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Miroslav Klose of Germany holds the record with 16 goals scored across the 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014 tournaments. He also holds the record for most headed goals with 7, including three headers in a single match against Saudi Arabia on the 1st of June 2002.
Lionel Messi holds the record with 26 matches played at the FIFA World Cup. He also leads all players in knockout-round assists with 6, across tournaments from 2006 to 2022.
Hakan Sukur of Turkey scored the fastest goal in FIFA World Cup history, 11 seconds into a match in 2002. The fastest goal in a final was scored by Johan Neeskens for the Netherlands in 1974, just 90 seconds in.
Just Fontaine of France scored 13 goals during the 1958 FIFA World Cup, a record that has not been broken. The next-closest single-tournament total in the records stands at 11, scored by Sándor Kocsis in 1954.
Brazil has won the most FIFA World Cup titles with five victories, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002. Brazil is also the only nation to have appeared in all 22 tournaments held through 2022.
Walter Zenga of Italy went 517 consecutive minutes without conceding a goal during the 1990 FIFA World Cup, keeping five consecutive clean sheets. Peter Shilton and Fabien Barthez hold the all-time record for most clean sheets with 10 each.