All the numbers from this summer’s World Cup.
Football is often referred to as a numbers game, and here at CaughtOffside we look to prove it by offering you a two part ultimate stats guide to keep track of the tournament and even give you some knowledge ahead of your next pub quiz!
Average squad age
Argentina – 28.9
Honduras – 28.9
Uruguay – 28.5
Portugal – 28.5
Iran – 28.5
Brazil – 28.5
Spain – 28.3
Chile – 28
Russia – 28
Italy – 28
Colombia – 27.9
Ivory Coast – 27.8
Ecuador – 27.8
Costa Rica – 27.8
USA – 27.8
Mexico – 27.4
Japan – 27.2
Croatia – 27.2
Bosnia – 27.1
France – 26.9
Algeria – 26.6
Cameroon – 26.6
England – 26.6
Holland – 26.5
Australia – 26.4
Germany – 26.3
S. Korea – 26.2
Switzerland – 26.1
Nigeria – 25.8
Belgium – 25.7
Ghana – 25.1
Oldest squad player
Colombia – Faryd Mondragon, 42
Honduras – Noel Valladares, 37
Greece – Giorgos Karagounis, 37
Italy – Gianluigi Buffon, 36
Ivory Coast – Didier Drogba, 36
Germany – Miroslav Klose, 36
Belgium – Daniel Van Buyten, 36
Uruguay – Diego Forlan, 35
Ecuador – Edison Mendez, 35
USA – Tim Howard, 35
Mexico – Rafael Marquez, 35
Croatia – Stipe Pletikosa, 35
France – Mickaël Landreau, 35
England – Frank Lampard, 35
Brazil – Julio Cesar, 34
Spain – Xavi, 34
Russia – Sergei Ignashevich, 34
Japan – Yasuhito End?, 34
Australia – Tim Cahill, 34
Argentina – Hugo Campagnaro, 33
Portugal – Ricardo Costa, 33
Iran – Rahman Ahmadi, 33
Chile – Esteban Paredes, 33
Bosnia – Emir Spahi?, 33
Cameroon – Samuel Eto’o, 33
Holland – Dirk Kuyt, 33
Nigeria – Joseph Yobo, 33
Costa Rica – Patrick Pemberton, 32
S. Korea – Kwak Tae-hwi, 32
Algeria – Madjid Bougherra, 31
Switzerland – Steve von Bergen, 31
Ghana – Michael Essien, 31
Number of over 30 players
Iran – 11
Portugal – 9
Honduras – 8
USA – 8
Brazil – 8
Russia – 8
Argentina – 8
Ivory Coast – 7
Uruguay – 7
Spain – 7
Chile – 7
Holland – 7
Costa Rica – 7
Greece – 6
Italy – 6
Ecuador – 6
Mexico – 6
Cameroon – 6
England – 5
Nigeria – 5
France – 4
Australia – 4
Bosnia – 4
Algeria – 4
Colombia – 3
Germany – 3
Switzerland – 3
Belgium – 1
S.Korea – 1
Ghana – 1
Most Capped Player
Spain – Iker Casillas, 153
Japan – Yasuhito End?, 144
Iran – Javad Nekounam, 140
Italy – Gianluigi Buffon, 140
Greece – Giorgos Karagounis, 135
Germany – Miroslav Klose, 132
Honduras – Noel Valladares, 122
Mexico – Carlos Salcido, 122
Ivory Coast – Didier Zokora, 120
Cameroon – Samuel Eto’o, 117
USA – DaMarcus Beasley, 116
Croatia – Darijo Srna, 113
England – Steven Gerrard, 111
Portugal – Cristiano Ronaldo, 110
Uruguay – Diego Forlán, 110
Ecuador – Édison Méndez, 110
Holland – Wesley Sneijder, 99
Russia – Sergei Ignashevich, 99
Argentina – Javier Mascherano, 98
Colombia – Mario Yepes, 97
Nigeria – Joseph Yobo, 97
Costa Rica – Michael Umaña, 83
Ghana – Sulley Muntari, 81
Bosnia – Zvjezdan Misimovi?, 82
Chile – Claudio Bravo, 79
Belgium – Daniel Van Buyten, 79
Brazil – Dani Alves, 75
Australia – Mark Bresciano, 74
Switzerland – Tranquillo Barnetta, 73
France – Karim Benzema, 66
S. Korea – Lee Keun-ho and Park Chu-young, 63
Algeria – Madjid Bougherra, 62
Uncapped Players In Squad
Croatia – 3
Spain – 1
Italy – 1
Honduras – 1
Uruguay – 1
Colombia – 1
Bosnia – 1
Belgium – 1
Australia – 1
Switzerland – 1
France – 1
S. Korea – 1
USA, Japan, Brazil, England, Iran, Algeria, Chile, Ghana, Russia, Argentina, Nigeria, Holland, Ecuador, Portugal, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Germany, Greece – 0
FIFA ranking points
Spain – 1485
Germany – 1300
Brazil – 1242
Portugal – 1189
Argentina – 1172
Switzerland – 1149
Uruguay – 1147
Colombia – 1132
Italy – 1104
England – 1090
Belgium – 1074
Greece – 1064
USA – 1035
Chile – 1026
Holland – 981
France – 913
Croatia – 903
Russia – 893
Mexico – 882
Bosnia – 873
Algeria – 858
Ivory Coast – 809
Ecuador – 791
Costa Rica – 762
Honduras – 731
Ghana – 704
Iran – 641
Nigeria – 640
Japan – 626
Cameroon – 558
S. Korea – 547
Australia – 526
Different Leagues In Squad
Ghana – 13
Nigeria – 12
Uruguay – 11
Costa Rica – 11
Australia – 11
Colombia – 10
Bosnia – 10
Algeria – 10
Ivory Coast – 10
Ecuador – 10
Brazil – 9
Portugal – 9
USA – 9
Chile – 9
Croatia – 9
Belgium – 8
Iran – 8
Argentina – 7
Greece – 7
Holland – 7
Honduras – 7
Cameroon – 7
S.Korea – 7
Mexico – 6
France – 5
Japan – 5
Spain – 4
Germany – 4
Switzerland – 4
Italy – 2
England – 2
Russia – 1
Players At Champions League Clubs
Spain – 23
Germany – 19
Brazil – 14
France – 14
Belgium – 13
Ita – 13
Argentina – 11
Holland – 11
Switzerland – 11
England – 11
Portugal – 10
Greece – 10
Russia – 9
Uruguay – 8
Cameroon – 8
Ghana – 5
Colombia – 5
Chile – 5
Croatia – 5
Nigeria – 4
Bosnia – 4
Ivory Coast – 4
Mexico – 4
Costa Rica – 3
Algeria – 3
Japan – 3
Australia – 2
Honduras – 2
Ecuador – 1
USA – 1
S.Korea – 1
Iran – 0
Premier League Players
England – 22
Belgium – 11
France – 10
Spain – 6
Brazil – 6
Holland – 6
Nigeria – 5
Germany – 4
Ivory Coast – 4
USA – 4
Argentina – 3
Uruguay – 3
Greece – 2
Croatia – 2
Bosnia – 2
Japan – 2
Honduras – 2
S.Korea – 2
Portugal – 1
Cameroon – 1
Colombia – 1
Chile – 1
Mexico – 1
Algeria – 1
Australia – 1
Ecuador – 1
Iran – 1
Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Ghana, Costa Rica – 0
Bundesliga Players In Squad
Germany – 17
Switzerland – 9
Bosnia – 6
Japan – 6
S.Korea – 5
USA – 4
Belgium – 3
Holland – 3
Ivory Coast – 3
Croatia – 3
Brazil – 2
Cameroon – 2
Spain – 1
Greece – 1
Portugal – 1
Colombia – 1
Mexico – 1
Australia – 1
Ecuador – 1
Iran – 1
Ghana – 1
Costa Rica – 1
England, France, Nigeria, Argentina, Uruguay, Honduras, Chile, Algeria, Italy, Russia – 0