Italy: Players with the Most Games Played in the World Cup
All-Time list of players with more matches played for the National Team of Italy in the Soccer World Cups with detail of games played in each competition.
A total of 285 players represented the National Team of Italy in the Soccer World Cups. Of them, 228 played at least one game. Here you have a list with the players with most games played.
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Player |
Games Played | World Cups |
Game Detail by World Cup | |
| 1. |  Paolo Maldini |
23 | 4 | 7 in 1990, 7 in 1994, 5 in 1998, 4 in 2002 |
| 2. | Antonio Cabrini |
18 | 3 | 7 in 1978, 7 in 1982, 4 in 1986 |
| Fabio Cannavaro |
18 | 4 | 5 in 1998, 3 in 2002, 7 in 2006, 3 in 2010 | |
| Gaetano Scirea |
18 | 3 | 7 in 1978, 7 in 1982, 4 in 1986 | |
| 5. | Dino Zoff |
17 | 4 | 0 in 1970, 3 in 1974, 7 in 1978, 7 in 1982 |
| 6. | Roberto Baggio |
16 | 3 | 5 in 1990, 7 in 1994, 4 in 1998 |
| Giuseppe Bergomi |
16 | 4 | 3 in 1982, 3 in 1986, 7 in 1990, 3 in 1998 | |
| 8. | Gianluigi Buffon |
14 | 5 | 0 in 1998, 4 in 2002, 7 in 2006, 1 in 2010, 2 in 2014 |
| Paolo Rossi |
14 | 3 | 7 in 1978, 7 in 1982, 0 in 1986 | |
| 10. | Claudio Gentile |
13 | 2 | 7 in 1978, 6 in 1982 |
| Marco Tardelli |
13 | 3 | 6 in 1978, 7 in 1982, 0 in 1986 | |
| Gianluca Zambrotta |
13 | 3 | 4 in 2002, 6 in 2006, 3 in 2010 | |
| 13. | Dino Baggio |
12 | 2 | 7 in 1994, 5 in 1998 |
| Alessandro Del Piero |
12 | 3 | 4 in 1998, 3 in 2002, 5 in 2006 | |
| Giacinto Facchetti |
12 | 3 | 3 in 1966, 6 in 1970, 3 in 1974 | |
| Sandro Mazzola |
12 | 3 | 3 in 1966, 6 in 1970, 3 in 1974 | |
| 17. | Demetrio Albertini |
11 | 2 | 7 in 1994, 4 in 1998 |
| Giancarlo Antognoni |
11 | 2 | 5 in 1978, 6 in 1982 | |
| Nicola Berti |
11 | 2 | 4 in 1990, 7 in 1994 | |
| Tarcisio Burgnich |
11 | 3 | 2 in 1966, 6 in 1970, 3 in 1974 | |
| Franco Causio |
11 | 3 | 2 in 1974, 7 in 1978, 2 in 1982 | |
| Bruno Conti |
11 | 2 | 7 in 1982, 4 in 1986 | |
| Alessandro Costacurta |
11 | 2 | 6 in 1994, 5 in 1998 | |
| Roberto Donadoni |
11 | 2 | 5 in 1990, 6 in 1994 | |
| Andrea Pirlo |
11 | 3 | 7 in 2006, 1 in 2010, 3 in 2014 | |
| Francesco Totti |
11 | 2 | 4 in 2002, 7 in 2006 | |
| 27. | Franco Baresi |
10 | 3 | 0 in 1982, 7 in 1990, 3 in 1994 |
| Fernando De Napoli |
10 | 2 | 4 in 1986, 6 in 1990 | |
| Francesco Graziani |
10 | 2 | 3 in 1978, 7 in 1982 | |
| Gianluca Pagliuca |
10 | 3 | 0 in 1990, 5 in 1994, 5 in 1998 | |
| 31. | Enrico Albertosi |
9 | 4 | 0 in 1962, 3 in 1966, 6 in 1970, 0 in 1974 |
| Romeo Benetti |
9 | 2 | 3 in 1974, 6 in 1978 | |
| Gennaro Gattuso |
9 | 3 | 2 in 2002, 6 in 2006, 1 in 2010 | |
| Giuseppe Meazza |
9 | 2 | 5 in 1934, 4 in 1938 | |
| Alessandro Nesta |
9 | 3 | 3 in 1998, 3 in 2002, 3 in 2006 | |
| Gianni Rivera |
9 | 4 | 1 in 1962, 2 in 1966, 4 in 1970, 2 in 1974 | |
| Christian Vieri |
9 | 2 | 5 in 1998, 4 in 2002 | |
| 38. | Fulvio Collovati |
8 | 2 | 7 in 1982, 1 in 1986 |
| Daniele De Rossi |
8 | 3 | 3 in 2006, 3 in 2010, 2 in 2014 | |
| Giovanni Ferrari |
8 | 2 | 4 in 1934, 4 in 1938 | |
| Vincenzo Iaquinta |
8 | 2 | 5 in 2006, 3 in 2010 | |
| Gigi Riva |
8 | 2 | 6 in 1970, 2 in 1974 | |
| Roberto Rosato |
8 | 2 | 2 in 1966, 6 in 1970 | |
| 44. | Alessandro Altobelli |
7 | 2 | 3 in 1982, 4 in 1986 |
| Roberto Bettega |
7 | 1 | 7 in 1978 | |
| Roberto Boninsegna |
7 | 2 | 6 in 1970, 1 in 1974 | |
| Mauro Camoranesi |
7 | 2 | 5 in 2006, 2 in 2010 | |
| Angelo Di Livio |
7 | 2 | 5 in 1998, 2 in 2002 | |
| Riccardo Ferri |
7 | 1 | 7 in 1990 | |
| Giuseppe Giannini |
7 | 1 | 7 in 1990 | |
| Alberto Gilardino |
7 | 2 | 5 in 2006, 2 in 2010 | |
| Simone Perrotta |
7 | 1 | 7 in 2006 | |
| Salvatore Schillaci |
7 | 1 | 7 in 1990 | |
| Gianluca Vialli |
7 | 2 | 4 in 1986, 3 in 1990 | |
| Pietro Vierchowod |
7 | 3 | 0 in 1982, 4 in 1986, 3 in 1990 | |
| Walter Zenga |
7 | 2 | 0 in 1986, 7 in 1990 | |