Most capped player, top scorer on one competition, most goals scored, read about the World Cup records.
Most goals scored
Germany with 224 goals
Most finishes in the top 2
Germany with 8 finals:
Most titles won
Brazil with 5 wins (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
Most goals conceded
Germany with 121 goals
Most wins
Brazil with 70 wins
Most losses
Mexico with 25 defeats
Most consecutive wins
Brazil with 11 wins, from 2002 (2-1 vs Turkey) to 2006 (3-0 vs Ghana)
Top scorer in a tournament
Just Fontaine with 13 goals in 1958
Top scorer in World Cup's history
Miroslav Klose with 16 goals:
Highest average of goals scored per match
Hungary with 2,72
Most goals scored in a match, both team
12 goals, Austria 7-5 Switzerland
Most goals scored in a match, one team
10 goals, Hungary vs Salvador (10-1)
Fewest goals conceded in one tournament
Switzerland with 0 goals (eliminated in penalty shootout against Ukraine)
Most tournaments played for a player
5 tournaments:
Most matchs played for a player
Lothar Matthäus with 25 matchs: 2 in 1982, 7 in 1986, 7 in 1990, 5 in 1994, 4 in 1998
Most wins for a player
Cafu (Brazil) with 16 wins
Youngest player
Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland) in 1982: 17 years, 1 month and 10 days
Oldest player
Faryd Mondragon (Colombie) in 2014: 43 years and 3 days
Oldest goalscorer
Roger Milla (Cameroon) against Russia (1-6)
Fastest sending off
José Batista (Uruguay) in 56 seconds
Most matches refereed
Ravshan Irmanov (Uzbékistan) with 9 matches :
Win the tournament after losing the first match
Spain in 2010 (against Switzerland 0-1)
Most goals conceded in one tournament
South Korea with 16 goals conceded
Most goals scored by the champion
West Germany with 25 goals in 1954
Fewest goals scored by the champion
Spain with 8 goals in 2010
Most World Cup appearances ?
Brazil with 20 appearances (on 20 competitions)