Every men’s World Cup
19 editions, 1934 to 2018. Brazil won the most of them: 5.
| Year | Hosts | Winner | Final | Runner-up | Top scorer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Italy | Italy | 2–1 aet | Czechoslovakia | Oldřich Nejedlý (5 goals) |
| 1938 | France | Italy | 4–2 | Hungary | Leônidas (7 goals) |
| 1954 | Switzerland | West Germany | 3–2 | Hungary | Sándor Kocsis (11 goals) |
| 1958 | Sweden | Brazil | 5–2 | Sweden | Just Fontaine (13 goals) |
| 1962 | Chile | Brazil | 3–1 | Czechoslovakia | Garrincha, Valentin Ivanov, Leonel Sánchez, Vavá, Flórián Albert and Dražan Jerković (4 goals each) |
| 1966 | England | England | 4–2 aet | West Germany | Eusébio (9 goals) |
| 1970 | Mexico | Brazil | 4–1 | Italy | Gerd Müller (10 goals) |
| 1974 | West Germany | West Germany | 2–1 | Netherlands | Grzegorz Lato (7 goals) |
| 1978 | Argentina | Argentina | 3–1 aet | Netherlands | Mario Kempes (6 goals) |
| 1982 | Spain | Italy | 3–1 | West Germany | Paolo Rossi (6 goals) |
| 1986 | Mexico | Argentina | 3–2 | West Germany | Gary Lineker (6 goals) |
| 1990 | Italy | West Germany | 1–0 | Argentina | Salvatore Schillaci (6 goals) |
| 1994 | United States | Brazil | 0–0 aet, 3–2 pens | Italy | Hristo Stoichkov and Oleg Salenko (6 goals each) |
| 1998 | France | France | 3–0 | Brazil | Davor Šuker (6 goals) |
| 2002 | South Korea and Japan | Brazil | 2–0 | Germany | Ronaldo (8 goals) |
| 2006 | Germany | Italy | 1–1 aet, 5–3 pens | France | Miroslav Klose (5 goals) |
| 2010 | South Africa | Spain | 1–0 aet | Netherlands | Thomas Müller, Wesley Sneijder, David Villa and Diego Forlán (5 goals each) |
| 2014 | Brazil | Germany | 1–0 aet | Argentina | James Rodríguez (6 goals) |
| 2018 | Russia | France | 4–2 | Croatia | Harry Kane (6 goals) |
Scores are the winner’s first; “aet” means after extra time. A year missing from the table is not in the almanac yet.