AFC Asian Cup records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the AFC Asian Cup.

Awards

General awards by tournament

Team of the Tournament

Fans' All-time Best XI

In October and November 2018, ahead of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, AFC created the Fans' Asian Cup XI with substitutes. The team was chosen through online voting on the website. This is the list of the XI and substitutes:
Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Manager

Heshmat Mohajerani

Source:

Team records

Summary

hosts

¹ Israel was expelled from the AFC in the early 1970s and eventually became a member of UEFA.

² as Republic of China

³ as South Vietnam

All-time table

The table is accurate as of the end of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts	PPG	Best finish
1		14	68	41	19	8	131	48	83	142	2.09
2		14	67	36	16	15	106	64	42	124	1.85
3		9	48	30	12	6	92	44	48	102	2.13
4		12	56	23	13	20	88	65	23	82	1.46
5		10	48	21	13	14	69	48	21	76	1.58
6		10	42	15	10	17	47	51	–4	55	1.31
7		10	42	15	10	17	40	56	–16	55	1.31
8		9	39	15	8	16	44	45	–1	53	1.36
9		10	39	13	11	15	52	47	5	50	1.28
10		7	28	13	4	11	42	47	–5	43	1.54
11		4	21	12	4	5	40	14	26	40	1.90
12		4	13	9	0	4	28	15	13	27	2.08
13		4	15	6	6	3	17	10	7	24	1.60
14		6	21	7	3	11	17	28	–11	24	1.14
15		6	23	5	6	12	29	38	–9	21	0.91
16		7	24	2	9	13	19	52	–33	15	0.63
17		4	13	3	3	7	10	17	–7	12	0.92
18		5	18	3	2	13	15	40	–25	11	0.57
19		4	13	3	1	9	12	27	–15	10	0.77
20		4	15	2	3	10	17	35	–18	9	0.60
21		4	12	2	2	8	10	28	–18	8	0.67
22		1	4	2	1	1	5	4	1	7	1.75
23		3	9	1	3	5	7	20	–13	6	0.67
24		2	6	1	2	3	7	12	–5	5	0.83
25		2	7	1	2	4	5	12	–7	5	0.71
26		1	4	1	1	2	3	4	–1	4	1.00
27		1	5	1	1	3	8	10	–2	4	0.80
28		1	4	1	0	3	6	7	–1	3	0.75
29		3	10	0	3	7	9	23	–14	3	0.30
30		2	6	0	2	4	1	14	–13	2	0.33
31		2	6	0	1	5	7	16	–9	1	0.10
32		1	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6	0	0.00
33		1	2	0	0	2	0	9	–9	0	0.00
34		1	3	0	0	3	0	10	–10	0	0.00
35		1	4	0	0	4	2	17	–15	0	0.00

Comprehensive national results by tournament

;Legend

– Champions
– Runners-up
– Third place
– Fourth place
– Semi-finals
QF – Quarter-finals
R16 – Round of 16
GS – Group stage
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Qualified but withdrew / Disqualified after qualification
— Did not qualify
— Did not enter / Withdrew from the Asian Cup
— Hosts
Map of best results

Results of host nations

Results of defending champions

Total hosts

co-hosts
National debuts by tournament

Has never qualified

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Longest active AFC Asian Cup droughts

This is a list of droughts associated with the participation of national teams in the AFC Asian Cup.
Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance, teams that no longer exist or teams that are no longer members of AFC.

Team	Last appearance	AC Missed
	1968	13
	1968	13
	1968	13
	1972	12
	1980	10
	1984	9
	2007	3
	2007	3
	2015	1

Regional record

Other records

South Korea, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are the only teams to have won the tournament in their debut appearances.
Iran hold the record for the most games played, with 68.
Iran are the only team to have won three consecutive finals of the AFC Asian Cup.
Qualification all-time table

Individual records

Overall top goalscorers

Top goalscorers in one tournament

Hat-tricks

Most tournament wins

Most tournaments appeared in

The table below is the players who have appeared four or more times in the history of the tournament.

Times	Name	Tournaments
5	Ignatiy Nesterov	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
4	Masoud Shojaei	2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
4	Waleed Abdullah	2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
4	Anzur Ismailov	2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
4	Amer Shafi	2004, 2011, 2015, 2019
4	Zheng Zhi	2004, 2007, 2015, 2019
4	Ahmed Kano	2004, 2007, 2015, 2019
4	Ismail Matar	2004, 2007, 2011, 2019
4	Marat Bikmaev	2004, 2007, 2011, 2019
4	Javad Nekounam	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
4	Younis Mahmoud†	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
4	Yasuhito Endō	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
4	Bilal Mohammed	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
4	Saud Kariri	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
4	Server Djeparov	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
4	Timur Kapadze	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
4	Mehdi Mahdavikia	1996, 2000, 2004, 2007
4	Li Ming	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
4	Adnan Al-Talyani	1984, 1988, 1992, 1996

†Younis Mahmoud is the only player in the history of the tournament to score a goal in four separate tournaments.
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Fastest goals scored from kick-off

Only three goals in the history of the tournament have been scored in the first minute of their respective games.

Ali Mabkhout at the 2015 edition in 14 seconds
Fathi Kameel at the 1976 edition in 20 seconds
Xie Yuxin at the 1992 edition in 20 seconds