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As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the finals of the FIFA World Cup. [1] Brazil is the only team to have appeared in all 22 tournaments to date, with Germany having participated in 20, Italy and Argentina in 18 and Mexico in 17. [2]
Leônidas scored a record eight World Cup goals for Brazil, coming at the 1934 and 1938 tournaments. Ademir scored a record nine World Cup goals for Brazil, all coming at the 1950 tournament. Sándor Kocsis was the first player to score ten or more goals in a single World Cup: he scored a record eleven goals in just five matches for Hungary ...
Argentina's Lionel Messi has played a record 26 World Cup matches across a joint-record five tournaments. Cristiano Ronaldo is the first and only player to score in five tournaments. Six players share the record for playing in the most World Cups; Mexico's Antonio Carbajal (1950–1966).
Pages in category "FIFA World Cup records and statistics" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lionel Messi is the player with the most games played at the FIFA World Cup, and one of only six along with German Lothar Matthäus, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Mexicans Antonio Carbajal, Andrés Guardado, and Rafael Márquez to have entered the field in five different tournaments.
He broke Ricky Ponting of Australia's long standing record of 11 set at the 2003 World Cup in the second semi final against Australia [136] and secured his 13th of the tournament in the final against New Zealand. [137] The latest edition of the World Cup in 2023 saw New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell also take 11 catches to draw even with Ponting ...
The following is a list of goalscorers in the FIFA World Cup finals. Only goals scored during regulation or extra time are included. Any goals scored during the penalty shoot-out are excluded. As of the 2022 final, sixty-two individuals have scored the total of eighty goals in all of the finals history.
This page is a list of all players who have won the men's FIFA World Cup tournament since its inception in 1930. Participating teams have to register squads for each edition of the World Cup, which consisted of 22 players until 1998, of 23 players from 2002 to 2018, and of 26 players in 2022.