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: Jan — 10 players (13.9%). Range: 3—10.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 1 GOAT marker
Paolo Maldini· JunModal month: May — 25 players (12.3%). Range: 11—25.
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 — 24 players (11.7%). Range: 11—24.
Attackers
Birth-month distribution + 3 GOAT markers
Marco van Basten· OctCristiano Ronaldo· FebLuís Figo· NovModal month: Feb — 20 players (14.1%). Range: 6—20.
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Every player from the 2024 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 Ramsdale | England | Goalkeeper | 1998-05-14 | May | Arsenal | — | 1 | — |
 Abdülkerim Bardakcı | Turkey | Defender | 1994-09-07 | Sep | Galatasaray | — | 1 | — |
 Adam Buksa | Poland | Attacker | 1996-07-12 | Jul | Antalyaspor | — | 1 | — |
 Adam Gnezda Čerin | Slovenia | Midfielder | 1999-07-16 | Jul |  Panathinaikos | — | 1 | — |
 Adam Hložek | Czech Republic | Attacker | 2002-07-25 | Jul | Bayer Leverkusen | — | 1 | — |
 Ádám Lang | Hungary | Defender | 1993-01-17 | Jan | Omonia | — | 1 | — |
| Ádám Nagy | Hungary | Midfielder | 1995-06-17 | Jun | Spezia | — | 1 | — |
 Adam Obert | Slovakia | Defender | 2002-08-23 | Aug | Cagliari | — | 1 | — |
| Adam Wharton | England | Midfielder | 2004-02-06 | Feb | Crystal Palace | — | 1 | — |
 Adrian Rus | Romania | Defender | 1996-03-18 | Mar | Pafos | — | 1 | — |
| Adrian Șut | Romania | Midfielder | 1999-04-30 | Apr | FCSB | — | 1 | — |
| Adrian Zeljković | Slovenia | Midfielder | 2002-08-19 | Aug | Spartak Trnava | — | 1 | — |
| Adrien Rabiot | France | Midfielder | 1995-04-03 | Apr | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmetcan Kaplan | Turkey | Defender | 2003-01-16 | Jan | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
 Aleksandar Mitrović | Serbia | Attacker | 1994-09-16 | Sep |  Al Hilal | — | 1 | — |
| Alessandro Bastoni | Italy | Defender | 1999-04-13 | Apr | Inter Milan | — | 1 | — |
| Alessandro Buongiorno | Italy | Defender | 1999-06-06 | Jun | Torino | — | 1 | — |
| Álex Baena | Spain | Midfielder | 2001-07-20 | Jul | Villarreal | — | 1 | — |
| Álex Grimaldo | Spain | Defender | 1995-09-20 | Sep | Bayer Leverkusen | — | 1 | — |
| Alex Meret | Italy | Goalkeeper | 1997-03-22 | Mar | Napoli | — | 1 | — |
| Álex Remiro | Spain | Goalkeeper | 1995-03-24 | Mar | Real Sociedad | — | 1 | — |
 Alexander Bah | Denmark | Defender | 1997-12-09 | Dec | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
 Alexander Prass | Austria | Midfielder | 2001-05-26 | May | Sturm Graz | — | 1 | — |
| Alexandru Cicâldău | Romania | Midfielder | 1997-07-08 | Jul | Konyaspor | — | 1 | — |
| Alphonse Areola | France | Goalkeeper | 1993-02-27 | Feb | West Ham United | — | 1 | — |
| Altay Bayındır | Turkey | Goalkeeper | 1998-04-14 | Apr | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| Álvaro MorataC | Spain | Attacker | 1992-10-23 | Oct | Atlético Madrid | — | 1 | — |
 Amadou Onana | Belgium | Midfielder | 2001-08-16 | Aug | Everton | — | 1 | — |
 Amir Abrashi | Albania | Midfielder | 1990-03-27 | Mar | Grasshoppers | — | 1 | — |
 Anatoliy Trubin | Ukraine | Goalkeeper | 2001-08-01 | Aug | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
| Anders Dreyer | Denmark | Midfielder | 1998-05-02 | May | Anderlecht | — | 1 | — |
| András Schäfer | Hungary | Midfielder | 1999-04-13 | Apr | Union Berlin | — | 1 | — |
| Andraž Šporar | Slovenia | Attacker | 1994-02-27 | Feb | Panathinaikos | — | 1 | — |
| Andrea Cambiaso | Italy | Defender | 2000-02-20 | Feb | Juventus | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Christensen | Denmark | Defender | 1996-04-10 | Apr | Barcelona | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Skov Olsen | Denmark | Attacker | 1999-12-29 | Dec | Club Brugge | — | 1 | — |
| Andreas Weimann | Austria | Attacker | 1991-08-05 | Aug | West Bromwich Albion | — | 1 | — |
| Andrei Burcă | Romania | Defender | 1993-04-15 | Apr | Al-Okhdood | — | 1 | — |
| Andrei Rațiu | Romania | Defender | 1998-06-20 | Jun | Rayo Vallecano | — | 1 | — |
 Andrej Kramarić | Croatia | Attacker | 1991-06-19 | Jun | TSG Hoffenheim | — | 1 | — |
| Andrija Živković | Serbia | Midfielder | 1996-07-11 | Jul | PAOK | — | 1 | — |
| Andriy Lunin | Ukraine | Goalkeeper | 1999-02-11 | Feb | Real Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Andriy YarmolenkoC | Ukraine | Midfielder | 1989-10-23 | Oct | Dynamo Kyiv | — | 1 | — |
 Andy RobertsonC | Scotland | Defender | 1994-03-11 | Mar | Liverpool | — | 1 | — |
| Angus Gunn | Scotland | Goalkeeper | 1996-01-22 | Jan | Norwich City | — | 1 | — |
| Ante Budimir | Croatia | Attacker | 1991-07-22 | Jul | Osasuna | — | 1 | — |
| Anthony Gordon | England | Attacker | 2001-02-24 | Feb | Newcastle United | — | 1 | — |
| Anthony Ralston | Scotland | Defender | 1998-11-16 | Nov | Celtic | — | 1 | — |
| Antoine Griezmann | France | Attacker | 1991-03-21 | Mar | Atlético Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Antonín Barák | Czech Republic | Midfielder | 1994-12-03 | Dec | Fiorentina | — | 1 | — |
| Antonio Rüdiger | Germany | Defender | 1993-03-03 | Mar | Real Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| António Silva | Portugal | Defender | 2003-10-30 | Oct | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
| Anzor Mekvabishvili | Georgia | Midfielder | 2001-06-05 | Jun | Universitatea Craiova | — | 1 | — |
| Arbër Hoxha | Albania | Attacker | 1998-10-06 | Oct | Dinamo Zagreb | — | 1 | — |
| Arda Güler | Turkey | Midfielder | 2005-02-25 | Feb | Real Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Ardian Ismajli | Albania | Defender | 1996-09-30 | Sep | Empoli | — | 1 | — |
 Ardon Jashari | Switzerland | Midfielder | 2002-07-30 | Jul | Luzern | — | 1 | — |
| Arlind Ajeti | Albania | Defender | 1993-09-25 | Sep | CFR Cluj | — | 1 | — |
| Armando Broja | Albania | Attacker | 2001-09-10 | Sep | Fulham | — | 1 | — |
| Artem Dovbyk | Ukraine | Attacker | 1997-06-21 | Jun | Girona | — | 1 | — |
| Arthur Theate | Belgium | Defender | 2000-05-25 | May | Rennes | — | 1 | — |
| Arthur Vermeeren | Belgium | Midfielder | 2005-02-07 | Feb | Atlético Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Aster Vranckx | Belgium | Midfielder | 2002-10-04 | Oct | VfL Wolfsburg | — | 1 | — |
| Attila Fiola | Hungary | Defender | 1990-02-17 | Feb | Fehérvár | — | 1 | — |
| Attila Szalai | Hungary | Defender | 1998-01-20 | Jan | SC Freiburg | — | 1 | — |
| Aurélien Tchouaméni | France | Midfielder | 2000-01-27 | Jan | Real Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Axel Witsel | Belgium | Midfielder | 1989-01-12 | Jan | Atlético Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Aymeric Laporte | Spain | Defender | 1994-05-27 | May | Al Nassr | — | 1 | — |
| Ayoze Pérez | Spain | Attacker | 1993-07-29 | Jul | Real Betis | — | 1 | — |
| Barış Alper Yılmaz | Turkey | Attacker | 2000-05-23 | May | Galatasaray | — | 1 | — |
| Barnabás Varga | Hungary | Attacker | 1994-10-25 | Oct | Ferencváros | — | 1 | — |
| Bart Verbruggen | Netherlands | Goalkeeper | 2002-08-18 | Aug | Brighton & Hove Albion | — | 1 | — |
| Bartosz Bereszyński | Poland | Defender | 1992-07-12 | Jul | Empoli | — | 1 | — |
| Bartosz Salamon | Poland | Defender | 1991-05-01 | May | Lech Poznań | — | 1 | — |
| Bartosz Slisz | Poland | Midfielder | 1999-03-29 | Mar |  Atlanta United | — | 1 | — |
| Bendegúz Bolla | Hungary | Defender | 1999-11-22 | Nov | Servette | — | 1 | — |
| Benjamin Henrichs | Germany | Defender | 1997-02-23 | Feb | RB Leipzig | — | 1 | — |
| Benjamin Pavard | France | Defender | 1996-03-28 | Mar | Inter Milan | — | 1 | — |
| Benjamin Šeško | Slovenia | Attacker | 2003-05-31 | May | RB Leipzig | — | 1 | — |
| Benjamin Verbič | Slovenia | Midfielder | 1993-11-27 | Nov | Panathinaikos | — | 1 | — |
| Berat DjimsitiC | Albania | Defender | 1993-02-19 | Feb | Atalanta | — | 1 | — |
| Bernardo Silva | Portugal | Midfielder | 1994-08-10 | Aug | Manchester City | — | 1 | — |
| Bertuğ Yıldırım | Turkey | Attacker | 2002-01-12 | Jan | Rennes | — | 1 | — |
| Billy Gilmour | Scotland | Midfielder | 2001-06-11 | Jun | Brighton & Hove Albion | — | 1 | — |
| Bogdan Racovițan | Romania | Defender | 2000-06-06 | Jun | Raków Częstochowa | — | 1 | — |
| Bohdan Mykhaylichenko | Ukraine | Defender | 1997-03-21 | Mar | Polissya Zhytomyr | — | 1 | — |
| Borna Sosa | Croatia | Defender | 1998-01-21 | Jan | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Botond Balogh | Hungary | Defender | 2002-06-06 | Jun | Parma | — | 1 | — |
| Bradley Barcola | France | Attacker | 2002-09-02 | Sep | Paris Saint-Germain | — | 1 | — |
| Breel Embolo | Switzerland | Attacker | 1997-02-14 | Feb | Monaco | — | 1 | — |
| Brian Brobbey | Netherlands | Attacker | 2002-02-01 | Feb | Ajax | — | 1 | — |
| Brice Samba | France | Goalkeeper | 1994-04-25 | Apr | Lens | — | 1 | — |
| Bruno Fernandes | Portugal | Midfielder | 1994-09-08 | Sep | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| Bruno Petković | Croatia | Attacker | 1994-09-16 | Sep | Dinamo Zagreb | — | 1 | — |
| Bryan Cristante | Italy | Midfielder | 1995-03-03 | Mar | Roma | — | 1 | — |
| Budu Zivzivadze | Georgia | Attacker | 1994-03-10 | Mar | Karlsruher SC | — | 1 | — |
| Bukayo Saka | England | Attacker | 2001-09-05 | Sep | Arsenal | — | 1 | — |
| Callum McGregor | Scotland | Midfielder | 1993-06-14 | Jun | Celtic | — | 1 | — |
| Callum Styles | Hungary | Midfielder | 2000-03-28 | Mar | Sunderland | — | 1 | — |
| Cédric Zesiger | Switzerland | Defender | 1998-06-24 | Jun | VfL Wolfsburg | — | 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