Has a World Cup game ever ended 5-3?
It has. 5-3 has been a World Cup final 7 times in 9,839 games. The first was France beat Republic of Ireland on October 4, 1953; the latest was Ukraine beat Iceland on October 10, 2025.
That makes 5-3 the 30th most common final score out of 53 that have ever occurred in World Cup. One point away, 6-3 has happened 7 times and 5-4 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 31 years, between 1966 and 1997.