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.

List of tournaments

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