Peru national football team records and statistics

This is a list of statistical records of the Peru national football team.

Player records

As of 11 June 2026

Players in bold are still active with Peru.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Yoshimar Yotún	134	8	2011–present
2	Luis Advíncula	130	2	2010–present
3	Paolo Guerrero	128	40	2004–2025
	Roberto Palacios	128	19	1992–2012
5	Pedro Gallese	127	0	2014–present
6	André Carrillo	107	11	2011–present
7	Héctor Chumpitaz	105	3	1965–1981
8	Jefferson Farfán	102	27	2003–2021
9	Jorge Soto	101	9	1992–2005
10	Christian Cueva	100	16	2011–2024

Most goals

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Paolo Guerrero (list)	40	128	0.31	2004–2025
2	Jefferson Farfán	27	102	0.26	2003–2021
3	Teófilo Cubillas	26	81	0.32	1968–1982
4	Teodoro Fernández	24	32	0.75	1935–1947
5	Claudio Pizarro	20	85	0.24	1999–2016
	Nolberto Solano	20	95	0.21	1994–2008
7	Roberto Palacios	19	128	0.15	1992–2012
8	Hugo Sotil	18	62	0.29	1970–1978
9	Oswaldo Ramírez	17	57	0.3	1969–1982
	Edison Flores	17	84	0.2	2013–present

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Peru at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup											Qualification
Year	Host	Round	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Squad		Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	F	A
1930	Uruguay	Group stage	2	0	0	2	1	4	Squad		Qualified as invitees
1934	Italy	Withdrew									Withdrew
1938	France	Did not enter									Did not enter
1950	Brazil	Withdrew									Withdrew
1954	Switzerland
1958	Sweden	Did not qualify									2nd	2	0	1	1	1	2
1962	Chile										2nd	2	0	1	1	1	2
1966	England										2nd	4	2	0	2	8	6
1970	Mexico	Quarter-finals	4	2	0	2	9	9	Squad		1st	4	2	1	1	7	4
1974	West Germany	Did not qualify									Play-off	3	1	0	2	3	4
1978	Argentina	Quarter-finals	6	2	1	3	7	12	Squad		2nd	6	3	2	1	13	3
1982	Spain	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	6	Squad		1st	4	2	2	0	5	2
1986	Mexico	Did not qualify									Play-offs	8	3	2	3	10	9
1990	Italy										3rd	4	0	0	4	2	8
1994	United States										4th	6	0	1	5	4	12
1998	France										5th	16	7	4	5	19	20
2002	South Korea Japan										8th	18	4	4	10	14	25
2006	Germany										9th	18	4	6	8	20	28
2010	South Africa										10th	18	3	4	11	11	34
2014	Brazil										7th	16	4	3	9	17	26
2018	Russia	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	2	Squad		Play-off	20	8	6	6	29	26
2022	Qatar	Did not qualify									Play-off	19	7	4	8	19	22
2026	Canada Mexico United States										9th	18	2	6	10	6	21
2030	Morocco Portugal Spain	To be determined									To be determined
2034	Saudi Arabia
Total		Quarter-finals	18	5	3	10	21	33	—		5/23	186	52	47	87	189	254

Notes

Copa América

Main article: Peru at the Copa América

South American Championship / Copa América record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1916	Did not participate
1917
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927	Third place	3rd	3	1	0	2	4	11	Squad
1929	Fourth place	4th	3	0	0	3	1	12	Squad
1935	Third place	3rd	3	1	0	2	2	5	Squad
1937	Sixth place	6th	5	1	1	3	7	10	Squad
1939	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	13	4	Squad
1941	Fourth place	4th	4	1	0	3	5	5	Squad
1942	Fifth place	5th	6	1	2	3	5	10	Squad
1945	Withdrew
1946
1947	Fifth place	5th	7	2	2	3	12	9	Squad
1949	Third place	3rd	7	5	0	2	20	13	Squad
1953	Fifth place	5th	6	3	1	2	4	6	Squad
1955	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	13	11	Squad
1956	Sixth place	6th	5	0	1	4	6	11	Squad
1957	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	12	9	Squad
1959	Fourth place	4th	6	1	3	2	10	11	Squad
1959	Withdrew
1963	Fifth place	5th	6	2	1	3	8	11	Squad
1967	Withdrew
1975	Champions	1st	9	6	1	2	14	7	Squad
1979	Fourth place	4th	2	0	1	1	1	2	Squad
1983	Third place	3rd	6	2	3	1	7	6	Squad
1987	Group stage	6th	2	0	2	0	2	2	Squad
1989	Group stage	8th	4	0	3	1	4	7	Squad
1991	Group stage	8th	4	1	0	3	9	9	Squad
1993	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	4	5	Squad
1995	Group stage	10th	3	0	1	2	2	5	Squad
1997	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	5	11	Squad
1999	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	1	1	7	6	Squad
2001	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	4	8	Squad
2004	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	7	6	Squad
2007	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	5	8	Squad
2011	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	8	5	Squad
2015	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	8	5	Squad
2016	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	2	0	4	2	Squad
2019	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	7	9	Squad
2021	Fourth place	4th	7	2	2	3	10	14	Squad
2024	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	0	3	Squad
Total	2 Titles	34 / 48	164	58	40	66	229	256	—

Head-to-head results

As of 8 June 2026 after the match against Spain.

Key

	Positive balance (more Wins)
	Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
	Negative balance (more Losses)

Chile–Peru football rivalry

Ecuador–Peru football rivalry

Nations	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Confederation
Algeria	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	CAF
Argentina	56	5	14	37	45	110	−65	008.93	CONMEBOL
Armenia	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00	UEFA
Australia	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	050.00	AFC
Austria	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00	UEFA
Belarus	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	UEFA
Belgium	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	UEFA
Bolivia	54	27	12	15	85	50	+35	050.00	CONMEBOL
Brazil	52	5	9	38	33	114	−81	009.62	CONMEBOL
Bulgaria	5	2	1	2	11	11	+0	040.00	UEFA
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	CAF
Canada	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00	CONCACAF
Chile	88	24	16	48	111	138	−27	027.27	CONMEBOL
China	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00	AFC
Colombia	62	17	24	21	66	72	−6	027.42	CONMEBOL
Costa Rica	8	5	1	2	15	9	+6	062.50	CONCACAF
Croatia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	UEFA
Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	025.00	UEFA
Denmark	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00	UEFA
Dominican Republic	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00	CONCACAF
Ecuador	54	21	16	17	81	69	+12	038.89	CONMEBOL
El Salvador	7	5	0	2	15	6	+9	071.43	CONCACAF
England	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	033.33	UEFA
Finland	1	1	0	0	7	3	+4	100.00	UEFA
France	2	1	0	1	1	1	+0	050.00	UEFA
Germany/West Germany	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	000.00	UEFA
Guatemala	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	075.00	CONCACAF
Haiti	6	4	2	0	13	6	+7	066.67	CONCACAF
Honduras	9	2	5	2	12	12	+0	022.22	CONCACAF
Hungary	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	100.00	UEFA
India	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	AFC
Iceland	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00	UEFA
Iran	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00	AFC
Iraq	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	AFC
Italy	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	UEFA
Jamaica	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	075.00	CONCACAF
Japan	8	3	3	2	6	8	−2	037.50	AFC
Mexico	29	9	8	12	32	38	−6	031.03	CONCACAF
Morocco	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	050.00	CAF
Netherlands	4	0	1	3	1	7	−6	000.00	UEFA
New Zealand	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	066.67	OFC
Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	CONCACAF
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	CAF
Panama	9	6	1	2	20	7	+13	066.67	CONCACAF
Paraguay	59	18	17	24	67	78	−11	030.51	CONMEBOL
Poland	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	000.00	UEFA
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00	AFC
Romania	5	1	2	2	6	8	−2	020.00	UEFA
Russia/Soviet Union	4	0	2	2	1	5	−4	000.00	UEFA
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00	AFC
Scotland	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	050.00	UEFA
Senegal	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00	CAF
Serbia/Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00	UEFA
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00	UEFA
South Korea	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	050.00	AFC
Spain	4	0	0	4	4	10	−6	000.00	UEFA
Sweden	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	UEFA
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00	UEFA
Trinidad and Tobago	5	3	1	1	11	3	+8	060.00	CONCACAF
Tunisia	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	CAF
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00	AFC
Uruguay	71	16	16	39	61	114	−53	022.54	CONMEBOL
United States	7	2	2	3	7	8	−1	028.57	CONCACAF
Venezuela	39	23	7	9	65	42	+23	058.97	CONMEBOL