Amazing Stories

Trivia, unusual records, and anecdotes from World Cup history — told through the same statistics you can explore across the rest of the site.

The records Cristiano Ronaldo set in his sixth World Cup

Cristiano Ronaldo bowed out of the World Cup as the only player in history to score in six different editions, also becoming Portugal's all-time top scorer.

2026 was Mexico's most record-breaking World Cup

Mexico scored more goals at the 2026 World Cup than in any other edition in its history — with a duo, Quiñones-Jiménez, combining for 7 goals like never before.

The Maracanazo: the final that was never officially a final

76 years ago, Uruguay beat Brazil 2-1 at the Maracanã to win the 1950 World Cup — but that match was never officially a final.

The Messi record almost nobody mentions: the only player in the top 10 of both youngest and oldest scorers

Lionel Messi is the only World Cup player to appear in the top 10 of both youngest and oldest scorers — 20 years between the two.

The 2026 World Cup's dubious record: Mohamed Hany's two own goals

Mohamed Hany is the only player in history to score two own goals in the same World Cup — and we corrected a widely-repeated mistake about a supposed 1966 precedent.

The star nobody talks about: Ivan Perišić just joined an almost impossible club

Perišić has scored in four different World Cups — a club of just 6 players in history, alongside Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Pelé, and Klose.

The only twins to ever score in the same World Cup

René and Willy van de Kerkhof, identical Dutch twins, each scored a goal at Argentina 1978 — a feat no other twins have matched since.

Trinidad and Tobago's only World Cup goal was scored into their own net

Brent Sancho is, to this day, the only player from that nation with a goal to his name in World Cup history. The catch: it was an own goal.

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