All-time table of the FIFA World Cup
This all-time table compares men's national association football teams that have participated in the FIFA World Cup by several criteria including tournaments played, consecutive tournaments played or missed, matches, wins, draws, losses, goals, points, points per match, best finish, and confederation.
Three different columns of accumulated points are provided for each team, all of them taking each game as if it were a World Cup group-stage match.
- The first column applies the system used in the World Cup since 1994: 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss.
- The second column applies the system used in the World Cup up to 1990: 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss. Effectively, this system values a draw as worth half a win.
- The third column is the points actually obtained: 2 points for a win up to 1990; 3 points for a win since 1994; always 1 point for a draw and 0 for a loss.
The respective values for average points per match represent the ratio of the total accumulated points to the number of matches played by the team in the World Cup.
The rank order of the teams is based on total points as per the "three points for a win" system, then on total goal difference, and then on goals scored in all World Cup matches. If two or more teams are still tied after the application of these criteria, they are given equal ranks and are listed alphabetically.
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws in this table.
All-time table
The table is accurate as of the 2018 World Cup.
№ | Team | App's | Overall records | Points | Best finish | Confederation | ||||||||||||
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3pt/win | 2pt/win | Actual | ||||||||||||||||
T | S | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | T | A | T | A | T | A | ||||
1 | 21 | +21 | 109 | 73 | 18 | 18 | 229 | 105 | +124 | 237 | 2.174 | 164 | 1.505 | 193 | 1.771 | Champion (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) | CONMEBOL | |
2 | 19 | +17 | 109 | 67 | 20 | 22 | 226 | 125 | +101 | 221 | 2.028 | 154 | 1.413 | 182 | 1.670 | Champion (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014) | UEFA | |
3 | 19 | −1 | 83 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 128 | 77 | +51 | 156 | 1.880 | 111 | 1.337 | 125 | 1.506 | Champion (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) | UEFA | |
4 | 17 | +12 | 81 | 43 | 15 | 23 | 137 | 93 | +44 | 144 | 1.778 | 101 | 1.247 | 120 | 1.481 | Champion (1978, 1986) | CONMEBOL | |
5 | 15 | +6 | 66 | 34 | 13 | 19 | 120 | 77 | +43 | 115 | 1.742 | 81 | 1.227 | 100 | 1.515 | Champion (1998, 2018) | UEFA | |
6 | 15 | +6 | 69 | 29 | 21 | 19 | 91 | 64 | +27 | 108 | 1.565 | 79 | 1.145 | 90 | 1.304 | Champion (1966) | UEFA | |
7 | 15 | +11 | 63 | 30 | 15 | 18 | 99 | 72 | +27 | 105 | 1.667 | 75 | 1.190 | 92 | 1.460 | Champion (2010) | UEFA | |
8 | 10 | −1 | 50 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 86 | 48 | +38 | 93 | 1.860 | 66 | 1.320 | 85 | 1.700 | Runner-up (1974, 1978, 2010) | UEFA | |
9 | 13 | +3 | 56 | 24 | 12 | 20 | 87 | 74 | +13 | 84 | 1.500 | 60 | 1.071 | 69 | 1.232 | Champion (1930, 1950) | CONMEBOL | |
10 | 12 | +1 | 51 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 80 | 73 | +7 | 70 | 1.373 | 51 | 1.000 | 59 | 1.157 | Runner-up (1958) | UEFA | |
11 | 13 | +2 | 48 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 68 | 72 | −4 | 69 | 1.437 | 49 | 1.021 | 62 | 1.292 | Third place (2018) | UEFA | |
12 | 11 | +2 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 77 | 54 | +23 | 67 | 1.489 | 48 | 1.067 | 52 | 1.156 | Fourth place (1966) | UEFA | |
13 | 12 | +1 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 66 | 63 | +3 | 62 | 1.348 | 44 | 0.957 | 48 | 1.043 | Fourth place (1930, 1962) | UEFA | |
14 | 16 | +7 | 57 | 16 | 14 | 27 | 60 | 98 | −38 | 62 | 1.088 | 46 | 0.807 | 56 | 0.982 | Quarterfinal (1970, 1986) | CONCACAF | |
15 | 8 | +1 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 53 | 1.559 | 37 | 1.088 | 40 | 1.176 | Third place (1974, 1982) | UEFA | |
16 | 9 | −8 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 87 | 57 | +30 | 48 | 1.500 | 33 | 1.031 | 33 | 1.031 | Runner-up (1938, 1954) | UEFA | |
17 | 7 | +5 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 48 | 1.600 | 34 | 1.133 | 42 | 1.400 | Third place (1966) | UEFA | |
18 | 11 | +4 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 44 | 1.189 | 32 | 0.865 | 39 | 1.054 | Quarterfinal (1934, 1938, 1954) | UEFA | |
19 | 9 | −3 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 41 | 1.242 | 29 | 0.879 | 30 | 0.909 | Runner-up (1934, 1962) | UEFA | |
20 | 7 | −5 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 40 | 1.379 | 28 | 0.966 | 28 | 0.966 | Third place (1954) | UEFA | |
21 | 9 | −1 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 40 | 1.212 | 29 | 0.879 | 33 | 1.000 | Third place (1962) | CONMEBOL | |
22 | 5 | +2 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 37 | 1.609 | 26 | 1.130 | 37 | 1.609 | Runner-up (2018) | UEFA | |
23 | 5 | +1 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 32 | 1.600 | 23 | 1.150 | 29 | 1.450 | Quarterfinal (1998) | UEFA | |
24 | 8 | −2 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 31 | 1.148 | 24 | 0.889 | 28 | 1.037 | Quarterfinal (2010) | CONMEBOL | |
25 | 6 | +2 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 30 | 1.364 | 21 | 0.955 | 29 | 1.318 | Quarterfinal (2014) | CONMEBOL | |
26 | 10 | −1 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 30 | 0.909 | 22 | 0.667 | 27 | 0.818 | Third place (1930) | CONCACAF | |
27 | 7 | −5 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 29 | 1.381 | 21 | 1.000 | 26 | 1.238 | Quarterfinal (1994) | UEFA | |
28 | 10 | +9 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 70 | −36 | 27 | 0.794 | 21 | 0.618 | 27 | 0.794 | Fourth place (2002) | AFC | |
29 | 6 | +3 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 21 | 1.000 | 15 | 0.714 | 21 | 1.000 | Second round (1994, 1998, 2014) | CAF | |
30 | 6 | +6 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 20 | 0.952 | 15 | 0.714 | 20 | 0.952 | Second round (2002, 2010, 2018) | AFC | |
31 | 5 | +2 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 20 | 1.111 | 15 | 0.833 | 18 | 1.000 | Quarterfinal (2014) | CONCACAF | |
32 | 8 | −5 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 19 | 0.826 | 15 | 0.652 | 15 | 0.652 | First round (8 times) | UEFA | |
33 | 7 | −1 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 19 | 0.826 | 15 | 0.652 | 16 | 0.696 | Quarterfinal (1990) | CAF | |
34 | 5 | +1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 18 | 1.000 | 13 | 0.722 | 14 | 0.778 | Quarterfinal (1970); Top 8 (1978) | CONMEBOL | |
35 | 7 | −5 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 53 | −31 | 17 | 0.654 | 14 | 0.538 | 17 | 0.654 | Fourth place (1994) | UEFA | |
36 | 2 | −4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 16 | 1.600 | 11 | 1.100 | 15 | 1.500 | Third place (2002) | UEFA | |
37 | 3 | −1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 15 | 1.250 | 11 | 0.917 | 15 | 1.250 | Quarterfinal (2010) | CAF | |
38 | 3 | −4 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1.077 | 12 | 0.923 | 14 | 1.077 | Quarterfinal (1990) | UEFA | |
39 | 3 | −8 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 14 | 1.077 | 11 | 0.846 | 11 | 0.846 | Quarterfinal (1958) | UEFA | |
40 | 3 | −1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 13 | 1.300 | 9 | 0.900 | 13 | 1.300 | Second round (2006) | CONMEBOL | |
41 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | 1.500 | 9 | 1.125 | 12 | 1.500 | Quarterfinal (2002) | CAF | |
42 | 4 | −1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 12 | 0.923 | 9 | 0.692 | 10 | 0.769 | Second round (2014) | CAF | |
43 | 5 | +1 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 11 | 0.687 | 9 | 0.562 | 10 | 0.625 | Second round (1986) | CAF | |
44 | 5 | +1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 39 | −28 | 11 | 0.687 | 8 | 0.500 | 11 | 0.687 | Second round (1994) | AFC | |
45 | 3 | −1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 10 | 1.111 | 7 | 0.778 | 10 | 1.111 | First round (2006, 2010, 2014) | CAF | |
46 | 3 | −2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 10 | 1.111 | 8 | 0.889 | 10 | 1.111 | First round (1998, 2002, 2010) | CAF | |
47 | 5 | +1 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 10 | 0.667 | 8 | 0.533 | 9 | 0.600 | First round (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018) | CAF | |
48 | 5 | +2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 10 | 0.667 | 8 | 0.533 | 10 | 0.667 | First round (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018) | AFC | |
49 | 5 | +4 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 10 | 0.625 | 8 | 0.500 | 10 | 0.625 | Second round (2006) | AFC[upper-alpha 5] | |
50 | 3 | −5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 9 | 1.125 | 7 | 0.875 | 9 | 1.125 | Second round (1998) | UEFA | |
51 | 1 | −11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1.333 | 6 | 1.000 | 6 | 1.000 | Top 8 (1974) | defunct[upper-alpha 6] | |
52 | 3 | −1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 8 | 0.800 | 6 | 0.600 | 8 | 0.800 | Second round (2014) | UEFA | |
53 | 1 | −3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | 1.400 | 5 | 1.000 | 7 | 1.400 | Quarterfinal (2006) | UEFA | |
54 | 1 | −15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.200 | 5 | 1.000 | 5 | 1.000 | Quarterfinal (1958) | UEFA | |
55 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.750 | 4 | 1.000 | Second round (2010) | UEFA | |
56 | 2 | −2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | 0.667 | 3 | 0.500 | 4 | 0.667 | First round (2002, 2010) | UEFA | |
57 | 1 | −18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | 1.333 | 3 | 1.000 | 3 | 1.000 | Quarterfinal (1938) | CONCACAF | |
58 | 2 | −2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 4 | 0.571 | 3 | 0.429 | 3 | 0.429 | Quarterfinal (1966) | AFC | |
59 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.667 | 3 | 1.000 | First round (2014) | UEFA | |
60 | 1 | −5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.667 | 3 | 1.000 | First round (1998) | CONCACAF | |
61 | 2 | −2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | 0.500 | 3 | 0.500 | 3 | 0.500 | First round (1982, 2010) | OFC | |
62 | 3 | −1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 3 | 0.333 | 3 | 0.333 | 3 | 0.333 | First round (1982, 2010, 2014) | CONCACAF | |
63 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 0.667 | 2 | 0.667 | 2 | 0.667 | First round (2006) | CAF | |
64 | 1 | −12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | 0.667 | 2 | 0.667 | 2 | 0.667 | First round (1970) | UEFA[upper-alpha 7] | |
65 | 3 | +1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | 0.286 | 2 | 0.286 | 2 | 0.286 | First round (1934, 1990, 2018) | CAF | |
66 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | 0.333 | 1 | 0.333 | 1 | 0.333 | First round (2018) | UEFA | |
67 | 1 | −9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | 0.333 | 1 | 0.333 | 1 | 0.333 | First round (1982) | AFC | |
68 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | 0.333 | 1 | 0.333 | 1 | 0.333 | First round (2006) | CONCACAF | |
69 | 3 | −6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 1 | 0.167 | 1 | 0.167 | 1 | 0.167 | First round (1930, 1950, 1994) | CONMEBOL | |
70 | 1 | −8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | First round (1986) | AFC | |
71 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | First round (2006) | CAF | |
72 | 1 | −8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | First round (1986) | CONCACAF | |
73 | 1 | −18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | First round (1938) | AFC | |
74= | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | First round (2018) | CONCACAF | |
74= | 1 | −7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | First round (1990) | AFC | |
76 | 1 | −4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | First round (2002) | AFC | |
77 | 1 | −11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | First round (1974) | CONCACAF | |
78 | 1 | −11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | First round (1974) | CAF | |
79 | 2 | −9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | First round (1970, 1982) | CONCACAF |
- Notes
- Includes participations as
West Germany from 1954 to 1990; see below for a breakdown. - Includes participations as
Soviet Union until 1990; see below for a breakdown. - Includes participations as
Yugoslavia until 1990 and as Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) from 1998 to 2006; see below for a breakdown. - Includes participations as
Czechoslovakia until 1990; see below for a breakdown. - Participated as an OFC member in 1974 and 2006.
- Participated as a UEFA member in 1974.
- Participated as an AFC member in 1970.
- Participated as
Dutch East Indies in 1938. - Participated as
Zaire in 1974.
Breakdown of successor teams
№ | Years | Team | App's | Overall records | Points | Best finish | ||||||||||||
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3pt/win | 2pt/win | Actual | ||||||||||||||||
T | S | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | T | A | T | A | T | A | ||||
2 a | 1934–1938 | 2 | −18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 | 1.667 | 7 | 1.167 | 7 | 1.167 | Third place (1934) | |
2 b | 1954–1990 | 10 | −7 | 62 | 36 | 14 | 12 | 131 | 77 | +54 | 122 | 1.968 | 86 | 1.387 | 86 | 1.387 | Champion (1954, 1974, 1990) | |
2 c | 1994— | 7 | +7 | 41 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 81 | 35 | +46 | 89 | 2.171 | 61 | 1.488 | 89 | 2.171 | Champion (2014) | |
12 a | 1958–1990 | 7 | −7 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 51 | 1.645 | 36 | 1.161 | 36 | 1.161 | Fourth place (1966) | |
12 b | 1994— | 4 | +2 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 16 | 1.143 | 12 | 0.857 | 16 | 1.143 | Quarterfinal (2018) | |
13 a | 1930 | 1 | −20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2.000 | 4 | 1.333 | 4 | 1.333 | Fourth place (1930) | |
13 b | 1950–1990 | 7 | −7 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 43 | 1.433 | 31 | 1.033 | 31 | 1.033 | Fourth place (1962) | |
13 c | 1998 | 1 | −5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | 1.750 | 5 | 1.250 | 7 | 1.750 | Second round (1998) | |
13 d | 2006 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | First round (2006) | |
13 e | 2010— | 2 | +1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.667 | 6 | 1.000 | First round (2010, 2018) | |
19 a | 1934–1990 | 8 | −7 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 38 | 1.267 | 27 | 0.900 | 27 | 0.900 | Runner-up (1934, 1962) | |
19 b | 2006— | 1 | −3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | 1.000 | 2 | 0.667 | 3 | 1.000 | First round (2006) |
External links
- World Cup All-Time Tables (including Qualifying), 1930–2014, RSSSF.com
- All-time table of the FIFA World Cup at WorldFootball.net
- All-time table of the FIFA World Cup at FIFA.com