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All-Time Records
FIFA World Cup 1930–2026 · 23 tournaments
All Tournaments
→23 tournaments · 1930–2026
Country Ranking
→#1 Brazil · 257 pts
All-Time Top Scorers
→#1 Kylian Mbappé · 22 goals
Hat Tricks
→58 hat-tricks across all tournaments
Youngest & Oldest Goal Scorers
→Pelé · 17y 239d / Roger Milla · 42y 39d
All-Time Penalties
→Eusebio · 4 scored
Highest-Scoring Matches
→12 goals: Austria 7–5 Switzerland
Biggest Winning Margins
→Hungary +9 vs South Korea
All-Time World Cup Records
Selected all-time World Cup records, curated for quick reference and copy-ready use.
Top Records
Brazil are the most successful team in World Cup history with five titles.
Miroslav Klose is the all-time leading World Cup scorer with 16 goals.
Lionel Messi has played more World Cup matches than any other player: 26.
Just Fontaine's 13 goals in 1958 remain the most by any player at a single World Cup.
Hungary's 10-1 win over El Salvador in 1982 remains the biggest victory in World Cup history.
Austria and Switzerland produced the highest-scoring World Cup match: Austria 7-5 Switzerland in 1954.
Pelé remains the youngest goalscorer in World Cup history, scoring for Brazil aged 17 years and 239 days.
Roger Milla is the oldest goalscorer in World Cup history, scoring for Cameroon aged 42 years and 39 days.
Hakan Şükür scored the fastest goal in World Cup history, after 11 seconds against South Korea in 2002.
Kylian Mbappé has scored more goals in World Cup finals than any other player: 4.
Team Records
Titles and Appearances
Brazil lead all nations with five World Cup titles.
Germany have reached more World Cup finals than any other nation: 8.
Brazil are the only team to have appeared at every World Cup: 22 tournaments.
Brazil have played more World Cup matches than any other team: 114.
Wins, Goals and Defeats
Brazil have won more World Cup matches than any other nation: 76.
Brazil are the highest-scoring team in World Cup history: 237 goals.
Hungary scored 27 goals at the 1954 World Cup, the most by any team at a single edition.
Mexico have lost more World Cup matches than any other team: 28.
Matches and Results
Hungary's 10-1 win over El Salvador is the largest winning margin in World Cup history.
Brazil's 5-2 win over Sweden in 1958 is the biggest victory in a World Cup final.
Brazil and Sweden have met seven times at the World Cup, more than any other fixture.
Penalties and Hosts
Germany have won all four of their World Cup penalty shootouts.
Six host nations have won the World Cup on home soil.
South Africa remain the only World Cup host nation eliminated in the group stage.
Player Records
Goals
Miroslav Klose is the World Cup's all-time top scorer with 16 goals.
Just Fontaine scored 13 goals in 1958, still the single-tournament World Cup record.
Oleg Salenko is the only player to score five goals in a World Cup match.
Kylian Mbappé has scored a record four goals in World Cup finals.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to score at five different World Cups.
Pelé is the only player to win three World Cups.
Appearances
Lionel Messi holds the record for most World Cup appearances: 26 matches.
Several players have appeared at five World Cups, including Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Age Records
Norman Whiteside is the youngest player ever to appear at a World Cup: 17 years and 41 days.
Pelé is the youngest goalscorer in World Cup history: 17 years and 239 days.
Essam El-Hadary is the oldest player ever to appear at a World Cup: 45 years and 161 days.
Roger Milla is the oldest goalscorer in World Cup history: 42 years and 39 days.
Hat-Tricks and Fast Goals
Hakan Şükür scored the fastest World Cup goal, after 11 seconds in 2002.
Four players share the record for most World Cup hat-tricks, with two each: Sándor Kocsis, Just Fontaine, Gerd Müller and Gabriel Batistuta.
Goals and Match Records
Match Scorelines
Austria's 7-5 win over Switzerland in 1954 is the highest-scoring World Cup match: 12 goals.
Hungary are the only team to score 10 goals in a World Cup match: 10-1 against El Salvador in 1982.
The 1-0 is the most common scoreline in World Cup history.
Tournament Scoring
The 1954 World Cup remains the highest-scoring edition by goals per game: 5.38.
Spain won the 2010 World Cup with only eight goals, the fewest by any champion.
Finals
Brazil's 5-2 win over Sweden in 1958 is the biggest victory in a World Cup final.
Kylian Mbappé has scored more goals in World Cup finals than any other player: 4.
Goalkeeper Records
Appearances and Clean Sheets
Manuel Neuer has made more World Cup appearances than any other goalkeeper: 19.
Peter Shilton and Fabien Barthez share the World Cup clean-sheet record: 10.
Age
Essam El-Hadary became the oldest player in World Cup history in 2018: 45 years and 161 days.
Manager Records
Titles and Wins
Vittorio Pozzo is the only manager to win two World Cups.
Helmut Schön managed more World Cup matches than any other coach: 25.
Helmut Schön holds the record for most World Cup wins as a manager: 16.
Manager Profiles
Bora Milutinović and Carlos Alberto Parreira each managed five different nations at the World Cup.
Only three men have won the World Cup as both player and manager: Mário Zagallo, Franz Beckenbauer and Didier Deschamps.
Discipline Records
Red Cards
Portugal vs Netherlands in 2006 produced four red cards, the most in a World Cup match.
Zinedine Zidane and Rigobert Song are the only players sent off twice at the World Cup.
José Batista received the fastest red card in World Cup history, after 56 seconds in 1986.
Records cover men's FIFA World Cup tournaments through 2022. Penalty shootout goals are not counted as player goals; shootout results are treated separately from match scorelines.