As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. Eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are Argentina. The most successful nation is Brazil, which has won the cup on five occasions. Five teams have appeared in FIFA World Cup finals without winning, while twelve more have appeared in the semi-finals.

List of tournaments

Overall team records

The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

Finals records by team

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

Most finishes in the top two

Most second-place finishes

Most World Cup appearances

Most consecutive championships

Most consecutive finishes in the top two

Longest gap between successive titles

Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two

Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup

Most consecutive failed qualification attempts

Worst finish by defending champions

Players

Most appearances

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

Most championships

Most appearances in a World Cup final

Youngest player

Youngest player in a final

Oldest player

Oldest player in a final

Goalscoring

Individual

Top goalscorers

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

Most goals scored in a single tournament

Most goals scored in a match

Most goals scored in a final match

Most goals scored in final matches (overall)

Most consecutive matches scored in

Most tournaments scored in

Milestone goals

Olympic goals

Youngest goalscorer

Youngest goalscorer in a final

Oldest goalscorer

Oldest goalscorer at the knock-out round

Oldest goalscorer in a final

Oldest goalscorer in a victorious final

Fastest goal

Fastest goal in a final

Latest goal in regular time

Team

Biggest wins

Biggest win in a final

Highest scoring matches

Most goals in a tournament

Top scoring teams by tournament

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

Fewest goals scored in a tournament

Most goals per match in a tournament

Fewest goals per match in a tournament

Own goals

Assists

Most assists

Most assists in a tournament

Most tournaments assisted in

Most assists provided in a match

Most assists provided in final matches

Most assists in the knockout rounds

Goal contributions

Most goal contributions

Penalty shoot-outs

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal

Most goals conceded

Most goals conceded in a tournament

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament

Fewest goals conceded in a tournament for the eventual winners

Most saves in one match

Most penalties saved (excluding penalty shoot-outs)

Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out

Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs

Coaching

Most matches coached

Most matches won

Most tournaments won

Most tournaments as a coach

Most different nations coached

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team

Youngest coach

Youngest coach of a World Cup winning team

Oldest coach

Oldest coach of a World Cup winning team

Refereeing

Most tournaments

Most matches refereed, overall

Youngest referee

Oldest referee

Discipline

Fastest caution

Fastest sending off

Fastest sending off, qualification

Latest caution

Latest sending off

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)

Most sendings off (all-time, team)

Most sendings off (match, both teams)

Most sendings off (final match)

Most cautions (tournament)

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)

Teams: Matches played/goals scored

All time

Most matches played

Most wins

Most losses

Most draws

Most goals scored

Most goalscorers

Most goals conceded

Fewest goals scored

Highest goal difference

In one tournament

Most goals scored

Fewest goals conceded

Most goals conceded

Most matches gone into extra time

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

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 penalties scored (excluding shoot-outs)

Most penalties awarded (excluding shoot-outs)

Hat-tricks

Attendance

Highest attendance

Lowest attendance

Highest average of attendance

Highest aggregated attendance

Lowest average of attendance

Lowest aggregated attendance

Statistics per tournament

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.

Footnotes