Every men's FIFA World Cup from 1930 to 2022, with champions, final scores, top scorers, notable context, and visible source links.
Tournaments
22
Most titles
Brazil
5 wins
Top scorer record
13
Just Fontaine, 1958
Linked finalists
20
current team pages connected
1998-2022
Hosted by Qatar
Top scorer
Kylian Mbappe (France, 8)
Qatar 2022 was the first men's World Cup staged in the Middle East and the first played in November and December.
Tournament attendance: over 3.4 million
FIFA reported the final pushed cumulative attendance over 3.4 million spectators.
Hosted by Russia
VAR was used at the World Cup for the first time, and France won its second title.
Hosted by Brazil
Germany became the first European team to win a World Cup staged in the Americas.
Hosted by South Africa
Top scorer
Thomas Muller (Germany, 5)
Muller won the Golden Boot on tiebreakers among players with five goals.
The first World Cup held in Africa produced Spain's first title.
Hosted by Germany
Top scorer
Miroslav Klose (Germany, 5)
Italy won its fourth World Cup after a penalty shootout against France.
Hosted by South Korea + Japan
The first World Cup co-hosted by two countries ended with Brazil's record fifth title.
Hosted by France
France won its first World Cup as the tournament expanded to 32 teams.
1974-1994
Hosted by USA
Top scorer
Oleg Salenko (Russia, 6) · Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria, 6)
Top scorer was shared by Salenko and Stoichkov.
Brazil won the first World Cup final decided by a penalty shootout.
Hosted by Italy
Final
West Germany defeated Argentina
Top scorer
Salvatore Schillaci (Italy, 6)
West Germany won its third World Cup before German reunification later that year.
Hosted by Mexico
Final
Argentina defeated West Germany
Top scorer
Gary Lineker (England, 6)
Mexico became the first country to host the World Cup twice.
Hosted by Spain
Final
Italy defeated West Germany
Top scorer
Paolo Rossi (Italy, 6)
The field expanded to 24 teams and Italy won its third title.
Hosted by Argentina
Top scorer
Mario Kempes (Argentina, 6)
Hosts Argentina won their first World Cup.
Hosted by West Germany
Final
West Germany defeated Netherlands
Top scorer
Grzegorz Lato (Poland, 7)
The current FIFA World Cup Trophy was awarded for the first time.
1930-1970
Hosted by Mexico
Final
Brazil defeated Italy
Top scorer
Gerd Muller (West Germany, 10)
Brazil won its third title, earning permanent possession of the Jules Rimet Trophy.
Hosted by England
Top scorer
Eusebio (Portugal, 9)
Geoff Hurst scored the first hat trick in a World Cup final.
Hosted by Chile
Final
Brazil defeated Czechoslovakia
Top scorer
Garrincha (Brazil, 4) · Vava (Brazil, 4) · Leonel Sanchez (Chile, 4) · Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia, 4) · Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union, 4) · Florian Albert (Hungary, 4)
Top scorer was shared by six players on four goals.
Brazil defended its title in Chile.
Hosted by Sweden
Just Fontaine set the single-tournament scoring record and Brazil won its first World Cup.
Hosted by Switzerland
Final
West Germany defeated Hungary
Top scorer
Sandor Kocsis (Hungary, 11)
West Germany beat favorites Hungary in the Miracle of Bern.
Hosted by Brazil
Uruguay's upset win over Brazil at the Maracana became known as the Maracanazo.
Maracana decider: largest crowd for any football match in history
Britannica describes the Uruguay-Brazil deciding match this way rather than giving a single official count.
Hosted by France
Final
Italy defeated Hungary
Top scorer
Leonidas (Brazil, 7)
Italy became the first team to win back-to-back World Cups.
Hosted by Italy
Final
Italy defeated Czechoslovakia
After extra time
Top scorer
Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia, 5)
Italy became the first European world champion and remains the only host that had to qualify for its own World Cup.
Hosted by Uruguay
The first FIFA World Cup began with 13 teams and ended with hosts Uruguay beating Argentina in Montevideo.