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: Aug — 4 players (25.0%). Range: 0—4.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 1 GOAT marker
Paolo Maldini· JunModal month: Aug — 8 players (15.4%). Range: 1—8.
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 — 10 players (17.2%). Range: 2—10.
Attackers
Birth-month distribution + 3 GOAT markers
Marco van Basten· OctCristiano Ronaldo· FebLuís Figo· NovModal month: Nov — 6 players (17.6%). Range: 1—6.
All players· Northern hemisphere only
Every player from the 1992 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adri van Tiggelen | Netherlands | Defender | 1957-06-16 | Jun | PSV Eindhoven | — | 1 | — |
| Akhrik Tsveiba | CIS | Defender | 1966-09-10 | Sep |  Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
 Alan McLaren | Scotland | Defender | 1971-01-04 | Jan | Heart of Midlothian | — | 1 | — |
 Alan Shearer | England | Attacker | 1970-08-13 | Aug | Southampton | — | 1 | — |
| Alan Smith | England | Attacker | 1962-11-21 | Nov | Arsenal | — | 1 | — |
| Ally McCoist | Scotland | Attacker | 1962-09-24 | Sep | Rangers | — | 1 | — |
 Anders Limpar | Sweden | Midfielder | 1965-09-24 | Sep | Arsenal | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas BrehmeC | Germany | Defender | 1960-11-09 | Nov | Internazionale | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Köpke | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1962-03-12 | Mar | 1. FC Nürnberg | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Möller | Germany | Midfielder | 1967-09-02 | Sep | Eintracht Frankfurt | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Thom | Germany | Attacker | 1965-09-07 | Sep | Bayer Leverkusen | — | 1 | — |
| Andrei Ivanov | CIS | Defender | 1967-04-06 | Apr | Spartak Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Andrei Kanchelskis | CIS | Midfielder | 1969-01-23 | Jan | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| Andrey Chernyshov | CIS | Defender | 1968-01-07 | Jan | Spartak Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Andy Goram | Scotland | Goalkeeper | 1964-04-13 | Apr | Rangers | — | 1 | — |
| Andy Sinton | England | Midfielder | 1966-03-19 | Mar | Queens Park Rangers | — | 1 | — |
| Aron Winter | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1967-03-01 | Mar | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Basile Boli | France | Defender | 1967-01-02 | Jan | Marseille | — | 1 | — |
 Bent Christensen | Denmark | Attacker | 1967-01-04 | Jan | Schalke 04 | — | 1 | — |
| Bernard Casoni | France | Defender | 1961-09-04 | Sep | Marseille | — | 1 | — |
| Berry van Aerle | Netherlands | Defender | 1962-12-08 | Dec | PSV Eindhoven | — | 1 | — |
| Bodo Illgner | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1967-04-07 | Apr | 1. FC Köln | — | 1 | — |
| Brian Laudrup | Denmark | Attacker | 1969-02-22 | Feb | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Brian McClair | Scotland | Attacker | 1963-12-08 | Dec | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| Bruno Martini | France | Goalkeeper | 1962-01-25 | Jan | Auxerre | — | 1 | — |
| Bryan Roy | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1970-02-12 | Feb | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Carlton Palmer | England | Midfielder | 1965-12-05 | Dec | Sheffield Wednesday | — | 1 | — |
| Chris Woods | England | Goalkeeper | 1959-11-14 | Nov | Sheffield Wednesday | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Perez | France | Attacker | 1963-05-13 | May | Paris Saint-Germain | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Wörns | Germany | Defender | 1972-05-10 | May | Bayer Leverkusen | — | 1 | — |
| Christophe Cocard | France | Midfielder | 1967-11-23 | Nov | Auxerre | — | 1 | — |
| Claus Christiansen | Denmark | Defender | 1967-10-19 | Oct | Lyngby | — | 1 | — |
| Danny Blind | Netherlands | Defender | 1961-08-01 | Aug | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Dave Bowman | Scotland | Midfielder | 1964-03-10 | Mar | Dundee United | — | 1 | — |
| David Batty | England | Midfielder | 1968-12-02 | Dec | Leeds United | — | 1 | — |
| David McPherson | Scotland | Defender | 1964-01-28 | Jan | Rangers | — | 1 | — |
| David Platt | England | Midfielder | 1966-06-10 | Jun | Bari | — | 1 | — |
| Dennis Bergkamp | Netherlands | Attacker | 1969-05-10 | May | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Derek Whyte | Scotland | Defender | 1968-08-31 | Aug | Celtic | — | 1 | — |
| Des Walker | England | Defender | 1965-11-26 | Nov | Nottingham Forest | — | 1 | — |
| Didier Deschamps | France | Midfielder | 1968-10-15 | Oct | Marseille | — | 1 | — |
| Dmitri Kharine | CIS | Goalkeeper | 1968-08-16 | Aug | CSKA Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Dmitri Kuznetsov | CIS | Midfielder | 1965-08-28 | Aug | Espanyol | — | 1 | — |
| Duncan Ferguson | Scotland | Attacker | 1971-12-27 | Dec | Dundee United | — | 1 | — |
| Emmanuel Petit | France | Midfielder | 1970-09-22 | Sep | Monaco | — | 1 | — |
| Eric Cantona | France | Attacker | 1966-05-24 | May | Leeds United | — | 1 | — |
| Eric Viscaal | Netherlands | Attacker | 1968-03-20 | Mar | Gent | — | 1 | — |
| Fabrice Divert | France | Attacker | 1967-09-02 | Sep | Montpellier | — | 1 | — |
| Flemming Povlsen | Denmark | Attacker | 1966-12-03 | Dec | Borussia Dortmund | — | 1 | — |
| Franck Sauzée | France | Midfielder | 1965-10-28 | Oct | Marseille | — | 1 | — |
| Franck Silvestre | France | Defender | 1967-04-05 | Apr | Sochaux | — | 1 | — |
| Frank de Boer | Netherlands | Defender | 1970-05-15 | May | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Frank Rijkaard | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1962-09-30 | Sep | Milan | — | 1 | — |
| Gary LinekerC | England | Attacker | 1960-11-30 | Nov | Tottenham Hotspur | — | 1 | — |
| Gary McAllister | Scotland | Midfielder | 1964-12-25 | Dec | Leeds United | — | 1 | — |
| Gilles Rousset | France | Goalkeeper | 1963-08-22 | Aug | Lyon | — | 1 | — |
| Gordon Durie | Scotland | Attacker | 1965-12-06 | Dec | Tottenham Hotspur | — | 1 | — |
| Guido Buchwald | Germany | Defender | 1961-01-24 | Jan | VfB Stuttgart | — | 1 | — |
| Hans van Breukelen | Netherlands | Goalkeeper | 1956-10-04 | Oct | PSV Eindhoven | — | 1 | — |
| Henrik Andersen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1965-05-07 | May | 1. FC Köln | — | 1 | — |
| Henrik Larsen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1966-05-17 | May | Lyngby | — | 1 | — |
| Henry Smith | Scotland | Goalkeeper | 1956-03-10 | Mar | Heart of Midlothian | — | 1 | — |
| Igor Dobrovolski | CIS | Midfielder | 1967-08-27 | Aug | Servette | — | 1 | — |
| Igor Kolyvanov | CIS | Attacker | 1968-03-06 | Mar | Foggia | — | 1 | — |
| Igor Korneev | CIS | Midfielder | 1967-09-04 | Sep | Espanyol | — | 1 | — |
| Igor Lediakhov | CIS | Midfielder | 1968-05-22 | May | Spartak Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Igor Shalimov | CIS | Midfielder | 1969-02-02 | Feb | Foggia | — | 1 | — |
| Jan Eriksson | Sweden | Defender | 1967-08-24 | Aug | IFK Norrköping | — | 1 | — |
| Jan Jansson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1968-01-26 | Jan | Östers IF | — | 1 | — |
| Jan Wouters | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1960-07-17 | Jul | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Jean-Philippe Durand | France | Midfielder | 1960-11-11 | Nov | Marseille | — | 1 | — |
| Jean-Pierre Papin | France | Attacker | 1963-11-05 | Nov | Marseille | — | 1 | — |
| Jim McInally | Scotland | Midfielder | 1964-02-19 | Feb | Dundee United | — | 1 | — |
| Joachim Björklund | Sweden | Defender | 1971-03-15 | Mar |  Brann | — | 1 | — |
| Joakim Nilsson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1966-03-31 | Mar | Sporting Gijón | — | 1 | — |
| Jocelyn Angloma | France | Defender | 1965-08-07 | Aug | Marseille | — | 1 | — |
| John Jensen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1965-05-03 | May | Brøndby | — | 1 | — |
| John Sivebæk | Denmark | Defender | 1961-10-25 | Oct | Monaco | — | 1 | — |
| John van 't Schip | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1963-12-30 | Dec | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Johnny Ekström | Sweden | Attacker | 1965-03-05 | Mar | IFK Göteborg | — | 1 | — |
| Johnny Mølby | Denmark | Midfielder | 1969-02-04 | Feb | Nantes | — | 1 | — |
| Jonas ThernC | Sweden | Midfielder | 1967-03-20 | Mar | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
| Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | Attacker | 1964-07-30 | Jul | Internazionale | — | 1 | — |
| Jürgen Kohler | Germany | Defender | 1965-10-06 | Oct | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Kakhaber Tskhadadze | CIS | Defender | 1968-09-07 | Sep | Spartak Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Karl-Heinz Riedle | Germany | Attacker | 1965-09-16 | Sep | Lazio | — | 1 | — |
| Keith Curle | England | Defender | 1963-11-14 | Nov | Manchester City | — | 1 | — |
| Kennet Andersson | Sweden | Attacker | 1967-10-06 | Oct | KV Mechelen | — | 1 | — |
| Kent Nielsen | Denmark | Defender | 1961-12-28 | Dec | Aarhus | — | 1 | — |
| Kevin Gallacher | Scotland | Attacker | 1966-11-23 | Nov | Coventry City | — | 1 | — |
| Kim Christofte | Denmark | Defender | 1960-08-24 | Aug | Brøndby | — | 1 | — |
| Kim Vilfort | Denmark | Midfielder | 1962-11-15 | Nov | Brøndby | — | 1 | — |
| Klas Ingesson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1968-08-20 | Aug | KV Mechelen | — | 1 | — |
| Lars Elstrup | Denmark | Attacker | 1963-03-24 | Mar | Odense | — | 1 | — |
| Lars Eriksson | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1965-09-21 | Sep | IFK Norrköping | — | 1 | — |
| Lars OlsenC | Denmark | Defender | 1961-02-02 | Feb |  Trabzonspor | — | 1 | — |
| Laurent Blanc | France | Defender | 1965-11-19 | Nov | Napoli | — | 1 | — |
| Luis Fernandez | France | Midfielder | 1959-10-02 | Oct | Cannes | — | 1 | — |
| Magnus Erlingmark | Sweden | Defender | 1967-07-08 | Jul | Örebro | — | 1 | — |
| Manfred Binz | Germany | Defender | 1965-09-22 | Sep | Eintracht Frankfurt | — | 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