List of FIFA World Cup winning players

This page is a list of all players who have won the men's FIFA World Cup tournament since its inception in 1930.

FIFA decided in 2007 to retroactively award winners' medals to all members of the winning squads between 1930 and 1974.

[1] World Cup winning players are among a selected few who are officially allowed to touch the FIFA World Cup Trophy with bare hands, the group also including managers who have won the competition, heads of state, and FIFA officials.

In the below table, years in bold indicate that the player appeared in the respective final match where his team won, while years in italics indicate that the player was an unused squad member in the respective tournament.

[1] In the below table, players highlighted in bold appeared in the respective final matches, while players highlighted in italics were unused squad members in the respective tournaments.

Pelé is the only player to win the World Cup three times, having been part of the Brazilian squad in 1958 , 1962 and 1970 .