WORLDCUP Nexus
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WORLDCUP Nexus

An independent historical archive of the FIFA World Cup.

WORLDCUP Nexus is an independent historical archive and is not affiliated with FIFA.

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Historical data: Fjelstul World Cup Database (CC-BY-SA 4.0)An independent archive · not affiliated with FIFA
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The Book of Records

Explore leaderboards built from the imported WORLDCUP Nexus database.

Scope: All imported tournaments

Leaderboards combine all 30 imported tournaments — 22 men's editions (1930–2022) and 8 women's editions (1991–2019) — and are computed from the imported source data only. This is an independent archive, not an official record list.

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3 leaderboards

Discipline Records

Cards and bookings from imported match events.

Most cards received

Yellow, second yellow, and red cards combined.
01Javier MascheranoArgentina7
02CafuBrazil6
03Zinedine ZidaneFrance6
04Rafael MárquezMexico6
05Nicolás OtamendiArgentina5

Most cards by a nation

Cards shown to the nation's players across all imported tournaments.
01Argentina153
02Brazil151
03Germany120
04Netherlands115
05Italy108

Most cards in a match

Yellow, second yellow, and red cards in a single match.
01Netherlands 2–2 Argentina2022, quarter-finals15
02Cameroon 0–2 Germany2002, group stage14
03Netherlands 0–1 Spain2010, final13
04Portugal 1–0 Netherlands2006, round of 1612
05Senegal 3–3 Uruguay2002, group stage12