How Many Times Have Brazil Won the World Cup?

Brazil have won the FIFA World Cup five times, more than any other nation. That record is why the Seleção wear five stars above the crest on their famous yellow shirts, two clear of Germany and Italy, who have four titles each, and Argentina, who have three.

Titles	Years Won	Runners-Up	Total Finals
5	1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002	1950, 1998	7

Brazil's Five World Cup Wins

• 1958 in Sweden, beating the hosts 5-2 in the final, with a 17-year-old Pelé scoring twice
• 1962 in Chile, beating Czechoslovakia 3-1
• 1970 in Mexico, beating Italy 4-1 in a final widely regarded as one of the greatest ever played
• 1994 in the United States, beating Italy on penalties after a goalless final
• 2002 in Japan and South Korea, beating Germany 2-0, with Ronaldo scoring both goals

Every World Cup Final Brazil Has Played

Year	Result	Position
1950	Runners-up	2nd
1958	Champions	1st
1962	Champions	1st
1970	Champions	1st
1994	Champions	1st
1998	Runners-up	2nd
2002	Champions	1st

Brazil's 1950 final appearance ended in one of football's most famous upsets, losing to hosts Uruguay in the deciding match of the tournament's round-robin final stage, a result still known in Brazil as the Maracanazo. Their only other final defeat came in 1998, a 3-0 loss to France in Paris.

Brazil's Full World Cup Record

Brazil are the only nation to have played in every World Cup, appearing in all 23 tournaments held since 1930.

Year	Round	Position
1930	Group stage	6th
1934	First round	14th
1938	Third place	3rd
1950	Runners-up	2nd
1954	Quarter-finals	5th
1958	Champions	1st
1962	Champions	1st
1966	Group stage	11th
1970	Champions	1st
1974	Fourth place	4th
1978	Third place	3rd
1982	Second group stage	5th
1986	Quarter-finals	5th
1990	Round of 16	9th
1994	Champions	1st
1998	Runners-up	2nd
2002	Champions	1st
2006	Quarter-finals	5th
2010	Quarter-finals	6th
2014	Fourth place	4th
2018	Quarter-finals	6th
2022	Quarter-finals	5th-8th
2026	Round of 16	—

When Was the Last Time Brazil Won the World Cup?

Brazil's fifth and most recent title came in 2002, when Ronaldo scored twice in the second half of a 2-0 win over Germany in Yokohama. That victory capped a redemption story: Ronaldo had endured a mysterious collapse before the 1998 final, which Brazil lost, before returning four years later as the tournament's top scorer and its outstanding player.

Since that night, the drought has stretched on. The 2026 tournament marked a sixth straight World Cup without a title for Brazil, and their earliest exit in that stretch: eliminated in the Round of 16 by Norway, who won 2-1 through a late Erling Haaland brace, with Neymar's stoppage-time penalty, in what is likely his final World Cup appearance, arriving too late to matter. It was Brazil's earliest exit from a World Cup since 1990, when they also went out in the Round of 16, this time to Diego Maradona's Argentina. Carlo Ancelotti, hired to end the wait for a sixth star, will now face immediate pressure over the team's direction after failing even to match the quarter-final runs of 2006, 2010, 2018 and 2022, or the semi-final appearance of 2014, remembered for the 7-1 defeat to Germany on home soil.

Brazil's 24-year gap since 2002 is already the longest title drought in their World Cup history.