Picture : Just Fontaine scored 13 goals in the World Cup 1958 ! It is always the World Record and will be difficult to beat .
World Cup Records before World Cup 2026
Most titles (teams):
5 – Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Most consecutive titles (teams):
2 – Italy (1934, 1938)
2 – Brazil (1958, 1962)
Most editions (teams):
23 – Brazil (1930 to 2026, every edition)
Most appearances in the final (teams):
8 – Germany (1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2014, including West German era)
Most consecutive appearances in the final (teams):
3 – West Germany (1982, 1986, 1990)
3 – Brazil (1994, 1998, 2002)
Most goals in an edition (teams):
27 – Hungary (1954)
Highest scoring match:
12 goals – Austria vs Switzerland 7-5 (26 June 1954)
Most titles (players):
3 – Pelé (Brazil, 1958, 1962, 1970)
Most games (players):
26 – Lionel Messi (Argentina, 2006–2022)
Most appearances in the final (players):
3 – Cafu (Brazil, 1994, 1998, 2002)
Most editions (players)
5 – Antonio Carbajal (Mexico, 1950–1966),
5 – Lothar Matthäus (Germany, 1982–1998)
5 – Rafael Márquez (Mexico, 2002–2018)
5 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, 2006–2022)
5 – Lionel Messi (Argentina, 2006–2022)
5 – Andrés Guardado (Mexico, 2006–2022)
Youngest player:
17 years 41 days – Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland, vs Yugoslavia, 17 June 1982)
Oldest player:
45 years 161 days – Essam El-Hadary (Egypt, vs Saudi Arabia, 25 June 2018)
Most goals (players):
16 – Miroslav Klose (Germany, 2002–2014)
Most goals in an edition (players):
13 – Just Fontaine (France, 1958)
Most goals in a game (players):
5 – Oleg Salenko (Russia, vs Cameroon, 28 June 1994)
Longest scoring run (players):
6 – Just Fontaine (France, 8 June 1958 – 28 June 1958)
6 – Jairzinho (Brazil, 3 June 1970 – 21 June 1970)
Youngest goal-scorer:
17 years 239 days – Pelé (Brazil, vs Wales, 19 June 1958)
Oldest goal-scorer:
42 years 39 days – Roger Milla (Cameroon, vs Russia, 28 June 1994)
Fastest goal:
11 seconds – Hakan Şükür (Turkey, vs South Korea, 29 June 2002)
Most editions with scoring (players):
5 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, 2006–2022)
Most red cards:
2 – Rigobert Song (Cameroon, 1994, 1998)
2 – Zinedine Zidane (France, 1998, 2006)
Most clean sheets:
10 – Peter Shilton (England, 1982–1990)
10 – Fabien Barthez (France, 1998–2006)
Most consecutive clean sheets:
5 – Walter Zenga (Italy, 1990)
Most consecutive minutes without conceding:
517 – Walter Zenga (Italy, 1990)
Most games (coaches):
25 – Helmut Schön (Germany, 1966–1978)
Most editions (coaches):
6 – Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil; with Kuwait 1982, United Arab Emirates 1990, Brazil 1994, 2006, Saudi Arabia 1998, South Africa 2010)
Oldest coach:
71 years 317 days – Otto Rehhagel (Germany; with Greece 2010)