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1930–2022 · verified historic figures
The headline figures of World Cup history: 18 real, verifiable records, from the first final in 1930 to Qatar 2022. Only high-certainty data, each with its context.
The great scorers and the biggest scorelines.
Scored 16 goals across four World Cups with Germany; passed Ronaldo (15) in the 2014 semi-final.
France's Fontaine scored 13 goals at Sweden 1958, a record that still stands over 60 years on.
Hungary beat El Salvador 10–1 at Spain 1982 — the most goals by a winning side in a finals match (a 9-goal margin, a shared record).
Hakan Şükür scored after ~11 seconds against South Korea in the 2002 third-place match.
Switzerland 1954 averaged 5.38 goals per match (140 in 26), the highest in history.
Historic honours and final records.
Brazil has won five World Cups, more than any other nation, and is the only team to play every edition.
Germany (including West Germany) has contested 8 World Cup finals, more than any other nation.
Only Italy (1934 & 1938) and Brazil (1958 & 1962) have successfully defended the trophy in consecutive editions.
Six hosts won at home: Uruguay 1930, Italy 1934, England 1966, West Germany 1974, Argentina 1978 and France 1998.
Who played the most and the streaks that last.
Brazil is the only nation present at all 22 editions played between 1930 and 2022.
Messi played 26 World Cup matches with Argentina, passing Lothar Matthäus's 25 in the 2022 final.
Several players have appeared at five editions, among them Antonio Carbajal, Lothar Matthäus, Rafael Márquez, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Brazil went 13 matches unbeaten between 1958 and 1966, the longest unbeaten run in the finals.
Singular, hard-to-repeat moments of World Cup history.
Pelé scored aged 17 years and 239 days in 1958; he remains the youngest scorer and youngest champion ever.
Geoff Hurst is the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final (England 4–2 West Germany, 1966).
The 1950 “Maracanazo” (Brazil 1–2 Uruguay) drew an official crowd of about 173,850 at the Maracanã — an all-time record.
Uruguay won the first World Cup, hosted in Montevideo in 1930, beating Argentina 4–2 in the final.
Walter Zenga went 517 minutes without conceding at Italy 1990, the goalkeeping clean-sheet record at a finals.
Verified historic data from the men's World Cup finals (1930–2022); qualifiers and the yet-to-be-played 2026 edition are excluded. West Germany's titles count for Germany (FIFA succession criteria). Only high-certainty records are listed; if a figure is disputed, it is left out.