Pelé's Club of One: Three Winner's Medals

Pelé (1958, 1962, 1970) is the only player ever to win the World Cup three times — roughly 20 men have two, none has matched three.

The top 3

1. Three Cups, the First at 17: Pelé became the youngest-ever World Cup winner at 17 in 1958, scored in the 1958 and 1970 finals, and no player since has reached a third title.
2. Cafu: Three Straight Finals, Two Golds: The only man to play in three consecutive World Cup finals (1994, 1998, 2002), winning two and lifting the trophy as captain in 2002.
3. Won It as Player, Won It Again as Boss: Only three men have won the World Cup as both player and manager: Zagallo (1958/62, then 1970), Beckenbauer (1974, then 1990) and Deschamps (1998, then 2018).

Sources

• FIFA — Pelé's three titles
• Guinness World Records — Pelé: most World Cup wins by a player

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