Only eight nations have ever lifted the World Cup. Brazil stand alone at the summit — the only side to win it five times, and the only team to appear at all 23 tournaments.
1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002
1954, 1974, 1990, 2014
1934, 1938, 1982, 2006
1978, 1986, 2022
1930, 1950
1998, 2018
1966
2010
Brazil's five titles span four decades; Germany and Italy share four apiece; and Argentina's 2022 triumph in Qatar — Messi's crowning — took them to three. Uruguay, winners of the very first edition in 1930, remain on two.