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 |
7 did not participate in 15 |
| Champion | Runner-up | |
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| All-Time Standing |
| 29 view full standings... |
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 |
Best Performance
| World Cup | National Team | Standing | Stage | ||
| 2002 |  Japan |
9 | Round of 16 | ||
| 2010 | Japan |
9 | Round of 16 | ||
| 2022 | Japan |
9 | Round of 16 | ||
Worst Performance
| World Cup | National Team | Standing | Stage | ||
| 1998 | Japan |
31 | 1st Round Groups | ||
Last 3 Games Played
Date
Stage
Result
Nov 27, 2022
1st Round, Group E
Dec 01, 2022
1st Round, Group E
Dec 05, 2022
Round of 16
