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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Players in the selected window, split by role
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Where the players come from
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Hemisphere split
Northern vs Southern hemisphere national teams
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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: Jan — 2 players (22.2%). Range: 0—2.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 1 GOAT marker
Paolo Maldini· JunModal month: Sep — 6 players (27.3%). Range: 0—6.
Midfielders
Birth-month distribution + 8 GOAT markers
Michel Platini· JunAndrés Iniesta· MayXavi· JanZinedine Zidane· JunAntonín Panenka· DecRuud Gullit· SepLothar Matthäus· MarAndrea Pirlo· MayModal month: Sep — 5 players (23.8%). Range: 0—5.
Attackers
Birth-month distribution + 3 GOAT markers
Marco van Basten· OctCristiano Ronaldo· FebLuís Figo· NovModal month: May — 4 players (19.0%). Range: 0—4.
All players· Northern hemisphere only
Every player from the 1972 squad on Northern-hemisphere national teams. Search by name or filter by country, position, birth year or birth month. The C badge marks captains. Change the hemisphere filter in the hero above.
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| Player | Country | Position | DOB | Birth month | Club | Ht | WCs | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Anatoliy Banishevskiy | Soviet Union | Attacker | 1946-12-23 | Dec | Neftchi Baku | — | 1 | — |
| Anatoliy Konkov | Soviet Union | Midfielder | 1949-09-19 | Sep | Shakhtar Donetsk | — | 1 | — |
| Anatoly Baidachny | Soviet Union | Midfielder | 1952-10-01 | Oct | Dynamo Moscow | — | 1 | — |
 Antal Dunai | Hungary | Attacker | 1943-03-21 | Mar | Újpesti Dózsa | — | 1 | — |
 Berti Vogts | West Germany | Defender | 1946-12-30 | Dec | Borussia Mönchengladbach | — | 1 | — |
 Christian Piot | Belgium | Goalkeeper | 1947-10-06 | Oct | Standard Liège | — | 1 | — |
| Eduard Kozynkevych | Soviet Union | Attacker | 1949-05-23 | May | Karpaty Lviv | — | 1 | — |
| Erwin Kremers | West Germany | Attacker | 1949-03-23 | Mar | Schalke 04 | — | 1 | — |
| Erwin Vandendaele | Belgium | Midfielder | 1945-03-05 | Mar | Club Brugge | — | 1 | — |
| Ferenc BeneC | Hungary | Attacker | 1944-12-17 | Dec | Újpesti Dózsa | — | 1 | — |
| Flórián Albert | Hungary | Midfielder | 1941-09-15 | Sep | Ferencváros | — | 1 | — |
| Frans Janssens | Belgium | Attacker | 1945-09-25 | Sep | Lierse | — | 1 | — |
| Franz BeckenbauerC | West Germany | Defender | 1945-09-11 | Sep | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Georges Heylens | Belgium | Defender | 1941-08-08 | Aug | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Gerd Müller | West Germany | Attacker | 1945-11-03 | Nov | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Gilbert van Binst | Belgium | Defender | 1951-07-05 | Jul | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Givi Nodia | Soviet Union | Attacker | 1948-01-02 | Jan | Dinamo Tbilisi | — | 1 | — |
| Günter Netzer | West Germany | Midfielder | 1944-09-14 | Sep | Borussia Mönchengladbach | — | 1 | — |
| Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck | West Germany | Defender | 1948-04-03 | Apr | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Herbert Wimmer | West Germany | Midfielder | 1944-11-09 | Nov | Borussia Mönchengladbach | — | 1 | — |
| Horst Köppel | West Germany | Midfielder | 1948-05-17 | May | Borussia Mönchengladbach | — | 1 | — |
| Horst-Dieter Höttges | West Germany | Defender | 1943-09-10 | Sep | Werder Bremen | — | 1 | — |
| Imre Rapp | Hungary | Goalkeeper | 1937-09-15 | Sep | Pécsi MSC | — | 1 | — |
| István Géczi | Hungary | Goalkeeper | 1944-06-13 | Jun | Ferencváros | — | 1 | — |
| István Juhász | Hungary | Midfielder | 1945-07-17 | Jul | Ferencváros | — | 1 | — |
| István Szőke | Hungary | Midfielder | 1947-02-13 | Feb | Ferencváros | — | 1 | — |
| Jacques Teugels | Belgium | Attacker | 1946-08-03 | Aug | Molenbeek | — | 1 | — |
| Jan Verheyen | Belgium | Midfielder | 1944-07-09 | Jul | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Jean Dockx | Belgium | Attacker | 1941-05-24 | May | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Jean Thissen | Belgium | Defender | 1946-04-21 | Apr | Standard Liège | — | 1 | — |
| Johannes Löhr | West Germany | Attacker | 1942-07-05 | Jul | 1. FC Köln | — | 1 | — |
| John Thio | Belgium | Midfielder | 1944-09-02 | Sep | Club Brugge | — | 1 | — |
| József Kovács | Hungary | Midfielder | 1949-04-08 | Apr | Videoton | — | 1 | — |
| Jupp Heynckes | West Germany | Attacker | 1945-05-09 | May | Borussia Mönchengladbach | — | 1 | — |
| Jürgen Grabowski | West Germany | Attacker | 1944-07-07 | Jul | Eintracht Frankfurt | — | 1 | — |
| Lajos Kocsis | Hungary | Midfielder | 1947-06-17 | Jun | Budapesti Honvéd | — | 1 | — |
| Lajos Kű | Hungary | Midfielder | 1948-07-05 | Jul | Ferencváros | — | 1 | — |
| Lajos Szűcs | Hungary | Attacker | 1943-12-10 | Dec | Budapesti Honvéd | — | 1 | — |
| László Bálint | Hungary | Defender | 1948-02-01 | Feb | Ferencváros | — | 1 | — |
| Léon Dolmans | Belgium | Defender | 1945-04-06 | Apr | Standard Liège | — | 1 | — |
| Leon Semmeling | Belgium | Midfielder | 1940-01-04 | Jan | Standard Liège | — | 1 | — |
| Levon Ishtoyan | Soviet Union | Attacker | 1947-09-03 | Sep | Ararat Yerevan | — | 1 | — |
| Luc Sanders | Belgium | Goalkeeper | 1945-10-06 | Oct | Club Brugge | — | 1 | — |
| Maurice Martens | Belgium | Defender | 1947-06-05 | Jun | Molenbeek | — | 1 | — |
| Michael Bella | West Germany | Defender | 1945-09-29 | Sep | MSV Duisburg | — | 1 | — |
| Mihály Kozma | Hungary | Midfielder | 1949-11-01 | Nov | Budapesti Honvéd | — | 1 | — |
| Miklós Páncsics | Hungary | Defender | 1944-02-04 | Feb | Ferencváros | — | 1 | — |
| Murtaz KhurtsilavaC | Soviet Union | Midfielder | 1943-01-05 | Jan | Dinamo Tbilisi | — | 1 | — |
| Mykhailo Fomenko | Soviet Union | Defender | 1948-09-19 | Sep | Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
| Nikolay Abramov | Soviet Union | Defender | 1950-01-05 | Jan | Spartak Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Odilon Polleunis | Belgium | Attacker | 1943-05-01 | May | Sint-Truidense | — | 1 | — |
| Oleg Dolmatov | Soviet Union | Midfielder | 1948-11-29 | Nov | Dynamo Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Paul Breitner | West Germany | Defender | 1951-09-05 | Sep | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Paul van HimstC | Belgium | Attacker | 1943-10-02 | Oct | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Péter Juhász | Hungary | Defender | 1948-08-03 | Aug | Újpesti Dózsa | — | 1 | — |
| Rainer Bonhof | West Germany | Midfielder | 1952-03-29 | Mar | Borussia Mönchengladbach | — | 1 | — |
| Raoul Lambert | Belgium | Attacker | 1944-10-20 | Oct | Club Brugge | — | 1 | — |
| Revaz Dzodzuashvili | Soviet Union | Defender | 1945-04-10 | Apr | Dinamo Tbilisi | — | 1 | — |
| Sándor Zámbó | Hungary | Attacker | 1944-10-10 | Oct | Újpesti Dózsa | — | 1 | — |
| Sepp Maier | West Germany | Goalkeeper | 1944-02-28 | Feb | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Tibor Fábián | Hungary | Defender | 1946-07-26 | Jul | Vasas | — | 1 | — |
| Uli Hoeneß | West Germany | Attacker | 1952-01-05 | Jan | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Viktor Bannikov | Soviet Union | Goalkeeper | 1938-04-28 | Apr | Torpedo Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Viktor Kolotov | Soviet Union | Midfielder | 1949-07-03 | Jul | Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
| Viktor Matviyenko | Soviet Union | Defender | 1948-11-09 | Nov | Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
| Vladimir Kaplichny | Soviet Union | Defender | 1944-05-26 | May | CSKA Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Vladimir Muntyan | Soviet Union | Midfielder | 1946-09-14 | Sep | Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
| Vladimir Pilguy | Soviet Union | Goalkeeper | 1948-01-26 | Jan | Dynamo Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Vladimir Troshkin | Soviet Union | Defender | 1947-09-28 | Sep | Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
| Volodymyr Onyshchenko | Soviet Union | Attacker | 1949-10-28 | Oct | Zorya Voroshylovhrad | — | 1 | — |
| Wolfgang Kleff | West Germany | Goalkeeper | 1946-11-16 | Nov | Borussia Mönchengladbach | — | 1 | — |
| Yevhen Rudakov | Soviet Union | Goalkeeper | 1942-01-02 | Jan | Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
| Yuriy Istomin | Soviet Union | Defender | 1944-07-03 | Jul | CSKA Moscow | — | 1 | — |
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