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World Cup Statistics

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Brazil have won the World Cup a record five times

Brazil have won the World Cup a record five times

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A look at some of the past World Cup winners and other vital statistics, including finals, top goalscorers and the highest ever attendance.

Past Finals

2006 Italy 1-1 France (Italy won on penalties)
2002 Brazil 2-0 Germany
1998 France 3-0 Brazil
1994 Brazil 0-0 Italy (Brazil won on penalties)
1990 Germany 1-0 Argentina
1986 Argentina 3-2 Germany
1982 Italy 3-1 Germany
1978 Argentina 3-1 Holland
1974 Germany 2-1 Holland
1970 Brazil 4-1 Italy
1966 England 4-2 Germany
1962 Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia
1958 Brazil 5-2 Sweden
1954 Germany 3-2 Hungary
1950 Uruguay 2-1 Brazil
1938 Italy 4-2 Hungary
1934 Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia
1930 Uruguay 4-2 Argentina

Cups Won

5 Brazil
4 Italy
3 Germany
2 Argentina
2 Uruguay
1 France
1 England

Record Goalscorers

15 Ronaldo (Brazil)
14 Gerd Muller (Germany)
13 Just Fontaine (France)
12 Pele (Brazil)
11 Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany)
11 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary)
10 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina)
10 Teófilo Cubillas (Peru)
10 Miroslav Klose (Germany)
10 Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
10 Gary Lineker (England)
10 Helmut Rahn (Germany)

Most individual tournaments played

5 Antonio Carbajal (Mexico)
5 Lothar Matthäus (Germany)

Most individual World Cup wins

3 Pele (Brazil)

Most goals scored in a World Cup

13 Just Fontaine (France, 1958)

Most goals scored in a single World Cup match

5 Oleg Salenko (For Russia v Cameroon, 1994)

Most World Cup minutes played

2,217 Paolo Maldini (Italy)

Youngest player to appear at a World Cup

Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland, 1982) - 17 years, 41 days

Oldest player to appear at a World Cup

Roger Milla (Cameroon, 1994) - 42 years and 39 days

Highest match attendance in a World Cup match

199,854, Uruguay v Brazil, 16 July 1950, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, World Cup 1950.

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