Men’s Football World Cup Winners
Football World Cup Winners Mens All-Time List
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Columbia |
| 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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