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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Players in the selected window, split by role
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Where the players come from
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Hemisphere split
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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 — 2 players (25.0%). Range: 0—2.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 2 GOAT markers
Franz Beckenbauer· SepFabio Cannavaro· SepModal month: Oct — 3 players (14.3%). Range: 0—3.
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: May — 4 players (17.4%). Range: 0—4.
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: Jan — 8 players (17.0%). Range: 2—8.
All players· Southern hemisphere only
Every player from the 1950 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ademir | Brazil | Attacker | 1922-11-06 | Nov | 1 | 9 |
 Oscar Míguez | Uruguay | Attacker | 1927-12-05 | Dec | 1 | 5 |
| Alcides Ghiggia | Uruguay | Attacker | 1926-12-22 | Dec | 1 | 4 |
| Chico | Brazil | Attacker | 1922-01-07 | Jan | 1 | 4 |
| Juan Alberto Schiaffino | Uruguay | Attacker | 1925-07-28 | Jul | 1 | 3 |
 Atilio Cremaschi | Chile | Attacker | 1923-03-08 | Mar | 1 | 2 |
| Baltazar | Brazil | Attacker | 1926-01-14 | Jan | 1 | 2 |
| Jair | Brazil | Attacker | 1921-03-21 | Mar | 1 | 2 |
| Zizinho | Brazil | Attacker | 1922-09-14 | Sep | 1 | 2 |
| Alfredo | Brazil | Attacker | 1920-01-01 | Jan | 1 | 1 |
| Andrés Prieto | Chile | Attacker | 1928-12-19 | Dec | 1 | 1 |
 Atilio López | Paraguay | Attacker | 1925-02-05 | Feb | 1 | 1 |
| César López Fretes | Paraguay | Attacker | 1923-03-21 | Mar | 1 | 1 |
| Ernesto Vidal | Uruguay | Attacker | 1921-11-15 | Nov | 1 | 1 |
| Fernando Riera | Chile | Attacker | 1920-06-27 | Jun | 1 | 1 |
| Friaça | Brazil | Attacker | 1924-10-20 | Oct | 1 | 1 |
| George Robledo | Chile | Attacker | 1926-04-14 | Apr | 1 | 1 |
| Julio Pérez | Uruguay | Attacker | 1926-06-19 | Jun | 1 | 1 |
| Maneca | Brazil | Attacker | 1926-01-28 | Jan | 1 | 1 |
| Obdulio VarelaC | Uruguay | Midfielder | 1917-09-20 | Sep | 1 | 1 |
| Adãozinho | Brazil | Attacker | 1923-04-02 | Apr | 1 | — |
 Alberto Achá | Bolivia | Defender | 1917-02-18 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Alberto Aparicio | Bolivia | Midfielder | 1923-11-11 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Alberto González | Paraguay | Defender | — | — | 1 | — |
| Ángel Berni | Paraguay | Attacker | 1931-01-09 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Aníbal Paz | Uruguay | Goalkeeper | 1917-05-21 | May | 1 | — |
| Antonio Cabrera | Paraguay | Defender | — | — | 1 | — |
| Antonio Greco | Bolivia | Defender | 1923-09-17 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Antonio Valencia | Bolivia | Midfielder | 1925-05-10 | May | 1 | — |
| Armando González | Paraguay | Midfielder | — | — | 1 | — |
| Arturo Farías | Chile | Defender | 1927-09-01 | Sep | 1 | — |
| AugustoC | Brazil | Defender | 1920-10-22 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Barbosa | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1921-03-27 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Bauer | Brazil | Midfielder | 1925-11-21 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Benedicto Godoy Véizaga | Bolivia | Attacker | 1924-07-28 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Benigno Gutiérrez | Bolivia | Attacker | 1925-09-01 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Benjamin Maldonado | Bolivia | Attacker | 1928-01-04 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Bigode | Brazil | Midfielder | 1922-04-04 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Carlos Ibáñez | Chile | Attacker | 1930-11-28 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Carlos Rojas | Chile | Midfielder | 1928-10-02 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Carlos Romero | Uruguay | Attacker | 1927-09-07 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Casiano Céspedes | Paraguay | Defender | — | — | 1 | — |
| Castilho | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1927-11-27 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Castor Cantero | Paraguay | Midfielder | 1918-01-12 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Danilo | Brazil | Midfielder | 1920-12-03 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Darío Jara Saguier | Paraguay | Attacker | 1930-01-27 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Duberty Aráoz | Bolivia | Midfielder | 1920-12-21 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Eduardo Gutiérrez | Bolivia | Goalkeeper | 1925-01-17 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Elioro Paredes | Paraguay | Defender | 1921-06-19 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Ely | Brazil | Midfielder | 1921-05-14 | May | 1 | — |
| Enrique Avalos | Paraguay | Attacker | — | — | 1 | — |
| Eusebio Tejera | Uruguay | Defender | 1922-01-06 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Fernando Campos | Chile | Midfielder | 1923-10-15 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Fernando Roldán | Chile | Defender | 1921-10-15 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Francisco Sosa | Paraguay | Attacker | — | — | 1 | — |
| Francisco Urroz | Chile | Defender | 1920-12-14 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Guillermo Díaz | Chile | Attacker | 1930-12-29 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Héctor Vilches | Uruguay | Defender | 1926-02-14 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Hernán Carvallo | Chile | Midfielder | 1922-08-19 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Hilarión Osorio | Paraguay | Attacker | 1928-10-21 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Humberto Saavedra | Bolivia | Midfielder | 1923-08-03 | Aug | 1 | — |
| José Bustamante | Bolivia | Defender | 1922-03-05 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Juan Burgueño | Uruguay | Attacker | 1923-02-04 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Juan Cañete | Paraguay | Attacker | 1929-07-27 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Juan Carlos González | Uruguay | Defender | 1924-08-22 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Juan Guerra | Bolivia | Attacker | 1927-04-13 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Julio César Britos | Uruguay | Attacker | 1926-05-18 | May | 1 | — |
| Juvenal | Brazil | Defender | 1923-11-27 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Leonardo Ferrel | Bolivia | Midfielder | 1923-07-07 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Leongino Unzaim | Paraguay | Attacker | 1925-05-16 | May | 1 | — |
| Lorenzo Calonga | Paraguay | Attacker | 1929-08-28 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Luis Mayanés | Chile | Attacker | 1925-01-15 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Luis Rijo | Uruguay | Attacker | 1927-09-28 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Manuel Álvarez | Chile | Defender | 1928-05-23 | May | 1 | — |
| Manuel Gavilán | Paraguay | Defender | 1920-11-30 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Manuel Machuca | Chile | Defender | 1924-06-06 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Manuel Muñoz | Chile | Attacker | 1928-04-28 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Marcelino Vargas | Paraguay | Goalkeeper | — | — | 1 | — |
| Marcial Avalos | Paraguay | Attacker | 1921-12-05 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Mario Mena | Bolivia | Attacker | 1927-02-28 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Matías González | Uruguay | Defender | 1925-08-06 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Melanio Baez | Paraguay | Midfielder | — | — | 1 | — |
| Miguel Busquets | Chile | Midfielder | 1920-10-15 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Miguel Flores | Chile | Defender | 1920-10-11 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Nena | Brazil | Defender | 1921-03-27 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Nílton Santos | Brazil | Defender | 1925-05-16 | May | 1 | — |
| Noronha | Brazil | Midfielder | 1918-09-25 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Osvaldo Saez | Chile | Midfielder | 1923-08-13 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Pablo Centurión | Paraguay | Goalkeeper | — | — | 1 | — |
| Raimundo Infante | Chile | Attacker | 1928-02-02 | Feb | 1 | — |
| René Cabrera | Bolivia | Midfielder | 1925-10-21 | Oct | 1 | — |
| René Quitral | Chile | Goalkeeper | 1924-09-15 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Roberto Capparelli | Bolivia | Attacker | 1923-11-18 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Rodolfo Pini | Uruguay | Midfielder | 1926-11-12 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Rodrigues | Brazil | Attacker | 1925-06-27 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Roque Máspoli | Uruguay | Goalkeeper | 1917-10-12 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Rubén Morán | Uruguay | Attacker | 1930-08-06 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Rui | Brazil | Midfielder | 1922-08-02 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Schubert Gambetta | Uruguay | Defender | 1920-04-14 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Sergio Livingstone | Chile | Goalkeeper | 1920-03-26 | Mar | 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