The World Cup Invincibles

Percentage of lost games at World Cups 1930-2022 (min. 13 games played)

6,2% Roberto Baggio    

6,7% Didi

7,1% Pelé, Zico, Kylian Mbappé  

7,7% Neymar

8,3% Garrincha

11,1% Franz Beckenbauer

11,8% Thierry Henry     

13,0% Paolo Maldini     

13,3% Arjen Robben    

14,3% Paolo Rossi, Terry Butcher    

15,0% Philipp Lahm    

15,4% Gerd Müller, David Beckham    

15,8% Berti Vogts, Ronaldo 

16,0% Lothar Matthäus   

16,7% Miroslav Klose   

17,6% Roberto Carlos    

18,8% Luis Suárez (Uruguay)

19,0% Uwe Seeler   

19,2% Leo Messi

20,0% Grzegorz Lato, Xavi

21,1% Luka Modrić     

21,4% Ruud Krol, Andrés Iniesta     

23,1% Kazimierz Deyna, Kevin De Bruyne   

23,8% Diego Maradona  

25,0% Jairzinho, Zbigniew Boniek    

26,3% Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

28,6% Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore 

31,8% Cristiano Ronaldo  

36,8% Rafa Márquez     

38,9% Mario Kempes    

46,2% Teófilo Cubillas    

 

Top 40 British footballers in history

1. George Best (Northern Ireland)

2. Bobby Charlton (England)

3. Bobby Moore (England)

4. Kenny Dalglish (Scotland)

5. Dennis Law (Scotland)

6. Gordon Banks (England)

7. Wayne Rooney (England)

8. Jimmy Greaves (England)

9. Ryan Giggs (Wales)

10. John Charles (Wales)

11. Gareth Bale (Wales)

12. Graeme Souness (Scotland)

13. Harry Kane (England)

14. Kevin Keegan (England)

15. Stanley Matthews (England)

16. David Beckham (England)

17. Ian Rush (Wales)

18. Jimmy Johnstone (Scotland)

19. William "Dixie" Dean (England)

20. Steven Gerrard (England)

21. Gary Lineker (England)

22. Paul Gascoigne (England)

23. Duncan Edwards (England)

24. Pat Jennings (Northern Ireland)

25. Mark Hughes (Wales)

26. Alan Shearer (England)

27. Tom Finney (England)

28. Neville Southall (Wales)

29. Danny Blanchflower (Northern Ireland)

30. Jim Baxter (Scotland)

31. Neil Franklin (England)

32. Billy Meredith (England)

33. Peter Shilton (England)

34. Frank Lampard (England)

35. Paul Scholes (England)

36. Bryan Robson (England)

37. Dave Mackay (Scotland)

38. Michael Owen (England)

39. Billy Wright (England)

40. Billy McNeill (Scotland)

Top three assist providers per country in Premier League history

England : 297

103: Wayne Rooney, 102: Frank Lampard, 92: Steven Gerrard

 

Spain : 258

111: Cesc Fàbregas, 93: David Silva, 54: Juan Mata

 

Wales : 252

162: Ryan Giggs, 46: Aaron Ramsey, 44: Gary Speed

 

Netherlands : 205

94: Dennis Bergkamp, 58: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, 53: Robin van Persie

Belgium : 202

113: Kevin De Bruyne, 54: Eden Hazard, 35: Romelu Lukaku

 

France : 185

74: Thierry Henry, 56: Éric Cantona, 55: Steed Malbranque

Scotland : 139

59: Andy Robertson, 47: Gary McAllister, 33: James Morrison

Brazil : 135

50: Roberto Firmino, 45: Willian, 40: Gabriel Jesus

Portugal : 129

44: Bernardo Silva, 43: Nani, 42: Bruno Fernandes

Ireland : 129

55: Damien Duff, 37: Robbie Keane, Niall Quinn

Germany : 127

54: Mesut Özil, 45: Pascal Groß, 28: Leroy Sané

 

Italy : 126

49: Paolo Di Canio, 42: Gianfranco Zola, 35: Benito Carbone

 

Denmark : 123

76: Christian Eriksen, 25: Thomas Gravesen, 22: Claus Jensen

 

Côte d'Ivoire : 116

55: Didier Drogba, 32: Yaya Touré, 29: Wilfried Zaha

 

Argentina : 106

47: Sergio Agüero, 36: Carlos Tevez, 23: Érik Lamela

 

Norway : 106

39: Morten Gamst Pedersen, 37: Ole Gunnar Solskjær, 30: John Arne Riise

Northern Ireland : 100

49: Chris Brunt, 26: Michael Hughes, 25: Keith Gillespie

 

Iceland : 99

50: Gylfi Sigurdsson, 28: Eidur Gudjohnsen, 21: Jóhann Gudmundsson

Australia : 96

38: Harry Kewell, 30: Brett Emerton, 28: Mark Viduka

 

South Korea : 93

62: Son Heung-Min, 21: Park Ji-Sung, 10: Lee Chung-Yong

Egypt : 91

72: Mo Salah, 13: Ahmed El Mohamady, 6: Mido

 

Nigeria : 84

29: Alex Iwobi, Nwankwo Kanu, 26: Yakubu Ayegbeni

Algeria : 83

61: Riyad Mahrez, 16: Saïd Benrahma, 6: Ali Benarbia

Sweden : 74

29: Fredrik Ljungberg, 26: Sebastian Larsson, 19: Dejan Kulusevski

Czechia : 74

31: Patrik Berger, 24: Vladimir Šmicer, 19: Vladimír Coufal

 

Serbia : 70

27: Dusan Tadic, 23: Nemanja Matic, 20: Branislav Ivanovic, Aleksandar Kolarov

 

Uruguay : 59

24: Gustavo Poyet, 23: Luis Suárez, 12: Gastón Ramírez

Ghana : 49

25: Jordan Ayew, 14: Jeffrey Schlupp, 10: Michael Essien

Russia : 48

21: Andrei Kanchelskis, 20: Andrey Arshavin, 7: Roman Pavlyuchenko

 

Croatia : 43

15: Niko Kranjčar, Luka Modric, 13: Mateo Kovačić

USA : 37

19: Clint Dempsey, 9: Brian McBride, Christian Pulisic, Antonee Robinson

Greece : 34

14: José Holebas, 11: Stelios Giannakopoulos, 9: Kostas Tsimikas

Finland : 25

9: Jonatan Johansson, 8: Mikael Forssell, Sami Hyypiä

Ukraine : 25

11: Oleksandr Zinchenko, 7: Serhiy Rebrov, Andriy Shevchenko

Japan : 22

10: Kaoru Mitoma, 6: Junichi Inamoto, Shinji Kagawa

Poland : 19

8: Matty Cash, 7: Mateusz Klich, 4: Kamil Grosicki, Robert Warzycha

Hungary : 17

12: Zoltán Gera, 3: Dominik Szoboszlai, 2: Ákos Buzsáky

Memory Lane: Real Madrid 2003/04

All competitions. Ratings: El Mundo Deportivo.

2,52 Casillas
2,27 Zidane
2,22 Solari, Figo
2,17 Ronaldo
2,14 Roberto Carlos, Beckham
2,10 Michel Salgado
2,04 Raúl Bravo
1,98 Iván Helguera
1,84 Pavón
1,83 Mejía
1,81 Guti
1,71 Raúl
1,57 Cambiasso
1,36 Borja

Average ratings in Euros & World Cups, 2000-2012, part 4/16.

6,35 Beckham (rated 17 times), Sagnol & Trezeguet (10)
6,34 Katsouranis (16)
6,33 Toni, Anyukov, Nikopolidis (9)
6,32 Metzelder (19), Panucci, Plasil (11)
6,31 J. Mensah (8)
6,30 Roberto Carlos, Lee Young-Pyo (10)

Ratings: Kicker.

Premier League: all time assist leaders.

127: Ryan Giggs   
89: Frank Lampard
85: Steven Gerrard
80: Thierry Henry
73: Wayne Rooney
71: Cesc Fàbregas
55: Didier Drogba
49: Dennis Bergkamp, Nani
48: Morten Gamst Pedersen
46: Robin van Persie, Cristiano Ronaldo   
45: Paul Scholes
44: David Beckham
43: Aaron Lennon   
42: Nolberto Solano
40: Mikel Arteta
39: Ashley Young
38: Gareth Barry, Robert Pires
37: Kevin Davies
34: Leighton Baines, Stewart Downing
33: Theo Walcott
32: Ole Gunnar Solskjær
31: Robbie Keane
30: Dirk Kuyt, David Silva, Steven Pienaar, Gabriel Agbonlahor,     Eidur Gudjohnsen
29: Fredrik Ljungberg, James Milner
28: Tim Cahill
27: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Chris Brunt, Alan Shearer   
26: Brett Emerton, Matthew Etherington, Luís Boa Morte
25: Gianfranco Zola, Antonio Valencia, Gareth Bale, Joe Cole

Today 14 years ago: Argentina 2, England 2 [4-3 pens; WC 1/8 final]

1-0 5' Batistuta penalty, 1-1 9' Shearer penalty, 1-2 16' Owen, 2-2 45' Javier Zanetti freekick. Penalties: Berti goal, Shearer goal - Crespo saved, Ince saved - Verón goal, Merson goal - Gallardo goal, Owen goal - Ayala goal, Batty saved. Sent-off: 47' Beckham. Att: 36.000 (Saint-Etienne).
Argentina: Roa 7,30 — Ayala 6,30, Almeyda 6,60, Chamot 5,80 — Ortega 7,40, Vivas 6,40, Simeone 6,70 (92' Berti), Verón 7,80, J. Zanetti 7,10 — C. López 5,50 (70' Gallardo 6,60), Batistuta 6,60 (70' Crespo 5,70). = average: 6,60.
England: Seaman 6,40 — G. Neville 6,80 (73' Southgate 6,20), Adams 6,90, Campbell 7,10 — Anderton 6,40 (97' Batty), Beckham 5,40, Ince 7,80, Scholes 6,40 (80' Merson), Le Saux 6,40 — Shearer 6,50, Owen 6,90. = average: 6,60.