An archive of the men’s World Cup, 1930 to 2030
World Cup 2030 Guide covers the men’s FIFA World Cup from the first tournament, played in Uruguay in 1930, to the 2030 World Cup, a century later.
For the tournaments already played, the archive records what happened at the finals: who played, who scored and in which match, and which records the goals set or broke. Goal and match totals count final-tournament matches only; qualifying and other competitions are left out.
What the archive holds so far
The first two sections are Players and Records. Players holds the player profiles. Each one follows a player through the World Cups he took part in: a record by tournament, a log of every World Cup match he played, his place in the scoring rankings, and the sources behind the figures, including the points on which they disagree.
Records holds the headline records of the competition and its reference tables, starting with the all-time list of World Cup top scorers.
The tournaments, edition by edition, the nations that have played in them and the road to the 2030 World Cup will follow as their pages are ready. A section appears in the site’s menu once it has pages to show.
Every marked figure has a source, a status and a date
Headline figures, such as career goal totals and records, are kept in a register of facts. Each figure is stored once, with the source it was checked against, a status and the date of its latest check. In an article, a marked figure carries a small mark that leads to the list of figures at the foot of the article, where its status, its linked source and the date of the check are shown.
Because each figure is stored once, a correction made in the register reaches every page that shows it. The date matters because records move: the career scoring record changed hands twice during the 2026 tournament.
Checks rely mainly on FIFA’s published records; on the match reports of the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF), used to recount appearances and goals match by match; and on Wikipedia, read in its source text rather than in summaries. When sources disagree on a detail, such as the minute of a goal, the article says so or leaves the detail out. The full method, including what each status means, is set out in How we verify.
Photographs come from Wikimedia Commons. Each one is credited, with the terms under which it is used, on Sources and image credits, which also lists the sources the site draws on.
Independence and trademarks
World Cup 2030 Guide is an independent editorial archive. It is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by FIFA. FIFA and FIFA World Cup are trademarks of FIFA, used here for identification only.
FIFA appears in the archive as a source: its figures are cited, linked and dated like those of any other source.
Who publishes the site
World Cup 2030 Guide is published by NET STUDIO LLC, 1501 South Greeley Hwy, Ste C #1386, Cheyenne, WY 82007, United States. Editorial responsibility for everything published here rests with Chriss R., whose name signs each article, followed by the date of its latest verification.
To report an error, correct a photo credit or ask about your personal data, see Contact. The publisher’s details, the host and the rules for reusing the site’s content are in the Legal notice.
The rules that every article follows, and the way errors are corrected, are set out in Editorial policy & corrections.