The race for the most World Cups
Titles, finals or top-four finishes by national team, tournament by tournament.
Champions, runners-up and the podium
Every team that has finished in the top four, or every final one by one.
By continent
Titles and finals lost by confederation. Only Europe and South America have won the World Cup.
Hosts
Who hosted each tournament and how far the hosts went.
The most repeated finals
Matchups that met more than once in a World Cup final.
The most played matches
The pairings that have met most often at the World Cup, and how every meeting ended. A shoot-out counts as a draw.
Champions against champions
Every World Cup match between the nations that have won it.
The Netherlands against the champions
The best team never to win it, against every nation that has.
How the tournament grew
Teams, matches, goals and attendance at every World Cup.
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All-time points table
Every national team's accumulated World Cup record.
Most appearances by national team
Tournaments played, debut and best result. Brazil has played every edition.
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Player records
All-time top scorers, most matches played and most tournaments, goals in the knockout rounds and in finals, scoring at the most tournaments, and every hat-trick.
The defending champions
How far each champion went at the next World Cup.
Penalty shoot-outs
Every World Cup match decided on penalties since the first, in 1982.
Records by team
Every shoot-out
The scoring record
Every player who held or equalled the record for the most World Cup goals, from the first goals of 1930 to today.
Top scorers and best players by tournament
The tournament's top scorer (Golden Boot), best player (Golden Ball, from 1982) and the winning coach.