Men’s Football World Cup Records ⚽
Men’s Football World Cup Records ⚽ 🏆
The men’s football world cup tournament is played every four years where new men’s football world cup records can be set. In 2022 the qualifying football/soccer teams from each continent will meet in Qatar to decide the next football FIFA™ World Cup Champions.
ADDucation Tips: Resize your browser or click the ➕ icon to reveal any hidden columns. Start typing in the Filter table box to find football world cup records inside the table.
| ⚽Football World Cup Records 🏆 | Record | Players, Coaches, Teams, Countries |
|---|---|---|
| Most World Cup appearances (team) | 20 | Brazil |
| Most World Cup games (team) | 106 | Germany |
| Most World Cup wins (team) | 70 | Brazil |
| Most World Cup victories (player) | 17 | Cafu, Brazil (1990-2006) |
| Most World Cup titles (team) | 5 | Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) 🏆 |
| Most World Cup runners-up (team) | 4 | Germany (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002) |
| Most Finals (team) | 8 | Germany (4 won) |
| Most World Cup participations (Players) | 5 | Lothar Matthäus (1982-1998) & Antonio Carbajal (Mexico’s goalkeeper, 1950-1966) |
| Most World Cup titles (player) | 3 | Pelé (Brazil, 1958, 1962, 1970) 🏆 |
| Most World Cup games contested (player) | 25 | Lothar Matthäus (1982-1998) |
| Most World Cup game minutes on the pitch (player) | 2217 | Paolo Maldini (Italy, 1990-2002) |
| Most World Cup goals (team) | 224 | Germany |
| Most World Cup goals in total (player) | 16 | Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002-today) |
| Most World Cup goals in shortest time |
4 | Germany (4 goals in 6 minutes against Brazil 2014. Final score 7:1) |
| Most goals in a World Cup (team) | 27 | Hungary, 1954 (in 5 games) |
| Most goals in a World Cup (player) | 13 | Just Fontaine in 6 games (France, 1958) |
| Most goals in a game (player) | 5 | Oleg Salenko (Russia vs. Cameroon, 1994) |
| First World Cup Goal (player) | 1930 | Lucien Laurent, France (in the game against Mexico after 19 minutes) |
| Youngest player in the game | 17 years, 41 days | Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland vs. Yugoslavia, 1982) |
| Youngest World Cup scorer | 17 years | Pelé (Brazil, 1958) |
| Youngest world champion (player) | 17 years | Pelé (Brazil, 1958) |
| Oldest player in the game | 42 years, 39 days | Roger Milla (Cameroon vs. Russia, 1994) |
| The oldest world champion (player) | 40 years | Dino Zoff (Italy, 1982) |
| World Cup match with most goals | 12 | 7:5 (Austria vs. Switzerland, 1954) |
| Highest World Cup win | 10:1 | Hungary vs. El Salvador, 1982 |
| Fastest World Cup goal after kick off |
11 seconds | Hakan Sukur (Turkey vs. South Korea, 2002) |
| Most World Cup minutes without conceding a goal (goalkeeper) |
517 | Walter Zenga (Italy, 1990) |
| Most World Cup participation (trainer) | 6 | Carlos Alberto Parreira (2 x with Brazil, 1 x Kuwait, 1 x UAE, 1 x Saudi Arabia, 1 x South Africa) |
| Most World Cup games (coach) | 25 | Helmut Schön (1966-1978) |
| Most World Cup victories (trainer) | 16 | Helmut Schön (1966-1978) |
| Most World Cup titles (trainer) | 2 | Vittorio Pozzo (Italy, 1934 and 1938) |
| World Cup titles (as player and coach) | 3 | Mário Zagallo (Brazil, 1958/1962 + 1970) |
| Youngest coach at a World Cup | 27 years | Juan José Tramutola (Argentina, 1930) |
| Oldest coach at a World Cup | 71 years | Otto Rehhagel (Greece, 2010) |
| First sending-off in World Cup history | 1930 | Placido Galindo 🙅(Peru vs. Romania) |
| Most sending-offs in one game | 4 | Portugal vs. Netherlands, 2006 🙅(4 second yellow cards, 2 per team) |
| Most yellow cards in one game | 16 | Germany vs. Cameroon, 2002 🙅(14 yellow cards & 2 second yellow cards) |
| First penalty (scored) | 19 July 1930 | Manuel Rosas (Mexico vs. Argentina) |
| Fastest penalty in a match | 1st minute | Final Germany vs. Netherlands, 1974 (Johann Neeskens took NL into the lead) |
| Most penalties awarded (team) | 16 | Spain (2 missed) |
| First Golden Goal | 1998 | Laurent Blanc (second round, France vs. Paraguay) |
| First hat-trick (player) | 1934 | Edmund Conen, Germany (in the game against Belgium, final result 5:2) |
| Most World Cup goals (team) | 121 | Germany |
| Most World Cup goals against (goalkeeper) | 25 | Antonio Carbajal, Mexico (in 11 games 1950-1966) |
| Most World Cup games without conceding a goal (goalkeeper) | 10 | Peter Shilton, England (1982-1990) & Fabien Barthez, France (1998-2010) |
| Most clean sheet games (team) | 39 | Brazil |
| Most World Cup goals in the final | 7 | 1958 Brazil vs. Sweden 5:2 |
| Most World Cup defeats (team) | 25 | Mexico (in 53 games) |
| Longest World Cup winning streak (team) | 11 games | Brazil (2002-2006) |
| Longest unbeaten run (team) | 13 games | Brazil (1958-1966) |
| Longest losing streak (team) | 9 games | Mexico (1930-1958) |
| Longest run without a victory (team) | 16 games | Bulgaria (1962-1994) |
| Longest run without a goal (team) | 5 games | Bolivia (1930-1994) |
| Most World Cup knockout games | 47 | Germany (32 won) |
| Most penalty shootouts (team) | 5 | Argentina (1990, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2014) |
| Most won penalty shootouts | 4 | Germany (4 of 4) |
| Most lost penalty shootouts | 3 | 😰England (1990, 1998, 2006) 😰Italy (1990, 1994, 1998) & Spain 😰(1986, 2002, 2018) |
| World Cup game with the fewest spectators | 300 | Romania vs. Peru, 1930 |
| World Cup game with the most spectators | 173,850 | Brazil vs. Uruguay, 1950 (at the Maracana Stadium) |
| Largest average crowd per game | 68,991 | 1994 World Cup in USA |
| Hosts who became world champions | 6 | Uruguay 1930, Italy 1934, England 1966, Germany 1974, Argentina 1978, France 1998 |
| Hosts who were runners-up | 2 | Brazil in 1950, Sweden in 1958 |
| Hosts that went out in the first round | 1 | South Africa 2010 😰 |
| Most frequent host | 2 | Brazil 1950, 2014 France 1938, 1998 Germany 1974, 2006 Italy 1934, 1990 Mexico 1970, 1986 |
Between Matches Try These Great ADDucation Football Quizzes:
- World Cup Goals Quiz – Check what you’ve learned from Football World Cup Records List.
- English Football Clubs Quiz – Sorts out the Enfield Roads from the Stanford Bridges!
- Easy Football Quiz – An introduction to the game for soft-core fans!
Visit the ADDucation QUIZ zone for all the latest online quizzes and quiz news…
Related to Football World Cup Records:
- List of all Champions League Victors…
- All time World Cup Table…
- England Managers Table – Compare all their careers and successes!
- Which are the Best of English Football Clubs? – Let us know what you think of our statistics and conclusions?
- Spotted a mistake or do you have a suggestion to improve our list of football world cup records? Please let us know in the comments below…
Leave a Reply