Rugby League World Cup records
Rugby League World Cup records have been accumulating since the first Rugby League World Cup tournament was held in 1954.
Team Records
All-time record
This all-time table compares national teams that have participated in the Rugby League World Cup by a number of criteria including matches, wins, losses, draws, total points for, total points against, etc.This table also shows accumulated points, which treats each match as a group stage match and accumulates them together.
| Team | ||||||||||
| 16 | 83 | 71 | 1 | 11 | +1,998 | 143 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -212 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | 38 | 24 | 2 | 12 | +551 | 50 | ||||
| 6 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | -112 | 24 | ||||
| 16 | 63 | 16 | 3 | 44 | -907 | 35 | ||||
| 9 | 41 | 25 | 3 | 13 | +410 | 53 | ||||
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -200 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 10 | -46 | 14 | ||||
| 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -98 | 7 | ||||
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -170 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -96 | 7 | ||||
| 16 | 74 | 37 | 3 | 34 | +517 | 77 | ||||
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -18 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 25 | -535 | 19 | ||||
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -204 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 11 | -22 | 23 | ||||
| 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -343 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -286 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | +259 | 25 | ||||
| 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -212 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 17 | -251 | 16 |
Top four finishes
- ''Tournaments between 1954–1992 did not feature semi-final and quarter-final rounds.''
Individual records
Top try scorers
| Rank | Player | Country | Years | Tries |
| 1 | Billy Slater | 2008–2017 | 16 | |
| 2 | Jarryd Hayne | 2008–2017 | 14 | |
| 2 | Ryan Hall | 2013–2022 | 14 | |
| 2 | Valentine Holmes | 2017–2022 | 14 | |
| 5 | Bob Fulton | 1968–1975 | 13 |
Most tries in a single tournament
- Valentine Holmes – 12
- Josh Addo-Carr – 12
Most tries in a match
- Valentine Holmes – 6
Most points in a single tournament
- Michael O'Connor – 100
Most points in a match
- Ryan Girdler – 46
Miscellaneous
Winning captains and coaches
A foreign coach has never managed a World Cup-winning team.| Year | Captain | Coach | Team |
| 1954 |  Attendance RecordsThe 2013 Rugby League World Cup final at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, England, drew a world record international rugby league attendance of 74,468. |