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The Drama Index — when World Cup goals happen

Goal-timing analytics from every parsed scorer, 2002–2026 (1,259 goals across 485 of 485 matches — the few source-scoreline mismatches are excluded, never guessed). The winning goal rule and ordering convention are on /method. Shootout wins have no winning goal (level after 120').

Latest winning goal ever (2002–2026)
1
Youri Tielemans
🇧🇪 Belgium · Belgium 3–2 Senegal · 2026 Round of 32
120+5'
  1. 2Mesut Özil (Germany)120'
  2. 3Fabio Grosso (Italy)119'
  3. 4Ángel Di María (Argentina)118'
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Latest winning goals ever

#MinScorerWinnerMatchEdition
1120+5'Youri Tielemans pen🇧🇪 BelgiumBelgium 3–2 Senegal2026 Round of 32
2120'Mesut Özil🇩🇪 GermanyGermany 2–1 Algeria2014 Round of 16
3119'Fabio Grosso🇮🇹 ItalyGermany 0–2 Italy2006 Semi-final
4118'Ángel Di María🇦🇷 ArgentinaArgentina 1–0 Switzerland2014 Round of 16
5117'Ahn Jung-hwan🇰🇷 South KoreaSouth Korea 2–1 Italy2002 Round of 16
6116'Andrés Iniesta🇪🇸 SpainSpain 1–0 Netherlands2010 Final
7113'Mario Götze🇩🇪 GermanyGermany 1–0 Argentina2014 Final
8112'Julián Alvarez🇦🇷 ArgentinaArgentina 3–1 Switzerland2026 Quarter-final
9111'Diney o.g.🇦🇷 ArgentinaArgentina 3–2 Cape Verde2026 Round of 32
10109'Mario Mandžukić🇭🇷 CroatiaCroatia 2–1 England2018 Semi-final
11105'Romelu Lukaku🇧🇪 BelgiumBelgium 2–1 United States2014 Round of 16
12104'Henri Camara🇸🇳 SenegalSenegal 2–1 Sweden2002 Round of 16
1398'Maxi Rodríguez🇦🇷 ArgentinaArgentina 2–1 Mexico2006 Round of 16
1494'İlhan Mansız🇹🇷 TurkeyTurkey 1–0 Senegal2002 Quarter-final
1593'Asamoah Gyan🇬🇭 GhanaGhana 2–1 United States2010 Round of 16
Stoppage-time kings
1
🇧🇷 Brazil
goals scored in stoppage time (45+/90+/120+), 2002–2026
11
  1. 2🇩🇪 Germany7
  2. 3🇰🇷 South Korea6
  3. 4🇦🇷 Argentina6
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Stoppage-time goals

By squad — top 10 (all time)
#Nation90+/45+/120+ goals
1🇧🇷 Brazil11
2🇩🇪 Germany7
3🇰🇷 South Korea6
4🇦🇷 Argentina6
5🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England6
6🇳🇱 Netherlands6
7🇪🇸 Spain5
8🇧🇪 Belgium5
9🇫🇷 France5
10🇮🇷 Iran5
By tournament
YearStoppageAll goalsShare
200291616%
2006121478%
201081456%
2014161719%
20182216913%
20222117212%
20264329415%
Comeback kings
1
🇧🇷 Brazil
wins from a losing position, 2002–2026
5
  1. 2🇰🇷 South Korea4
  2. 3🇩🇪 Germany4
  3. 4🇳🇱 Netherlands4
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Comeback wins — biggest deficits overturned

A comeback win = the eventual winner was behind at some point. Deficit = the most goals they trailed by.

#WinnerTrailedMatchEdition
1🇦🇷 Argentina−2Argentina 3–2 Egypt2026 Round of 16
2🇧🇪 Belgium−2Belgium 3–2 Senegal2026 Round of 32
3🇧🇪 Belgium−2Belgium 3–2 Japan2018 Round of 16
4🇨🇮 Ivory Coast−2Ivory Coast 3–2 Serbia and Montenegro2006 Group
5🇩🇿 Algeria−1Algeria 2–1 Jordan2026 Group
6🇧🇷 Brazil−1Brazil 2–1 Japan2026 Round of 32
7🇨🇩 DR Congo−1DR Congo 3–1 Uzbekistan2026 Group
8🇪🇨 Ecuador−1Ecuador 2–1 Germany2026 Group
9🇪🇬 Egypt−1Egypt 3–1 New Zealand2026 Group
10🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England−1England 2–1 DR Congo2026 Round of 32
11🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England−1England 2–1 Norway2026 Quarter-final
12🇩🇪 Germany−1Germany 2–1 Ivory Coast2026 Group
13🇲🇦 Morocco−1Morocco 4–2 Haiti2026 Group
14🇵🇹 Portugal−1Portugal 2–1 Croatia2026 Round of 32
15🇰🇷 South Korea−1South Korea 2–1 Czech Republic2026 Group

When champions score

Every goal of each winning campaign, in 15-minute bands (45+ counts in 31–45, 90+ in 76–90; extra time is one band). Champions' goals cluster in the 61–75' band. Hover a bar for the count.

🇧🇷 Brazil 2002
3
0
4
4
4
3
0
🇮🇹 Italy 2006
1
3
1
1
1
3
2
🇪🇸 Spain 2010
0
2
1
1
2
1
1
🇩🇪 Germany 2014
3
4
2
2
2
2
3
🇫🇷 France 2018
1
1
3
4
4
1
0
🇦🇷 Argentina 2022
1
1
5
2
4
1
1

Bands: 1–1516–3031–45+46–6061–7576–90+ET

2026 — the drama so far

Latest winner
120+5'
Youri Tielemans · Belgium
Stoppage-time goals
43
15% of 294 goals
Comeback wins
14
from a losing position
Champion's bands
TBD
fills in after the final