2014 FIFA World Cup statistics

Goalscorers

The winner of the Golden Boot was James Rodríguez.

6 goals

James Rodríguez

5 goals

Thomas Müller

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Sead Kolašinac (against Argentina)

Marcelo (against Croatia)

John Boye (against Portugal)

Noel Valladares (against France)

Joseph Yobo (against France)

Source: FIFA

Assists

Juan Cuadrado and Toni Kroos topped the assists table with four assists each during the tournament.

4 assists

3 assists

2 assists

1 assist

Source: UEFA

Scoring

Overall

Total number of goals scored: 171

Average goals per match: 2.67

Total number of braces: 14
Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos, Mario Mandžukić, Jackson Martínez, Lionel Messi, Ahmed Musa, Neymar (2), Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben, James Rodríguez, André Schürrle, Luis Suárez, Enner Valencia

Total number of hat-tricks: 2
Thomas Müller, Xherdan Shaqiri

Total number of penalty kicks awarded: 13

Total number of penalty kicks scored: 12
Xabi Alonso, Karim Benzema, Edinson Cavani, Juan Cuadrado, Sofiane Feghouli, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Mile Jedinak, Thomas Müller, Neymar, Robin van Persie, James Rodríguez, Georgios Samaras

Total number of penalty kicks missed or saved: 1
Karim Benzema

Penalty kick success rate: 7001923100000000000♠92.31%

Own goals scored: 5
John Boye, Sead Kolašinac, Marcelo, Noel Valladares, Joseph Yobo

Timing

First goal of the tournament: Marcelo (own goal) for Croatia against Brazil

First brace of the tournament: Neymar for Brazil against Croatia

First hat-trick of the tournament: Thomas Müller for Germany against Portugal

Last goal of the tournament: Mario Götze for Germany against Argentina

Last brace of the tournament: André Schürrle for Germany against Brazil

Last hat-trick of the tournament: Xherdan Shaqiri for Switzerland against Honduras

Fastest goal in a match from kickoff: 1st minute (0:30)
Clint Dempsey for United States against Ghana

Fastest goal in a match after coming on as a substitute: 2 minutes
Marco Ureña for Costa Rica against Uruguay (introduced in the 83rd minute), Admir Mehmedi for Switzerland against Ecuador (introduced in the 46th minute), Miroslav Klose for Germany against Ghana (introduced in the 69th minute), Leroy Fer for Netherlands against Chile (introduced in the 75th minute), Julian Green for United States against Belgium (introduced in the 105+2nd minute)

Latest goal in a match without extra time: 90+5th minute
Silvestre Varela for Portugal against United States

Latest goal in a match with extra time: 120+1st minute
Abdelmoumene Djabou for Algeria against Germany

Latest winning goal in a match without extra time: 90+4th minute
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar for Netherlands against Mexico

Latest winning goal in a match with extra time: 118th minute
Ángel Di María for Argentina against Switzerland

Shortest time difference between two goals scored by the same team in a match: 2 minutes (1:06)
Olivier Giroud and Blaise Matuidi for France against Switzerland

Teams

Most goals scored by a team: 18
Germany

Fewest goals scored by a team: 1
Cameroon, Honduras, Iran

Most goals conceded by a team: 14
Brazil

Fewest goals conceded by a team: 2
Costa Rica

Best goal difference: +14
Germany

Worst goal difference: -8
Cameroon

Most goals scored in a match by both teams: 8
Brazil 1–7 Germany

Most goals scored in a match by one team: 7
Germany against Brazil

Most goals scored in a match by the losing team: 2
Australia against Netherlands, Switzerland against France, South Korea against Algeria, Nigeria against Argentina

Biggest margin of victory: 6 goals
Brazil 1–7 Germany

Most clean sheets achieved by a team: 4
Argentina, Germany, Netherlands

Fewest clean sheets achieved by a team: 0
Algeria, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Ghana, Honduras, Italy, Ivory Coast, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, United States

Most clean sheets given by an opposing team: 2
Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Costa Rica, France, Greece, Honduras, Iran, Italy, Netherlands, Nigeria

Fewest clean sheets given by an opposing team: 0
Algeria, Colombia, Croatia, Germany, Ghana, Ivory Coast

Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a team: 3
Argentina, Netherlands

Most consecutive clean sheets given by an opposing team: 2
Argentina, Cameroon, Greece, Iran, Italy, Netherlands

Individual

Most goals scored by an individual: 6
James Rodríguez

Most assists given by an individual: 4
Juan Cuadrado, Toni Kroos

Most goals and assists produced by an individual: 8
James Rodríguez (6 goals, 2 assists), Thomas Müller (5 goals, 3 assists)

Most clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper: 4
Jasper Cillessen, Manuel Neuer, Sergio Romero

Fewest clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper: 0
Igor Akinfeev, Boubacar Barry, Asmir Begović, Beto, Gianluigi Buffon, Iker Casillas, Fatau Dauda, Panagiotis Glykos, Joe Hart, Tim Howard, Charles Itandje, Jung Sung-ryong, Kim Seung-gyu, Adam Kwarasey, Raïs M'Bolhi, Rui Patrício, Mathew Ryan, Salvatore Sirigu, Noel Valladares

Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper: 3
Jasper Cillessen, Sergio Romero

Most goals scored by one player in a match: 3
Thomas Müller for Germany against Portugal, Xherdan Shaqiri for Switzerland against Honduras

Oldest goal scorer: 7009117134640000000♠37 years and 43 days
Noel Valladares (own goal) for France against Honduras

Youngest goal scorer: 7008601754400000000♠19 years and 25 days
Julian Green for United States against Belgium

Wins and losses

Most wins: 6 – Germany

Fewest wins: 0 – Australia, Cameroon, England, Ghana, Honduras, Iran, Japan, Russia, South Korea

Most losses: 3 – Australia, Cameroon, Honduras

Fewest losses: 0 – Costa Rica, Germany, Netherlands

Most draws: 3 – Costa Rica

Fewest draws: 0 – Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Colombia, Croatia, Honduras, Italy, Ivory Coast, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay

Most points in the group stage: 9 – Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Netherlands

Fewest points in the group stage: 0 – Australia, Cameroon, Honduras

Clean sheets

The winner of the Golden Glove was Manuel Neuer.

Discipline

Total number of yellow cards: 187

Average yellow cards per match: 2.92

Total number of red cards: 10

Average red cards per match: 0.16

First yellow card of the tournament:
Neymar for Brazil against Croatia

First red card of the tournament:
Maxi Pereira for Uruguay against Costa Rica

Fastest yellow card from kick off: 2 minutes
Thiago Silva for Brazil against Netherlands

Fastest yellow card after coming on as a substitute: 3 minutes
José Miguel Cubero for Costa Rica against Italy (introduced in the 68th minute)

Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+4 minutes
João Moutinho for Portugal against Ghana

Latest yellow card in a match with extra time: 120+4 minutes
Ezequiel Garay for Argentina against Switzerland

Fastest dismissal from kick off: 37 minutes
Pepe for Portugal against Germany

Fastest dismissal of a substitute: 20 minutes
Ante Rebić for Croatia against Mexico (introduced in the 69th minute)

Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 90+4 minutes
Maxi Pereira for Uruguay against Costa Rica

Shortest time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 11 minutes
Kostas Katsouranis for Greece against Japan (booked in the 27th minute and again in the 38th minute)

Most yellow cards (team): 14
Brazil

Most red cards (team): 1
Belgium, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, Greece, Honduras, Italy, Portugal, Uruguay

Fewest yellow cards (team): 2
Portugal

Most yellow cards (player): 3
Thiago Silva

Most red cards (player): 1
Steven Defour, Óscar Duarte, Kostas Katsouranis, Claudio Marchisio, Wilson Palacios, Pepe, Maxi Pereira, Ante Rebić, Alex Song, Antonio Valencia

Most yellow cards (match): 8
Costa Rica vs Greece

Most red cards (match): 1
Uruguay vs Costa Rica, France vs Honduras, Germany vs Portugal, Cameroon vs Croatia, Japan vs Greece, Croatia vs Mexico, Italy vs Uruguay, Ecuador vs France, South Korea vs Belgium, Costa Rica vs Greece

Fewest yellow cards (match): 1
England vs Italy, Iran vs Nigeria, Switzerland vs France, Germany vs Ghana, United States vs Portugal, Honduras vs Switzerland, Ecuador vs France, France vs Nigeria, Brazil vs Germany

Most cards in one match: 1 red card, 8 yellow cards
Costa Rica vs Greece

Multiple World Cups

Scoring at three or more World Cups

Appearing in four World Cups

Notes

Gianluigi Buffon attended the 1998 FIFA World Cup as an unused substitute.

In 2014, Rafael Márquez became the first player to captain his team in four different World Cups.

Overall results

Bold numbers indicate the maximum values in each column.

By team

The Netherlands was the only team that used all 23 players during the tournament, making it the first team in World Cup history to ever use all of its squad players.

Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
⁽¹⁾ – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
⁽²⁾ – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
⁽³⁾ – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

By confederation

Host nation(s) are situated in the region(s) rendered in italics.
⁽¹⁾ – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
⁽²⁾ – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
⁽³⁾ – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.