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 — 10 players (13.9%). Range: 2—10.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 1 GOAT marker
Paolo Maldini· JunModal month: Feb — 26 players (14.5%). Range: 10—26.
Midfielders
Birth-month distribution + 8 GOAT markers
Michel Platini· JunAndrés Iniesta· MayXavi· JanZinedine Zidane· JunAntonín Panenka· DecRuud Gullit· SepLothar Matthäus· MarAndrea Pirlo· MayModal month: Jan — 28 players (14.1%). Range: 9—28.
Attackers
Birth-month distribution + 3 GOAT markers
Marco van Basten· OctCristiano Ronaldo· FebLuís Figo· NovModal month: Jun — 13 players (12.6%). Range: 3—13.
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Every player from the 2016 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aaron Hughes | Northern Ireland | Defender | 1979-11-08 | Nov | Melbourne City | — | 1 | — |
 Aaron Ramsey | Wales | Midfielder | 1990-12-26 | Dec |  Arsenal | — | 1 | — |
| Adam Lallana | England | Midfielder | 1988-05-10 | May | Liverpool | — | 1 | — |
 Ádám Lang | Hungary | Defender | 1993-01-17 | Jan | Videoton | — | 1 | — |
| Ádám Nagy | Hungary | Midfielder | 1995-06-17 | Jun | Ferencváros | — | 1 | — |
 Adam Nemec | Slovakia | Attacker | 1985-09-02 | Sep | Willem II | — | 1 | — |
| Ádám Pintér | Hungary | Midfielder | 1988-06-12 | Jun | Ferencváros | — | 1 | — |
| Ádám Szalai | Hungary | Attacker | 1987-12-09 | Dec | Hannover 96 | — | 1 | — |
| Adil Rami | France | Defender | 1985-12-27 | Dec | Sevilla | — | 1 | — |
 Admir Mehmedi | Switzerland | Attacker | 1991-03-16 | Mar | Bayer Leverkusen | — | 1 | — |
 Adrian Popa | Romania | Midfielder | 1988-07-24 | Jul | Steaua București | — | 1 | — |
| Adrien Silva | Portugal | Midfielder | 1989-03-15 | Mar | Sporting CP | — | 1 | — |
 Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık | Turkey | Defender | 1994-02-26 | Feb | Gençlerbirliği | — | 1 | — |
 Aiden McGeady | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 1986-04-04 | Apr | Sheffield Wednesday | — | 1 | — |
| Ákos Elek | Hungary | Midfielder | 1988-07-21 | Jul | Diósgyőri VTK | — | 1 | — |
| Alan Mannus | Northern Ireland | Goalkeeper | 1982-05-19 | May |  St Johnstone | — | 1 | — |
 Alban Hoxha | Albania | Goalkeeper | 1987-11-23 | Nov | Partizani | — | 1 | — |
 Albin Ekdal | Sweden | Midfielder | 1989-07-28 | Jul | Hamburger SV | — | 1 | — |
 Aleksandar Dragović | Austria | Defender | 1991-03-06 | Mar |  Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
 Aleksandr Golovin | Russia | Midfielder | 1996-05-30 | May | CSKA Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Aleksandr Kokorin | Russia | Attacker | 1991-03-19 | Mar | Zenit Saint Petersburg | — | 1 | — |
| Aleksandr Samedov | Russia | Midfielder | 1984-07-19 | Jul | Lokomotiv Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Aleksei Berezutski | Russia | Defender | 1982-06-20 | Jun | CSKA Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Alessandro Florenzi | Italy | Midfielder | 1991-03-11 | Mar | Roma | — | 1 | — |
| Alessandro Schöpf | Austria | Midfielder | 1994-02-07 | Feb | Schalke 04 | — | 1 | — |
| Alexandru Chipciu | Romania | Midfielder | 1989-05-18 | May | Steaua București | — | 1 | — |
| Alexandru Mățel | Romania | Defender | 1989-10-17 | Oct |  Dinamo Zagreb | — | 1 | — |
 Alfreð Finnbogason | Iceland | Attacker | 1989-02-01 | Feb | FC Augsburg | — | 1 | — |
| Álvaro Morata | Spain | Attacker | 1992-10-23 | Oct | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Amir Abrashi | Albania | Midfielder | 1990-03-27 | Mar | SC Freiburg | — | 1 | — |
| Anatoliy TymoshchukC | Ukraine | Midfielder | 1979-03-30 | Mar | Kairat Almaty | — | 1 | — |
| Andi Lila | Albania | Defender | 1986-02-12 | Feb |  PAS Giannina | — | 1 | — |
| André Gomes | Portugal | Midfielder | 1993-07-30 | Jul | Valencia | — | 1 | — |
| André Schürrle | Germany | Midfielder | 1990-11-06 | Nov | VfL Wolfsburg | — | 1 | — |
| André-Pierre Gignac | France | Attacker | 1985-12-05 | Dec |  UANL | — | 1 | — |
| Andrea Barzagli | Italy | Defender | 1981-05-08 | May | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Granqvist | Sweden | Defender | 1985-04-16 | Apr | Krasnodar | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Isaksson | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1981-10-03 | Oct | Kasımpaşa | — | 1 | — |
| Andrei Prepeliță | Romania | Midfielder | 1985-12-08 | Dec |  Ludogorets Razgrad | — | 1 | — |
| Andrej Kramarić | Croatia | Attacker | 1991-06-19 | Jun | 1899 Hoffenheim | — | 1 | — |
| Andrés Iniesta | Spain | Midfielder | 1984-05-11 | May | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Andriy Pyatov | Ukraine | Goalkeeper | 1984-06-28 | Jun | Shakhtar Donetsk | — | 1 | — |
| Andriy Yarmolenko | Ukraine | Attacker | 1989-10-23 | Oct | Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
| Andy King | Wales | Midfielder | 1988-10-29 | Oct | Leicester City | — | 1 | — |
| Angelo Ogbonna | Italy | Defender | 1988-05-23 | May | West Ham United | — | 1 | — |
| Ansi Agolli | Albania | Defender | 1982-11-11 | Nov | Qarabağ | — | 1 | — |
| Ante Ćorić | Croatia | Midfielder | 1997-04-14 | Apr | Dinamo Zagreb | — | 1 | — |
| Anthony Lopes | Portugal | Goalkeeper | 1990-10-01 | Oct | Lyon | — | 1 | — |
| Anthony Martial | France | Attacker | 1995-12-05 | Dec | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| Antoine Griezmann | France | Attacker | 1991-03-21 | Mar | Atlético Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Antonio Candreva | Italy | Midfielder | 1987-02-28 | Feb | Lazio | — | 1 | — |
| Arda TuranC | Turkey | Midfielder | 1987-01-30 | Jan | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Ari Freyr Skúlason | Iceland | Defender | 1987-05-14 | May |  OB | — | 1 | — |
| Aritz Aduriz | Spain | Attacker | 1981-02-11 | Feb | Athletic Bilbao | — | 1 | — |
 Arkadiusz Milik | Poland | Attacker | 1994-02-28 | Feb | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Arlind Ajeti | Albania | Defender | 1993-09-25 | Sep | Frosinone | — | 1 | — |
| Armando Sadiku | Albania | Attacker | 1991-05-27 | May | Vaduz | — | 1 | — |
| Arnór Ingvi Traustason | Iceland | Midfielder | 1993-04-30 | Apr | IFK Norrköping | — | 1 | — |
| Aron GunnarssonC | Iceland | Midfielder | 1989-04-22 | Apr | Cardiff City | — | 1 | — |
| Artem Dzyuba | Russia | Attacker | 1988-08-22 | Aug | Zenit Saint Petersburg | — | 1 | — |
| Artem Fedetskyi | Ukraine | Defender | 1985-04-26 | Apr | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | — | 1 | — |
| Artur Boruc | Poland | Goalkeeper | 1980-02-20 | Feb | Bournemouth | — | 1 | — |
| Artur Jędrzejczyk | Poland | Defender | 1987-11-04 | Nov | Legia Warsaw | — | 1 | — |
| Artur Yusupov | Russia | Midfielder | 1989-09-01 | Sep | Zenit Saint Petersburg | — | 1 | — |
| Ashley WilliamsC | Wales | Defender | 1984-08-23 | Aug | Swansea City | — | 1 | — |
| Attila Fiola | Hungary | Defender | 1990-02-17 | Feb | Puskás Akadémia | — | 1 | — |
 Axel Witsel | Belgium | Midfielder | 1989-01-12 | Jan | Zenit Saint Petersburg | — | 1 | — |
| Bacary Sagna | France | Defender | 1983-02-14 | Feb | Manchester City | — | 1 | — |
| Balázs DzsudzsákC | Hungary | Midfielder | 1986-12-23 | Dec | Bursaspor | — | 1 | — |
| Barnabás Bese | Hungary | Defender | 1994-05-06 | May | MTK Budapest | — | 1 | — |
| Bartosz Kapustka | Poland | Midfielder | 1996-12-23 | Dec | Cracovia | — | 1 | — |
| Bartosz Salamon | Poland | Defender | 1991-05-01 | May | Cagliari | — | 1 | — |
| Bastian SchweinsteigerC | Germany | Midfielder | 1984-08-01 | Aug | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| Bekim Balaj | Albania | Attacker | 1991-01-11 | Jan | Rijeka | — | 1 | — |
| Ben Davies | Wales | Defender | 1993-04-24 | Apr | Tottenham Hotspur | — | 1 | — |
| Benedikt Höwedes | Germany | Defender | 1988-02-29 | Feb | Schalke 04 | — | 1 | — |
| Benoît Costil | France | Goalkeeper | 1987-07-03 | Jul | Rennes | — | 1 | — |
| Bernd Leno | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1992-03-04 | Mar | Bayer Leverkusen | — | 1 | — |
| Birkir Bjarnason | Iceland | Midfielder | 1988-05-27 | May | Basel | — | 1 | — |
| Birkir Már Sævarsson | Iceland | Defender | 1984-11-11 | Nov | Hammarby IF | — | 1 | — |
| Blaise Matuidi | France | Midfielder | 1987-04-09 | Apr | Paris Saint-Germain | — | 1 | — |
| Blerim Džemaili | Switzerland | Midfielder | 1986-04-12 | Apr | Genoa | — | 1 | — |
| Bogdan Stancu | Romania | Attacker | 1987-06-28 | Jun | Gençlerbirliği | — | 1 | — |
| Bohdan Butko | Ukraine | Defender | 1991-01-13 | Jan | Amkar Perm | — | 1 | — |
 Bořek Dočkal | Czech Republic | Midfielder | 1988-09-30 | Sep | Sparta Prague | — | 1 | — |
| Breel Embolo | Switzerland | Attacker | 1997-02-14 | Feb | Basel | — | 1 | — |
| Bruno Alves | Portugal | Defender | 1981-11-27 | Nov | Fenerbahçe | — | 1 | — |
| Bruno Soriano | Spain | Midfielder | 1984-06-12 | Jun | Villarreal | — | 1 | — |
| Burak Yılmaz | Turkey | Attacker | 1985-07-15 | Jul | Beijing Guoan | — | 1 | — |
| Burim Kukeli | Albania | Midfielder | 1984-01-16 | Jan | Zürich | — | 1 | — |
| Caner Erkin | Turkey | Midfielder | 1988-10-04 | Oct | Fenerbahçe | — | 1 | — |
| Cédric | Portugal | Defender | 1991-08-31 | Aug | Southampton | — | 1 | — |
| Cenk Tosun | Turkey | Attacker | 1991-06-07 | Jun | Beşiktaş | — | 1 | — |
| César Azpilicueta | Spain | Defender | 1989-08-28 | Aug | Chelsea | — | 1 | — |
| Cesc Fàbregas | Spain | Midfielder | 1987-05-04 | May | Chelsea | — | 1 | — |
| Chris Baird | Northern Ireland | Defender | 1982-02-25 | Feb | Fulham | — | 1 | — |
| Chris Gunter | Wales | Defender | 1989-07-21 | Jul | Reading | — | 1 | — |
| Chris Smalling | England | Defender | 1989-11-22 | Nov | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| Christian Benteke | Belgium | Attacker | 1990-12-03 | Dec | Liverpool | — | 1 | — |
| Christian FuchsC | Austria | Defender | 1986-04-07 | Apr | Leicester City | — | 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