RANK

PLAYERS

NATION

TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES

YEARS

1

Lionel Messi

Argentina

6

2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

2

Guillermo Ochoa

Mexico

6

2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

3

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

6

2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

4

Antonio Carbajal

Mexico

5

1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966

5

Lothar Matthäus

Germany

5

1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998

6

Gianluigi Buffon

Italy

5

1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014

7

Rafael Márquez

Mexico

5

2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

8

Andrés Guardado

Mexico

5

2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

9

Luka Modrić

Croatia

5

2006, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

10

Manuel Neuer

Germany

5

2006, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

11

Yuto Nagatomo

Japan

5

2006, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

12

Djalma Santos

Brazil

4

1954, 1958, 1962, 1966

13

Pelé

Brazil

4

1958, 1962, 1966, 1970

14

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

West Germany

4

1958, 1962, 1966, 1970

15

Uwe Seeler

West Germany

4

1958, 1962, 1966, 1970

16

Gianni Rivera

Italy

4

1962, 1966, 1970, 1974

17

Pedro Rocha

Uruguay

4

1962, 1966, 1970, 1974

18

Władysław Żmuda

Poland

4

1974, 1978, 1982, 1986

19

Diego Maradona

Argentina

4

1982, 1986, 1990, 1994

20

Giuseppe Bergomi

Italy

4

1982, 1986, 1990, 1998

21

Enzo Scifo

Belgium

4

1986, 1990, 1994, 1998

22

Franky Van der Elst

Belgium

4

1986, 1990, 1994, 1998

23

Andoni Zubizarreta

Spain

4

1986, 1990, 1994, 1998

24

Paolo Maldini

Italy

4

1990, 1994, 1998, 2002

25

Hong Myung-bo

South Korea

4

1990, 1994, 1998, 2002

26

Cafu

Brazil

4

1994, 1998, 2002, 2006

27

Sami Al-Jaber

Saudi Arabia

4

1994, 1998, 2002, 2006

28

Rigobert Song

Cameroon

4

1994, 1998, 2002, 2010

29

Thierry Henry

France

4

1998, 2002, 2006, 2010

30

Fabio Cannavaro

Italy

4

1998, 2002, 2006, 2010

31

Denis Caniza

Paraguay

4

1998, 2002, 2006, 2010

32

Samuel Eto’o

Cameroon

4

1998, 2002, 2010, 2014

33

Miroslav Klose

Germany

4

2002, 2006, 2010, 2014

34

Iker Casillas

Spain

4

2002, 2006, 2010, 2014

35

Xavi Hernández

Spain

4

2002, 2006, 2010, 2014

36

DaMarcus Beasley

United States

4

2002, 2006, 2010, 2014

37

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

4

2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

38

Tim Cahill

Australia

4

2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

39

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

4

2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

40

Sergio Ramos

Spain

4

2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

41

Valon Behrami

Switzerland

4

2006, 2010, 2014, 2018

42

Ángel Di María

Argentina

4

2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

43

Hugo Lloris

France

4

2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

44

Thomas Müller

Germany

4

2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

45

Héctor Moreno

Mexico

4

2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

46

Pepe

Portugal

4

2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

47

Sergio Busquets

Spain

4

2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

48

Xherdan Shaqiri

Switzerland

4

2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

49

Martín Cáceres

Uruguay

4

2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

50

Edinson Cavani

Uruguay

4

2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

51

Diego Godín

Uruguay

4

2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

52

Luis Suárez

Uruguay

4

2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

53

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

54

Mathew Leckie

Australia

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

55

Mathew Ryan

Australia

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

56

Thibaut Courtois

Belgium

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

57

Kevin De Bruyne

Belgium

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

58

Romelu Lukaku

Belgium

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

59

Axel Witsel

Belgium

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

60

Neymar

Brazil

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

61

Mateo Kovačić

Croatia

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

62

Ivan Perišić

Croatia

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

63

Jordan Henderson

England

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

64

Ehsan Hajsafi

Iran

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

65

Alireza Jahanbakhsh

Iran

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

66

Raúl Jiménez

Mexico

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

67

Son Heung-min

South Korea

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

68

Kim Seung-gyu

South Korea

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

69

Ricardo Rodriguez

Switzerland

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

70

Granit Xhaka

Switzerland

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026

71

José Giménez

Uruguay

4

2014, 2018, 2022, 2026