Overall
- Most World Cup appearances
- 19,
Brazil (only country to appear in every World Cup)
- Most championships
- 5,
- Most appearances in a World Cup final
- 7,
Germany
- Most appearances in semifinal/last four
- 11,
- Most matches played
- 92,
- Fewest matches played
- 1,
Indonesia as
Dutch East Indies
- Most wins
- 64,
- Most losses
- 22,
Mexico
- Most draws
- 19,
Italy
- Most matches played without a win or a draw
- 6,
El Salvador
- Most matches played without a win
- 6,
Bolivia and
- Most goals scored
- 201,
- Most goals conceded
- 112,
- Highest average of goals scored per match
- 2.720,
Hungary
- Lowest average of goals conceded per match
- 0.67,
Angola (2 goals in 3 matches)[1]
- Most meetings between two teams
- 7 times,
Sweden (1938, 1950, 1958, 1978, 1990 and twice in 1994)
- Most meetings between two teams, Final match
- 2 times,
Argentina vs
- Most appearances, always advancing from first round
- 3,[2]
Denmark and
Republic of Ireland
- Most appearances, never advancing from first round
- 8,
Scotland
- Most matches to qualify for World Cup Finals
- 20:
Uruguay (2002 & 2010)
- Largest distance travelled in a single qualifying campaign
- 55,000 miles:
New Zealand (1982)
