Head to head

Brazil vs Japan

If they played today

Brazil at home

53% / 24% / 23%

Brazil win / draw / Japan win

Brazil–Japan

1–1 11.4%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.4%
0–1 6.7%

Neutral venue

45% / 26% / 29%

Brazil win / draw / Japan win

Brazil–Japan

1–1 12.1%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.1%
2–0 7.9%

Japan at home

37% / 26% / 37%

Brazil win / draw / Japan win

Brazil–Japan

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.7%
0–1 9.6%
2–1 8.2%
1–2 8.1%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

	Brazil	Japan
Current Elo	2076	1973
Elo rank	6th	15th
Peak Elo	2258 (2022)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	1064	794
All-time record	675W 217D 172L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	2315	1451
Goals against	961	915
Biggest win	10–1 vs Bolivia · 1949-04-10 · Copa América	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	1–7 vs Germany · 2014-07-08 · FIFA World Cup	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	5	0
Expected World Cups	2.98	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Brazil 12W 2D 1L

Goals

39–9

Brazil first

First meeting

1–0

Brazil won · 1989-07-23 · Friendly

Most recent

2–1

Brazil won · 2026-06-29 · FIFA World Cup

Brazil's biggest win

5–1

1995-08-09 · Friendly

Japan's biggest win

3–2

2025-10-14 · Kirin Cup

Most common result

3–0

Brazil first · 3 times, last 2013-06-15

Current run

Won the last meeting

Brazil · since 2026-06-29

15 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-06-29	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2025-10-14	2–3	Japan home	Kirin Cup
2022-06-06	1–0	Japan home	Friendly
2017-11-10	3–1	Neutral	Friendly
2014-10-14	4–0	Neutral	Friendly
2013-06-15	3–0	Brazil home	Confederations Cup
2012-10-16	4–0	Neutral	Friendly
2006-06-22	4–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2005-06-22	2–2	Neutral	Confederations Cup
2001-06-04	0–0	Japan home	Confederations Cup
1999-03-31	2–0	Japan home	Friendly
1997-08-13	3–0	Japan home	Friendly
1995-08-09	5–1	Japan home	Friendly
1995-06-06	3–0	Neutral	Friendly
1989-07-23	1–0	Brazil home	Friendly