World Cup Stats & History

22 editions · 1930 – 2022 · Everything you ever wanted to know

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22
Editions
1930 → 2022
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80+
Nations Won
2,720
Total Goals
2.82 avg per game
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44M
Total Fans
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8
Champions
🎯
16
Record Goals
Miroslav Klose

🗓️ All Winners — 1930 to 2022

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🇧🇷Brazil
7 finals5
🇩🇪Germany
8 finals4
🇮🇹Italy
6 finals4
🇦🇷Argentina
6 finals3
🇫🇷France
3 finals2
🇺🇾Uruguay
2 finals2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England
1 finals1
🇪🇸Spain
1 finals1
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All-Time Top Scorers

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Miroslav KloseAll-time record
4 WC appearances · 2002–1416
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Ronaldo
4 WC appearances · 1994–200615
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Gerd Müller
2 WC appearances · 1970–7414
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Just Fontaine13 goals in ONE tournament!
1 WC appearances · 195813
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Pelé
4 WC appearances · 1958–7012
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Kylian MbappéStill active
2 WC appearances · 2018–2212
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Sándor Kocsis
1 WC appearances · 195411
8🇩🇪
Jürgen Klinsmann
3 WC appearances · 1990–9811
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Helmut Rahn
2 WC appearances · 1954–5810
10🇵🇪
Teófilo Cubillas
2 WC appearances · 1970–7810

📈 Goals Per Game — Every Tournament

1954 was peak chaos (5.38 avg). Modern football has tightened up.

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1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
Highest (1954: 5.38)
Lowest (1990: 2.21)

🏟️ Tournament Attendance

1994 USA set the all-time total attendance record with 3.59M fans.

Record Total
3.59M
USA 1994
Record Crowd
173,850
Maracanã 1950
Most Matches
64
Since 1998

📖 Record Books

Speed
Fastest Goal Ever
11 seconds

Hakan Şükür 🇹🇷 vs South Korea, 2002 — the game had barely started

Scoreline
Biggest Win Ever
💥
10 – 1

Hungary 🇭🇺 vs El Salvador 🇸🇻, 1982 — László Kiss scored a hat-trick as a sub

Goals
Most Goals, One Tournament
🎯
13 goals

Just Fontaine 🇫🇷 in 1958 Sweden — a record that has stood for 67 years

Attendance
Largest Crowd Ever
🏟️
173,850

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro — Brazil vs Uruguay, 1950. The stadium was over capacity

Age
Youngest Player Ever
👶
17 yrs, 41 days

Norman Whiteside 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁮󠁩󠁲󠁿 (Northern Ireland), 1982 — younger than Pelé's debut

Age
Oldest Player Ever
👴
45 yrs, 161 days

Essam El-Hadary 🇪🇬 (Egypt goalkeeper), 2018 Russia — saved a penalty too

Appearances
Most Games Played
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25 games

Lothar Matthäus 🇩🇪 across 5 World Cups (1982–1998) — a career that spanned two decades

Consistency
Only Team in Every WC
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22 / 22

Brazil is the only nation to have qualified for every single World Cup since 1930

Goals
Most Goals in One Match
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12 goals

Austria 🇦🇹 7–5 Switzerland 🇨🇭, 1954 — known as 'The Battle of Lausanne'

Finals
Most Final Appearances
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8 finals

Germany/West Germany — won 4, lost 4. No team comes close to this record

Host Effect
Host Countries Won
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6 times

Uruguay '30 · Italy '34 · England '66 · Argentina '78 · France '98 · Germany 3rd '06

Discipline
Most Cards in One Match
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16 yellows, 4 reds

Portugal 🇵🇹 vs Netherlands 🇳🇱, 2006 — referee Valentin Ivanov's infamous game