As of the 2026 edition, 84 national teams have competed at the finals of the men's FIFA World Cup. Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 23 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 21, Argentina in 19, and Italy and Mexico both in 18. Eight nations have won the tournament. The inaugural winners in 1930 were Uruguay; the current champions are Spain. 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.

General performances List of tournaments

YearHostChampionsWinning coachMost goals Most assistsBest player awardSource1930 Alberto Suppici Guillermo Stábile (8) Manuel Ferreira (4)Not awarded1934 Vittorio Pozzo Oldřich Nejedlý (5) Giovanni Ferrari (4)1938 Vittorio Pozzo Leônidas (7) Ferenc Sas (5)1950 Juan López Ademir (9) Ademir (6)1954 Sepp Herberger Sándor Kocsis (11) Fritz Walter (7)1958 Vicente Feola Just Fontaine (13) Raymond Kopa (8)1962 Aymoré MoreiraSix players (4) Mário Zagallo (5)1966 Alf Ramsey Eusébio (9) Sigfried Held (4)1970 Mário Zagallo Gerd Müller (10) Pelé (6)1974 Helmut Schön Grzegorz Lato (7) Robert Gadocha (5)1978 César Luis Menotti Mario Kempes (6) Daniel Bertoni (3) Rob Rensenbrink (3) René van de Kerkhof (3) Mario Kempes1982 Enzo Bearzot Paolo Rossi (6) Pierre Littbarski (5) Paolo Rossi1986 Carlos Bilardo Gary Lineker (6) Diego Maradona (5) Diego Maradona1990 Franz Beckenbauer Salvatore Schillaci (6) Giuseppe Giannini (3) Ľubomír Moravčík (3) Jozef Chovanec (3) Salvatore Schillaci1994 Carlos Alberto Parreira Hristo Stoichkov (6) Oleg Salenko (6) Thomas Häßler (5) Romário1998 Aimé Jacquet Davor Šuker (6)Seven players (3) Ronaldo2002 Luiz Felipe Scolari Ronaldo (8) Michael Ballack (4) Oliver Kahn2006 Marcello Lippi Miroslav Klose (5) Francesco Totti (4) Juan Román Riquelme (4) Zinedine Zidane2010 Vicente del BosqueFour players (5)Five players (3) Diego Forlán2014 Joachim Löw James Rodríguez (6) Juan Cuadrado (4) Lionel Messi2018 Didier Deschamps Harry Kane (6)Sixteen players (2) Luka Modrić2022 Lionel Scaloni Kylian Mbappé (8)Five players (3) Lionel Messi2026 Luis de la Fuente Kylian Mbappé (10) Michael Olise (7) Rodri2030TBDTBDTBDTBDTBD

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. 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.

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Team 263121413+110 106236141213177+54122 948317109845+53100

Team 731156105334+1951 4144462420+416

Team 833147125542+1349 1421154+17 13003210−80 39216915−67

Team 13003014−140 141125504

All-time medal table

Teams 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. Titles Most titles: 5 – (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) Most consecutive titles: 2 (1934–1938) (1958–1962) Longest gap between successive titles: 44 years – (nine editions, 1938–1982) Worst finish by defending champions: Group stage (1950) (1966) (2002) (2010) (2014) (2018) Most titles won as host: 1 (1930) (1934) (1966) (1974) (1978) (1998)

Appearances Most World Cup appearances: 23 – , 1930–2026 (every tournament) Most appearances in the final: 8 – , 1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986 and 1990 as West Germany, 2002 and 2014 as Germany Most runners-up: 4 , 1966, 1982, 1986 as West Germany, 2002 as Germany , 1930, 1990, 2014, 2026 Most runners-up but never won a title: 3 – , 1974, 1978, 2010 Most consecutive appearances in the final: 3 , 1982–1990 , 1994–2002 Longest gap between successive appearances in the final: 48 years – , 10 editions, 1930–1978 Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup: 64 years – , 16 editions, 1958–2022 Most appearances without winning a title: 18 – Most appearances without advancing to the second round: 9 – Most consecutive failed qualification attempts: 22 – , 1934–2026

Goals Highest scoring matches +Most goals scored in a matchRankDateVenueTotal goalsTeamScoreTeam1Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne127–5 2Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg 116–5St. Jakob Stadium, Basel8–3Nuevo Estadio, Elche10–15Idrottsparken, Norrköping107–3Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens6–4

Highest scoring draws +Highest scoring matches drawnRankDateVenueTeamScoreTeam 1St. Jakob Stadium, Basel4–4Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica4–4

Teams Most goals scored overall: 247 – , 1930–2026 Most goals scored in a tournament: 27 – , 1954 Most goals scored in a tournament, winning team : 25 – , 1954 Fewest goals scored overall : 0 – (1938), (2002) and (2006) Fewest goals scored in a tournament, winning team : 8 – , 2010 Most goals conceded overall : 135 – (1934–2026) Most goals conceded in a tournament : 16 – , 1954 Most goals conceded in a tournament, winning team : 14 – , (1954) Fewest goals conceded overall: 2 – , 2006 Fewest goals conceded in a tournament: 0 – , 2006 Fewest goals conceded in a tournament, winning team: 1 – , 2026

Tournament Most goals scored in a tournament: 308 – 2026 Fewest goals scored in a tournament: 70 – 1930, 1934 Most goals per match in a tournament: 5.38 – 1954 Fewest goals per match in a tournament: 2.21 – 1990

By tournament Source: +KeyDenotes the highest goalscoring-related record YearMatchesGoalsAverage goalsTop scorersGoals scored193018703.8918193417704.1212193818844.6715195022884.00221954261405.38271958351263.6023196232892.7814196632892.7817197032952.9719197438972.55161978381022.68151982521462.81161986521322.54141990521152.21151994521412.71151998641712.67152002641612.52182006641472.30142010641452.27162014641712.67182018641692.64162022641722.691620261043082.9620

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

Matches results Biggest wins +Biggest margin of victoryRankDateVenueWinning teamScoreLosing team 1Nuevo Estadio, Elche10–1Hardturm Stadium, Zürich9–0Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen9–0 4Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes8–0Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte8–0Sapporo Dome, Sapporo8–0

Biggest win in a final +Biggest margin of victory in a finalRankDateVenueWinning teamScoreLosing team 1Råsunda Stadium, Solna5–2Estadio Azteca, Mexico City4–1Stade de France, Saint-Denis3–0

Scores The most common score in a regular World Cup match is 1–0. The most common outcomes of a World Cup final are 4–2 and 1–0, inclusive extra time.

Streaks Longest winning streak: 11 – , 2002–2006 Longest unbeaten streak: 16 – , 2014–2026 Longest unbeaten streak in regulation time (excluding extra time): 23 – , 2010–2026 Longest losing streak: 9 – , 1930–1958 Longest winless streak: 17 – , 1962–1994 Longest drawn streak: 5 – , 1998–2002 Longest streak without draw: 17 – , 1966–1974 Longest streak scoring at least 1 goal: 18 , 1930–1958 , 1934–1962 , 1986–1998 Longest goalless streak: 5 , 1930–1994 , 1982–2014 , 1986–2010 Longest goalless streak by minutes: 517 minutes – , 1930–1994After the entire 1930 and 1950 editions ended without a goal, Bolivia scored their first and only goal in the 67th minute of the third match of the 1994 Group Stage. Longest clean sheet streak: 6 – , 2022–2026 Longest streak without conceding a goal by minutes: 650 minutes – , 2022–2026 Longest streak without clean sheet: 22 – , 1934–1994

Discipline

Most red cards (tournament): 28 – 2006, in 64 matches Most red cards (all-time, team): 11 – , Most red cards (match, both teams): 4 – 2 each for and , 2006 Most red cards (final match): 2 – v , 1990 Most yellow cards (tournament): 345 – 2006, in 64 matches Most yellow cards (match, one team): 10 – v , 2022 Most yellow cards (match, both teams): 18 – 8 for and 10 for , 2022 Most yellow cards (final match, both teams): 14 – 9 for and 5 for , 2010 Longest streak without a red card: 42 – , 1994–2026 Longest active streak without a red card since first appearance: 29 – , 1998–2026 Longest streak without a red card since first appearance that has ended: 35 – , 1930–1998

Own goals

For a detailed list of own goals records and statistics, see the main article. Most own goals by a team: 4 (1930, 1954, 1970, 2018) (1998, 2018, 2022, 2026) Most own goals in favour of a team: 6 – (1954, 1998, 2014 (x2), 2018 (x2)) Most matches, never scoring an own goal: 81 – (1930–2026) Most matches, never benefiting from an own goal: 65 – (1930–2026) Most matches, never scoring or benefiting from an own goal: 29 – (1998–2026)

Penalty shoot-outs

Most played: 7 – (1990 (x2), 1998, 2006, 2014, 2022 (x2)) Most won: 6 – (1990 (x2), 1998, 2014, 2022 (x2)) Most lost: 4 (1986, 2002, 2018, 2022) (1998, 2014, 2022, 2026) Most won without ever losing: 4 – (2018 (x2), 2022 (x2)) Most lost without ever winning: 2 (1986, 1994) (1990, 1994) (2010, 2022) (2018, 2026) Most consecutive wins: 4 (1982, 1986, 1990, 2006) (2018 (x2), 2022 (x2)) Most consecutive losses: 3 (1990, 1994, 1998) (1990, 1998, 2006) (2002, 2018, 2022) (2014, 2022, 2026)

Players Titles

Most titles: 3 – Pelé for , 1958, 1962, 1970 Most appearances in a final: 3 Cafu for , 1994–2002 Lionel Messi for , 2014, 2022, 2026 Youngest player to win the tournament: – Pelé for , 1958 Oldest player to win the tournament: – Dino Zoff for , 1982

Appearances Most appearances

Most matches played: 34 – Lionel Messi, 2006–2026 Most matches played as a substitute: 12 – Marcus Rashford, 2018–2026 Most tournaments played: 6 Cristiano Ronaldo, 2006–2026 Lionel Messi, 2006–2026

Most tournaments nominated as part of squad: 6 Cristiano Ronaldo (2006–2026) Lionel Messi (2006–2026) Guillermo Ochoa (2006–2026)

Oldest and youngest Youngest player: – Norman Whiteside for v , 17 June 1982 Youngest player in a final: – Pelé for v , 29 June 1958 Oldest player: – Essam El-Hadary for v , 25 June 2018 Oldest player in a knockout stage match: – Cristiano Ronaldo for v , 6 July 2026