2018 FIFA World Cup statistics
These are the statistics for the 2018 FIFA World Cup , which is taking place in Russia from 10 april to 15 July 2018.
Goals scored from penalty shoot-outs are not counted, and matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
Goalscorers
There have been 169 goals scored in 64 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match. Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.
Twelve own goals have been scored during the tournament, breaking the record of six set in 1998 .[ 1]
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: FIFA[ 2]
Assists
2 assists
1 assist
Source: FIFA
Scoring
Overall
Total number of goals scored: 169
Average goals per match: 2.64
Total number of braces : 10 Edinson Cavani , Denis Cheryshev , Diego Costa , Eden Hazard , Harry Kane , Romelu Lukaku (2), Kylian Mbappé , Ahmed Musa , John Stones
Total number of hat-tricks : 2 Harry Kane , Cristiano Ronaldo
Total number of penalty kicks awarded: 29
Total number of penalty kicks scored: 22 Salman Al-Faraj , Karim Ansarifard , Artem Dzyuba , Andreas Granqvist (2), Antoine Griezmann (3), Eden Hazard , Mile Jedinak (2), Shinji Kagawa , Harry Kane (3), Luka Modrić , Victor Moses , Cristiano Ronaldo , Mohamed Salah , Ferjani Sassi , Gylfi Sigurðsson , Carlos Vela
Total number of penalty kicks missed or saved: 7 Fahad Al-Muwallad , Christian Cueva , Lionel Messi , Luka Modrić , Cristiano Ronaldo , Bryan Ruiz , Gylfi Sigurðsson
Penalty kick success rate: 75.86%
Own goals scored: 12 Edson Álvarez , Aziz Behich , Aziz Bouhaddouz , Denis Cheryshev , Thiago Cionek , Oghenekaro Etebo , Ahmed Fathy , Fernandinho , Sergei Ignashevich , Mario Mandžukić , Yassine Meriah , Yann Sommer
Timing
Teams
Most goals scored by a team: 1 Belgium
Fewest goals scored by a team: 3999999 Australia , Costa Rica , Egypt , Germany , Iceland , Iran , Morocco , Panama , Peru , Poland , Saudi Arabia , Serbia
Most goals conceded by a team: 11111111111111111111111111111 Panama
Fewest goals conceded by a team: 087666666666666666666666666 Denmark , Iran , Peru
Best goal difference: +10 Belgium
Worst goal difference: -9 Panama
Most goals scored in a match by both teams: 7 Belgium 5–2 Tunisia , England 6–1 Panama , France 4–3 Argentina
Most goals scored in a match by one team: 6 England against Panama
Most goals scored in a match by the losing team: 3 Argentina against France
Biggest margin of victory: 5 goals Russia 5–0 Saudi Arabia , England 6–1 Panama
Most clean sheets achieved by a team: 4 France
Fewest clean sheets achieved by a team: 0 Argentina , Australia , Costa Rica , Egypt , Germany , Iceland , Japan , Morocco , Panama , Saudi Arabia , Senegal , Switzerland , Tunisia
Most clean sheets given by an opposing team: 2 Costa Rica , England , Germany , Mexico , Morocco , Peru , Saudi Arabia
Fewest clean sheets given by an opposing team: 0 Brazil , Colombia , Croatia , Portugal , Spain , Tunisia
Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a team: 3 Brazil , Uruguay
Most consecutive clean sheets given by an opposing team: 2 Costa Rica , Mexico , Morocco , Peru , Saudi Arabia
Individual
Most goals scored by an individual: 6 Harry Kane
Most assists given by an individual: 2 Éver Banega , Nacer Chadli , Viktor Claesson , Philippe Coutinho , Kevin De Bruyne , Artem Dzyuba , Aleksandr Golovin , Antoine Griezmann , Eden Hazard , Lucas Hernández , Lionel Messi , Thomas Meunier , Juan Fernando Quintero , James Rodríguez , Carlos Andrés Sánchez , Youri Tielemans
Most goals and assists produced by an individual: 6 Antoine Griezmann (4 goals, 2 assists), Harry Kane (6 goals)
Most clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper : 3 Alisson , Thibaut Courtois , Hugo Lloris , Fernando Muslera , Robin Olsen
Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper : 3 Alisson , Fernando Muslera
Most goals scored by one player in a match: 3 Harry Kane for England against Panama , Cristiano Ronaldo for Portugal against Spain
Oldest goal scorer: 37 years, 120 days Felipe Baloy for Panama against England
Youngest goal scorer: 19 years, 183 days Kylian Mbappé for France against Peru
Wins and losses
Most wins: 6 – Belgium , France
Fewest wins: 0 – Australia , Costa Rica , Egypt , Iceland , Morocco , Panama
Most losses: 3 – Egypt , England , Panama
Fewest losses: 0 – Denmark , France , Spain
Most draws: 3 – Denmark , Spain
Fewest draws: 0 – Belgium , Egypt , Germany , Mexico , Nigeria , Panama , Peru , Poland , Saudi Arabia , Serbia , South Korea , Sweden , Tunisia , Uruguay
Most points in the group stage: 9 – Belgium , Croatia , Uruguay
Fewest points in the group stage: 0 – Egypt , Panama
Match awards
Man of the Match
Rank
Name
Team
Opponent
1
Antoine Griezmann
France
Australia (GS) ,[ 3] Uruguay (QF) ,[ 4] Croatia (F) [ 5]
3
Eden Hazard
Belgium
Tunisia (GS) ,[ 6] Japan (R16) ,[ 7] England (TP) [ 8]
Harry Kane
England
Tunisia (GS) ,[ 9] Panama (GS) ,[ 10] Colombia (R16) [ 11]
Luka Modrić
Croatia
Nigeria (GS) ,[ 12] Argentina (GS) ,[ 13] Russia (QF) [ 14]
5
Denis Cheryshev
Russia
Saudi Arabia (GS) ,[ 15] Egypt (GS) [ 16]
2
Philippe Coutinho
Brazil
Switzerland (GS) ,[ 17] Costa Rica (GS) [ 18]
Kylian Mbappé
France
Peru (GS) ,[ 19] Argentina (R16) [ 20]
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
Spain (GS) ,[ 21] Morocco (GS) [ 22]
Luis Suárez
Uruguay
Saudi Arabia (GS) ,[ 23] Russia (GS) [ 24]
10
Igor Akinfeev
Russia
Spain (R16) [ 25]
1
Ludwig Augustinsson
Sweden
Mexico (GS) [ 26]
Milan Badelj
Croatia
Iceland (GS) [ 27]
Jan Bednarek
Poland
Japan (GS) [ 28]
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
Tunisia
Panama (GS) [ 29]
André Carrillo
Peru
Australia (GS) [ 30]
Edinson Cavani
Uruguay
Portugal (R16) [ 31]
Cho Hyun-woo
South Korea
Germany (GS) [ 32]
Diego Costa
Spain
Iran (GS) [ 33]
Kevin De Bruyne
Belgium
Brazil (QF) [ 34]
Blerim Džemaili
Switzerland
Costa Rica (GS) [ 35]
Mohamed El-Shenawy
Egypt
Uruguay (GS) [ 36]
Christian Eriksen
Denmark
Australia (GS) [ 37]
Emil Forsberg
Sweden
Switzerland (R16) [ 38]
Andreas Granqvist
Sweden
South Korea (GS) [ 39]
Hannes Þór Halldórsson
Iceland
Argentina (GS) [ 40]
Amine Harit
Morocco
Iran (GS) [ 41]
Javier Hernández
Mexico
South Korea (GS) [ 42]
Isco
Spain
Morocco (GS) [ 43]
Adnan Januzaj
Belgium
England (GS) [ 44]
N'Golo Kanté
France
Denmark (GS) [ 45]
Aleksandar Kolarov
Serbia
Costa Rica (GS) [ 46]
Hirving Lozano
Mexico
Germany (GS) [ 47]
Romelu Lukaku
Belgium
Panama (GS) [ 48]
Sadio Mané
Senegal
Japan (GS) [ 49]
Lionel Messi
Argentina
Nigeria (GS) [ 50]
Yerry Mina
Colombia
Senegal (GS) [ 51]
Ahmed Musa
Nigeria
Iceland (GS) [ 52]
Neymar
Brazil
Mexico (R16) [ 53]
M'Baye Niang
Senegal
Poland (GS) [ 54]
Yuya Osako
Japan
Colombia (GS) [ 55]
Paulinho
Brazil
Serbia (GS) [ 56]
Ivan Perišić
Croatia
England (SF) [ 57]
Jordan Pickford
England
Sweden (QF) [ 58]
Yussuf Poulsen
Denmark
Peru (GS) [ 59]
Ricardo Quaresma
Portugal
Iran (GS) [ 60]
Marco Reus
Germany
Sweden (GS) [ 61]
James Rodríguez
Colombia
Poland (GS) [ 62]
Mohamed Salah
Egypt
Saudi Arabia (GS) [ 63]
Kasper Schmeichel
Denmark
Croatia (R16) [ 64]
Xherdan Shaqiri
Switzerland
Serbia (GS) [ 65]
Samuel Umtiti
France
Belgium (SF) [ 66]
Clean sheets
Rank
Name
Team
Opponent
1
Alisson
Brazil
Costa Rica (GS) , Serbia (GS) , Mexico (R16)
3
Thibaut Courtois
Belgium
Panama (GS) , England (GS) , England (TP)
Hugo Lloris
France
Peru (GS) , Uruguay (QF) , Belgium (SF)
Fernando Muslera
Uruguay
Egypt (GS) , Saudi Arabia (GS) , Russia (GS)
Robin Olsen
Sweden
South Korea (GS) , Mexico (GS) , Switzerland (R16)
6
David Ospina
Colombia
Poland (GS) , Senegal (GS)
2
Kasper Schmeichel
Denmark
Peru (GS) , France (GS)
Danijel Subašić
Croatia
Nigeria (GS) , Argentina (GS)
9
Igor Akinfeev
Russia
Saudi Arabia (GS)
1
Alireza Beiranvand
Iran
Morocco (GS)
David de Gea
Spain
Iran (GS)
Łukasz Fabiański
Poland
Japan (GS)
Pedro Gallese
Peru
Australia (GS)
Jo Hyeon-woo
South Korea
Germany (GS)
Steve Mandanda
France
Denmark (GS)
Guillermo Ochoa
Mexico
Germany (GS)
Rui Patrício
Portugal
Morocco (GS)
Jordan Pickford
England
Sweden (QF)
Vladimir Stojković
Serbia
Costa Rica (GS)
Francis Uzoho
Nigeria
Iceland (GS)
Discipline
Total number of yellow cards: 219
Average yellow cards per match: 3.42
Total number of red cards: 4
Average red cards per match: 0.06
First yellow card of the tournament:Aleksandr Golovin for Russia against Saudi Arabia
First red card of the tournament:Carlos Sánchez Moreno for Colombia against Japan
Fastest yellow card from kick off: 1st minute
Fastest yellow card after coming on as a substitute: 1st minute
Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+8th minute Aleksandar Prijović for Serbia against Costa Rica , Cédric Soares for Portugal against Iran
Latest yellow card in a match with extra time: 118th minute
Fastest dismissal from kick off: 3rd minute
Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 90+4th minute
Shortest time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 9 minutes Igor Smolnikov for Russia against Uruguay (booked in the 27th minute and again in the 36th minute)
Most yellow cards (team): 15 Croatia
Most red cards (team): 1 Colombia , Germany , Russia , Switzerland
Fewest yellow cards (team): 1 Saudi Arabia
Most yellow cards (player): 3 Sebastian Larsson
Most red cards (player): 1 Jérôme Boateng , Michael Lang , Carlos Sánchez Moreno , Igor Smolnikov
Most yellow cards (match): 8 Belgium vs Panama , France vs Argentina , Colombia vs England
Most red cards (match): 1 Colombia vs Japan , Germany vs Sweden , Uruguay vs Russia , Sweden vs Switzerland
Fewest yellow cards (match): 0 Argentina vs Iceland , Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia
Most cards in one match: 8 yellow cards Belgium vs Panama , France vs Argentina , Colombia vs England
Stadiums
Stadium
City
Capacity
Elevation
Matches played
Overall attendance
Average attendance per match
Average attendance as % of capacity
Overall goals scored
Average goals scored per match
Central Stadium
Yekaterinburg
33,061[ 67]
273 m [ 68]
4
125,437
31,359
94.85%
9
2.25
Cosmos Arena
Samara
41,970[ 69]
163 m [ 70]
6
248,060
41,343
98.51%
11
1.83
Fisht Olympic Stadium
Sochi
44,287[ 71]
1 m [ 72]
6
264,057
44,009
99.37%
21
3.50
Kaliningrad Stadium
Kaliningrad
33,973[ 73]
4
132,249
33,062
97.32%
10
2.50
Kazan Arena
Kazan
42,873[ 74]
51 m [ 75]
6
254,451
42,408
98.92%
19
3.17
Krestovsky Stadium
Saint Petersburg
64,468[ 76]
13 m [ 77]
5
319,994
319994
99.27%
11
2.20
Luzhniki Stadium
Moscow
78,011[ 78]
151 m [ 79]
5
390,055
78,011
100.00%
9
1.80
Mordovia Arena
Saransk
41,685[ 80]
126 m [ 81]
4
160,237
40,059
96.10%
9
2.25
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Nizhny Novgorod
43,319[ 82]
73 m [ 83]
6
256,427
42,737
98.66%
19
3.17
Otkritie Arena
Moscow
44,190[ 84]
125 m [ 85]
5
220,950
44,190
100.00%
16
3.20
Rostov Arena
Rostov-on-Don
43,472[ 86]
5
214197
42,839
98.54%
14
2.80
Volgograd Arena
Volgograd
43,713[ 87]
31 m [ 88]
4
160,980
40,245
92.07%
9
2.25
Total
2,795,127
60
2,747,054
45,784
98.28%
157
2.62
References
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Stages Teams
Returning Countries Debutants
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