This all-time table compares national teams that have participated in the FIFA World Cup by a number of criteria including matches, wins, losses, goals, total points, points per played matches, etc.

The table also shows –among other things– the accumulated points for every team that has ever participated in the tournament. This takes each game as if it were a World Cup group-stage match, giving 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss (as nowadays). The rank order is based on total points. The points per matches played controls for number of matches played and thus, factoring in the total accumulated points divided by the total matches a team has played at the World Cup. Matches decided in penalty shootouts count as draws in this table.

All-time table

The table is accurate as of the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Teams in bold are part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Pos	Team	Part's	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Avg Pts	Best finish
1	Brazil	20	104	70	17	17	221	102	119	227	2.18	Winner (5 times)
2	Germany[1]	18	106	66	20	20	224	121	103	218	2.06	Winner (4 times)
3	Italy	18	83	45	21	17	128	77	51	156	1.88	Winner (4 times)
4	Argentina	16	77	42	14	21	131	84	47	140	1.82	Winner (2 times)
5	Spain	14	59	29	12	18	92	66	26	99	1.68	Winner (1 time)
6	England	14	62	26	20	16	79	56	23	98	1.58	Winner (1 time)
7	France	14	59	28	12	19	106	71	35	96	1.63	Winner (1 time)
8	Netherlands	10	50	27	12	11	86	48	38	93	1.86	Runner-up
9	Uruguay	12	51	20	12	19	80	71	9	72	1.41	Winner (2 times)
10	Sweden	11	46	16	13	17	74	69	5	61	1.33	Runner-up
11	Russia[2]	10	40	17	8	15	66	47	19	59	1.48	Fourth place
12	Serbia[3]	11	43	17	8	18	64	59	5	59	1.37	Fourth place
13	Mexico	15	53	14	14	25	57	92	-35	56	1.06	Quarter-finals
14	Belgium	12	41	14	9	18	52	66	-14	51	1.24	Fourth place
15	Poland	7	31	15	5	11	44	40	4	50	1.61	Third place
16	Hungary	9	32	15	3	14	87	57	30	48	1.5	Runner-up
17	Portugal	6	26	13	4	9	43	29	14	43	1.65	Third place
18	Czech Republic[4]	9	33	12	5	16	47	49	-2	41	1.24	Runner-up
19	Austria	7	29	12	4	13	43	47	-4	40	1.38	Third place
20	Chile	9	33	11	7	15	40	49	-9	40	1.21	Third place
21	Switzerland	10	33	11	6	16	45	59	-14	39	1.18	Quarter-finals
22	Paraguay	8	27	7	10	10	30	38	-8	31	1.15	Quarter-finals
23	United States	10	33	8	6	19	37	62	-25	30	0.91	Third place
24	Romania[5]	7	21	8	5	8	30	32	-2	29	1.38	Quarter-finals
25	Denmark	4	16	8	2	6	27	24	3	26	1.63	Quarter-finals
26	South Korea	9	31	5	9	17	31	67	-36	24	0.77	Fourth place
27	Croatia[6]	4	16	7	2	7	21	17	4	23	1.44	Third place
28	Colombia	5	18	7	2	9	26	27	-1	23	1.28	Quarter-finals
29	Costa Rica	4	15	5	4	6	17	23	-6	19	1.27	Quarter-finals
30	Scotland	8	23	4	7	12	25	41	-16	19	0.83	First round
31	Cameroon	7	23	4	7	12	18	43	-25	19	0.83	Quarter-finals
32	Nigeria	5	18	5	3	10	20	26	-6	18	1	Second round
33	Bulgaria	7	26	3	8	15	22	53	-31	17	0.65	Fourth place
34	Turkey	2	10	5	1	4	20	17	3	16	1.6	Third place
35	Japan	5	17	4	4	9	14	22	-8	16	0.94	Second round
36	Ghana	3	12	4	3	5	13	16	-3	15	1.25	Quarter-finals
37	Peru	4	15	4	3	8	19	31	-12	15	1	Quarter-finals
38	Republic of Ireland	3	13	2	8	3	10	10	0	14	1.08	Quarter-finals
39	Northern Ireland	3	13	3	5	5	13	23	-10	14	1.08	Quarter-finals
40	Ecuador	3	10	4	1	5	10	11	-1	13	1.30	Second round
41	Algeria	4	13	3	3	7	13	19	-6	12	0.92	Second round
42	Ivory Coast	3	9	3	1	5	13	14	-1	10	1.11	First round
43	South Africa	3	9	2	4	3	11	16	-5	10	1.11	First round
44	Morocco	4	13	2	4	7	12	18	-6	10	0.77	Second round
45	Norway	3	8	2	3	3	7	8	-1	9	1.13	Second round
46	Australia	4	13	2	3	8	11	26	-15	9	0.69	Second round
47	Senegal	1	5	2	2	1	7	6	1	8	1.6	Quarter-finals
48	East Germany[7]	1	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8	1.33	Quarter-finals
49	Greece	3	10	2	2	6	5	20	-15	8	0.8	Second round
50	Saudi Arabia	4	13	2	2	9	9	32	-23	8	0.62	Second round
51	Ukraine[2]	1	5	2	1	2	5	7	-2	7	1.4	Quarter-finals
52	Tunisia	4	12	1	4	7	8	17	-9	7	0.58	First round
53	Wales	1	5	1	3	1	4	4	0	6	1.2	Quarter-finals
54	Iran	4	12	1	3	8	7	22	-15	6	0.5	First round
55	Cuba	1	3	1	1	1	5	12	-7	4	1.33	Quarter-finals
56	Slovakia[4]	1	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2	4	1	Second round
57	Slovenia[6]	2	6	1	1	4	5	10	-5	4	0.67	First round
58	North Korea	2	7	1	1	5	6	21	-15	4	0.57	Quarter-finals
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina[6]	1	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3	1	First round
60	Jamaica	1	3	1	0	2	3	9	-6	3	1	First round
61	New Zealand	2	6	0	3	3	4	14	-10	3	0.5	First round
62	Honduras	3	9	0	3	6	3	14	-11	3	0.33	First round
63	Angola	1	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	2	0.67	First round
64	Israel	1	3	0	2	1	1	3	-2	2	0.67	First round
65	Egypt	2	4	0	2	2	3	6	-3	2	0.5	First round
66	Kuwait	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1	0.33	First round
67	Trinidad and Tobago	1	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4	1	0.33	First round
68	Bolivia	3	6	0	1	5	1	20	-19	1	0.17	First round
69	Iraq	1	3	0	0	3	1	4	-3	0	0	First round
70	Togo	1	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5	0	0	First round
71	Canada	1	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5	0	0	First round
72	Indonesia	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	-6	0	0	First round
73	United Arab Emirates	1	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9	0	0	First round
74	China PR	1	3	0	0	3	0	9	-9	0	0	First round
75	Haiti	1	3	0	0	3	2	14	-12	0	0	First round
76	DR Congo	1	3	0	0	3	0	14	-14	0	0	First round
77	El Salvador	2	6	0	0	6	1	22	-21	0	0	First round
78	Iceland	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
79	Panama	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Breakdown of successor teams

Position total count	Name of Team	Participations	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Avg Pts	Best finish
2 a	until 1938  Germany	2	6	3	1	2	14	13	1	10	1.67	Third place
2 b	1950–1990  West Germany	10	62	36	14	12	131	77	54	122	1.97	Winner (3 times)
2 c	since 1994  Germany	6	38	27	5	6	79	31	48	86	2.26	Winner (1 time)
11 a	until 1990  Soviet Union	7	31	15	6	10	53	34	19	51	1.65	Fourth place
11 b	since 1994  Russia	3	9	2	2	5	13	13	0	8	0.89	First round
12 a	until 1938 Kingdom of Yugoslavia	1	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	6	2.00	Fourth place
12 b	1950–1990  Yugoslavia	7	30	12	7	11	48	35	13	43	1.43	Fourth place
12 c	1994–2002 FR Yugoslavia	1	4	2	1	1	5	4	1	7	1.75	Second round
12 d	2006  Serbia and Montenegro	1	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0	0.00	First round
12 e	since 2010  Serbia	1	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3	1.00	First round
18 a	until 1994  Czechoslovakia	8	30	11	5	14	44	45	−1	38	1.27	Runner-up
18 b	since 1998  Czech Republic	1	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3	1.00	First round

Legend:

1. includes results of  West Germany from 1954 to 1990

2. participated until 1990 as a part of  Soviet Union

3. participated until 1990 as a part of  Yugoslavia, and 1998 to 2006 as a part of  Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia)

4. until 1990 the Czech Republic and Slovakia participated as  Czechoslovakia

5. known from 1930–38 as Rumania

6. participated until 1990 as a part of  Yugoslavia

7. now is part of  Germany