
Men’s Football World Cup Winners Stats ⚽
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.
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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 |
[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.

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Facinating to see the difference between imperial and Canada and Australia. I was aware of the most of US differences, but not cup sizes.missing from list are the beer barrel sizes, keg, pin, etc. you could add champagne bottle sizes. And note that 640 acres is 1 square mile.