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: Sep — 7 players (14.6%). Range: 1—7.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 1 GOAT marker
Paolo Maldini· JunModal month: May — 14 players (12.8%). Range: 2—14.
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 — 21 players (17.2%). Range: 6—21.
Attackers
Birth-month distribution + 3 GOAT markers
Marco van Basten· OctCristiano Ronaldo· FebLuís Figo· NovModal month: Jul — 10 players (13.7%). Range: 4—10.
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Every player from the 2000 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 | Fenerbahçe | — | 1 | — |
| Abel Xavier | Portugal | Defender | 1972-11-30 | Nov |  Everton | — | 1 | — |
| Abelardo | Spain | Defender | 1970-04-19 | Apr | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
 Adrian Ilie | Romania | Attacker | 1974-04-20 | Apr | Valencia | — | 1 | — |
| Adrian Mutu | Romania | Attacker | 1979-01-08 | Jan | Internazionale | — | 1 | — |
| Agustín Aranzábal | Spain | Defender | 1973-03-15 | Mar | Real Sociedad | — | 1 | — |
| Alan ShearerC | England | Attacker | 1970-08-13 | Aug | Newcastle United | — | 1 | — |
 Albert Nađ | FR Yugoslavia | Midfielder | 1974-10-29 | Oct | Oviedo | — | 1 | — |
 Aleksander Knavs | Slovenia | Defender | 1975-12-05 | Dec |  Tirol Innsbruck | — | 1 | — |
| Aleš Čeh | Slovenia | Midfielder | 1968-04-07 | Apr | Grazer AK | — | 1 | — |
| Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | Attacker | 1974-11-09 | Nov | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Alessandro Nesta | Italy | Defender | 1976-03-19 | Mar | Lazio | — | 1 | — |
| Alfonso | Spain | Attacker | 1972-09-26 | Sep | Real Betis | — | 1 | — |
 Allan Nielsen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1971-03-13 | Mar | Tottenham Hotspur | — | 1 | — |
| Alpay Özalan | Turkey | Defender | 1973-05-29 | May | Fenerbahçe | — | 1 | — |
| Amir Karič | Slovenia | Defender | 1973-12-31 | Dec | Maribor | — | 1 | — |
 Anders Andersson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1974-03-15 | Mar | AaB | — | 1 | — |
 André Bergdølmo | Norway | Defender | 1971-10-13 | Oct | Rosenborg | — | 1 | — |
| Angelo Di Livio | Italy | Midfielder | 1966-07-26 | Jul | Fiorentina | — | 1 | — |
| Anton Žlogar | Slovenia | Midfielder | 1977-11-24 | Nov | Gorica | — | 1 | — |
| Antonio Conte | Italy | Midfielder | 1969-07-31 | Jul | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Arif Erdem | Turkey | Attacker | 1972-01-02 | Jan | Galatasaray | — | 1 | — |
| Aron Winter | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1967-03-01 | Mar | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Arthur Numan | Netherlands | Defender | 1969-12-14 | Dec |  Rangers | — | 1 | — |
| Ayhan Akman | Turkey | Midfielder | 1977-02-23 | Feb | Beşiktaş | — | 1 | — |
 Bart Goor | Belgium | Midfielder | 1973-04-09 | Apr | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Bent Skammelsrud | Norway | Midfielder | 1966-05-18 | May | Rosenborg | — | 1 | — |
| Bernard Lama | France | Goalkeeper | 1963-04-07 | Apr | Paris Saint-Germain | — | 1 | — |
| Bert Konterman | Netherlands | Defender | 1971-01-14 | Jan | Feyenoord | — | 1 | — |
| Beto | Portugal | Defender | 1976-05-03 | May | Sporting CP | — | 1 | — |
| Bixente Lizarazu | France | Defender | 1969-12-09 | Dec | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Bjarne Goldbæk | Denmark | Midfielder | 1968-10-06 | Oct | Fulham | — | 1 | — |
| Bjørn Otto Bragstad | Norway | Defender | 1971-01-05 | Jan | Rosenborg | — | 1 | — |
| Bogdan Lobonț | Romania | Goalkeeper | 1978-01-18 | Jan | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Bogdan Stelea | Romania | Goalkeeper | 1967-12-05 | Dec | Salamanca | — | 1 | — |
| Boudewijn Zenden | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1976-08-15 | Aug | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Branko Strupar | Belgium | Attacker | 1970-02-09 | Feb | Derby County | — | 1 | — |
| Brian Steen Nielsen | Denmark | Midfielder | 1968-12-28 | Dec | AB | — | 1 | — |
| Capucho | Portugal | Midfielder | 1972-02-21 | Feb | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| Carlos Secretário | Portugal | Defender | 1970-05-12 | May | Porto | — | 1 | — |
| Carsten Jancker | Germany | Attacker | 1974-08-28 | Aug | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Carsten Ramelow | Germany | Midfielder | 1974-03-20 | Mar | Bayer Leverkusen | — | 1 | — |
| Cătălin Hîldan | Romania | Midfielder | 1976-02-03 | Feb | Dinamo București | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Abbiati | Italy | Goalkeeper | 1977-07-08 | Jul | Milan | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Karembeu | France | Midfielder | 1970-12-03 | Dec | Real Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Ziege | Germany | Defender | 1972-02-01 | Feb | Middlesbrough | — | 1 | — |
| Christophe Dugarry | France | Attacker | 1972-03-24 | Mar | Bordeaux | — | 1 | — |
| Ciro Ferrara | Italy | Defender | 1967-02-11 | Feb | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Clarence Seedorf | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1976-04-01 | Apr | Internazionale | — | 1 | — |
| Constantin Gâlcă | Romania | Midfielder | 1972-03-08 | Mar | Espanyol | — | 1 | — |
| Cosmin Contra | Romania | Defender | 1975-12-15 | Dec | Alavés | — | 1 | — |
| Costinha | Portugal | Midfielder | 1974-12-01 | Dec | Monaco | — | 1 | — |
| Cristian Chivu | Romania | Defender | 1980-10-26 | Oct | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Dan Eggen | Norway | Defender | 1970-01-13 | Jan | Alavés | — | 1 | — |
| Dan Petrescu | Romania | Defender | 1967-12-22 | Dec | Chelsea | — | 1 | — |
| Daniel Andersson | Sweden | Midfielder | 1977-08-28 | Aug | Bari | — | 1 | — |
| Dariusz Wosz | Germany | Midfielder | 1969-06-08 | Jun | Hertha BSC | — | 1 | — |
| Darko Kovačević | FR Yugoslavia | Attacker | 1973-11-18 | Nov | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Darko MilaničC | Slovenia | Defender | 1967-12-18 | Dec | Sturm Graz | — | 1 | — |
| David Beckham | England | Midfielder | 1975-05-02 | May | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| David Seaman | England | Goalkeeper | 1963-09-19 | Sep | Arsenal | — | 1 | — |
| David Trezeguet | France | Attacker | 1977-10-15 | Oct | Monaco | — | 1 | — |
| Dejan Govedarica | FR Yugoslavia | Midfielder | 1969-10-02 | Oct | RKC Waalwijk | — | 1 | — |
| Dejan Nemec | Slovenia | Goalkeeper | 1977-03-01 | Mar | Mura | — | 1 | — |
| Dejan Stanković | FR Yugoslavia | Midfielder | 1978-09-11 | Sep | Lazio | — | 1 | — |
| Demetrio Albertini | Italy | Midfielder | 1971-08-23 | Aug | Milan | — | 1 | — |
| Dennis Bergkamp | Netherlands | Attacker | 1969-05-10 | May | Arsenal | — | 1 | — |
| Dennis Wise | England | Midfielder | 1966-12-16 | Dec | Chelsea | — | 1 | — |
| Didier DeschampsC | France | Midfielder | 1968-10-15 | Oct | Chelsea | — | 1 | — |
| Dietmar Hamann | Germany | Midfielder | 1973-08-27 | Aug | Liverpool | — | 1 | — |
| Dimas Teixeira | Portugal | Defender | 1969-02-16 | Feb | Standard Liège | — | 1 | — |
| Dorinel Munteanu | Romania | Midfielder | 1968-06-25 | Jun | VfL Wolfsburg | — | 1 | — |
| Dragan StojkovićC | FR Yugoslavia | Midfielder | 1965-03-03 | Mar |  Nagoya Grampus Eight | — | 1 | — |
| Džoni Novak | Slovenia | Midfielder | 1969-09-04 | Sep | Sedan | — | 1 | — |
| Ebbe Sand | Denmark | Attacker | 1972-07-19 | Jul | Schalke 04 | — | 1 | — |
| Ed de Goey | Netherlands | Goalkeeper | 1966-12-20 | Dec | Chelsea | — | 1 | — |
| Edgar Davids | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1973-03-13 | Mar | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Edwin van der Sar | Netherlands | Goalkeeper | 1970-10-29 | Oct | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Eirik Bakke | Norway | Midfielder | 1977-09-13 | Sep | Leeds United | — | 1 | — |
| Emile Heskey | England | Attacker | 1978-01-11 | Jan | Liverpool | — | 1 | — |
| Émile Mpenza | Belgium | Attacker | 1978-07-04 | Jul | Schalke 04 | — | 1 | — |
| Emmanuel Petit | France | Midfielder | 1970-09-22 | Sep | Arsenal | — | 1 | — |
| Ergün Penbe | Turkey | Defender | 1972-05-17 | May | Galatasaray | — | 1 | — |
| Eric Deflandre | Belgium | Defender | 1973-08-02 | Aug | Club Brugge | — | 1 | — |
| Eric Lincar | Romania | Midfielder | 1978-10-16 | Oct | Steaua București | — | 1 | — |
| Eric Van Meir | Belgium | Defender | 1968-02-28 | Feb | Lierse | — | 1 | — |
| Erik Mykland | Norway | Midfielder | 1971-07-21 | Jul |  Panathinaikos | — | 1 | — |
| Ermin Šiljak | Slovenia | Attacker | 1973-05-11 | May | Servette | — | 1 | — |
| Fabien Barthez | France | Goalkeeper | 1971-06-28 | Jun | Monaco | — | 1 | — |
| Fabio Cannavaro | Italy | Defender | 1973-09-13 | Sep | Parma | — | 1 | — |
| Fatih Akyel | Turkey | Defender | 1977-12-26 | Dec | Galatasaray | — | 1 | — |
| Fernando Couto | Portugal | Defender | 1969-08-02 | Aug | Lazio | — | 1 | — |
| Fernando HierroC | Spain | Defender | 1968-03-23 | Mar | Real Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Fevzi Tuncay | Turkey | Goalkeeper | 1977-09-14 | Sep | Beşiktaş | — | 1 | — |
| Filip De Wilde | Belgium | Goalkeeper | 1964-07-05 | Jul | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| Filippo Inzaghi | Italy | Attacker | 1973-08-09 | Aug | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Florentin Petre | Romania | Midfielder | 1976-01-15 | Jan | Dinamo București | — | 1 | — |
| Florin Prunea | Romania | Goalkeeper | 1968-08-08 | Aug | Universitatea Craiova | — | 1 | — |
| Fran | Spain | Midfielder | 1969-07-14 | Jul | Deportivo La Coruña | — | 1 | — |
| Francesco Antonioli | Italy | Goalkeeper | 1969-09-14 | Sep | Roma | — | 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