World Cup Statistics

All-Time Records & Standings

All-Time Standings

#	Country	Apps	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Best	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Brazil	22	5	2	2	2	1st	72	12	18	208	95	+113
2	Italy	18	4	2	1	1	1st	43	15	19	120	71	+49
3	Argentina	18	3	3	0	0	1st	51	8	21	140	89	+51
4	West Germany	10	3	3	1	1	1st	35	8	11	118	69	+49
5	France	16	2	2	2	1	1st	39	9	23	131	84	+47
6	Uruguay	14	2	0	0	3	1st	24	11	21	82	71	+11
7	England	16	1	0	0	2	1st	33	15	23	102	65	+37
8	Spain	16	1	0	0	1	1st	32	9	20	102	61	+41
9	Germany	10	1	1	3	0	1st	33	5	11	100	52	+48
10	Mexico	17	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	17	13	30	62	101	-39
11	Belgium	14	0	0	1	1	3rd	22	9	18	69	70	-1
12	Sweden	12	0	1	2	1	2nd	18	13	15	70	56	+14
13	Switzerland	12	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	14	6	20	54	72	-18
14	Netherlands	11	0	3	1	1	2nd	26	9	14	79	48	+31
15	United States	11	0	0	1	0	3rd	9	8	20	40	66	-26
16	South Korea	10	0	0	0	1	4th	7	9	19	36	75	-39
17	Yugoslavia	9	0	0	0	2	4th	16	7	11	58	40	+18
18	Hungary	9	0	2	0	0	2nd	15	2	14	86	56	+30
19	Poland	9	0	0	2	0	3rd	13	5	12	41	43	-2
20	Chile	9	0	0	1	0	3rd	11	6	16	40	49	-9
21	Portugal	8	0	0	1	1	3rd	18	5	12	61	41	+20
22	Austria	8	0	0	1	1	3rd	11	4	10	37	36	+1
23	Czechoslovakia	8	0	2	0	0	2nd	11	4	13	43	43	0
24	Paraguay	8	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	8	9	10	30	38	-8
25	Cameroon	8	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	5	8	13	22	47	-25
26	Scotland	8	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	4	7	12	25	41	-16
27	Soviet Union	7	0	0	0	1	4th	14	4	10	50	32	+18
28	Romania	7	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	8	2	10	27	29	-2
29	Japan	7	0	0	0	0	Round of 16	7	4	14	25	33	-8
30	Bulgaria	7	0	0	0	1	4th	4	7	15	22	53	-31
31	Croatia	6	0	1	2	0	2nd	17	4	9	42	33	+9
32	Colombia	6	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	9	2	11	32	30	+2
33	Denmark	6	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	9	5	9	31	29	+2
34	Costa Rica	6	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	7	3	11	22	39	-17
35	Morocco	6	0	0	0	1	4th	6	6	11	20	27	-7
36	Nigeria	6	0	0	0	0	Round of 16	6	3	12	23	30	-7
37	Australia	6	0	0	0	0	Round of 16	4	4	12	17	37	-20
38	Saudi Arabia	6	0	0	0	0	Round of 16	4	2	13	14	44	-30
39	Iran	6	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	3	4	11	13	31	-18
40	Tunisia	6	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	3	5	10	14	26	-12
41	Peru	5	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	5	3	7	21	23	-2
42	Ecuador	4	0	0	0	0	Round of 16	5	2	6	14	14	0
43	Ghana	4	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	5	2	8	18	23	-5
44	Russia	4	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	5	2	7	24	20	+4
45	Algeria	4	0	0	0	0	Round of 16	3	3	7	13	19	-6
46	Senegal	3	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	5	3	4	16	17	-1
47	Ireland	3	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	3	6	4	10	10	0
48	Ivory Coast	3	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	3	1	5	13	14	-1
49	Greece	3	0	0	0	0	Round of 16	2	1	7	5	20	-15
50	Northern Ireland	3	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	2	4	4	9	17	-8
51	Norway	3	0	0	0	0	Round of 16	2	3	3	7	8	-1
52	Serbia	3	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	2	1	6	9	15	-6
53	South Africa	3	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	2	4	3	11	16	-5
54	Bolivia	3	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	1	5	1	20	-19
55	Egypt	3	0	0	0	0	Round of 16	0	2	5	5	12	-7
56	Honduras	3	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	3	6	3	14	-11
57	Turkey	2	0	0	1	0	3rd	5	1	4	20	17	+3
58	North Korea	2	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	1	1	5	6	21	-15
59	Slovenia	2	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	1	1	4	5	10	-5
60	Wales	2	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	1	3	3	4	9	-5
61	Canada	2	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	0	6	2	12	-10
62	El Salvador	2	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	0	6	1	22	-21
63	New Zealand	2	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	3	3	4	14	-10
64	Ukraine	1	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	3	0	2	5	7	-2
65	East Germany	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	2	1	0	4	1	+3
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	1	0	2	4	4	0
67	Cuba	1	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals	1	0	1	2	9	-7
68	Czech Republic	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	1	0	2	3	4	-1
69	Jamaica	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	1	0	2	3	9	-6
70	Korea Republic	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	1	0	2	3	3	0
71	Slovakia	1	0	0	0	0	Round of 16	1	1	2	5	7	-2
72	Angola	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	2	1	1	2	-1
73	China	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	0	3	0	9	-9
74	Dutch East Indies	1	0	0	0	0	Round of 16	0	0	1	0	6	-6
75	Haiti	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	0	3	2	14	-12
76	Iceland	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	1	2	2	5	-3
77	Iraq	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	0	3	1	4	-3
78	Israel	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	2	1	1	3	-2
79	Kuwait	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	1	2	2	6	-4
80	Panama	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	0	3	2	11	-9
81	Qatar	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	0	3	1	7	-6
82	Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	0	3	2	10	-8
83	Togo	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	0	3	1	6	-5
84	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	1	2	0	4	-4
85	United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	0	3	2	11	-9
86	Zaire	1	0	0	0	0	Group Stage	0	0	3	0	14	-14

Biggest Wins

Year	Match	Score	Round
1982	Hungary vs El Salvador	10-1	Group Stage
1954	Hungary vs South Korea	9-0	Group Stage
1974	Yugoslavia vs Zaire	9-0	Group Stage
1950	Uruguay vs Bolivia	8-0	Group Stage
1938	Sweden vs Cuba	8-0	Quarterfinals
2002	Germany vs Saudi Arabia	8-0	Group Stage
2022	Spain vs Costa Rica	7-0	Group Stage
1974	Poland vs Haiti	7-0	Group Stage
2010	Portugal vs North Korea	7-0	Group Stage
1954	Uruguay vs Scotland	7-0	Group Stage
1954	Turkey vs South Korea	7-0	Group Stage
2006	Argentina vs Serbia and Montenegro	6-0	Group Stage
2014	Germany vs Brazil	7-1	Semifinals
1938	Hungary vs Dutch East Indies	6-0	Round of 16
1986	Soviet Union vs Hungary	6-0	Group Stage

Highest Scoring Matches

Year	Match	Score	Round
1954	Austria vs Switzerland	7-5	Quarterfinals
1938	Brazil vs Poland	6-5	Round of 16
1982	Hungary vs El Salvador	10-1	Group Stage
1954	Hungary vs West Germany	8-3	Group Stage
1958	France vs Paraguay	7-3	Group Stage
1930	Argentina vs Mexico	6-3	Group Stage
1958	West Germany vs France	3-6	Third Place
1954	Hungary vs South Korea	9-0	Group Stage
1954	West Germany vs Turkey	7-2	Group Stage
1974	Yugoslavia vs Zaire	9-0	Group Stage
1954	England vs Belgium	4-4	Group Stage
1950	Uruguay vs Bolivia	8-0	Group Stage
2014	Brazil vs Germany	1-7	Semifinals
1962	Soviet Union vs Colombia	4-4	Group Stage
1938	Sweden vs Cuba	8-0	Quarterfinals

Awards by Country

Country	Ball	Boot	Glove	Young	Fair Play	Total
Brazil	7	5	0	1	4	17
Argentina	5	1	2	1	1	10
Germany	1	3	2	3	0	9
England	1	2	1	1	3	8
France	1	2	1	3	1	8
Italy	3	2	2	1	0	8
Hungary	1	2	1	1	0	5
Spain	0	0	2	0	3	5
Uruguay	1	1	3	0	0	5
Belgium	0	0	2	1	1	4
Czechoslovakia	0	1	2	0	0	3
Colombia	0	1	0	0	1	2
Croatia	1	1	0	0	0	2
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	2
Peru	0	0	0	1	1	2
Poland	0	1	0	1	0	2
West Germany	0	0	1	0	1	2
Bulgaria	0	1	0	0	0	1
Chile	0	1	0	0	0	1
Portugal	0	1	0	0	0	1
Russia	0	1	0	0	0	1
Soviet Union	0	1	0	0	0	1
United States	0	0	0	1	0	1

Finals Appearances

Countries that have reached the World Cup Final:

Country	Finals	W	L	Years
Brazil	7	5	2	2002, 1998, 1994, 1970, 1962, 1958, 1950
Italy	6	4	2	2006, 1994, 1982, 1970, 1938, 1934
Argentina	6	3	3	2022, 2014, 1990, 1986, 1978, 1930
West Germany	6	3	3	1990, 1986, 1982, 1974, 1966, 1954
France	4	2	2	2022, 2018, 2006, 1998
Netherlands	3	0	3	2010, 1978, 1974
Uruguay	2	2	0	1950, 1930
Germany	2	1	1	2014, 2002
Czechoslovakia	2	0	2	1962, 1934
Hungary	2	0	2	1954, 1938
England	1	1	0	1966
Spain	1	1	0	2010
Croatia	1	0	1	2018
Sweden	1	0	1	1958

Host Country Performance

How host nations performed on home soil:

Country	Year	Finish	Matches
France	1998	1st	7
Argentina	1978	1st	4
West Germany	1974	1st	4
England	1966	1st	6
Italy	1934	1st	4
Uruguay	1930	1st	4
Sweden	1958	2nd	6
Brazil	1950	2nd	3
Germany	2006	3rd	7
Italy	1990	3rd	7
Chile	1962	3rd	6
Brazil	2014	4th	7
United States	1994	Round of 16	4
Qatar	2022	Group Stage	3
South Africa	2010	Group Stage	3
Spain	1982	Group Stage	3
Russia	2018	Quarterfinals	5
Mexico	1986	Quarterfinals	5
Mexico	1970	Quarterfinals	4
Switzerland	1954	Quarterfinals	4
France	1938	Quarterfinals	2

More Statistics

Longest Winning Streaks

Most consecutive World Cup wins:

Country	Wins	Period
Brazil	11	1962-1954
France	11	1998-1986
Italy	9	1950-1934
Spain	9	2010-2006
Croatia	7	2022-2018
Germany	7	2014-2010
Netherlands	7	2014-2010
Poland	7	1982-1974
West Germany	7	1990-1986
Argentina	6	2022-2022
Belgium	5	2018-2018
England	5	1966-1966
Hungary	5	1958-1954
Portugal	5	2006-2006
Sweden	5	1970-1958

Most Goals in a Tournament

Best scoring performances:

Country	Year	Goals	Finish
Hungary	1954	27	2nd
West Germany	1954	25	1st
France	1958	23	3rd
Brazil	1970	19	1st
Germany	2014	18	1st
Brazil	2002	18	1st
Argentina	1930	18	2nd
West Germany	1970	17	3rd
Portugal	1966	17	3rd
Austria	1954	17	3rd
France	2022	16	2nd
Belgium	2018	16	3rd
Germany	2010	16	3rd
Brazil	1958	16	1st
Uruguay	1954	16	4th

Penalty Shootout Records

All-time shootout performance:

Country	Total	W	L
Argentina	7	6	1
Brazil	5	3	2
France	5	2	3
Spain	5	1	4
Croatia	4	4	0
England	4	1	3
Italy	4	1	3
Netherlands	4	1	3
West Germany	3	3	0
Costa Rica	2	1	1
Ireland	2	1	1
Russia	2	1	1
Japan	2	0	2
Mexico	2	0	2
Romania	2	0	2

Undefeated Tournament Runs

Countries that went unbeaten in a tournament (4+ matches):

Country	Year	Matches	Finish
France	2018	7	1st
Germany	2014	7	1st
Italy	2006	7	1st
Brazil	2002	7	1st
France	1998	7	1st
Brazil	1994	7	1st
West Germany	1990	7	1st
Argentina	1986	7	1st
Brazil	1970	6	1st
England	1966	6	1st
Brazil	1962	6	1st
Brazil	1958	6	1st
Italy	1982	5	1st
Brazil	1978	4	3rd
Poland	1974	4	3rd
Italy	1938	4	1st
Italy	1934	4	1st
Uruguay	1930	4	1st

Never Won a Match

Countries yet to win a World Cup match:

Country	Apps	Matches	Draws
Bolivia	3	6	1
Egypt	3	7	2
Honduras	3	9	3
Canada	2	6	0
El Salvador	2	6	0
New Zealand	2	6	3
Angola	1	3	2
China	1	3	0
Dutch East Indies	1	1	0
Haiti	1	3	0
Iceland	1	3	1
Iraq	1	3	0
Israel	1	3	2
Kuwait	1	3	1
Panama	1	3	0
Qatar	1	3	0
Serbia and Montenegro	1	3	0
Togo	1	3	0
Trinidad and Tobago	1	3	1
United Arab Emirates	1	3	0
Zaire	1	3	0