! Team !! Titles !! Runners-up !! Third place !! Fourth place !! Top 4 <br/> finishes
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|bgcolor=#FFF68F|{{fb|BRA}}
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|5 ([[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|2 ([[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]][[#1|*]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]])
|2 ([[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]])
|1 ([[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]])
|10
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|bgcolor=#FFF68F|{{fb|ITA}}
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|4 ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]][[#1|*]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]])
|2 ([[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]])
|1 ([[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]][[#1|*]])
|1 ([[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]])
|8
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|bgcolor=#FFF68F|{{fb|GER}}[[#2|^]]
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|3 ([[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]], [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]][[#1|*]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]])
|4 ([[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|4 ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]], [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006*]], [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]])
|1 ([[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]])
|12
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|bgcolor=#FFF68F|{{fb|ARG}}
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|2 ([[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]][[#1|*]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]])
|2 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]])
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|4
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|bgcolor=#FFF68F|{{fb|URU}}
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|2 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]][[#1|*]], [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]])
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|3 ([[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]], [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]])
|5
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|bgcolor=#FFF68F|{{fb|FRA}}
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|1 ([[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]][[#1|*]])
|1 ([[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]])
|2 ([[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]])
|1 ([[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]])
|5
|-
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|{{fb|ENG}}
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|1 ([[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]][[#1|*]])
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|1 ([[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]])
|2
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|bgcolor=#FFF68F|{{fb|ESP}}
|bgcolor=#FFF68F|1 ([[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]])
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|1 ([[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]])
|2 
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|{{fb|NED}}
|align=center| —
|3 ([[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]])
|align=center| —
|1 ([[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]])
|4
|-
|{{fb|TCH}}<sup>[[#3|#]]</sup>
|align=center| —
|2 ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]])
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|2
|-
|{{fb|HUN}}
|align=center| —
|2 ([[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]])
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|2
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|{{fb|SWE}}
|align=center| —
|1 ([[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]][[#1|*]])
|2 ([[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]])
|1 ([[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]])
|4
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|{{fb|POL}}
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|2 ([[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]])
|align=center| —
|2
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|{{fb|AUT}}
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|1 ([[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]])
|1 ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]])
|2
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|{{fb|POR}}
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|1 ([[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]])
|1 ([[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]])
|2
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|{{fb|USA}}
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|1 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]])
|align=center| —
|1
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|{{fb|CHI}}
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|1 ([[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]][[#1|*]])
|align=center| —
|1
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|{{fb|CRO}}
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|1 ([[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]])
|align=center| —
|1
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|{{fb|TUR}}
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|1 ([[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|align=center| —
|1
|-
|{{fb|YUG}}<sup>[[#3|#]]</sup>
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|2 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]])
|2
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|{{fb|URS}}<sup>[[#3|#]]</sup>
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|1 ([[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]])
|1
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|{{fb|BEL}}
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|1 ([[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]])
|1
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|{{fb|BUL}}
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|1 ([[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]])
|1
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|{{fb|KOR}}
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|align=center| —
|1 ([[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]][[#1|*]])
|1
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:<div id="1">''<nowiki>*</nowiki> = hosts''
:<div id="2">''<nowiki>^</nowiki> = includes results [[List of men's national association football teams#Former_national_football_teams|representing West Germany between 1954 and 1990]]''</div>
:<div id="3">''<sup><nowiki>#</nowiki></sup> = [[List of men's national association football teams#Former_national_football_teams|states that have since split into two or more independent nations]]''<ref name="successor"/></div>