World Cup 2026 statistics - all facts and figures of the World Cup

Here you will find all the statistics you need to know about the World Cup, including possession, corners, offsides, shots and much more. Whether you're a football fan following their favorite player or just interested in the stats of a particular country, this page has everything you need to stay up to date with the latest facts and figures.

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    Ball possession by country at World Cup 2026

    Below is the average ball possession per country at World Cup 2026.

    # Country Possession (avg)
    1 England England 76%
    2 Germany Germany 75%
    3 Portugal Portugal 70%
    4 Croatia Croatia 70%
    5 Netherlands Netherlands 69%
    6 Wales Wales 68%
    7 Belgium Belgium 68%
    8 Austria Austria 65%
    9 Denmark Denmark 64%
    10 Spain Spain 64%
    11 Sweden Sweden 64%
    12 Switzerland Switzerland 64%
    13 Italy Italy 63%
    14 France France 60%
    15 Norway Norway 59%
    16 Czech Republic Czech Republic 59%
    17 Ukraine Ukraine 59%
    18 Ireland Ireland 58%
    19 Albania Albania 57%
    20 Georgia Georgia 57%
    21 Romania Romania 56%
    22 Greece Greece 55%
    23 Bosnia Herz. Bosnia Herz. 54%
    24 Israel Israel 54%
    25 Iceland Iceland 54%
    26 Serbia Serbia 53%
    27 Macedonia Macedonia 51%
    28 Scotland Scotland 51%
    29 Montenegro Montenegro 50%
    30 Cyprus Cyprus 48%
    31 Poland Poland 48%
    32 Finland Finland 48%
    33 Turkey Turkey 48%
    34 Luxembourg Luxembourg 48%
    35 Malta Malta 46%
    36 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 45%
    37 Lithuania Lithuania 43%
    38 Slovakia Slovakia 42%
    39 Latvia Latvia 42%
    40 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 41%
    41 Armenia Armenia 41%
    42 Estonia Estonia 39%
    43 Slovenia Slovenia 38%
    44 Moldova Moldova 37%
    45 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 36%
    46 Kosovo Kosovo 35%
    47 Hungary Hungary 32%
    48 Belarus Belarus 31%
    49 Bulgaria Bulgaria 31%
    50 Gibraltar Gibraltar 30%
    51 San Marino San Marino 30%
    52 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 28%
    53 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 25%
    54 Andorra Andorra 23%

    The country with the most ball possession of the World Cup 2026 is England with 76% possession.

    Goalkeeper saves by country at World Cup 2026

    Below are the number of goalkeeper saves by country at World Cup 2026, both total and average per match.

    # Country Goalkeeper saves Goalkeeper saves (avg)
    1 San Marino San Marino 28 6
    2 Estonia Estonia 26 5
    3 Finland Finland 24 5
    4 Moldova Moldova 24 5
    5 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 23 5
    6 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 23 5
    7 Gibraltar Gibraltar 22 4
    8 Montenegro Montenegro 22 4
    9 Andorra Andorra 21 4
    10 Malta Malta 20 4
    11 Latvia Latvia 17 3
    12 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 16 3
    13 Israel Israel 15 3
    14 Lithuania Lithuania 15 3
    15 Belarus Belarus 14 7
    16 Cyprus Cyprus 14 3
    17 Romania Romania 14 3
    18 Serbia Serbia 13 3
    19 Czech Republic Czech Republic 12 2
    20 Italy Italy 11 3
    21 Macedonia Macedonia 11 2
    22 Poland Poland 11 2
    23 Bulgaria Bulgaria 10 5
    24 Hungary Hungary 10 5
    25 Ireland Ireland 10 5
    26 Norway Norway 10 2
    27 Albania Albania 9 2
    28 Austria Austria 9 2
    29 Bosnia Herz. Bosnia Herz. 9 2
    30 Belgium Belgium 8 2
    31 Slovakia Slovakia 8 4
    32 Turkey Turkey 7 4
    33 Armenia Armenia 6 3
    34 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 6 3
    35 Croatia Croatia 6 2
    36 Greece Greece 6 3
    37 Iceland Iceland 6 3
    38 Netherlands Netherlands 6 2
    39 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 5 3
    40 Sweden Sweden 5 3
    41 Wales Wales 5 1
    42 Kosovo Kosovo 4 2
    43 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4 2
    44 Scotland Scotland 4 2
    45 Slovenia Slovenia 4 2
    46 Ukraine Ukraine 4 2
    47 Germany Germany 3 2
    48 Portugal Portugal 3 2
    49 Denmark Denmark 2 1
    50 France France 2 1
    51 Georgia Georgia 2 1
    52 Spain Spain 2 1
    53 Switzerland Switzerland 2 1
    54 England England 1 0

    The country with the most goalkeeper saves from the World Cup 2026 is San Marino with 28 saves.

    Corners by country at World Cup 2026

    Below is the number of corners per country at the World Cup 2026, both the total and the average per match.

    # Country Corners Corners (avg)
    1 Belgium Belgium 38 10
    2 England England 38 8
    3 Czech Republic Czech Republic 35 7
    4 Croatia Croatia 32 8
    5 Wales Wales 31 6
    6 Romania Romania 30 6
    7 Poland Poland 29 6
    8 Israel Israel 28 6
    9 Montenegro Montenegro 27 5
    10 Cyprus Cyprus 26 5
    11 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 26 5
    12 Netherlands Netherlands 26 7
    13 Norway Norway 25 5
    14 Italy Italy 22 6
    15 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 22 4
    16 Bosnia Herz. Bosnia Herz. 21 4
    17 Moldova Moldova 21 4
    18 Serbia Serbia 21 5
    19 Macedonia Macedonia 20 4
    20 Austria Austria 19 5
    21 Albania Albania 18 4
    22 Latvia Latvia 16 3
    23 Finland Finland 15 3
    24 Malta Malta 15 3
    25 Denmark Denmark 14 7
    26 Estonia Estonia 14 3
    27 Greece Greece 14 7
    28 Gibraltar Gibraltar 12 2
    29 Ukraine Ukraine 11 6
    30 Georgia Georgia 10 5
    31 Germany Germany 10 5
    32 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 10 5
    33 San Marino San Marino 10 2
    34 Spain Spain 10 5
    35 Turkey Turkey 10 5
    36 Belarus Belarus 9 5
    37 Lithuania Lithuania 9 2
    38 Portugal Portugal 9 5
    39 Slovakia Slovakia 9 5
    40 Sweden Sweden 8 4
    41 Switzerland Switzerland 8 4
    42 France France 7 4
    43 Ireland Ireland 6 3
    44 Luxembourg Luxembourg 6 3
    45 Scotland Scotland 6 3
    46 Kosovo Kosovo 5 3
    47 Andorra Andorra 4 1
    48 Iceland Iceland 4 2
    49 Armenia Armenia 3 2
    50 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 3 2
    51 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 3 1
    52 Bulgaria Bulgaria 2 1
    53 Hungary Hungary 2 1
    54 Slovenia Slovenia 2 1

    The country with the most corners of the World Cup 2026 is Belgium with 38 corners.

    Offside by country at World Cup 2026

    Below is the number of times of offside per country at World Cup 2026, both the total and the average per game.

    # Country Offside Offside (avg)
    1 Gibraltar Gibraltar 14 3
    2 Macedonia Macedonia 14 3
    3 Croatia Croatia 13 3
    4 Czech Republic Czech Republic 13 3
    5 Cyprus Cyprus 11 2
    6 England England 11 2
    7 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 11 2
    8 Austria Austria 10 3
    9 Bosnia Herz. Bosnia Herz. 10 2
    10 Israel Israel 10 2
    11 Netherlands Netherlands 10 3
    12 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 8 2
    13 Estonia Estonia 7 1
    14 Latvia Latvia 6 1
    15 Montenegro Montenegro 6 1
    16 Romania Romania 6 1
    17 Andorra Andorra 5 1
    18 Belgium Belgium 5 1
    19 Bulgaria Bulgaria 5 3
    20 Greece Greece 5 3
    21 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 5 1
    22 Malta Malta 5 1
    23 Portugal Portugal 5 3
    24 San Marino San Marino 5 1
    25 Sweden Sweden 5 3
    26 Turkey Turkey 5 3
    27 Armenia Armenia 4 2
    28 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 4 2
    29 Finland Finland 4 1
    30 Georgia Georgia 4 2
    31 Italy Italy 4 1
    32 Kosovo Kosovo 4 2
    33 Lithuania Lithuania 4 1
    34 Moldova Moldova 4 1
    35 Poland Poland 4 1
    36 Serbia Serbia 4 1
    37 Spain Spain 4 2
    38 Switzerland Switzerland 4 2
    39 Belarus Belarus 3 2
    40 France France 3 2
    41 Luxembourg Luxembourg 3 2
    42 Albania Albania 2 0
    43 Denmark Denmark 2 1
    44 Germany Germany 2 1
    45 Ireland Ireland 2 1
    46 Slovakia Slovakia 2 1
    47 Ukraine Ukraine 2 1
    48 Wales Wales 2 0
    49 Hungary Hungary 1 1
    50 Iceland Iceland 1 1
    51 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1 1
    52 Norway Norway 1 0
    53 Scotland Scotland 1 1
    54 Slovenia Slovenia 1 1

    The country with the most offsides of the World Cup 2026 is Gibraltar with 14 offsides.

    Shots by country at World Cup 2026

    Below is the number of shots per country at World Cup 2026 (shots on target, off target, blocked, inside and outside the 16-metre area), both the total and the average per game.

    Country Total shots Total shots (avg) Shots on target Shots on target (avg) Shots of target Shots off target (average) Shots blocked Shots blocked (average) Shots in box Shots in box (avg) Shots outside box Shots outside box (avg)
    Norway Norway 105 21 45 9 29 6 31 6 84 17 21 4
    Croatia Croatia 98 25 41 10 32 8 25 6 74 19 24 6
    Belgium Belgium 93 23 32 8 31 8 30 8 63 16 30 8
    England England 93 19 42 8 25 5 26 5 68 14 25 5
    Poland Poland 92 18 36 7 29 6 27 5 50 10 42 8
    Czech Republic Czech Republic 89 18 39 8 27 5 23 5 67 13 22 4
    Italy Italy 83 21 26 7 27 7 30 8 56 14 27 7
    Israel Israel 77 15 38 8 23 5 16 3 46 9 31 6
    Wales Wales 77 15 37 7 21 4 19 4 53 11 24 5
    Bosnia Herz. Bosnia Herz. 75 15 24 5 33 7 18 4 56 11 19 4
    Cyprus Cyprus 75 15 29 6 28 6 18 4 53 11 22 4
    Netherlands Netherlands 70 18 26 7 27 7 17 4 50 13 20 5
    Montenegro Montenegro 69 14 21 4 33 7 15 3 48 10 21 4
    Romania Romania 68 14 23 5 22 4 23 5 47 9 21 4
    Macedonia Macedonia 60 12 27 5 17 3 16 3 40 8 20 4
    Austria Austria 55 14 29 7 17 4 9 2 42 11 13 3
    Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 55 11 14 3 25 5 16 3 33 7 22 4
    Malta Malta 51 10 15 3 20 4 16 3 19 4 32 6
    Albania Albania 50 10 16 3 23 5 11 2 28 6 22 4
    Moldova Moldova 50 10 18 4 19 4 13 3 30 6 20 4
    Serbia Serbia 50 13 15 4 21 5 14 4 34 9 16 4
    Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 49 10 18 4 20 4 11 2 31 6 18 4
    Spain Spain 45 23 24 12 9 5 12 6 35 18 10 5
    Finland Finland 44 9 16 3 14 3 14 3 29 6 15 3
    Lithuania Lithuania 44 9 17 3 16 3 11 2 22 4 22 4
    Estonia Estonia 36 7 16 3 12 2 8 2 19 4 17 3
    France France 35 18 13 7 14 7 8 4 22 11 13 7
    Portugal Portugal 35 18 14 7 15 8 6 3 27 14 8 4
    Greece Greece 33 17 16 8 14 7 3 2 26 13 7 4
    Latvia Latvia 32 6 11 2 12 2 9 2 22 4 10 2
    Ireland Ireland 30 15 13 7 11 6 6 3 20 10 10 5
    Georgia Georgia 27 14 8 4 15 8 4 2 15 8 12 6
    Denmark Denmark 26 13 8 4 7 4 11 6 13 7 13 7
    Scotland Scotland 25 13 9 5 10 5 6 3 20 10 5 3
    Germany Germany 24 12 10 5 9 5 5 3 15 8 9 5
    San Marino San Marino 23 5 6 1 8 2 9 2 12 2 11 2
    Armenia Armenia 22 11 11 6 7 4 4 2 9 5 13 7
    Gibraltar Gibraltar 22 4 5 1 10 2 7 1 12 2 10 2
    Switzerland Switzerland 22 11 11 6 7 4 4 2 15 8 7 4
    Kosovo Kosovo 19 10 6 3 7 4 6 3 12 6 7 4
    Ukraine Ukraine 19 10 5 3 6 3 8 4 12 6 7 4
    Andorra Andorra 18 4 2 0 13 3 3 1 10 2 8 2
    Iceland Iceland 18 9 10 5 6 3 2 1 11 6 7 4
    Luxembourg Luxembourg 18 9 7 4 8 4 3 2 9 5 9 5
    Sweden Sweden 17 9 5 3 8 4 4 2 11 6 6 3
    Turkey Turkey 17 9 5 3 2 1 10 5 7 4 10 5
    Belarus Belarus 15 8 7 4 5 3 3 2 8 4 7 4
    Hungary Hungary 14 7 8 4 6 3 0 0 12 6 2 1
    Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 14 7 7 4 5 3 2 1 10 5 4 2
    Slovakia Slovakia 14 7 7 4 3 2 4 2 12 6 2 1
    Slovenia Slovenia 14 7 4 2 5 3 5 3 8 4 6 3
    Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 11 2 4 1 3 1 4 1 6 1 5 1
    Bulgaria Bulgaria 8 4 2 1 3 2 3 2 6 3 2 1
    Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 6 3 2 1 3 2 1 1 5 3 1 1

    The country with the most shots of the World Cup 2026 is Norway with 105 shots.

    Passes by country at World Cup 2026

    Below is the number of passes per country at World Cup 2026 (total passes, passes received and pass accuracy), both the total and the average per match.

    Country Total passes Total passes (avg) Passes arrived Passes arrived (avg) Pass Accuracy (avg)
    England England 3544 709 3272 654 92%
    Wales Wales 2937 587 2647 529 90%
    Albania Albania 2872 574 2603 521 89%
    Norway Norway 2732 546 2460 492 90%
    Netherlands Netherlands 2588 647 2377 594 92%
    Romania Romania 2431 486 2057 411 83%
    Croatia Croatia 2314 579 2057 514 89%
    Israel Israel 2295 459 1970 394 85%
    Belgium Belgium 2256 564 1996 499 88%
    Czech Republic Czech Republic 2222 444 1828 366 81%
    Finland Finland 2187 437 1851 370 85%
    Italy Italy 2165 541 1917 479 88%
    Poland Poland 2048 410 1686 337 82%
    Bosnia Herz. Bosnia Herz. 2013 403 1621 324 79%
    Latvia Latvia 1965 393 1652 330 84%
    Austria Austria 1950 488 1646 412 84%
    Cyprus Cyprus 1943 389 1579 316 78%
    Serbia Serbia 1920 480 1721 430 88%
    Malta Malta 1902 380 1563 313 81%
    Macedonia Macedonia 1890 378 1549 310 80%
    Montenegro Montenegro 1833 367 1449 290 77%
    Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 1721 344 1348 270 74%
    Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 1687 337 1354 271 78%
    Lithuania Lithuania 1622 324 1226 245 74%
    Estonia Estonia 1586 317 1279 256 79%
    Moldova Moldova 1488 298 1163 233 78%
    Germany Germany 1350 675 1214 607 90%
    Portugal Portugal 1313 657 1220 610 93%
    Spain Spain 1290 645 1171 586 91%
    Switzerland Switzerland 1224 612 1085 543 89%
    San Marino San Marino 1219 244 878 176 72%
    France France 1156 578 1035 518 90%
    Denmark Denmark 1132 566 1001 501 89%
    Gibraltar Gibraltar 1069 214 705 141 65%
    Sweden Sweden 1068 534 874 437 82%
    Andorra Andorra 1035 207 687 137 65%
    Georgia Georgia 1013 507 897 449 89%
    Iceland Iceland 1011 506 870 435 85%
    Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 968 194 605 121 62%
    Ukraine Ukraine 940 470 803 402 86%
    Scotland Scotland 931 466 791 396 80%
    Greece Greece 924 462 781 391 85%
    Ireland Ireland 915 458 740 370 81%
    Turkey Turkey 859 430 734 367 85%
    Luxembourg Luxembourg 783 392 650 325 83%
    Slovakia Slovakia 723 362 597 299 83%
    Armenia Armenia 688 344 572 286 83%
    Slovenia Slovenia 645 323 498 249 77%
    Kosovo Kosovo 636 318 474 237 74%
    Bulgaria Bulgaria 617 309 502 251 79%
    Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 593 297 464 232 74%
    Hungary Hungary 576 288 433 217 76%
    Belarus Belarus 510 255 382 191 75%
    Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 470 235 331 166 71%

    The country with the most passes of the World Cup 2026 is England with 3544 passes.

    Date published: 14-08-2017 | Date modified: 09-08-2025 | Author:

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