2010 FIFA World Cup statistics
The following are the statistics for the 2010 FIFA World Cup which took place in South Africa.
Goalscorers
The winner of the Golden Boot was Thomas Müller. Of all players to have scored five goals during the tournament, Müller had the most assists ; the other three players had one assist each. In total, 145 goals were scored by 98 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.Assists
won the assists table with three assists in 337 minutes.| Rank | Name | Assists | Minutes played |
| 1 |  Kaká | 3 | 337' |
| 2 |  Thomas Müller | 3 | 473' |
| 3 | Mesut Özil | 3 | 586' |
| 4 |  Dirk Kuyt | 3 | 587' |
| 5 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | 3 | 621' |
Scoring
;Overall;Timing
;Teams
;Individual
Wins and losses
Match awards
Man of the Match
received four Man of the Match awards, more than any other player.| Rank | Name | Team | Opponent | Awards |
| 1 | Wesley Sneijder | Denmark, Japan, Brazil, Uruguay | 4 | |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Ivory Coast, North Korea, Brazil | 3 | |
| 2 | Diego Forlán | France, South Africa, Ghana | 3 | |
| 2 | Keisuke Honda | Cameroon, Denmark, Paraguay | 3 | |
| 2 | Andrés Iniesta | Chile, Paraguay, Netherlands | 3 | |
| 6 | Landon Donovan | Slovenia, Algeria | 2 | |
| 6 | Vincent Enyeama | Argentina, Greece | 2 | |
| 6 | Asamoah Gyan | Serbia, Australia | 2 | |
| 6 | Thomas Müller | England, Uruguay | 2 | |
| 6 | Park Ji-Sung | Greece, Nigeria | 2 | |
| 6 | Luis Suárez | Mexico, South Korea | 2 | |
| 6 | Róbert Vittek | New Zealand, Italy | 2 | |
| 6 | Xavi | Portugal, Germany | 2 | |
| 14 | Daniel Agger | Cameroon | 1 | |
| 14 | Antolín Alcaraz | Italy | 1 | |
| 14 | André Ayew | United States | 1 | |
| 14 | Jean Beausejour | Honduras | 1 | |
| 14 | Tim Cahill | Serbia | 1 | |
| 14 | Ashley Cole | Algeria | 1 | |
| 14 | Daniele De Rossi | New Zealand | 1 | |
| 14 | Didier Drogba | North Korea | 1 | |
| 14 | Gelson Fernandes | Spain | 1 | |
| 14 | Mark González | Switzerland | 1 | |
| 14 | Javier Hernández | France | 1 | |
| 14 | Gonzalo Higuaín | South Korea | 1 | |
| 14 | Tim Howard | England | 1 | |
| 14 | Robert Koren | Algeria | 1 | |
| 14 | Luís Fabiano | Ivory Coast | 1 | |
| 14 | Maicon | North Korea | 1 | |
| 14 | Lionel Messi | Greece | 1 | |
| 14 | James Milner | Slovenia | 1 | |
| 14 | Katlego Mphela | France | 1 | |
| 14 | Mesut Özil | Ghana | 1 | |
| 14 | Lukas Podolski | Australia | 1 | |
| 14 | Arjen Robben | Slovakia | 1 | |
| 14 | Robinho | Chile | 1 | |
| 14 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | Argentina | 1 | |
| 14 | Vladimir Stojković | Germany | 1 | |
| 14 | Carlos Tevez | Mexico | 1 | |
| 14 | Siphiwe Tshabalala | Mexico | 1 | |
| 14 | Noel Valladares | Switzerland | 1 | |
| 14 | Robin van Persie | Cameroon | 1 | |
| 14 | Enrique Vera | Slovakia | 1 | |
| 14 | Roque Santa Cruz | New Zealand | 1 | |
| 14 | David Villa | Honduras | 1 |
Clean sheets
Discipline
Multiple World Cups
; Scoring at three World Cups- Blanco was not called up for the 2006 Mexico squad.
- Klose went on to score at a fourth World Cup, in 2014.
- Song's Cameroon failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup.
Overall results