Individual Records
- Most goals scored in one tournament - 13, Just Fontaine (France), 1958
- Most goals scored in one game - 5, Oleg Salenko (Russia), vs Cameron, 1994
- Most aggregate goals -
- 14, Gerd Muller (West Germany), 1970-74
- 13, Just Fontaine (France), 1958
- 12, Pele (Brazil), 1958-70
- Fastest goal - 27th second, Bryan Robson (England) vs France, 1982
- Latest goal - 119th minute, David Platt (England) vs Belgium, 1990
- Scored in every round - Jarcino (Brazil), 7 goals in 6 games (3 first round games, quarter-final, semi-final and final), 1970
- Scored in two finals -
- Pele (Brazil), 1958 and 70
- Vava (Brazil), 1958 and 62
- Paul Brieter (West Germany), 1974 and 82
- Hat-trick in final - Geoff Hurst (England) vs West Germany, 1966
- Youngest player played in finals - Norman Whiteside (North Ireland), was 17 years and 42 days old when he played his first game on June 17, 1982 against Yugoslavia
- Oldest player - Roger Milla (Cameroon), was 42 years and 39 days old when he played his last game on June 28, 1994 against Russia
- Most tournaments appearance - 5, Antonio "Tota" Carbajal(Mexico), 1950, 54, 58, 62 and 66 (appeared in 11 games)
- Most games appearance - 21 games
- Diego Maradona (Argentina) 1982,86,90,94
- Lothar Matthaus (Germany) 1986,90,94
- Zmuda (Poland), 1974,78,82,86
- U. Sellar (West Germany), 1958,62,66,70
- Longest shut-out - 517 minutes, Senga (Italy), 1990
- Won cup as both player and manager -
- Mario Zagalo (Brazil, 1958-62, 1970)
- Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany, 1974, 1990)
- Fastest dismissal - 55 second, Batisda (Uruguay) vs Scotland, 1986
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