Football World Cup Records

It is one of the most watched and most popular events in the world. Let’s hear some amazing statistics of this global event.

Most World Cup champions: Brazil 5 times

Most championship: Pele 3 Cups 

Most tournaments: 5 Tournaments Antonio Carbajal (Mexico) Lothar Matthaus (Germany) Rafael Marquez (Mexico)

Most matches played: Lothar Matthaus ( Germany) 25

Most knocked out games: Miroslav Klose ( Germany) 14

Most Matches won : Miroslav Klose ( Germany) 17

Most minutes played: Pablo Maldini (Italy) 2217 minutes 

Most appearances in finals: Cafu (Brazil) 3

Most Tournaments as captain: Rafael Marquez ( Mexico) 5

Most appearances as captain: Rafael Marquez (Mexico) 17

Youngest player: 17 Years, 41 days Norman Whiteside ( Northern Ireland)

Oldest player: 45 Years, 161 Days, Essam El Hadary ( Egypt)

Most goals scored: Miroslav Klose ( Germany) 16

Most goals scored in a single tournament: Just Fontaine ( France), 13

Most goals scored in a match: Oleg Salenko ( Russia) 5

Most hat-tricks: 2 

Sandor Kocsis ( Hungery), Just Fontaine ( France), Gerd Muller ( Germany), Gabriel Batistuta ( Argentina)

Fastest Hat-trick: 8 minutes, Laszlo Kiss ( Hungary)

Queen Elizabeth II presents the World Cup trophy to England captain Bobby Moore at Wembley Stadium, 1966. (Image: Reuters)

First goal scorer: Lucien Laurent ( France) 13 July 1930

Youngest goal scorer: Pele ( Brazil) 17 years, 239 days

Oldest goal scorer: Roger Milla ( Cameroon) 42 years, 39 days 

Only player to score in his teens, his twenties and thirties: Lionel Messi ( Argentina)

Fastest goal from kick off: 11 seconds Hakan Sukur (Turkey)

Lastest goal in regular time: Neymar (Brazil) 97th minutes

Most assists: 10 Pele ( Brazil)

Most tournaments with at least one assist: Lionel Messi ( Argentina) 4

Most awarded penalties: Spain 18

Most penalty shootouts: 5 Argentina

Most penalty shootouts won: 4 Germany and Argentina

Most clean sheets (matches without conceding): 10, Peter Shilton(England)and Fabien Barthez ( France)

Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (finals): 517 mins Walter Zenga (Italy)

Most goals conceded: 25, Antonio Carbajal (Mexico) and Mohamed Al-Deayea (Saudi Arabia)

Most goals conceded, one tournament: 

16, Hong Duk-Yung (South Korea)

Most goals conceded, one match :

10, Luis Guevara Mora (El Salvador)

Fewest goals conceded, one tournament, champions : 2, Fabien Barthez (France), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) and Iker Casillas (Spain)

Fewest goals conceded, one tournament: 

0, Pascal Zuberbühler (Switzerland)

Youngest goalkeeper: 19 years, 191 days, Lee Chang-myung (North Korea)

Oldest goalkeeper : 45 years, 161 days, Essam El-Hadary (Egypt)

Most matches coached: 25, Helmut Schön (West Germany)

Most matches won as coach: 16, Helmut Schön (West Germany)

Most matches played: 109, Germany, Brazil

Most wins: 73, Brazil

Most losses: 27, Mexico

Most draws: 21, Italy, England

Most goals scored: 229, Brazil

Most goalscorer: 80, Brazil

Most goals conceded: 125, Germany

Highest attendance in a final : 114,600, Argentina v West Germany, 29 June 1986

Highest average attendance per match:

68,991 in 1994

Highest attendance (tournament):

3,570,000 in 1994

Only country attending all World Cup tournaments: Brazil

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