Argentina, France, Brazil: The all-time World Cup table after Qatar 2022 | OneFootball

For the third time in their rich footballing history, Argentina are champions of the world.

La Albiceleste somehow recovered from the major setback of losing their opening 2022 World Cup match to Saudi Arabia and got their hands on the biggest prize of all.

Lionel Scaloni’s side beat France in an epic finale after seeing off Croatia, Netherlands and Australia in their other knockout stage encounters.

Lionel Messi was the star of the show for Argentina out in Qatar, the little magician finishing with seven goals and three assists from from his seven appearances.

Unsurprisingly, those numbers and Argentina’s eventual victory on penalties resulted in Messi being awarded the World Cup’s Golden Ball for a second time – the first player in history to achieve that feat.

Yeah, it really was a tournament to remember for the South American nation.

And their success out in Qatar has seen them move into a brand new position in the all-time World Cup table.

Argentina are now two points ahead of four-time winners Italy, although that’s only good enough for a spot on the podium.

Let’s take a look at the top 10 in full, courtesy of Transfermarkt.

The all-time World Cup table (1-10)

Despite their struggles out in Qatar, where they were eliminated at the group stage, Germany are still 77 points clear of Argentina in the table.

Then it’s Brazil who take top spot, the record five-time winners amassing an enormous points total of 248.

And even if England had beaten France in their recent quarter-final and gone on to win the whole thing, the Three Lions still wouldn’t have been able to break into the top five.

Now you may be asking; where on earth are Portugal, Croatia and Belgium?!

Well, they feature in the top 20, although only Belgium stand a chance of breaking into the top 10 anytime soon.

The all-time World Cup table (11-20)

It’s crazy to think that Portugal only have 57 points, isn’t it?

However, it’s yet another stern reminder that Cristiano Ronaldo‘s nation weren’t always one of the favourites at World Cup tournaments.

In fact, they’ve only qualified on seven occasions, a stat which certainly caught us off guard.

Portugal first reached the World Cup finals in 1966 and it then took them another 20 years to achieve the feat for a second time.

It’s only in modern times – more specifically the Ronaldo era – where the Iberian nation have evolved into an international power.

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