Talk:FIFA World Cup records and statistics

Most shootouts, kicker, all-time & Most losses, kicker, all-time

3, Roberto Baggio, Flag of Italy Italy (1990 semi-final, 1994 final, 1998 quarter final)

It's false, because Roberto Baggio has scored the penalties that he kicked in the '90s semi-final (against Argentina) and in '98 (against France).

Netherlands was runner up in 1974 and 1978, never else. 199.101.174.29 (talk) 16:43, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

and 2010 ~2026-30714-93 (talk) 23:05, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

yep ~2026-40536-91 (talk) 20:23, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

1974 it says winner germany against germany - holland got 2nd place here after beating brazil. (a match i remember watching with my grandparents, lol)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_FIFA_World_Cup ~2026-35815-72 (talk) 00:54, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Netherlands was also runnerup when spain won in 2010 ~2026-40536-91 (talk) 20:12, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team Walter Winterbottom – 4 ( England, 1950–1962) Helmut Schön – 4 ( West Germany, 1966–1978)

Sepp Herberher was german coach in 1938; 1954; 1958 & 1962 ~2026-30714-93 (talk) 00:56, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

what about 1950 Future-Trunks (talk) 04:08, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Germany was banned from participating in 1950. Fomalhaut76 (talk) Fomalhaut76 (talk) 20:42, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

i know. so he was not in 4 consecutive tournaments Future-Trunks (talk) 05:07, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

It is clear that says: "Most consecutive tournaments as coach with the same team". Herberger made that record because the 4 consecutive tournaments of Germany were 1938; 54, 58 and 62. They hadn't a chance at 1950 ELC70 (talk) 17:01, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

I wanted to fix sorting the Overall team records table by GD (goal difference). I mean that long table with 82+2 rows (excluding the header). It appears that it was already fixed in the version directly before mine though broken 2 and 3 revisions before mine. Therefore, it might be OK to revert my changes. I have no idea which sign is correct for the mathematical minus. For me, it can be any horizontal bar with correct sorting/order. Grillofrances (talk) 23:07, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

I just switched them all to the minus sign from the math toolbar. Sorting seems to be fine and meets MOS:NEGATIVE. Wburrow (talk) 23:12, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. I have even no idea how to simply generate − (char code 8722) on my keyboard. I can press Ctrl+Shift+U, and then 2212 (hexadecimal), which is a bit complex.

I can generate easily these signs:

• - (hyphen; 45 char code; seems to be the most common; works as minus in JavaScript, Python, Ruby)
• – (en dash; 8211 char code)
• — (em dash; 8212 char code)

On the other hand, I can see that the plus sign in the table is just 43 char code (which is just a part of ASCII). Grillofrances (talk) 23:48, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

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1500th goal was scored by Claudio Caniggia of Argentina against Nigeria in USA 94 Devkp (talk) 09:21, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Source? 331dot (talk) 09:21, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

 Not done. It's not clear what changes you want to make. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 14:53, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

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i would suggest to review this table and indicate the records for the most titles and runner up. World Cup is not Olympic games with medals. The FIFA World Cup operates as a title-based competition rather than a medal aggregation model like the Olympics, so the evaluation should be driven by “wins” and “final appearances” as primary metrics rather than medal equivalents. Thanks ~2026-36957-81 (talk) 21:21, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

We could reuse the same table from the FIFA World Cup page: “Teams reaching the top 4”. Tucotuti (talk) 12:09, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

I agree with this – The idea behind a standalone stats page like this is to move excessive stats off the main page (see WP:NOTSTATS). It doesn't make sense that the stats-page version of a table would be less detailed than the version on the main page. Wburrow (talk) 14:13, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

I agree, it is more detailed and more suitable for this page. I would suggest a simple transclusion of the table from the main page so it doesn't have to be maintained in two places Miria~01 (talk) 15:51, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

The overall table contains duplicate entries involving Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The Czechs are the successors to Czechoslovakia (Bohemia, 1901), whereas Slovakia founded its national association in 1938. The focus here is on national associations rather than countries. The totals in these tables—wins, losses, goals scored, and goals conceded—must balance out. I am certain this needs to be corrected. ELC70 (talk) 16:57, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

the latest goal, including overtime Denek3y1 (talk) 23:07, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

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The Netherlands unnbeaten streak has not ended in 2026. It is still ongoing, since they lost on penalties again.

Plus I would personally also add a seperate unbeaten streak without overtime (within 90 mins + stoppage time), since group stage matches and knockout matches don't have the same rules for overtime. ~2026-38123-12 (talk) 12:01, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: It looks like the article is using "–2026" throughout, even in cases where a streak is still ongoing. The record for longest unbeaten streak in regular time has now been added. Day Creature (talk) 17:08, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

I don't know how to fix it, it is just a little mistake. In table says that Australia has 14 lost match (5-6-14) and 24 matches. It's alright but losses, that are 13. ELC70 (talk) 19:45, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Fixed: Thanks for pointing that out. Wburrow (talk) 21:59, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

You're welcome. Happy to help ELC70 (talk) 23:23, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

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Change title to FIFA Men's World Cup records and statistics AvocadoCruncher (talk) 05:14, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

 Not done – Gain consensus to change FIFA World Cup to FIFA Men's World Cup first. This article needs to remain consistent with its parent article. Wburrow (talk) 13:59, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

The page reports "Longest goalless streak in minutes: 542 minutes by Algeria (1986–2014)", but I think the minutes are not correct. In fact, in 1986 the last (and unique) goal by Algeria before the streak starts was made by Djamel Zidane at 59' in the first match against Northern Ireland, 31 minutes before the end of the match. 90' + 90' followed without goals scored against Brazil and Spain. In 2010 no goals were made (+270'). In 2014, in the first match against Belgium, the streak concludes at 25' (penalty scored by Feghouli). so, the total amount of minutes are: 31' + 180' + 270' + 25' = 506' (not 542' as reported in the page). What do you think? Is this a mistake? Someone can check and eventually correct? Hooker47 (talk) 12:34, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Fixed, thank you Mishary94 (talk) 21:07, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

The page reports that the goalkeeper of Egypt Mostafa Shobeir saved 2 penalties during FIFA World Cup 2026. The link mentioned as the source of info (https://as.ro/fotbal/campionatul-mondial-2026/mostafa-shobeir-doar-al-patrulea-din-istoria-cupei-mondiale-care-reuseste-asta-ce-s-a-intamplat-in-jocul-cu-argentina-664580.html) refers to the penalty saved against Messi, but doesn't mention any other penalty. What is the other penalty he supposedly saved? I’ve looked but couldn't find anything... Hooker47 (talk) 08:58, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Saved a penalty taken by Mehdi Taremi in the group stage. Mishary94 (talk) 23:03, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Oh, right, many thanks. Hooker47 (talk) 05:22, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Under "Most matches drawn", together with Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric, I think you should add Steve Staunton too, who also drew 8 of his 13 matches with Ireland. 4 of these draws came at the 1990 World Cup in Italy (all three group matches plus the round of 16 match against Romania, which they won on penalties). He added one draw in 1994 (against Norway) and three in 2002 (against Cameroon, Germany, and the round of 16 match against Spain, which they lost on penalties). Staunton played in all the 8 matches drawn. Thanks Hooker47 (talk) 19:21, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

 Done, thanks. Mishary94 (talk) 23:01, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi, according to this Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_managers_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup), coach Sepp Herberger led the German national team in 4 World Cup editions (1938, 1954, 1958 and 1962, the last three as West Germany). For him and for Germany, these are 4 consecutive editions with the same team at the World Cup. However, they aren't actually 4 consecutive World Cups, as Germany didn't participate in 1950. So, my question is: do you think Herberger should be added to the list "Most consecutive tournaments as a coach with the same team" = 4 editions (along with Deschamps, Winterbottom and Schön)? Maybe yes, in my opinion. What do you think? Hooker47 (talk) 08:05, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I think the editions should be consecutive World Cups themselves, not just consecutive appearances by the same national team. Since Germany didn't participate in the 1950 World Cup, Herberger's sequence was interrupted, so I don't think he should be included in that list. Mishary94 (talk) 16:32, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

@Mishary94 Okay, your opinion is reasonable. Since the same issue applies not only to Herberger but also to Lajos Baroti and Oscar Tabarez (who led Hungary and Uruguay, respectively, to four non-consecutive World Cups), I'd suggest adding a statistic called "Most tournaments as a coach with the same team," which includes Winterbottom, Schön, Deschamps, Herberger, Baroti, and Tabarez, all of whom played four tournaments with the same team. Below that, I'd leave unchanged the statistic "Most CONSECUTIVE tournaments, etc." This is my little suggestion, what do you think about? Hooker47 (talk) 14:30, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

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Change Lionel Messi’s assists to 10 ~2026-39260-27 (talk) 01:29, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

Already done Day Creature (talk) 16:08, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

I’m not an editor but I believe this needs to be updated. FN 51 ~2026-39287-11 (talk) 22:12, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

Argentina currently has six consecutive wins. Victories over the Netherlands and France on penalties are officially considered draws, not wins. Mishary94 (talk) 10:28, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

For the past few weeks, I've worked on a new attendance statistics table that mirrors the one seen on FIFA Women's World Cup records and statistics. I would like consensus on this before we replace the current one.

More information Year, Matches ...

Year	Matches	Attendance
		Total	Average	Lowest			Highest
1930	18	434,500	24,139	CHI  –  FRA	Group stage	2,000	URU  –  YUG	Final	79,867
1934	17	358,000	21,059	GER  –  SWE	Quarter-final	3,000	ITA  –  CZE	Final	55,000
1938	18	376,000	20,889	CUB  –  ROU SWE  –  CUB	Group stage Group stage	7,000	FRA  –  ITA	Quarter-final	58,455
1950	22	1,043,500	47,432	SUI  –  MEX	Group stage	3,580	BRA  –  URU	Final stage	173,850†
1954	26	889,500	34,212	TUR  –  KOR	Group stage	4,000	FRG  –  HUN	Final	62,500
1958	35	919,580	26,274	WAL  –  HUN	Group stage	2,823	BRA  –  URS	Group stage	50,928
1962	32	899,074	28,096	ENG  –  BUL	Group stage	5,700	BRA  –  CHI	Semi-final	76,594
1966	32	1,635,000	51,094	CHI  –  PRK	Group stage	13,792	ENG  –  FRA	Group stage	98,270
1970	32	1,603,975	50,124	SWE  –  ISR	Group stage	9,624	MEX  –  BEL	Group stage	108,192
1974	38	1,768,152	50,124	BUL  –  URU	Group stage	13,400	FRG  –  CHI	Group stage	83,168
1978	38	1,546,151	40,688	TUN  –  MEX	Group stage	17,396	ITA  –  ARG	Group stage	71,712
1982	52	2,109,723	40,572	PER  –  CMR	Group stage	11,000	ARG  –  BEL	Group stage	95,500
1986	52	2,393,331	46,026	HUN  –  CAN	Group stage	13,800	MEX  –  PAR ARG  –  FRG	Group stage Final	114,600
1990	52	2,516,348	48,391	YUG  –  UAE	Group stage	27,833	FRG  –  YUG	Group stage	74,765
1994	52	3,587,538	68,991†	NGA  –  BUL	Group stage	44,132	BRA  –  ITA	Final	94,194
1998	64	2,785,100	43,517	PAR  –  BUL	Group stage	27,650	BRA  –  SCO FRA  –  KSA ITA  –  AUT BRA  –  FRA	Group stage Group stage Group stage Final	80,000
2002	64	2,705,197	42,269	ESP  –  PAR	Group stage	24,000	BRA  –  GER	Final	69,029
2006	64	3,359,439	52,491	IRI  –  ANG	Group stage	38,000	BRA  –  CRO SWE  –  PAR ECU  –  GER UKR  –  TUN GER  –  ARG	Group stage Group stage Group stage Group stage Quarter-final	72,000
2010	64	3,178,856	49,670	NZL  –  SVK	Group stage	23,871	RSA  –  MEX NED  –  ESP	Group stage Final	84,490
2014	64	3,429,873	53,592	RUS  –  KOR	Group stage	37,603	GER  –  ARG	Final	74,738
2018	64	3,031,768	47,371	EGY  –  URU	Group stage	27,015	RUS  –  KSA GER  –  MEX POR  –  MAR DEN  –  FRA ESP  –  RUS CRO  –  ENG FRA  –  CRO	Group stage Group stage Group stage Group stage Round of 16 Semi-final Final	78,011
2022	64	3,404,252	53,191	SUI  –  CMR	Group stage	39,089	ARG  –  MEX ARG  –  CRO ARG  –  FRA	Group stage Semi-final Final	88,966
2026	104	TBA†	TBA	GHA  –  PAN	Group stage	42,942	MEX  –  RSA UZB  –  COL CZE  –  MEX MEX  –  ECU MEX  –  ENG	Group stage Group stage Group stage Round of 32 Round of 16	80,824
2030	104	TBA
2034	104	TBA

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Josh0108 (alt) (talk) 09:06, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

I have no objection, but one note: in 1934 CZE should be TCH. Wburrow (talk) 13:33, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi, at the line "Goal scored in all matches (single tournament)", along with Ghiggia and Jairzinho, the following players need to be added: - Just Fontaine, for France (1958) scored in 6/6 matches; - György Sárosi, for Hungary (1938), scored in 4/4 matches. You can easily check this stats. Bye Hooker47 (talk) 10:12, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

You're right, according to the source (FIFA): "[scoring] in every match en route to the trophy." So they only counted the eventual winners. But both players you mention also scored in every game possible, so I think is worth adding them. Tucotuti (talk) 02:49, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

@Tucotuti I agree. So, since I haven't any editing rights, could you please add them? Thanks, bye Hooker47 (talk) 14:14, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

ta´han you should add dozents of players. for example every play who scored in the round of 16 in 1934 und 1938 from the team who lost. the team made only 1 game, so the players scored in every possible game Future-Trunks (talk) 06:42, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

I have changed the title because it was too vague, as described by users:

• "Goals scored in all matches (single tournament)" -> "Goals scored in every match en route to the final/third-place match (single tournament)"

Miria~01 (talk) 17:40, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

I know, assists are a minefield. I for one would not cover them, since they were not very popular until recently. But I understand most editors agree to keep them. However, the opening note is contradictory. The text states statistics are "based on the assists criteria according to Opta" and "reviewed strictly according to Opta standards," but then acknowledges figures differ from Opta because Opta only covers tournaments from 1966 onward, while this article includes records from 1930 (e.g., Kopa's 1958 record cited in the opening).

This creates confusion: Are we following Opta's criteria or not? If we're deviating from Opta for pre-1966 data, what methodology are we using instead, and why isn't that explained upfront? The section needs clarification on which standard applies to which era of data. Tucotuti (talk) 03:08, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

I agree, it's very confusingly written.
What the note is trying to say is that Opta criteria are applied also retrospectively even before 1966, which Opta Analyst in their articles, records and statistics doesn't include. However, other media outlets and relevant sources can apply the criteria defined by Opta retrospectively; this is how the figure of 8 assists for Raymond Kopa (1958)—which TNT Sports analyzed retrospectively—came about.
Opta Analyst, however, will continue to treat all pre-1966 assists as non-existent.

Here lies the controversy:
The following figures may differ from the relevant sources, including Opta itself, as Opta, for example, only covers tournaments from the 1966 edition onward...

This point simply means that when using Opta as a source, discrepancies could arise with the information on Wikipedia. An example would be if Opta refers to "Most Assists of all-time," but actually only means "Most assists of all-time from 1966 onward."
However, I must add that this discrepancy practically never arises when using Opta as a source, since they always explicitly state "from 1966 onward" in their articles. Miria~01 (talk) 16:08, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Update: I have simplified the note and hopefully made it more understandable (Diff), including a source for the Opta criteria . Miria~01 (talk) 17:11, 21 July 2026 (UTC)