Football World Cup Winners List ⚽ Statistics & Awards
Brazil tops the mens all-time football world cup winners table with 5 world cup wins followed by Italy and Germany with 4 wins each. England has managed just one win in 1966 and the USA reached the quarter-finals in 2002 before losing 0:1 to Germany. We’ve included the World Cup Golden Boot Award[1] for the top goal scorer/s in each tournament, one of 5 post competition World Cup Awards.
- ADDucation’s list of football world cup winners was compiled by Robert Junker, last updated 18 Aug 2024
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Year | World Champions | World Cup Final Result | Semi Final Result | World Cup Hosts | Teams | Total Goals | Golden Boot / Golden Shoe Award | Goals | Country |
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1930 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | URUGUAY v Argentina 4:2 | League Table: 3rd USA, 4th Yugoslavia |
🇺🇾 Uruguay | 13 | 70 | Guillemo Stable | 8 | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
1934 | 🇮🇹 Italy | ITALY v Czechoslovakia 2:1 (after extra time) |
GERMANY v Austria 3:2 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 16 | 70 | Oldřich Nejedlý | 5 | Czechoslovakia |
1938 | 🇮🇹 Italy | ITALY v Hungary 4:2 | BRAZIL v Sweden 4:2 | 🇫🇷 France | 15 | 84 | Leonidas | 8 | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
1950 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | URUGUAY v Brazil 2:1 | League Table: 3rd Sweden, 4th Spain |
🇧🇷 Brazil | 13 | 88 | Ademir | 8 | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
1954 | 🇩🇪 Germany | GERMANY v Hungary 3:2 | AUSTRIA v Uruguay 3:1 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 16 | 140 | Sandor Kocsis | 11 | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
1958 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | BRAZIL v Sweden 5:2 | FRANCE v Germany 6:3 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 16 | 126 | Just Fontaine | 13 | 🇫🇷 France |
1962 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | BRAZIL v Czechoslovakia 3:1 | CHILE v Yugoslavia 1:0 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 16 | 89 | Flórián Albert, Valentin Ivanov, Garrincha, Vavá, Dražan Jerković, Leonel Sánchez |
4 | Hungary, Soviet Union, Brazil, Brazil, Yugoslavia, Chile |
1966 | 🏴 England | ENGLAND v Germany 4:2 (after extra time) |
PORTUGAL v USSR 2:1 | 🏴 England | 16 | 89 | Eusebio | 9 | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
1970 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | BRAZIL v Italy 4:1 | GERMANY v Uruguay 1:0 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 16 | 95 | Gerd Müller | 10 | 🇩🇪 Germany |
1974 | 🇩🇪 Germany | GERMANY v Netherlands 2:1 | POLAND v Brazil 1:0 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 16 | 97 | Grzegorz Lato | 7 | 🇵🇱 Poland |
1978 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | ARGENTINA v Netherlands 3:1 (after extra time) |
BRAZIL v Italy 1:0 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 16 | 102 | Mario Kempes | 6 | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
1982 | 🇮🇹 Italy | ITALY v Germany 3:1 | POLAND v France 3:2 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 24 | 146 | Paolo Rossi | 6 | 🇮🇹 Italy |
1986 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | ARGENTINA v Germany 3:2 | FRANCE v Belgium 4:2 (after extra time) |
🇲🇽 Mexico | 24 | 132 | Gary Lineker | 6 | 🏴 England |
1990 | 🇩🇪 Germany | GERMANY v Argentina 1:0 | ITALY v England 2:1 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 24 | 115 | Salvatore Schillaci | 6 | 🇮🇹 Italy |
1994 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | BRAZIL v Italy 3:2 (after extra time) |
SWEDEN v Bulgaria 4:0 | 🇺🇸 USA | 24 | 141 | Oleg Salenko Hristo Stoichkov |
6 | Russia Bulgaria |
1998 | 🇫🇷 France | FRANCE v Brazil 3:0 | CROATIA v Holland 2:1 | 🇫🇷 France | 32 | 171 | Davor Suker | 6 | 🇭🇷 Croatia |
2002 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | BRAZIL v Germany 2:0 | TURKEY v South Korea 3:2 | Korea & Japan | 32 | 161 | Ronaldo | 8 | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
2006 | 🇮🇹 Italy | ITALY v France 5:3 (after extra time) |
GERMANY v Portugal 3:1 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 32 | 147 | Miroslav Klose | 5 | 🇩🇪 Germany |
2010 | 🇪🇸 Spain | SPAIN v Netherlands 1:0 (after extra time) |
GERMANY v Uruguay 3:2 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 32 | 145 | Thomas Müller | 5 | 🇩🇪 Germany |
2014 | 🇩🇪 Germany | GERMANY vs Argentina 1:0 (after extra time) |
NETHERLANDS v Brazil 3:0 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 32 | 172 | James Rodríguez | 6 | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
2018 | 🇫🇷 France | FRANCE vs Croatia 4:2 | BELGIUM v England 2:0 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 32 | 169 | Harry Kane | 6 | 🏴 England |
2022 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 32 | |||||||
2026 | USA, Canada, Mexico | 48 |
See also: World Cup all-time league table…
[1] Formerly called the World Cup Golden Shoe Award between 1982-2006. Prior to 1982 there was no award for the top goalscorer but we have included them in our list. Important! This ADDucation UEFA european football championship list is published for information only and we acknowledge all registered marks and trademarks belong to their respective organizations including FIFATM, UEFATM and The FATM.
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