FIFA World Cup 2026
1 FT 0 
champions
SPAIN
second title
Ferran Torres scored the extra-time winner (106').
Securing Spain's second title.
source: opta analyst
REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
World Cup 2026 Statistics and Records
1 FT 0 total goals
308
More matches meant more goals. But the total isn't the real story.
source: fifa match data · opta
goal rate
2.96
goals per match
More goals per game than any World Cup since 1958.
source: fifa match data · opta
format / scale
104
matches
The first 48-team format.
The biggest tournament yet.
source: fifa
attendance
99.7%
stadium occupancy
More than 6.6 million fans attended the tournament.
source: fifa · data through semifinals
first 3-hosts edition
3
usa · can · mex
Across 16 host cities. All three hosts were eliminated in the Round of 16.
source: fifa match results
RECORDS REWRITTEN ✳ SMALL DETAILS ✳ BIG HISTORY ✳
RECORDS REWRITTEN ✳ SMALL DETAILS ✳ BIG HISTORY ✳
after the final whistle
The Cup is over. The numbers are not.
the best of 2026
The awards.
golden ball
RODRI
The tournament's best player.
And the player who completed more passes than anyone in World Cup history.
source: fifa · reuters
Carl Recine/Getty Images
golden boot
KYLIAN MBAPPÉ
10 goals · His second consecutive Golden Boot.
The first player since Gerd Müller in 1970 to score 10+ goals in a single World Cup.
source: opta analyst · espn
Buda Mendes/Getty Images
golden glove
UNAI SIMÓN
Spain's wall.
Beaten only once from open play by Belgium's Charles De Ketelaere.
source: opta analyst · fifa
Alex Pantling/FIFA
young player
PAU CUBARSÍ
19 years old.
Consistent all tournament. The undisputed winner over Lamine Yamal.
source: fifa · reuters
Alex Pantling/FIFA
fair play
THE NETHERLANDS
Collected just three yellow cards while advancing to the knockout stage.
source: fifa · reuters
Stefan Koops/Getty Images
records broken
The record book got busy.
most assists
7
MICHAEL
OLISE
Breaking Pelé's 56-year-old record of six assists.
His seventh assist created Mbappé's 22nd World Cup goal.
source: opta analyst · fifa
Jose Breton/Getty Images
unbeaten run record
38
SPAIN
The record changed hands.
Spain: 38 unbeaten · ongoing since 2024
Italy: 37 unbeaten · 2018–2021
source: fifa
all-time scorer
22
KYLIAN
MBAPPÉ
The new all-time leading scorer.
Lionel Messi: 21
source: reuters · fifa
completed passes
648
Rodri broke his own World Cup passing record.
2022: 638
source: fifa
completed dribbles
30
Lamine Yamal completed more dribbles than anyone else at the tournament.
source: fifa
the back line
7
clean sheets
Total shutouts recorded by Unai Simón across eight matches.
6
consecutive
A new World Cup record for the longest defensive streak.
"The most difficult thing in football is scoring. Spain made conceding look almost impossible."
source: fifa
defensive campaign
1
goal
conceded
Spain became world champions by conceding only one goal across eight matches.
source: fifa
most shots
34
Lionel Messi attempted more shots than any other player in the tournament.
source: fifa · the guardian
oldest manager
78
DICK
ADVOCAAT
At 78 years and 260 days, he became the oldest manager in men's FIFA World Cup history.
source: opta
the one-sided final
11
saves
0
shots on target
Emi Martinez made 11 heroic saves to keep Argentina alive. Meanwhile, Spain's flawless defense completely shut down the defending champions—Argentina's very first attempt (a shot by Messi) didn't come until the 117th minute, and they finished with zero shots on target.
source: opta analyst
historic record
1st
nation
Spain became the first nation in history to hold both the Men's and Women's FIFA World Cup titles simultaneously.
Women's: 2023 Men's: 2026
source: fifa
trivia
Small facts. Worth remembering.
scoring record
6
Cristiano Ronaldo
The first player to score in six different World Cup editions (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026).
source: fifa · opta analyst
almost history
64
years
Argentina failed to become the first back-to-back champions since Brazil in 1958 & 1962.
source: fifa
age
38
Lionel Messi
Became the oldest player to score a hat-trick in World Cup history.
source: opta analyst
goal milestone
3,000
World Cup goals
Enzo Fernández scored a dramatic stoppage-time header to beat Egypt in the Round of 16.
source: opta analyst
england
2 × 5+
Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane
England became the first team with two players scoring more than five goals in a single World Cup edition.
source: opta analyst
Chris Brunskill/Getty Images
longevity
7
Players aged 40+
Ronaldo, Ochoa, Modrić, Džeko, Neuer, Vozinha and Muslera. Football's old guard refused to disappear.
source: opta · fifa
match milestone
1,000
World Cup match
Tunisia vs Japan. A milestone hidden inside the group stage.
source: fifa
engagement
5.2billion
people engaged
Nearly two-thirds of the global population is estimated to have engaged with the tournament up to the Round of 16.
source: fifa
final note
48 teams.
9 new records.
One new champion.
Numbers tell you what happened. Records tell you what people will still be talking about years from now.