Line over time · Sport, Football

Goals per match at each World Cup, 1930 to 2026

Average goals per match at each edition, extra time in, shootouts out, with the highest and the latest marked.

What you get

Line over time, with the table, About this data, a second source where Atlas has one, and PNG and SVG downloads. You can also make a short video of it.

Sources

Data from openfootball (CC0)
Data from martj42/international_results (CC0)

Reviewed 19 Oct 2026. Version 2. No AI makes the plan.

Notes

For information only: Atlas describes past results and does not predict what will happen.

Questions it answers

Goals per game at the World Cup over time
Are there fewer goals at the ASEAN Championship now?

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Goals per match at each World Cup, 1930 to 2026

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