Players analysis, in distribution.
What month were most goalkeepers born? Do attackers cluster differently from defenders? Where do the GOATs (Pelé, Maradona, Cruyff, Messi, CR7, R9…) 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 + 1 GOAT marker
Lev Yashin· OctModal month: Jan — 19 players (14.0%). Range: 4—19.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 2 GOAT markers
Franz Beckenbauer· SepFabio Cannavaro· SepModal month: Jan — 41 players (10.8%). Range: 22—41.
Midfielders
Birth-month distribution + 10 GOAT markers
Bobby Charlton· OctDiego Maradona· OctMichel Platini· JunZico· MarZinedine Zidane· JunRonaldinho· MarKaká· AprAndrés Iniesta· MayXavi Hernández· JanLuka Modrić· SepModal month: Feb — 43 players (12.2%). Range: 19—43.
Attackers
Birth-month distribution + 17 GOAT markers
Pelé· OctGarrincha· OctEusébio· JanGerd Müller· NovJohan Cruyff· AprKarl-Heinz Rummenigge· SepPaolo Rossi· SepRomário· JanRonaldo (R9)· SepCristiano Ronaldo· FebLionel Messi· JunKylian Mbappé· DecNeymar· FebRobert Lewandowski· AugMohamed Salah· JunKarim Benzema· DecVinícius Jr· JulModal month: Jun — 27 players (10.1%). Range: 17—27.
All players· Northern hemisphere only
Every player from the 2026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aaron Hickey | Scotland | Defender | 2002-06-10 | Jun | Brentford | — | 1 | — |
 Aaron Wan-Bissaka | DR Congo | Defender | 1997-11-26 | Nov | West Ham United | — | 1 | — |
 Abbosbek Fayzullaev | Uzbekistan | Attacker | 2003-10-03 | Oct |  İstanbul Başakşehir | — | 1 | — |
 Abdallah Al-Fakhouri | Jordan | Goalkeeper | 2000-01-22 | Jan | Al-Wehdat | — | 1 | — |
| Abdallah Nasib | Jordan | Defender | 1994-02-25 | Feb |  Al-Zawraa | — | 1 | — |
 Abde Ezzalzouli | Morocco | Attacker | 2001-12-17 | Dec | Real Betis | — | 1 | — |
 Abdoulaye Seck | Senegal | Defender | 1992-06-04 | Jun |  Maccabi Haifa | — | 1 | — |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | Uzbekistan | Defender | 2004-02-29 | Feb | Manchester City | — | 1 | — |
 Abdul Fatawu | Ghana | Midfielder | 2004-03-08 | Mar | Leicester City | — | 1 | — |
| Abdul Mumin | Ghana | Defender | 1998-06-06 | Jun | Rayo Vallecano | — | 1 | — |
| Abdul Rahman Baba | Ghana | Defender | 1994-07-02 | Jul |  PAOK | — | 1 | — |
 Abdulaziz Hatem | Qatar | Midfielder | 1990-10-28 | Oct | Al-Rayyan | — | 1 | — |
 Abdulelah Al-Amri | Saudi Arabia | Defender | 1997-01-15 | Jan | Al-Nassr | — | 1 | — |
| Abdülkerim Bardakcı | Turkey | Defender | 1994-09-07 | Sep | Galatasaray | — | 1 | — |
| Abdulla Abdullaev | Uzbekistan | Defender | 1997-09-01 | Sep |  Dibba Al Fujairah | — | 1 | — |
| Abdullah Al-Hamdan | Saudi Arabia | Attacker | 1999-09-13 | Sep | Al-Nassr | — | 1 | — |
| Abdullah Al-Khaibari | Saudi Arabia | Midfielder | 1996-08-16 | Aug | Al-Nassr | — | 1 | — |
| Abdullah Al-Salem | Saudi Arabia | Attacker | 1992-12-19 | Dec | Al-Qadsiah | — | 1 | — |
| Abdulquddus Atiah | Saudi Arabia | Goalkeeper | 1997-03-01 | Mar | Al-Taawoun | — | 1 | — |
| Abduvohid Nematov | Uzbekistan | Goalkeeper | 2001-03-20 | Mar | Nasaf | — | 1 | — |
| Achraf Hakimi (captain) | Morocco | Defender | 1998-11-04 | Nov | Paris Saint-Germain | — | 1 | — |
 Adalberto Carrasquilla | Panama | Midfielder | 1998-11-28 | Nov |  UNAM | — | 1 | — |
 Adam Hložek | Czech Republic | Attacker | 2002-07-25 | Jul |  TSG Hoffenheim | — | 1 | — |
| Adam Karabec | Czech Republic | Midfielder | 2003-07-02 | Jul | Lyon | — | 1 | — |
| Adam Ševínský | Czech Republic | Defender | 2004-06-19 | Jun | Sparta Prague | — | 1 | — |
 Adem Arous | Tunisia | Defender | 2004-07-17 | Jul | Kasımpaşa | — | 1 | — |
| Adrien Rabiot | France | Midfielder | 1995-04-03 | Apr | Milan | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmad Al-Juaidi | Jordan | Goalkeeper | 2001-04-09 | Apr | Shabab Al-Ordon | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmad Assaf | Jordan | Defender | 1999-07-21 | Jul | Al-Hussein | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmed Abou El Fotouh | Egypt | Defender | 1998-03-22 | Mar | Zamalek | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmed Al-Ganehi | Qatar | Attacker | 2000-09-22 | Sep | Al-Gharafa | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmed Al-Kassar | Saudi Arabia | Goalkeeper | 1991-05-08 | May | Al-Qadsiah | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmed Alaaeldin | Qatar | Attacker | 1993-01-31 | Jan | Al-Rayyan | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmed Basil | Iraq | Goalkeeper | 1996-08-19 | Aug | Al-Shorta | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmed Fathy | Qatar | Midfielder | 1993-01-25 | Jan | Al-Arabi | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmed Maknzi | Iraq | Defender | 2001-09-24 | Sep | Al-Karma | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmed Qasem | Iraq | Midfielder | 2003-07-12 | Jul |  Nashville SC | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti | Morocco | Goalkeeper | 1996-04-05 | Apr | AS FAR | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmed Yahya | Iraq | Defender | 1995-07-01 | Jul | Al-Shorta | — | 1 | — |
| Ahmetcan Kaplan | Turkey | Defender | 2003-01-16 | Jan | NEC | — | 1 | — |
| Aimar Sher | Iraq | Midfielder | 2002-12-20 | Dec |  Sarpsborg 08 | — | 1 | — |
| Akam Hashim | Iraq | Defender | 1998-08-16 | Aug | Al-Zawraa | — | 1 | — |
| Akmal Mozgovoy | Uzbekistan | Midfielder | 1999-04-02 | Apr | Pakhtakor | — | 1 | — |
| Akram Afif | Qatar | Attacker | 1996-11-18 | Nov | Al-Sadd | — | 1 | — |
| Al-Hashmi Al-Hussain | Qatar | Defender | 2003-08-15 | Aug | Al-Arabi | — | 1 | — |
| Alaa Al-Hejji | Saudi Arabia | Midfielder | 1995-12-03 | Dec | Neom | — | 1 | — |
 Alban Lafont | Ivory Coast | Goalkeeper | 1999-01-23 | Jan | Panathinaikos | — | 1 | — |
| Alberto Quintero | Panama | Midfielder | 1987-12-18 | Dec | Plaza Amador | — | 1 | — |
| Alejandro Gómez | Mexico | Defender | 2002-01-31 | Jan | Tijuana | — | 1 | — |
| Alejandro Zendejas | United States | Attacker | 1998-02-07 | Feb | América | — | 1 | — |
| Aleksandar Pavlović | Germany | Midfielder | 2004-05-03 | May | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
 Alessandro Schöpf | Austria | Midfielder | 1994-02-07 | Feb | Wolfsberger AC | — | 1 | — |
| Álex Baena | Spain | Midfielder | 2001-07-20 | Jul | Atlético Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Alex Freeman | United States | Defender | 2004-08-09 | Aug | Villarreal | — | 1 | — |
| Álex Grimaldo | Spain | Defender | 1995-09-20 | Sep | Bayer Leverkusen | — | 1 | — |
| Alex Padilla | Mexico | Goalkeeper | 2003-09-01 | Sep | Athletic Bilbao | — | 1 | — |
 Alexander Bernhardsson | Sweden | Attacker | 1998-09-08 | Sep | Holstein Kiel | — | 1 | — |
| Alexander Djiku | Ghana | Defender | 1994-08-09 | Aug |  Spartak Moscow | — | 1 | — |
| Alexander Isak | Sweden | Attacker | 1999-09-21 | Sep | Liverpool | — | 1 | — |
| Alexander Nübel | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1996-09-30 | Sep | VfB Stuttgart | — | 1 | — |
| Alexander Prass | Austria | Defender | 2001-05-26 | May | TSG Hoffenheim | — | 1 | — |
| Alexander Schlager | Austria | Goalkeeper | 1996-02-01 | Feb | Red Bull Salzburg | — | 1 | — |
| Alexander Sørloth | Norway | Attacker | 1995-12-05 | Dec | Atlético Madrid | — | 1 | — |
| Alexandr Sojka [cs; fr; it; ru] | Czech Republic | Midfielder | 2003-04-02 | Apr | Viktoria Plzeň | — | 1 | — |
 Alexandre Pierre | Haiti | Goalkeeper | 2001-02-25 | Feb | Sochaux | — | 1 | — |
| Alexéi Domínguez | Mexico | Midfielder | 2005-01-03 | Jan | Pachuca | — | 1 | — |
| Alexis Gutiérrez | Mexico | Midfielder | 2001-02-26 | Feb | América | — | 1 | — |
 Alexis Saelemaekers | Belgium | Attacker | 1999-06-27 | Jun | Milan | — | 1 | — |
| Alexis Vega | Mexico | Attacker | 1997-11-25 | Nov | Toluca | — | 1 | — |
 Alfie Jones | Canada | Defender | 1997-10-07 | Oct | Middlesbrough | — | 1 | — |
| Ali Abdi | Tunisia | Defender | 1993-12-20 | Dec | Nice | — | 1 | — |
| Ali Ahmed | Canada | Midfielder | 2000-10-10 | Oct | Norwich City | — | 1 | — |
| Ali Al-Hamadi | Iraq | Attacker | 2002-03-01 | Mar | Luton Town | — | 1 | — |
 Ali Alipour | Iran | Attacker | 1995-11-11 | Nov | Persepolis | — | 1 | — |
| Ali Azaizeh | Jordan | Attacker | 2004-04-13 | Apr | Al-Shabab | — | 1 | — |
| Ali Jasim | Iraq | Midfielder | 2004-01-20 | Jan | Al-Najma | — | 1 | — |
| Ali Lajami | Saudi Arabia | Defender | 1996-04-24 | Apr | Al-Hilal | — | 1 | — |
| Ali Majrashi | Saudi Arabia | Defender | 1999-10-02 | Oct | Al-Ahli | — | 1 | — |
| Ali Nemati | Iran | Defender | 1996-02-07 | Feb | Foolad | — | 1 | — |
| Ali Olwan | Jordan | Attacker | 2000-03-26 | Mar | Al-Sailiya | — | 1 | — |
| Ali Yousif | Iraq | Attacker | 1996-01-19 | Jan | Al-Talaba | — | 1 | — |
| Alidu Seidu | Ghana | Defender | 2000-06-04 | Jun | Rennes | — | 1 | — |
| Alireza Beiranvand | Iran | Goalkeeper | 1992-09-21 | Sep | Tractor | — | 1 | — |
| Alireza Jahanbakhsh | Iran | Midfielder | 1993-08-11 | Aug | Dender | — | 1 | — |
| Alisher Odilov | Uzbekistan | Midfielder | 2001-07-15 | Jul | Neftchi | — | 1 | — |
| Alistair Johnston | Canada | Defender | 1998-10-08 | Oct | Celtic | — | 1 | — |
| Almoez Ali | Qatar | Attacker | 1996-08-19 | Aug | Al-Duhail | — | 1 | — |
| Alphonso Davies (captain) | Canada | Defender | 2000-11-02 | Nov | Bayern Munich | — | 1 | — |
| Altay Bayındır | Turkey | Goalkeeper | 1998-04-14 | Apr | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| Álvaro Fidalgo | Mexico | Midfielder | 1997-04-09 | Apr | Real Betis | — | 1 | — |
 Álvaro Montero | Colombia | Goalkeeper | 1995-03-29 | Mar | Vélez Sarsfield | — | 1 | — |
| Amad Diallo | Ivory Coast | Attacker | 2002-07-11 | Jul | Manchester United | — | 1 | — |
| Amadou Onana | Belgium | Midfielder | 2001-08-16 | Aug | Aston Villa | — | 1 | — |
 Amar Dedić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Defender | 2002-08-18 | Aug | Benfica | — | 1 | — |
| Amar Memić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Midfielder | 2001-01-20 | Jan | Viktoria Plzeň | — | 1 | — |
| Amer Jamous | Jordan | Midfielder | 2002-07-03 | Jul | Al-Zawraa | — | 1 | — |
| Amir Al-Ammari | Iraq | Midfielder | 1997-07-27 | Jul | Cracovia | — | 1 | — |
| Amir Hadžiahmetović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Midfielder | 1997-03-08 | Mar | Hull City | — | 1 | — |
| Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | Iran | Attacker | 2000-10-30 | Oct | Tractor | — | 1 | — |
| Amirhossein Mahmoudi | Iran | Attacker | 2006-07-12 | Jul | Persepolis | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelé | Brazil | Attacker | 1940-10-23 | Oct | — | — | 0 | — |
| Garrincha | Brazil | Attacker | 1933-10-28 | Oct | — | — | 0 | — |
| Eusébio | Portugal | Attacker | 1942-01-25 | Jan | — | — | 0 | — |
| Bobby Charlton | England | Midfielder | 1937-10-11 | Oct | — | — | 0 | — |
| Lev Yashin | Soviet Union | Goalkeeper | 1929-10-22 | Oct | — | — | 0 | — |
| Gerd Müller | West Germany | Attacker | 1945-11-03 | Nov | — | — | 0 | — |
| Johan Cruyff | Netherlands | Attacker | 1947-04-25 | Apr | — | — | 0 | — |
| Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany | Defender | 1945-09-11 | Sep | — | — | 0 | — |
| Diego Maradona | Argentina | Midfielder | 1960-10-30 | Oct | — | — | 0 | — |
| Michel Platini | France | Midfielder | 1955-06-21 | Jun | — | — | 0 | — |
| Zico | Brazil | Midfielder | 1953-03-03 | Mar | — | — | 0 | — |
| Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | West Germany | Attacker | 1955-09-25 | Sep | — | — | 0 | — |
| Paolo Rossi | Italy | Attacker | 1956-09-23 | Sep | — | — | 0 | — |
| Romário | Brazil | Attacker | 1966-01-29 | Jan | — | — | 0 | — |
| Ronaldo (R9) | Brazil | Attacker | 1976-09-22 | Sep | — | — | 0 | — |
| Zinedine Zidane | France | Midfielder | 1972-06-23 | Jun | — | — | 0 | — |
| Ronaldinho | Brazil | Midfielder | 1980-03-21 | Mar | — | — | 0 | — |
| Kaká | Brazil | Midfielder | 1982-04-22 | Apr | — | — | 0 | — |
| Fabio Cannavaro | Italy | Defender | 1973-09-13 | Sep | — | — | 0 | — |
| Andrés Iniesta | Spain | Midfielder | 1984-05-11 | May | — | — | 0 | — |
| Xavi Hernández | Spain | Midfielder | 1980-01-25 | Jan | — | — | 0 | — |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Attacker | 1985-02-05 | Feb | — | — | 0 | — |
| Lionel Messi | Argentina | Attacker | 1987-06-24 | Jun | — | — | 0 | — |
| Luka Modrić | Croatia | Midfielder | 1985-09-09 | Sep | — | — | 0 | — |
| Kylian Mbappé | France | Attacker | 1998-12-20 | Dec | — | — | 0 | — |
| Neymar | Brazil | Attacker | 1992-02-05 | Feb | — | — | 0 | — |
| Robert Lewandowski | Poland | Attacker | 1988-08-21 | Aug | — | — | 0 | — |
| Mohamed Salah | Egypt | Attacker | 1992-06-15 | Jun | — | — | 0 | — |
| Karim Benzema | France | Attacker | 1987-12-19 | Dec | — | — | 0 | — |
| Vinícius Jr | Brazil | Attacker | 2000-07-12 | Jul | — | — | 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