National team appearances in the Football World Cup

List of tournaments

Year	Host	Champions	Winning coach	Top scorer(s)	Top assist provider(s)	Best player award	Source
1930	Uruguay	Uruguay	Alberto Suppici	Guillermo Stábile (8)	Manuel Ferreira (4)	Not awarded	[6]
1934	Italy	Italy	Vittorio Pozzo	Oldřich Nejedlý (5)	Giovanni Ferrari (4)		[7]
1938	France	Italy	Vittorio Pozzo	Leônidas (7)	Ferenc Sas (5)		[8]
1950	Brazil	Uruguay	Juan López	Ademir (9)	Ademir (6)		[9]
1954	Switzerland	West Germany	Sepp Herberger	Sándor Kocsis (11)	Fritz Walter (7)		[10]
1958	Sweden	Brazil	Vicente Feola	Just Fontaine (13)	Raymond Kopa (8)		[11]
1962	Chile	Brazil	Aymoré Moreira	Six players (4)	Mário Zagallo (5)		[12]
1966	England	England	Alf Ramsey	Eusébio (9)	Sigfried Held (4)		[13]
1970	Mexico	Brazil	Mário Zagallo	Gerd Müller (10)	Pelé (6)		[14][15][16]
1974	West Germany	West Germany	Helmut Schön	Grzegorz Lato (7)	Robert Gadocha (5)		[17][16]
1978	Argentina	Argentina	César Luis Menotti	Mario Kempes (6)	Daniel Bertoni (3) Rob Rensenbrink (3) René van de Kerkhof (3)	Mario Kempes	[18][19]
1982	Spain	Italy	Enzo Bearzot	Paolo Rossi (6)	Pierre Littbarski (5)	Paolo Rossi	[18][20][16]
1986	Mexico	Argentina	Carlos Bilardo	Gary Lineker (6)	Diego Maradona (5)	Diego Maradona	[18][21][16]
1990	Italy	West Germany	Franz Beckenbauer	Salvatore Schillaci (6)	Giuseppe Giannini (3) Ľubomír Moravčík (3) Jozef Chovanec (3)	Salvatore Schillaci	[18][22]
1994	United States	Brazil	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Hristo Stoichkov (6) Oleg Salenko (6)	Thomas Häßler (5)	Romário	[18][23][16]
1998	France	France	Aimé Jacquet	Davor Šuker (6)	Seven players (3)	Ronaldo	[18][24]
2002	South Korea  Japan	Brazil	Luiz Felipe Scolari	Ronaldo (8)	Michael Ballack (4)	Oliver Kahn	[18][25]
2006	Germany	Italy	Marcello Lippi	Miroslav Klose (5)	Francesco Totti (4) Juan Román Riquelme (4)	Zinedine Zidane	[18][26]
2010	South Africa	Spain	Vicente del Bosque	Four players (5)	Five players (3)	Diego Forlán	[18][27]
2014	Brazil	Germany	Joachim Löw	James Rodríguez (6)	Juan Cuadrado (4)	Lionel Messi	[28][18][29]
2018	Russia	France	Didier Deschamps	Harry Kane (6)	Sixteen players (2)	Luka Modrić	[30][31]
2022	Qatar	Argentina	Lionel Scaloni	Kylian Mbappé (8)	Five players (3)	Lionel Messi	[32]
2026	United States  Mexico  Canada	In progress	In progress	In progress	In progress	In progress

Overall team records

The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.^[33][34]

Teams marked in bold are still participating in the 2026 edition.

As of 2 July 2026

Rank	Team	Part.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pts/game
1	Brazil	23	118	79	20	19	246	110	+136	257	2.178
2	Germany[note 1]	21	116	70	22	24	243	135	+108	232	2.000
3	Argentina	19	91	50	17	24	160	102	+58	167	1.835
4	Italy	18	83	45	21	17	128	77	+51	156	1.880
5	France	17	77	43	14	20	149	87	+62	143	1.857
6	England	17	78	35	23	20	112	71	+41	128	1.641
7	Spain	17	71	34	18	19	116	75	+41	120	1.690
8	Netherlands	12	59	32	16	11	107	57	+50	112	1.898
9	Uruguay	15	62	25	15	22	92	80	+12	90	1.452
10	Belgium	15	55	23	12	20	78	78	0	81	1.473
11	Mexico	18	64	21	15	28	70	101	−31	78	1.219
12	Sweden	13	55	20	14	21	87	83	+4	74	1.345
13	Russia[note 2]	11	45	19	10	16	77	54	+23	67	1.489
14	Portugal	9	39	19	8	12	69	43	+26	65	1.667
15	Serbia[note 3]	13	49	18	9	22	71	71	0	63	1.286
16	Poland	9	38	17	6	15	49	50	−1	57	1.500
17	Switzerland	13	44	16	9	19	62	76	−14	57	1.295
18	Croatia	7	34	15	8	11	49	40	+9	53	1.559
19	Hungary	9	32	15	3	14	87	57	+30	48	1.500
20	Austria	8	33	13	5	15	49	56	−7	44	1.333
21	United States	12	41	12	8	21	50	70	−20	44	1.073
22	Slovakia[note 4]	9	34	12	6	16	49	52	−3	42	1.235
23	Czech Republic[note 4]	10	36	12	6	18	49	55	−6	42	1.167
24	Chile	9	33	11	7	15	40	49	−9	40	1.212
25	Colombia	7	25	11	4	10	36	31	+5	37	1.480
26	Paraguay	9	31	8	12	11	33	43	−10	36	1.161
27	South Korea	12	41	8	10	23	41	81	−40	34	0.829
28	Denmark	6	23	9	6	8	31	29	+2	33	1.435
29	Japan	8	29	8	8	13	33	38	−5	32	1.103
30	Morocco	7	27	7	9	11	27	31	−4	30	1.111
31	Romania	7	21	8	5	8	30	32	−2	29	1.381
32	Costa Rica	6	21	6	5	10	22	39	−17	23	1.095
33	Cameroon	8	26	5	8	13	22	47	−25	23	0.885
34	Ghana	5	18	6	4	8	20	25	−5	22	1.222
35	Scotland	9	26	5	7	14	26	45	−19	22	0.846
36	Senegal	4	16	6	3	7	26	26	0	21	1.313
37	Ecuador	5	17	6	3	8	16	18	−2	21	1.235
38	Nigeria	6	21	6	3	12	23	30	−7	21	1.000
39	Australia	7	23	5	5	13	19	39	−20	20	0.870
40	Turkey	3	13	6	1	6	23	22	+1	19	1.462
41	Norway	4	12	5	3	4	17	16	+1	18	1.500
42	Peru	5	18	5	3	10	21	33	−12	18	1.000
43	Bulgaria	7	26	3	8	15	22	53	−31	17	0.654
44	Ivory Coast	4	13	5	1	7	18	18	0	16	1.231
45	Algeria	5	16	4	4	8	18	26	−8	16	1.000
46	Iran	7	21	3	7	11	16	34	−18	16	0.762
47	Saudi Arabia	7	22	4	4	14	15	49	−34	16	0.727
48	Republic of Ireland	3	13	2	8	3	10	10	0	14	1.077
49	South Africa	4	13	3	5	5	13	20	−7	14	1.077
50	Northern Ireland	3	13	3	5	5	13	23	−10	14	1.077
51	Tunisia	7	21	3	5	13	16	38	−22	14	0.667
52	East Germany[note 1]	1	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8	1.333
53	Greece	3	10	2	2	6	5	20	−15	8	0.800
54	Ukraine	1	5	2	1	2	5	7	−2	7	1.400
55	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	7	2	1	4	9	12	−3	7	1.000
56	Canada	3	10	2	1	7	11	15	−4	7	0.700
57	Egypt	4	10	1	4	5	10	15	−5	7	0.700
58	Wales	2	8	1	4	3	5	10	−5	7	0.875
59	Slovenia	2	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4	0.667
60	Cuba	1	3	1	1	1	5	12	−7	4	1.333
61	DR Congo[note 5]	2	7	1	1	5	5	19	−14	4	0.571
62	North Korea	2	7	1	1	5	6	21	−15	4	0.571
63	New Zealand	3	9	0	4	5	8	24	−16	4	0.444
64	Cape Verde	1	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3	1.000
65	Jamaica	1	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3	1.000
66	Honduras	3	9	0	3	6	3	14	−11	3	0.333
67	Angola	1	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2	0.667
68	Israel	1	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2	0.667
69	Iceland	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1	0.333
70	Kuwait	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1	0.333
71	Trinidad and Tobago	1	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1	0.333
72	Curaçao	1	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1	0.333
73	Qatar	2	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1	0.167
74	Bolivia	3	6	0	1	5	1	20	−19	1	0.167
75	Jordan	1	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0	0
76	Togo	1	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0	0
77	Indonesia[note 6]	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	0	0
78	United Arab Emirates	1	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0	0
	Uzbekistan	1	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0	0
80	China	1	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0	0
81	Panama	2	6	0	0	6	2	15	−13	0	0
82	Iraq	2	6	0	0	6	2	16	−14	0	0
83	Haiti	2	6	0	0	6	4	22	−18	0	0
84	El Salvador	2	6	0	0	6	1	22	−21	0	0

Breakdown of successor team records

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia (1934–1990)	8	30	11	5	14	44	45	−1	38
Czech Republic (2006–present)	2	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4
Slovakia (2010–present)	1	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany (1934–1938)	2	6	3	1	2	14	13	+1	10
West Germany (1950–1990)	10	62	36	14	12	131	77	+54	122
Germany (1994–present)	9	48	31	7	10	98	45	+53	100

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union (1958–1990)	7	31	15	6	10	53	34	+19	51
Russia (1994–present)	4	14	4	4	6	24	20	+4	16

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia (1930–1990)	8	33	14	7	12	55	42	+13	49
FR Yugoslavia (1998)	1	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
Serbia and Montenegro (2006)	1	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0
Serbia (2010–present)	3	9	2	1	6	9	15	−6	7

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Zaire (1974)	1	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0
DR Congo (2026–present)	1	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4

All-time medal table

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Top 4 total
Brazil	5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)	2 (1950 *, 1998)	2 (1938, 1978)	2 (1974, 2014 *)	11
Germany1	4 (1954, 1974 *, 1990, 2014)	4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)	4 (1934, 1970, 2006 *, 2010)	1 (1958)	13
Italy	4 (1934 *, 1938, 1982, 2006)	2 (1970, 1994)	1 (1990 *)	1 (1978)	8
Argentina	3 (1978 *, 1986, 2022)	3 (1930, 1990, 2014)			6
France	2 (1998 *, 2018)	2 (2006, 2022)	2 (1958, 1986)	1 (1982)	7
Uruguay	2 (1930 *, 1950)			3 (1954, 1970, 2010)	5
England	1 (1966 *)			2 (1990, 2018)	3
Spain	1 (2010)			1 (1950)	2
Netherlands		3 (1974, 1978, 2010)	1 (2014)	1 (1998)	5
Hungary		2 (1938, 1954)			2
Czechoslovakia		2 (1934, 1962)			2
Sweden		1 (1958 *)	2 (1950, 1994)	1 (1938)	4
Croatia		1 (2018)	2 (1998, 2022)		3
Poland			2 (1974, 1982)		2
Austria			1 (1954)	1 (1934)	2
Portugal			1 (1966)	1 (2006)	2
Belgium			1 (2018)	1 (1986)	2
United States			1 (1930)		1
Chile			1 (1962 *)		1
Turkey			1 (2002)		1
Serbia2				2 (1930, 1962)	2
Russia3				1 (1966)	1
Bulgaria				1 (1994)	1
South Korea				1 (2002 *)	1
Morocco				1 (2022)	1

* hosts

¹ includes results representing West Germany (1954–1990)

² includes results representing Yugoslavia (1930–1990) and FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (1998–2006)

³ includes results representing the Soviet Union (1958–1990)

Titles

• Most titles: 5 –  Brazil, (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)^[35]
• Most consecutive titles: 2
  •  Italy (1934–1938)^[36][37]
  •  Brazil (1958–1962)^[36][38]
• Longest gap between successive titles: 44 years –  Italy, (nine editions, 1938–1982)^{[note 7][39]}
• Worst finish by defending champions: Group stage
  •  Italy (1950)^[40]
  •  Brazil (1966)^[40]
  •  France (2002)^[40]
  •  Italy (2010)^[40]
  •  Spain (2014)^[40]
  •  Germany (2018)^[41]
• Most titles won as host: 1^{[note 8]}
  •  Uruguay (1930)
  •  Italy (1934)
  •  England (1966)
  •  West Germany (1974)
  •  Argentina (1978)
  •  France (1998)

Appearances

• Most World Cup appearances: 23 –  Brazil, 1930–2026 (every tournament)^[39]
• Most appearances in the final: 8 –  Germany, 1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986 and 1990 as West Germany, 2002 and 2014 as Germany^[42]
• Most runners-up: 4 –  Germany, 1966, 1982, 1986 as West Germany, 2002 as Germany^[42]
• Most runners-up but never won a title: 3 –  Netherlands, 1974, 1978, 2010^[43]
• Most consecutive appearances in the final: 3
  •  West Germany, 1982–1990^[39]
  •  Brazil, 1994–2002^[39]
• Longest gap between successive appearances in the final: 48 years –  Argentina, 10 editions, 1930–1978^[39]
• Longest gap between successive appearances at the FIFA World Cup: 64 years –  Wales, 16 editions, 1958–2022^[44]
• Most consecutive failed qualification attempts: 22 –  Luxembourg, 1934–2026^[39]

Goals

Highest scoring matches

Most goals scored in a match^[45]

Rank	Date	Venue	Total goals	Team	Score	Team
1	26 June 1954	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne	12	Austria	7–5	Switzerland
2	5 June 1938	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg	11	Brazil	6–5	Poland
	20 June 1954	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel		Hungary	8–3	West Germany
	15 June 1982	Nuevo Estadio, Elche		Hungary	10–1	El Salvador
5	8 June 1958	Idrottsparken, Norrköping	10	France	7–3	Paraguay

By tournament

Source:^[50][48]

Key

†	Denotes the highest goalscoring-related record

Period	Matches	Goals	Ø Goals	Top scorers	Goals scored
1930	18	70	3.89	Argentina	18
1934	17	70	4.12	Italy	12
1938	18	84	4.67	Hungary	15
1950	22	88	4.0	Brazil	22
1954	26	140	5.38†	Hungary	27†
1958	35	126	3.6	France	23
1962	32	89	2.78	Brazil	14
1966	32	89	2.78	Portugal	17
1970	32	95	2.97	Brazil	19
1974	38	97	2.55	Poland	16
1978	38	102	2.68	Argentina	15
				Netherlands
1982	52	146	2.81	France	16
1986	52	132	2.54	Argentina	14
1990	52	115	2.21	West Germany	15
1994	52	141	2.71	Sweden	15
1998	64	171	2.67	France	15
2002	64	161	2.52	Brazil	18
2006	64	147	2.3	Germany	14
2010	64	145	2.27	Germany	16
2014	64	171	2.67	Germany	18
2018	64	169	2.64	Belgium	16
2022	64	172	2.69	France	16
2026	82**	241**†	2.94**	TBD	TBD

(**) All statistics correct as of July 1, 2026.

Teams listed in bold won the tournament. Fewer than half of all World Cup tournaments have been won by the highest-scoring team.

Matches results

Biggest wins

Biggest margin of victory^[46]

Rank	Date	Venue	Winning team	Score	Losing team
1	15 June 1982	Nuevo Estadio, Elche	Hungary	10–1	El Salvador
	17 June 1954	Hardturm Stadium, Zürich	Hungary	9–0	South Korea
	18 June 1974	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen	Yugoslavia	9–0	Zaire
4	12 June 1938	Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes	Sweden	8–0	Cuba
	2 July 1950	Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte	Uruguay	8–0	Bolivia
	1 June 2002	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo	Germany	8–0	Saudi Arabia

Biggest win in a final

Biggest margin of victory in a final^[46]

Rank	Date	Venue	Winning team	Score	Losing team
1	29 June 1958	Råsunda Stadium, Solna	Brazil	5–2	Sweden
	21 June 1970	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City	Brazil	4–1	Italy
	12 July 1998	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	France	3–0	Brazil

Streaks

• Longest winning streak: 11 –  Brazil, 2002–2006^[51]
• Longest unbeaten streak: 16 –  Netherlands, 2014–2026^[52]
• Longest losing streak: 9 –  Mexico, 1930–1958^[53]
• Longest winless streak: 17 –  Bulgaria, 1962–1994^[54]
• Longest drawn streak: 5 –  Belgium, 1998–2002^[55]
• Longest streak scoring at least 1 goal: 18^[56]
  •  Brazil, 1930–1958
  •  West Germany, 1934–1962
  •  Germany, 1986–1998
• Longest goalless streak: 5^[57]
  •  Bolivia, 1930–1994
  •  Honduras, 1982–2014
  •  Algeria, 1986–2010
• Longest goalless streak by minutes: 542 minutes –  Algeria, 1986–2014
• Longest clean sheets streak: 5
  •  Italy, 1990
  •   Switzerland, 2006–2010
• Longest streak without conceding a goal by minutes: 559 minutes –   Switzerland, 1994–2010
• Longest streak without clean sheets: 22 –   Switzerland, 1934–1994^[58]
• Longest streak without red cards: 28 –  Japan, 1998–2026

Discipline

• Most red cards (tournament): 28 – 2006, in 64 games^[59]
• Most red cards (all-time, team): 11 –  Brazil, in 97 games^[59]
• Most red cards (match, both teams): 4 – 2 each for  Portugal and  Netherlands, 2006^{[note 9][60]}
• Most red cards (final match): 2 –  Argentina v  West Germany, 1990^{[note 10][61]}
• Most yellow cards (tournament): 345 – 2006, in 64 matches^[62]
• Most yellow cards (match, one team): 10 –  Argentina, 2022, v  Netherlands^[63]
• Most yellow cards (match, both teams): 18 – 8 for  Netherlands and 10 for  Argentina, 2022^[63]
• Most yellow cards (final match, both teams): 14 – 9 for  Netherlands and 5 for  Spain, 2010^[64]

Penalty shoot-outs

• Most played: 7 –  Argentina, (1990 (x2), 1998, 2006, 2014, 2022 (x2))^[65]
• Most won: 6 –  Argentina, (1990 (x2), 1998, 2014, 2022 (x2))^[65]
• Most lost: 4
  •  Spain, (1986, 2002, 2018, 2022)^[65]
  •  Netherlands, (1998, 2014, 2022, 2026)^[65]
• Most won without ever losing: 4 –  Croatia, (2018 (x2), 2022 (x2))^[65]
• Most consecutive wins: 4
  •  Germany, (1982, 1986, 1990, 2006)^[65]
  •  Croatia, (2018 (x2), 2022 (x2))^[65]
• Most consecutive losses: 3
  •  Italy, (1990, 1994, 1998)^[65]
  •  England, (1990, 1998, 2006)^[65]
  •  Spain, (2002, 2018, 2022)^[65]
  •  Netherlands, (2014, 2022, 2026)^[65]
• Most lost without ever winning: 2
  •  Mexico, (1986, 1994)^[65]
  •  Romania, (1990, 1994)^[65]
  •  Japan, (2010, 2022)^[65]

Titles

Left: Pelé, the only player to have won the FIFA World Cup three times.
Right: Lionel Messi holds the record for the most matches played, with 28 games.

• Most titles: 3 – Pelé for  Brazil, 1958, 1962^{[note 11]} and 1970^[67]
• Most appearances in a final: 3 – Cafu for  Brazil, 1994–2002^{[note 12][68]}
• Youngest player to win the tournament: 17 years, 249 days – Pelé for  Brazil, 1958^[69]
• Oldest player to win the tournament: 40 years, 133 days – Dino Zoff for  Italy, 1982

Appearances

Goals

Top: Lionel Messi (left) the all-time top scorer of the FIFA World Cup with 19 goals.
Just Fontaine (right) the player with the most goals scored in a single edition, with 13 goals at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
Bottom: Oleg Salenko (left) the only player to score five goals in a single FIFA World Cup match.
Cristiano Ronaldo (right) the only player to score in six different FIFA World Cup editions.

Assists

• Most assists: 9 – Fritz Walter, for  West Germany, 1954–1958^[97][98]
• Most assists in a tournament: 8 – Raymond Kopa, for  France, 1958^[99]
• Most assists in a match: 4
  • Giovanni Ferrari, for  Italy v  United States, 27 May 1934^[100][101]
  • Robert Gadocha, for  Poland v  Haiti, 19 June 1974^[102][103]
• Most assists in final matches: 2
  • Héctor Scarone, for  Uruguay, 1930
  • Giuseppe Meazza, for  Italy, 1938
  • Mário Zagallo, for  Brazil, 1958 and 1962
  • Bobby Moore, for  England, 1966
  • Pelé, for  Brazil, 1970^{[note 14]}
• Most assists in the knockout rounds: 6 – Lionel Messi, for  Argentina, 2010–2022^[106]
• Most tournaments assisted in: 5 – Lionel Messi, for  Argentina, 2006–2022^[107]

Goalkeeping

Peter Shilton (left) and Fabien Barthez (right), the joint record holders for the most clean sheets in FIFA World Cup history, with 10 each.

• Most clean sheets: 10
  • Peter Shilton, for  England, 1982–1990^[78]
  • Fabien Barthez, for  France, 1998–2006^[78]
• Most consecutive clean sheets: 5 
  • Walter Zenga, for  Italy, 1990^[108]
  • Unai Simón, for  Spain, 2022–2026^[109]
• Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal: 519 minutes – Unai Simón, for  Spain, 2022, 2026^[110]
• Most goals conceded: 25
  • Antonio Carbajal, for  Mexico, 1950–1966^[111]
  • Mohamed Al-Deayea, for  Saudi Arabia, 1994–2006^[111]
• Most goals conceded in a tournament: 16 – Hong Deok-young, for  South Korea, 1954^[112]
• Most consecutive matches without clean sheets: 10
  • Antonio Carbajal, for  Mexico, 1950–1962
  • Manuel Neuer, for  Germany, 2018–2026
• Fewest goals conceded in a tournament: 0 – Pascal Zuberbühler, for   Switzerland, 2006^{[note 15][113]}
• Fewest goals conceded in a tournament for the eventual winners: 2
  • Fabien Barthez, for  France, 1998^[114]
  • Gianluigi Buffon, for  Italy, 2006^[114]
  • Iker Casillas, for  Spain, 2010^[114]
• Most penalties saved: 2^{[note 16]}
  • Jan Tomaszewski, for  Poland, both in 1974^[115]
  • Brad Friedel, for  United States, both in 2002^[115]
  • Iker Casillas, for  Spain, 2002, 2010^[115]
  • Wojciech Szczęsny, for  Poland, both in 2022^[115]
• Most penalties saved overall in penalty shoot-outs: 4
  • Harald Schumacher, for  West Germany, 1982–1986^[115]
  • Sergio Goycochea, for  Argentina, 1990^[115]
  • Danijel Subašić, for  Croatia, 2018^[116][115]
  • Dominik Livaković, for  Croatia, 2022^[115]
• Most penalties saved in one penalty shoot-out: 3
  • Ricardo, for  Portugal v  England, 2006^[117]
  • Danijel Subašić, for  Croatia v  Denmark, 2018^[117]
  • Dominik Livaković, for  Croatia v  Japan, 2022^[117]
• Most saves in a match: 16 – Tim Howard, for  United States v  Belgium, 2014^[118]
• Most saves in a match, no extra time: 15 – Eloy Room, for  Curaçao v  Ecuador, 2026^[119]

Discipline

• Fastest yellow card: 11 seconds – Jesús Gallardo, for  Mexico v  Sweden, 2018^[124]
• Fastest red card: 56 seconds – José Batista, for  Uruguay v  Scotland, 1986^[125]
• Fastest red card, qualification: 37 seconds – Rashed Al-Hooti, for  Bahrain v  Iran, 11 October 2011, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification^[126]
• Latest yellow card: During penalty shoot-out – Emiliano Martínez, for  Argentina v  France, 2022^{[note 17][127]}
• Latest red card: After penalty shoot-out
  • Leandro Cufré, for  Argentina v  Germany, 2006^{[note 18][128]}
  • Denzel Dumfries, for  Netherlands v  Argentina, 2022^[129]
• Sent off from the bench – Claudio Caniggia, for  Argentina v  Sweden, 2002^[130]
• Most cards: 7 – Javier Mascherano,  Argentina, 2006–2018^[131]
• Most yellow cards: 7 – Javier Mascherano,  Argentina, 2006–2018^[131]
• Most yellow cards in a match: 3 – Josip Šimunić, 61', 90', 93', for  Croatia v  Australia, 2006, by referee Graham Poll^{[note 19][132]}
• Most red cards: 2
  • Rigobert Song, for  Cameroon, 1994 and 1998^[59]
  • Zinedine Zidane, for  France, 1998 and 2006^[59]
• Most suspensions in a tournament: 2 – André Kana-Biyik, for  Cameroon, 1990^{[note 20][136]}