Group 2).
 * Latest goal from kickoff: 121st minute, Alessandro Del Piero (🇮🇹 italy vs Germany, July 4, 2006).
 * Latest goal from kickoff in a final:120th minute, Geoff Hurst (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england vs West Germany 1966) (see "they think it's all over").
 * Latest goal from kickoff, with no goals scored inbetween: 119th minute, David Platt (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england vs Belgium, June 26, 1990) and Fabio Grosso (🇮🇹 italy vs Germany, July 4, 2006).

Team

 * Biggest margin of victory: 9, 🇭🇺 hungary (9) vs 🇰🇷 south korea (0), 1954; (9) vs  (0), 1974; 🇭🇺 hungary (10) vs 🇸🇻 el salvador (1), 1982.
 * Biggest margin of victory, qualifying match: 31, 🇦🇺 australia (31) vs (0), April 11, 2001, 2002 OFC Group 1.
 * Most goals scored in a match, one team: 10, 🇭🇺 hungary, vs El Salvador, 1982.
 * Most goals scored in a match, both teams: 12, 🇦🇹 austria (7) vs (5), 1954.
 * Highest scoring draw: 4–4, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england vs 🇧🇪 belgium (AET), 1954, and vs 🇨🇴 colombia, 1962.
 * Largest deficit overcome in a win: 3 goals, 🇦🇹 austria, 1954 (coming from 0–3 down to win 7–5 vs ) and, 1966 (coming from 0–3 down to win 5–3 vs 🇰🇵 north korea).
 * Largest deficit overcome in a draw: 3 goals, 🇨🇴 colombia, 1962 (coming from 0–3 down to draw 4–4 vs ) and, 2002 (coming from 0–3 down to draw 3–3 vs 🇸🇳 senegal).
 * Most goals scored in extra time, both teams: 5, 🇮🇹 italy (3) vs (2), 1970.
 * Most goals scored in a final, one team: 5, 🇧🇷 brazil, 1958.
 * Most goals scored in a final, both teams: 7, 🇧🇷 brazil (5) vs. 🇸🇪 sweden (2), 1958.
 * Fewest goals scored in a final, both teams: 0, 🇧🇷 brazil (0) vs. 🇮🇹 italy (0), 1994.
 * Biggest margin of victory in a final: 3, 🇫🇷 france (3) vs. 🇧🇷 brazil (0) 1998 and 🇧🇷 brazil (4) vs. 🇮🇹 italy (1), 1970 and 🇧🇷 brazil (5) vs. 🇸🇪 sweden (2), 1958.
 * Largest deficit overcome in a win in a final: 2,, 1954 (coming from 0–2 down to win 3–2 vs 🇭🇺 hungary).
 * Most goals in a tournament, one team: 27, 🇭🇺 hungary, 1954.
 * Most individual goalscorers for one team, one match: 7,, vs , 1974 (Dušan Bajević, Dragan Džajić, Ivica Šurjak, Josip Katalinski, Vladislav Bogićević, Branko Oblak, Ilija Petković).
 * Most individual goalscorers for one team, one tournament: 10, 🇫🇷 france, 1982 (Gérard Soler, Bernard Genghini, Michel Platini, Didier Six, Maxime Bossis, Alain Giresse, Dominique Rocheteau, Marius Trésor, René Girard, Alain Couriol) and 🇮🇹 italy, 2006 (Alessandro Del Piero, Alberto Gilardino, Fabio Grosso, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Filippo Inzaghi, Marco Materazzi, Andrea Pirlo, Luca Toni, Francesco Totti, Gianluca Zambrotta).
 * Largest goal difference improvement in consecutive matches : +10: 🇹🇷 turkey (1954) — lost 1–4 to, then won 7–0 over 🇰🇷 south korea; and (1954) — lost 3–8 to 🇭🇺 hungary, then won 7–2 over 🇹🇷 turkey.
 * Largest goal difference disimprovement in consecutive matches: -12: 🇸🇪 sweden (1938) — won 8–0 over 🇨🇺 cuba, then lost 1–5 to 🇭🇺 hungary ; 🇹🇷 turkey (1954) — won 7–0 over 🇰🇷 south korea, then lost 2–7 to ; 🇭🇺 hungary (1982) — won 10–1 over 🇸🇻 el salvador, then lost 1–4 to 🇦🇷 argentina.

Tournament

 * Most goals scored in a tournament: 171 goals, 1998.
 * Fewest goals scored in a tournament: 70 goals 1930 and 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.
 * Most scorers in a tournament: 111, 1998.
 * Most players scoring at least two goals in a tournament: 37, 1998.
 * Most players scoring at least three goals in a tournament: 21, 1954.
 * Most players scoring at least four goals in a tournament: 11, 1954.
 * Most players scoring at least five goals in a tournament: 6, 1994 - Hristo Stoichkov (🇧🇬 bulgaria), Oleg Salenko (🇷🇺 russia), Romário (🇧🇷 brazil), Jürgen Klinsmann (🇩🇪 germany), Roberto Baggio (🇮🇹 italy) and Kennet Andersson (🇸🇪 sweden).
 * Most players scoring at least six goals in a tournament: 4, 1954 - Sándor Kocsis (🇭🇺 hungary), Erich Probst (🇦🇹 austria), Max Morlock and Josef Hügi.
 * Most players scoring at least seven goals in a tournament: 2, 1970 - Gerd Müller and Jairzinho (🇧🇷 brazil).

Own goals

 * Most own goals in a tournament: 4 goals, 1954, 1998 & 2006.


 * Most own goals in a match: 2, 🇺🇸 united states vs, 2002 (Jorge Costa of Portugal and Jeff Agoos of USA).
 * Scoring for both teams in the same match: Ernie Brandts (, vs Italy, 1978 – own goal in the 18th minute, goal in the 50th minute).

Goalkeeping

 * Most clean sheets (matches without conceding): 10, Peter Shilton (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, 1982–1990) and Fabien Barthez (🇫🇷 france, 1998–2006)
 * Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (finals): 517 mins (5 consecutive clean sheets), Walter Zenga (🇮🇹 italy, 1990)
 * Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (qualifying): 921 mins (9 consecutive clean sheets ), Richard Wilson (🇳🇿 new zealand, 1982)
 * Most goals conceded: 25, Antonio Carbajal (🇲🇽 mexico) and Mohamed Al-Deayea
 * Most goals conceded, one tournament: 16, Hong Duk-Yung (🇰🇷 south korea), 1954
 * Most goals conceded, one match: 10, Luis Guevara Mora (🇸🇻 el salvador), 1982 (vs 🇭🇺 hungary)
 * Fewest goals conceded, one tournament, champions: 2, Fabien Barthez (🇫🇷 france), 1998, Gianluigi Buffon (🇮🇹 italy, 2006) and Iker Casillas (🇪🇸 spain, 2010)
 * Fewest goals conceded, one tournament: 0, Pascal Zuberbühler, 2006
 * Most penalties saved, one tournament (excluding during shootouts): 2, Jan Tomaszewski (🇵🇱 poland), 1974 and Brad Friedel (🇺🇸 united states), 2002

Coaching

 * Most matches coached: 25, Helmut Schön (, 1966-1978).
 * Most matches won: 16, Helmut Schön (, 1966–1978).
 * Most championships: 2, Vittorio Pozzo (🇮🇹 italy, 1934–1938).
 * Most tournaments: 6, Carlos Alberto Parreira (1982, 1990–1998, 2006, 2010).
 * Most nations coached: 5, Bora Milutinović (🇲🇽 mexico, 1986;, 1990; 🇺🇸 united states, 1994; 🇳🇬 nigeria, 1998; 🇨🇳 china, 2002) and Carlos Alberto Parreira (, 1982; , 1990; 🇧🇷 brazil, 1994 and 2006; , 1998; , 2010)
 * Most consecutive tournaments with same team: 4, Walter Winterbottom (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, 1950-1962); Helmut Schön (, 1966-1978) (note that Sepp Herberger took Germany/West Germany to four tournaments, (1938, 1954, 1958, 1962) omitting the 1950 competition from which Germany was banned).
 * Most consecutive wins: 11, Luiz Felipe Scolari (🇧🇷 brazil, 2002, 7 wins;, 2006, 4 wins – Portugal "won" its next match, the quarterfinal against England, by penalty kicks, which technically counts as a draw).
 * Most consecutive matches without a loss: 12, Luiz Felipe Scolari (🇧🇷 brazil, 2002, 7 matches;, 2006, 5 matches).
 * Youngest coach: 27 years and 267 days, Juan José Tramutola (🇦🇷 argentina, 1930)
 * Oldest coach: 71 years and 317 days, Otto Rehhagel (, 2010)
 * Quickest substitution made: 4th minute, Cesare Maldini, Giuseppe Bergomi for Alessandro Nesta (🇮🇹 italy, vs Austria, 1998); Sven-Göran Eriksson, Peter Crouch for Michael Owen (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, vs Sweden, 2006).
 * Most championship wins as player and head coach: 3, Mário Zagallo, 🇧🇷 brazil (1958 & 1962 as player, 1970 as coach)
 * Most final appearances as player and head coach: 5, Mário Zagallo, 🇧🇷 brazil (1958 & 1962 as player, 1970, 1974 & 1998 as coach); Franz Beckenbauer, (1966–1974 as player, 1986 & 1990 as coach)
 * Won tournaments as both player and head coach: Mário Zagallo, 🇧🇷 brazil (1958 & 1962 as player, 1970 as coach); Franz Beckenbauer, (1974 as player, 1990 as coach)

Refereeing

 * Most tournaments: 3 – John Langenus (🇧🇪 Belgium, 1930–1938), Ivan Eklind (🇸🇪 Sweden, 1934–1950), Benjamin Griffiths (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales, 1950–1958), Arthur Ellis (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, 1950–1958), Juan Gardeazábal (🇪🇸 Spain, 1958–1966), Jamal Al Sharif (🇸🇾 Syria, 1986–1994), Joël Quiniou (🇫🇷 France, 1986–1994), Ali Mohamed Bujsaim ( UAE, 1994–2002), Óscar Ruiz (🇨🇴 Colombia, 2002–2010), Carlos Simon (🇧🇷 Brazil, 2002–2010)
 * Most matches refereed, overall: 8 – Joël Quiniou (🇫🇷 France, 1986–1994) and Benito Archundia (🇲🇽 Mexico, 2006–2010)
 * Most matches refereed, one tournament: 5 – Benito Archundia (🇲🇽 Mexico, 2006), Horacio Elizondo (🇦🇷 Argentina, 2006) and Ravshan Irmatov (🇺🇿 Uzbekistan, 2010)
 * Youngest referee: 24 years and 193 days – Juan Gardeazábal (🇪🇸 Spain, 1958)
 * Oldest referee: 53 years and 236 days – George Reader (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England, 1950)

Discipline
Note: There are no official records for cautions issued in tournaments before the introduction of yellow cards in 1970.
 * Most fouls suffered at the same torunament: 53, Diego Maradona (🇦🇷 argentina), in 1990
 * Most fouls suffered at the same match: 23, Diego Maradona (🇦🇷 argentina) vs 🇮🇹 italy, 1982
 * Fastest caution: first minute, Giampiero Marini (🇮🇹 italy), vs 🇵🇱 poland, 1982; Sergei Gorlukovich (🇷🇺 russia), vs 🇸🇪 sweden, 1994.
 * Fastest sending off: 56 seconds, José Batista, vs , 1986.
 * Latest caution: during penalty shootout: Edinho (🇧🇷 brazil) v 🇫🇷 france 1986; Carlos Roa (🇦🇷 argentina), vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, 1998.
 * Latest sending off: after penalty shootout: Leandro Cufre (🇦🇷 argentina), vs 🇩🇪 germany, 2006. (Cufré was red carded for kicking Per Mertesacker in an altercation following the match.)
 * Sent off from the bench: Claudio Caniggia (🇦🇷 argentina), vs 🇸🇪 sweden, 2002.
 * Most cards (all-time, player): 6, Zinedine Zidane (🇫🇷 france, 1998–2006) and Cafu (🇧🇷 brazil, 1994–2006).
 * Most cautions (all-time, player): 6, Cafu (🇧🇷 brazil, 1994–2006).
 * Most sendings off (all-time, player): 2, Rigobert Song (🇨🇲 cameroon, 1994 and 1998) and Zinedine Zidane (🇫🇷 france, 1998 and 2006).
 * Most sendings off (tournament): 28 (in 64 games), 2006.
 * Most sendings off (all-time, team): 10 (in 64 games), 🇦🇷 argentina
 * Most sendings off (match, both teams): 4 (2 each) in vs , 2006. (referee: Valentin Ivanov)
 * Most sendings off (final match): 2, Pedro Monzón & Gustavo Dezotti (both 🇦🇷 argentina), v, 1990
 * Most cautions (tournament): 345 (in 64 matches), 2006.
 * Most cautions (all-time, team): 88 (in 64 games), 🇦🇷 argentina
 * Most cautions (match, one team): 9,, 2006, vs & , 2010, vs 🇪🇸 spain
 * Most cautions (match, both teams): 16 – vs, 2006; and 🇨🇲 cameroon v 🇩🇪 germany, June 11, 2002
 * Most cautions (match, player): 3 (61', 90', 93') Josip Šimunić, vs 🇦🇺 australia, 2006 (referee: Graham Poll)
 * Most cautions (final match, both teams): 14, 6 (🇪🇸 spain) and 9  2010
 * Most suspensions (tournament, player): 2, André Kana-Biyik (🇨🇲 cameroon 1990)
 * Longest suspension (player, doping): 15 months, Diego Maradona (🇦🇷 argentina vs 🇳🇬 nigeria, 1994)
 * Longest suspension (player, misconduct):
 * 8 matches, Mauro Tassotti (🇮🇹 italy vs 🇪🇸 spain, 1994) for elbowing Luis Enrique.
 * 1 year, Samir Shaker Mahmoud (🇮🇶 iraq vs 🇧🇪 belgium, 1986) for spitting at the referee
 * Longest suspension, qualifying:
 * Life (amnestied after 12 years): Roberto Rojas ( vs 🇧🇷 brazil, 1989) for feigning injury from a firecracker, leading to a match being abandoned.

Host Records

 * Most times hosted: 2, 🇲🇽 mexico 1970 & 1986, 🇮🇹 italy 1934 & 1990, 🇫🇷 france 1938 & 1998, 🇩🇪 germany 1974 (as West Germany) & 2006.
 * Best performance by host: Champions, 6 times: 1930, 🇮🇹 italy 1934, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 1966,  1974, 🇦🇷 argentina 1978, 🇫🇷 france 1998
 * Worst performance by host: 🇿🇦 south africa in 2010 became the first host to be eliminated in the first round. Two other hosts: 🇺🇸 united states in 1994 and 🇪🇸 spain in 1982 both reached the second round but finished with the same W–D–L record of 🇿🇦 south africa, 1–1–1. However, 🇿🇦 south africa had a worse goal difference of -2 and both 🇺🇸 united states and 🇪🇸 spain finished the first round with a goal difference of 0.

Attendance

 * Final: 114,600, Argentina v West Germany, 29 June 1986, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico, World Cup 1986.
 * Decisive Match: 199,854, Uruguay v Brazil, 16 July 1950, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, World Cup 1950.
 * Lowest match attendance in a World Cup tournament: 300, Romania vs Peru, 14 July 1930, Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay, World Cup 1930.
 * Highest match attendance in a World Cup qualifying match: 162,764, Brazil vs Colombia, 9 March 1977, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1978 CONMEBOL Group 1.
 * Lowest match attendance in a World Cup qualifying match: 0, Costa Rica vs Panama, 26 March 2005, Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San Juan de Tibás, San José, Costa Rica, 2006 CONCACAF Final Group.
 * Highest average of attendance per match: 68,991, 1994.
 * Lowest average of attendance per match: 23,235, 1934.

Penalty shootouts

 * Most shootouts, team, all-time: 4, 🇦🇷 argentina, 🇫🇷 france, 🇩🇪 germany and 🇮🇹 italy
 * Most shootouts, team, tournament: 2, 🇦🇷 argentina 1990 and 🇪🇸 spain 2002
 * Most shootouts, all teams, tournament: 4, 1990, 2006
 * Most wins, team, all-time: 4, 🇩🇪 germany
 * Most wins, team, tournament: 2, 🇦🇷 argentina 1990
 * Most losses, team, all-time: 3, 🇮🇹 italy and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england
 * Most shootouts with 100% record (all won): 4, 🇩🇪 germany
 * Most shootouts with 0% record (all lost): 3, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england
 * Most shootouts, kicker, all-time & Most losses, kicker, all-time: 3, Roberto Baggio, 🇮🇹 italy (1990 semi-final, 1994 final, 1998 quarter final)
 * Most successful kicks, shootout, one team: 5, 1982, 🇧🇪 belgium 1986, 🇮🇪 ireland 1990, 🇸🇪 sweden 1994, 🇰🇷 south korea 2002, 🇮🇹 italy 2006,  2010
 * Most successful kicks, shootout, both teams: 9, (in 4 matches)
 * Most successful kicks, team, all-time: 17,
 * Most kicks taken, shootout, both teams: 12, vs 🇫🇷 france 1982 and 🇸🇪 sweden vs 🇷🇴 romania 1994
 * Most kicks taken, team, all-time: 21, 🇫🇷 france
 * Most kicks taken, team, one tournament: 10, 🇪🇸 spain 2002
 * Most kicks missed, shootout, both teams: 5, 🇦🇷 argentina vs 1990, 🇪🇸 spain vs 🇮🇪 ireland 2002 and  vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england 2006
 * Most kicks missed, team, all-time: 7, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england (in 3 shootouts) and 🇮🇹 italy (in 4 shootouts)
 * Fewest successful kicks, shootout, one team: 0, 2006 vs 🇺🇦 ukraine
 * Most saves, all-time: 4, Sergio Goycochea 🇦🇷 argentina and Harald Schumacher 🇩🇪 germany
 * Most saves, tournament: 4, Sergio Goycochea 🇦🇷 argentina, 1990.
 * Most saves, shootout: 3, Ricardo, vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england, 2006.