Comparison Between Nigeria and Russia in the Soccer World Cups

Stats comparison between the National Teams of Nigeria and Russia in their participations in the Soccer World Cup including world cups played and won, results, goals and best and worst performances.

Summary

World Cups
Played
Champion All-Time
Standing
Nigeria Nigeria
6
0 World Cup Throphy
33
Russia Russia
11
0 World Cup Throphy
12

Full All-time Standings...

Games

Games Played
GP
Wins
W
Draw
D
Losses
L
Nigeria Nigeria
6
3
12
Russia Russia
19
10
16

Games %

Games Played
GP
Wins
W
Draw
D
Losses
L
Nigeria Nigeria
28.6%
14.3%
57.1%
Russia Russia
42.2%
22.2%
35.6%

GP: Played - W: Wins - D: Draws - L: Losses

All the games: Nigeria... / Russia...

Goals

Goals Scored Goals Against Goal
Difference
Nigeria Nigeria
23
30
-7
Russia Russia
77
54
+23

Goal Average

Goals Scored Goals Against Goal
Difference
Nigeria Nigeria
1.10
1.43
-0.33
Russia Russia
1.71
1.20
+0.51

All-Time Top Scorers

Goals Player
Nigeria Nigeria
4
Ahmed Musa
Russia Russia
6
Oleg Salenko

Full list of scorers: Nigeria... / Russia...

Best Performance

Standing World Cup Stage
Nigeria Nigeria
9
1994 Round of 16
Russia Russia
4
1966 Third Place

Worst Performance

Standing World Cup Stage
Nigeria Nigeria
27
2002 and 2010 1st Round Groups
Russia Russia
24
2014 1st Round Groups

World Cup by World Cup: Nigeria... / Russia...