2022 World Cup: Full list of past winners year-by-year
Here is every World Cup winner, runner up and third place team dating back to the first tournament in 1930.
Argentina won the 2022 World Cup , further cementing Lionel Messi's name as one of, if not the , greatest players to ever play the game. Messi joins celebrated countryman Diego Maradona as debated 'GOATS' to lift the World Cup trophy, as Argentina won for the third time and first since the 1986 tournament in Mexico. MORE — 100 days away | 2026 World Cup qualification hub Of course, Kylian Mbappe and France won the previous tournament , four years after Germany laid claim to the 2014 honors through Mario Gotze's marvelous winner.
Uruguay won the first World Cup in 1930 and is one of six teams to win multiple World Cups (Italy, France, Brazil, Germany, Argentina). England and Spain each won once. Who will join them in 2026, adding their names to the list of winners below?
World Cup Winners by Year 1930 – Uruguay Runner Up: Argentina Third place: United States 1934 – Italy Runner Up: Czechoslovakia Third Place: Germany 1938 – Italy Runner Up: Hungary Third Place: Brazil 1950 – Uruguay Runner Up: Brazil Third Place: Sweden 1954 – West Germany Runner Up: Hungary Third Place: Austria 1958 – Brazil Runner Up: Sweden Third Place: France 1962 – Brazil Runner Up: Czechoslovakia Third Place: Chile 1966 – England Runner Up: West Germany Third Place: Portugal 1970 – Brazil Runner Up: Italy Third Place: West Germany 1974 – West Germany Runner Up: Netherlands Third Place: Poland 1978 – Argentina Runner Up: Netherlands Third Place: Brazil 1982 – Italy Runner Up: West Germany Third Place: Poland 1986 – Argentina Runner Up: West Germany Third Place: France 1990 – West Germany Runner Up: Argentina Third Place: Italy 1994 – Brazil Runner Up: Italy Third Place: Sweden 1998 – France Runner Up: Brazil Third Place: Croatia 2002 – Brazil Runner Up: Germany Third Place: Turkey 2006 – Italy Runner Up: France Third Place: Germany 2010 – Spain Runner Up: Netherlands Third Place: Germany 2014 – Germany Runner Up: Argentina Third Place: Netherlands 2018 – France Runner Up: Croatia Third Place: Belgium 2022 - Argentina Runner Up: France Third Place: Croatia Which country has won the most World Cup titles? Brazil — 5 (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) Germany — 4 (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014) Italy — 4 (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) Argentina — 3 (1978, 1986, 2022) France — 2 (1998, 2018) Uruguay — 2 (1930, 1950) England — 1 (1966) Spain — 1 (2010)