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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Squads by position
Players in the selected window, split by role
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By confederation
Where the players come from
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Hemisphere split
Northern vs Southern hemisphere national teams
Northern302 (88.3%)
Southern40 (11.7%)
ApiTeam.country × hemisphere classification
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: Mar — 7 players (18.4%). Range: 1—7.
Defenders
Birth-month distribution + 2 GOAT markers
Franz Beckenbauer· SepFabio Cannavaro· SepModal month: Mar — 7 players (12.1%). Range: 2—7.
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: Mar — 13 players (14.1%). Range: 1—13.
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: Mar — 17 players (12.7%). Range: 8—17.
All players
Every player from the 1934 squad. Search by name or filter by country, position, birth year or birth month. The C badge marks captains.
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| Player | Country | Position | DOB | Birth month | WCs | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Oldřich Nejedlý | Czechoslovakia | Attacker | 1909-12-25 | Dec | 1 | 5 |
| Angelo Schiavio | Italy | Attacker | 1905-10-15 | Oct | 1 | 4 |
 Edmund Conen | Germany | Attacker | 1914-11-10 | Nov | 1 | 4 |
 Leopold Kielholz | Switzerland | Attacker | 1911-06-09 | Jun | 1 | 3 |
| Raimundo Orsi | Italy | Attacker | 1901-12-02 | Dec | 1 | 3 |
| Abdulrahman Fawzi | Egypt | Attacker | 1909-08-11 | Aug | 1 | 2 |
| Antonín Puč | Czechoslovakia | Attacker | 1907-05-16 | May | 1 | 2 |
 Bernard Voorhoof | Belgium | Attacker | 1910-05-10 | May | 1 | 2 |
| Ernst Lehner | Germany | Attacker | 1912-11-07 | Nov | 1 | 2 |
 Géza Toldi | Hungary | Attacker | 1909-02-11 | Feb | 1 | 2 |
| Giovanni Ferrari | Italy | Attacker | 1907-12-06 | Dec | 1 | 2 |
| Giuseppe Meazza | Italy | Midfielder | 1910-08-23 | Aug | 1 | 2 |
 Johann Horvath | Austria | Attacker | 1903-05-20 | May | 1 | 2 |
| José Iraragorri | Spain | Attacker | 1912-03-16 | Mar | 1 | 2 |
| Karl Hohmann | Germany | Midfielder | 1908-06-18 | Jun | 1 | 2 |
 Sven Jonasson | Sweden | Attacker | 1909-07-09 | Jul | 1 | 2 |
| Alberto Galateo | Argentina | Attacker | 1912-03-04 | Mar | 1 | 1 |
 Aldo Donelli | United States | Attacker | 1907-07-22 | Jul | 1 | 1 |
| André Abegglen | Switzerland | Attacker | 1909-03-07 | Mar | 1 | 1 |
| Anton Schall | Austria | Attacker | 1907-06-22 | Jun | 1 | 1 |
| Enrique Guaita | Italy | Attacker | 1910-07-11 | Jul | 1 | 1 |
| Ernesto Belis | Argentina | Defender | 1909-02-01 | Feb | 1 | 1 |
| František Svoboda | Czechoslovakia | Attacker | 1906-08-05 | Aug | 1 | 1 |
| Georges Verriest | France | Midfielder | 1909-07-15 | Jul | 1 | 1 |
| Gösta Dunker | Sweden | Attacker | 1905-09-16 | Sep | 1 | 1 |
| György SárosiC | Hungary | Attacker | 1912-09-15 | Sep | 1 | 1 |
| Isidro Lángara | Spain | Attacker | 1912-05-25 | May | 1 | 1 |
| Jean Nicolas | France | Attacker | 1913-06-09 | Jun | 1 | 1 |
| Jenő Vincze | Hungary | Attacker | 1908-11-20 | Nov | 1 | 1 |
| Jiří Sobotka | Czechoslovakia | Attacker | 1911-06-06 | Jun | 1 | 1 |
| Josef Bican | Austria | Attacker | 1913-09-25 | Sep | 1 | 1 |
| Karl Sesta | Austria | Defender | 1906-03-18 | Mar | 1 | 1 |
| Karl Zischek | Austria | Attacker | 1910-08-28 | Aug | 1 | 1 |
| Kick Smit | Netherlands | Attacker | 1911-11-03 | Nov | 1 | 1 |
| Knut Kroon | Sweden | Attacker | 1906-06-19 | Jun | 1 | 1 |
| Leen Vente | Netherlands | Attacker | 1911-05-14 | May | 1 | 1 |
| Leônidas | Brazil | Attacker | 1913-11-06 | Nov | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Regueiro | Spain | Attacker | 1908-07-01 | Jul | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Sindelar | Austria | Attacker | 1903-02-10 | Feb | 1 | 1 |
| Otto Siffling | Germany | Attacker | 1912-08-03 | Aug | 1 | 1 |
| Pál Teleki | Hungary | Attacker | 1906-03-05 | Mar | 1 | 1 |
| Rudolf Noack | Germany | Attacker | 1913-03-20 | Mar | 1 | 1 |
| Stanislaus Kobierski | Germany | Attacker | 1910-11-15 | Nov | 1 | 1 |
 Ștefan Dobay | Romania | Attacker | 1909-09-26 | Sep | 1 | 1 |
| Willy Jäggi | Switzerland | Attacker | 1906-07-28 | Jul | 1 | 1 |
| Adalbert Püllöck | Romania | Goalkeeper | 1907-04-06 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Adolf Šimperský | Czechoslovakia | Midfielder | 1909-08-05 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Adri van Male | Netherlands | Goalkeeper | 1910-10-07 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Ahmed Halim Ibrahim | Egypt | Midfielder | 1910-02-10 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Al Harker | United States | Defender | 1910-04-11 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Albert Büche | Switzerland | Attacker | — | — | 1 | — |
| Albert Guinchard | Switzerland | Midfielder | 1914-11-10 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Albert Heremans | Belgium | Attacker | 1906-04-13 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Alex ThépotC | France | Goalkeeper | 1906-07-30 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Alexandru Cuedan | Romania | Defender | 1910-09-26 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Alfonso Lorenzo | Argentina | Midfielder | — | — | 1 | — |
| Alfred Aston | France | Attacker | 1912-05-16 | May | 1 | — |
| Alfred Jäck | Switzerland | Attacker | 1911-08-02 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Alfredo DevincenziC | Argentina | Attacker | 1911-01-24 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Ali El-Kaf | Egypt | Defender | 1906-06-15 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Anders Rydberg | Sweden | Goalkeeper | 1903-03-03 | Mar | 1 | — |
| André Vandewyer | Belgium | Goalkeeper | 1909-06-21 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Anfilogino Guarisi | Italy | Attacker | 1905-12-26 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Ángel Grippa | Argentina | Goalkeeper | 1914-03-02 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Antal Szabó | Hungary | Goalkeeper | 1910-09-04 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Antal Szalay | Hungary | Midfielder | 1912-03-12 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Anton Janda | Austria | Defender | 1904-05-01 | May | 1 | — |
| Antonín Vodička | Czechoslovakia | Midfielder | 1907-03-01 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Arcadio López | Argentina | Midfielder | 1910-09-15 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Arend Schoemaker | Netherlands | Attacker | 1911-11-08 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Ariel | Brazil | Midfielder | 1910-02-22 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Armandinho | Brazil | Attacker | 1911-03-06 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Armando Castellazzi | Italy | Midfielder | 1904-10-07 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Arnold Badjou | Belgium | Goalkeeper | 1909-06-26 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Arnoldo Ortelli | Switzerland | Defender | 1913-08-05 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Arvid Thörn | Sweden | Attacker | 1906-10-29 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Áttila | Brazil | Attacker | 1910-12-16 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Attilio Demaria | Italy | Attacker | 1909-03-19 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Attilio Ferraris | Italy | Midfielder | 1904-03-26 | Mar | 1 | — |
| August Hellemans | Belgium | Midfielder | 1907-09-14 | Sep | 1 | — |
| Aziz Fahmy | Egypt | Goalkeeper | — | — | 1 | — |
| Bas Paauwe | Netherlands | Midfielder | 1911-10-04 | Oct | 1 | — |
| Beb Bakhuys | Netherlands | Attacker | 1909-04-16 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Bill Fiedler | United States | Midfielder | 1910-01-10 | Jan | 1 | — |
| Billy Gonsalves | United States | Midfielder | 1908-08-10 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Campanal I | Spain | Attacker | 1912-02-09 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Canalli | Brazil | Midfielder | 1907-03-12 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Carl-Erik Holmberg | Sweden | Attacker | 1906-07-17 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Carvalho Leite | Brazil | Attacker | 1912-06-25 | Jun | 1 | — |
| Célestin Delmer | France | Midfielder | 1907-02-15 | Feb | 1 | — |
| Čestmír Patzel | Czechoslovakia | Goalkeeper | 1914-12-02 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Chacho | Spain | Attacker | 1911-04-14 | Apr | 1 | — |
| Ciriaco | Spain | Defender | 1904-08-08 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Constant Joacim | Belgium | Defender | 1908-03-03 | Mar | 1 | — |
| Constantino Urbieta Sosa | Argentina | Midfielder | 1907-08-12 | Aug | 1 | — |
| Crisant Bosch | Spain | Midfielder | 1907-12-26 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Désiré Bourgeois | Belgium | Midfielder | 1908-12-13 | Dec | 1 | — |
| Domingos da Guia | Brazil | Defender | 1912-11-19 | Nov | 1 | — |
| Ed Czerkiewicz | United States | Defender | 1912-07-08 | Jul | 1 | — |
| Edmond Delfour | France | Midfielder | 1907-11-01 | Nov | 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