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FIFA World Cup records and statistics

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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

Year	Host	Champions	Winning coach	Top scorer(s)	Best player award	Source
1930	URU		URU Alberto Suppici	Guillermo Stábile (8)	Not awarded
1934	ITA		ITA Vittorio Pozzo	Oldřich Nejedlý (5)
1938	FRA		ITA Vittorio Pozzo	Leônidas (7)
1950	BRA		URU Juan López	Ademir (9)
1954	SUI		FRG Sepp Herberger	Sándor Kocsis (11)
1958	SWE		BRA Vicente Feola	Just Fontaine (13)
1962	CHI		BRA Aymoré Moreira	Six players (4)
1966	ENG		ENG Alf Ramsey	Eusébio (9)
1970	MEX		BRA Mário Zagallo	Gerd Müller (10)
1974	FRG		FRG Helmut Schön	Grzegorz Lato (7)
1978	ARG		ARG César Luis Menotti	Mario Kempes (6)	Mario Kempes	title=FIFA Awards	url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html	first=José Luis	last=Pierrend	access-date=14 December 2022	website=RSSSF	date=28 January 2016}}
1982	ESP		ITA Enzo Bearzot	Paolo Rossi (6)	Paolo Rossi	title=World Cup 1982 finals	website=RSSSF	url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/82full.html	access-date=14 December 2022}}
1986	MEX		ARG Carlos Bilardo	Gary Lineker (6)	Diego Maradona	title=World Cup 1986 finals	website=RSSSF	url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/86full.html	access-date=14 December 2022}}
1990	ITA		FRG Franz Beckenbauer	Salvatore Schillaci (6)	Salvatore Schillaci	title=World Cup 1990 finals	website=RSSSF	url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/90full.html	access-date=14 December 2022}}
1994	USA		BRA Carlos Alberto Parreira	Hristo Stoichkov (6)
Oleg Salenko (6)	Romário	title=World Cup 1994 finals	website=RSSSF	url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/94full.html	access-date=14 December 2022}}
1998	FRA		FRA Aimé Jacquet	Davor Šuker (6)	Ronaldo	title=World Cup 1998 finals	website=RSSSF	url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98full.html	access-date=14 December 2022}}
2002	KOR
JPN		BRA Luiz Felipe Scolari	Ronaldo (8)	Oliver Kahn	title=World Cup 2002 - Match Details	url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2002full.html	first=Erlan	last=Manaschev	date=3 July 2008	website=RSSSF	access-date=14 December 2022}}
2006	GER		ITA Marcello Lippi	Miroslav Klose (5)	Zinedine Zidane	title=World Cup 2006 - Match Details	url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2006full.html	first=Hamdan	last=Saaid	date=7 February 2007	website=RSSSF	access-date=14 December 2022}}
2010	RSA		ESP Vicente del Bosque	Four players (5)	Diego Forlán	title=World Cup 2010 - Match Details	url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2010full.html	first=Neil	last=Morrison	date=16 June 2016	website=RSSSF	access-date=14 December 2022}}
2014	BRA		GER Joachim Löw	James Rodríguez (6)	Lionel Messi	title=TECHNICAL REPORT AND STATISTICS - 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil	url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/4d94cc666f5726ef/original/ryosb4uxpe11qbilr288-pdf.pdf	publisher=FIFA	access-date=12 December 2022}}
2018	RUS		FRA Didier Deschamps	Harry Kane (6)	Luka Modrić	title=TECHNICAL REPORT - 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA	url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/649e84967b086928/original/evdvpfdkueqrdlbbrrus-pdf.pdf	publisher=FIFA	access-date=12 December 2022}}
2022	QAT		ARG Lionel Scaloni	Kylian Mbappé (8)	Lionel Messi

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.

Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	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	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
(1934–1990)	8	30	11	5	14	44	45	−1	38
(2006–present)	1	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
(1934–1938)	2	6	3	1	2	14	13	+1	10
(1950–1990)	10	62	36	14	12	131	77	+54	122
(1994–present)	8	44	29	6	9	87	40	+46	93

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
(1958–1990)	7	31	15	6	10	53	34	+19	51
(1994–present)	4	14	4	4	6	24	20	+4	16

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
(1930–1990)	8	33	14	7	12	55	42	+13	49
(1998)	1	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
(2006)	1	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0
(2010–present)	3	9	2	1	6	9	15	−6	7

All-time medal table

Teams statistics

Note: In case there are teams with equal quantities, they will be mentioned in chronological order of tournament history (the teams that attained the quantity first, are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, the teams will be listed alphabetically.

For a detailed list of top four appearances, see FIFA World Cup results.

Most titles

– 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)

Most finishes in the top two

/West Germany – 8 (1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986 and 1990 as West Germany, 2002 and 2014 as Germany)

Most second-place finishes

/West Germany – 4 (1966, 1982, 1986 as West Germany, 2002 as Germany)

Most World Cup appearances

– 22 (every tournament)

Most consecutive championships

– 2 (1934–1938)
– 2 (1958–1962)

Most consecutive finishes in the top two

– 3 (1982–1990)
– 3 (1994–2002)

Longest gap between successive titles

– 44 years (nine editions, 1938–1982)

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two

– 48 years (10 editions, 1930–1978)

Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup

– 64 years (16 editions, 1958–2022)

Most consecutive failed qualification attempts

– 22 (all 1934–2026)

Worst finish by defending champions

Group stage – (1950)
Group stage – (1966)
Group stage – (2002)
Group stage – (2010)
Group stage – (2014)
Group stage – (2018)

Players

Most appearances

Main article: List of players who have appeared in the most FIFA World Cups

Players in bold text are still active with their national team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Rank	Player	Team(s)	Matches	Tournaments
1	****		26	5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
2		/Germany	25	5 (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
3			24	4 (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
4			23	4 (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
5	****		22	5 (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Most championships

Main article: List of FIFA World Cup winning players

Pelé – 3 (, 1958, 1962 and 1970)

Most appearances in a World Cup final

Cafu – 3 (; 1994, 1998, 2002)

Youngest player

Norman Whiteside – (for vs. , 17 June 1982)

Youngest player in a final

Pelé – (for vs. , 29 June 1958)

Oldest player

Essam El-Hadary – (for vs. , 25 June 2018)

Oldest player in a final

Dino Zoff – (for vs. , 11 July 1982)

Goalscoring

Individual

Top goalscorers

Main article: List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers

Players in bold text are still active with their national team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Rank	Player	Team(s)	Goals	Matches
1	Miroslav Klose		16	24
2	Ronaldo		15	19
3	Gerd Müller		14	13
4	Just Fontaine		13	6
Lionel Messi		26

Most goals scored in a single tournament

Just Fontaine – 13 (, 1958)

Most goals scored in a match

Oleg Salenko – 5 (for vs. , 1994)

Most goals scored in a final match

Geoff Hurst – 3 (for vs. , 1966)
Kylian Mbappé – 3 (for vs. , 2022)

Most goals scored in final matches (overall)

Kylian Mbappé – 4 (, 2018, 2022)

Most consecutive matches scored in

Just Fontaine – 6 (, 1958)
Jairzinho – 6 (, 1970)

Most tournaments scored in

Cristiano Ronaldo – 5 (, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Milestone goals

Scorer of 1st goal – Lucien Laurent (for vs. , 13 July 1930)
Scorer of 100th goal – Angelo Schiavio (for vs. , 27 May 1934)
Scorer of 500th goal – Bobby Collins (for vs. , 11 June 1958)
Scorer of 1,000th goal – Rob Rensenbrink (for vs. , 11 June 1978)
Scorer of 2,000th goal – Marcus Allbäck (for vs. , 20 June 2006)
Scorer of 2,500th goal – Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (for vs. , 28 June 2018)

Olympic goals

1 – Marcos Coll (for vs. , 3 June 1962)

Youngest goalscorer

Pelé – (for vs. , 19 June 1958)

Youngest goalscorer in a final

Pelé – (for vs. , 29 June 1958)

Oldest goalscorer

Roger Milla – (for vs. , 28 June 1994)

Oldest goalscorer in a final

Nils Liedholm – (for vs. , 29 June 1958)

Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final

Lionel Messi – (for vs. , 18 December 2022)

Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round

Pepe – (for vs. , 6 December 2022)

Fastest goal

Hakan Şükür – 11 seconds (for vs. , 2002)

Fastest goal in a final

Johan Neeskens – 90 seconds (for vs. , 1974)

Latest goal in regular time

Mehdi Taremi – 90+13th minute (for vs. , 2022)

Team

Biggest wins

Rank	Date	Venue	Winning team	Score
1		Nuevo Estadio, Elche		10–1
	Hardturm Stadium, Zürich		9–0
	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen		9–0
4		Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes		8–0
	Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte		8–0
	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo		8–0

Biggest win in a final

Rank	Date	Venue	Winning team	Score
1		Råsunda Stadium, Solna		5–2
	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City		4–1
	Stade de France, Saint-Denis		3–0

Highest scoring matches

Rank	Date	Venue	Total goals	Score
1		Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne	12	7–5
2		Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg	11	6–5
	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel		8–3
	Nuevo Estadio, Elche		10–1
5		Idrottsparken, Norrköping	10	7–3

Most goals in a tournament

– 27 (1954)

Top scoring teams by tournament

Period	Top scorers	Goals scored
1930		18
1934	****	12
1938		15
1950		22
1954		27
1958		23
1962	****	14
1966		17
1970	****	19
1974		16
1978	****	15
1982		16
1986	****	14
1990	****	15
1994		15
1998	****	15
2002	****	18
2006		14
2010		16
2014	****	18
2018		16
2022		16

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

Tournament

Most goals scored in a tournament

172 goals – 2022

Fewest goals scored in a tournament

70 goals – 1930, 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

Own goals

Main article: List of FIFA World Cup own goals#Statistics and notable own goals

Assists

Most assists

Pelé – 10 (, 1958–1970)

Most assists in a tournament

Raymond Kopa – 9 (, 1958)

Most tournaments assisted in

Lionel Messi – 5 (, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022){{cite news|title=The World Cup records Messi owns

Most assists provided in a match

Giovanni Ferrari – 4 (for vs. , 1934){{cite news |url=https://patrimonio.archivioluce.com/luce-web/detail/IL3000089106/1/-212497.html?startPage=0 |title=Campionato mondiale di calcio. Partita fra le squadre rappresentative U.S.A.-Italia. Ottavo di finale. Roma 27 maggio 1934-XII.
Robert Gadocha – 4 (for vs. , 1974)

Most assists provided in final matches

Pelé – 3 (, 1 in 1958, 2 in 1970)

Most assists in the knockout rounds

Fritz Walter – 6 ( 1954, 1958)
Lionel Messi – 6 ( 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Goal contributions

Most goal contributions

Pelé – 21, 12 goals and 9 assists (, 1958–1970)
Lionel Messi – 21, 13 goals and 8 assists (, 2006–2022)

Penalty shoot-outs

Main article: List of FIFA World Cup penalty shoot-outs#Statistics

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets

Peter Shilton – 10 (, 1982–1990)
Fabien Barthez – 10 (, 1998–2006)

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal

Walter Zenga – 517 mins, 5 consecutive clean sheets (, 1990)

Most goals conceded

Antonio Carbajal – 25 (, 1950–1966){{cite magazine|url=https://super.abril.com.br/saude/que-goleiro-levou-mais-gols-na-historia-das-copas/|title=Que goleiro levou mais gols na história das copas?
Mohamed Al-Deayea – 25 (, 1994–2006)

Most goals conceded in a tournament

Hong Deok-young – 16 (, 1954)

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament

Pascal Zuberbühler – 0 (, 2006)

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament for the eventual winners

Fabien Barthez – 2 (, 1998)
Gianluigi Buffon – 2 (, 2006)
Iker Casillas – 2 (, 2010)

Most saves in one match

Tim Howard – 16 (for vs. , 2014)

Most penalties saved (excluding penalty shoot-outs)

Jan Tomaszewski – 2 (, both in 1974)
Brad Friedel – 2 (, both in 2002)
Iker Casillas – 2 (, 2002, 2010)
Wojciech Szczęsny – 2 (, both in 2022)

Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out

Ricardo – 3 (for vs. , 2006)
Danijel Subašić – 3 (for vs. , 2018)
Dominik Livaković – 3 (for vs. , 2022)

Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs

Harald Schumacher – 4 (, 1982–1986)
Sergio Goycochea – 4 (, 1990)
Danijel Subašić – 4 (, 2018)
Dominik Livaković – 4 (, 2022)

Coaching

Most matches coached

Helmut Schön – 25 (, 1966–1978)

Most matches won

Helmut Schön – 16 (, 1966–1978)

Most tournaments won

Vittorio Pozzo – 2 (, 1934–1938)

Most tournaments as a coach

Carlos Alberto Parreira – 6 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010)

Most different nations coached

Bora Milutinović – 5 ( in 1986, in 1990, in 1994, in 1998 and in 2002)
Carlos Alberto Parreira – 5 ( in 1982, in 1990, in 1994 and 2006, in 1998 and in 2010)

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach

Bora Milutinović – 5 (1986–2002)

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team

Walter Winterbottom – 4 (, 1950–1962)
Helmut Schön – 4 (, 1966–1978)

Youngest coach

Juan José Tramutola – (, 1930)

Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team

Alberto Suppici – (, 1930)

Oldest coach

Otto Rehhagel – (, 2010)

Oldest coach of a World Cup winning team

Vicente del Bosque – (, 2010)

Refereeing

Most tournaments

John Langenus – 3 (Belgium, 1930–1938)
Ivan Eklind – 3 (Sweden, 1934–1950)
Sandy Griffiths – 3 (Wales, 1950–1958)
Arthur Edward Ellis – 3 (England, 1950–1958)
Juan Gardeazábal – 3 (Spain, 1958–1966)
Erik Fredriksson – 3 (Sweden, 1982–1990)
Jamal Al Sharif – 3 (Syria, 1986–1994)
Joël Quiniou – 3 (France, 1986–1994)
Ali Bujsaim – 3 (United Arab Emirates, 1994–2002)
Óscar Ruiz – 3 (Colombia, 2002–2010)
Carlos Eugênio Simon – 3 (Brazil, 2002–2010)
Marco Antonio Rodríguez – 3 (Mexico, 2006–2014)
Joel Aguilar – 3 (El Salvador, 2010–2018)
Ravshan Irmatov – 3 (Uzbekistan, 2010–2018)
Alireza Faghani – 3 (Iran, 2014–2022)
Bakary Gassama – 3 (Gambia, 2014–2022)

Most matches refereed, overall

Ravshan Irmatov – 11 (Uzbekistan, 2010–2018)

Youngest referee

Juan Gardeazábal – 24 years and 193 days (Spain, 1958)

Oldest referee

George Reader – 53 years and 236 days (England, 1950)

Discipline

Fastest caution

Jesús Gallardo – 11 seconds (for vs. , 2018)

Fastest sending off

José Batista – 56 seconds (for vs. , 1986)

Fastest sending off, qualification

Rashed Al-Hooti – 37 seconds (for vs. , 11 October 2011, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification)

Latest caution

Emiliano Martínez – During penalty shoot-out (for vs. , 2022)

Latest sending off

Leandro Cufré – After penalty shoot-out (for vs. , 2006)
Denzel Dumfries – After penalty shoot-out (for vs. , 2022)

Sent off from the bench

Claudio Caniggia (for vs. , 2002)

Most cards (all-time, player)

Javier Mascherano – 7 (, 2006–2018)

Most cautions (all-time, player)

Javier Mascherano – 7 (, 2006–2018)

Most sendings off (all-time, player)

Rigobert Song – 2 (, 1994 and 1998)
Zinedine Zidane – 2 (, 1998 and 2006)

Most sendings off (tournament)

2006 – 28 (in 64 games)

Most sendings off (all-time, team)

– 11 (in 97 games)

Most sendings off (match, both teams)

2 each for and – 4 (2006)

Most sendings off (final match)

2 for vs. , 1990

Most cautions (tournament)

2006 – 345 (in 64 matches)

Most cautions (match, one team)

– 10 (2022, vs. )

Most cautions (match, both teams)

8 for and 10 for – 18 (2022)

Most cautions (match, player)

Josip Šimunić – 3 (61', 90', 93') (for vs. , 2006) (referee: Graham Poll)

Most cautions (final match, both teams)

9 for and 5 for – 14 (2010)

Most suspensions (tournament, player)

André Kana-Biyik – 2 (, 1990)

Teams: Matches played/goals scored

All time

Most matches played

– 114

Most wins

– 76

Most losses

– 28

Most draws

– 22

Most goals scored

– 237

Most goalscorers

– 85

Most goals conceded

– 130

Fewest goals scored

– 0
– 0
– 0
– 0

Highest goal difference

– +129

In one tournament

Most goals scored

– 27 (1954)

Fewest goals conceded

– 0 (2006)

Most goals conceded

– 16 (1954)

Most matches gone into extra time

– 3 (1986)
– 3 (1990)
– 3 (2014)
– 3 (2018)

Most minutes without conceding a goal

– 517 mins (1990)

Highest goal difference in a tournament

– +17 (1954)

Highest goal difference, champions

– +14 (2002)
– +14 (2014)

Lowest goal difference

– −16 (1954)

Lowest goal difference, champions

/ – +6 (1938 and 1982)
– +6 (2010)

Highest average of goals scored per match

– 5.40 (1954)

Highest average goal difference per match

– +3.2 (1954)

Most goals scored, champions

– 25 (1954)

Fewest goals scored, champions

– 8 (2010)

Fewest goals scored, finalists

– 5 (1990)

Fewest goals conceded, champions

– 2 (1998)
– 2 (2006)
– 2 (2010)

Most goals conceded, champions

– 14 (1954)

Lowest average of goals scored per match, champions

– 1.14 (2010)

Most penalties scored (excluding shoot-outs)

– 4 (1966)
– 4 (1978)
– 4 (2022)

Most penalties awarded (excluding shoot-outs)

– 5 (2022)

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks

Attendance

Highest attendance

Rank	Date	Venue	Match
1		Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro	Uruguay v Brazil
2		Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil v Spain
3		Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil v Yugoslavia
4		Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil v Sweden
5		Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	Mexico v Paraguay
	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	Argentina v West Germany

Lowest attendance

vs. – 300 (14 July 1930, Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo)

Highest average of attendance

68,991 per match – 1994

Highest aggregated attendance

3,587,538 – 1994

Lowest average of attendance

21,059 per match – 1934

Lowest aggregated attendance

358,000 – 1934

Statistics per tournament

Year	Hosts	Venues/
Cities	Total
attendance †	Matches	Average
attendance	Highest attendances ‡	Number	Venue	Game(s)	Overall		43,936,730		964		45,577		173,850		Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro (1950)
1930	Uruguay	3/1	434,500	18	24,139	79,867	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Uruguay 6–1 Yugoslavia, semi-final
1934	Italy	8/8	358,000	17	21,059	55,000	Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome	Italy 2–1 Czechoslovakia, final
1938	France	10/9		376,000	18	20,889	58,455	Olympique de Colombes, Paris	France 1–3 Italy, quarter-final
1950	Brazil	6/6	1,043,500	22	47,432	url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/6/world-cup-rewind-world-cup-rewind-largest-attendance-at-a-match-in-the-1950-brazil-final	title=World Cup Rewind: Largest attendance at a match in the 1950 Brazil final	date=12 June 2018	work=Guinness World Records	access-date=4 July 2018	language=en-GB	quote="Officially, 173,850 paid spectators crammed into Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã Stadium on July 16, 1950. Some estimates have even pegged the attendance as high as 199,000 or 210,000 unofficially"	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613000614/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/6/world-cup-rewind-world-cup-rewind-largest-attendance-at-a-match-in-the-1950-brazil-final	archive-date=13 June 2018	url-status=live}}	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro	Brazil 1–2 Uruguay, deciding match
1954	Switzerland	6/6	889,500	26	34,212	62,500	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern	West Germany 3–2 Hungary, final
1958	Sweden	12/12	919,580	35	26,274	50,928	Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg	Brazil 2–0 Soviet Union, group stage
1962	Chile	4/4	899,074	32	28,096	76,594	Estadio Nacional, Santiago	Brazil 4–2 Chile, semi-final
1966	England	8/7	1,635,000	32	51,094	98,270	Wembley Stadium, London	England 2–0 France, group stage
1970	Mexico	5/5	1,603,975	32	50,124	108,192	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	Mexico 1–0 Belgium, group stage
1974	West Germany	9/9	1,768,152	38	50,124	83,168	Olympiastadion, Munich	West Germany 1–0 Chile, group stage
1978	Argentina	6/5	1,546,151	38	40,688	71,712	Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires	Italy 1–0 Argentina, group stage
1982	Spain	17/14	2,109,723	52	40,572	95,500	Camp Nou, Barcelona	Argentina 0–1 Belgium, Opening match
1986	Mexico	12/11	2,393,331	52	46,026	114,600	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	Two matches, including the final, all at Estadio Azteca
1990	Italy	12/12	2,516,348	52	48,391	74,765	San Siro, Milan	West Germany 4–1 Yugoslavia, group stage
1994	United States	9/9	3,587,538	52	68,991	94,194	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California	Brazil 0–0 (3–2p) Italy, final
1998	France	10/10	2,785,100	64	43,517	80,000	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	Four matches, including the final, all at Stade de France
2002	South Korea
Japan	20/20	2,705,197	64	42,269	69,029	International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan	Brazil 2–0 Germany, final
2006	Germany	12/12	3,359,439	64	52,491	72,000	Olympiastadion, Berlin	Five matches, all at Olympiastadion
2010	South Africa	10/9	3,178,856	64	49,670	84,490	Soccer City, Johannesburg	Two matches, including the final, all at Soccer City
2014	Brazil	12/12	3,429,873	64	53,592	74,738	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro	Germany 1–0 Argentina, final
2018	Russia	12/11	3,031,768	64	47,371	78,011	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow	Seven matches, including the final, all at Luzhniki Stadium
2022	Qatar	8/5	3,404,252	64	53,191	88,966	Lusail Stadium, Lusail	Three matches, including the final, all at Lusail Stadium
2026	*Canada
Mexico
United States*	16/16		104
2030	*Morocco
Portugal
Spain*	20/20		104
2034	Saudi Arabia	15/5		104

Source: FIFA

The best-attended single match has been the final in 11 of the 21 World Cups . Another match or matches drew more attendance than the final in 1930, 1938, 1958, 1962, 1970–1982, 1990, and 2006.

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