2010 World Cup statistics

Published: 2:56PM Monday July 12, 2010

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General:

Number of goals in the tournament: 145 

Number of yellow cards in the tournament: 246 

Number of red cards in the tournament: 17 

Only unbeaten side:  New Zealand read the full story here

Awards:

Player of tournament: Diego Forlan (Uruguay)  read the full story here

Golden Boot winner as top scorer: Thomas Mueller (Germany)  read the full story here

Young player of the tournament: Thomas Mueller (Germany) 

Best goalkeeper award:  Iker Casillas (Spain) 

Fair play award: Spain 

Goals:

Leading team scorers:  16 Germany

Leading individual goalscorers. 5 Thomas Mueller (Germany), David Villa (Spain), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands),  Diego Forlan (Uruguay) See full list of goal scorers here read the full story here

Lowest team scorers: 0 Honduras, Algeria 

Most goals conceeded by a team: 12 North Korea 

Number of goals in the tournament: 145

Shots and Saves:

Most shots by a team in the tournament: 121 Spain

Most shots by a player in the tournament: 33 Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)

Most shots in a match. 49 Uruguay 1 Ghana   1 (after extra time, Uruguay won 4-2 on penalties) 

Lowest number of total shots by a team in the tournament: 15 New Zealand 

Lowest number of shots in a match. 12 Ivory Coast  0 Portugal   0 

Most saves in the tournament: 24 Richard Kingson (Ghana) 

Fouls:

Most fouls by a team: 126 Netherlands

Lowest number of fouls by a team:  26 North Korea 

Most fouls by a player in the tournament:  19 Keisuke Honda (Japan)  

Most fouls suffered by a player:  26 Andres Iniesta (Spain)

Most fouls suffered by a team:  134 Spain 

Most fouls in a match:  55 Paraguay 0 Japan 0  (after extra time, Paraguay won 5-3 on penalties) 

Least fouls in a match:  13 Germany  4 England 1 

Yellow Cards:

Team with the most yellow cards: 22 Netherlands 

Team with the fewest yellow cards: 2 North Korea 

Most yellow cards in a match. 13 Spain 1 Netherlands 0 

Number of yellow cards in the tournament: 246

Number of red cards in the tournament: 17

Passes:

Most passes by a team: 3803 Spain 

Most passes by an individual:  669 Xavi (Spain) 

Fewest number of passes by a team:  663 New Zealand 

 

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