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    

 

German top 50 all-time players

 

According to Guerin Sportivo.

1. Franz Beckenbauer
2. Gerd Müller
3. Fritz Walter
4. Lothar Matthäus
5. Philipp Lahm
6. Miroslav Klose
7. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
8. Sepp Maier
9. Manuel Neuer
10. Thomas Müller
11. Wolfgang Overath
12. Uwe Seeler
13. Günter Netzer
14. Helmut Rahn
15. Bastian Schweinsteiger
16. Paul Breitner
17. Andreas Brehme
18. Mario Götze
19. Jupp Heynckes
20. Hans Schäfer
21. Horst Eckel
22. Jürgen Klinsmann
23. Toni Kroos
24. Mattias Sammer
25. Fritz Szepan
26. Bernd Schuster
27. Thomas Hässler
28. Helmut Haller
29. Uli Hoeness
30. Max Morlock
31. Oliver Kahn
32. Berti Vogts
33. Rainer Bonhof
34. Oliver Bierhoff
35. Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck
36. Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
37. Paul Janes
38. Rudi Völler
39. Toni Schumacher
40. Jürgen Grabowski
41. Klaus Augenthaler
42. Manfred Kaltz
43. Andreas Möller
44. Mesut Özil
45. Mats Hummels
46. Jürgen Kohler
47. Karl-Heinz Riedle
48. Karlheinz Förster
49. Sami Khedira
50. Hans-Peter Briegel

National teams' World Cup scores with key players

                                  w d l goals points avg score

Brazil with Pelé                 12 1 1 37-14 89,3%  2,64-1,00
Brazil with Garrincha            10 1 1 30-12 87,5%  2,50-1,00
West Germany with F. Beckenbauer 15 1 2 45-19 86,1%  2,37-1,00
France with Kylian Mbappé        11 2 1 30-14 85,7%  2,09-0,98
West Germany with Gerd Müller    11 0 2 31-14 84,6%  2,27-1,02
Brazil with Didi                 11 3 1 38-14 83,3%  2,48-0,91
Brazil with Ronaldo              15 1 3 42-16 81,6%  2,17-0,83
Germany with Philipp Lahm        15 2 3 45-13 80,0%  2,11-0,61
Brazil with Sócrates              7 2 1 25-7  80,0%  2,42-0,68
Holland with Arjen Robben        11 2 2 27-12 80,0%  1,69-0,75
Italy with Franco Baresi          7 2 1 11-3  80,0%  1,03-0,28
Brazil with Roberto Carlos       13 1 3 33-13 79,4%  1,90-0,75
Brazil with Zico                  9 4 1 31-9  78,6%  2,16-0,63
Holland with Johan Cruyff         5 1 1 15-3  78,6%  2,14-0,43
Italy with Roberto Baggio        10 5 1 23-10 78,1%  1,33-0,58
Germany with Miroslav Klose      17 3 4 52-15 77,1%  2,08-0,60
Brazil with Neymar                8 4 1 25-9  76,9%  1,83-0,66     
Spain with Xavi                  11 1 3 24-14 76,7%  1,53-0,89
Colombia with James Rodríguez     6 0 2 17-6  75,0%  2,12-0,75
Italy with Paolo Rossi            9 3 2 21-12 75,0%  1,50-0,86
France with Zinédine Zidane       7 4 1 19-6  75,0%  1,50-0,47
Italy with Alessandro Del Piero   7 4 1 17-6  75,0%  1,28-0,45
Italy with Paolo Maldini         14 6 3 31-15 73,9%  1,26-0,61
West Germany with Berti Vogts    12 4 3 40-19 73,7%  2,03-0,97
Belgium with Kevin De Bruyne      9 1 3 21-11 73,1%  1,58-0,82
Poland with Kazimierz Deyna       9 1 3 22-11 73,1%  1,69-0,85
Spain with Raúl                   7 2 2 27-13 72,7%  2,38-1,15
USSR with Albert Shesternev       6 1 2 15-6  72,2%  1,61-0,64
Germany with Lothar Matthäus     15 6 4 43-26 72,0%  1,68-1,01 
Uruguay with Luis Suárez         10 3 3 21-11 71,9%  1,29-0,67
West Germany with Uwe Seeler     13 4 4 45-26 71,4%  2,05-1,18
West Germany with Paul Breitner   9 2 3 25-14 71,4%  1,74-0,98
Argentina with Leo Messi         16 5 5 47-28 71,2%  1,68-1,00
France with Thierry Henry         9 6 2 22-8  70,6%  1,22-0,44
Poland with Grzegorz Lato        12 4 4 33-16 70,0%  1,65-0,80
Brazil with Jairzinho            10 2 4 29-17 68,8%  1,81-1,06
Italy with Francesco Totti        6 3 2 17-7  68,2%  1,42-0,58
Spain with Andrés Iniesta         8 3 3 18-15 67,9%  1,23-1,02
Holland with Ruud Krol            8 3 3 30-13 67,9%  2,09-0,91
Argentina with Diego Maradona    12 4 5 33-17 66,7%  1,52-0,78
Spain with Emilio Butragueño      5 2 2 17-8  66,7%  1,76-0,83
Sweden with "Nacka" Skoglund      5 2 2 18-18 66,7%  2,00-2,00
England with David Beckham        6 5 2 17-9  65,4%  1,24-0,66
England with Bobby Charlton/Moore 8 2 4 20-13 64,3%  1,36-0,89
England with Terry Butcher        6 6 2 18-8  64,3%  1,20-0,53
England with Harry Kane           6 2 3 25-11 63,6%  2,14-0,94
Italy with Andrea Pirlo           6 2 3 16-8  63,6%  1,37-0,69
Argentina with Daniel Passarella  7 1 4 23-11 62,5%  1,86-0,89
France with Jean Tigana           6 3 3 23-16 62,5%  1,77-1,23
Denmark with Michael Laudrup      5 1 3 19-13 61,1%  2,11-1,44
Poland with Zbigniew Boniek       7 5 4 18-16 59,4%  1,12-1,00
Croatia with Luka Modrić          7 8 4 30-14 57,9%  1,45-1,16
Argentina with Gabriel Batistuta  6 2 4 20-12 58,3%  1,62-0,97
England with Gary Lineker         5 4 3 15-9  58,3%  1,15-0,69
Belgium with Eric Gerets          6 2 4 18-16 58,3%  1,35-1,20
France with Michel Platini        6 4 4 26-18 57,1%  1,77-1,23
Hungary with Flórián Albert       4 0 3 16-10 57,1%  2,29-1,43
Hungary with József Bozsik        4 1 3 30-15 56,2%  3,75-1,88
Scotland with Kenny Dalglish      3 3 2 14-13 56,2%  1,75-1,62
West Germany with K-H Rummenigge  7 7 5 30-22 55,3%  1,53-1,12
Portugal with Cristiano Ronaldo   9 6 7 34-24 54,5%  1,52-1,07
Mexico with Cuauhtémoc Blanco     4 4 3 15-13 54,5%  1,36-1,18
Italy with Giacinto Facchetti     5 3 4 17-14 54,2%  1,38-1,14
Argentina with Mario Kempes       8 3 7 32-23 52,8%  1,75-1,25
Mexico with Rafa Márquez          8 4 7 21-20 52,6%  1,09-1,03
Holland with Ronald Koeman        3 3 3 11-10 50,0%  1,22-1,11
England with Wayne Rooney         3 5 3 10-11 50,0%  0,88-0,97
Portugal with Pepe                4 3 5 17-16 45,8%  1,42-1,33
Sweden with Tomas Brolin          3 3 4 18-14 45,0%  1,74-1,35
Cameroon with Roger Milla         3 3 4  9-19 45,0%  0,84-1,78
Peru with Teófilo Cubillas        4 3 6 18-27 42,3%  1,38-2,08
Ghana with Asamoah Gyan           3 3 5 11-15 40,9%  0,94-1,29
Sweden with Björn Nordqvist       3 2 5  9-10 40,0%  0,90-1,00
Sweden with Zlatan Ibrahimović    1 2 2  3-5  40,0%  0,60-1,00
Sweden with Ralf Edström          2 3 4  8-9  38,9%  0,89-1,00
Uruguay with Luis Cubilla         3 1 5  7-12 38,9%  0,75-1,29
Sweden with Bo Larsson            2 4 5  8-10 36,4%  0,73-0,91
Colombia with Carlos Valderrama   3 1 6  9-12 35,0%  0,84-1,12
Ivory Coast with Didier Drogba    2 1 5 10-12 31,2%  1,25-1,50
Chile with Elías Figueroa         0 3 6  6-15 16,7%  0,67-1,67

Champions League: top rated players in this week's matches.

7,60 Toni Kroos (Bayern)
7,50 Zlatan Ibrahimović (PSG)
7,20 Philipp Lahm (Bayern), Thibaut Courtois (Atlético)
7,10 Diego Costa (Atlético)
7,00 Manuel Neuer, Arjen Robben, Thomas Müller (Bayern)
6,80 Blaise Matuidi, Marco Verratti (PSG), Dani Alves (Barcelona)
6,70 David Silva (Man City), Piqué, Iniesta, Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
6,60 Thiago Alcântara (Bayern)

Player ratings Man City 1, Bayern Munich 3.

0-1 7' Franck Ribéry (Rafinha), 0-2 56' Thomas Müller (Dante), 0-3 60' Arjen Robben (Toni Kroos), 1-3 80' Álvaro Negredo (David Silva). Sent off: 86' Jérôme Boateng. Att: 45.201.
Man City: Joe Hart 4,20 - Micah Richards 4,50, Vincent Kompany 5,00, Gaël Clichy 4,70, Matija Nastasić 5,20, Samir Nasri 4,70 (70' James Milner), Jesús Navas 4,70, Fernandinho 5,00, Yaya Touré 5,20, Edin Džeko 5,20 (57' Álvaro Negredo 6,50), Kun Agüero 5,40 (70' David Silva 6,20), - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 5,12 [unacceptable]
Bayern: Manuel Neuer 6,60 - Dante 6,70, Rafinha 6,30, Jérôme Boateng 6,50, Philipp Lahm 7,30, David Alaba 7,00, Franck Ribéry 7,20 (85' Mario Götze), Bastian Schweinsteiger 6,20 (76' Jan Kirchhoff), Toni Kroos 6,70, Arjen Robben 7,00 (78' Xherdan Shaqiri), Thomas Müller 7,10. - coach: Pep Guardiola. = average: 6,78 [superb]

CL 2012/13: total passes and accuracy.

856: Xavi (Barcelona) : 89% accuracy
603: João Moutinho (FC Porto) : 77%
403: Selçuk İnan (Galatasaray) : 73%
554: Darijo Srna (Shakhtar) : 69%
550: Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) : 84%
540: Tino Costa (Valencia) : 75%
529: Philipp Lahm (Bayern) : 76%
440: Jordi Alba (Barcelona) : 83%
527: Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) : 74%
520: Daniel Alves (Barcelona) : 80%
513: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) : 80%
507: Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) : 82%
492: Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid) : 79%
485: Roman Neustädter (Schalke) : 76%
487: Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) : 90%
480: Niklas Moisander (Ajax) : 84%
472: Blaise Matuidi (Paris-SG) : 76%
470: Lucho González (FC Porto) : 73%

Per nationality
6: Spain
3: Argentina
2: Germany

Memory Lane: 2006 World Cup.

Ratings: Kicker (Germany) and Placar (Brazil) combined.

7,18 F. Cannavaro (Italy)
7,04 Buffon (Italy)
6,93 Klose (Germany)
6,90 Vieira (France), Maxi Rodríguez (Argentina)
6,85 Riquelme (Argentina)
6,81 Materazzi & Gattuso (Italy)
6,79 Zidane (France)
6,75 Pirlo (Italy), Lahm (Germany), Kingson (Ghana)
6,70 Ballack (Germany)
6,67 Lehmann (Germany)
6,62 Tévez (Argentina), Van der Sar (Holland), Viduka (Australia)
6,61 Ricardo (Portugal)
6,60 Ayala (Argentina)
6,57 Makelele (France)
6,56 Figo (Portugal), Crespo (Argentina), Appiah (Ghana), Cahill (Australia)
6,51 Gerrard (England)
6,50 Van Persie (Holland), Zuberbühler (Switzerland), Zambrotta (Italy), Rafa Márquez (Mexico)
6,45 Abbondanzieri (Argentina), Juan (Brazil)
6,44 Sorín (Argentina)
6,43 Henry (France)
6,40 Dida & Lúcio (Brazil) 
6,39 Schweinsteiger (Germany)
6,36 Thuram & Sagnol (France)
6,35 Shevchenko (Ukraine) 
6,32 Ribéry (France), Schneider (Germany)
6,31 Valencia (Ecuador)
6,30 Grosso (Italy)

Player ratings Arsenal 1, Bayern Munich 3.

0-1 7' Kroos, 0-2 21' T. Müller, 1-2 55' Podolski, 1-3 77' Mandžukić. Att: 59.974.
Arsenal: Szczesny 5,70 - Sagna 5,90, Mertesacker 4,90, Koscielny 5,60, Vermaelen 5,20 - Wilshere 6,60, Arteta 5,70 - Ramsey 5,70 (71' Rosický 5,70), Cazorla 5,90, Podolski 6,10 (71' Giroud 5,50) - Walcott 5,90. - coach: Wenger. = average: 5,72 [disappointing]
Bayern: Neuer 5,90 - Lahm 7,10, Van Buyten 6,70, Dante 6,20, Alaba 6,10 - Javi Martínez 6,90, Schweinsteiger 6,60 - T. Müller 6,90, Kroos 7,10 (73' Luíz Gustavo 6,30), Ribéry 6,10 (66' Robben 6,30) - Mandžukić 6,60 (78' M. Gómez). - coach: Heynckes. = average: 6,52 [very good]


Einzelkritik Arsenal London-Bayern München 1:3.