FIFA World Cup™ Record - Players
- Players with most the tournament participations
- Players with the most matches
- Youngest players
- Oldest players
- Players with the most goals scored
- Players with the most goals in one match
- Players with the best average of goals per match
- Players with the best average of goals per minutes played
- Players who scored the fastest goals
- Players with the most cards (YC, RC)
| Player | Editions |
 Antonio CARBAJAL | 5 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966) |
 Lothar MATTHAEUS | 5 (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998) |
 CAFU (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes) | 4 (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006) |
 Giuseppe BERGOMI | 4 (1982, 1986, 1990, 1998) |
| Paolo MALDINI | 4 (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002) |
| Player | MP | W | L | D |
| Lothar MATTHAEUS | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 |
| Paolo MALDINI | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 |
 Diego MARADONA | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
| Uwe SEELER | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 |
 Wladyslaw ZMUDA | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
| Player | Edition | Date | First Match | Stage | Age | ||
 Norman WHITESIDE | 1982 | 17/06/1982 | YUG | 0:0 | NIR | Group matches | 17Y-01M-10D |
 Samuel ETOO | 1998 | 17/06/1998 | ITA | 3:0 (1:0) | CMR | Group matches | 17Y-03M-07D |
 Femi OPABUNMI | 2002 | 12/06/2002 | NGA | 0:0 | ENG | Group matches | 17Y-03M-09D |
| Salomon OLEMBE | 1998 | 11/06/1998 | CMR | 1:1 (0:0) | AUT | Group matches | 17Y-06M-03D |
| PELÉ (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) | 1958 | 15/06/1958 | BRA | 2:0 (1:0) | URS | Group matches | 17Y-07M-23D |
| Player | Edition | Date | First Match | Stage | Age | ||
| Roger MILLA | 1994 | 28/06/1994 | RUS | 6:1 (3:0) | CMR | Group matches | 42Y-01M-08D |
| Pat JENNINGS | 1986 | 12/06/1986 | NIR | 0:3 (0:2) | BRA | Group matches | 41Y-00M-00D |
 Peter SHILTON | 1990 | 07/07/1990 | ITA | 2:1 (0:0) | ENG | Match for third place | 40Y-09M-19D |
| Dino ZOFF | 1982 | 11/07/1982 | ITA | 3:1 (0:0) | FRG | Final | 40Y-04M-13D |
 Ali BOUMNIJEL | 2006 | 23/06/2006 | UKR | 1:0 (0:0) | TUN | Group matches | 40Y-02M-10D |
| Player | Editions | MP | GS |
| RONALDO | 1998, 2002, 2006 | 19 | 15 |
| Miroslav KLOSE | 2002, 2006, 2010 | 19 | 14 |
| Gerd MUELLER | 1970, 1974 | 13 | 14 |
 Just FONTAINE | 1958 | 6 | 13 |
| PELÉ (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) | 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 | 14 | 12 |
| Player | Editions | Date | Match | Stage | GS | ||
 Oleg SALENKO | 1994 | 28/06/1994 | RUS | 6:1 (3:0) | CMR | Group matches | 5 |
 Emilio BUTRAGUENO | 1986 | 18/06/1986 | DEN | 1:5 (1:1) | ESP | Round of 16 | 4 |
| Ernest WILIMOWSKI | 1938 | 05/06/1938 | BRA | 6:5 a.e.t. (4:4, 3:1) | POL | First round | 4 |
 EUSEBIO (Eusebio da Silva Ferreira) | 1966 | 23/07/1966 | POR | 5:3 (2:3) | PRK | Quarter-finals | 4 |
| Just FONTAINE | 1958 | 28/06/1958 | FRA | 6:3 (3:1) | FRG | Match for third place | 4 |
| Player | Editions | MP | GS | GA |
| Ernest WILIMOWSKI | 1938 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
 Sandor KOCSIS | 1954 | 5 | 11 | 2.2 |
| Just FONTAINE | 1958 | 6 | 13 | 2.2 |
 Abdel Rahman FAWZI | 1934 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Adolfo ZUMELZU | 1930 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Player | Edition | Date | Match | Stage | MIN | SEC | ||
 Hakan SUKUR | 2002 | 29/06/2002 | KOR | 2:3 (1:3) | TUR | Third place | 0 | 11 |
| Player | Editions | MP | Y | 2YC | R |
| Zinedine ZIDANE | 1998, 2002, 2006 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| CAFU (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes) | 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Rigobert SONG | 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Diego MARADONA | 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Lothar MATTHAEUS | 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
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