WORLD CUP HISTORY
World Cup Stats
22 EDITIONS · 1930–2022
964MATCHES
2,720TOTAL GOALS
2.82GOALS/MATCH
2026 Tournament
48
TEAMS
104
MATCHES
16
VENUES
39
DAYS
3
HOST NATIONS
23rd
EDITION
All-time Totals (1930–2022)
964
MATCHES PLAYED
2,720
TOTAL GOALS
2.82
GOALS / MATCH
43.82M
TOTAL ATTENDANCE
45,454
AVG ATTENDANCE
22
EDITIONS
Most Titles
Brazil5
Germany4
Italy4
Argentina3
Uruguay2
France2
England1
Spain1All-time Top Scorers
1Miroslav Klose2002–201416
Miroslav Klose2002–2014162Ronaldo (Brazil)1998–200615
Ronaldo (Brazil)1998–2006153Gerd Müller1970–197414
Gerd Müller1970–1974144Just Fontaine195813
Just Fontaine1958135Pelé1958–197012
Pelé1958–1970126Jürgen Klinsmann1990–199811
Jürgen Klinsmann1990–1998117
Sándor Kocsis195411
Sándor Kocsis1954118Kylian Mbappé2018–202210
Kylian Mbappé2018–202210Goals & Attendance by Edition
193070⚽591K
193470⚽363K
193884⚽376K
195088⚽1.04M
1954140⚽769K
1958126⚽820K
196289⚽776K
196689⚽1.56M
197095⚽1.60M
197497⚽1.87M
1978102⚽1.55M
1982146⚽2.11M
1986132⚽2.39M
1990115⚽2.52M
1994141⚽3.59M
1998171⚽2.79M
2002161⚽2.71M
2006147⚽3.36M
2010145⚽3.18M
2014171⚽3.43M
2018169⚽3.03M
2022172⚽3.40M
Notable Records
▸2026 is the first 48-team World Cup — up from 32, with 104 matches over 39 days across three nations.
▸Four nations debut in 2026: Cape Verde, Curaçao, Jordan and Uzbekistan.
▸Brazil is the only side to appear at all 22 previous editions, and holds the most titles with five.
▸The opener is Mexico v South Africa at the Estadio Azteca — the first stadium to host matches at three different World Cups.
▸Venues are renamed for the tournament: MetLife becomes 'New York New Jersey Stadium', SoFi becomes 'Los Angeles Stadium'.
▸The 18-carat gold trophy weighs ~6.1 kg; winners keep a replica, not the original.
▸The 1950 final drew a record ~173,850 to the Maracanã — still the largest World Cup attendance.
▸The 2022 final (Argentina 3–3 France, 4–2 pens) drew an estimated 1.5 billion viewers.
▸Just Fontaine (France) scored 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup — the all-time single-tournament record.
▸Sándor Kocsis (Hungary) scored 11 goals at the 1954 World Cup, the second-highest single-tournament total.
▸Miroslav Klose (Germany) is the all-time top scorer across all World Cups with 16 goals (2002–2014).
▸The 1994 USA World Cup holds the all-time total attendance record of 3,587,538 across 52 matches.
▸The 1950 final at the Maracanã is estimated to have had 173,850 spectators — the largest crowd ever at a World Cup match.
▸Kylian Mbappé became the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final (2022) since Geoff Hurst in 1966.
Single-Tournament Top Scorer Records
1930
8
81934
5
51938
7
719509
91954
11
111958
13
1319624
41966
9
91970
10
101974
7
719786
61982
6
61986
6
619906
61994
6
61998
6
620028
820065
52010
5
52014
6
620186
620228
8