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
  • = scored penalty ending the shoot-out
  • = missed penalty ending the shoot-out
  • = first penalty in the shoot-out
  • horizontal line within a list of takers = beginning of the sudden death stage

Statistics

Shoot-out records

;Most shoot-outs in a tournament
;Fewest shoot-outs in a tournament
;Most played shoot-out2 – vs 2 – vs
;Most penalties in a shoot-out
  • 12 – vs, 1982
  • 12 – vs, 1994
;Fewest penalties in a shoot-out
  • 7 – vs, 1986
  • 7 – vs, 2006
  • 7 – vs, 2022
;Fewest scores in a shoot-out
  • 3 – vs, 2006
  • 3 – vs, 2022
;Most misses in a shoot-out
;Most consecutive misses in a shoot-out4 – vs, 2002
;Most scored in a shoot-out
  • 9 – vs, 1982
  • 9 – vs, 1986
  • 9 – vs, 1990
  • 9 – vs, 1994
;Most consecutive scored in a shoot-out8 – vs, 1990

Team records

;Most played7 –, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2022
;Most played in one tournament2' – 2/0, 2/02 – 2/0, 2/02 – 1/12 – 1/12 – 1/12 – 1/1
;Most won6 –, 1998, 2014, 2022
;Most lost4' –
;Most consecutive wins4 – 4 –, 2022 )
;Most consecutive losses3 – 3 – 3 –
;Most won without ever losing4 – 4 –, 2022 )
;Most lost without ever winning2 – 2 – 2 –
;Most knockout matches played, never playing a shoot-out6 –
;Won shoot-out and eventually won the cup
;Won the cup without having to play any shoot-outs
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Taker records

;Most participations in shoot-outs
;Most penalties scored
;Most penalties scored in one tournament
;Most match-winning penalties taken

Goalkeeper records

;Most participations in shoot-outs
;Most penalties taken against
;Most penalties scored against
;Most penalties missed against
;Most penalties saved
;Most penalties saved in one shoot-out
;Most match-winning penalties saved

By team

TeamPlayedWinLoss% WinWin YearLoss Year
76186%1990, 1998, 2014, 2022† 2006253181%
53260%1994†, 1998, 20141986, 2022152268%
52340%1986, 19981982, 2006†, 2022†172471%
51420%20021986, 2002, 2018, 2022132259%
440100%1982, 1986, 1990, 2006-171894%
440100%2018, 2022 -141878%
41325%2006†1990, 1994†, 1998132065%
41325%20181990, 1998, 2006111958%
41325%20141998, 2014, 2022111765%
21150%1990200271070%
21150%2014201481080%
21150%201820187978%
2020%-1986, 19942729%
2020%-1990, 199481173%
2020%-2010, 20224850%
110100%1986-55100%
110100%1994-3475%
110100%1994-5683%
110100%2002-55100%
110100%2006-3560%
110100%2006-3475%
110100%2010-4580%
110100%2010-55100%
110100%2022-3475%
1010%-19902540%
1010%-2006030%
1010%-20102450%
1010%-20142540%
1010%-20143475%
1010%-20183560%
1010%-20182540%

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.
YearTeamsKnock-out
matches		Matches with
extra time		Penalty
shoot-outs		Percentage of
extra time
matches		Percentage of
matches with
penalties
Penalties
scored		Penalty
attempts		Penalty
score
rate
19781621050.0%0.0%---
19822441125.0%25.0%91275.0%
198624165331.2%18.8%212777.8%
199024168450.0%25.0%283873.7%
199424164325.0%18.8%182962.1%
199832164325.0%18.8%202871.4%
200232165231.2%12.5%131968.4%
200632166437.5%25.0%213363.6%
201032164225.0%12.5%141877.8%
201432168450.0%25.0%263672.2%
201832165431.2%25.0%263966.7%
202232165531.2%31.2%264163.4%
Total166563533.7%21.1%22232069.38%

Highest values in bold.