FIFA World Cup records and statistics

As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the men’s 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.

Team
	22	114	76	19	19	237	108	+129	247
	20	112	68	21	23	232	130	+102	225
	18	88	47	17	24	152	101	+51	158
	18	83	45	21	17	128	77	+51	156
	16	73	39	14	20	136	85	+51	131
	16	74	32	22	20	104	68	+36	118
	16	67	31	17	19	108	75	+33	110
	11	55	30	14	11	96	52	+44	104
	14	59	25	13	21	89	76	+13	88
	14	51	21	10	20	69	74	−5	73
	12	51	19	13	19	80	73	+7	70
	11	45	19	10	16	77	54	+23	67
	17	60	17	15	28	62	101	−39	66
	13	49	18	9	22	71	71	0	63
	8	35	17	6	12	61	41	+20	57
	9	38	17	6	15	49	50	−1	57
	12	41	14	8	19	55	73	−18	50
	9	32	15	3	14	87	57	+30	48
	6	30	13	8	9	43	33	+10	47
	9	33	12	5	16	47	49	−2	41
	7	29	12	4	13	43	47	−4	40
	9	33	11	7	15	40	49	−9	40
	11	37	9	8	20	40	66	−26	35
	6	23	9	6	8	31	29	+2	33
	8	27	7	10	10	30	38	−8	31
	11	38	7	10	21	39	78	−39	31
	6	22	9	3	10	32	30	+2	30
	7	21	8	5	8	30	32	−2	29
	7	25	7	6	12	25	33	−8	27
	6	21	6	5	10	22	39	−17	23
	8	26	5	8	13	22	47	−25	23
	6	23	5	7	11	20	27	−7	22
	6	21	6	3	12	23	30	−7	21
	8	23	4	7	12	25	41	−16	19
	3	12	5	3	4	16	17	−1	18
	4	15	5	3	7	18	23	−5	18
	5	18	5	3	10	21	33	−12	18
	4	13	5	2	6	14	14	0	17
	7	26	3	8	15	22	53	−31	17
	2	10	5	1	4	20	17	+3	16
	6	20	4	4	12	17	37	−20	16
	3	13	2	8	3	10	10	0	14
	3	13	3	5	5	13	23	−10	14
	6	18	3	5	10	14	26	−12	14
	6	19	4	2	13	14	44	−30	14
	6	18	3	4	11	13	31	−18	13
	4	13	3	3	7	13	19	−6	12
	3	9	3	1	5	13	14	−1	10
	3	9	2	4	3	11	16	−5	10
	3	8	2	3	3	7	8	−1	9
	1	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
	3	10	2	2	6	5	20	−15	8
	1	5	2	1	2	5	7	−2	7
	2	8	1	4	3	5	10	−5	7
	1	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4
	2	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4
	1	3	1	1	1	5	12	−7	4
	2	7	1	1	5	6	21	−15	4
	1	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
	1	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
	2	6	0	3	3	4	14	−10	3
	3	9	0	3	6	3	14	−11	3
	1	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
	1	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
	3	7	0	2	5	5	12	−7	2
	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
	1	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1
	3	6	0	1	5	1	20	−19	1
	1	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0
	1	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0
	1	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0
	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	0
	1	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0
	1	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0
	1	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0
	2	6	0	0	6	2	12	−10	0
	1	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0
	1	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0
	2	6	0	0	6	1	22	−21	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

; Breakdown of successor team records

Team
	8	30	11	5	14	44	45	−1	38
	1	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3

Team
	2	6	3	1	2	14	13	+1	10
	10	62	36	14	12	131	77	+54	122
	8	44	29	6	9	87	40	+46	93

Team
	7	31	15	6	10	53	34	+19	51
	4	14	4	4	6	24	20	+4	16

Team
	8	33	14	7	12	55	42	+13	49
	1	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
	1	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0
	3	9	2	1	6	9	15	−6	7

Teams statistics

Note: In case there are teams with equal quantities, they will be mentioned in chronological order of tournament history. 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

– 5

Most finishes in the top two

/West Germany – 8

Most second-place finishes

/West Germany – 4

Most World Cup appearances

– 22

Most consecutive championships

– 2
– 2

Most consecutive finishes in the top two

– 3
– 3

Longest gap between successive titles

– 44 years

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two

– 48 years

Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup

– 64 years

Most consecutive failed qualification attempts

– 22

Worst finish by defending champions

Group stage –
Group stage –
Group stage –
Group stage –
Group stage –
Group stage –

Players

Most appearances

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

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Tournaments
1	'		26	5
2		/Germany	25	5
3			24	4
4			23	4
5	'		22	5

Most championships

Pelé – 3

Most appearances in a World Cup final

Cafu – 3

Youngest player

Norman Whiteside –

Youngest player in a final

Pelé –

Oldest player

Essam El-Hadary –

Oldest player in a final

Dino Zoff –

Goalscoring

Individual

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Matches	Goals per game
1	Miroslav Klose		16	24
2	Ronaldo		15	19
3	Gerd Müller		14	13
4	Just Fontaine		13	6
4	Lionel Messi		13	26

Most goals scored in final matches (overall)

Kylian Mbappé – 4

Most consecutive matches scored in

Just Fontaine – 6
Jairzinho – 6

Most tournaments scored in

Cristiano Ronaldo – 5

Milestone goals

Scorer of 1st goal – Lucien Laurent
Scorer of 100th goal – Angelo Schiavio
Scorer of 500th goal – Bobby Collins
Scorer of 1,000th goal – Rob Rensenbrink
Scorer of 2,000th goal – Marcus Allbäck
Scorer of 2,500th goal – Fakhreddine Ben Youssef

Olympic goals

1 – Marcos Coll

Youngest goalscorer

Pelé –

Youngest goalscorer in a final

Pelé –

Oldest goalscorer

Roger Milla –

Oldest goalscorer in a final

Nils Liedholm –

Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final

Lionel Messi –

Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round

Pepe –

Fastest goal

Hakan Şükür – 11 seconds

Fastest goal in a final

Johan Neeskens – 90 seconds

Latest goal in regular time

Mehdi Taremi – 90+13th minute

Team

Most goals in a tournament

– 27

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.

Tournament

Most goals scored in a tournament

172 goals – 2022

Fewest goals scored in a tournament

70 goals – 1930, 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

Assists

Most assists

Pelé – 10

Most assists in a tournament

Raymond Kopa – 9

Most tournaments assisted in

Lionel Messi – 5

Most assists provided in a match

Giovanni Ferrari – 4
Robert Gadocha – 4

Most assists provided in final matches

Pelé – 3

Most assists in the knockout rounds

Fritz Walter – 6
Lionel Messi – 6

Goal contributions

Most goal contributions

Pelé – 21, 12 goals and 9 assists
Lionel Messi – 21, 13 goals and 8 assists

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets

Peter Shilton – 10
Fabien Barthez – 10

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal

Walter Zenga – 517 mins, 5 consecutive clean sheets

Most goals conceded

Antonio Carbajal – 25
Mohamed Al-Deayea – 25

Most goals conceded in a tournament

Hong Deok-young – 16

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament

Pascal Zuberbühler – 0

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament for the eventual winners

Fabien Barthez – 2
Gianluigi Buffon – 2
Iker Casillas – 2

Most saves in one match

Tim Howard – 16

Most penalties saved (excluding penalty shoot-outs)

Jan Tomaszewski – 2
Brad Friedel – 2
Iker Casillas – 2
Wojciech Szczęsny – 2

Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out

Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs

Harald Schumacher – 4
Sergio Goycochea – 4
Danijel Subašić – 4
Dominik Livaković – 4

Coaching

Most matches coached

Helmut Schön – 25

Most matches won

Helmut Schön – 16

Most tournaments won

Vittorio Pozzo – 2

Most tournaments as a coach

Carlos Alberto Parreira – 6

Most different nations coached

Bora Milutinović – 5
Carlos Alberto Parreira – 5

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach

Bora Milutinović – 5

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team

Walter Winterbottom – 4
Helmut Schön – 4

Youngest coach

Juan José Tramutola –

Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team

Alberto Suppici –

Oldest coach

Otto Rehhagel –

Oldest coach of a World Cup winning team

Vicente del Bosque –

Refereeing

Most tournaments

Most matches refereed, overall

Ravshan Irmatov – 11

Youngest referee

Juan Gardeazábal – 24 years and 193 days

Oldest referee

George Reader – 53 years and 236 days

Discipline

Fastest caution

Jesús Gallardo – 11 seconds

Fastest sending off

José Batista – 56 seconds

Fastest sending off, qualification

Rashed Al-Hooti – 37 seconds

Latest caution

Emiliano Martínez – During penalty shoot-out

Latest sending off

Leandro Cufré – After penalty shoot-out
Denzel Dumfries – After penalty shoot-out

Sent off from the bench

Claudio Caniggia

Most cards (all-time, player)

Javier Mascherano – 7

Most cautions (all-time, player)

Javier Mascherano – 7

Most sendings off (all-time, player)

Rigobert Song – 2
Zinedine Zidane – 2

Most sendings off (tournament)

2006 – 28

Most sendings off (all-time, team)

– 11

Most sendings off (match, both teams)

2 each for and – 4

Most sendings off (final match)

2 for vs., 1990

Most cautions (tournament)

2006 – 345

Most cautions (match, one team)

– 10

Most cautions (match, both teams)

8 for and 10 for – 18

Most cautions (match, player)

Josip Šimunić – 3

Most cautions (final match, both teams)

9 for and 5 for – 14

Most suspensions (tournament, player)

André Kana-Biyik – 2

Teams: Matches played/goals scored

All time

Most matches played

– 114

Most wins

– 76

Most losses

– 28

Most draws

– 22

Most goals scored

– 237

Most goalscorers

– 85

Most goals conceded

– 130

Fewest goals scored

– 0
– 0
– 0
– 0

Highest goal difference

– +129

In one tournament

Most goals scored

– 27

Fewest goals conceded

– 0

Most goals conceded

– 16

Most matches gone into extra time

– 3
– 3
– 3
– 3

Most minutes without conceding a goal

– 517 mins

Highest goal difference in a tournament

– +17

Highest goal difference, champions

– +14
– +14

Lowest goal difference

– −16

Lowest goal difference, champions

/ – +6
– +6

Highest average of goals scored per match

– 5.40

Highest average goal difference per match

– +3.2

Most goals scored, champions

– 25

Fewest goals scored, champions

– 8

Fewest goals scored, finalists

– 5

Fewest goals conceded, champions

– 2
– 2
– 2

Most goals conceded, champions

– 14

Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions

– 1.14

Most penalties scored (excluding shoot-outs)

– 4
– 4
– 4

Most penalties awarded (excluding shoot-outs)

– 5

Attendance

Lowest attendance

vs. – 300

Highest average of attendance

68,991 per match – 1994

Highest aggregated attendance

3,587,538 – 1994

Lowest average of attendance

21,059 per match – 1934

Lowest aggregated attendance

358,000 – 1934

Statistics per tournament

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.

FIFA World Cup records and statistics

Overall team records

Teams statistics

Most titles

Most finishes in the top two

Most second-place finishes

Most World Cup appearances

Most consecutive championships

Most consecutive finishes in the top two

Longest gap between successive titles

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two

Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup

Most consecutive failed qualification attempts

Worst finish by defending champions

Players

Most appearances

Most championships

Most appearances in a World Cup final

Youngest player

Youngest player in a final

Oldest player

Oldest player in a final

Goalscoring

Individual

Top goalscorers

Most goals scored in a single tournament

Most goals scored in a match

Most goals scored in a final match

Most goals scored in final matches (overall)

Most consecutive matches scored in

Most tournaments scored in

Milestone goals

Olympic goals

Youngest goalscorer

Youngest goalscorer in a final

Oldest goalscorer

Oldest goalscorer in a final

Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final

Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round

Fastest goal

Fastest goal in a final

Latest goal in regular time

Team

Most goals in a tournament

Top scoring teams by tournament

Tournament

Most goals scored in a tournament

Fewest goals scored in a tournament

Most goals per match in a tournament

Fewest goals per match in a tournament

Assists

Most assists

Most assists in a tournament

Most tournaments assisted in

Most assists provided in a match

Most assists provided in final matches

Most assists in the knockout rounds

Goal contributions

Most goal contributions

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal

Most goals conceded

Most goals conceded in a tournament

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament for the eventual winners

Most saves in one match

Most penalties saved (excluding penalty shoot-outs)

Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out

Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs

Coaching

Most matches coached

Most matches won

Most tournaments won

Most tournaments as a coach

Most different nations coached

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team

Youngest coach

Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team