Japan in the World Cups: General Stats

Information about Japan National Team and its appearances in the FIFA Soccer World Cup with stats of games, goals, top scorers, world cups played and won, best and worst performances and much more data.

Japan General Stats

National Team World Cups
Japan
Japan
7
did not participate in 15
Champion Runner-up
-
-
All-Time Standing
29
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Games

Games Played Wins Draw Losses
25 7
(28.0%)
6
(24.0%)
12
(48.0%)

Goals

Goals Scored Goals against Goal Difference
25 33 -8

Goal Average

Goals Scored Goals against Goal Difference
1.00 1.32 -0.32

All-Time Top Scorers

  Player Goals World Cups
Keisuke Honda 4 3
Ritsu Doan 2 1
Junichi Inamoto 2 3
Takashi Inui 2 1
Shinji Okazaki 2 3
Ao Tanaka 1 1

Full list of scorers...

Best Performance

World Cup National Team Standing Stage
2002 Japan Japan 9 Round of 16
2010 Japan Japan 9 Round of 16
2022 Japan Japan 9 Round of 16

Worst Performance

World Cup National Team Standing Stage
1998 Japan Japan 31 1st Round Groups

Japan in all the World Cups...

Last 3 Games Played

Date
Stage
Score
Nov 27, 2022
1st Round, Group E
Japan
Japan
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Dec 01, 2022
1st Round, Group E
Japan
Japan
Spain
Spain
Dec 05, 2022
Round of 16
Japan
Japan
Croatia
Croatia
( 0 - 0 )
on extra time
1 - 3
on penalties

more: All the games played by Japan in the World Cup...