Referees, across every World Cup.
Every match official from 1930 to today. 90% of WC matches have referee data on record — pre-1950 sparse, modern WCs near-complete. Click any row for full career history.
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Matches officiated
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Countries represented
Top 10 referees by World Cups officiated
Career veterans — ties broken by total matches. Surname only on the axis for readability.
- 1.
Ravshan Irmatov·Uzbekistan3 WC - 2.
Joël Quiniou·France3 WC - 3.
Ali Bujsaim·United Arab Emirates3 WC - 4.
Benjamin Griffiths·Wales3 WC - 5.
John Langenus·Belgium3 WC - 6.
Juan Gardeazábal Garay·Spain3 WC - 7.
Carlos Simon·Brazil3 WC - 8.
Ivan Eklind·Sweden3 WC - 9.Jamal Al Sharif·Syria3 WC
- 10.
Marco Rodríguez·Mexico3 WC
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Top 10 referee countries by total games
Aggregate matches officiated by referees from each country, across every WC.
- 1.
Italy22 refs56 - 2.
England19 refs49 - 3.France17 refs46
- 4.
Argentina16 refs45 - 5.Brazil18 refs44
- 6.Mexico12 refs42
- 7.Spain16 refs37
- 8.
Switzerland13 refs34 - 9.
Uruguay15 refs30 - 10.
Netherlands12 refs30
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Referee countries by stage
Every country with WC referee history — counts of matches officiated at each stage by referees from that country. Group = all group-stage matches combined; KO columns separated. Gold-emphasis on final-stage cells. Filter by country or stage below; stage filter re-ranks by that stage's count.
| # | Country | Group | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | 3rd | F | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy(22 refs) | 31 | · | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 56 |
| 2 | England(19 refs) | 36 | · | 3 | 5 | · | 2 | 3 | 49 |
| 3 | France(17 refs) | 31 | · | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 46 |
| 4 | Argentina(16 refs) | 31 | · | 6 | 5 | · | 1 | 2 | 45 |
| 5 | Brazil(18 refs) | 32 | · | 6 | 2 | 2 | · | 2 | 44 |
| 6 | Mexico(12 refs) | 29 | · | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 42 |
| 7 | Spain(16 refs) | 26 | · | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | · | 37 |
| 8 | Switzerland(13 refs) | 20 | · | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Uruguay(15 refs) | 26 | · | 1 | · | 3 | · | · | 30 |
| 10 | Netherlands(12 refs) | 21 | · | 5 | 3 | 1 | · | · | 30 |
| 11 | Belgium(11 refs) | 17 | · | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| 12 |  Hungary(8 refs) | 15 | · | 1 | 3 | 2 | · | 1 | 22 |
| 13 | Sweden(8 refs) | 12 | · | 6 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 20 |
| 14 |  Scotland(12 refs) | 17 | · | · | 3 | · | · | · | 20 |
| 15 |  Portugal(8 refs) | 14 | · | 3 | 2 | · | 1 | · | 20 |
| 16 |  United States(9 refs) | 16 | · | 3 | · | · | · | · | 19 |
| 17 |  Colombia(7 refs) | 15 | · | · | 3 | 1 | · | · | 19 |
| 18 |  Germany(7 refs) | 14 | · | 5 | · | · | · | · | 19 |
| 19 |  Austria(10 refs) | 13 | · | 1 | 4 | · | · | · | 18 |
| 20 |  West Germany(10 refs) | 14 | · | 2 | 1 | · | · | · | 17 |
| 21 |  Chile(11 refs) | 14 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 14 |
| 22 |  Soviet Union(6 refs) | 11 | · | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | 13 |
| 23 |  Paraguay(7 refs) | 11 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 13 |
| 24 |  Denmark(4 refs) | 8 | · | 3 | · | 1 | · | · | 12 |
| 25 |  Japan(4 refs) | 10 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | 12 |
| 26 |  Australia(6 refs) | 11 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 12 |
| 27 | Uzbekistan(1 ref) | 8 | · | · | 2 | 1 | · | · | 11 |
| 28 | Wales(3 refs) | 9 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | 11 |
| 29 |  Peru(7 refs) | 8 | · | · | 1 | 2 | · | · | 11 |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates(2 refs) | 7 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | · | 10 |
| 31 |  Yugoslavia(7 refs) | 9 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 10 |
| 32 |  Egypt(4 refs) | 7 | · | · | 2 | · | · | · | 9 |
| 33 |  East Germany(3 refs) | 6 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | 1 | 9 |
| 34 |  Iran(2 refs) | 6 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 8 |
| 35 |  Romania(3 refs) | 7 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 8 |
| 36 |  Poland(3 refs) | 6 | · | 1 | · | · | · | 1 | 8 |
| 37 | Guatemala(4 refs) | 6 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 8 |
| 38 |  Costa Rica(4 refs) | 7 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 8 |
| 39 |  Turkey(2 refs) | 5 | · | · | · | 2 | · | · | 7 |
| 40 | Syria(2 refs) | 5 | · | 2 | · | · | · | · | 7 |
| 41 |  Israel(2 refs) | 5 | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | · | 7 |
| 42 |  Algeria(3 refs) | 5 | · | 1 | · | · | 1 | · | 7 |
| 43 |  El Salvador(2 refs) | 5 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 6 |
| 44 |  Senegal(3 refs) | 5 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 6 |
| 45 |  Tunisia(3 refs) | 5 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 6 |
| 46 |  Czechoslovakia(4 refs) | 5 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 6 |
| 47 |  Slovakia(1 ref) | 3 | · | 1 | 1 | · | · | · | 5 |
| 48 |  Serbia(1 ref) | 4 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 5 |
| 49 | Bahrain(2 refs) | 5 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 5 |
| 50 |  Slovenia(2 refs) | 4 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 5 |
| 51 |  Russia(3 refs) | 4 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 5 |
| 52 |  Saudi Arabia(3 refs) | 5 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 5 |
| 53 |  Ecuador(3 refs) | 4 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 5 |
| 54 |  South Africa(3 refs) | 5 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 5 |
| 55 |  Morocco(2 refs) | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 4 |
| 56 | Singapore(2 refs) | 4 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 4 |
| 57 |  Northern Ireland(3 refs) | 4 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 4 |
| 58 |  New Zealand(3 refs) | 4 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 4 |
| 59 | Gambia(1 ref) | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| 60 | Benin(1 ref) | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| 61 | Zambia(1 ref) | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| 62 |  Kuwait(1 ref) | 2 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | 3 |
| 63 |  Bulgaria(2 refs) | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| 64 |  Venezuela(2 refs) | 2 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| 65 | Mauritius(2 refs) | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| 66 |  Norway(2 refs) | 2 | · | · | 1 | · | · | · | 3 |
| 67 |  Bolivia(3 refs) | 3 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 |
| 68 |  Qatar(1 ref) | 1 | · | · | · | · | 1 | · | 2 |
| 69 | United Arab Republic(1 ref) | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| 70 | Seychelles(1 ref) | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| 71 |  China(1 ref) | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| 72 |  Ivory Coast(1 ref) | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| 73 |  Jamaica(1 ref) | 1 | · | 1 | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| 74 | Thailand(1 ref) | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| 75 | Mali(2 refs) | 2 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2 |
| 76 |  Finland(1 ref) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| 77 |  Ghana(1 ref) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| 78 | Hong Kong(1 ref) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| 79 |  South Korea(1 ref) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| 80 |  Greece(1 ref) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| 81 | Niger(1 ref) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| 82 |  Trinidad and Tobago(1 ref) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| 83 | Ethiopia(1 ref) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| 84 |  Canada(1 ref) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
| 85 | Libya(1 ref) | 1 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1 |
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All referees — sorted by matches officiated
415 referees| # | Referee | Country | Matches | WCs | Span | Knockout matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ravshan Irmatov | Uzbekistan | 11 | 3 | 2010–2018 | SFQF ×2 |
| 2 | Néstor Pitana | Argentina | 9 | 2 | 2014–2018 | FQF ×2R16 |
| 3 | Benito Archundia | Mexico | 8 | 2 | 2006–2010 | 3rdSFR16 |
| 4 | Joël Quiniou | France | 8 | 3 | 1986–1994 | 3rdSFR16 ×2 |
| 5 | Jorge Larrionda | Uruguay | 8 | 2 | 2006–2010 | SFR16 |
| 6 | Ali Bujsaim | United Arab Emirates | 7 | 3 | 1994–2002 | 3rdSFR16 |
| 7 | Benjamin Griffiths | Wales | 7 | 3 | 1950–1958 | SF ×2 |
| 8 | Björn Kuipers | Netherlands | 7 | 2 | 2014–2018 | QFR16 ×2 |
| 9 | César Arturo Ramos | Mexico | 7 | 2 | 2018–2022 | SFR16 ×2 |
| 10 | Frank De Bleeckere | Belgium | 7 | 2 | 2006–2010 | QFR16 ×2 |
| 11 | John Langenus | Belgium | 7 | 3 | 1930–1938 | F3rdSFR16 ×2 |
| 12 | Juan Gardeazábal Garay | Spain | 7 | 3 | 1958–1966 | 3rdQF ×2 |
| 13 | Alireza Faghani | Iran | 6 | 2 | 2018–2022 | 3rdR16 |
| 14 | Arturo Brizio Carter | Mexico | 6 | 2 | 1994–1998 | QFR16 |
| 15 | Carlos Simon | Brazil | 6 | 3 | 2002–2010 | none |
| 16 | Cüneyt Çakır | Turkey | 6 | 2 | 2014–2018 | SF ×2 |
| 17 | Gamal Al-Ghandour | Egypt | 6 | 2 | 1998–2002 | QF ×2 |
| 18 | Howard Webb | England | 6 | 2 | 2010–2014 | FR16 ×2 |
| 19 | Ivan Eklind | Sweden | 6 | 3 | 1934–1950 | FSFR16 ×3 |
| 20 | Jamal Al Sharif | Syria | 6 | 3 | 1986–1994 | R16 ×2 |
| 21 | Marco Rodríguez | Mexico | 6 | 3 | 2006–2014 | none |
| 22 | Mark Geiger | United States | 6 | 2 | 2014–2018 | R16 ×2 |
| 23 | Nikolay Latyshev | Soviet Union | 6 | 2 | 1958–1962 | FQF |
| 24 | Óscar Ruiz | Colombia | 6 | 3 | 2002–2010 | QF |
| 25 | Roberto Rosetti | Italy | 6 | 2 | 2006–2010 | R16 ×2 |
| 26 | Sandro Ricci | Brazil | 6 | 2 | 2014–2018 | QFR16 |
| 27 | Abraham Klein | Israel | 5 | 3 | 1970–1982 | 3rd |
| 28 | Antonio Mateu Lahoz | Spain | 5 | 2 | 2018–2022 | QF |
| 29 | Clément Turpin | France | 5 | 2 | 2018–2022 | R16 |
| 30 | Gottfried Dienst | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 1962–1966 | FSF |
| 31 | Horacio Elizondo | Argentina | 5 | 1 | 2006 | FQF |
| 32 | Istvan Zsolt | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 1954–1966 | SFQF |
| 33 | Kim Milton Nielsen | Denmark | 5 | 2 | 1998–2002 | SFR16 |
| 34 | Kurt Röthlisberger | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 1990–1994 | QFR16 |
| 35 | Ľuboš Micheľ | Slovakia | 5 | 2 | 2002–2006 | QFR16 |
| 36 | Mario van der Ende | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 1994–1998 | R16 |
| 37 | Markus Merk | Germany | 5 | 2 | 2002–2006 | R16 |
| 38 | Michel Vautrot | France | 5 | 2 | 1982–1990 | SF |
| 39 | Milorad Mažić | Serbia | 5 | 2 | 2014–2018 | QF |
| 40 | Nicolae Rainea | Romania | 5 | 3 | 1974–1982 | none |
| 41 | Peter Mikkelsen | Denmark | 5 | 2 | 1990–1994 | R16 ×2 |
| 42 | Pierluigi Collina | Italy | 5 | 2 | 1998–2002 | FR16 |
| 43 | Szymon Marciniak | Poland | 5 | 2 | 2018–2022 | FR16 |
| 44 | Yuichi Nishimura | Japan | 5 | 2 | 2010–2014 | QF |
| 45 | Arthur Ellis | England | 4 | 2 | 1950–1954 | QF |
| 46 | Carlos Batres | Guatemala | 4 | 2 | 2002–2010 | QF |
| 47 | Djamel Haimoudi | Algeria | 4 | 1 | 2014 | 3rdR16 |
| 48 | Erik Fredriksson | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 1982–1990 | R16 |
| 49 | George Courtney | England | 4 | 2 | 1986–1990 | 3rdR16 |
| 50 | Graham Poll | England | 4 | 2 | 2002–2006 | none |
| 51 | Héctor Baldassi | Argentina | 4 | 1 | 2010 | R16 |
| 52 | Hugh Dallas | Scotland | 4 | 2 | 1998–2002 | QF ×2 |
| 53 | Jack Taylor | England | 4 | 2 | 1970–1974 | F |
| 54 | José Roberto Wright | Brazil | 4 | 1 | 1990 | SFR16 |
| 55 | José Torres Cadena | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 1994 | SFQF |
| 56 | Károly Palotai | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 1974–1982 | none |
| 57 | Luigi Agnolin | Italy | 4 | 2 | 1986–1990 | SFR16 |
| 58 | Luis Medina Cantalejo | Spain | 4 | 1 | 2006 | QFR16 |
| 59 | Massimo Busacca | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 2006–2010 | R16 |
| 60 | Maurice Guigue | France | 4 | 1 | 1958 | F |
| 61 | Nawaf Shukralla | Bahrain | 4 | 2 | 2014–2018 | none |
| 62 | Nicola Rizzoli | Italy | 4 | 1 | 2014 | FQF |
| 63 | Pierre Schwinte | France | 4 | 2 | 1962–1966 | SFQF |
| 64 | Ramón Barreto | Uruguay | 4 | 3 | 1970–1978 | none |
| 65 | Reginald Leafe | England | 4 | 2 | 1950–1958 | QF |
| 66 | Rinaldo Barlassina | Italy | 4 | 2 | 1934–1938 | SFQF ×2R16 |
| 67 | Rudolf Scheurer | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 1970–1974 | QF |
| 68 | Sándor Puhl | Hungary | 4 | 1 | 1994 | FQF |
| 69 | Siegfried Kirschen | East Germany | 4 | 2 | 1986–1990 | QFR16 |
| 70 | Toru Kamikawa | Japan | 4 | 2 | 2002–2006 | 3rd |
| 71 | Urs Meier | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 1998–2002 | SFR16 |
| 72 | Viktor Kassai | Hungary | 4 | 1 | 2010 | SFR16 |
| 73 | Vítor Melo Pereira | Portugal | 4 | 2 | 1998–2002 | R16 ×2 |
| 74 | Wilmar Roldán | Colombia | 4 | 2 | 2014–2018 | none |
| 75 | Wilton Sampaio | Brazil | 4 | 1 | 2022 | QFR16 |
| 76 | Zoran Petrović | Yugoslavia | 4 | 2 | 1986–1990 | R16 |
| 77 | Albert Dusch | West Germany | 3 | 2 | 1958–1962 | none |
| 78 | Alberto Undiano Mallenco | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2010 | R16 |
| 79 | Alexis Ponnet | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1982–1986 | none |
| 80 | Andrés Cunha | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 2018 | SF |
| 81 | Ángel Norberto Coerezza | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1970–1978 | QF |
| 82 | Antonio Garrido | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1978–1982 | 3rd |
| 83 | Arnaldo Cézar Coelho | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1978–1982 | F |
| 84 | Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado | Peru | 3 | 1 | 1962 | SFQF |
| 85 | Bakary Gassama | Gambia | 3 | 3 | 2014–2022 | none |
| 86 | Ben Williams | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2014 | R16 |
| 87 | Carl Erich Steiner | Austria | 3 | 2 | 1954–1962 | QF |
| 88 | Carlos Amarilla | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2006 | none |
| 89 | Carlos Silva Valente | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1986–1990 | QF |
| 90 | Carlos Velasco Carballo | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2014 | QF |
| 91 | Charles Corver | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1978–1982 | SF |
| 92 | Clive Thomas | Wales | 3 | 2 | 1974–1978 | none |
| 93 | Coffi Codjia | Benin | 3 | 2 | 2002–2006 | none |
| 94 | Damir Skomina | Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 2018 | R16 |
| 95 | Daniele Orsato | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2022 | SF |
| 96 | Edgardo Codesal | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1990 | FQF |
| 97 | Epifanio González | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1998 | 3rd |
| 98 | Erich Linemayr | Austria | 3 | 2 | 1974–1978 | none |
| 99 | Facundo Tello | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2022 | QF |
| 100 | Felipe Ramos | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2002 | QF |
| 101 | Felix Brych | Germany | 3 | 2 | 2014–2018 | none |
| 102 | Fernando Rapallini | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2022 | R16 |
| 103 | George Reader | England | 3 | 1 | 1950 | none |
| 104 | Gianluca Rocchi | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2018 | R16 |
| 105 | Giovanni Galeati | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1950 | none |
| 106 | Helmut Kohl | Austria | 3 | 1 | 1990 | QF |
| 107 | Ismail Elfath | United States | 3 | 1 | 2022 | R16 |
| 108 | Iván Barton | El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 2022 | R16 |
| 109 | Janny Sikazwe | Zambia | 3 | 2 | 2018–2022 | none |
| 110 | Joel Aguilar | El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 2014–2018 | none |
| 111 | Jonas Eriksson | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2014 | R16 |
| 112 | José María García-Aranda | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1998 | SFR16 |
| 113 | Juan Carlos Loustau | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1990 | R16 |
| 114 | Juan Daniel Cardellino | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1982–1990 | SF |
| 115 | Kurt Tschenscher | West Germany | 3 | 3 | 1966–1974 | none |
| 116 | Leo Horn | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1962 | QF |
| 117 | Malang Diedhiou | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 2018 | R16 |
| 118 | Mark Shield | Australia | 3 | 2 | 2002–2006 | none |
| 119 | Michael Oliver | England | 3 | 1 | 2022 | QF |
| 120 | Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 2018–2022 | none |
| 121 | Neji Jouini | Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 1990–1994 | none |
| 122 | Olegário Benquerença | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2010 | QF |
| 123 | Pedro Proença | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2014 | R16 |
| 124 | Rodrigo Badilla | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1994 | QF |
| 125 | Romualdo Arppi Filho | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 1986 | FR16 |
| 126 | Rudi Glöckner | East Germany | 3 | 2 | 1970–1974 | F |
| 127 | Saad Mane | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 2002 | 3rd |
| 128 | Said Belqola | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1998 | F |
| 129 | Shamsul Maidin | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 2006 | none |
| 130 | Tullio Lanese | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1990 | R16 |
| 131 | Valentin Ivanov | Russia | 3 | 1 | 2006 | R16 |
| 132 | Vincenzo Orlandini | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1954–1958 | SF |
| 133 | Vital Loraux | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1970–1974 | QF |
| 134 | Wolfgang Stark | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2010 | R16 |
| 135 | Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid | Saudi Arabia | 2 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 136 | Abdulrahman Al-Jassim | Qatar | 2 | 1 | 2022 | 3rd |
| 137 | Adolf Prokop | East Germany | 2 | 2 | 1978–1982 | none |
| 138 | Alan Snoddy | Northern Ireland | 2 | 2 | 1986–1990 | none |
| 139 | Alberto Tejada Noriega | Peru | 2 | 1 | 1994 | none |
| 140 | Alfonso González Archundía | Mexico | 2 | 2 | 1974–1978 | none |
| 141 | Alfred Birlem | Germany | 2 | 2 | 1934–1938 | R16 ×2 |
| 142 | Ali Bin Nasser | Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 1986 | QF |
| 143 | Ali Kandil | United Arab Republic | 2 | 2 | 1966–1970 | none |
| 144 | Almeida Rêgo | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1930 | none |
| 145 | Alojzy Jarguz | Poland | 2 | 2 | 1978–1982 | none |
| 146 | Anders Frisk | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 2002 | R16 |
| 147 | Ángel Franco Martínez | Spain | 2 | 1 | 1978 | none |
| 148 | Ángel Sánchez | Argentina | 2 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 149 | Anibal Tejada | Uruguay | 2 | 1 | 1930 | none |
| 150 | Anthony Taylor | England | 2 | 1 | 2022 | none |
| 151 | Antonio Márquez Ramírez | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1986 | SF |
| 152 | Antonio Sbardella | Italy | 2 | 1 | 1970 | 3rd |
| 153 | Armando Marques | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 1966–1974 | none |
| 154 | Aron Schmidhuber | West Germany | 2 | 1 | 1990 | R16 |
| 155 | Arthur Edward Ellis | England | 2 | 1 | 1958 | none |
| 156 | Arturo Yamasaki | Peru | 2 | 2 | 1966–1970 | SF |
| 157 | Aurelio Angonese | Italy | 2 | 1 | 1974 | 3rd |
| 158 | Bernd Heynemann | Germany | 2 | 1 | 1998 | R16 |
| 159 | Bob Valentine | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 160 | Bogdan Dotchev | Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 1982–1986 | none |
| 161 | Brian Hall | United States | 2 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 162 | Byron Moreno | Ecuador | 2 | 1 | 2002 | R16 |
| 163 | Carlos Espósito | Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1986 | R16 |
| 164 | Carlos Vera | Ecuador | 2 | 1 | 2014 | none |
| 165 | Charlie Faultless | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 1954 | QF |
| 166 | Concetto Lo Bello | Italy | 2 | 1 | 1966 | SF |
| 167 | Daniel Siebert | Germany | 2 | 1 | 2022 | none |
| 168 | Danny Makkelie | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 2022 | none |
| 169 | David Socha | United States | 2 | 2 | 1982–1986 | none |
| 170 | Eddie Lennie | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 171 | Eddy Maillet | Seychelles | 2 | 1 | 2010 | none |
| 172 | Enrique Cáceres | Paraguay | 2 | 1 | 2018 | none |
| 173 | Enrique Osses | Chile | 2 | 1 | 2014 | none |
| 174 | Éric Poulat | France | 2 | 1 | 2006 | none |
| 175 | Esfandiar Baharmast | United States | 2 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 176 | Francesco Mattea | Italy | 2 | 1 | 1934 | QFR16 |
| 177 | Francisco Oscar Lamolina | Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1994 | none |
| 178 | Fritz Seipelt | Austria | 2 | 1 | 1958 | QF |
| 179 | Georges Capdeville | France | 2 | 1 | 1938 | FQF |
| 180 | Gilles Veissière | France | 2 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 181 | Günter Benkö | Austria | 2 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 182 | Hans Wüthrich | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 1938 | SFR16 |
| 183 | Hellmut Krug | Germany | 2 | 1 | 1994 | none |
| 184 | Hernán Silva | Chile | 2 | 2 | 1986–1990 | none |
| 185 | Ioan Igna | Romania | 2 | 1 | 1986 | QF |
| 186 | Jafar Namdar | Iran | 2 | 2 | 1974–1978 | none |
| 187 | Jan Keizer | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1986 | R16 |
| 188 | Javier Castrilli | Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1998 | R16 |
| 189 | Jerome Damon | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 2010 | none |
| 190 | Jesús Díaz | Colombia | 2 | 1 | 1986 | QF |
| 191 | Jesús Valenzuela | Venezuela | 2 | 1 | 2022 | R16 |
| 192 | Joaquim Campos | Portugal | 2 | 2 | 1958–1966 | none |
| 193 | John Gordon | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 1978 | none |
| 194 | José Macías | Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1930 | none |
| 195 | José María Ortiz de Mendíbil | Spain | 2 | 1 | 1970 | SF |
| 196 | Juan Regis Brozzi | Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1958 | 3rd |
| 197 | Karel van der Meer | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1950 | none |
| 198 | Karol Galba | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2 | 1962–1966 | none |
| 199 | Ken Dagnall | England | 2 | 1 | 1966 | 3rd |
| 200 | Kenneth Aston | England | 2 | 1 | 1962 | none |
| 201 | Khalil Al Ghamdi | Saudi Arabia | 2 | 1 | 2010 | none |
| 202 | László Vágner | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 203 | Laurens van Ravens | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1970 | QF |
| 204 | Leslie Mottram | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 1994 | none |
| 205 | Lim Kee Chong | Mauritius | 2 | 2 | 1994–1998 | none |
| 206 | Louis Baert | Belgium | 2 | 2 | 1934–1938 | QF ×2 |
| 207 | Lu Jun | China | 2 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 208 | Lucien Leclerq | France | 2 | 1 | 1938 | SFR16 |
| 209 | Luis Paulino Siles | Costa Rica | 2 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 210 | Marc Batta | France | 2 | 1 | 1998 | R16 |
| 211 | Márcio Rezende de Freitas | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 212 | Mario Rubio Vázquez | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 213 | Mário Vianna | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 1950–1954 | none |
| 214 | Matthew Conger | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 2018–2022 | none |
| 215 | Menachem Ashkenazi | Israel | 2 | 1 | 1966 | QF |
| 216 | Mustapha Ghorbal | Algeria | 2 | 1 | 2022 | none |
| 217 | Noumandiez Doué | Ivory Coast | 2 | 1 | 2014 | none |
| 218 | Pablo Pozo | Chile | 2 | 1 | 2010 | none |
| 219 | Paolo Casarin | Italy | 2 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 220 | Pavel Kazakov | Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 221 | Peter Prendergast | Jamaica | 2 | 1 | 2002 | R16 |
| 222 | Philip Don | England | 2 | 1 | 1994 | QF |
| 223 | Pirom Un-Prasert | Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 224 | Raphael Claus | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 2022 | none |
| 225 | Raymon Wyssling | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 1954 | 3rd |
| 226 | Raymond Vincenti | France | 2 | 1 | 1954 | none |
| 227 | Raymond Wyssling | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 1958 | QF |
| 228 | Renato Marsiglia | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1994 | R16 |
| 229 | René Mercet | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 1934 | QFR16 |
| 230 | Robert Holley Davidson | Scotland | 2 | 1 | 1962 | none |
| 231 | Robert Wurtz | France | 2 | 1 | 1978 | none |
| 232 | Rómulo Méndez | Guatemala | 2 | 2 | 1982–1986 | none |
| 233 | Rudolf Kreitlein | West Germany | 2 | 1 | 1966 | QF |
| 234 | Rune Pedersen | Norway | 2 | 1 | 1998 | QF |
| 235 | Sergio Gonella | Italy | 2 | 1 | 1978 | F |
| 236 | Shizuo Takada | Japan | 2 | 2 | 1986–1990 | none |
| 237 | Slavko Vinčić | Slovenia | 2 | 1 | 2022 | none |
| 238 | Stéphane Lannoy | France | 2 | 1 | 2010 | none |
| 239 | Tofiq Bahramov | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 1966–1970 | none |
| 240 | Tony Boskovic | Australia | 2 | 2 | 1974–1982 | none |
| 241 | Ubaldo Aquino | Paraguay | 2 | 1 | 2002 | R16 |
| 242 | Ulf Eriksson | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1978 | none |
| 243 | Victor Gomes | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 2022 | none |
| 244 | Vojtech Christov | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2 | 1982–1986 | none |
| 245 | Volker Roth | West Germany | 2 | 1 | 1986 | R16 |
| 246 | William Ling | England | 2 | 1 | 1954 | F |
| 247 | William Mattus | Costa Rica | 2 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 248 | Youssou N'Diaye | Senegal | 2 | 2 | 1974–1978 | none |
| 249 | Abel Aguilar Elizalde | Mexico | 1 | 1 | 1970 | none |
| 250 | Alberto Malcher | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1950 | none |
| 251 | Alberto Tejada | Peru | 1 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 252 | Alberto Warnken | Chile | 1 | 1 | 1930 | none |
| 253 | Albino Carraro | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1934 | 3rd |
| 254 | Alexey Spirin | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 1990 | none |
| 255 | Alois Beranek | Austria | 1 | 1 | 1934 | QF |
| 256 | Alois Beranek (Germany)[a] | — | 1 | 1 | 1938 | R16 |
| 257 | Andor Dorogi | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1962 | none |
| 258 | André Daina | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1986 | none |
| 259 | Andrei Rădulescu | Romania | 1 | 1 | 1970 | none |
| 260 | Andrés Matonte | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 2022 | none |
| 261 | Antoine Blavier | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1962 | none |
| 262 | Antonio López Nieto | Spain | 1 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 263 | Antonio Ribeiro Saldanha | Portugal | 1 | 1 | 1970 | none |
| 264 | Arie van Gemert | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 265 | Arne Eriksson | Finland | 1 | 1 | 1958 | none |
| 266 | Arturo Angeles | United States | 1 | 1 | 1994 | none |
| 267 | Arturo Ithurralde | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 268 | Augustin Krist | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 1938 | QF |
| 269 | Augusto Lamo Castillo | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 270 | Ayrton Vieira de Moraes | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1970 | none |
| 271 | Belaïd Lacarne | Algeria | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 272 | Benjamin Dwomoh | Ghana | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 273 | Berny Ulloa Morera | Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | 1986 | none |
| 274 | Bertil Lööw | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1966 | none |
| 275 | Bo Karlsson | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1994 | none |
| 276 | Bob Davidson | Scotland | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 277 | Bobby Davidson | Scotland | 1 | 1 | 1970 | none |
| 278 | Branko Tesanić | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 1962 | none |
| 279 | Bruno Galler | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 280 | Carl Jørgensen | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 1958 | none |
| 281 | Carlos Alberto Batres | Guatemala | 1 | 1 | 2002 | R16 |
| 282 | Carlos Eugênio Simon | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2006 | R16 |
| 283 | Carlos Maciel | Paraguay | 1 | 1 | 1990 | none |
| 284 | Carlos Robles | Chile | 1 | 1 | 1962 | none |
| 285 | César Guerrero Orosco | Peru | 1 | 1 | 1978 | none |
| 286 | Cesare Jonni | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1962 | none |
| 287 | Chan Tam Sun | Hong Kong | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 288 | Chris Bambridge | Australia | 1 | 1 | 1986 | none |
| 289 | Chris Beath | Australia | 1 | 1 | 2022 | none |
| 290 | Clive White | England | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 291 | Damir Matovinović | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 292 | Diego De Leo | Mexico | 1 | 1 | 1970 | none |
| 293 | Dimitar Rumenchev | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 1966 | none |
| 294 | Doğan Babacan | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 295 | Domingo Lombardi | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 1930 | none |
| 296 | Dušan Maksimović | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 1978 | none |
| 297 | Edison Peréz Núñez | Peru | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 298 | Edwin Picon-Ackong | Mauritius | 1 | 1 | 1986 | none |
| 299 | Elías Jácome | Ecuador | 1 | 1 | 1990 | none |
| 300 | Emil Schmetzer | West Germany | 1 | 1 | 1954 | none |
| 301 | Emilio Soriano Aladrén | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1990 | none |
| 302 | Enrique Labo Revoredo | Peru | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 303 | Essam Abd El Fatah | Egypt | 1 | 1 | 2006 | none |
| 304 | Esteban Marino | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 1954 | none |
| 305 | Eugen Braun | Austria | 1 | 1 | 1934 | R16 |
| 306 | Fabio Baldas | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1994 | none |
| 307 | Falla N'Doye | Senegal | 1 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 308 | Fallaj Al Shanar | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | 1986 | none |
| 309 | Farouk Bouzo | Syria | 1 | 1 | 1978 | none |
| 310 | Ferdinand Biwersi | West Germany | 1 | 1 | 1978 | none |
| 311 | Ferdinand Marschall | Austria | 1 | 1 | 1970 | none |
| 312 | Filippi Cavani | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 1994 | none |
| 313 | Francis Rion | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1978 | none |
| 314 | Francisco Mateucci | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 1930 | none |
| 315 | Franz Wöhrer | Austria | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 316 | Gabriel González | Paraguay | 1 | 1 | 1986 | none |
| 317 | Gastón Castro | Chile | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 318 | Gehad Grisha | Egypt | 1 | 1 | 2018 | none |
| 319 | Generoso Dattilo | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1950 | none |
| 320 | George McCabe | England | 1 | 1 | 1966 | none |
| 321 | George Mitchell | Scotland | 1 | 1 | 1950 | none |
| 322 | George Smith | Scotland | 1 | 1 | 1990 | none |
| 323 | Gerhard Schulenburg | West Germany | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 324 | Gilberto Aristizábal | Colombia | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 325 | Gilberto de Almeida Rêgo | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1930 | SF |
| 326 | Giuseppe Scarpi | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1938 | R16 |
| 327 | Govindasamy Suppiah | Singapore | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 328 | Hans-Joachim Weyland | West Germany | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 329 | Héctor Ortiz | Paraguay | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 330 | Henning Lund-Sørensen | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 331 | Henri Christophe | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1930 | none |
| 332 | Henry Landauer | United States | 1 | 1 | 1970 | none |
| 333 | Horst Brummeier | Austria | 1 | 1 | 1986 | none |
| 334 | Hugh Phillips | Scotland | 1 | 1 | 1966 | none |
| 335 | Ian McLeod | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 336 | Ibrahim Youssef Al-Doy | Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 337 | Idrissa Traoré | Mali | 1 | 1 | 1986 | none |
| 338 | Jack Mowat | Scotland | 1 | 1 | 1958 | none |
| 339 | Jair Marrufo | United States | 1 | 1 | 2018 | none |
| 340 | Jan Bronkhorst | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1958 | none |
| 341 | Jan Wegereef | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 342 | Jean Dubach | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1978 | none |
| 343 | Jean Lutz | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1950 | none |
| 344 | Jim Finney | England | 1 | 1 | 1966 | QF |
| 345 | João Etzel Filho | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1962 | none |
| 346 | Johannes van Moorsel | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1934 | R16 |
| 347 | John Adair | Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1966 | none |
| 348 | John Toro Rendón | Colombia | 1 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 349 | Jose da Costa Vieira | Portugal | 1 | 1 | 1954 | none |
| 350 | José Luis Martínez Bazán | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 1986 | none |
| 351 | José María Codensal | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 1966 | none |
| 352 | José María Codesal | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 1958 | none |
| 353 | Juan Silvagno Cavanna | Chile | 1 | 1 | 1978 | none |
| 354 | Kim Young-joo | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 355 | Koman Coulibaly | Mali | 1 | 1 | 2010 | none |
| 356 | Konstantin Zečević | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 1966 | none |
| 357 | Kyros Vassaras | Greece | 1 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 358 | Lajos Németh | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1986 | none |
| 359 | Laurent Franken | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1954 | none |
| 360 | Leo Callaghan | Wales | 1 | 1 | 1966 | none |
| 361 | Leo Lemesic | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 1958 | none |
| 362 | Lucien Bouchardeau | Niger | 1 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 363 | Lucien van Nuffel | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1958 | none |
| 364 | Luis Barrancos | Bolivia | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 365 | Luis Pestarino | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 366 | Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel | Egypt | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 367 | Malcolm Moffat | Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 368 | Manuel Asensi | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1954 | none |
| 369 | Manuel Díaz Vega | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1994 | none |
| 370 | Marcel van Langenhove | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1990 | none |
| 371 | Marco Antonio Rodríguez | Mexico | 1 | 1 | 2014 | SF |
| 372 | Mario Escobar | Guatemala | 1 | 1 | 2022 | none |
| 373 | Mário Gardelli | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1950 | none |
| 374 | Mario Sánchez | Chile | 1 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 375 | Mario Sánchez Yantén | Chile | 1 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 376 | Martin Macko | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 1958 | none |
| 377 | Masayoshi Okada | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 378 | Michael Hester | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 2010 | none |
| 379 | Mohamed Guezzaz | Morocco | 1 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 380 | Mourad Daami | Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 381 | Myroslav Stupar | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 382 | Nikolai Levnikov | Russia | 1 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 383 | Omar Delgado Gómez | Colombia | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 384 | Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 385 | Pál von Hertzka | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1938 | QF |
| 386 | Pat Partridge | England | 1 | 1 | 1978 | none |
| 387 | Paul Durkin | England | 1 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 388 | Peter O'Leary | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 2014 | none |
| 389 | Pierluigi Pairetto | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1994 | R16 |
| 390 | Rafael Hormazábal Díaz | Chile | 1 | 1 | 1970 | none |
| 391 | Ramesh Ramdhan | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 392 | Ramón Azón Romá | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1950 | none |
| 393 | Ramón Barreto Ruíz | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 394 | René Ortubé | Bolivia | 1 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 395 | Ricardo Vallarino | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 1930 | none |
| 396 | Roberto Goicoechea | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 1966 | none |
| 397 | Roger Conrié | France | 1 | 1 | 1938 | R16 |
| 398 | Roger Machin | France | 1 | 1 | 1970 | none |
| 399 | Ryszard Wójcik | Poland | 1 | 1 | 1998 | none |
| 400 | Sergei Karasev | Russia | 1 | 1 | 2018 | none |
| 401 | Sergio Bustamante | Chile | 1 | 1 | 1962 | none |
| 402 | Seyoum Tarekegn | Ethiopia | 1 | 1 | 1970 | none |
| 403 | Sten Ahlner | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1958 | none |
| 404 | Stéphanie Frappart | France | 1 | 1 | 2022 | none |
| 405 | Terje Hauge | Norway | 1 | 1 | 2002 | none |
| 406 | Thomas Balvay | France | 1 | 1 | 1930 | none |
| 407 | Ulises Saucedo | Bolivia | 1 | 1 | 1930 | none |
| 408 | Valeri Butenko | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 1986 | none |
| 409 | Vasa Stefanovic | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 1954 | none |
| 410 | Vicente Llobregat | Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 411 | Victoriano Sánchez Arminio | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1986 | none |
| 412 | Vincent Mauro | United States | 1 | 1 | 1990 | none |
| 413 | Walter Eschweiler | West Germany | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
| 414 | Werner Winsemann | Canada | 1 | 1 | 1974 | none |
| 415 | Yousef Alghoul | Libya | 1 | 1 | 1982 | none |
GET /referees?limit=500