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

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Where the players come from

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Hemisphere split

Northern vs Southern hemisphere national teams

Northern302 (88.3%)

Southern40 (11.7%)

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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· Oct

Modal month: Mar — 7 players (18.4%). Range: 1—7.

Defenders

Birth-month distribution + 2 GOAT markers

Franz Beckenbauer· Sep

Fabio Cannavaro· Sep

Modal month: Mar — 7 players (12.1%). Range: 2—7.

Midfielders

Birth-month distribution + 10 GOAT markers

Bobby Charlton· Oct

Diego Maradona· Oct

Michel Platini· Jun

Zico· Mar

Zinedine Zidane· Jun

Ronaldinho· Mar

Kaká· Apr

Andrés Iniesta· May

Xavi Hernández· Jan

Luka Modrić· Sep

Modal month: Mar — 13 players (14.1%). Range: 1—13.

Attackers

Birth-month distribution + 17 GOAT markers

Pelé· Oct

Garrincha· Oct

Eusébio· Jan

Gerd Müller· Nov

Johan Cruyff· Apr

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge· Sep

Paolo Rossi· Sep

Romário· Jan

Ronaldo (R9)· Sep

Cristiano Ronaldo· Feb

Lionel Messi· Jun

Kylian Mbappé· Dec

Neymar· Feb

Robert Lewandowski· Aug

Mohamed Salah· Jun

Karim Benzema· Dec

Vinícius Jr· Jul

Modal 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. Change the hemisphere filter in the hero above.

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Player	Country	Position	DOB	Birth month	Club	Ht	WCs	Goals
Oldřich Nejedlý	Czechoslovakia	Attacker	1909-12-25	Dec	Sparta Prague	174cm	1	5
Angelo Schiavio	Italy	Attacker	1905-10-15	Oct	Bologna	178cm	1	4
Edmund Conen	Germany	Attacker	1914-11-10	Nov	FV Saarbrücken	178cm	1	4
Leopold Kielholz	Switzerland	Attacker	1911-06-09	Jun	Servette	—	1	3
Raimundo Orsi	Italy	Attacker	1901-12-02	Dec	Juventus	169cm	1	3
Abdulrahman Fawzi	Egypt	Attacker	1909-08-11	Aug	Al-Masry AC Port Said	175cm	1	2
Antonín Puč	Czechoslovakia	Attacker	1907-05-16	May	Slavia Prague	—	1	2
Bernard Voorhoof	Belgium	Attacker	1910-05-10	May	KSK Liersche	176cm	1	2
Ernst Lehner	Germany	Attacker	1912-11-07	Nov	TSV Schwaben Augsburg	—	1	2
Géza Toldi	Hungary	Attacker	1909-02-11	Feb	Ferencváros	—	1	2
Giovanni Ferrari	Italy	Attacker	1907-12-06	Dec	Juventus	172cm	1	2
Giuseppe Meazza	Italy	Midfielder	1910-08-23	Aug	Ambrosiana-Inter	169cm	1	2
Johann Horvath	Austria	Attacker	1903-05-20	May	First Vienna	—	1	2
José Iraragorri	Spain	Attacker	1912-03-16	Mar	Athletic Bilbao	178cm	1	2
Karl Hohmann	Germany	Midfielder	1908-06-18	Jun	VfL Benrath	—	1	2
Sven Jonasson	Sweden	Attacker	1909-07-09	Jul	IF Elfsborg	—	1	2
Alberto Galateo	Argentina	Attacker	1912-03-04	Mar	Unión de Santa Fe	179cm	1	1
Aldo Donelli	United States	Attacker	1907-07-22	Jul	Pittsburgh Curry Silver Tops	173cm	1	1
André Abegglen	Switzerland	Attacker	1909-03-07	Mar	Grasshopper	168cm	1	1
Anton Schall	Austria	Attacker	1907-06-22	Jun	Admira Wien	—	1	1
Enrique Guaita	Italy	Attacker	1910-07-11	Jul	Roma	—	1	1
Ernesto Belis	Argentina	Defender	1909-02-01	Feb	Defensores de Belgrano	—	1	1
František Svoboda	Czechoslovakia	Attacker	1906-08-05	Aug	Slavia Prague	—	1	1
Georges Verriest	France	Midfielder	1909-07-15	Jul	Excelsior Roubaix	—	1	1
Gösta Dunker	Sweden	Attacker	1905-09-16	Sep	Sandvikens IF	—	1	1
György SárosiC	Hungary	Attacker	1912-09-15	Sep	Ferencváros	186cm	1	1
Isidro Lángara	Spain	Attacker	1912-05-25	May	FC Oviedo	—	1	1
Jean Nicolas	France	Attacker	1913-06-09	Jun	Rouen	176cm	1	1
Jenő Vincze	Hungary	Attacker	1908-11-20	Nov	Debreceni Bocskai	169cm	1	1
Jiří Sobotka	Czechoslovakia	Attacker	1911-06-06	Jun	Slavia Prague	—	1	1
Josef Bican	Austria	Attacker	1913-09-25	Sep	Rapid Wien	178cm	1	1
Karl Sesta	Austria	Defender	1906-03-18	Mar	Wiener AC	165cm	1	1
Karl Zischek	Austria	Attacker	1910-08-28	Aug	Wacker Wien	—	1	1
Kick Smit	Netherlands	Attacker	1911-11-03	Nov	HFC Haarlem	—	1	1
Knut Kroon	Sweden	Attacker	1906-06-19	Jun	Hälsingborgs IF	—	1	1
Leen Vente	Netherlands	Attacker	1911-05-14	May	Neptunus Rotterdam	—	1	1
Leônidas	Brazil	Attacker	1913-11-06	Nov	Vasco da Gama	—	1	1
Luis Regueiro	Spain	Attacker	1908-07-01	Jul	FC Madrid	172cm	1	1
Matthias Sindelar	Austria	Attacker	1903-02-10	Feb	Austria Wien	175cm	1	1
Otto Siffling	Germany	Attacker	1912-08-03	Aug	Waldhof Mannheim	—	1	1
Pál Teleki	Hungary	Attacker	1906-03-05	Mar	Debreceni Bocskai	—	1	1
Rudolf Noack	Germany	Attacker	1913-03-20	Mar	SV Hamburg	—	1	1
Stanislaus Kobierski	Germany	Attacker	1910-11-15	Nov	Fortuna Düsseldorf	—	1	1
Ștefan Dobay	Romania	Attacker	1909-09-26	Sep	Ripensia Timișoara	178cm	1	1
Willy Jäggi	Switzerland	Attacker	1906-07-28	Jul	Lausanne-Sport	—	1	1
Adalbert Püllöck	Romania	Goalkeeper	1907-04-06	Apr	Crișana Oradea	—	1	—
Adolf Šimperský	Czechoslovakia	Midfielder	1909-08-05	Aug	Slavia Prague	—	1	—
Adri van Male	Netherlands	Goalkeeper	1910-10-07	Oct	Feijenoord	—	1	—
Ahmed Halim Ibrahim	Egypt	Midfielder	1910-02-10	Feb	Zamalek	—	1	—
Al Harker	United States	Defender	1910-04-11	Apr	Philadelphia German-Americans	—	1	—
Albert Büche	Switzerland	Attacker	—	—	Nordstern Basel	—	1	—
Albert Guinchard	Switzerland	Midfielder	1914-11-10	Nov	Servette	—	1	—
Albert Heremans	Belgium	Attacker	1906-04-13	Apr	Royal Daring Club Molenbeek	—	1	—
Alex ThépotC	France	Goalkeeper	1906-07-30	Jul	Red Star Paris	178cm	1	—
Alexandru Cuedan	Romania	Defender	1910-09-26	Sep	Rapid București	—	1	—
Alfonso Lorenzo	Argentina	Midfielder	—	—	Barracas Central	—	1	—
Alfred Aston	France	Attacker	1912-05-16	May	Red Star Paris	175cm	1	—
Alfred Jäck	Switzerland	Attacker	1911-08-02	Aug	Basel	—	1	—
Alfredo DevincenziC	Argentina	Attacker	1911-01-24	Jan	Estudiantil Porteño	178cm	1	—
Ali El-Kaf	Egypt	Defender	1906-06-15	Jun	Zamalek	—	1	—
Anders Rydberg	Sweden	Goalkeeper	1903-03-03	Mar	IFK Göteborg	—	1	—
André Vandewyer	Belgium	Goalkeeper	1909-06-21	Jun	Union Saint-Gilloise	—	1	—
Anfilogino Guarisi	Italy	Attacker	1905-12-26	Dec	Lazio	—	1	—
Ángel Grippa	Argentina	Goalkeeper	1914-03-02	Mar	Sportivo Alsina	—	1	—
Antal Szabó	Hungary	Goalkeeper	1910-09-04	Sep	Hungária	174cm	1	—
Antal Szalay	Hungary	Midfielder	1912-03-12	Mar	Újpest	—	1	—
Anton Janda	Austria	Defender	1904-05-01	May	Admira Wien	—	1	—
Antonín Vodička	Czechoslovakia	Midfielder	1907-03-01	Mar	Slavia Prague	—	1	—
Arcadio López	Argentina	Midfielder	1910-09-15	Sep	Sportivo Buenos Aires	—	1	—
Arend Schoemaker	Netherlands	Attacker	1911-11-08	Nov	Quick Den Haag	—	1	—
Ariel	Brazil	Midfielder	1910-02-22	Feb	Botafogo	—	1	—
Armandinho	Brazil	Attacker	1911-03-06	Mar	São Paulo	—	1	—
Armando Castellazzi	Italy	Midfielder	1904-10-07	Oct	Ambrosiana-Inter	184cm	1	—
Arnold Badjou	Belgium	Goalkeeper	1909-06-26	Jun	Royal Daring Club Molenbeek	174cm	1	—
Arnoldo Ortelli	Switzerland	Defender	1913-08-05	Aug	Lugano	—	1	—
Arvid Thörn	Sweden	Attacker	1906-10-29	Oct	IFK Grängesberg	—	1	—
Áttila	Brazil	Attacker	1910-12-16	Dec	Botafogo	—	1	—
Attilio Demaria	Italy	Attacker	1909-03-19	Mar	Ambrosiana-Inter	—	1	—
Attilio Ferraris	Italy	Midfielder	1904-03-26	Mar	Roma	170cm	1	—
August Hellemans	Belgium	Midfielder	1907-09-14	Sep	Royal FC Malinois	179cm	1	—
Aziz Fahmy	Egypt	Goalkeeper	—	—	Al Ahly	—	1	—
Bas Paauwe	Netherlands	Midfielder	1911-10-04	Oct	Feijenoord	—	1	—
Beb Bakhuys	Netherlands	Attacker	1909-04-16	Apr	ZAC Zwolle	181cm	1	—
Bill Fiedler	United States	Midfielder	1910-01-10	Jan	Philadelphia German-Americans	—	1	—
Billy Gonsalves	United States	Midfielder	1908-08-10	Aug	St. Louis Stix, Baer & Fuller	188cm	1	—
Campanal I	Spain	Attacker	1912-02-09	Feb	Sevilla	—	1	—
Canalli	Brazil	Midfielder	1907-03-12	Mar	Botafogo	—	1	—
Carl-Erik Holmberg	Sweden	Attacker	1906-07-17	Jul	Örgryte IS	—	1	—
Carvalho Leite	Brazil	Attacker	1912-06-25	Jun	Botafogo	—	1	—
Célestin Delmer	France	Midfielder	1907-02-15	Feb	Excelsior Roubaix	—	1	—
Čestmír Patzel	Czechoslovakia	Goalkeeper	1914-12-02	Dec	Teplitzer FK	—	1	—
Chacho	Spain	Attacker	1911-04-14	Apr	Deportivo La Coruña	—	1	—
Ciriaco	Spain	Defender	1904-08-08	Aug	FC Madrid	—	1	—
Constant Joacim	Belgium	Defender	1908-03-03	Mar	Royal Berchem Sport	—	1	—
Constantino Urbieta Sosa	Argentina	Midfielder	1907-08-12	Aug	Godoy Cruz	—	1	—
Crisant Bosch	Spain	Midfielder	1907-12-26	Dec	Espanyol	—	1	—
Désiré Bourgeois	Belgium	Midfielder	1908-12-13	Dec	Royal FC Malinois	—	1	—
Domingos da Guia	Brazil	Defender	1912-11-19	Nov	Vasco da Gama	186cm	1	—
Ed Czerkiewicz	United States	Defender	1912-07-08	Jul	Pawtucket Rangers	173cm	1	—
Edmond Delfour	France	Midfielder	1907-11-01	Nov	Racing Club	169cm	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	Goals
Pelé	Brazil	Attacker	1940-10-23	Oct	—	—	—
Garrincha	Brazil	Attacker	1933-10-28	Oct	—	—	—
Eusébio	Portugal	Attacker	1942-01-25	Jan	—	—	—
Bobby Charlton	England	Midfielder	1937-10-11	Oct	—	—	—
Lev Yashin	Soviet Union	Goalkeeper	1929-10-22	Oct	—	—	—
Gerd Müller	West Germany	Attacker	1945-11-03	Nov	—	—	—
Johan Cruyff	Netherlands	Attacker	1947-04-25	Apr	—	—	—
Franz Beckenbauer	West Germany	Defender	1945-09-11	Sep	—	—	—
Diego Maradona	Argentina	Midfielder	1960-10-30	Oct	—	—	—
Michel Platini	France	Midfielder	1955-06-21	Jun	—	—	—
Zico	Brazil	Midfielder	1953-03-03	Mar	—	—	—
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	West Germany	Attacker	1955-09-25	Sep	—	—	—
Paolo Rossi	Italy	Attacker	1956-09-23	Sep	—	—	—
Romário	Brazil	Attacker	1966-01-29	Jan	—	—	—
Ronaldo (R9)	Brazil	Attacker	1976-09-22	Sep	—	—	—
Zinedine Zidane	France	Midfielder	1972-06-23	Jun	—	—	—
Ronaldinho	Brazil	Midfielder	1980-03-21	Mar	—	—	—
Kaká	Brazil	Midfielder	1982-04-22	Apr	—	—	—
Fabio Cannavaro	Italy	Defender	1973-09-13	Sep	—	—	—
Andrés Iniesta	Spain	Midfielder	1984-05-11	May	—	—	—
Xavi Hernández	Spain	Midfielder	1980-01-25	Jan	—	—	—
Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Attacker	1985-02-05	Feb	—	—	—
Lionel Messi	Argentina	Attacker	1987-06-24	Jun	—	—	—
Luka Modrić	Croatia	Midfielder	1985-09-09	Sep	—	—	—
Kylian Mbappé	France	Attacker	1998-12-20	Dec	—	—	—
Neymar	Brazil	Attacker	1992-02-05	Feb	—	—	—
Robert Lewandowski	Poland	Attacker	1988-08-21	Aug	—	—	—
Mohamed Salah	Egypt	Attacker	1992-06-15	Jun	—	—	—
Karim Benzema	France	Attacker	1987-12-19	Dec	—	—	—
Vinícius Jr	Brazil	Attacker	2000-07-12	Jul	—	—	—

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