The 2014 World Cup in stats

Stats update after the 14th day of the tournament.

There are now 9 instances of a player attempting 100 passes in a match.
Fernando Gago (Argentina-Iran) 117 with 106 successful
Gary Medel (Chile-Spain) 113 with 107 successful
Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Iran) 111 with 103 successful
Andrea Pirlo (Italy-England) 108 with 103 successful
Toni Kroos (Germany-Ghana) 106 with 86 successful
Daniele De Rossi (Italy-England) 105 with 99 successful
Muhamed Besic (Bosnia-Iran) 105 with 89 successful
Daniele De Rossi (Italy-Costa Rica) 104 with 97 successful
Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Bosnia) 102 with 99 successful

These are the top 9 passing combinations (counting completed passes only).
Javier Mascherano to Fernando Gago (Argentina-Iran) 35
Gary Medel to Francisco Silva (Chile-Spain) 34
Daniele De Rossi to Andrea Pirlo (Italy-England) 27
Fernando Gago to Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Iran) 25
Andrea Barzagli to Daniele De Rossi (Italy-Costa Rica) 23
Dani Alves to Oscar (Brazil-Croatia) 22
Javier Mascherano to Angel Di Maria (Argentina-Bosnia) 22
Vasily Berezutskiy to Sergey Ignashevich (Russia-Korea) 22
Mats Hummels to Toni Kroos (Germany-Ghana) 22

Here's a notable stat: Luis Suarez is given the biggest ban ever handed out in a World Cup.

After the completion of the group stage there are 26 instances of a player having 100 or more touches of the ball in a match.

There are 19 players on the list, with 6 of them appearing more than once. Toni Kroos (Germany), Gary Medel (Chile), Daniele De Rossi (Italy), Andrea Pirlo (Italy) and Muhamed Besic (Bosnia) all appear twice and Javier Mascherano (Argentina) makes the list 3 times.

Toni Kroos (Germany-Ghana) 125
Philipp Lahm (Germany-USA) 124
Toni Kroos (Germany-USA) 122
Gary Medel (Chile-Spain) 121
Fernando Gago (Argentina-Iran) 121
Gary Medel (Chile-Netherlands) 120
Daniele De Rossi (Italy-Costa Rica) 118
Andrea Pirlo (Italy-England) 117
Ogenyi Onazi (Nigeria-Iran) 116
Muhamed Besic (Bosnia-Iran) 115
Daniele De Rossi (Italy-England) 114
Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Bosnia) 112
Per Mertesacker (Germany-USA) 112
Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Iran) 111
John Obi Mikel (Nigeria-Iran) 108
Jordi Alba (Spain-Chile) 108
Dani Alves (Brazil-Croatia) 105
Andrés Iniesta (Spain-Chile) 105
Paul Pogba (France-Ecuador) 105
Ángel di María (Argentina-Nigeria) 105
Andrea Pirlo (Italy-Costa Rica) 104
Daniel van Buyten (Belgium-Algeria) 103
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany-USA) 103
Giorgio Chiellini (Italy-Costa Rica) 102
Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Nigeria) 101
Muhamed Besic (Bosnia-Nigeria) 100

The group stage saw 134 goals scored in 48 matches at an average of 2.79 a game. 44 of the goals were scored from outside the penalty area.

After the completion of the group stage there are 16 instances of a player covering more than 12,000m in a match.

Matt McKay (Australia) and Marcel Diaz (Chile) are on the list twice and MIchael Bradley (USA) features 3 times.

Matt McKay (Australia-Spain) 13,247
Michael Bradley (USA-Germany) 13,084
Koke (Spain-Australia) 12,795
Saphir Taïder (Algeria-Belgium) 12,734
Michael Bradley (USA-Ghana) 12,730
Matt McKay (Australia-Netherlands) 12,721
Marcel Diaz (Chile-Australia) 12,718
Marcel Diaz (Chile-Spain) 12,589
Muhamed Besic (Bosnia-Argentina) 12,271
Viktor Fayzulin (Russia-Belgium) 12,255
Morgan Schneiderlin (France-Ecuador) 12,228
Thomas Mueller (Germany-Ghana) 12,224
Michael Bradley (USA-Portugal) 12,204
Miralem Pjanic (Bosnia-Argentina) 12,182
Granit Xhaka (Swizerland-Ecuador) 12,107
Héctor Herrera (Mexico-Croatia) 12,083

James Rodríguez of Colombia is now the tournament's leading goalscorer with 5 and Columbia are the highest scoring team with 11.

The knockout stages of the World Cup have already seen 2 matches go to extra time, requiring the players in those matches to cover much more ground than usual. From the 4 teams concerned, here are the players who covered the most ground (in metres).

BRAZIL
Luiz Gustavo 14,513
Dani Alves 13,780
Neymar 13,581

CHILE
Marcel Diaz 15,524
Charles Aránguiz 15,015
Eugenio Mena 14,337
Gonzalo Jara 13,541

COSTA RICA
Celso Borges 14,473
Bryan Ruiz 14,073

GREECE
Giorgos Karagounis 13,619

So far all 6 group winners have won their knock out match. If Argentina and Belgium can get through today it will make it 8 out of 8.

The Algeria-Germany match set a tournament high for passes by a team as Germany racked up 940.

The following German players attemped over 100 passes each.
Toni Kroos 118 (94 successful)
Bastian Schweinsteiger 108 (98 successful)
Jerome Boateng 107 (93 successful)
Philipp Lahm 107 (90 successful)
Per Mertesacker 104 (95 successful)

No other player has attempted 100 passes in the knock out matches. After the 5 players above the highest is 85 by Dani Alves (Brazil-Chile).

The final 8 of the World Cup features 5 of the seeded teams when the draw was made, with the unseeded France, Netherlands and Costa Rica completing the quarter final lineup.