2010 FIFA World Cup statistics

The following are the statistics for the 2010 FIFA World Cup which took place in South Africa[1] from the 11th June to 11th 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.

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 final winners of the World Cup in 2010 were Spain, defeating Netherlands 1-0 in extra time to claim their first world title.

Goalscorers

The winner of the Golden Boot was Thomas Müller. 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.[2] In total, 145 goals were scored by 98 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.[1]

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Assists

Brazilian soccer player, Kaká,won the assists table with three assists in 337 minutes (fewest minutes).[3]

3 assists
2 assists
1 assist

Source: FIFA[4]

RankNameAssistsMinutes played
1 Kaká 3337'
2 Thomas Müller 3473'
3 Mesut Özil 3586'
4 Dirk Kuyt 3587'
5 Bastian Schweinsteiger 3621'

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.[5]

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

Clean sheets
Rank Name Team Opponent Awards
1 Iker Casillas Spain Honduras (GS), Portugal (R16), Paraguay (QF), Germany (SF), Netherlands (FI) 5
2 Eduardo Portugal Ivory Coast (GS), North Korea (GS), Brazil (GS) 3
Fernando Muslera Uruguay France (GS), South Africa (GS), Mexico (GS)
Manuel Neuer Germany Australia (GS), Ghana (GS), Argentina (QF)
Justo Villar Paraguay Slovakia (GS), New Zealand (GS), Japan (R16)
6 Boubacar Barry Ivory Coast Portugal (GS), North Korea (GS) 2
Diego Benaglio  Switzerland Spain (GS), Honduras (GS)
Claudio Bravo Chile Honduras (GS), Switzerland (GS)
David James England Algeria (GS), Slovenia (GS)
Júlio César Brazil Portugal (GS), Chile (R16)
Eiji Kawashima Japan Cameroon (GS), Japan (R16)
Sergio Romero Argentina Nigeria (GS), Greece (GS)
Maarten Stekelenburg Netherlands Denmark (GS), Japan (GS)
14 Samir Handanović Slovenia Algeria (GS) 1
Tim Howard United States Algeria (GS)
Jung Sung-Ryong South Korea Greece (GS)
Richard Kingson Ghana Serbia (GS)
Hugo Lloris France Uruguay (GS)
Raïs M'Bolhi Algeria England (GS)
Mark Paston New Zealand Paraguay (GS)
Óscar Pérez Mexico France (GS)
Vladimir Stojković Serbia Germany (GS)
Noel Valladares 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
Name 1998 2002 2006 2010 Total goals
GoalsAgainst GoalsAgainst GoalsAgainst GoalsAgainst
Park Ji-sung N/A 1POR 1FRA 1GRE 3
Miroslav Klose N/A 5KSA (3), IRL, CMR 5CRC (2), ECU (2), ARG 4AUS, ENG, ARG (2) 14
Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1BEL 1CRO N/A 1FRA 3
  • Blanco was not called up for the 2006 Mexico squad.
  • Klose went on to score at a fourth World Cup, in 2014.
Appearing in four World Cups
Name 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 Total appearances
AppsAgainst AppsAgainst AppsAgainst AppsAgainst AppsAgainst
Thierry Henry N/A 6RSA, KSA, DEN, PAR, ITA, CRO 2SEN, URU 7SUI, KOR, TOG, ESP, BRA, POR, ITA 2URU, RSA 17
Fabio Cannavaro N/A 5CHI, CMR, AUT, NOR, FRA 3ECU, CRO, MEX 7GHA, USA, CZE, AUS, UKR, GER, FRA 3PAR, NZL, SVK 18
Denis Caniza N/A 4BUL, ESP, NGA, FRA 4RSA, ESP, SVN, GER 3ENG, SWE, TRI 1NZL 12
Rigobert Song 2SWE, BRA 3AUT, ITA, CHI 3IRL, KSA, GER N/A 1NED 9
  • Song's Cameroon failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup.

Overall results
See also: List of 2010 FIFA World Cup matches

Bold numbers indicate the maximum values in each column.

By team
Team Pld W D L Pts APts GF AGF GA AGA GD AGD CS ACS YC AYC RC ARC
 Algeria 3 0 1 2 1 0.33 00.00 20.67 -2−0.67 1 0.33 8 2.67 2 0.67
 Argentina 5 4 0 1 12 2.40 102.00 61.20 +40.80 2 0.40 8 1.60 0 0.00
 Australia 3 1 1 1 4 1.33 31.00 62.00 -3−1.00 0 0.00 7 2.33 2 0.67
 Brazil 5 3 1 1 10 2.00 91.80 40.80 +51.00 2 0.40 9 1.80 2 0.40
 Cameroon 3 0 0 3 0 0.00 20.67 51.67 -3−1.00 0 0.00 3 1.00 0 0.00
 Chile 4 2 0 2 6 1.50 30.75 51.25 -2−0.50 2 0.50 11 2.75 1 0.25
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 3 1.00 31.00 62.00 -3−1.00 0 0.00 3 1.00 0 0.00
 England 4 1 2 1 5 1.25 30.75 51.25 -2−0.50 2 0.50 6 1.50 0 0.00
 France 3 0 1 2 1 0.33 10.33 41.33 -3−1.00 1 0.33 6 2.00 1 0.33
 Germany 7 5 0 2 15 2.14 162.29 50.71 +111.57 3 0.43 10 1.43 1 0.14
 Ghana 5 2 2 1 8 1.60 51.00 40.80 +10.20 1 0.20 12 2.40 0 0.00
 Greece 3 1 0 2 3 1.00 20.67 51.67 -3−1.00 0 0.00 5 1.67 0 0.00
 Honduras 3 0 1 2 1 0.33 00.00 31.00 -3−1.00 1 0.33 3 1.00 0 0.00
 Italy 3 0 2 1 2 0.67 41.33 51.67 -1−0.33 0 0.00 5 1.67 0 0.00
 Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 4 1.33 41.33 31.00 +10.33 2 0.67 5 1.67 0 0.00
 Japan 4 2 1 1 7 1.75 41.00 20.50 +20.50 2 0.50 4 1.00 0 0.00
 Mexico 4 1 1 2 4 1.00 41.00 51.25 -1−0.25 1 0.25 9 2.25 0 0.00
 Netherlands 7 6 0 1 18 2.57 121.71 60.86 +60.86 2 0.29 23 3.29 1 0.14
 New Zealand 3 0 3 0 3 1.00 20.67 20.67 00.00 1 0.33 6 2.00 0 0.00
 Nigeria 3 0 1 2 1 0.33 31.00 51.67 -2−0.67 0 0.00 5 1.67 1 0.33
 North Korea 3 0 0 3 0 0.00 10.33 124.00 -11−3.67 0 0.00 2 0.67 0 0.00
 Paraguay 5 1 3 1 6 1.20 30.60 20.40 +10.20 3 0.60 9 1.80 0 0.00
 Portugal 4 1 2 1 5 1.25 71.75 10.25 +61.50 3 0.75 8 2.00 1 0.25
 Serbia 3 1 0 2 3 1.00 20.67 31.00 -1−0.33 1 0.33 8 2.67 1 0.33
 Slovakia 4 1 1 2 4 1.00 51.25 71.75 -2−0.50 0 0.00 11 2.75 0 0.00
 Slovenia 3 1 1 1 4 1.33 31.00 31.00 00.00 1 0.33 9 3.00 0 0.00
 South Africa 3 1 1 1 4 1.33 31.00 51.67 -2−0.67 0 0.00 4 1.33 1 0.33
 South Korea 4 1 1 2 4 1.00 61.50 82.00 -2−0.50 1 0.25 6 1.50 0 0.00
 Spain 7 6 0 1 18 2.57 81.14 20.29 +60.86 5 0.71 8 1.14 0 0.00
  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 1.33 10.33 10.33 00.00 2 0.67 7 2.33 1 0.33
 United States 4 1 2 1 5 1.25 51.25 51.25 00.00 1 0.25 8 2.00 0 0.00
 Uruguay 7 3 2 2 11 1.57 111.57 81.14 +30.43 3 0.43 13 1.86 2 0.29
Total 64(1) 48 16(2) 48 176 1.38 145 1.13 145 1.13 0 0.00 43 0.34 241 1.88 17 0.13

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
Confederation T Pld W D L Pts APts Pts/T
AFC414437151.073.75
CAF6204610180.903.00
CONCACAF311245100.913.33
CONMEBOL5261367451.739.00
OFC1303031.003.00
UEFA1354251019851.576.54
Total 32 64(1) 48 16(2) 48 176 1.38 5.50

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[6] Matches
played		 Overall
attendance		 Average
attendance
per match		 Average
attendance
as % of capacity		 Overall
goals
scored		 Average
goals scored
per match
Cape Town StadiumCape Town64,100[7]0 (sea level)8507,34063,41898.94%222.75
Ellis Park StadiumJohannesburg55,686[8]1753 m7372,84353,26395.65%192.71
Free State StadiumBloemfontein40,911[9]1400 m6196,82332,80480.18%142.33
Loftus Versfield StadiumPretoria42,858[10]1214 m6234,09239,01591.03%111.83
Mbombela StadiumNelspruit40,929[11]660 m4143,49235,87387.65%92.25
Moses Mabhida StadiumDurban62,760[12]0 (sea level)7434,63162,09098.93%142.00
Nelson Mandela Bay StadiumPort Elizabeth42,486[13]0 (sea level)8285,64335,70584.04%162.00
Peter Mokaba StadiumPolokwane41,733[14]1310 m4139,43634,85983.53%51.25
Royal Bafokeng StadiumRustenburg38,646[15]1500 m6193,69732,28383.54%142.33
Soccer CityJohannesburg84,490[16]1753 m8670,80983,85199.24%212.63
Total3,422,868 643,178,856 49,67092.87%1452.27

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