The Goal Atlas

All-Time Records

Career leaderboards across every FIFA World Cup — the players and nations at the top of the all-time charts.

Players

Most tournaments played

Squad appearances at the World Cup

  1. 1 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo 6
  2. 2 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi 6
  3. 3 🇲🇽 Andrés Guardado 5
  4. 4 🇮🇹 Gianluigi Buffon 5
  5. 5 🇩🇪 Lothar Matthäus 5
  6. 6 🇭🇷 Luka Modrić 5
  7. 7 🇩🇪 Manuel Neuer 5
  8. 8 🇲🇽 Rafael Márquez 5
  9. 9 🇪🇸 Andoni Zubizarreta 4
  10. 10 🇪🇸 Andrés Iniesta 4

Most tournaments won

World Cups won with their nation

  1. 1 🇧🇷 Pelé 3
  2. 2 🇦🇷 Daniel Passarella 2
  3. 3 🇧🇷 Didi 2
  4. 4 🇧🇷 Djalma Santos 2
  5. 5 🇧🇷 Garrincha 2
  6. 6 🇮🇹 Giovanni Ferrari 2
  7. 7 🇮🇹 Giuseppe Meazza 2
  8. 8 🇧🇷 José Altafini 2
  9. 9 🇧🇷 Mário Zagallo 2
  10. 10 🇧🇷 Nílton Santos 2

Most goals

Career World Cup goals

  1. 1 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi 16
  2. 2 🇩🇪 Miroslav Klose 16
  3. 3 🇧🇷 Ronaldo 15
  4. 4 🇩🇪 Gerd Müller 14
  5. 5 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé 14
  6. 6 🇫🇷 Just Fontaine 13
  7. 7 🇧🇷 Pelé 12
  8. 8 🇩🇪 Jürgen Klinsmann 11
  9. 9 🇭🇺 Sándor Kocsis 11
  10. 10 🇦🇷 Gabriel Batistuta 10

Most hat-tricks

Matches with three or more goals

  1. 1 🇦🇷 Gabriel Batistuta 2
  2. 2 🇩🇪 Gerd Müller 2
  3. 3 🇫🇷 Just Fontaine 2
  4. 4 🇭🇺 Sándor Kocsis 2
  5. 5 🇧🇷 Ademir 1
  6. 6 🇵🇱 Andrzej Szarmach 1
  7. 7 🇮🇹 Angelo Schiavio 1
  8. 8 🇺🇸 Bert Patenaude 1
  9. 9 🇹🇷 Burhan Sargun 1
  10. 10 🇺🇾 Carlos Borges 1

Teams

Most matches played

World Cup matches contested

  1. 1 🇩🇪 Germany 119
  2. 2 🇧🇷 Brazil 115
  3. 3 🇦🇷 Argentina 89
  4. 4 🇮🇹 Italy 83
  5. 5 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 75
  6. 6 🇫🇷 France 74
  7. 7 🇪🇸 Spain 68
  8. 8 🇲🇽 Mexico 62
  9. 9 🇺🇾 Uruguay 60
  10. 10 🇳🇱 Netherlands 56

Most matches won

World Cup matches won

  1. 1 🇧🇷 Brazil 79
  2. 2 🇩🇪 Germany 75
  3. 3 🇦🇷 Argentina 54
  4. 4 🇮🇹 Italy 46
  5. 5 🇫🇷 France 42
  6. 6 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 34
  7. 7 🇪🇸 Spain 32
  8. 8 🇳🇱 Netherlands 31
  9. 9 🇺🇾 Uruguay 26
  10. 10 🇧🇪 Belgium 22

Most goals scored

Goals scored across every World Cup

  1. 1 🇩🇪 Germany 244
  2. 2 🇧🇷 Brazil 238
  3. 3 🇦🇷 Argentina 155
  4. 4 🇫🇷 France 139
  5. 5 🇮🇹 Italy 128
  6. 6 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 108
  7. 7 🇪🇸 Spain 108
  8. 8 🇳🇱 Netherlands 98
  9. 9 🇺🇾 Uruguay 90
  10. 10 🇭🇺 Hungary 87

Most tournaments played

World Cups the nation appeared in

  1. 1 🇧🇷 Brazil 23
  2. 2 🇩🇪 Germany 21
  3. 3 🇦🇷 Argentina 19
  4. 4 🇮🇹 Italy 18
  5. 5 🇲🇽 Mexico 18
  6. 6 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 17
  7. 7 🇫🇷 France 17
  8. 8 🇪🇸 Spain 17
  9. 9 🇧🇪 Belgium 15
  10. 10 🇺🇾 Uruguay 15

Most tournaments won

World Cup titles

  1. 1 🇧🇷 Brazil 5
  2. 2 🇩🇪 Germany 4
  3. 3 🇮🇹 Italy 4
  4. 4 🇦🇷 Argentina 3
  5. 5 🇫🇷 France 2
  6. 6 🇺🇾 Uruguay 2
  7. 7 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 1
  8. 8 🇪🇸 Spain 1

Predecessor nations counted with their successor · scheduled 2026 fixtures excluded