| | Country | Captains | Coaches |
| 1930 | Uruguay | Jose Nasazzi | Alberto Suppici |
| 1934 | Italy | Gianpiero Combi | Vittorio Pozzo |
| 1938 | Italy | Giuseppe Meazza | Vittorio Pozzo |
| 1950 | Uruguay | Obdulio Varela | Juan Lopez |
| 1954 | West Germany | Fritz Walter | Sepp Herberger |
| 1958 | Brazil | Hilderaldo Bellini | Vicente Feola |
| 1962 | Brazil | Mauro Ramos | Aymore Moreira |
| 1966 | England | Bobby Moore | Alf Ramsey |
| 1970 | Brazil | Carlos Alberto | Mario Zagallo |
| 1974 | West Germany | Franz Beckenbauer | Helmut Schoen |
| 1978 | Argentina | Daniel Passarella | Cesar Luis Menotti |
| 1982 | Italy | Dino Zoff | Enzo Bearzot |
| 1986 | Argentina | Diego Maradona | Carlos Bilardo |
| 1990 | West Germany | Lothar Matthaus | Franz Beckenbauer |
| 1994 | Brazil | Dunga | Carlos Alberto Parreira |
| 1998 | France | Didier Deschamps | Aime Jacquet |
| 2002 | Brazil | Cafu | Luiz Felipe Scolari |
| 2006 | Italy | Fabio Cannavaro | Marcello Lippi |
| 2010 | Spain | Iker Casillas | Vicente del Bosque |
