World Cup Champions

A table of the most successful teams at the World Cup

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Top 4 finishes
Brazil	5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)	2 (1950 *, 1998)	2 (1938, 1978)	2 (1974, 2014*)	11
Germany ^	4 (1954, 1974 *, 1990, 2014)	4 (1966, 1982, 1986, 2002)	4 (1934, 1970, 2006*, 2010)	1 (1958)	13
Italy	4 (1934 *, 1938, 1982, 2006)	2 (1970, 1994)	1 (1990 *)	1 (1978)	8
Argentina	2 (1978 *, 1986)	3 (1930, 1990, 2014)	&	&	5
France	2 (1998 *, 2018)	1 (2006)	2 (1958, 1986)	1 (1982)	6
Uruguay	2 (1930 *, 1950)	&	&	3 (1954, 1970, 2010)	5
England	1 (1966 *)	&	&	2 (1990, 2018)	3
Spain	1 (2010)	&	&	1 (1950)	2
Netherlands	&	3 (1974, 1978, 2010)	1 (2014)	1 (1998)	5
Czechoslovakia^#	&	2 (1934, 1962)	&	&	2
Hungary	&	2 (1938, 1954)	&	&	2
Sweden	&	1 (1958 *)	2 (1950, 1994)	1 (1938)	4
Croatia	&	1 (2018)	1 (1998)	&	2
Poland	&	&	2 (1974, 1982)	&	2
Belgium	&	&	1 (2018)	1 (1986)	2
Austria	&	&	1 (1954)	1 (1934)	2
Portugal	&	&	1 (1966)	1 (2006)	2
United States	&	&	1 (1930)	&	1
Chile	&	&	1 (1962 *)	&	1
Turkey	&	&	1 (2002)	&	1
Yugoslavia^#	&	&	&	2 (1930, 1962)	2
Soviet Union^#	&	&	&	1 (1966)	1
Bulgaria	&	&	&	1 (1994)	1
South Korea	&	&	&	1 (2002 *)	1

* = hosts

^ = includes results representing West Germany between 1954 and 1990

^# = states that have since split into two or more independent nations