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 |
3 (1978*, 1986, 2022) |
3 (1930, 1990, 2014) |
&
|
&
|
6 |
France |
2 (1998*, 2018) |
2 (2006, 2022) |
2 (1958, 1986) |
1 (1982) |
7 |
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) |
2 (1998, 2022) |
&
|
3 |
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 |
Morocco |
&
|
&
|
&
|
1 (2022) |
1 |
* = hosts