The all-time World Cup finals league table | Huffing Post International

Sunday, 15 December 2013

The all-time World Cup finals league table


The World Cup kicks off six months from today, hosted by five-times winners Brazil. As a nation, Brazil's knack of winning the tournament is well renowned and many supporters will have them as firm favourites to win a sixth trophy.
But what if the World Cup was a league? This chart imagines what an all-time league ranking might look like.
We've allocated three points for a win and a point for a draw for all group and knockout stages since 1930. You can search by team, total points and points per game. You might be surprised by some of the results.
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Ranking
  • 1930
  • 1934
  • 1938
  • 1950
  • 1954
  • 1958
  • 1962
  • 1966
  • 1970
  • 1974
  • 1978
  • 1982
  • 1986
  • 1990
  • 1994
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2006
  • 2010
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Brazil
Brazil are the only team to have appeared in every World Cup finals tournament. They won their first tournament in 1958, with a young Pele scoring two in the final. Using our scoring system, they also finished top in the slightly odd 1950 tournament which suffered from countries withdrawing. The actual winners were Uruguay.
  • 1930
  • 1934
  • 1938
  • 1950
  • 1954
  • 1958
  • 1962
  • 1966
  • 1970
  • 1974
  • 1978
  • 1982
  • 1986
  • 1990
  • 1994
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2006
  • 2010
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Performance across all World Cups

Rank Name Played* Won Drawn Lost Goals for Goals against Goal difference Total points Points per game
1
 Brazil
 96
 69
 11
 16
 210
 88
 122
 218
 2.3
2
 Germany**
 98
 64
 14
 20
 206
 117
 89
 206
 2.1
3
 Italy
 79
 45
 16
 18
 126
 74
 52
 151
 1.9
4
 Argentina
 70
 40
 9
 21
 123
 80
 43
 129
 1.8
5
 Spain
 55
 29
 8
 18
 88
 59
 29
 95
 1.7
6
 England
 59
 26
 16
 17
 77
 52
 25
 94
 1.6
7
 France
 54
 27
 7
 20
 96
 68
 28
 88
 1.6
8
 Netherlands
 43
 22
 9
 12
 71
 44
 27
 75
 1.7
9
 Uruguay
 47
 19
 11
 17
 76
 65
 11
 68
 1.4
10
 Sweden
 46
 17
 12
 17
 74
 69
 5
 63
 1.4
11
 Yugoslavia
 37
 16
 7
 14
 60
 46
 14
 55
 1.5
12
 USSR
 31
 15
 6
 10
 53
 34
 19
 51
 1.6
13
 Poland
 31
 15
 5
 11
 44
 40
 4
 50
 1.6
14
 Hungary
 32
 15
 3
 14
 87
 57
 30
 48
 1.5
15
 Mexico
 49
 12
 11
 26
 52
 89
 -37
 47
 1
16
 Portugal
 23
 13
 2
 8
 39
 22
 17
 41
 1.8
17
 Belgium
 36
 11
 8
 17
 46
 63
 -17
 41
 1.1
18
 Austria
 29
 12
 4
 13
 43
 47
 -4
 40
 1.4
19
 Czechoslovakia
 29
 11
 4
 14
 44
 45
 -1
 37
 1.3
20
 Paraguay
 27
 8
 9
 10
 30
 38
 -8
 33
 1.2
21
 Chile
 29
 9
 6
 14
 34
 45
 -11
 33
 1.1
22
 Switzerland
 28
 9
 4
 15
 38
 52
 -14
 31
 1.1
23
 Denmark
 16
 8
 2
 6
 27
 24
 3
 26
 1.6
24
 Romania
 20
 8
 2
 10
 30
 32
 -2
 26
 1.3
25
 USA
 29
 7
 5
 17
 32
 56
 -24
 26
 0.9
26
 South Korea
 28
 6
 7
 15
 28
 61
 -33
 25
 0.9
27
 Croatia
 13
 6
 2
 5
 15
 11
 4
 20
 1.5
28
 Scotland
 23
 4
 7
 12
 25
 41
 -16
 19
 0.8
29
 Cameroon
 20
 4
 7
 9
 17
 34
 -17
 19
 1
30
 Bulgaria
 26
 4
 7
 15
 22
 53
 -31
 19
 0.7
31
 Turkey
 10
 5
 1
 4
 20
 17
 3
 16
 1.6
32
 Republic of Ireland
 13
 3
 6
 4
 10
 10
 0
 15
 1.2
33
 Peru
 15
 4
 3
 8
 19
 31
 -12
 15
 1
34
 Nigeria
 14
 4
 2
 8
 17
 21
 -4
 14
 1
35
 Japan
 14
 4
 2
 8
 12
 16
 -4
 14
 1
36
 Northern Ireland
 13
 3
 5
 5
 13
 23
 -10
 14
 1.1
37
 Ghana
 9
 4
 1
 4
 9
 10
 -1
 13
 1.4
38
 Colombia
 13
 3
 2
 8
 14
 23
 -9
 11
 0.8
39
 South Africa
 9
 2
 4
 3
 11
 16
 -5
 10
 1.1
40
 Morocco
 13
 2
 4
 7
 12
 18
 -6
 10
 0.8
41
 Costa Rica
 10
 3
 1
 6
 12
 21
 -9
 10
 1
42
 Ecuador
 7
 3
 0
 4
 7
 8
 -1
 9
 1.3
43
 Norway
 8
 2
 3
 3
 7
 8
 -1
 9
 1.1
44
 Ukraine
 5
 3
 0
 2
 5
 7
 -2
 9
 1.8
45
 Australia
 10
 2
 3
 5
 8
 17
 -9
 9
 0.9
46
 Senegal
 5
 2
 2
 1
 7
 6
 1
 8
 1.6
47
 East Germany
 6
 2
 2
 2
 5
 5
 0
 8
 1.3
48
 Algeria
 9
 2
 2
 5
 6
 12
 -6
 8
 0.9
49
 Saudi Arabia
 13
 2
 2
 9
 9
 32
 -23
 8
 0.6
50
 Ivory Coast
 6
 2
 1
 3
 9
 9
 0
 7
 1.2
51
 Tunisia
 12
 1
 4
 7
 8
 17
 -9
 7
 0.6
52
 Russia
 6
 2
 0
 4
 11
 10
 1
 6
 1
53
 Wales
 5
 1
 3
 1
 4
 4
 0
 6
 1.2
54
 Iran
 9
 1
 2
 6
 6
 18
 -12
 5
 0.6
55
 Slovakia
 4
 1
 1
 2
 5
 7
 -2
 4
 1
56
 Slovenia
 6
 1
 1
 4
 5
 10
 -5
 4
 0.7
57
 North Korea
 7
 1
 1
 5
 6
 21
 -15
 4
 0.6
58
 Czech Republic
 3
 1
 0
 2
 3
 4
 -1
 3
 1
59
 Honduras
 6
 0
 3
 3
 2
 6
 -4
 3
 0.5
60
 Jamaica
 3
 1
 0
 2
 3
 9
 -6
 3
 1
61
 Cuba
 2
 1
 0
 1
 5
 12
 -7
 3
 1.5
62
 Serbia
 6
 1
 0
 5
 4
 13
 -9
 3
 0.5
63
 New Zealand
 6
 0
 3
 3
 4
 14
 -10
 3
 0.5
64
 Greece
 6
 1
 0
 5
 2
 15
 -13
 3
 0.5
65
 Angola
 3
 0
 2
 1
 1
 2
 -1
 2
 0.3
66
 Israel
 3
 0
 2
 1
 1
 3
 -2
 2
 0.7
67
 Egypt
 4
 0
 2
 2
 3
 6
 -3
 2
 0.5
68
 Kuwait
 3
 0
 1
 2
 2
 6
 -4
 1
 0.3
69
 Trinidad and Tobago
 3
 0
 1
 2
 0
 4
 -4
 1
 0.3
70
 Bolivia
 6
 0
 1
 5
 1
 20
 -19
 1
 0.2
71
 Iraq
 3
 0
 0
 3
 1
 4
 -3
 0
 0
72
 Togo
 3
 0
 0
 3
 1
 6
 -5
 0
 0
73
 Canada
 3
 0
 0
 3
 0
 5
 -5
 0
 0
74
 Indonesia
 1
 0
 0
 1
 0
 6
 -6
 0
 0
75
 China
 3
 0
 0
 3
 0
 9
 -9
 0
 0
76
 United Arab Emirates
 3
 0
 0
 3
 2
 11
 -9
 0
 0
77
 Haiti
 3
 0
 0
 3
 2
 14
 -12
 0
 0
78
 Zaire
 3
 0
 0
 3
 0
 14
 -14
 0
 0
79
 El Salvador
 6
 0
 0
 6
 1
 22
 -21
 0
 0
*Early tournaments included replays for drawn matches. For the purposes of this chart the original match and the replay have been counted as a single match with three points awarded to the winner
**Includes West Germany
Source: Opta

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