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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Where the players come from
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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 — 4 players (28.6%). Range: 0—4.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 2 GOAT markers
Franz Beckenbauer· SepFabio Cannavaro· SepModal month: Nov — 6 players (21.4%). Range: 0—6.
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: Jan — 6 players (17.1%). Range: 0—6.
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: Sep — 8 players (14.8%). Range: 2—8.
All players· Southern hemisphere only
Every player from the 1930 squad on Southern-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 | WCs | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guillermo Stábile | Argentina | Attacker | 1905-01-17 | Jan | 1 | 8 |
 Pedro Cea | Uruguay | Attacker | 1900-09-01 | Sep | 1 | 5 |
| Carlos Peucelle | Argentina | Attacker | 1908-09-13 | Sep | 1 | 3 |
| Peregrino Anselmo | Uruguay | Attacker | 1902-04-30 | Apr | 1 | 3 |
| PreguinhoC | Brazil | Attacker | 1905-02-08 | Feb | 1 | 3 |
| Adolfo Zumelzú | Argentina | Midfielder | 1902-01-05 | Jan | 1 | 2 |
 Carlos Vidal | Chile | Attacker | 1902-02-22 | Feb | 1 | 2 |
| Héctor Castro | Uruguay | Attacker | 1904-11-29 | Nov | 1 | 2 |
| Luis Monti | Argentina | Midfielder | 1901-05-15 | May | 1 | 2 |
| Moderato | Brazil | Attacker | 1902-07-14 | Jul | 1 | 2 |
| Pablo Dorado | Uruguay | Attacker | 1908-06-22 | Jun | 1 | 2 |
| Santos Iriarte | Uruguay | Attacker | 1902-11-02 | Nov | 1 | 2 |
| Alejandro Scopelli | Argentina | Attacker | 1908-05-12 | May | 1 | 1 |
 Delfín Benítez Cáceres | Paraguay | Attacker | 1910-09-24 | Sep | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Varallo | Argentina | Attacker | 1910-02-05 | Feb | 1 | 1 |
| Guillermo Arellano | Chile | Attacker | 1908-08-21 | Aug | 1 | 1 |
| Guillermo Subiabre | Chile | Attacker | 1903-02-25 | Feb | 1 | 1 |
| Héctor Scarone | Uruguay | Attacker | 1898-11-26 | Nov | 1 | 1 |
 Luis de Souza Ferreira | Peru | Attacker | 1908-10-06 | Oct | 1 | 1 |
| Mario Evaristo | Argentina | Attacker | 1908-12-10 | Dec | 1 | 1 |
| Alberto Chividini | Argentina | Defender | 1907-02-23 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Alberto Denegri | Peru | Midfielder | 1906-08-07 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Alberto Soria | Peru | Defender | 1906-03-10 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Alejandro Villanueva | Peru | Attacker | 1908-06-04 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Álvaro Gestido | Uruguay | Midfielder | 1907-05-17 | May | 1 | — |
| Amadeo Ortega | Paraguay | Attacker | — | — | 1 | — |
| Ángel Bossio | Argentina | Goalkeeper | 1905-05-05 | May | 1 | — |
| Ángel Melogno | Uruguay | Midfielder | 1905-03-22 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Antonio Maquilón | Peru | Defender | 1902-11-29 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Araken | Brazil | Attacker | 1905-07-17 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Arico Suárez | Argentina | Midfielder | 1908-06-05 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Arturo Coddou | Chile | Midfielder | 1905-01-14 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Arturo Fernández | Peru | Defender | 1910-02-03 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Arturo Torres | Chile | Midfielder | 1906-10-20 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Attilio Demaría | Argentina | Attacker | 1909-03-19 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Aurelio González | Paraguay | Attacker | 1905-09-25 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Benedicto | Brazil | Attacker | 1906-10-30 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Bernabé Rivera | Paraguay | Attacker | — | — | 1 | — |
| Brilhante | Brazil | Defender | 1904-11-05 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Carlos Cillóniz | Peru | Midfielder | 1910-07-01 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Carlos Riolfo | Uruguay | Midfielder | 1905-11-05 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Carlos SchneebergerC | Chile | Attacker | 1902-06-21 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Carlos Spadaro | Argentina | Attacker | 1902-02-05 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Carvalho Leite | Brazil | Attacker | 1912-06-25 | Jun | 1 | — |
 Casiano Chavarría | Bolivia | Defender | 1901-08-03 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Casimiro Torres | Chile | Midfielder | 1905-03-04 | Mar | 1 | — |
| César Espinoza | Chile | Goalkeeper | 1908-05-31 | May | 1 | — |
| Conduelo Píriz | Uruguay | Midfielder | 1905-06-17 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Constantino Noya | Bolivia | Midfielder | — | — | 1 | — |
| Demetrio Neyra | Peru | Attacker | 1908-12-15 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Diego Florentín | Paraguay | Midfielder | — | — | 1 | — |
| Diógenes Domínguez | Paraguay | Attacker | — | — | 1 | — |
| Diógenes Lara | Bolivia | Midfielder | 1903-04-06 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Domingo García | Peru | Midfielder | 1904-11-30 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Domingo Tejera | Uruguay | Defender | 1899-07-22 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Eberardo Villalobos | Chile | Attacker | 1908-04-01 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Edmundo Piaggio | Argentina | Defender | 1905-10-03 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Eduardo Astengo | Peru | Midfielder | 1909-06-26 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Eduardo Reyes Ortiz | Bolivia | Attacker | 1907-01-01 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Emilio Recoba | Uruguay | Defender | 1904-11-03 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Enrique Ballestrero | Uruguay | Goalkeeper | 1905-01-18 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Ernesto Chaparro | Chile | Defender | 1901-01-04 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Ernesto Mascheroni | Uruguay | Defender | 1907-11-21 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Eusebio Díaz | Paraguay | Midfielder | 1898-06-21 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Eustacio Chamorro | Paraguay | Defender | — | — | 1 | — |
| Fausto | Brazil | Defender | 1905-01-28 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Fernando | Brazil | Midfielder | 1906-03-01 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Fernando Paternoster | Argentina | Defender | 1903-05-24 | May | 1 | — |
| Fortes | Brazil | Midfielder | 1901-09-09 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Francisco Aguirre | Paraguay | Midfielder | 1907-11-30 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Gerardo Romero | Paraguay | Attacker | — | — | 1 | — |
| Guillermo Riveros | Chile | Defender | 1902-02-10 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Guillermo Saavedra | Chile | Midfielder | 1903-11-05 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Gumercindo Gómez | Bolivia | Attacker | 1907-01-21 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Hermógenes | Brazil | Defender | 1908-11-04 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Horacio Muñoz | Chile | Defender | 1896-05-18 | May | 1 | — |
| Humberto Elgueta | Chile | Midfielder | 1904-09-10 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Itália | Brazil | Defender | 1907-05-22 | May | 1 | — |
| Ivan Mariz | Brazil | Midfielder | 1910-01-16 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Jacinto Villalba | Paraguay | Attacker | 1914-09-19 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Jesús Bermúdez | Bolivia | Goalkeeper | 1902-01-24 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Joel | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1904-05-01 | May | 1 | — |
| Jorge Pardon | Peru | Goalkeeper | 1905-03-04 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Jorge Sarmiento | Peru | Attacker | 1900-11-02 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Jorge Valderrama | Bolivia | Midfielder | 1906-12-12 | Dec | 1 | — |
| José Bustamante | Bolivia | Attacker | — | — | 1 | — |
| José Della Torre | Argentina | Defender | 1906-03-23 | Mar | 1 | — |
| José Leandro Andrade | Uruguay | Midfielder | 1901-11-22 | Nov | 1 | — |
| José María Lavalle | Peru | Attacker | 1911-06-05 | Jun | 1 | — |
| José Miracca | Paraguay | Defender | 1903-09-23 | Sep | 1 | — |
| José NasazziC | Uruguay | Defender | 1901-03-24 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Juan Aguilera | Chile | Attacker | 1903-10-23 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Juan Argote | Bolivia | Midfielder | 1907-01-06 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Juan Botasso | Argentina | Goalkeeper | 1908-10-23 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Juan Carlos Calvo | Uruguay | Attacker | 1906-06-26 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Juan Evaristo | Argentina | Midfielder | 1902-06-20 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Juan Valdivieso | Peru | Goalkeeper | 1910-05-06 | May | 1 | — |
| Julio Lores | Peru | Attacker | 1908-09-15 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Julio Quintana | Peru | Midfielder | 1904-07-13 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Lino Nessi | Paraguay | Attacker | 1905-09-23 | Sep | 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 | 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