England's all-time FIFA World Cup statistics

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In this continuously-updated article, we take a look at England's all-time FIFA World Cup statistics.

All-time record across 17 FIFA World Cup appearances (1950–2026)

Confederation	UEFA
Best FIFA World Cup achievement	Winners (1966)
FIFA World Cup appearances (inc 2026)	17 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026)
First FIFA World Cup	1950 (group stage)
Most recent FIFA World Cup	2022 (quarter-finals)
Current sequence of successive qualifications (inc 2026)	8 (since 1998)
FIFA World Cup hosts	1966 (winners)

Record by tournament

Year - Host	Result	Head coach	Top scorer	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD
1930 - URU	Did not participate
1934 - ITA	Did not participate
1938 - FRA	Did not participate
1950 - BRA	Group stage	Walter Winterbottom, ENG	Wilf Mannion, Stan Mortensen (1)	3	1	0	2	2	2	0
1954 - SUI	Quarter-finals	Walter Winterbottom, ENG	Nat Lofthouse (3)	3	1	1	1	8	8	0
1958 - SWE	Group stage	Walter Winterbottom, ENG	Derek Kevan (2)	4	0	3	1	4	5	-1
1962 - CHI	Quarter-finals	Walter Winterbottom, ENG	Ron Flowers (2)	4	1	1	2	5	6	-1
1966 - ENG	Winners	Alf Ramsey, ENG	Geoff Hurst (4)	6	5	1	0	11	3	8
1970 - MEX	Quarter-finals	Alf Ramsey, ENG	Four players (1)	4	2	0	2	4	4	0
1974 - FRG	Did not qualify
1978 - ARG	Did not qualify
1982 - ESP	Second round	Ron Greenwood, ENG	Trevor Francis, Bryan Robson (2)	5	3	2	0	6	1	5
1986 - MEX	Quarter-finals	Bobby Robson, ENG	Gary Lineker (6)	5	2	1	2	7	3	4
1990 - ITA	Fourth place	Bobby Robson, ENG	Gary Lineker (4)	7	3	3	1	8	6	2
1994 - USA	Did not qualify
1998 - FRA	Round of 16	Glenn Hoddle, ENG	Michael Owen, Alan Shearer (2)	4	2	1	1	7	4	3
2002 - JPN/KOR	Quarter-finals	Sven Goran Eriksson, SWE	Michael Owen (2)	5	2	2	1	6	3	3
2006 - GER	Quarter-finals	Sven Goran Eriksson, SWE	Steven Gerrard (2)	5	3	2	0	6	2	4
2010 - RSA	Round of 16	Fabio Capello, ITA	Three players (1)	4	1	2	1	3	5	-2
2014 - BRA	Group stage	Roy Hodgson, ENG	Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge (1)	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2
2018 - RUS	Fourth place	Gareth Southgate, ENG	Harry Kane (6)	7	3	1	3	12	8	4
2022 - QAT	Quarter-finals	Gareth Southgate, ENG	Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka (3)	5	3	1	1	13	4	9
OVERALL RECORD				74	32	22	20	104	68	36

P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · F = Goals for · A = Goals against · GD = Goal difference

All-time World Cup record

Phase	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Overall	74	32	22	20	104	68	36
Group stage	50	22	18	10	66	33	33
Knockout phase	24	10	4	10	38	35	3

GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference

General team records

Biggest win	6-1: vs Panama (group stage, 24/06/2018)
Biggest defeat	1-4: vs Germany (round of 16, 27/06/2010)
Highest scoring draw	4-4: vs Belgium (group stage, 17/06/1954) aet
Highest scoring match	8 goals: twice, most recently, England 6-2 IR Iran (group stage, 21/11/2022)
Most goals scored in a match	6 goals: twice, most recently, 6-2 vs IR Iran (group stage, 21/11/2022)
Most goals conceded in a match	4 goals: three times, most recently, 1-4 vs Germany (round of 16, 27/06/2010)
Most goals scored at a FIFA World Cup	13: 2022 (5 matches)
Fewest goals scored at a FIFA World Cup	2: twice, most recently, 2014 (3 matches)
Most goals conceded at a FIFA World Cup	8: twice, most recently, 2018 (7 matches)
Fewest goals conceded at a FIFA World Cup	1: 1982 (5 matches)

Streaks

Successive wins	6: 16/07/1966 - 02/06/1970
Successive defeats	3: 27/06/2010 - 19/06/2014
Successive draws	3: twice, most recently, 01/07/2006 - 18/06/2010
Successive matches without a defeat	8: 10/06/2006 - 23/06/2010
Successive matches without a win	6: 26/06/1954 - 31/05/1962
Successive matches with a goal scored	11: 21/06/1990 - 07/06/2002
Successive matches without scoring	4: 29/06/1982 - 06/06/1986
Successive clean sheets	4: twice, most recently, 20/06/1982 - 05/07/1982

Knockout records

Round by round WL record *ties won or lost

Round of 16 - W6 L2

Quarter-finals - W3 L7

Semi-finals - W1 L2

Third-place - W0 L2

Final - W1 L0

Extra time

England vs Belgium	4-4 AET (3-3, 2-1)	1954, group stage
England vs Germany FR	4-2 AET (2-2, 1-1)	1966. final
Germany FR vs England	3-2 AET (2-2, 0-1)	1970, quarter-finals
England vs Belgium	1-0 AET	1990, round of 16
England vs Cameroon	3-2 AET (2-2, 1-0)	1990, quarter-finals
Germany FR vs England	1-1 AET (1-1, 0-0) 4-3 PSO	1990, semi-finals
Argentina vs England	2-2 AET (2-2, 2-2) 4-3 PSO	1998, round of 16
England vs Portugal	0-0 AET 1-3 PSO	2006, quarter-finals
Colombia vs England	1-1 AET (1-1, 0-0) 3-4 PSO	2018, round of 16
Croatia vs England	2-1 AET (1-1, 0-1)	2018, semi-finals

Penalty shoot-outs

W1 L3

L 3-4 vs Germany FR (1990, semi-finals)

L 3-4 vs Argentina (1998, round of 16)

L 1-3 vs Portugal (2006, quarter-finals)

W 4-3 vs Colombia (2018, round of 16)

Player records

Most FIFA World Cup participations

4 - Bobby Charlton (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970)

3 - 21 players

Most FIFA World Cup matches played

17 - Peter Shilton (5-1982; 5-1986; 7-1990)

14 - Terry Butcher (4-1982; 5-1986; 5-1990)

14 - Bobby Charlton (4-1962; 6-1966; 4-1970)

14 - Ashley Cole (5-2002; 5-2006; 4-2010)

14 - Bobby Moore (4-1962; 6-1966; 4-1970)

13 - David Beckham (3-1998; 5-2002; 5-2006)

12 - Steven Gerrard (5-2006; 4-2010; 3-2014)

12 - Michael Owen (4-1998; 5-2002; 3-2006)

12 - Gary Lineker (5-1986; 7-1990)

12 - Harry Maguire (7-2018; 5-2022)

12 - Jordan Pickford (7-2018; 5-2022)

12 - Raheem Sterling (3-2014; 6-2018; 3-2022)

12 - John Stones (7-2018; 5-2022)

Most FIFA World Cup goals scored

10 - Gary Lineker (6-1986; 4-1990)

8 - Harry Kane (6-2018; 2-2022)

5 - Geoff Hurst (4-1966; 1-1970)

4 - Bobby Charlton (1-1962; 3-1966)

4 - Michael Owen (2-1998; 2-2002)

3 - Marcus Rashford (3-2022)

3 - David Beckham (1-1998; 1-2002; 1-2006)

3 - Steven Gerrard (2-2006; 1 -2010)

3 - Roger Hunt (3-1996)

3- LOFTHOUSE Nat (3-1954)

3 - David Platt (3-1990)

3 - Bukayo Saka (3-2022)

Most FIFA World Cup tournaments with a goal

3 - David Beckham (1998, 2002, 2006)

Youngest player to make an appearance at a FIFA World Cup

18y 183d - Michael Owen vs Tunisia (15/06/1998)

18y 347d - Luke Shaw vs Costa Rica (24/06/2014)

19y 60d - Aaron Lennon vs Trinidad and Tobago (15/06/2006)

19y 145d - Jude Bellingham vs IR Iran (21/11/2022)

19y 188d - Raheem Sterling vs Italy (14/06/2014)

Youngest goalscorer at a FIFA World Cup

18y 190d - Michael Owen vs Romania (22/06/1998)

19y 145d - Jude Bellingham vs IR Iran (21/11/2022)

21y 77d - Bukayo Saka vs IR Iran (21/11/2022)

22y 87d - Dele Alli vs Sweden (07/07/2018)

22y 102d - Jimmy Greaves vs Argentina (02/06/1962)

Oldest player to make an appearance at a FIFA World Cup

40y 292d - Peter Shilton vs Italy (07/07/1990)

39y 330d - David James vs Germany (27/06/2010)

39y 145d - Stanley Matthews vs Uruguay (26/06/1954)

38y 275d - David Seaman vs Brazil (21/06/2002)

36y 80d - Teddy Sheringham vs Brazil (21/06/2002)

Oldest goalscorer at a FIFA World Cup

36y 64d - Tom Finney vs Soviet Union (08/06/1958)

32y 170d - Jordan Henderson vs Senegal (04/12/2022)

32y 40d - Wilf Mannion vs Chile (25/06/1950)

31y 181d - Ivor Broadis vs Belgium (17/06/1954)

31y 165d - Jimmy Mullen vs Switzerland (20/06/1954)

Most consecutive appearances with a goal

4 - Gary Lineker (11/06/1986 - 11/06/1990)

Most goals in a match

3 - Geoff Hurst vs Germany FR (1966, final)

3 - Gary Lineker vs Poland (1986, group stage)

3 - Harry Kane vs Panama (2018, group stage)

Hat-tricks

3 goals - Geoff Hurst vs Germany FR (1966, final)

3 goals - Gary Lineker vs Poland (1986, group stage)

3 goals - Harry Kane vs Panama (2018, group stage)

Fastest goal scored

28'' - Bryan Robson vs France (1982, group stage)

3' 33'' - Steven Gerrard vs USA (2010, group stage)

4' 47'' - Kieran Trippier vs Croatia (2018, semi-finals)

Most clean sheets (GK)

10 - Peter Shilton (4-1982; 3-1986; 3-1990)

6 - Gordon Banks (4-1966; 2-1970)

5 - David Seaman (2-1998; 3-2002)

Red cards

Ray Wilkins vs Morocco (1986, group stage)

David Beckham vs Argentina (1998, round of 16)

Wayne Rooney vs Portugal (2006, quarter-finals)

Coaches

Most final tournaments

4 - Walter Winterbottom, ENG (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962)

Most matches

14 - Walter Winterbottom, ENG (3-1950, 3-1954, 4-1958, 4-1962)

12 - Bobby Robson, ENG (5-1986, 7-1990)

12 - Gareth Southgate, ENG (7-2018, 5-2022)

Most matches won

7 - Alf Ramsey, ENG (5-1966, 2-1970)

Youngest coach

37y 86d - Walter Winterbottom, ENG vs Chile (25/06/1950)

40y 231d - Glenn Hoddle, ENG vs Tunisia (15/06/1998)

46y 170d - Alf Ramsey, ENG vs Uruguay (11/07/1966)

Oldest coach

66y 319d - Roy Hodgson, ENG vs Costa Rica (24/06/2014)

64y 9d - Fabio Capello, ITA vs Germany (27/06/2010)

60y 236d - Ron Greenwood, ENG vs Spain (05/07/1982)

Penalties taken

Min.	Span	Player	Date	Match	Execution	Reason
85'	2H	Tom Finney, ENG	08/06/1958	URS vs ENG	scored	Goal
60'	2H	Ron Flowers, ENG	31/05/1962	HUN vs ENG	scored	Goal
17'	1H	Ron Flowers, ENG	02/06/1962	ENG vs ARG	scored	Goal
50'	2H	Allan Clarke, ENG	11/06/1970	ENG vs TCH	scored	Goal
83'	2H	Gary Lineker, ENG	01/07/1990	ENG vs CMR	scored	Goal
105'	E1H	Gary Lineker, ENG	01/07/1990	ENG vs CMR	scored	Goal
9'	1H	Alan Shearer, ENG	30/06/1998	ARG vs ENG	scored	Goal
44'	1H	David Beckham, ENG	07/06/2002	ARG vs ENG	scored	Goal
22'	1H	Harry Kane, ENG	24/06/2018	ENG vs PAN	scored	Goal
45+1'	O1H	Harry Kane, ENG	24/06/2018	ENG vs PAN	scored	Goal
57'	2H	Harry Kane, ENG	03/07/2018	COL vs ENG	scored	Goal
54'	2H	Harry Kane, ENG	10/12/2022	ENG vs FRA	scored	Goal
84'	2H	Harry Kane, ENG	10/12/2022	ENG vs FRA	not scored	Missed

Penalties faced

Min.	Span	Goalkeeper	Opposition player	Team	Date	Match	Execution
82'	2H	Gordon Banks	Eusebio	Portugal	26/07/1966	ENG vs POR	Conceded
61'	2H	Peter Shilton	Emmanuel Kunde	Cameroon	01/07/1990	ENG vs CMR	Conceded
86'	2H	Peter Shilton	Toto Schillaci	Italy	07/07/1990	ITA vs ENG	Conceded
5'	1H	David Seaman	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	30/06/1998	ARG vs ENG	Conceded
35'	1H	Jordan Pickford	Ferjani Sassi	Tunisia	18/06/2018	TUN vs ENG	Conceded
90+13'	O2H	Jordan Pickford	Mehdi Taremi	IR Iran	21/11/2022	ENG vs IRN	Conceded

Complete World Cup match results

Tournament	Date	Match
1950	25/06/1950	England 2-0 Chile, Group stage (Rio de Janeiro-BRA)
1950	29/06/1950	USA 1-0 England, Group stage (Belo Horizonte-BRA)
1950	02/07/1950	Spain 1-0 England, Group stage (Rio de Janeiro-BRA)
1954	17/06/1954	England 4-4 Belgium, Group stage (Basel-SUI) aet
1954	20/06/1954	England 2-0 Switzerland, Group stage (Berne-SUI)
1954	26/06/1954	Uruguay 4-2 England, Quarter-finals (Basel-SUI)
1958	08/06/1958	Soviet Union 2-2 England, Group stage (Gothenburg-SWE)
1958	11/06/1958	Brazil 0-0 England, Group stage (Gothenburg-SWE)
1958	15/06/1958	England 2-2 Austria, Group stage (Boras-SWE)
1958	17/06/1958	Soviet Union 1-0 England, Group stage (Gothenburg-SWE)
1962	31/05/1962	Hungary 2-1 England, Group stage (Rancagua-CHI)
1962	02/06/1962	England 3-1 Argentina, Group stage (Rancagua-CHI)
1962	07/06/1962	England 0-0 Bulgaria, Group stage (Rancagua-CHI)
1962	10/06/1962	Brazil 3-1 England, Quarter-finals (Vina del Mar-CHI)
1966	11/07/1966	England 0-0 Uruguay, Group stage (London-ENG)
1966	16/07/1966	England 2-0 Mexico, Group stage (London-ENG)
1966	20/07/1966	England 2-0 France, Group stage (London-ENG)
1966	23/07/1966	England 1-0 Argentina, Quarter-finals (London-ENG)
1966	26/07/1966	England 2-1 Portugal, Semi-finals (London-ENG)
1966	30/07/1966	England 4-2 Germany FR, Final (London-ENG) aet
1970	02/06/1970	England 1-0 Romania, Group stage (Guadalajara-MEX)
1970	07/06/1970	Brazil 1-0 England, Group stage (Guadalajara-MEX)
1970	11/06/1970	England 1-0 Czechoslovakia, Group stage (Guadalajara-MEX)
1970	14/06/1970	Germany FR 3-2 England, Quarter-finals (Leon-MEX) aet
1982	16/06/1982	England 3-1 France, Group stage (Bilbao-ESP)
1982	20/06/1982	England 2-0 Czechoslovakia, Group stage (Bilbao-ESP)
1982	25/06/1982	England 1-0 Kuwait, Group stage (Bilbao-ESP)
1982	29/06/1982	Germany FR 0-0 England, Second round (group) (Madrid-ESP)
1982	05/07/1982	Spain 0-0 England, Second round (group) (Madrid-ESP)
1986	03/06/1986	Portugal 1-0 England, Group stage (Monterrey-MEX)
1986	06/06/1986	England 0-0 Morocco, Group stage (Monterrey-MEX)
1986	11/06/1986	England 3-0 Poland, Group stage (Monterrey-MEX)
1986	18/06/1986	England 3-0 Paraguay, Round of 16 (Mexico City-MEX)
1986	22/06/1986	Argentina 2-1 England, Quarter-finals (Mexico City-MEX)
1990	11/06/1990	England 1-1 Republic of Ireland, Group stage (Cagliari-ITA)
1990	16/06/1990	England 0-0 Netherlands, Group stage (Cagliari-ITA)
1990	21/06/1990	England 1-0 Egypt, Group stage (Cagliari-ITA)
1990	26/06/1990	England 1-0 Belgium, Round of 16 (Bologna-ITA) aet
1990	01/07/1990	England 3-2 Cameroon, Quarter-finals (Naples-ITA) aet
1990	04/07/1990	Germany FR 1-1 England, Semi-finals (Turin-ITA) aet (4-3 PSO)
1990	07/07/1990	Italy 2-1 England, Third-place play-off (Bari-ITA)
1998	15/06/1998	England 2-0 Tunisia, Group stage (Marseille-FRA)
1998	22/06/1998	Romania 2-1 England, Group stage (Toulouse-FRA)
1998	26/06/1998	Colombia 0-2 England, Group stage (Lens-FRA)
1998	30/06/1998	Argentina 2-2 England, Round of 16 (Saint-Etienne-FRA) aet (4-3 PSO)
2002	02/06/2002	England 1-1 Sweden, Group stage (Saitama-JPN)
2002	07/06/2002	Argentina 0-1 England, Group stage (Sapporo-JPN)
2002	12/06/2002	Nigeria 0-0 England, Group stage (Osaka-JPN)
2002	15/06/2002	Denmark 0-3 England, Round of 16 (Niigata-JPN)
2002	21/06/2002	England 1-2 Brazil, Quarter-finals (Shizuoka-JPN)
2006	10/06/2006	England 1-0 Paraguay, Group stage (Frankfurt/Main-GER)
2006	15/06/2006	England 2-0 Trinidad and Tobago, Group stage (Nuremberg-GER)
2006	20/06/2006	Sweden 2-2 England, Group stage (Cologne-GER)
2006	25/06/2006	England 1-0 Ecuador, Round of 16 (Stuttgart-GER)
2006	01/07/2006	England 0-0 Portugal, Quarter-finals (Gelsenkirchen-GER) aet (1-3 PSO)
2010	12/06/2010	England 1-1 USA, Group stage (Phokeng-RSA)
2010	18/06/2010	England 0-0 Algeria, Group stage (Cape Town-RSA)
2010	23/06/2010	Slovenia 0-1 England, Group stage (Port Elizabeth-RSA)
2010	27/06/2010	Germany 4-1 England, Round of 16 (Mangaung/Bloemfontein-RSA)
2014	14/06/2014	England 1-2 Italy, Group stage (Manaus-BRA)
2014	19/06/2014	Uruguay 2-1 England, Group stage (Sao Paulo-BRA)
2014	24/06/2014	Costa Rica 0-0 England, Group stage (Belo Horizonte-BRA)
2018	18/06/2018	Tunisia 1-2 England, Group stage (Volgograd-RUS)
2018	24/06/2018	England 6-1 Panama, Group stage (Nizhny Novgorod-RUS)
2018	28/06/2018	England 0-1 Belgium, Group stage (Kaliningrad-RUS)
2018	03/07/2018	Colombia 1-1 England, Round of 16 (Moscow-RUS) aet (3-4 PSO)
2018	07/07/2018	Sweden 0-2 England, Quarter-finals (Samara-RUS)
2018	11/07/2018	Croatia 2-1 England, Semi-finals (Moscow-RUS) aet
2018	14/07/2018	Belgium 2-0 England, Third-place play-off (St. Petersburg-RUS)
2022	21/11/2022	England 6-2 IR Iran, Group stage (Al Rayyan-QAT)
2022	25/11/2022	England 0-0 USA, Group stage (Al Khor-QAT)
2022	29/11/2022	Wales 0-3 England, Group stage (Al Rayyan-QAT)
2022	04/12/2022	England 3-0 Senegal, Round of 16 (Al Khor-QAT)
2022	10/12/2022	England 1-2 France, Quarter-finals (Al Khor-QAT)