Players Twenty footballers you have most likely already seen. Filter by country or position to search every World Cup squad.
Players 20 players.
Erling Haaland Centre-Forward · Norway Manchester City English Premier League · England Scores at a rate almost nobody in the sport's history has matched.
Kylian Mbappé Centre-Forward · France Real Madrid Spanish La Liga · Spain Won a World Cup at 19 and scored a hat-trick in the 2022 final.
Lionel Messi Right Winger · Argentina Inter Miami American Major League Soccer · United States Moved to Inter Miami in 2023, which is how most Americans first saw him weekly.
Cristiano Ronaldo Centre-Forward · Portugal Al-Nassr One of the two names everyone knows, even people who do not watch football.
Vinícius Júnior Left Wing · Brazil Real Madrid Spanish La Liga · Spain Brazil's most electric attacker and a Champions League final match-winner.
Jude Bellingham Attacking Midfield · England Real Madrid Spanish La Liga · Spain Left England at 17 and became Real Madrid's centrepiece before turning 21.
Mohamed Salah Right Winger · Egypt Currently without a club Egypt's most famous athlete and a defining Premier League forward.
Harry Kane Centre-Forward · England Bayern Munich German Bundesliga · Germany England's all-time leading goalscorer.
Jamal Musiala Attacking Midfield · Germany Bayern Munich German Bundesliga · Germany Raised in England, plays for Germany, and dribbles like the ball is attached.
Bukayo Saka Right Winger · England Arsenal English Premier League · England Came through Arsenal's academy and became their most important attacker.
Christian Pulisic Right Winger · United States AC Milan Italian Serie A · Italy The most recognisable American footballer of his generation.
Lamine Yamal Right Winger · Spain Barcelona Spanish La Liga · Spain Won a European Championship at 17, which had never happened before.
Kaoru Mitoma Left Wing · Japan Brighton and Hove Albion English Premier League · England Wrote a university thesis on dribbling, then proved it in the Premier League.
Virgil van Dijk Centre-Back · Netherlands Liverpool English Premier League · England Widely considered one of the best defenders in the world at his peak.
Achraf Hakimi Right-Back · Morocco Paris SG French National 3 Group F · France Central to Morocco's run to the 2022 World Cup semi-finals.
Heung-min Son Left Wing · South Korea Los Angeles FC American Major League Soccer · United States Asia's most decorated forward, and now playing in MLS.
Alphonso Davies Left-Back · Canada Bayern Munich German Bundesliga · Germany Born in a refugee camp, raised in Edmonton, now one of football's fastest players.
Wilson Isidor Centre-Forward · Haiti Sunderland English Premier League · England Chose Haiti, who reached a World Cup for the first time since 1974.
Mohammed Kudus Attacking Midfield · Ghana Al-Taawoun Ghana's most exciting attacker, and one of the hardest players in England to take the ball from.
Joško Gvardiol Centre-Back · Croatia Manchester City English Premier League · England A Croatian defender quick enough to play full-back, who reached a World Cup semi-final at 20.
How this list was chosen
This is not a ranking. We hold no statistics to rank players on, and a numbered list would imply a precision we do not have. These twenty were chosen for how likely you are to already recognise them. Filter by country or position and the search widens to every World Cup squad.
Squad lists from football-data.org. Photographs, clubs and positions from TheSportsDB. Player details are development fixture data and have not been editorially verified.
Lionel MessiInter Miami
Cristiano RonaldoAl-Nassr
Vinícius JúniorReal Madrid
Jude BellinghamReal Madrid
Mohamed SalahCurrently without a club
Jamal MusialaBayern Munich
Kaoru MitomaBrighton and Hove Albion
Alphonso DaviesBayern Munich
Mohammed KudusAl-Taawoun
Joško GvardiolManchester City