WORLD CUP RECORDS (Part 42) - MOST FREQUENT PENALTY TAKER
Most frequent penalty taker: Harry Kane
Harry Kane became the first player to take 5 penalties (not counting shootouts) in the E history of the World Cup. He had converted the first 4 of them and missed only the last and crucial (at the score 1-2 vs France).
He is also the first player in the history of competition to take 2 penalties in 2 different games (vs Panama in 2018 and vs France in 2022).
| PLAYERS WITH MOST | PENALTIES | TAKEN | AT | WORLD CUPS | |
| Player | Country | Penalties | Editions | ||
| Taken | Scored | ||||
| Harry Kane | England | 5 | 4 | 2018(3), 2022(2) | |
| Eusébio | Portugal | 4 | 4 | 1966(4) | |
| Rob Rensenbrink | Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 1978(4) | |
| Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | 4 | 4 | 1994(2), 1998(2) | |
| Asamoah Gyan | Ghana | 4 | 2 | 2006(1), 2010(3) | |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 4 | 3 | 2006(1), 2018(2), 2022(1) | |
| Lionel Messi | Argentina | 4 | 2 | 2018(1), 2022(3) |