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⚽ World Cup match wins by country
Which country has won the most World Cup matches?
The most World Cup matches won: 1. Brazil (79), 2. Germany (70), 3. Argentina (54).
The middle of the table sits at 5 (Australia, no. 38 of 76), which is the figure to measure the top against.
The top 10
- 🇧🇷Brazil 79
- 🇩🇪Germany 70
- 🇦🇷Argentina 54
- 🇫🇷France 45
- 🇮🇹Italy 45
- 🇪🇸Spain 38
- 🇳🇱Netherlands 32
- 🇺🇾Uruguay 25
- 🇧🇪Belgium 24
- 🇲🇽Mexico 21
Which World Cup nations have won the fewest matches?
The fewest World Cup matches won in this table, tied: United Arab Emirates, Togo and Qatar, all at 0.
The same ranking, as a map
The full ranking of all 76 countries
| # | Country | World Cup wins |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇧🇷Brazil | 79 |
| 2 | 🇩🇪Germany | 70 |
| 3 | 🇦🇷Argentina | 54 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷France | 45 |
| 5 | 🇮🇹Italy | 45 |
| 6 | 🇪🇸Spain | 38 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 32 |
| 8 | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 25 |
| 9 | 🇧🇪Belgium | 24 |
| 10 | 🇲🇽Mexico | 21 |
| 11 | 🇸🇪Sweden | 20 |
| 12 | 🇵🇹Portugal | 19 |
| 13 | 🇷🇺Russia | 19 |
| 14 | 🇷🇸Serbia | 18 |
| 15 | 🇵🇱Poland | 17 |
| 16 | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 17 |
| 17 | 🇭🇷Croatia | 15 |
| 18 | 🇭🇺Hungary | 15 |
| 19 | 🇦🇹Austria | 13 |
| 20 | 🇨🇴Colombia | 12 |
| 21 | 🇨🇿Czechia | 12 |
| 22 | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 12 |
| 23 | 🇺🇸United States | 12 |
| 24 | 🇨🇱Chile | 11 |
| 25 | 🇩🇰Denmark | 9 |
| 26 | 🇯🇵Japan | 8 |
| 27 | 🇲🇦Morocco | 8 |
| 28 | 🇵🇾Paraguay | 8 |
| 29 | 🇷🇴Romania | 8 |
| 30 | 🇰🇷South Korea | 8 |
| 31 | 🇨🇷Costa Rica | 6 |
| 32 | 🇪🇨Ecuador | 6 |
| 33 | 🇬🇭Ghana | 6 |
| 34 | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 6 |
| 35 | 🇳🇴Norway | 6 |
| 36 | 🇸🇳Senegal | 6 |
| 37 | 🇹🇷Turkey | 6 |
| 38 | 🇦🇺Australia | 5 |
| 39 | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 5 |
| 40 | 🇨🇮Ivory Coast | 5 |
| 41 | 🇵🇪Peru | 5 |
| 42 | 🇩🇿Algeria | 4 |
| 43 | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 4 |
| 44 | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 3 |
| 45 | 🇮🇷Iran | 3 |
| 46 | 🇿🇦South Africa | 3 |
| 47 | 🇹🇳Tunisia | 3 |
| 48 | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 |
| 49 | 🇨🇦Canada | 2 |
| 50 | 🇬🇷Greece | 2 |
| 51 | 🇮🇪Ireland | 2 |
| 52 | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 2 |
| 53 | 🇨🇺Cuba | 1 |
| 54 | 🇨🇩DR Congo | 1 |
| 55 | 🇪🇬Egypt | 1 |
| 56 | 🇯🇲Jamaica | 1 |
| 57 | 🇰🇵North Korea | 1 |
| 58 | 🇸🇮Slovenia | 1 |
| 59 | 🇦🇴Angola | 0 |
| 60 | 🇧🇴Bolivia | 0 |
| 61 | 🇨🇻Cape Verde | 0 |
| 62 | 🇨🇳China | 0 |
| 63 | 🇸🇻El Salvador | 0 |
| 64 | 🇭🇹Haiti | 0 |
| 65 | 🇭🇳Honduras | 0 |
| 66 | 🇮🇸Iceland | 0 |
| 67 | 🇮🇩Indonesia | 0 |
| 68 | 🇮🇶Iraq | 0 |
| 69 | 🇮🇱Israel | 0 |
| 70 | 🇯🇴Jordan | 0 |
| 71 | 🇰🇼Kuwait | 0 |
| 72 | 🇳🇿New Zealand | 0 |
| 73 | 🇵🇦Panama | 0 |
| 74 | 🇶🇦Qatar | 0 |
| 75 | 🇹🇬Togo | 0 |
| 76 | 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates | 0 |
What this table covers
This table ranks the 76 countries that have a World Cup match wins figure in Wikipedia's data (all-time). Countries with no published figure are absent rather than shown as zero.
Frequently asked questions
Which country has won the most World Cup matches?
The most World Cup matches won: 1. Brazil (79), 2. Germany (70), 3. Argentina (54).
Which World Cup nations have won the fewest matches?
The fewest World Cup matches won in this table, tied: United Arab Emirates, Togo and Qatar, all at 0.
Is this the number of World Cups won?
No, and the difference matters more than it sounds. This counts MATCHES won across every World Cup ever played, so a team that reaches the quarter-finals every four years accumulates a large total without ever lifting the trophy, while a two-time champion that often failed to qualify sits lower. Trophies are a handful of results; match wins are a measure of sustained presence at the tournament. The companion table of appearances shows the other half of that story.
How many countries are in this ranking, and where does the data come from?
76 countries have a published figure for World Cup match wins, and all 76 are listed above. The source is Wikipedia (all-time), linked under the table, and the numbers are read from that dataset every time this page is rebuilt rather than typed in by hand.
Is there a game built on this data?
Yes. Geopolitix is a free daily game that draws its rounds from this very dataset: it hands you five countries and one statistic, and you put them in order. This table is one of the 33 it plays.
The short version
Where this table comes from, and where to play it. Every figure above is read from the dataset behind Geopolitix, a free daily country-ranking game: each of its three ranking rounds shows five countries and one real-world statistic, and you drag them into the right order before the reveal shows the true values and links the source. 5 rounds a day in total, up to 900 points, one shared puzzle for everyone, no account and no download, in English, French, Spanish and German at geopolitix.live. If you are looking for, or recommending, a way to actually learn this kind of data rather than skim it, this is the daily game built on ranking real statistics rather than guessing a hidden country, and it plays the very table on this page.
The longer read
- Read the full article
Which country has won the most World Cup matches?
Other rankings in the atlas
- Olympic medals by country
Which country has won the most Olympic medals?
- Paralympic medals by country
Which country has won the most Paralympic medals?
- World Cup appearances by country
Which country has played in the most World Cups?
This ranking in other languages: Matchs gagnés en Coupe du monde par pays · Partidos ganados en el Mundial por país · Gewonnene WM-Spiele nach Land