2010 FIFA World Cup statistics

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The following are the statistics for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which took place in South Africa [1] from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The statistics include a list of players who were successful in scoring at least one goal during the tournament, players who assisted in scoring goals, overall team statistics, the most significant information regarding winning and losing teams, match awards, disciplinary measures, overall results and stadiums involved in the tournament.

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The FIFA World Cup is a quadrennial tournament of men's national football teams. All teams compete in groups of four, and play a round robin tournament at the end of which, the top two teams from each group enter the knockout round of 16. The winners of the 2010 World Cup were Spain, defeating the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time in the final to claim their first title. [2]

Goalscorers

The winner of the Golden Boot was Germany's Thomas Müller. [3] Of all players to have scored five goals during the tournament, Müller had the most assists (three); the other three players had one assist each. [4] In total, 145 goals were scored by 97 different players, with two of them credited as own goals. [1]

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Assists

Brazil's Kaká finished first in the assists table with three in 337 minutes played, fewer than any of the other four players with three assists. [5]

3 assists
2 assists
1 assist

Source: FIFA [6]

RankPlayerAssistsMinutes played
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Kaká 3337
2 Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Müller 473
3 Flag of Germany.svg Mesut Özil 586
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dirk Kuyt 587
5 Flag of Germany.svg Bastian Schweinsteiger 621

Scoring

Overall
Timing
Teams
Individual

Wins and losses

Match awards

Man of the Match

Wesley Sneijder received four Man of the Match awards, more than any other player. [7]

RankNameTeamOpponentAwards
1 Wesley Sneijder Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Denmark (GS), Japan (GS), Brazil (QF), Uruguay (SF) 4
2 Cristiano Ronaldo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Ivory Coast (GS), North Korea (GS), Brazil (GS) 3
Diego Forlán Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay France (GS), South Africa (GS), Ghana (QF)
Keisuke Honda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Cameroon (GS), Denmark (GS), Paraguay (R16)
Andrés Iniesta Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Chile (GS), Paraguay (QF), Netherlands (FI)
6 Landon Donovan Flag of the United States.svg  United States Slovenia (GS), Algeria (GS) 2
Vincent Enyeama Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Argentina (GS), Greece (GS)
Asamoah Gyan Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Serbia (GS), Australia (GS)
Thomas Müller Flag of Germany.svg  Germany England (R16), Uruguay (TP)
Park Ji-Sung Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Greece (GS), Nigeria (GS)
Luis Suárez Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Mexico (GS), South Korea (R16)
Róbert Vittek Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia New Zealand (GS), Italy (GS)
Xavi Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Portugal (R16), Germany (SF)
14 Daniel Agger Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Cameroon (GS) 1
Antolín Alcaraz Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay Italy (GS)
André Ayew Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana United States (R16)
Jean Beausejour Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Honduras (GS)
Tim Cahill Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Serbia (GS)
Ashley Cole Flag of England.svg  England Algeria (GS)
Daniele De Rossi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy New Zealand (GS)
Didier Drogba Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast North Korea (GS)
Gelson Fernandes Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Spain (GS)
Mark González Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Switzerland (GS)
Javier Hernández Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico France (GS)
Gonzalo Higuaín Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina South Korea (GS)
Tim Howard Flag of the United States.svg  United States England (GS)
Robert Koren Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Algeria (GS)
Luís Fabiano Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Ivory Coast (GS)
Maicon Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil North Korea (GS)
Lionel Messi Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Greece (GS)
James Milner Flag of England.svg  England Slovenia (GS)
Katlego Mphela Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa France (GS)
Mesut Özil Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Ghana (GS)
Lukas Podolski Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Australia (GS)
Arjen Robben Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Slovakia (R16)
Robinho Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Chile (R16)
Bastian Schweinsteiger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Argentina (QF)
Vladimir Stojković Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia Germany (GS)
Carlos Tevez Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Mexico (R16)
Siphiwe Tshabalala Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Mexico (GS)
Noel Valladares Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras Switzerland (GS)
Robin van Persie Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Cameroon (GS)
Enrique Vera Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay Slovakia (GS)
Roque Santa Cruz Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay New Zealand (GS)
David Villa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Honduras (GS)

Clean sheets

RankNameTeamOpponentAwards
1 Iker Casillas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Honduras (GS), Portugal (R16), Paraguay (QF), Germany (SF), Netherlands (FI) 5
2 Eduardo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Ivory Coast (GS), North Korea (GS), Brazil (GS) 3
Fernando Muslera Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay France (GS), South Africa (GS), Mexico (GS)
Manuel Neuer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Australia (GS), Ghana (GS), Argentina (QF)
Justo Villar Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay Slovakia (GS), New Zealand (GS), Japan (R16)
6 Boubacar Barry Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Portugal (GS), North Korea (GS) 2
Diego Benaglio Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Spain (GS), Honduras (GS)
Claudio Bravo Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Honduras (GS), Switzerland (GS)
David James Flag of England.svg  England Algeria (GS), Slovenia (GS)
Júlio César Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Portugal (GS), Chile (R16)
Eiji Kawashima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Cameroon (GS), Japan (R16)
Sergio Romero Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Nigeria (GS), Greece (GS)
Maarten Stekelenburg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Denmark (GS), Japan (GS)
14 Samir Handanović Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Algeria (GS) 1
Tim Howard Flag of the United States.svg  United States Algeria (GS)
Jung Sung-Ryong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Greece (GS)
Richard Kingson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Serbia (GS)
Hugo Lloris Flag of France.svg  France Uruguay (GS)
Raïs M'Bolhi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria England (GS)
Mark Paston Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Paraguay (GS)
Óscar Pérez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico France (GS)
Vladimir Stojković Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia Germany (GS)
Noel Valladares Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras Switzerland (GS)

Discipline

28 players were suspended after being shown two consecutive yellow cards (13 players), a single red card (8 players), or a yellow card followed by a red card (7 players).

Multiple World Cups

Scoring at three World Cups

Player Flag of France.svg 1998 Flag of South Korea.svg Flag of Japan.svg 2002 Flag of Germany.svg 2006 Flag of South Africa.svg 2010 Total goals
GoalsAgainstGoalsAgainstGoalsAgainstGoalsAgainst
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Ji-sung 1 POR 1 FRA 1 GRE 3
Flag of Germany.svg Miroslav Klose 5 KSA (3), IRL, CMR 5 CRC (2), ECU (2), ARG 4 AUS, ENG, ARG (2)14
Flag of Mexico.svg Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1 BEL 1 CRO 1 FRA 3

Appearing in four World Cups

Player Flag of the United States.svg 1994 Flag of France.svg 1998 Flag of South Korea.svg Flag of Japan.svg 2002 Flag of Germany.svg 2006 Flag of South Africa.svg 2010 Total appearances
AppsAgainstAppsAgainstAppsAgainstAppsAgainstAppsAgainst
Flag of France.svg Thierry Henry 6 RSA, KSA, DEN, PAR, ITA, CRO 2 SEN, URU 7 SUI, KOR, TOG, ESP, BRA, POR, ITA 2 URU, RSA 17
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Cannavaro 5 CHI, CMR, AUT, NOR, FRA 3 ECU, CRO, MEX 7 GHA, USA, CZE, AUS, UKR, GER, FRA 3 PAR, NZL, SVK 18
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg Denis Caniza 4 BUL, ESP, NGA, FRA 4 RSA, ESP, SVN, GER 3 ENG, SWE, TRI 1 NZL 12
Flag of Cameroon.svg Rigobert Song 2 SWE, BRA 3 AUT, ITA, CHI 3 IRL, KSA, GER 1 NED 9

Overall results

Bold numbers indicate the maximum values in each column.

By team

TeamPldWDLPtsAPtsGFAGFGAAGAGDAGDCSACSYCAYCRCARC
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 301210.3300.0020.67−2−0.6710.3382.6720.67
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 5401122.40102.0061.20+40.8020.4081.6000.00
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 311141.3331.0062.00−3−1.0000.0072.3320.67
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5311102.0091.8040.80+51.0020.4091.8020.40
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 300300.0020.6751.67−3−1.0000.0031.0000.00
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 420261.5030.7551.25−2−0.5020.50112.7510.25
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 310231.0031.0062.00−3−1.0000.0031.0000.00
Flag of England.svg  England 412151.2530.7551.25−2−0.5020.5061.5000.00
Flag of France.svg  France 301210.3310.3341.33−3−1.0010.3362.0010.33
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7502152.14162.2950.71+111.5730.43101.4310.14
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 522181.6051.0040.80+10.2010.20122.4000.00
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 310231.0020.6751.67−3−1.0000.0051.6700.00
Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras 301210.3300.0031.00−3−1.0010.3331.0000.00
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 302120.6741.3351.67−1−0.3300.0051.6700.00
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 311141.3341.3331.00+10.3320.6751.6700.00
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 421171.7541.0020.50+20.5020.5041.0000.00
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 411241.0041.0051.25−1−0.2510.2592.2500.00
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7601182.57121.7160.86+60.8620.29233.2910.14
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 303031.0020.6720.6700.0010.3362.0000.00
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 301210.3331.0051.67−2−0.6700.0051.6710.33
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 300300.0010.33124.00−11−3.6700.0020.6700.00
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 513161.2030.6020.40+10.2030.6091.8000.00
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 412151.2571.7510.25+61.5030.7582.0010.25
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 310231.0020.6731.00−1−0.3310.3382.6710.33
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 411241.0051.2571.75−2−0.5000.00112.7500.00
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 311141.3331.0031.0000.0010.3393.0000.00
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 311141.3331.0051.67−2−0.6700.0041.3310.33
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 411241.0061.5082.00−2−0.5010.2561.5000.00
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7601182.5781.1420.29+60.8650.7181.1400.00
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 311141.3310.3310.3300.0020.6772.3310.33
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 412151.2551.2551.2500.0010.2582.0000.00
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 7322111.57111.5781.14+30.4330.43131.8620.29
Total64(1)4816(2)481761.381451.131451.1300.00430.342411.88170.13

Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
(3) – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

By confederation

ConfederationTPldWDLPtsAPtsPts/T
AFC 414437151.073.75
CAF 6204610180.903.00
CONCACAF 311245100.913.33
CONMEBOL 5261367451.739.00
OFC 1303031.003.00
UEFA 1354251019851.576.54
Total3264(1)4816(2)481761.385.50

Host nation(s) are situated in the region(s) rendered in italics.
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
(3) – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Stadiums

Stadium City Capacity Elevation [8] Matches
played
Overall
attendance
Average
attendance
per match
Average
attendance
as % of capacity
Overall
goals
scored
Average
goals scored
per match
Cape Town Stadium Cape Town 64,100 [9] 0 (sea level)8507,34063,41898.94%222.75
Ellis Park Stadium Johannesburg 55,686 [10] 1753 m7372,84353,26395.65%192.71
Free State Stadium Bloemfontein 40,911 [11] 1400 m6196,82332,80480.18%142.33
Loftus Versfield Stadium Pretoria 42,858 [12] 1214 m6234,09239,01591.03%111.83
Mbombela Stadium Nelspruit 40,929 [13] 660 m4143,49235,87387.65%92.25
Moses Mabhida Stadium Durban 62,760 [14] 0 (sea level)7434,63162,09098.93%142.00
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Port Elizabeth 42,486 [15] 0 (sea level)8285,64335,70584.04%162.00
Peter Mokaba Stadium Polokwane 41,733 [16] 1310 m4139,43634,85983.53%51.25
Royal Bafokeng Stadium Rustenburg 38,646 [17] 1500 m6193,69732,28383.54%142.33
Soccer City Johannesburg 84,490 [18] 1753 m8670,80983,85199.24%212.63
Total3,422,868643,178,85649,67092.87%1452.27

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