This is a list of statistical records for the Paraguay national football team.
Individual records Player records
Players in bold are still active at international level.
Most capped players RankPlayerCapsGoalsCareer 1 Paulo da Silva 148 3 2 Justo Villar 120 0 1999–2018 3 Roque Santa Cruz 112 32 1999–2016 4 Carlos Gamarra 110 12 1993–2006 5 Cristian Riveros 101 16 2005–2018 6 Roberto Acuña 100 5 1993–2011 Denis Caniza 100 1 1996–2010 8 Gustavo Gómez 94 4 2013–present 9 Celso Ayala 85 6 1993–2003 10 José Saturnino Cardozo 82 25 1991–2006
Top goalscorers RankPlayerGoalsCapsRatioCareer 1 Roque Santa Cruz 32 112 2 José Saturnino Cardozo 25 82 1991–2006 3 Cristian Riveros 16 101 2005–20184 Saturnino Arrúa 13 27 1969–1980 Romerito 13 34 1979–1989 Nelson Valdez 13 77 2004–20177 Óscar Cardozo 12 58 2006–2023 Carlos Gamarra 12 110 1993–20069 Roberto Cabañas 11 28 1981–1993 Miguel Ángel Benítez 11 30 1996–1999
Competitive record FIFA World Cup
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
FIFA World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition*Squad 1930 Group stage 9th 2 1 0 1 1 3 SquadQualified as invitees 1934Did not enterDeclined participation 1938 1950 Group stage 11th 2 0 1 1 2 4 SquadQualified automatically 1954Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 8 6 1958 Group stage 12th 3 1 1 1 9 12 Squad 4 3 0 1 11 4 1962Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 0 1 1966 4 1 1 2 3 5 1970 6 4 0 2 6 5 1974 4 2 1 1 8 5 1978 4 1 2 1 3 3 1982 4 1 0 3 3 6 1986 Round of 16 13th 4 1 2 1 4 6 Squad 8 3 3 2 14 8 1990Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 6 7 1994 6 1 4 1 6 7 1998Round of 16 14th 4 1 2 1 3 2 Squad 16 9 2 5 21 14 2002 16th 4 1 1 2 6 7 Squad 18 9 3 6 29 23 2006 Group stage 18th 3 1 0 2 2 2 Squad 18 8 4 6 23 23 2010 Quarter-finals 8th 5 1 3 1 3 2 Squad 18 10 3 5 24 16 2014Did not qualify 16 3 3 10 17 31 2018 18 7 3 8 19 25 2022 18 3 7 8 12 26 2026 Round of 16 16th 5 1 2 2 3 6 Squad 18 7 7 4 14 10 2030Qualified as commemorative match hostsQualified as commemorative match hosts 2034To be determinedTo be determinedTotalQuarter-finals32812123344—190764470227225 *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
Copa América
South American Championship / Copa América recordYearRoundPosition*Squad 1916Not a CONMEBOL member 1917 1919 1920 1921Fourth place4th310227 Squad 1922Runners-up2nd521256 Squad 1923Third place3rd310246 Squad 1924Third place3rd311144 Squad 1925Third place3rd4004413 Squad 1926Fourth place4th4103820 Squad 1927Did not enter 1929Runners-up2nd320194 Squad 1935Did not enter 1937Fourth place4th5203816 Squad 1939Third place3rd420298 Squad 1941Did not enter 1942Fourth place4th62221110 Squad 1945Did not enter 1946Third place3rd521288 Squad 1947Runners-up2nd75111611 Squad 1949Runners-up2nd86022113 Squad 1953Champions1st7421148 Squad 1955Fifth place5th5113714 Squad 1956Fifth place5th502338 Squad 1957Did not enter 1959Third place3rd63031212 Squad 1959Fifth place5th4013611 Squad 1963Runners-up2nd6411137 Squad 1967Fourth place4th5203913 Squad 1975Group stage7th411255 Squad 1979Champions1st9441137 Squad 1983Third place3rd202011 Squad 1987Group stage9th201103 Squad 1989Fourth place4th7313910 Squad 1991Group stage6th420278 Squad 1993Quarter-finals8th411227 Squad 19956th421165 Squad 19977th411225 Squad 19996th422061Squad 2001Group stage10th302146 Squad 2004Quarter-finals5th421155 Squad 20075th420288 Squad 2011Runners-up2nd605158 Squad 2015Fourth place4th6132612 Squad 2016Group stage12th301213 Squad 2019Quarter-finals8th403134 Squad 20216th521286 Squad 2024Group stage14th300338 SquadTotal2 Titles39/44180644373267311—
Pan American Games Pan American Games recordYearRoundPosition* 1951Fourth place4th4103 514 1955Did not participate 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987Preliminary round9th3 02118 1991Did not qualify 1995Quarter-finals7th420243Since 1999See Paraguay national under-23 football teamTotalFourth place3/12113261025
Head-to-head record The list shown below shows the Paraguay national football team all-time international record against opposing nations. The stats are composed of FIFA World Cup and qualifiers, the Copa América, as well as numerous other international friendly tournaments and matches.
Updated to 2 October 2026 after the match against Colombia.
OpponentPldWDLGFGAGDWin % 108 17 35 56 113 219 −106 15.74% 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 50% 6 0 4 2 2 4 −2 0% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100% 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 33.3% 72 37 19 16 139 76 +63 51.39% 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00% 85 12 22 51 68 184 −116 14.11% 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 50% 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0% 69 30 8 31 94 96 −2 43.47% 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 33.3% 52 19 10 23 56 61 −5 36.53% 10 3 3 4 7 7 0 30% 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0% 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0% 42 22 8 12 72 52 +20 52.38% 6 6 0 0 11 1 +10 100% 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0% 6 0 2 4 4 15 −11 0% 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100% 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 0% 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 100% 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100% 11 9 2 0 25 10 +15 81.8% 7 2 4 1 9 6 +3 37.5% 2 1 1 0 8 1 +7 50% 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 100% 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100% 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 0% 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0% 6 4 0 2 11 7 +4 66.6% 12 2 5 5 12 17 −5 16.67% 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 100% 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100% 22 6 5 11 19 38 −19 27.27% 2 0 1 1 1 2 –1 0% 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 0% 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 66.6% 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 100% 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 50% 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100% 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100% 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0% 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100% 6 5 1 0 10 1 +9 83.3% 60 25 16 19 79 67 +12 41.67% 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0% 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 25% 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0% 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 50% 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 100% 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 25% 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 50% 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100% 5 1 3 1 6 7 −1 20% 8 2 3 3 8 9 –1 25% 4 0 2 2 1 4 −3 0% 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 33.3% 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 100% 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 33.3% 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 50.00% 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 50% 10 2 2 6 9 15 −6 20% 79 26 20 33 96 116 −20 32.91% 29 19 5 5 51 25 +26 65.51% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0% Total 802 285 212 305 1028 1118 −90 35.53%
References
External links Paraguay FIFA profile Worldfootball.net