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: Oct — 9 players (18.8%). Range: 1—9.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 1 GOAT marker
Paolo Maldini· JunModal month: Sep — 17 players (15.2%). Range: 4—17.
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 — 14 players (11.7%). Range: 7—14.
Attackers
Birth-month distribution + 3 GOAT markers
Marco van Basten· OctCristiano Ronaldo· FebLuís Figo· NovModal month: Apr — 11 players (15.1%). Range: 4—11.
All players
Every player from the 1996 squad. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Abdullah Ercan | Turkey | Midfielder | 1971-12-08 | Dec | Trabzonspor | — | 1 | — |
| Abelardo | Spain | Defender | 1970-04-19 | Apr | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Adnan Erkan | Turkey | Goalkeeper | 1968-01-15 | Jan | Ankaragücü | — | 1 | — |
 Adrian Ilie | Romania | Attacker | 1974-04-20 | Apr | Steaua București | — | 1 | — |
 Alain GeigerC | Switzerland | Defender | 1960-11-05 | Nov | Grasshopper | — | 1 | — |
| Alain Roche | France | Defender | 1967-10-14 | Oct | Paris Saint-Germain | — | 1 | — |
 Alan Shearer | England | Attacker | 1970-08-13 | Aug | Blackburn Rovers | — | 1 | — |
| Alberto Belsué | Spain | Defender | 1968-03-02 | Mar | Zaragoza | — | 1 | — |
 Aleksandr Mostovoi | Russia | Midfielder | 1968-08-22 | Aug | Strasbourg | — | 1 | — |
 Alen Bokšić | Croatia | Attacker | 1970-01-21 | Jan | Lazio | — | 1 | — |
| Alessandro Costacurta | Italy | Defender | 1966-04-24 | Apr | Milan | — | 1 | — |
| Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | Attacker | 1974-11-09 | Nov | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Alessandro Nesta | Italy | Defender | 1976-03-19 | Mar | Lazio | — | 1 | — |
| Alexandre Comisetti | Switzerland | Midfielder | 1973-07-21 | Jul | Grasshopper | — | 1 | — |
| Alfonso | Spain | Attacker | 1972-09-26 | Sep | Real Betis | — | 1 | — |
| Alfredo Castro | Portugal | Goalkeeper | 1962-10-05 | Oct | Boavista | — | 1 | — |
| Aljoša Asanović | Croatia | Midfielder | 1965-12-14 | Dec | Hajduk Split | — | 1 | — |
 Allan Nielsen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1971-03-13 | Mar | Brøndby | — | 1 | — |
 Ally McCoist | Scotland | Attacker | 1962-09-24 | Sep | Rangers | — | 1 | — |
| Alpay Özalan | Turkey | Defender | 1973-05-29 | May | Beşiktaş | — | 1 | — |
| Amedeo Carboni | Italy | Defender | 1965-04-06 | Apr | Roma | — | 1 | — |
| Andoni ZubizarretaC | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1961-10-23 | Oct | Valencia | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Köpke | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1962-03-12 | Mar | Eintracht Frankfurt | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Möller | Germany | Midfielder | 1967-09-02 | Sep | Borussia Dortmund | — | 1 | — |
| Andrei Kanchelskis | Russia | Midfielder | 1969-01-23 | Jan | Everton | — | 1 | — |
| Andy Goram | Scotland | Goalkeeper | 1964-04-13 | Apr | Rangers | — | 1 | — |
| Angelo Di Livio | Italy | Midfielder | 1966-07-26 | Jul | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Angelo Peruzzi | Italy | Goalkeeper | 1970-02-16 | Feb | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Anton Doboș | Romania | Defender | 1965-10-13 | Oct | Steaua București | — | 1 | — |
| António Folha | Portugal | Midfielder | 1971-05-21 | May | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| Arif Erdem | Turkey | Attacker | 1972-01-02 | Jan | Galatasaray | — | 1 | — |
| Aron Winter | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1967-03-01 | Mar | Lazio | — | 1 | — |
| Arthur Numan | Netherlands | Defender | 1969-12-14 | Dec | PSV Eindhoven | — | 1 | — |
| Bernard Lama | France | Goalkeeper | 1963-04-07 | Apr | Paris Saint-Germain | — | 1 | — |
| Billy McKinlay | Scotland | Midfielder | 1969-04-22 | Apr | Blackburn Rovers | — | 1 | — |
| Bixente Lizarazu | France | Defender | 1969-12-09 | Dec | Bordeaux | — | 1 | — |
| Bogdan Stelea | Romania | Goalkeeper | 1967-12-05 | Dec | Steaua București | — | 1 | — |
 Boncho Genchev | Bulgaria | Midfielder | 1964-07-07 | Jul | Luton Town | — | 1 | — |
| Borislav MihaylovC | Bulgaria | Goalkeeper | 1963-02-12 | Feb | Reading | — | 1 | — |
| Brian Laudrup | Denmark | Attacker | 1969-02-22 | Feb | Rangers | — | 1 | — |
| Brian Steen Nielsen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1968-12-28 | Dec | Odense | — | 1 | — |
| Bruno Martini | France | Goalkeeper | 1962-01-25 | Jan | Montpellier | — | 1 | — |
| Bülent Korkmaz | Turkey | Defender | 1968-11-24 | Nov | Galatasaray | — | 1 | — |
| Carlos Secretário | Portugal | Defender | 1970-05-12 | May | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Karembeu | France | Midfielder | 1970-12-03 | Dec | Sampdoria | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Ziege | Germany | Defender | 1972-02-01 | Feb | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Christophe Bonvin | Switzerland | Midfielder | 1965-04-14 | Apr | Sion | — | 1 | — |
| Christophe Dugarry | France | Attacker | 1972-03-24 | Mar | Bordeaux | — | 1 | — |
| Ciriaco Sforza | Switzerland | Midfielder | 1970-03-02 | Mar | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Clarence Seedorf | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1976-04-01 | Apr | Sampdoria | — | 1 | — |
| Claus Thomsen | Denmark | Defender | 1970-05-31 | May | Ipswich Town | — | 1 | — |
| Colin Calderwood | Scotland | Defender | 1965-01-20 | Jan | Tottenham Hotspur | — | 1 | — |
| Colin Hendry | Scotland | Defender | 1965-12-07 | Dec | Blackburn Rovers | — | 1 | — |
| Constantin Gâlcă | Romania | Midfielder | 1972-03-08 | Mar | Steaua București | — | 1 | — |
| Corentin Martins | France | Midfielder | 1969-07-11 | Jul | Auxerre | — | 1 | — |
| Craig Burley | Scotland | Defender | 1971-09-24 | Sep | Chelsea | — | 1 | — |
| Dan Petrescu | Romania | Defender | 1967-12-22 | Dec | Chelsea | — | 1 | — |
| Daniel Borimirov | Bulgaria | Midfielder | 1970-01-15 | Jan | 1860 Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Daniel Prodan | Romania | Defender | 1972-03-23 | Mar | Steaua București | — | 1 | — |
| Danny BlindC | Netherlands | Defender | 1961-08-01 | Aug | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Dario Šimić | Croatia | Defender | 1975-11-12 | Nov | Croatia Zagreb | — | 1 | — |
| Darren Anderton | England | Midfielder | 1972-03-03 | Mar | Tottenham Hotspur | — | 1 | — |
| Darren Jackson | Scotland | Midfielder | 1966-07-25 | Jul | Hibernian | — | 1 | — |
| David Platt | England | Midfielder | 1966-06-10 | Jun | Arsenal | — | 1 | — |
| David Seaman | England | Goalkeeper | 1963-09-19 | Sep | Arsenal | — | 1 | — |
| David Sesa | Switzerland | Attacker | 1973-07-10 | Jul | Servette | — | 1 | — |
| Davor Šuker | Croatia | Attacker | 1968-01-01 | Jan | Sevilla | — | 1 | — |
| Demetrio Albertini | Italy | Midfielder | 1971-08-23 | Aug | Milan | — | 1 | — |
| Dennis Bergkamp | Netherlands | Attacker | 1969-05-10 | May | Arsenal | — | 1 | — |
| Derek Whyte | Scotland | Defender | 1968-08-31 | Aug | Middlesbrough | — | 1 | — |
| Didier DeschampsC | France | Midfielder | 1968-10-15 | Oct | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Diego Fuser | Italy | Midfielder | 1968-11-11 | Nov | Lazio | — | 1 | — |
| Dieter Eilts | Germany | Midfielder | 1964-12-13 | Dec | Werder Bremen | — | 1 | — |
| Dimas | Portugal | Defender | 1969-02-16 | Feb | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
| Dimitar Popov | Bulgaria | Goalkeeper | 1970-02-27 | Feb | CSKA Sofia | — | 1 | — |
| Dino Baggio | Italy | Midfielder | 1971-07-24 | Jul | Parma | — | 1 | — |
| Dmitri Kharine | Russia | Goalkeeper | 1968-08-16 | Aug | Chelsea | — | 1 | — |
| Dmitri Khokhlov | Russia | Midfielder | 1975-12-22 | Dec | CSKA Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Domingos | Portugal | Attacker | 1969-01-02 | Jan | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| Donato | Spain | Midfielder | 1962-12-30 | Dec | Deportivo La Coruña | — | 1 | — |
| Dorinel Munteanu | Romania | Midfielder | 1968-06-25 | Jun | 1. FC Köln | — | 1 | — |
| Dražen Ladić | Croatia | Goalkeeper | 1963-01-01 | Jan | Croatia Zagreb | — | 1 | — |
| Dubravko Pavličić | Croatia | Defender | 1967-11-28 | Nov | Hércules | — | 1 | — |
| Ed de Goey | Netherlands | Goalkeeper | 1966-12-20 | Dec | Feyenoord | — | 1 | — |
| Edgar Davids | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1973-03-13 | Mar | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Edwin van der Sar | Netherlands | Goalkeeper | 1970-10-29 | Oct | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Elvis Brajković | Croatia | Defender | 1969-06-12 | Jun | 1860 Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Emil Kostadinov | Bulgaria | Attacker | 1967-08-12 | Aug | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Emil Kremenliev | Bulgaria | Defender | 1969-08-13 | Aug |  Olympiacos | — | 1 | — |
| Enrico Chiesa | Italy | Attacker | 1970-12-29 | Dec | Sampdoria | — | 1 | — |
| Eoin Jess | Scotland | Midfielder | 1970-12-13 | Dec | Coventry City | — | 1 | — |
| Éric Di Meco | France | Defender | 1963-09-07 | Sep | Monaco | — | 1 | — |
| Erik Bo Andersen | Denmark | Attacker | 1970-11-14 | Nov | Rangers | — | 1 | — |
| Ertuğrul Sağlam | Turkey | Attacker | 1969-11-19 | Nov | Beşiktaş | — | 1 | — |
| Fabien Barthez | France | Goalkeeper | 1971-06-28 | Jun | Monaco | — | 1 | — |
| Fabio Rossitto | Italy | Midfielder | 1971-09-21 | Sep | Udinese | — | 1 | — |
| Fabrizio Ravanelli | Italy | Attacker | 1968-11-12 | Nov | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Faruk Yiğit | Turkey | Attacker | 1968-04-15 | Apr | Kocaelispor | — | 1 | — |
| Fernando Couto | Portugal | Defender | 1969-08-02 | Aug | Parma | — | 1 | — |
| Fernando Hierro | Spain | Midfielder | 1968-03-23 | Mar | Real Madrid | — | 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