The biggest wins in World Cup history
The top 3 according to 27 votes from people: Hungary 9-0 South Korea (1954) · Uruguay 7-0 Scotland (1954) · Hungary 10-1 El Salvador (1982). (Updated Sep 17, 2025.)
Hungary's 10-1 against El Salvador at Spain 82 is still the record: the most one-sided wins in the history of the men's World Cup. Which one do you remember?
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Top 11
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1
Hungary 9-0 South Korea (1954)
Group stage. The Golden Team of Puskás and Kocsis.
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2
Uruguay 7-0 Scotland (1954)
Group stage. The holders swept the Scots aside.
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3
Hungary 10-1 El Salvador (1982)
Group stage. The only men's World Cup game in which a team scored ten.
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4
Yugoslavia 9-0 Zaire (1974)
Group stage. The first World Cup for a sub-Saharan African team.
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5
Sweden 8-0 Cuba (1938)
Quarter-final. The biggest win in a knockout game.
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6
Poland 7-0 Haiti (1974)
Group stage. Lato's Poland, third at that World Cup.
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7
Portugal 7-0 North Korea (2010)
Group stage. In the Cape Town rain.
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8
Uruguay 8-0 Bolivia (1950)
Group stage. On the way to the Maracanazo.
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9
Germany 8-0 Saudi Arabia (2002)
Group stage. Klose scored a hat-trick of headers.
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10
Turkey 7-0 South Korea (1954)
Group stage. Another hard day for Korea in Switzerland.
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11
Spain 7-0 Costa Rica (2022)
Group stage. Spain's opening game in Qatar.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (1)
El 7-0 a Costa Rica en Catar lo vi en directo y luego pasó lo que pasó contra Marruecos jajaja. Qué Mundial más raro