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07 .FIFA World Cup - FIFA World Cup records and statistics

This is a list of records of the FIFA World Cup and its qualification matches.

General statistics by tournament

Year	Host	Champion	Winning coach	Top scorer(s)	Best player award
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	Alberto Suppici	Guillermo Stábile (8)	N/A
1934	Italy	Italy	Vittorio Pozzo	Oldřich Nejedlý (5)
1938	France	Italy	Vittorio Pozzo	Leônidas (7)
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	Juan López	Ademir (8)
1954	Switzerland	West Germany	Sepp Herberger	Sándor Kocsis (11)
1958	Sweden	Brazil	Vicente Feola	Just Fontaine (13)
1962	Chile	Brazil	Aymoré Moreira	Garrincha (4) Vavá (4) Leonel Sánchez (4) Flórián Albert (4) Valentin Ivanov (4) Dražan Jerković (4)
1966	England	England	Alf Ramsey	Eusébio (9)
1970	Mexico	Brazil	Mário Zagallo	Gerd Müller (10)
1974	West Germany	West Germany	Helmut Schön	Grzegorz Lato (7)
1978	Argentina	Argentina	César Luis Menotti	Mario Kempes (6)
1982	Spain	Italy	Enzo Bearzot	Paolo Rossi (6)	Paolo Rossi
1986	Mexico	Argentina	Carlos Bilardo	Gary Lineker (6)	Diego Maradona
1990	Italy	West Germany	Franz Beckenbauer	Salvatore Schillaci (6)	Salvatore Schillaci
1994	United States	Brazil	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Hristo Stoichkov (6) Oleg Salenko (6)	Romário
1998	France	France	Aimé Jacquet	Davor Šuker (6)	Ronaldo
2002	South Korea Japan	Brazil	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Ronaldo (8)	Oliver Kahn
2006	Germany	Italy	Marcello Lippi	Miroslav Klose (5)	Zinedine Zidane
2010	South Africa	Spain	Vicente del Bosque	Thomas Müller (5) Wesley Sneijder (5) David Villa (5) Diego Forlán (5)	Diego Forlán
2014	Brazil	Germany	Joachim Löw	James Rodríguez (6)	Lionel Messi

Teams: tournament position

Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.

Most titles won: 5, Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Most finishes in the top two: 8, Germany (1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2014)
Most finishes in the top three: 12, Germany (1934, 1954, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Most finishes in the top four: 13, Germany (1934, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014); For a detailed list of top four appearances, see FIFA World Cup results
Most finishes in the top eight: 17, Germany (Every tournament except 1930, 1938 and 1950), Brazil (Every tournament except 1934, 1966 and 1990)^[3]
Most finishes in the top sixteen: 20, Brazil (every tournament)
Most World Cup appearances: 21, Brazil (every tournament including 2018); For a detailed list, see National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup.
Most second-place finishes: 4, Germany (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)
Most third-place finishes: 4, Germany (1934, 1970, 2006, 2010)
Most fourth-place finishes: 3, Uruguay (1954, 1970, 2010)
Most 3rd-4th-place finishes: 5, Germany (1934, 1958, 1970, 2006, 2010)
Most 5th-8th-place finishes: 8, England (1950, 1954, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1986, 2002, 2006)^[4]
Most 9th-16th-place finishes: 13, Mexico (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)^[5]
Most 17th-32nd-place finishes: 6, South Korea (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2014)

Consecutive

Most consecutive championships: 2, Italy (1934–1938) and Brazil (1958–1962)
Most consecutive finishes in the top two: 3, Germany (1982–1990) and Brazil (1994–2002)
Most consecutive finishes in the top three: 4, Germany (2002–2014)
Most consecutive finishes in the top four: 4, Germany (2002–2014)
Most consecutive finishes in the top eight: 16, Germany (1954–2014)
Most consecutive finishes in the top sixteen: 20, Brazil (1930–2014)
Most consecutive finals tournaments: 21, Brazil (1930–2018)
Most consecutive second-place Finishes: 2, Netherlands (1974–1978) and Germany (1982–1986)
Most consecutive third-place finishes: 2, Germany (2006–2010)
Most consecutive fourth-place finishes: no country has finished 4th in two consecutive tournaments
Most consecutive 3rd-4th-place finishes: 2, Sweden (1938–1950), Brazil (1974-1978), France (1982–1986), Germany (2006–2010)
Most consecutive 5th-8th-place finishes: 4, Switzerland (1934–1954)^[6]
Most consecutive 9th-16th-place finishes: 6, Mexico (1994–2014)
Most consecutive 17th-32nd-place finishes: 4, South Korea (1986–1998)
Biggest improvement in position in consecutive tournaments: did not participate/qualify, then champion, Italy (1930–1934), Uruguay (1938–1950), West Germany (1950–1954), France (1994–1998)
Most consecutive championships by a confederation: 3, UEFA (2006–2014)

Gaps

Longest gap between successive titles: 44 years, Italy (1938–1982)
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two: 48 years, Argentina (1930–1978)
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top three: 48 years, Argentina (1930–1978)
Longest gap between successive appearances in the finals: 56 years: Egypt (1934–1990), Norway (1938–1994)^[7]

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: 17th–32nd position (FIFA final ranking of 20th): South Africa (2010)

Defending champion

Best finish by defending champion: Champion: Italy (1938), Brazil (1962)
Worst finish by defending champion: Did not participate: Uruguay (1934)
Worst finish by defending champion who participates in the next finals: Group stage: Italy (1950, 2010), Brazil (1966), France (2002), Spain (2014)

Debuting teams

Best finish by a debuting team: Champion: Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934)^[8]
Best finish by a debuting team after 1934: Third place: Portugal (1966), Croatia (1998)

Other

Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion: 3, Netherlands (1974, 1978, 2010)
Most finishes in the top three without ever being champion: 4, Netherlands (1974, 1978, 2010, 2014)
Most appearances, never progressing from the first round: 8, Scotland (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)^[9]
Least appearances, always progressing from the first round: 3, Republic of Ireland (1990, 1994, 2002)
Most appearances, never winning a match: 3, Bolivia (1930, 1950, 1994), Honduras (1982, 2010, 2014)
Most played final: 3, Argentina vs Germany (1986, 1990, 2014)

Team: tournament progress

All time

Most appearances in the first round: 21 Brazil (every tournament)
Progressed from the first round the most times: 17 Germany (every tournament except 1930, 1938 and 1950), Brazil (every tournament except 1930, 1934 and 1966)
Eliminated in the first round the most times: 8 Scotland (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)
Most appearances, always progressing from the first round: 3 Republic of Ireland (1990, 1994, 2002)^[10]
Most appearances, never progressing from the first round: 8 Scotland (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)^[11]

Consecutive

Most consecutive appearances in the first round: 21 Brazil (every tournament)
Most consecutive progressions from the first round: 16 Germany (1954–2014)
Most consecutive eliminations from the first round: 5 Mexico (1950–1966), Scotland (1974–1990)

Host team

Host team eliminated in the first round: South Africa (2010)

Defending champion

Defending champion eliminated in the first round: Italy (1950 and 2010), Brazil (1966), France (2002), Spain (2014)

All-time table

Players

Most championships: 3, Pelé ( Brazil, 1958, 1962 (only played in first two matches; medal awarded retroactively by FIFA in 2007^[12]) and 1970); See here for a list of players who have won multiple FIFA World Cups.
Most tournaments played: 5, Antonio Carbajal ( Mexico, 1950–1966), Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, 1982–1998)
Most tournaments in squad: 5, Antonio Carbajal ( Mexico, 1950–1966), Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, 1982–1998), Gianluigi Buffon ( Italy, 1998 (did not play), 2002–2014)
Most finishes in the top two: 3, Nílton Santos ( Brazil 1950, 1958, 1962), Pelé ( Brazil 1958, 1962, 1970), Pierre Littbarski ( West Germany 1982, 1986, 1990), Lothar Matthäus ( West Germany 1982, 1986, 1990), Cafu ( Brazil, 1994, 1998, 2002), Ronaldo ( Brazil, 1994, 1998, 2002)
Most finishes in the top three: 4, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014)
Most appearances in All-Star Team: 3, Djalma Santos ( Brazil, 1954–1962), Franz Beckenbauer ( West Germany, 1966–1974), Philipp Lahm ( Germany, 2006–2014)
Most matches played, finals: 25, Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, 1982–1998)
Most knockout games played, finals: 14, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014)
Most minutes played, finals: 2,217 minutes, Paolo Maldini ( Italy, 1990–2002)
Most matches played, qualifying: 68, Iván Hurtado ( Ecuador, 1994–2010)
Most matches won: 17, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014)
Most appearances in a World Cup final: 3, Cafu ( Brazil, 1994, 1998, 2002)^[13]
Most finals played with different teams: 2, Luis Monti ( Argentina, 1930 and Italy, 1934)
Most appearances as captain: 16, Diego Maradona ( Argentina, 1986–1994)
Most tournaments as captain: 4, Rafael Márquez ( Mexico, 2002–2014)^[14]
Most appearances as substitute: 11, Denílson ( Brazil, 1998–2002)
Youngest player: 17 years, 41 days, Norman Whiteside ( Northern Ireland), vs Yugoslavia, 17 June 1982
Youngest player, final: 17 years, 249 days, Pelé ( Brazil), vs Sweden, 29 June 1958
Youngest player, qualifying match: 13 years, 310 days, Souleymane Mamam ( Togo), vs Zambia, 6 May 2001, 2002 CAF Group 1^[15]
Youngest captain: 21 years, 109 days, Tony Meola ( United States), vs Czechoslovakia, 10 June 1990^[16]
Oldest player: 43 years, 3 days, Faryd Mondragón ( Colombia), vs Japan, 24 June 2014
Oldest player, final: 40 years, 133 days, Dino Zoff ( Italy), vs West Germany, 11 July 1982
Oldest player, qualifying match: 46 years, 175 days, MacDonald Taylor, Sr. ( U.S. Virgin Islands), vs Saint Kitts and Nevis, 18 February 2004, 2006 CONCACAF First Round.^[17]
Oldest captain: 40 years, 292 days, Peter Shilton ( England), vs Italy, 7 July 1990
Oldest player to debut in a World Cup finals tournament: 39 years, 321 days, David James ( England), vs Algeria, 18 June 2010
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: 15 years and 363 days, Faryd Mondragón ( Colombia, 1998–2014)
Longest span of World Cup finals appearances as a player: 16 years, Antonio Carbajal ( Mexico, 1950–1966); Elías Figueroa ( Chile, 1966–1982); Hugo Sánchez ( Mexico, 1978–1994); Giuseppe Bergomi ( Italy, 1982–1998); Lothar Matthäus ( Germany, 1982–1998); Rigobert Song ( Cameroon, 1994–2010); Faryd Mondragón ( Colombia, 1998–2014); Samuel Eto'o ( Cameroon, 1998–2014)
Longest period between World Cup finals appearances, overall: 44 years, Tim ( Brazil, 1938, as a player; and Peru, 1982, as coach)

Goalscoring

Individual

Most goals scored, overall finals: 16, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014)
Most goals scored, overall qualifying: 39, Carlos Ruiz ( Guatemala, 2002–2016)
Most goals scored in a tournament: 13, Just Fontaine ( France, 1958); For a detailed list of top goalscorers in each tournament (Golden Boot winner), see Golden Boot.
Most goals scored in a match: 5, Oleg Salenko ( Russia), vs Cameroon, 1994
Most goals scored in a lost match: 4, Ernest Wilimowski ( Poland), vs Brazil, 1938
Most goals scored in a qualifying match: 13, Archie Thompson ( Australia), vs American Samoa, 2002 OFC Group 1
Most goals scored in a final match: 3, Geoff Hurst ( England), vs West Germany, 1966
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
Scored goal(s) in multiple final matches: Vavá ( Brazil, 1958 & 1962), Pelé ( Brazil, 1958 & 1970), Paul Breitner ( West Germany, 1974 & 1982) and Zinedine Zidane ( France, 1998 & 2006).
Most matches with at least one goal: 11, Ronaldo ( Brazil, 1998–2006), Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014)
Most consecutive matches with at least one goal: 6, Just Fontaine ( France, 1958) and Jairzinho ( Brazil, 1970)
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: 4, Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary, 1954)
Most hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary, 1954), Just Fontaine ( France, 1958), Gerd Müller ( West Germany, 1970) and Gabriel Batistuta ( Argentina, 1994 & 1998)
Most consecutive hat-tricks: 2, Sándor Kocsis ( Hungary, 1954) and Gerd Müller ( West Germany, 1970)
Fastest hat-trick: 8 minutes, László Kiss ( Hungary), scored at 69', 72' and 76', vs El Salvador, 1982
Most goals scored by a substitute in a match: 3, László Kiss ( Hungary), vs El Salvador, 1982
Olympic Goals (Goals From a Corner) scored in a World Cup: 1, Marcos Coll ( Colombia), vs Soviet Union, 1962
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 team in a World Cup (at least three matches): György Sárosi ( Hungary), 5 goals in 4 matches (1938), Arne Nyberg ( Sweden), 3 goals in 3 matches (1938), Alcides Ghiggia ( Uruguay), 4 goals in 4 matches (1950), Just Fontaine ( France), 13 goals in 6 matches (1958), Omar Oreste Corbatta ( Argentina), 3 goals in 3 matches (1958), Ferenc Bene ( Hungary), 4 goals in 4 matches (1966), Jairzinho ( Brazil), 7 goals in 6 matches (1970), Teofilo Cubillas ( Peru), 5 goals in 4 matches (1970), James Rodríguez ( Colombia), 6 goals in 5 matches (2014)
Most tournaments with at least one goal: 4, Pelé ( Brazil, 1958–1970), Uwe Seeler ( West Germany, 1958–1970) and Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014)
Most tournaments with at least two goals: 4, Uwe Seeler ( West Germany, 1958–1970) and Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2014)
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: 3, Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 2002–2010)
Most tournaments with at least five goals: 2, Teófilo Cubillas ( Peru, 1970, 1978), Miroslav Klose ( Germany, (2002–2006) and Thomas Müller ( Germany, 2010–2014)
Most qualification tournaments with at least one goal: 5, Rafael Márquez ( Mexico, 2002–2018) and Carlos Ruiz ( Guatemala, 2002–2018)
Longest period between a player's first and last goals: 12 years, 1 month and 7 days; Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 1 June 2002 – 8 July 2014)
Longest period between a player's first and last goals overall: 12 years, Uwe Seeler ( West Germany, 8 June 1958 – 14 June 1970), Pelé ( Brazil, 19 June 1958 – 21 June 1970), Diego Maradona ( Argentina, 18 June 1982 – 21 June 1994), Michael Laudrup ( Denmark, 8 June 1986 – 24 June 1998), Henrik Larsson ( Sweden, 16 July 1994 – 20 June 2006), Sami Al-Jaber ( Saudi Arabia, 25 June 1994 – 14 June 2006), Cuauhtémoc Blanco ( Mexico, 20 June 1998 – 17 June 2010), Miroslav Klose ( Germany, 1 June 2002 – 8 July 2014) and Ivica Olić ( Croatia, 8 June 2002 – 18 June 2014)
Longest period between one goal and another: 12 years, Michael Laudrup ( Denmark, 1986–1998) and Ivica Olić ( Croatia, 2002–2014)
First goalscorer: Lucien Laurent ( France), vs Mexico, 13 July 1930
Youngest goalscorer: 17 years, 7 months and 27 days, Pelé ( Brazil), vs Wales, 19 June 1958
Youngest hat-trick scorer: 17 years, 8 months and 1 day, Pelé ( Brazil), vs France, 24 June 1958
Youngest goalscorer, final: 17 years, 8 months and 6 days, Pelé ( Brazil), vs Sweden, 29 June 1958
Oldest goalscorer: 42 years, 1 month and 8 days, Roger Milla ( Cameroon), vs Russia, 28 June 1994
Oldest hat-trick scorer: 33 years, 5 months and 8 days, Tore Keller ( Sweden), vs Cuba, 12 June 1938^[19]
Oldest goalscorer, final: 35 years, 8 months and 21 days, Nils Liedholm ( Sweden), vs Brazil, 29 June 1958
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): 2, Asamoah Gyan ( Ghana), vs Czech Republic, 2006 and vs Uruguay, 2010
First substitute winning goalscorer, final: came on 86th minute, Mario Götze ( Germany), vs Argentina, 2014
Fastest goal from kickoff: 11 seconds, Hakan Şükür ( Turkey), vs South Korea, 2002
Fastest goal by a substitute: 16 seconds, Ebbe Sand ( Denmark), vs Nigeria, 1998
Fastest goal in a final: 90 seconds, Johan Neeskens ( Netherlands), vs West Germany, 1974
Fastest goal in a qualifying match: 8.1 seconds, Christian Benteke ( Belgium), vs Gibraltar, 2018 UEFA Group H
Fastest brace scored: 69 seconds, Toni Kroos ( Germany), vs Brazil, 2014
Latest goal from kickoff: 121st minute, Alessandro Del Piero ( Italy), vs Germany, 2006 and Abdelmoumene Djabou ( Algeria), vs Germany, 2014
Latest goal from kickoff in a final: 120th minute, Geoff Hurst ( England), vs Germany, 1966 (see "they think it's all over")
Latest goal from kickoff, with no goals scored between: 119th minute, David Platt ( England), vs Belgium, 1990 and Fabio Grosso ( Italy), vs Germany, 2006
Latest goal from kickoff in a final, with no goals scored between: 116th minute, Andrés Iniesta ( Spain), vs Netherlands, 2010
Most participations in different World Cup penalty shoot-outs: 3 times, Roberto Baggio Italy (1990, converted, 1994, missed, and 1998, converted)

Penalty shootouts

By team

Most played

5, Argentina (1990, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2014)

Most played in one tournament

2, Argentina (1990), Spain (2002), Costa Rica (2014) and Netherlands (2014)

Most won

4, Germany¹ (1982, 1986, 1990, 2006) and Argentina (1990, 1990, 1998, 2014)

Most won in one tournament

2, Argentina (1990)

Most lost

3, England (1990, 1998, 2006) and Italy (1990, 1994, 1998)

By tournament

Most played

4, 1990, 2006, 2014

Fewest played (since the introduction in 1978)

0, 1978

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets (matches without conceding): 10, Peter Shilton ( England, 1982–1990) and Fabien Barthez ( France, 1998–2006)
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (finals): 517 mins (5 consecutive clean sheets), Walter Zenga ( Italy, 1990)
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (qualifying): 921 mins (9 consecutive clean sheets^[21]), Richard Wilson ( New Zealand, 1982)
Most goals conceded: 25, Antonio Carbajal ( Mexico) and Mohamed Al-Deayea ( Saudi Arabia)
Most goals conceded, one tournament: 16, Hong Duk-Yung ( South Korea), 1954
Most goals conceded, one match: 10, Luis Guevara Mora ( El Salvador), 1982 (vs Hungary)
Fewest goals conceded, one tournament, champions: 2, Fabien Barthez ( France), 1998, Gianluigi Buffon ( Italy, 2006) and Iker Casillas ( Spain, 2010)
Fewest goals conceded, one tournament: 0, Pascal Zuberbühler ( Switzerland), 2006^[22]
Most penalties saved, one tournament (excluding during shootouts): 2, Jan Tomaszewski ( Poland), 1974 and Brad Friedel ( United States), 2002
Most penalties saved overall (excluding during shootouts): 2, Jan Tomaszewski ( Poland, both in 1974), Brad Friedel ( United States, both in 2002), and Íker Casillas ( Spain, 1 in 2002 and 1 in 2010)

Coaching

Most matches coached: 25, Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966–1978)
Most matches won: 16, Helmut Schön ( West Germany, 1966–1978)
Most championships: 2, Vittorio Pozzo ( Italy, 1934–1938)
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), and Carlos Alberto Parreira ( Kuwait, 1982; United Arab Emirates, 1990; Brazil, 1994 and 2006; Saudi Arabia, 1998, South Africa, 2010)
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)
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: 12, Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil, 2002, 7 matches; Portugal, 2006, 5 matches)
Youngest coach: 27 years and 267 days, Juan José Tramutola ( Argentina, 1930)
Oldest coach: 71 years and 317 days, Otto Rehhagel ( Greece, 2010)
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: 3, Mário Zagallo, Brazil (1958 & 1962 as player, 1970 as coach)^[23]
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)
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)
First World Cup player to coach a team in a World Cup: Milorad Arsenijević, Serbia (1930 as player, 1950 as coach, both times for Yugoslavia)

Refereeing

Most tournaments: 3 – John Langenus ( Belgium, 1930–1938), Ivan Eklind ( Sweden, 1934–1950), Benjamin Griffiths ( Wales, 1950–1958), Arthur Ellis ( England, 1950–1958), Juan Gardeazábal ( Spain, 1958–1966), Jamal Al Sharif ( Syria, 1986–1994), Joël Quiniou ( France, 1986–1994), Ali Mohamed Bujsaim ( United Arab Emirates, 1994–2002), Óscar Ruiz ( Colombia, 2002–2010), Carlos Eugênio Simon ( Brazil, 2002–2010), Marco Rodríguez ( Mexico, 2006–2014)
Most matches refereed, overall: 9 – Ravshan Irmatov ( Uzbekistan, 2010–2014)
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.^[24]

Fastest caution: first minute, Giampiero Marini ( Italy), vs Poland, 1982; Sergei Gorlukovich ( Russia), vs Sweden, 1994
Fastest sending off: 56 seconds, José Batista ( Uruguay), vs Scotland, 1986
Fastest sending off, qualification: 37 seconds, Rashed Al Hooti ( Bahrain), vs Iran, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
Latest caution: during penalty shootout: Edinho ( Brazil) v France 1986; Carlos Roa ( Argentina), vs England, 1998
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: Claudio Caniggia ( Argentina), vs Sweden, 2002
Most cards (all-time, player): 6, Zinedine Zidane ( France, 1998–2006) and Cafu ( Brazil, 1994–2006)
Most cautions (all-time, player): 6, Cafu ( Brazil, 1994–2006)
Most sendings off (all-time, player): 2, Rigobert Song ( Cameroon, 1994 and 1998) and Zinedine Zidane ( France, 1998 and 2006)
Most sendings off (tournament): 28 (in 64 games), 2006
Most sendings off (all-time, team): 11 (in 97 games), Brazil
Most sendings off (match, both teams): 4 (2 each) in Portugal vs Netherlands, 2006 (also known as Battle of Nuremberg)
Most sendings off (final match): 2, Pedro Monzón & Gustavo Dezotti (both Argentina), v West Germany, 1990
Most cautions (tournament): 345 (in 64 matches), 2006
Most cautions (all-time, team): 88 (in 64 games), Argentina
Most cautions (match, one team): 9, Portugal, 2006, vs Netherlands & Netherlands, 2010, vs Spain
Most cautions (match, both teams): 16 – Portugal vs Netherlands, 2006;^[25] and Cameroon v Germany, June 11, 2002^[26]
Most cautions (match, player): 3 (61', 90', 93') Josip Šimunić ( Croatia), vs Australia, 2006 (referee: Graham Poll)^[27]
Most cautions (final match, both teams): 14, 5 ( Spain) and 9 ( Netherlands) 2010^[28]
Most suspensions (tournament, player): 2, André Kana-Biyik ( Cameroon 1990)^[29]
Longest suspension (player, doping): 15 months, Diego Maradona ( Argentina vs Nigeria, 1994)^[30]
Longest suspension (player, misconduct)

9 matches, Luis Suárez ( Uruguay vs Italy, 2014) for biting Giorgio Chiellini^[31]
1 year, Ndaye Mulamba ( Zaire vs Yugoslavia, 1974) for kicking the referee^[32]
1 year, Samir Shaker Mahmoud ( Iraq vs Belgium, 1986) for spitting at the referee^[33]^[34]

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.^[35]

Team: Matches played/goals scored

All time

Most matches played: 106, Germany
Fewest matches played: 1, Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies)
Most wins: 70, Brazil
Most losses: 24, Mexico
Most draws: 21, Italy
Most matches played without a win or a draw: 6, El Salvador
Most matches played without a win: 9, Honduras
Most matches played until first win: 17, Bulgaria
Most goals scored: 224, Germany
Most goals conceded: 121, Germany
Fewest goals scored: 0, Canada, China PR, Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies), Trinidad and Tobago, and DR Congo (as Zaire)
Fewest goals conceded: 2, Angola
Most matches played without scoring a goal: 3, Canada, China PR, Trinidad and Tobago, and DR Congo (as Zaire)
Most matches played always conceding a goal: 6, El Salvador
Highest average of goals scored per match: 2.72, Hungary
Lowest average of goals conceded per match: 0.67, Angola (2 goals in 3 matches)^[36]
Highest average of goals conceded per match: 6 Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies)
Lowest average of goals both scored and conceded per match: 1 Angola
Highest average of goals both scored and conceded per match: 6 Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies)
Most meetings between two teams: 7 times, Brazil vs Sweden (1938, 1950, 1958, 1978, 1990 and twice in 1994), Germany vs Yugoslavia / Serbia (1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1990, 1998 and 2010) and Argentina vs Germany (1958, 1966, 1986, 1990, 2006, 2010 and 2014)
Most meetings between two teams, Final match: 3 times, Argentina vs Germany (1986, 1990, 2014)
Most tournaments unbeaten^[37]: 7, Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 2002)
Most tournaments eliminated without having lost a match^[37]: 3, England (1982, 1990,^[38] 2006)
Most tournaments eliminated without having won a match: 6, Mexico (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978) and Bulgaria (1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1998)

In one tournament

Most wins: 7, Brazil, 2002^[39]
Fewest wins, champions: 3, Uruguay, 1950 (out of 4)^[40]
Most matches not won, champions: 3, Italy 1982 (out of 7)
Most wins by non-champion (excluding third-place playoff)^[41]: 6, Netherlands, 2010^[42] 6, Argentina 2014
Most matches not won^[37]: 5, Yugoslavia 1974, Argentina 1974, West Germany 1978, Belgium 1986, Republic of Ireland 1990, Argentina 1990
Most matches not won in regulation time: 6, Belgium in 1986 and England in 1990
Most losses: 3 (28 teams, of which only Mexico has accomplished this feat at three different tournaments: 1930, 1950 and 1978)
Most losses, champions: 1, Germany, 1954 and 1974; Argentina, 1978; Spain, 2010
Most victories over former World Cup winning teams^[37]: 3, Brazil (1970), Italy (1982), Argentina (1986), Germany (2010 and 2014)^[43]
All matches won without extra time, replays, penalty shootouts or playoffs: Uruguay 1930 (4 matches), Brazil 1970 (6 matches) and Brazil 2002 (7 matches)
Highest finish without winning a match^[37]: last eight Republic of Ireland (1990)
Highest finish, winning at most one match ^[37]: fourth Sweden (1938)^[44]
Most goals scored: 27, Hungary, 1954^[45]
Fewest goals conceded: 0, Switzerland, 2006^[45]
Most goals conceded: 16, South Korea, 1954^[45]
Most minutes without conceding a goal: 517 mins, Italy, 1990^[45]
Highest goal difference: +17, Hungary, 1954^[45]
Highest goal difference, champions: +14, Brazil, 2002, Germany, 2014^[45]
Lowest goal difference: −16, South Korea, 1954^[45]
Lowest goal difference, champions: +6, Italy, 1982, Spain, 2010^[45]
Highest average of goals scored per match: 5.40, Hungary, 1954;^[45]
Highest average goal difference per match: +3.2, Hungary, 1954
Highest average goal difference per match, champions: +3.0, Uruguay, 1930
Most goals scored, champions: 25, Germany, 1954^[45]
Fewest goals scored, champions: 8, Spain, 2010^[45]
Fewest goals scored, finalists: 5, Argentina, 1990^[45]
Fewest goals conceded, champions: 2, France, 1998, Italy, 2006, Spain, 2010^[45]
Most goals conceded, champions: 14, Germany, 1954^[45]
Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions: 1.14, Spain, 2010^[45]
Most unbeaten teams: 5, 2006 ( Switzerland, Argentina, England, France, Italy)^[37]
Fewest unbeaten teams: 0, 1954
Most matches to qualify for World Cup Finals: 22, Australia (2018)
Largest distance travelled in a single qualifying campaign: 155,000 Miles: Australia (2018)

Team: overall performance (winning percentage)

In one tournament

All time

Best overall performance

Team	Pld	W	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
Uruguay (1930)	4	4	100	15	3	+12	+3.0	3.8
Brazil (1970)	6	6	100	19	7	+12	+2.0	3.2
Brazil (2002)	7	7	100	18	4	+14	+2.0	2.6
Italy (1938)	4	4*	100	11	5	+6	+1.5	2.8

* one of the wins was after extra time

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	L	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
South Korea (1954)	2	2	0	16	−16	−8.0	0.0
Bolivia (1950)	1	1	0	8	−8	−8.0	0.0
Dutch East Indies (1938)	1	1	0	6	−6	−6.0	0.0
United States (1934)	1	1	1	7	−6	−6.0	1.0
Zaire (1974)	3	3	0	14	−14	−4.7	0.0
Saudi Arabia (2002)	3	3	0	12	−12	−4.0	0.0
Bolivia (1930)	2	2	0	8	−8	−4.0	0.0
Scotland (1954)	2	2	0	8	−8	−4.0	0.0
El Salvador (1982)	3	3	1	13	−12	−4.0	0.3
Haiti (1974)	3	3	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
Uruguay (1930)	4	4	0	0	100	15	3	+12	+3.0	3.8

Worst overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
South Africa (2010)	3	1	1	1	44	3	5	−2	−0.7	1.0

Defending champion

Best overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
Italy (1938)	4	4*	0	0	100	11	5	+6	+1.5	2.8

* one of the wins was after extra time

Worst overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
France (2002)	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
Italy (1982)	7	4	3	0	79	12	6	+6	+0.9	+1.7
Argentina (1978)	7	5*	1	1	79	15	4	+11	+1.6	+2.1

* one of the wins was after extra time

Non-champion

Best overall performance

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GD/M	GF/M
Italy (1990)	7	6	1	0	86	10	2	+8	+1.1	+1.4

Hat-tricks

Most hat-tricks in a single World Cup: 8, 1954
Fewest hat-tricks in a single World Cup: 0, 2006

Streaks

Most consecutive successful qualification attempts^[46]: 15, Brazil (1930-2018) and 14, Germany (1934–2018)
Most consecutive failed qualification attempts: 20, Luxembourg (1934–2018)
Most consecutive wins: 11, Brazil, from 2–1 Turkey (2002) to 3–0 Ghana (2006)
Most consecutive matches without a loss: 13, Brazil, from 3–0 Austria (1958) to 2–0 Bulgaria (1966)
Most consecutive losses: 9, Mexico, from 1–4 France (1930) to 0–3 Sweden (1958)
Most consecutive matches without a win: 17, Bulgaria, from 0–1 Argentina (1962) to 0–3 Nigeria (1994)
Most consecutive draws: 5, Belgium, from 0–0 Netherlands (1998) to 1–1 Tunisia (2002)
Most consecutive matches without a draw: 16, Portugal, from 3–1 Hungary (1966) to 1–0 Netherlands (2006)
Most consecutive matches scoring at least one goal: 18, Brazil (1930–1958) and Germany (1934–1958)
Most consecutive matches scoring at least two goals: 11, Uruguay (1930–1954)
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: 2, Hungary (1954) (eight goals); also Brazil (1950) (six goals)
Most consecutive matches without scoring a goal: 5, Bolivia (1930, 1950 and 1994), Algeria (1986 and 2010), and Honduras (1982 and 2010-2014)
Most consecutive matches without conceding a goal (clean sheets): 5, Italy (1990) and Switzerland (2006–2010)
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal: 559, Switzerland (1994, 2006–2010)^[47]^[48]
Most consecutive matches conceding at least one goal: 22, Switzerland (1934–1994)
Most consecutive matches conceding at least two goals: 9, Mexico (1930–1958)
Most consecutive matches conceding at least three goals: 5, Mexico (1930–1950)
Most consecutive matches conceding at least four goals: 3, Bolivia (1930–1950), Mexico (1930–1950)
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)

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: 31, Australia (31) vs American Samoa (0), April 11, 2001, 2002 OFC Group 1
Most goals scored in a match, one team: 10, Hungary, vs El Salvador, 1982
Most goals scored in a match, both teams: 12, Austria (7) vs Switzerland (5), 1954
Highest scoring draw: 4–4, England vs Belgium (AET), 1954, and Soviet Union vs Colombia, 1962
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: 5, Italy (3) vs West Germany (2), 1970
Most goals scored in a final, one team: 5, Brazil, 1958
Most goals scored in a final, both teams: 7, Brazil (5) vs. Sweden (2), 1958
Fewest goals scored in a final, both teams: 0, Brazil (0) vs. Italy (0), 1994
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: 2, West Germany, 1954 (coming from 0–2 down to win 3–2 vs Hungary)
Most goals in a tournament, one team: 27, Hungary, 1954
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 (Alessandro Del Piero, Alberto Gilardino, Fabio Grosso, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Filippo Inzaghi, Marco Materazzi, Andrea Pirlo, Luca Toni, Francesco Totti, Gianluca Zambrotta)
Largest goal difference improvement in consecutive matches^[49]: +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 and 2014
Fewest goals scored in a tournament: 70 goals, 1930 and 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
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: 2, 1970 - Gerd Müller ( West Germany) and Jairzinho ( Brazil)

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
2014: Germany, 18 goals^[50]

Teams listed in bold won the tournament. Fewer than half of all World Cup tournaments have been won by the highest scoring team.

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
Best performance by host: Winners, 6 times: Uruguay 1930, Italy 1934, England 1966, West Germany 1974, Argentina 1978, France 1998
Worst performance by host: South Africa in 2010 became the first host to be eliminated in the first round^[51] 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.
Had its best performance hosting: ^[52]^[53] Champions: Uruguay (1930), Italy (1934), England (1966), West Germany (1974), Argentina (1978), France (1998)^[54]
Runner-up: Sweden (1958)
Semi-finals: Chile (1962), South Korea (2002)
Quarter-finals: Switzerland (1954),^[55] Mexico (1970, 1986)
Round of 16: Japan (2002)^[56]

Attendance

Final: 114,600, Argentina v West Germany, 29 June 1986, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico, 1986
Decisive match: 199,854, Uruguay v Brazil, 16 July 1950, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950^[57]
Lowest match attendance in a World Cup tournament: 300, Romania vs Peru, 14 July 1930, Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1930
Highest match attendance in a World Cup qualifying match: 162,764, Brazil vs Colombia, 9 March 1977, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1978 CONMEBOL Group 1
Lowest match attendance in a World Cup 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^[58]^[59]
Highest average of attendance per match: 68,991, 1994
Highest attendance (tournament): 3,570,000, 1994
Lowest average of attendance per match: 23,235, 1934
Lowest attendance (tournament): 390,000, 1934