Players analysis, in distribution.
What month were most goalkeepers born? Do attackers cluster differently from defenders? Where do the GOATs (Michel Platini, Marco van Basten, Cristiano Ronaldo, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi…) fall on the curve — on the modal month or as outliers?
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Birth month, by position
One chart per role. GOAT pin-marks (gold dots above the bars) call out where iconic players sit. Look for the “relative-age effect” — many youth-academy systems privilege Q1 birthdays (Jan-Mar) for early physical development, and you sometimes see the same skew in elite squads.
Goalkeepers
Birth-month distribution + 2 GOAT markers
Gianluigi Buffon· JanIker Casillas· MayModal month: Mar — 70 players (12.0%). Range: 23—70.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 1 GOAT marker
Paolo Maldini· JunModal month: Feb — 157 players (10.5%). Range: 97—157.
Midfielders
Birth-month distribution + 8 GOAT markers
Michel Platini· JunAndrés Iniesta· MayXavi· JanZinedine Zidane· JunAntonín Panenka· DecRuud Gullit· SepLothar Matthäus· MarAndrea Pirlo· MayModal month: Mar — 170 players (10.8%). Range: 99—170.
Attackers
Birth-month distribution + 3 GOAT markers
Marco van Basten· OctCristiano Ronaldo· FebLuís Figo· NovModal month: Jul — 103 players (10.5%). Range: 64—103.
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| Player | Country | Position | DOB | Birth month | Club | Ht | WCs | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristiano RonaldoC | Portugal | Attacker | 1985-02-05 | Feb |  Al Nassr | — | 6 | — |
| Iker CasillasC | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1981-05-20 | May | Porto | — | 5 | — |
 Luka ModrićC | Croatia | Midfielder | 1985-09-09 | Sep | Real Madrid | — | 5 | — |
| Pepe | Portugal | Defender | 1983-02-26 | Feb | Porto | — | 5 | — |
| Rui Patrício | Portugal | Goalkeeper | 1988-02-15 | Feb | Roma | — | 5 | — |
| Alessandro Del PieroC | Italy | Attacker | 1974-11-09 | Nov | Juventus | — | 4 | — |
 Andreas GranqvistC | Sweden | Defender | 1985-04-16 | Apr | Helsingborgs IF | — | 4 | — |
| Andreas Isaksson | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1981-10-03 | Oct |  Kasımpaşa | — | 4 | — |
 Andriy YarmolenkoC | Ukraine | Attacker | 1989-10-23 | Oct | Dynamo Kyiv | — | 4 | — |
| Aron Winter | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1967-03-01 | Mar | Ajax | — | 4 | — |
| Bastian SchweinsteigerC | Germany | Midfielder | 1984-08-01 | Aug |  Manchester United | — | 4 | — |
| Darijo SrnaC | Croatia | Defender | 1982-05-01 | May | Shakhtar Donetsk | — | 4 | — |
| Domagoj Vida | Croatia | Defender | 1989-04-29 | Apr |  AEK Athens | — | 4 | — |
| Edwin van der SarC | Netherlands | Goalkeeper | 1970-10-29 | Oct | Manchester United | — | 4 | — |
| Gianluigi BuffonC | Italy | Goalkeeper | 1978-01-28 | Jan | Juventus | — | 4 | — |
| Giorgio ChielliniC | Italy | Defender | 1984-08-14 | Aug | Juventus | — | 4 | — |
 Igor Akinfeev | Russia | Goalkeeper | 1986-04-08 | Apr | CSKA Moscow | — | 4 | — |
| Ivan Perišić | Croatia | Midfielder | 1989-02-02 | Feb | Hajduk Split | — | 4 | — |
 Jaroslav Plašil | Czech Republic | Midfielder | 1982-01-05 | Jan | Bordeaux | — | 4 | — |
| João Moutinho | Portugal | Midfielder | 1986-09-09 | Sep | Wolverhampton Wanderers | — | 4 | — |
| Kim Källström | Sweden | Midfielder | 1982-08-24 | Aug | Grasshopper | — | 4 | — |
| Lilian Thuram | France | Defender | 1972-01-01 | Jan | Barcelona | — | 4 | — |
| Lukas Podolski | Germany | Attacker | 1985-06-04 | Jun | Galatasaray | — | 4 | — |
| Manuel NeuerC | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1986-03-27 | Mar | Bayern Munich | — | 4 | — |
| Olivier Giroud | France | Attacker | 1986-09-30 | Sep | Milan | — | 4 | — |
| Olof Mellberg | Sweden | Defender | 1977-09-03 | Sep | Olympiacos | — | 4 | — |
 Peter SchmeichelC | Denmark | Goalkeeper | 1963-11-18 | Nov | Sporting CP | — | 4 | — |
| Petr Čech | Czech Republic | Goalkeeper | 1982-05-20 | May | Arsenal | — | 4 | — |
 Robert LewandowskiC | Poland | Attacker | 1988-08-21 | Aug | Barcelona | — | 4 | — |
| Sebastian Larsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1985-06-06 | Jun | AIK | — | 4 | — |
| Steve Mandanda | France | Goalkeeper | 1985-03-28 | Mar | Marseille | — | 4 | — |
| Thomas Müller | Germany | Midfielder | 1989-09-13 | Sep | Bayern Munich | — | 4 | — |
| Tomáš RosickýC | Czech Republic | Midfielder | 1980-10-04 | Oct | Arsenal | — | 4 | — |
| Toni Kroos | Germany | Midfielder | 1990-01-04 | Jan | Real Madrid | — | 4 | — |
| Wojciech Szczęsny | Poland | Goalkeeper | 1990-04-18 | Apr | Juventus | — | 4 | — |
| Zlatan IbrahimovićC | Sweden | Attacker | 1981-10-03 | Oct | Paris Saint-Germain | — | 4 | — |
 Ádám Lang | Hungary | Defender | 1993-01-17 | Jan | Omonia | — | 3 | — |
| Ádám Nagy | Hungary | Midfielder | 1995-06-17 | Jun | Spezia | — | 3 | — |
| Alan ShearerC | England | Attacker | 1970-08-13 | Aug | Newcastle United | — | 3 | — |
| Aleksandr Anyukov | Russia | Defender | 1982-09-28 | Sep | Zenit Saint Petersburg | — | 3 | — |
| Aleksei Berezutski | Russia | Defender | 1982-06-20 | Jun | CSKA Moscow | — | 3 | — |
| Alessandro Nesta | Italy | Defender | 1976-03-19 | Mar | Milan | — | 3 | — |
| Álvaro MorataC | Spain | Attacker | 1992-10-23 | Oct | Atlético Madrid | — | 3 | — |
| Anders Svensson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1976-07-17 | Jul | Elfsborg | — | 3 | — |
| Andoni ZubizarretaC | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1961-10-23 | Oct | Valencia | — | 3 | — |
| Andrea Barzagli | Italy | Defender | 1981-05-08 | May | Juventus | — | 3 | — |
| Andrea Pirlo | Italy | Midfielder | 1979-05-19 | May | Juventus | — | 3 | — |
| Andrej Kramarić | Croatia | Attacker | 1991-06-19 | Jun | TSG Hoffenheim | — | 3 | — |
| Andrés Iniesta | Spain | Midfielder | 1984-05-11 | May | Barcelona | — | 3 | — |
| Andriy PyatovC | Ukraine | Goalkeeper | 1984-06-28 | Jun | Shakhtar Donetsk | — | 3 | — |
| Antoine Griezmann | France | Attacker | 1991-03-21 | Mar | Atlético Madrid | — | 3 | — |
| Antonio Cassano | Italy | Attacker | 1982-07-12 | Jul | Milan | — | 3 | — |
| Arjen Robben | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1984-01-23 | Jan | Bayern Munich | — | 3 | — |
| Attila Fiola | Hungary | Defender | 1990-02-17 | Feb | Fehérvár | — | 3 | — |
 Axel Witsel | Belgium | Midfielder | 1989-01-12 | Jan | Atlético Madrid | — | 3 | — |
| Beto | Portugal | Defender | 1976-05-03 | May |  CFR Cluj | — | 3 | — |
| Bixente Lizarazu | France | Defender | 1969-12-09 | Dec | Bayern Munich | — | 3 | — |
 Breel Embolo | Switzerland | Attacker | 1997-02-14 | Feb | Monaco | — | 3 | — |
| Bruno Alves | Portugal | Defender | 1981-11-27 | Nov | Fenerbahçe | — | 3 | — |
| Cesc Fàbregas | Spain | Midfielder | 1987-05-04 | May | Chelsea | — | 3 | — |
| Christian Eriksen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1992-02-14 | Feb | Manchester United | — | 3 | — |
| Christian Wilhelmsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1979-12-08 | Dec | Al Hilal | — | 3 | — |
| Christian Ziege | Germany | Defender | 1972-02-01 | Feb | Unattached | — | 3 | — |
| Clarence Seedorf | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1976-04-01 | Apr | Milan | — | 3 | — |
| Daniele De Rossi | Italy | Midfielder | 1983-07-24 | Jul | Roma | — | 3 | — |
| Dario Šimić | Croatia | Defender | 1975-11-12 | Nov | Milan | — | 3 | — |
| David Silva | Spain | Midfielder | 1986-01-08 | Jan | Manchester City | — | 3 | — |
| Dénes Dibusz | Hungary | Goalkeeper | 1990-11-16 | Nov | Ferencváros | — | 3 | — |
| Denis Zakaria | Switzerland | Midfielder | 1996-11-20 | Nov | Monaco | — | 3 | — |
| Dennis Bergkamp | Netherlands | Attacker | 1969-05-10 | May | Arsenal | — | 3 | — |
| Didier DeschampsC | France | Midfielder | 1968-10-15 | Oct | Chelsea | — | 3 | — |
| Edgar Davids | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1973-03-13 | Mar | Barcelona | — | 3 | — |
| Emre Can | Germany | Midfielder | 1994-01-12 | Jan | Borussia Dortmund | — | 3 | — |
| Fabian Schär | Switzerland | Defender | 1991-12-20 | Dec | Newcastle United | — | 3 | — |
| Fabien Barthez | France | Goalkeeper | 1971-06-28 | Jun | Marseille | — | 3 | — |
| Fernando CoutoC | Portugal | Defender | 1969-08-02 | Aug | Lazio | — | 3 | — |
| Fernando Torres | Spain | Attacker | 1984-03-20 | Mar | Chelsea | — | 3 | — |
| Francesco Toldo | Italy | Goalkeeper | 1971-12-02 | Dec | Internazionale | — | 3 | — |
| Frank de BoerC | Netherlands | Defender | 1970-05-15 | May |  Rangers | — | 3 | — |
| Freddie LjungbergC | Sweden | Midfielder | 1977-04-16 | Apr | West Ham United | — | 3 | — |
| Gary Neville | England | Defender | 1975-02-18 | Feb | Manchester United | — | 3 | — |
| Gheorghe HagiC | Romania | Midfielder | 1965-02-05 | Feb | Galatasaray | — | 3 | — |
| Gianluca Zambrotta | Italy | Midfielder | 1977-02-19 | Feb | Barcelona | — | 3 | — |
| Giorgos KaragounisC | Greece | Midfielder | 1977-03-06 | Mar | Panathinaikos | — | 3 | — |
| Giovanni van Bronckhorst | Netherlands | Defender | 1975-02-05 | Feb | Feyenoord | — | 3 | — |
| Granit XhakaC | Switzerland | Midfielder | 1992-09-27 | Sep | Bayer Leverkusen | — | 3 | — |
| Hakan ÇalhanoğluC | Turkey | Midfielder | 1994-02-08 | Feb | Inter Milan | — | 3 | — |
| Hans van Breukelen | Netherlands | Goalkeeper | 1956-10-04 | Oct | PSV Eindhoven | — | 3 | — |
| Harry KaneC | England | Attacker | 1993-07-28 | Jul | Bayern Munich | — | 3 | — |
| Hélder Postiga | Portugal | Attacker | 1982-08-02 | Aug | Zaragoza | — | 3 | — |
| Henrik Larsson | Sweden | Attacker | 1971-09-20 | Sep | Helsingborg | — | 3 | — |
| Hugo LlorisC | France | Goalkeeper | 1986-12-26 | Dec | Tottenham Hotspur | — | 3 | — |
| Igor Semshov | Russia | Midfielder | 1978-04-06 | Apr | Dynamo Moscow | — | 3 | — |
| İlkay GündoğanC | Germany | Midfielder | 1990-10-24 | Oct | Barcelona | — | 3 | — |
| Ivan Rakitić | Croatia | Midfielder | 1988-03-10 | Mar | Barcelona | — | 3 | — |
| Jaap Stam | Netherlands | Defender | 1972-07-17 | Jul | Lazio | — | 3 | — |
| Jakub Wawrzyniak | Poland | Defender | 1983-07-07 | Jul | Lechia Gdańsk | — | 3 | — |
| Jan Koller | Czech Republic | Attacker | 1973-03-30 | Mar | 1. FC Nürnberg | — | 3 | — |
| Jan Vertonghen | Belgium | Defender | 1987-04-24 | Apr | Anderlecht | — | 3 | — |
| Jaromír Blažek | Czech Republic | Goalkeeper | 1972-12-29 | Dec | 1. FC Nürnberg | — | 3 | — |
GOAT reference
Curated. Inclusion in this list isn't a championship ranking — it's a span of Ballon-d'Or winners + nominees + commonly-cited GOATs across eras, used for the overlay above.
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| Player | Country | Position | DOB | Birth month | Club | Ht | WCs | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Platini | France | Midfielder | 1955-06-21 | Jun | — | — | 0 | — |
| Marco van Basten | Netherlands | Attacker | 1964-10-31 | Oct | — | — | 0 | — |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Attacker | 1985-02-05 | Feb | — | — | 0 | — |
| Andrés Iniesta | Spain | Midfielder | 1984-05-11 | May | — | — | 0 | — |
| Xavi | Spain | Midfielder | 1980-01-25 | Jan | — | — | 0 | — |
| Zinedine Zidane | France | Midfielder | 1972-06-23 | Jun | — | — | 0 | — |
| Antonín Panenka | Czechoslovakia | Midfielder | 1948-12-02 | Dec | — | — | 0 | — |
| Ruud Gullit | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1962-09-01 | Sep | — | — | 0 | — |
| Luís Figo | Portugal | Attacker | 1972-11-04 | Nov | — | — | 0 | — |
| Gianluigi Buffon | Italy | Goalkeeper | 1978-01-28 | Jan | — | — | 0 | — |
| Paolo Maldini | Italy | Defender | 1968-06-26 | Jun | — | — | 0 | — |
| Lothar Matthäus | Germany | Midfielder | 1961-03-21 | Mar | — | — | 0 | — |
| Andrea Pirlo | Italy | Midfielder | 1979-05-19 | May | — | — | 0 | — |
| Iker Casillas | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1981-05-20 | May | — | — | 0 | — |
Hat-tricks (3+ goals in a match)
Every individual 3+ goal performance in World Cup history. Oleg Salenko's 5-goal haul in 1994 v Cameroon is the all-time single-match record.
| # | Player | Team | Opponent | Stage | Year | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oleg Salenko | Russia |  Cameroon | Group | 1994 | 5 |
| 2 | Ernst Wilimowski | Poland |  Brazil | Round of 16 | 1938 | 4 |
| 3 | Ademir | Brazil | Sweden | Final round | 1950 | 4 |
| 4 | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary |  West Germany | Group | 1954 | 4 |
| 5 | Eusébio | Portugal |  North Korea | Quarter-final | 1966 | 4 |
| 6 | Emilio Butragueño | Spain | Denmark | Round of 16 | 1986 | 4 |
| 7 |  Bert Patenaude | United States |  Paraguay | Group | 1930 | 3 |
| 8 |  Pedro Cea | Uruguay |  Yugoslavia | Semi-final | 1930 | 3 |
| 9 |  Guillermo Stábile | Argentina |  Mexico | Group | 1930 | 3 |
| 10 | Edmund Conen | Germany | Belgium | Round of 16 | 1934 | 3 |
| 11 | Angelo Schiavio | Italy | United States | Round of 16 | 1934 | 3 |
| 12 | Oldřich Nejedlý | Czechoslovakia | Germany | Semi-final | 1934 | 3 |
| 13 | Leônidas | Brazil | Poland | Round of 16 | 1938 | 3 |
| 14 | Gyula Zsengellér | Hungary |  Dutch East Indies | Round of 16 | 1938 | 3 |
| 15 | Harry Andersson | Sweden |  Cuba | Quarter-final | 1938 | 3 |
| 16 | Gustav Wetterström | Sweden | Cuba | Quarter-final | 1938 | 3 |
| 17 | Oscar Míguez | Uruguay |  Bolivia | Group | 1950 | 3 |
| 18 | Estanislao Basora | Spain | Uruguay | Final round | 1950 | 3 |
| 19 | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary |  South Korea | Group | 1954 | 3 |
| 20 |  Erich Probst | Austria | Czechoslovakia | Group | 1954 | 3 |
| 21 | Carlos Borges | Uruguay | Scotland | Group | 1954 | 3 |
| 22 | Suat Mamat | Turkey | South Korea | Group | 1954 | 3 |
| 23 | Josef Hügi | Switzerland | Austria | Quarter-final | 1954 | 3 |
| 24 | Just Fontaine | France | Paraguay | Group | 1958 | 3 |
| 25 | Just Fontaine | France | West Germany | Third place | 1958 | 3 |
| 26 | Pelé | Brazil | France | Semi-final | 1958 | 3 |
| 27 | Florian Albert | Hungary |  Bulgaria | Group | 1962 | 3 |
| 28 | Geoff Hurst | England | West Germany | Final | 1966 | 3 |
| 29 | Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany | Switzerland | Group | 1966 | 3 |
| 30 | Helmut Haller | West Germany | Switzerland | Group | 1966 | 3 |
| 31 | Eusébio | Portugal | Brazil | Group | 1966 | 3 |
| 32 | Gerd Müller | West Germany | Bulgaria | Group | 1970 | 3 |
| 33 | Gerd Müller | West Germany |  Peru | Quarter-final | 1970 | 3 |
| 34 | Andrzej Szarmach | Poland |  Haiti | Group | 1974 | 3 |
| 35 | Dušan Bajević | Yugoslavia |  Zaire | Group | 1974 | 3 |
| 36 | Robbie Rensenbrink | Netherlands |  Iran | Group | 1978 | 3 |
| 37 | Teófilo Cubillas | Peru | Iran | Group | 1978 | 3 |
| 38 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | West Germany |  Chile | Group | 1982 | 3 |
| 39 | Zbigniew Boniek | Poland | Belgium | Second round | 1982 | 3 |
| 40 | László Kiss | Hungary |  El Salvador | Group | 1982 | 3 |
| 41 | Paolo Rossi | Italy | Brazil | Second round | 1982 | 3 |
| 42 | Gary Lineker | England | Poland | Group | 1986 | 3 |
| 43 |  Igor Belanov | Soviet Union | Belgium | Round of 16 | 1986 | 3 |
| 44 | Tomáš Skuhravý | Czechoslovakia |  Costa Rica | Round of 16 | 1990 | 3 |
| 45 | Míchel | Spain | South Korea | Group | 1990 | 3 |
| 46 | Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | Greece | Group | 1994 | 3 |
| 47 | Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina |  Jamaica | Group | 1998 | 3 |
| 48 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | Saudi Arabia | Group | 2002 | 3 |
| 49 | Pauleta | Portugal | Poland | Group | 2002 | 3 |
| 50 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Argentina | South Korea | Group | 2010 | 3 |
| 51 | Thomas Müller | Germany | Portugal | Group | 2014 | 3 |
| 52 | Xherdan Shaqiri | Switzerland |  Honduras | Group | 2014 | 3 |
| 53 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Spain | Group | 2018 | 3 |
| 54 | Harry Kane | England |  Panama | Group | 2018 | 3 |
| 55 | Gonçalo Ramos | Portugal | Switzerland | Round of 16 | 2022 | 3 |
| 56 | Kylian Mbappé | France | Argentina | Final | 2022 | 3 |
56 hat-tricks · 6with 4+ goals · Salenko's 5 (1994) is the only 5-goal haul on record