England's World Cup win over Tunisia was the most-watched television programme of 2018, attracting a peak television audience of 18.3 million on BBC One.
Monday's game in Volgograd, which had a 69.2% audience share at its peak, beat May's Royal Wedding.
There were also a record three million requests to stream it on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.
That made it the highest-ever live audience for an online BBC programme.