Most fouled player at the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup

Most fouled player at the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup
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Who
Diego Maradona
What
152 total number
Where
United States (Foxborough)
When
25 June 1994

The most fouled player at the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup is Diego Maradona (Argentina), who was fouled 152 times across four tournaments in 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994.

FIFA began collecting foul statistics from the 1966 World Cup. Maradona also holds the single-tournament record – in 1986, the year he led Argentina to the title, he was fouled 53 times. He was fouled 36 times in 1982, 50 times in 1990 and 13 times in 1994.