Wales national football team records and statistics
This page details Wales national football team records; the most capped players, the players with the most goals, Wales's match record by opponent and decade.
Player records
Most capped players
As of 19 November 2019| # | Name | Clubs | Wales career | Caps | Goals |
| 1 | Chris Gunter | Cardiff City, Tottenham, Nottingham Forest, Reading | 2007– | 96 | 0 |
| 2 | Neville Southall | Everton, Port Vale | 1982–1998 | 92 | 0 |
| 3 | Wayne Hennessey | Wolves, Crystal Palace | 2007– | 89 | 0 |
| 4 | Ashley Williams | Stockport, Swansea City, Everton | 2008– | 86 | 2 |
| 5 | Gary Speed | Leeds United, Everton, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers | 1990–2004 | 85 | 7 |
| 6 | Gareth Bale | Southampton, Tottenham, Real Madrid | 2006– | 83 | 33 |
| 7 | Craig Bellamy | Norwich, Coventry City, Newcastle United, Blackburn, Liverpool, West Ham, Manchester City, Cardiff City | 1998–2013 | 78 | 19 |
| 8 | Joe Ledley | Cardiff City, Celtic, Crystal Palace, Derby County | 2006– | 77 | 4 |
| 9 | Dean Saunders | Oxford United, Derby County, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Galatasaray, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United, Benfica, Bradford City | 1986–2001 | 75 | 22 |
| 10 | Peter Nicholas | Crystal Palace, Arsenal, Luton Town, Aberdeen, Chelsea | 1979–1991 | 73 | 2 |
| = | Ian Rush | Liverpool, Juventus | 1980–1996 | 73 | 28 |
| 12 | Mark Hughes | Manchester United, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Southampton | 1984–1999 | 72 | 16 |
| = | Joey Jones | Liverpool, Wrexham, Chelsea, Huddersfield Town | 1975–1986 | 72 | 1 |
Highest goalscorers
As of 19 November 2019| # | Name | Wales career | Caps | Goals | Average |
| 1 | Gareth Bale | 2006– | 83 | 33 | |
| 2 | Ian Rush | 1980–1996 | 73 | 28 | |
| 3 | Trevor Ford | 1947–1957 | 38 | 23 | |
| = | Ivor Allchurch | 1951–1966 | 68 | 23 | |
| 5 | Dean Saunders | 1986–2001 | 75 | 22 | |
| 6 | Craig Bellamy | 1998–2013 | 78 | 19 | |
| 7 | Robert Earnshaw | 2002–2012 | 58 | 16 | |
| = | Cliff Jones | 1954–1969 | 59 | 16 | |
| = | Mark Hughes | 1984–1999 | 72 | 16 | |
| = | Aaron Ramsey | 2008– | 60 | 16 | |
| 11 | John Charles | 1950–1965 | 38 | 15 |
Age records
- Youngest player to make debut: Harry Wilson – 16 years and 207 days
- Oldest player to play a game: Billy Meredith – 45 years and 229 days
- Youngest player to play at World Cup finals: Roy Vernon – 21 years and 42 days
- Oldest player to play at World Cup finals: Dave Bowen – 30 years and 1 day
- Youngest player to score a goal: Gareth Bale – 17 years and 83 days
Other
- Longest Serving Player: Billy Meredith – 25 years
Games and results
- First International: 26 March 1876 vs
- First home international: 5 March 1877 vs
- First win: 26 February 1881 vs
- First overseas opponent: , 25 May 1933
- First win over an overseas opponent: 23 November 1949 vs
- Biggest Win: 11–0 vs, 3 March 1888
- Biggest Loss: 0–9 vs, 23 March 1878
- Longest winning streak: 6, 2 June 1980 – 16 May 1981
- Longest losing streak: 5, 25 March 1876 – 27 March 1880
Goals
- First Welsh goal: William Davies, 18 January 1879 vs
- Youngest player to score: Gareth Bale – 17 years and 83 days, 7 October 2006 v
- Most goals scored in one game by a player: 4
- * John Price, 12 Feb 1882 vs
- * Jack Doughty, 3 Mar 1888 vs
- * Mel Charles, 11 Apr 1962 vs
- * Ian Edwards, 25 October 1978 vs
Hat-tricks
- First hat-trick: John Price, 12 February 1882 vs
International tournaments
FIFA World Cup
; Qualification- First match: 15 October 1949 vs
- First goal: Mal Griffiths vs, 15 October 1949
- First finals: Sweden 1958
- Total number of times qualified for the finals: 1
- First game: 8 June 1958 vs
- First goal: John Charles vs, 8 June 1958
- Most Successful final: 1958 – Quarter finals
- World Cup top goal scorer: 2
- * Ivor Allchurch
UEFA European Championship
- First finals: France 2016
- Total number of times qualified for the finals: 1
- First game: 11 June 2016 vs
- First goal: Gareth Bale vs, 11 June 2016
- Most Successful final: 2016 - Semi-finals
- European Championship scorer: 3
- * Gareth Bale
Rankings
- Highest FIFA Rank: 8
- Lowest FIFA Rank: 117
- Highest Elo Rank: 3
- Lowest Elo Rank: 75
Team records
Head to head
| Opponent | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | %W | %D | %L |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | ||||
| 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | ||||
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 11 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 102 | 14 | 21 | 67 | 91 | 247 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 14 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | ||||
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 62 | 29 | 12 | 21 | 139 | 102 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 23 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 35 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 31 | ||||
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 107 | 23 | 23 | 61 | 124 | 243 | ||||
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | ||||
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | ||||
| 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | ||||
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | ||||
| Totals | 659 | 207 | 143 | 309 | 825 | 1086 |
P – Played; W – Won; D – Drawn; L – Lost
Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches only
Up to date as of 19 November 2019
By decade
P – Played,W – Won,
D – Drawn,
L – Lost,
GF – Goals For,
GA – Goals Against,
GD – Goal Difference
Statistics include official FIFA recognised matches only
Up to date as of 19 November 2019