Most finals reached
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
7
|
|
3
|
6
|
|
4
|
4
|
|
5
|
3
|
|
6
|
2
|
|
10
|
1
|
Most third-place finishes
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
4
|
|
2
|
2
|
|
3
|
1
|
Most finishes in the top three
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
11
|
|
2
|
9
|
|
3
|
7
|
|
4
|
4
|
|
6
|
3
|
|
8
|
2
|
|
12
|
1
|
Most fourth-place finishes
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
3
|
|
2
|
2
|
|
3
|
1
|
Most 3rd–4th-place finishes
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
5
|
|
2
|
3
|
|
3
|
2
|
|
4
|
1
|
Most finishes in the top four
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
12
|
|
2
|
10
|
|
3
|
8
|
|
4
|
5
|
|
5
|
4
|
|
6
|
2
|
|
7
|
1
|
For a detailed list of top four
appearances, see FIFA World Cup results
Most 5th–8th-place finishes
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
8
|
|
2
|
6
|
|
3
|
5
|
|
4
|
4
|
|
5
|
3
|
|
6
|
2
|
|
7
|
Cameroon (1990),
Chile (1930),
Cuba (1938),
Denmark (1998),
East Germany(1974),
Ghana (2010),
Netherlands(1994),
North Korea (1966),
Northern Ireland (1958),
Paraguay (2010),
Poland (1978),
Republic of Ireland (1990),
Senegal (2002),
Ukraine (2006),
Uruguay (1966),
United States (2002),
Wales (1958)
|
1
|
Most finishes in the top eight
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
16
|
|
2
|
10
|
|
3
|
9
|
|
4
|
7
|
|
5
|
6
|
|
6
|
5
|
|
7
|
4
|
|
8
|
3
|
|
9
|
2
|
|
10
|
1
|
Most 9th–16th-place finishes
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
12
|
|
2
|
9
|
|
3
|
6
|
|
4
|
5
|
|
5
|
4
|
|
6
|
3
|
|
7
|
2
|
|
8
|
1
|
Most finishes in the top sixteen
19, Brazil (every tournament)Most 17th–32nd-place finishes
5, South Korea (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006) Cameroon (1982, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010)
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
5
|
|
2
|
3
|
|
3
|
2
|
|
3
|
1
|
Most World Cup appearances
20, Brazil (every tournament)
For a detailed list, see National team
appearances in the FIFA World Cup
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
20
|
|
2
|
18
|
|
3
|
16
|
|
4
|
15
|
|
5
|
14
|
|
6
|
12
|
|
7
|
11
|
|
8
|
10
|
|
9
|
9
|
|
10
|
8
|
|
11
|
7
|
|
12
|
6
|
|
13
|
5
|
|
14
|
4
|
|
15
|
3
|
|
16
|
2
|
|
17
|
Angola (2006),
Canada (1986),
China PR (2002),
DR Congo[6](1974),
Cuba (1938),
East Germany[8]
(1974),
Haiti (1974),
Indonesia[7]
(1938),
Iraq (1986),
Israel (1970),
Jamaica (1998),
Kuwait (1982),
Senegal (2002),
Togo (2006),
Trinidad and Tobago(2006),
Ukraine[9]
(2006),
United Arab Emirates
(1990),
Wales(1958),
Bosnia and Herzegovina(2014)
|
1
|
Consecutive
Most consecutive championships
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
2
|
Most consecutive second-place finishes
2, Germany (1982–1986), Netherlands (1974–1978)Most consecutive finishes in the top two
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
3
|
|
2
|
2
|
Most consecutive third-place finishes
2, Germany (2006–2010)Most consecutive finishes in the top three
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
3
|
|
3
|
2
|
Most consecutive fourth-place finishes
No team has finished 4th in two consecutive tournaments.Most consecutive 3rd–4th-place finishes
2, Brazil (1974–1978), France (1982–1986), Germany (2006–2010), Sweden (1938–1950)Most consecutive finishes in the top four
Either Germany or Brazil has finished in the top four of every World Cup except 1930.
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
3
|
|
2
|
2
|
Most consecutive 5th–8th-place finishes
4, Switzerland (1934–1954)[10]Most consecutive finishes in the top eight
#
|
Team
|
#
|
1
|
15
|
|
2
|
5
|
|
3
|
4
|
|
4
|
3
|
|
5
|
Argentina (1974–1978),
(1986–1990), (2006–2010),
Austria (1978–1982),
Czech Republic (1934–1938),
England (1950–1954), (2002–2006),
France (1982–1986),
Hungary (1934–1938),(1962–1966),
Italy (1978–1982),
Netherlands (1974–1978), (1994–1998),
Uruguay (1950–1954), (1966–1970)
|
2
|
Most consecutive 9th–16th-place finishes
Most consecutive finishes in the top sixteen
Most consecutive 17th–32nd-place finishes
Most consecutive appearances in the finals
Biggest improvement in position in consecutive tournaments
- Declined to participate, then champion: Italy (1930–1934), Uruguay (1938–1950)
- Banned from participating, then champion: West Germany (1950–1954)
- Failed to qualify, then champion: France (1994–1998)
Gaps
Longest gap between successive titles
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top three
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top four
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top eight
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top
sixteen
Longest gap between successive appearances in the finals
Host team
Best finish by host team
Champion,
Uruguay (1930),
Italy (1934),
England (1966),
West Germany (1974),
Argentina (1978),
France (1998)
Worst finish by host team
Defending champion
Best finish by defending champion
Worst finish by defending champion
Worst finish by defending champion which took part in
subsequent finals
17th-32nd :
France (2002),
Italy (2010),
Spain (2014), 9th-16th :
Brazil (1966), 5th-13th :
Italy (1950). All first-round exits,
no quarter-finals in 1950, no round of 16 in 1966.
Debuting teams
Best finish by a debuting team
Best finish by a debuting team after 1934
Other
Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion
Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion
Most finishes in the top eight without ever being champion
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever being champion
Most appearances without ever being champion
Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the
top two
Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the
top two
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever finishing in
the top two
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top two
Most finishes in the top eight without ever finishing in the
top four
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever finishing in
the top four
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top four
Most finishes in the top sixteen without ever finishing in
the top eight
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top eight
Most appearances without ever finishing in the top sixteen
Players: tournament position
Qualification: at least one appearance in each Finals tournamentMost championships
Player
|
Nation
|
Tournament
|
Apps
|
Games
|
Apps
|
Games
|
App %
|
4
|
6
|
12
|
18
|
67
|
|||
2
|
6
|
||||||
6
|
6
|
Most finishes in the top two
Player
|
Nation
|
Tournament
|
Apps
|
Games
|
Apps
|
Games
|
App %
|
7
|
7
|
18
|
21
|
86
|
|||
5
|
7
|
||||||
6
|
7
|
||||||
2
|
7
|
16
|
21
|
76
|
|||
7
|
7
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
||||||
3
|
7
|
16
|
21
|
76
|
|||
6
|
7
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
||||||
4
|
6
|
12
|
18
|
67
|
|||
2
|
6
|
||||||
6
|
6
|
Most finishes in the top three
Player
|
Nation
|
Tournament
|
Apps
|
Games
|
Apps
|
Games
|
App %
|
6
|
6
|
19
|
19
|
100
|
|||
6
|
6
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
||||||
6
|
6
|
18
|
19
|
95
|
|||
5
|
6
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
19
|
21
|
90
|
|||
7
|
7
|
||||||
5
|
7
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
18
|
21
|
86
|
|||
5
|
7
|
||||||
6
|
7
|
||||||
2
|
7
|
16
|
21
|
76
|
|||
7
|
7
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
||||||
3
|
7
|
16
|
21
|
76
|
|||
6
|
7
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
||||||
4
|
6
|
12
|
18
|
67
|
|||
2
|
6
|
||||||
6
|
6
|
||||||
5
|
6
|
10
|
19
|
53
|
|||
4
|
6
|
||||||
1
|
7
|
Most finishes in the top four
Player
|
Nation
|
Tournament
|
Apps
|
Games
|
Apps
|
Games
|
App %
|
6
|
6
|
19
|
19
|
100
|
|||
6
|
6
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
||||||
6
|
6
|
18
|
19
|
95
|
|||
5
|
6
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
||||||
5
|
6
|
17
|
18
|
94
|
|||
6
|
6
|
||||||
6
|
6
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
19
|
21
|
90
|
|||
7
|
7
|
||||||
5
|
7
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
18
|
21
|
86
|
|||
5
|
7
|
||||||
6
|
7
|
||||||
2
|
7
|
16
|
21
|
76
|
|||
7
|
7
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
||||||
3
|
7
|
16
|
21
|
76
|
|||
6
|
7
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
||||||
5
|
6
|
15
|
20
|
75
|
|||
7
|
7
|
||||||
3
|
7
|
||||||
2
|
6
|
13
|
18
|
72
|
|||
6
|
6
|
||||||
5
|
6
|
||||||
4
|
6
|
12
|
18
|
67
|
|||
2
|
6
|
||||||
6
|
6
|
||||||
5
|
6
|
10
|
19
|
53
|
|||
4
|
6
|
||||||
1
|
7
|
Most finishes in the top eight
Player
|
Nation
|
Tournament
|
Apps
|
Games
|
Apps
|
Games
|
App %
|
2
|
7
|
25
|
31
|
81
|
|||
7
|
7
|
||||||
7
|
7
|
||||||
5
|
5
|
||||||
4
|
5
|
Coaches: tournament position
Most championships
Most finishes in the top two
2, Vittorio
Pozzo
Italy (1934, 1938); Helmut
Schön
West Germany (1966, 1974); Carlos
Bilardo
Argentina (1986, 1990); Franz
Beckenbauer
West Germany (1986, 1990); Mário
Zagallo
Brazil (1970, 1998)
Most finishes in the top three
Most finishes in the top four
Most finishes in the top eight
Teams: tournament progress
All time
Most appearances in the first round
Progressed from the first round the most times
16
Germany (every tournament except
1930, 1938 and 1950),
Brazil (every tournament except 1930,
1934 and 1966)
Most appearances, always progressing from the first round
Most appearances, never progressing from the first round
Most appearances, never winning a match
Consecutive
Most consecutive appearances in the first round
Most consecutive progressions from the first round
Most consecutive eliminations from the first round
Host team
Host team eliminated in the first round
Defending champion
Defending champion eliminated in the first round
Defending champion eliminated after the fewest number of
games
Teams: matches played and goals scored
All time
Most matches played
Fewest matches played
Most wins
Most losses
Most draws
Most matches played without a win or a draw
Most matches played without a win
Most matches played until first win
Most goals scored
Most goals conceded
Fewest goals scored
0,
Canada,
China PR,
Indonesia (as
Dutch East Indies),
Trinidad and Tobago, and
DR Congo (as
Zaire).
Most matches played without scoring a goal
Most matches played always conceding a goal
Highest average of goals scored per match
Fewest number of goals conceded
Lowest average of goals conceded per match
Highest average of goals conceded per match
Lowest average of goals both scored and conceded per match
Highest average of goals both scored and conceded per match
Most meetings between two teams
Most meetings between two teams, Final match
Most tournaments unbeaten
Most tournaments eliminated without having lost a match
Most tournaments eliminated without having won a match
In one tournament
Most wins
Fewest wins, champions
Most matches not won, champions
Most wins by non-champion (excluding third-place playoff)
Most matches not won
[20]
5,
Yugoslavia 1974,
Argentina 1974,
West Germany 1978,
Belgium 1986,
Republic of Ireland
1990,
Argentina 1990.
Most matches not won in regulation time
Most losses
3 (28 teams, of which only
Mexico has accomplished this feat at
three different tournaments: 1930, 1950 and 1978)
Most losses, champions
Most victories over former World Cup winning teams
All matches won without extra time, replays, penalty
shootouts or playoffs
Highest finish without winning a match
Highest finish, winning at most one match
Most goals scored
Fewest goals conceded
Most goals conceded
Most minutes without conceding a goal
Highest goal difference
Highest goal difference, champions
Lowest goal difference
Lowest goal difference, champions
Highest average of goals scored per match
Highest average goal difference per match
Highest average goal difference per match, champions
Most goals scored, champions
Fewest goals scored, champions
Fewest goals scored, finalists
Fewest goals conceded, champions
Most goals conceded, champions
Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions
Most unbeaten teams
Fewest unbeaten teams
0, 1954
Most matches to qualify for World Cup Finals
Largest distance travelled in a single qualifying campaign
Teams: overall performance (winning percentage)
In one tournament
All time
Best overall performance
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
Win %
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
GD/M
|
GF/M
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
100
|
15
|
3
|
+12
|
+3.0
|
3.8
|
|
6
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
100
|
19
|
7
|
+12
|
+2.0
|
3.2
|
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
100
|
18
|
4
|
+14
|
+2.0
|
2.6
|
|
4
|
4*
|
0
|
0
|
100
|
11
|
5
|
+6
|
+1.5
|
2.8
|
Worst overall performance
Because a large number of teams
have had lost all their matches in a world cup, only teams with a goal
difference/match ≤ -4.0 are included.
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
Win %
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
GD/M
|
GF/M
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
−16
|
−8.0
|
0.0
|
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
−8
|
−8.0
|
0.0
|
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
−6
|
−6.0
|
0.0
|
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
−6
|
−6.0
|
1.0
|
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
−14
|
−4.7
|
0.0
|
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
−12
|
−4.0
|
0.0
|
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
−8
|
−4.0
|
0.0
|
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
−8
|
−4.0
|
0.0
|
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
13
|
−12
|
−4.0
|
0.3
|
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
−10
|
−3.3
|
0.0
|
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
14
|
−12
|
−4.0
|
0.7
|
Host team
Best overall performance
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
Win %
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
GD/M
|
GF/M
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
100
|
15
|
3
|
+12
|
+3.0
|
3.8
|
Worst overall performance
The following teams had a negative overall record as hosts:
Team
|
Round reached
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
Win %
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
GD/M
|
GF/M
|
First (last 32)
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
33
|
3
|
5
|
−2
|
−0.67
|
1.00
|
|
Second (last 16)
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
25
|
3
|
4
|
−1
|
−0.25
|
0.75
|
|
Second (last 12)
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
20
|
4
|
5
|
−1
|
−0.20
|
0.80
|
Defending champion
Best overall performance
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
Win %
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
GD/M
|
GF/M
|
4
|
4*
|
0
|
0
|
100
|
11
|
5
|
+6
|
+1.5
|
2.8
|
Worst overall performance
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
Win %
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
GD/M
|
GF/M
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
−3
|
−1.0
|
0.0
|
Champion
Best overall performance
see all-time best overall
performance above
Worst overall performance
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
Win %
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
GD/M
|
GF/M
|
7
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
79
|
12
|
6
|
+6
|
+0.9
|
+1.7
|
Non-champion
Best overall performance
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
Win %
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
GD/M
|
GF/M
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
93
|
10
|
2
|
+8
|
+1.1
|
+1.4
|
Worst overall performance
see all-time worst overall
performance above
Streaks
Most consecutive successful qualification attempts
Most consecutive failed qualification attempts
Most consecutive wins
Most consecutive matches without a loss
Most consecutive losses
Most consecutive matches without a win
Most consecutive draws
Most consecutive matches without a draw
Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal
Most consecutive matches scoring at least two goals
Most consecutive matches scoring at least three / four goals
4,
Uruguay (1930–1950) and
Hungary (1954) (four goals); also
Portugal (1966),
Germany (1970),
Brazil (1970),
Most consecutive matches scoring at least six / eight goals
Most consecutive matches without scoring a goal
Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal (clean
sheets)
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal
Most consecutive matches conceding at least one goal
Most consecutive matches conceding at least two goals
Most consecutive matches conceding at least three goals
Most consecutive matches conceding at least four goals
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), Lothar
Matthäus (
Germany, 1982–1998) and Gianluigi
Buffon (
Italy, 1998–2014).
Most championships
3, Pelé (
Brazil, 1958, 1962 (only played in
first two matches; medal awarded retroactively by FIFA in 2007[33])
and 1970).
See here for a list of
players who have won multiple FIFA World Cups
Most matches played, finals
Most minutes played, finals
Most matches played, qualifying
Most matches won
Most appearances in a World Cup final
Most finals played with different teams
Most appearances as captain
Most tournaments as captain
Most appearances as substitute
Youngest player
Youngest player, final
Youngest player, qualifying match
Youngest captain
Oldest player
Oldest player, final
Oldest player, qualifying match
46 years and 180 days, MacDonald Taylor, Sr. (
U.S. Virgin Islands,
vs St. Kitts and Nevis, 18
February 2004, 2006 CONCACAF Prelim Group
4).[38]
Oldest captain
Oldest player to debut in a World Cup finals tournament
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
Longest span of World Cup finals appearances as a player
Longest period between World Cup finals appearances, overall
Goalscoring
Individual
Most goals scored, overall finals
For a detailed list of the
overall top goalscorers, see World Cup overall top goalscorers
Most goals scored, overall qualifying
Most goals scored in a tournament
For a detailed list of top
goalscorers in each tournament (Golden Boot winner), see Golden Boot
Most goals scored in a match
Most goals scored in a lost match
Most goals scored in a qualifying match
Most goals scored in a final match
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
Most consecutive matches with at least one goal
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
Most hat-tricks
2, Sándor
Kocsis (
Hungary, 1954), Just
Fontaine (
France, 1958), Gerd
Müller (
West Germany, 1970), and Gabriel
Batistuta (
Argentina, 1994 and 1998).
Most consecutive hat-tricks
Fastest hat-trick & Most goals scored by a substitute in
a match
Olympic Goals scored in a World Cup
Hat-tricks from the penalty spot
Never occurred in the final tournament.
Four times in qualification: Kubilay Türkyilmaz (
Switzerland, vs Faroe Islands, 7 October 2000,
2002 UEFA Group 1); Henrik
Larsson (
Sweden, vs Moldova, 6 June 2001, 2002 UEFA Group 4); Ronaldo (
Brazil, vs Argentina, 2 June 2004, 2006 CONMEBOL), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (
Gabon, vs Niger, 15 June 2013, 2014 CAF Second
Round Group E).
Scoring in every match of a World Cup
György Sárosi (
Hungary), 5 goals in 4 matches
(1938), Alcides Ghiggia (
Uruguay), 4 goals in 4 matches
(1950), Just Fontaine (
France), 13 goals in 6 matches
(1958), Jairzinho
(
Brazil), 7 goals in 6 matches (1970).[40]
Scoring in every match of a World Cup appeared
Guillermo
Stabile (
Argentina), 8 goals in 4 matches
(1930) (Didn't play Argentina's first match against France. Despite losing the
final, Stábile had made history in only four games, becoming the top scorer in
the first ever FIFA World Cup. It turned out that he never played for Argentina
again, and thus he scored in every game he played for his country, with an
average of two goals per match.),[41]
Leônidas da Silva (
Brazil), 7 goals in 4 matches (1938)
(Didn't play match against Italy in semifinal. Brazil manager Adhemar Pimenta
decided to rest him for the semi-final against Italy. The Italians won the game
2–1.),[42]
György Sárosi (
Hungary), 5 goals in 4 matches
(1938),[43]
Arne
Nyberg (
Sweden), 3 goals in 3 matches (1938),[44]
Ernst
Wilimowski (
Poland), 4 goals in 1 matches (1938)
(The Golden Shoe may have eluded Ernest Wilimowski of Poland, but he does boast
the best goals-to-games ratio – 400 per cent – in FIFA World Cup history.
Indeed, in his solitary appearance – an unforgettable match played in
Strasbourg, during the 1938 FIFA World Cup at France – he scored four of
Poland's goals in a 6–5 defeat by Brazil in the first round, becoming the first
player ever to score four goals in a single World Cup match.),[45]
Alcides
Ghiggia (
Uruguay), 4 goals in 4 matches
(1950),[46]
Ferenc
Puskás (
Hungary), 4 goals in 3 matches
(1954) (Puskás scored three goals in the two first-round matches Hungary played
at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. They defeated South Korea 9–0 and then West Germany
8–3. In the latter game, he suffered a hairline fracture of the ankle after a
tackle by Werner Liebrich, and did not return until the final, mean he didn't
play quarter final against Brazil and semifinal against Uruguay. Puskás played
the entire 1954 World Cup final against West Germany with the hairline
fracture. Despite this, he scored his fourth goal of the tournament to put
Hungary ahead after six minutes, and with Czibor adding another goal two
minutes later, it seemed that the pre-tournament favorites would take the
title. However, the West Germans pulled back two goals before half time, with
six minutes left the West Germans scored the winner. Two minutes from the end
of the match, Puskás appeared to score an equalizer but the goal was disallowed
due to an offside call),[47]
Just
Fontaine (
France), 13 goals in 6 matches
(1958),[48]
Omar Oreste Corbatta (
Argentina), 3 goals in 3 matches
(1958),[49]
Ferenc
Bene (
Hungary), 4 goals in 4 matches
(1966),[50]
Jairzinho
(
Brazil), 7 goals in 6 matches (1970),[51]
Teofilo
Cubillas (
Peru), 5 goals in 4 matches (1970).[52]
Most tournaments with scoring on each appearance
2, György Sárosi (
Hungary), 1934–1938 (1 goal/1 match
and 5/4) and Leônidas da Silva (
Brazil), 1934–1938 (1 goal/1 match
and 7/4).[42]
Most tournaments with at least one goal
Most tournaments with at least two goals
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
Most tournaments with at least five goals
Longest period between a player's first and last goals
12 years, Pelé (
Brazil, 1958–1970), Uwe Seeler
(
West Germany, 1958–1970), Diego
Maradona (
Argentina, 1982–1994), Michael
Laudrup (
Denmark, 1986–1998), Henrik
Larsson (
Sweden, 1994–2006), Sami
Al-Jaber (
Saudi Arabia, 1994–2006), and Cuauhtémoc Blanco (
Mexico, 1998–2010).
Youngest goalscorer
Youngest hat-trick scorer
Youngest goalscorer, final
Oldest goalscorer
Oldest hat-trick scorer
Oldest goalscorer, final
Most penalties scored (excluding during shootouts)
4, Eusébio (
Portugal, 4 in 1966), Rob
Rensenbrink (
Netherlands, 4 in 1978) – both
records for one tournament – and Gabriel
Batistuta (
Argentina, 2 each in 1994 and
1998).
Most penalties missed (excluding during shootouts)
Fastest goal from kickoff
For a detailed list of the
fastest goals from kickoff, see below
Fastest goal by a substitute
Fastest goal in a final
Fastest goal in a qualifying match
Latest goal from kickoff
Latest goal from kickoff in a final
Latest goal from kickoff, with no goals scored inbetween
119th minute, David Platt (
England vs Belgium, 26 June 1990) and Fabio
Grosso (
Italy vs Germany, 4 July 2006).
Team
Biggest margin of victory
9,
Hungary (9) vs
South Korea (0), 1954;
Yugoslavia (9) vs
Zaire (0), 1974;
Hungary (10) vs
El Salvador (1), 1982.
Biggest margin of victory, qualifying match
Most goals scored in a match, one team
Most goals scored in a match, both teams
Highest scoring draw
Largest deficit overcome in a win
3 goals,
Austria, 1954 (coming from 0–3 down to win 7–5 vs
Switzerland) and
Portugal, 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
Soviet Union) and
Uruguay, 2002 (coming from 0–3 down to draw 3–3 vs
Senegal).
Most goals scored in extra time, both teams
Most goals scored in a final, one team
Most goals scored in a final, both teams
Fewest goals scored in a final, both teams
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
Most goals in a tournament, one team
Most individual goalscorers for one team, one match
7,
Yugoslavia, vs
Zaire, 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 (Andrea
Pirlo, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Alberto
Gilardino, Marco Materazzi, Filippo
Inzaghi, Francesco Totti, Gianluca Zambrotta, Luca Toni, Fabio
Grosso, Alessandro Del Piero).
Largest goal
difference improvement in consecutive matches
[54]
+10:
Turkey (1954) — lost 1–4 to
West Germany, then won 7–0 over
South Korea; and
West Germany (1954) — lost 3–8 to
Hungary, then won 7–2 over
Turkey.
Largest goal difference worsening 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
West Germany;
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
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
(
West Germany) and Josef
Hügi (
Switzerland).
Most players scoring at least seven goals in a tournament
Own goals
Most own goals in a tournament
Most own goals in a match
Scoring for both teams in the same match
Ernie
Brandts (
Netherlands, vs Italy, 1978 – own goal in the 18th minute, goal in the
50th minute).
Top scoring teams by tournament
- 1930: Argentina, 18 goals
- 1934: Italy, 12 goals
- 1938: Hungary, 15 goals
- 1950: Brazil, 22 goals
- 1954: Hungary, 27 goals
- 1958: France, 23 goals
- 1962: Brazil, 14 goals
- 1966: Portugal, 17 goals
- 1970: Brazil, 19 goals
- 1974: Poland, 16 goals
- 1978: Argentina & Netherlands, 15 goals each
- 1982: France, 16 goals
- 1986: Argentina, 14 goals
- 1990: West Germany, 15 goals
- 1994: Sweden, 15 goals
- 1998: France, 15 goals
- 2002: Brazil, 18 goals
- 2006: Germany, 14 goals
- 2010: Germany, 16 goals
Total and average goals
Year
|
Teams
|
Matches
|
Goals
|
Top scorer
|
Average goals
|
13
|
18
|
70
|
8
|
3.89
|
|
16
|
17
|
70
|
5
|
4.12
|
|
15
|
18
|
84
|
7
|
4.67
|
|
15
|
22
|
88
|
9
|
4.00
|
|
16
|
26
|
140
|
11
|
5.38
|
|
16
|
35
|
126
|
13
|
3.60
|
|
16
|
32
|
89
|
4
|
2.78
|
|
16
|
32
|
89
|
9
|
2.78
|
|
16
|
32
|
95
|
10
|
2.97
|
|
16
|
38
|
97
|
7
|
2.55
|
|
16
|
38
|
102
|
6
|
2.68
|
|
24
|
52
|
146
|
6
|
2.81
|
|
24
|
52
|
132
|
6
|
2.54
|
|
24
|
52
|
115
|
6
|
2.21
|
|
24
|
52
|
141
|
6
|
2.71
|
|
32
|
64
|
171
|
6
|
2.67
|
|
32
|
64
|
161
|
8
|
2.52
|
|
32
|
64
|
147
|
5
|
2.30
|
|
32
|
64
|
145
|
5
|
2.27
|
|
32
|
20
|
60
|
3
|
3.00
|
- 2014 stats as of June 18th/End of game 20 (of 64 to be played).
Goalkeeping
Most clean sheets (matches without conceding)
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (finals)
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal
(qualifying)
Most goals conceded
Most goals conceded, one tournament
Most goals conceded, one match
Fewest goals conceded, one tournament, champions
Fewest goals conceded, one tournament
Most penalties saved, one tournament (excluding during
shootouts)
Fewest goals conceded, penalty shootouts, one match
Coaching
Most matches coached
Most matches won
Most championships
(note that Five coaches have reached the Final on two occasions: Vittorio
Pozzo (Italy, 1934/1938),[57]
Helmut Schön (Germany FR 1966/1974),[58]
Mário Zagallo (Brazil 1970/1998),[59]
Franz Beckenbauer (Germany FR,
1986/1990)[60]
and Carlos Bilardo (Argentina, 1986/1990).[61]
Only Vittorio Pozzo won both.)
Most tournaments
6, Carlos Alberto Parreira (1982, 1990–1998,
2006, 2010).
Most nations coached
5, Bora Milutinović (
Mexico, 1986;
Costa Rica, 1990;
United States, 1994;
Nigeria, 1998;
China PR, 2002) & Carlos Alberto Parreira (
Kuwait, 1982;
United Arab Emirates, 1990;
Brazil, 1994 &
Brazil, 2006;
Saudi Arabia, 1998;
South Africa, 2010)[62]
Most consecutive tournaments with same team
4, Walter Winterbottom (
England, 1950–1962); Helmut
Schön (
West Germany, 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) & Lajos
Baroti took Hungary to four tournaments, (1958, 1962, 1966, 1978)
omitting the 1970 & 1974 competition, when Hungary failed to qualify).[63]
Most consecutive wins
11, Luiz Felipe Scolari (
Brazil, 2002, 7 wins;
Portugal, 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
Youngest coach
Oldest coach
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
Most final appearances as player and head coach
5, Mário
Zagallo,
Brazil (1958 & 1962 as player,
1970, 1974 & 1998 as coach); Franz
Beckenbauer,
West Germany (1966–1974 as player,
1986 & 1990 as coach); Berti Vogts,
West Germany (1970–1978 as player,
1994 & 1998 as coach), Henri Michel,
France (1978 as player (France), 1986
(France), 1994 (Cameroon), 1998 (Morocco) & 2006 (Ivory Coast) as coach),[65]
Jürgen Klinsmann,
Germany (1990, 1994, 1998 as player,
and as coach 2006 (Germany), 2014 (United states)[66]
& Hong
Myung-bo,
South Korea (1990, 1994, 1998
& 2002 as player and 2014 as coach)[67]
Won tournaments as both player and head coach
Mário
Zagallo,
Brazil (1958 & 1962 as player,
1970 as coach); Franz Beckenbauer,
West Germany (1974 as player, 1990
as coach)
Most final match appearances as player and head coach
4, Mário
Zagallo,
Brazil (1958 & 1962 as player,
1970 & 1998 as coach);[59]
Franz Beckenbauer,
West Germany (1966 & 1974 as
player, 1986 & 1990 as coach)[60]
Won tournaments as both captain and head coach
Lost tournaments (final match) as both player and head coach
First person ever to have had both roles – as player and
coach
Milorad Arsenijevic, was the first person ever
to have had both roles – as player for Yugoslavia in 1930 and later as coach in
1950.[68]
Coaches Who have made it to the semi-finals with two
different teams
Guus
Hiddink[69]
and Luiz Felipe Scolari[70]
are the only two coaches to have made it to the semi-finals with two different
teams. Dutchman Hiddink did so with the Netherlands in 1998 and Korea Republic
in 2002. Scolari’s record was with Brazil in 2002 and Portugal in 2006.
A foreign coach has never managed a World Cup winning team.
The nearest is West Germany, whose coach in 1974, Helmut
Schön, was born in what became East Germany.
(note that Best performance of a team with a foreign trainer: The best
any team has done with a foreign trainer was second place, reached by Sweden in
1958 with Englishman George Raynor,[71]
and the Netherlands in 1978 with Ernst
Happel[71]
of Austria, whose co-trainer was Dutchman Jan Zwartkruis.)Refereeing
Most tournaments
3 – John
Langenus (
Belgium, 1930–1938), Ivan Eklind
(
Sweden, 1934–1950), Benjamin Griffiths (
Wales, 1950–1958), Arthur Ellis (
England, 1950–1958), István
Zsolt (
Hungary, 1954–1962), Juan Gardeazábal (
Spain, 1958–1966), Arturo Yamasaki
Maldonado (
Peru, 1962–1970), Ramón
Barreto (
Uruguay, 1970–1978), Nicolae
Rainea (
Romania, 1974–1982), Erik
Fredriksson (
Sweden, 1982–1990), Jamal
Al Sharif (
Syria, 1986–1994), Joël
Quiniou (
France, 1986–1994), Ali Mohamed Bujsaim (
UAE, 1994–2002), Óscar
Ruiz (
Colombia, 2002–2010), Carlos Eugênio Simon (
Brazil, 2002–2010)
Most matches refereed, overall
8 – Joël
Quiniou (
France, 1986–1994), Benito
Archundia (
Mexico, 2006–2010) and Jorge
Larrionda (
Uruguay, 2006–2010)[72]
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.[73]
Fastest caution
first minute, Giampiero
Marini (
Italy), vs
Poland, 1982; Sergei Gorlukovich (
Russia), vs
Sweden, 1994.
Fastest sending off
Fastest sending off, qualification
Latest caution
Latest sending off
after penalty shootout: Leandro
Cufré (
Argentina), vs
Germany, 2006 (Cufré was red carded for kicking Per
Mertesacker in an altercation following the match).
Sent off from the bench
Most cards (all-time, player)
Most cautions (all-time, player)
Most sendings off (all-time, player)
Most sendings off (tournament)
28 (in 64 games), 2006.
Most sendings off (all-time, team)
Most sendings off (match, both teams)
Most sendings off (final match)
Most cautions (tournament)
345 (in 64 matches), 2006.
Most cautions (all-time, team)
Most cautions (match, one team)
Most cautions (match, both teams)
Most cautions (match, player)
Most cautions (final match, both teams)
Most suspensions (tournament, player)
Longest suspension (player, doping)
Longest suspension (player, misconduct)
- 8 matches, Mauro Tassotti ( Italy vs Spain, 1994) for elbowing Luis Enrique.[80]
- 1-year, Samir Shaker Mahmoud ( Iraq vs Belgium, 1986) for spitting at the referee[81][82]
Longest
suspension, qualifying
- Life (amnestied after 12 years): Roberto Rojas ( Chile vs Brazil, 1989) for feigning injury from a firecracker, leading to a match being abandoned.[83]
Host records
Most times hosted
2, Mexico 1970 & 1986, Italy 1934 & 1990, France 1938 & 1998, Germany 1974 (as West Germany) & 2006 and Brazil 1950 & 2014.
#
|
Country
|
Host
|
1
|
2
|
|
6
|
1
|
Best performance by host
Champions, 6 times: Uruguay 1930, Italy 1934, England 1966, West Germany 1974, Argentina 1978, France 1998
#
|
Performance
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
Win%
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
GD/M
|
GF/M
|
1
|
Champion
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
100
|
15
|
3
|
12
|
3
|
3.8
|
|
2
|
Champion
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
85.7
|
15
|
2
|
13
|
1.9
|
2.1
|
|
3
|
Champion
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
85.7
|
13
|
4
|
9
|
1.3
|
1.9
|
|
4
|
Champion
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
83.3
|
11
|
3
|
8
|
1.3
|
1.8
|
|
5
|
Champion
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
80
|
12
|
3
|
9
|
1.8
|
2.4
|
|
6
|
Champion
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
71.4
|
15
|
4
|
9
|
1.3
|
2.1
|
|
7
|
Runners-up
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
66.7
|
22
|
6
|
16
|
2.7
|
3.7
|
|
8
|
Runners-up
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
66.7
|
12
|
7
|
5
|
0.8
|
2
|
|
9
|
Third place
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
85.7
|
10
|
2
|
8
|
1.1
|
1.4
|
|
10
|
Third place
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
71.4
|
14
|
6
|
8
|
1.1
|
2
|
|
11
|
Third place
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
66.7
|
10
|
8
|
2
|
0.33
|
1.3
|
|
12
|
Fourth place
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
42.8
|
8
|
6
|
2
|
0.3
|
1.1
|
|
13
|
Quarter-final
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
60
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
0.8
|
1.2
|
|
14
|
Quarter-final
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
50
|
6
|
4
|
0.5
|
0.8
|
1.5
|
|
15
|
Quarter-final
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
50
|
11
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
2.8
|
|
16
|
Quarter-final
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
50
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
17
|
Second Round
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
20
|
4
|
5
|
−1
|
−0.2
|
0.8
|
|
18
|
Round of 16
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
50
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
0.5
|
1.0
|
|
19
|
Round of 16
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
25
|
3
|
4
|
−1
|
−0.3
|
0.8
|
|
20
|
Group stage
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
33.3
|
3
|
5
|
−2
|
−0.7
|
1
|
Worst performance by host
South Africa in 2010 became the first host to be eliminated in the first round.[84] Two other hosts: United States in 1994 and Spain in 1982 both reached the second round but finished with a worse overall W–D–L record than South Africa's, 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
Highest attendance in a match
Highest attendance in a final
114,600, Argentina v West Germany, 29 June 1986, Estadio
Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico, World Cup 1986.
Lowest attendance in a match
Highest attendance in a qualifying match
162,764, Brazil vs Colombia, 9 March 1977, Maracanã
Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1978 CONMEBOL Group 1.
Lowest attendance in a 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.[85][86]
Highest average of attendance per match
68,991, 1994.
Highest attendance in a tournament
3,570,000, 1994.
Lowest average of attendance per match
23,235, 1934.
Lowest attendance in a tournament
390,000, 1934.
Total and average attendance
Year
|
Matches
|
Attendance
|
Lowest match
attendance
|
Highest match
attendance
|
Avg Attendance
|
||||
18
|
434,500
|
Round 1
|
300
|
Final
|
93,000
|
24,139
|
|||
17
|
358,000
|
Round 1
|
8,000
|
Semi-finals
|
60,000
|
21,059
|
|||
18
|
483,000
|
Quarterfinals
|
6,846
|
Quarterfinals
|
58,455
|
26,833
|
|||
22
|
1,043,500
|
Round 1
|
4,000
|
Final
|
199,854
|
47,432
|
|||
26
|
889,500
|
Round 1
|
3,000
|
Round 1
|
65,000
|
34,212
|
|||
35
|
919,580
|
Round 1
|
6,196
|
Final
|
51,800
|
26,274
|
|||
32
|
899,074
|
Round 1
|
5,700
|
Semi-finals
|
76,500
|
28,096
|
|||
32
|
1,635,000
|
Round 1
|
16,000
|
Round 1
|
98,270
|
51,094
|
|||
32
|
1,603,975
|
Round 1
|
10,000
|
Final
|
107,412
|
50,127
|
|||
38
|
1,774,022
|
Round 1
|
10,000
|
Round 1
|
83,168
|
46,685
|
|||
38
|
1,546,151
|
Round 1
|
9,624
|
Round 1
|
71,712
|
40,688
|
|||
52
|
2,109,723
|
Round 1
|
11,000
|
Round 1
|
95,500
|
40,572
|
|||
52
|
2,393,031
|
Round 1
|
13,800
|
Final
|
114,600
|
46,020
|
|||
52
|
2,516,348
|
Round 1
|
27,833
|
Round 1
|
74,765
|
48,391
|
|||
52
|
3,587,538
|
Round 1
|
50,535
|
Final
|
94,194
|
68,991
|
|||
64
|
2,785,100
|
Round 1
|
27,650
|
Final
|
80,000
|
43,517
|
|||
64
|
2,705,197
|
Round 1
|
24,000
|
Final
|
69,029
|
42,269
|
|||
64
|
3,359,439
|
Round 1
|
38,000
|
Quarterfinals
|
72,000
|
52,491
|
|||
64
|
3,178,856
|
Round 1
|
23,871
|
Final
|
84,490
|
49,670
|
|||
Penalty shootouts
Most shootouts, team, all-time
Most shootouts, team, tournament
Most shootouts, all teams, tournament
Most wins, team, all-time
Most wins, team, tournament
Most losses, team, all-time
Most shootouts with 100% record (all won)
Most shootouts with 0% record (all lost)
Most shootouts, kicker, all-time & Most losses, kicker,
all-time
Most successful kicks, shootout, one team
5,
West Germany 1982,
Belgium 1986,
Republic of Ireland 1990,
Sweden 1994,
South Korea 2002,
Italy 2006,
Paraguay 2010
Most successful kicks, shootout, both teams
9, (in 5 matches)
Most successful kicks, team, all-time
Most kicks taken, shootout, both teams
Most kicks taken, team, all-time
Most kicks taken, team, one tournament
Most kicks missed, shootout, both teams
Most kicks missed, team, all-time
Fewest successful kicks, shootout, one team
Most saves, all-time
Most saves, tournament
Most saves, shootout
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