Flest spelade matcher i VM-slutspel genom tiderna
| Spelare | Land |
antal VM |
sp.ma |
||
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 2006, 2010 , 2014 , 2018 , 2022 , 2026 | 6 | 34 |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2006, 2010 , 2014 , 2018 , 2022 , 2026 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | Lothar Matthäus | Tyskland | 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Miroslav Klose | Tyskland | 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Paolo Maldini | Italien | 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 | 4 | 23 |
| Manuel Neuer | Tyskland | 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 | 4 | 23 | |
| Luka Modric | Kroatien | 2006, 2014, 2018, 2002, 2026 | 5 | 23 | |
| 8 | Kylian Mbappé | Frankrike | 2018, 2022, 2026 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Ivan Perisic | Kroatien | 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 | 4 | 21 |
| Uwe Seeler | Tyskland | 1958,1962, 1966, 1970 | 4 | 21 | |
| Diego Maradona | Argentina | 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 | 4 | 21 | |
| Thibaut Courtouis | Belgien | 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026 | 4 | 21 | |
| Wladyslav Zmuda | Polen | 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 | 4 | 21 | |