WORLD CUP RECORDS (Part 4) - PLAYERS WITH MOST EDITIONS

• Oct 20, 2022
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Picture : Rafael Marquez joined in 2018 Antonio Carbajal and Lothar Matthaus on the first place of this ranking.

Players with most editions: Antonio Carbajal, Lothar Matthäus and Rafael Márquez

*The legendary Mexican goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal appeared in 1966 at his 5th World Cup and set the record which stands until now. It was only equaled by two other players: Lothar Matthäus in 1998 and Rafael Márquez in 2018.

*Gianluigi Buffon was also 5 times in the squad but played only at 4 World Cups (being included in the Italian squad for 1998 World Cup, didn’t take part there).
Actually he was closer than all other players to appear in 6 but hadn’t enough luck. He missed also 2018 World Cup because Squadra Azzurra failed the qualify for final stage (they failed again for Qatar but this time Buffon, still active, would hardly have chance to play there anyway).

*In the forthcoming tournament, the number of record co-holders will almost surely be doubled as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Andrés Guardado, all with 4 editions already, are expected to play. Sergio Ramos also can join them if he comes back to Spanish national team. 

	PLAYERS WITH MOST	WORLD CUP EDITIONS
	Player	Country	Editions	Breakdown
1	Antonio Carbajal	Mexico	5	1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
2	Lothar Matthäus	Germany	5	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998
3	Rafael Márquez	Mexico	5	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
4	Gianluigi Buffon	Italy	4(+1)	(1998), 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
5	Djalma Santos	Brazil	4	1954, 1958, 1962, 1966
6	Pelé	Brazil	4	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
7	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	Germany	4	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
8	Uwe Seeler	Germany	4	1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
9	Gianni Rivera	Italy	4	1962, 1966, 1970, 1974
10	Pedro Rocha	Uruguay	4	1962, 1966, 1970, 1974
11	Władysław Żmuda	Poland	4	1974, 1978, 1982, 1986
12	Diego Maradona	Argentina	4	1982, 1986, 1990, 1994
13	Giuseppe Bergomi	Italy	4	1982, 1986, 1990, 1998
14	Enzo Scifo	Belgium	4	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998
15	Franky Van Der Elst	Belgium	4	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998
16	Andoni Zubizarreta	Spain	4	1986, 1990, 1994, 1998
17	Hong Myung-bo	South Korea	4	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
18	Paolo Maldini	Italy	4	1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
19	Sami Al-Jaber	Saudi Arabia	4	1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
20	Cafu	Brazil	4	1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
21	Rigobert Song	Cameroon	4	1994, 1998, 2002, 2010
22	Denis Caniza	Paraguay	4	1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
23	Fabio Cannavaro	Italy	4	1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
24	Thierry Henry	France	4	1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
25	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	4	1998, 2002, 2010, 2014
26	DaMarcus Beasley	United States	4	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
27	Iker Casillas	Spain	4	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
28	Xavi	Spain	4	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
29	Miroslav Klose	Germany	4	2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
30	Valon Behrami	Switzerland	4	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
31	Tim Cahill	Australia	4	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
32	Andrés Guardado	Mexico	4	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
33	Andrés Iniesta	Spain	4	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
34	Javier Mascherano	Argentina	4	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
35	Lionel Messi	Argentina	4	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
36	Sergio Ramos	Spain	4	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018
37	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	4	2006, 2010, 2014, 2018