▸ Records
World Cup Records
◆ Appearances
Most tournaments played
5 tournaments
Lionel Messi (ARG) · 2,022
2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022.
Most matches played
26 matches
Lionel Messi (ARG) · 2,022
Most by any player in World Cup history.
◆ Attendance
Highest single-match attendance
173,850
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro · 1,950
Final round match Brazil vs Uruguay.
◆ Coaching
Most World Cups as coach
6
Carlos Alberto Parreira · 2,010
Coached at six different World Cups for five different nations.
◆ Goalkeeping
Most clean sheets in a tournament
10
Fabien Barthez & Peter Shilton · 1,998
Across multiple tournaments.
◆ Goals
Most goals in a single tournament
13 goals
Just Fontaine (FRA) · 1,958
Scored 13 goals in 6 matches at Sweden 1958 — a record that still stands.
Most goals in World Cup history
16 goals
Miroslav Klose (GER) · 2,014
Scored across four World Cups (2002–2014).
Fastest goal in a World Cup match
11 seconds
Hakan Şükür (TUR) · 2,002
Scored vs South Korea in the third-place playoff.
Youngest goalscorer
17 years 239 days
Pelé (BRA) · 1,958
Scored vs Wales at Sweden 1958.
◆ Titles
Most World Cup titles
5 titles
Brazil · 2,002
1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002.
Most consecutive titles
2 titles
Italy & Brazil · 1,962
Italy (1934, 1938) and Brazil (1958, 1962).
◆ Wins
Biggest win
9-goal margin
Hungary 10–1 El Salvador · 1,982
Group stage at Spain 1982.