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: Jul — 3 players (25.0%). Range: 0—3.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 2 GOAT markers
Franz Beckenbauer· SepFabio Cannavaro· SepModal month: Sep — 5 players (18.5%). Range: 0—5.
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 — 5 players (17.2%). Range: 1—5.
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: Oct — 4 players (20.0%). Range: 0—4.
All players· Southern hemisphere only
Every player from the 1986 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Careca | Brazil | Attacker | 1960-10-05 | Oct | 1 | 5 |
| Diego MaradonaC | Argentina | Midfielder | 1960-10-30 | Oct | 1 | 5 |
| Jorge Valdano | Argentina | Attacker | 1955-10-04 | Oct | 1 | 4 |
| Jorge Burruchaga | Argentina | Midfielder | 1962-10-09 | Oct | 1 | 2 |
| Josimar | Brazil | Defender | 1961-09-19 | Sep | 1 | 2 |
 Julio César Romero | Paraguay | Midfielder | 1960-08-28 | Aug | 1 | 2 |
| Roberto Cabañas | Paraguay | Attacker | 1961-04-11 | Apr | 1 | 2 |
| Sócrates | Brazil | Midfielder | 1954-02-19 | Feb | 1 | 2 |
 Antonio Alzamendi | Uruguay | Attacker | 1956-06-07 | Jun | 1 | 1 |
| EdinhoC | Brazil | Defender | 1955-06-05 | Jun | 1 | 1 |
| Enzo Francescoli | Uruguay | Attacker | 1961-11-12 | Nov | 1 | 1 |
| José Luis Brown | Argentina | Defender | 1956-11-10 | Nov | 1 | 1 |
| Oscar Ruggeri | Argentina | Defender | 1962-01-26 | Jan | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro Pasculli | Argentina | Attacker | 1960-05-17 | May | 1 | 1 |
| Adolfino Cañete | Paraguay | Midfielder | 1956-09-13 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Alemão | Brazil | Midfielder | 1961-11-22 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Alfredo Mendoza | Paraguay | Attacker | 1963-12-31 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Branco | Brazil | Defender | 1964-04-04 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Buenaventura Ferreira | Paraguay | Midfielder | 1960-07-04 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Carlos | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1956-03-04 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Carlos Aguilera | Uruguay | Attacker | 1964-09-21 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Carlos Tapia | Argentina | Midfielder | 1962-08-20 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Casagrande | Brazil | Attacker | 1963-04-15 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Celso Otero | Uruguay | Goalkeeper | 1958-02-01 | Feb | 1 | — |
| César Vega | Uruguay | Defender | 1959-09-02 | Sep | 1 | — |
| César Zabala | Paraguay | Defender | 1961-06-03 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Claudio Borghi | Argentina | Midfielder | 1964-09-28 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Daniel Passarella | Argentina | Defender | 1953-05-25 | May | 1 | — |
| Darío Pereyra | Uruguay | Defender | 1956-10-19 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Edivaldo | Brazil | Attacker | 1962-04-13 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Édson | Brazil | Defender | 1959-07-03 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Eduardo Mario Acevedo | Uruguay | Defender | 1959-09-25 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Eliseo Rivero | Uruguay | Defender | 1957-12-27 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Elzo | Brazil | Midfielder | 1961-01-22 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Eufemio Cabral | Paraguay | Attacker | 1955-03-21 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Evaristo Isasi | Paraguay | Attacker | 1955-10-26 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Falcão | Brazil | Midfielder | 1953-10-16 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Faustino Alonso | Paraguay | Attacker | 1961-02-15 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Fernando Álvez | Uruguay | Goalkeeper | 1959-09-04 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Francisco Alcaraz | Paraguay | Attacker | 1960-10-04 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Héctor Enrique | Argentina | Midfielder | 1962-04-26 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Héctor Zelada | Argentina | Goalkeeper | 1957-04-30 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Jorge Amado Nunes | Paraguay | Midfielder | 1961-10-18 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Jorge BarriosC | Uruguay | Midfielder | 1961-01-24 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Jorge Battaglia | Paraguay | Goalkeeper | 1960-05-12 | May | 1 | — |
| Jorge da Silva | Uruguay | Attacker | 1961-12-11 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Jorge Guasch | Paraguay | Midfielder | 1961-01-17 | Jan | 1 | — |
| José Batista | Uruguay | Defender | 1962-03-06 | Mar | 1 | — |
| José Luis Cuciuffo | Argentina | Defender | 1961-02-01 | Feb | 1 | — |
| José Zalazar | Uruguay | Midfielder | 1963-10-26 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Juan Torales | Paraguay | Defender | 1956-05-09 | May | 1 | — |
| Julián Coronel | Paraguay | Goalkeeper | 1958-10-23 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Júlio César | Brazil | Defender | 1963-03-08 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Julio Olarticoechea | Argentina | Defender | 1958-10-18 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Júnior | Brazil | Midfielder | 1954-06-29 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Leão | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1949-07-11 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Luis Caballero | Paraguay | Defender | 1962-09-17 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Luis Islas | Argentina | Goalkeeper | 1965-12-22 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Marcelo Trobbiani | Argentina | Midfielder | 1955-02-17 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Mario Saralegui | Uruguay | Midfielder | 1959-04-24 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Mauro Galvão | Brazil | Defender | 1961-12-19 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Miguel Bossio | Uruguay | Midfielder | 1960-02-10 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Müller | Brazil | Attacker | 1966-01-31 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Nelson Gutiérrez | Uruguay | Defender | 1962-04-13 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Nery Pumpido | Argentina | Goalkeeper | 1957-07-30 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Néstor Clausen | Argentina | Defender | 1962-09-29 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Oscar | Brazil | Defender | 1954-06-20 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Oscar Garré | Argentina | Defender | 1956-12-09 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Paulo Vítor | Brazil | Goalkeeper | 1957-06-07 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Ramón Hicks | Paraguay | Attacker | 1959-05-30 | May | 1 | — |
| Ricardo Bochini | Argentina | Midfielder | 1954-01-25 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Ricardo Giusti | Argentina | Midfielder | 1956-12-11 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Roberto Fernández | Paraguay | Goalkeeper | 1954-07-09 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Rodolfo Rodríguez | Uruguay | Goalkeeper | 1956-01-20 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Rogelio DelgadoC | Paraguay | Defender | 1959-10-12 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Rolando Chilavert | Paraguay | Midfielder | 1961-05-22 | May | 1 | — |
| Rubén Paz | Uruguay | Midfielder | 1959-08-08 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Sergio Almirón | Argentina | Attacker | 1958-11-18 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Sergio Batista | Argentina | Midfielder | 1962-11-09 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Sergio Santín | Uruguay | Midfielder | 1956-08-06 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Silas | Brazil | Midfielder | 1965-08-27 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Valdo | Brazil | Midfielder | 1964-01-12 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Venancio Ramos | Uruguay | Attacker | 1959-06-20 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Víctor Diogo | Uruguay | Defender | 1958-04-09 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Virginio Cáceres | Paraguay | Defender | 1962-05-21 | May | 1 | — |
| Vladimiro Schettina | Paraguay | Defender | 1955-10-08 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Wilmar Cabrera | Uruguay | Attacker | 1959-07-31 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Zico | Brazil | Midfielder | 1953-03-03 | 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