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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Team Records

Nation-level records aggregated across each nation's tournament teams.

Most titles

Tournaments won, from the source's tournament winner field (includes 1950, which had no single final).
01Brazil5
02Italy4
03United States4
04West Germany3
05Argentina3

Most goals by a nation

Goals credited to the nation's teams (own goals count for the credited team).
01Brazil303
02Germany222
03United States178
04France168
05Argentina157

Most match wins

Match wins, with penalty-shootout wins counted as wins (matching the source's result column).
01Brazil100
02Germany64
03Argentina53
04France52
05Italy52

Most matches played

Matches involving the nation's tournament teams.
01Brazil148
02England100
03Argentina97
04Italy95
05Germany94