Most experience? Youngest? Best leagues? - World Cup squads in numbers

ByChris Collinson

BBC Sport statistician

With each 48 World Cup squads present confirmed, we look astatine however they signifier up and comparison with each different starring into the tournament.

Which clubs person the astir players? How galore of each squad play successful the champion leagues? And who are the oldest and youngest squads and players astatine this World Cup?

They whitethorn not person won the Premier League but Manchester City's players are the astir in-demand connected the planetary stage, with a grounds 19 representing 12 antithetic countries successful the coming weeks.

The champions of Germany, England, France and Spain person the astir players astatine the World Cup aft that, with Arsenal providing 16 players for 10 antithetic nations.

Serie A winners Inter Milan person conscionable 7 players astatine the tournament, mostly owed to Italy's absence.

Looking conscionable astatine the 20 clubs that made up the 2025-26 Premier League, lone this season's apical 3 person much players astatine the World Cup than Conference League winners Crystal Palace (12).

Including players retired connected indebtedness implicit the season, Sunderland remarkably person arsenic galore representatives connected the planetary signifier arsenic Chelsea and Liverpool (11), showing conscionable however globe-trotting their recruitment was pursuing promotion past summer.

The bulk of Brentford, Everton and Leeds' squads tin enactment their feet up and recharge their batteries for adjacent season, with those clubs sending conscionable 4 players each.

With Europe's apical 5 leagues - France's Ligue 1, Italy's Serie A, the Premier League successful England, La Liga successful Spain and Germany's Bundesliga - regarded arsenic the champion successful the world, lone Spain's squad is made up exclusively of players from that quintet.

Al-Ahli's Ivan Toney and Galatasaray's Leroy Sane person been selected by England and Germany, portion France person included some Theo Hernandez and N'Golo Kante of Al-Hilal and Fenerbahce respectively.

Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium person a sizeable fig of players playing astatine a precocious level contempt their size portion extracurricular of Europe, Argentina and Senegal person the astir players playing successful the apical leagues.

None of Curacao, Iran, Iraq oregon Qatar's squads played successful Europe's apical 5 leagues this season, though Iraqi guardant Ali Jasim is connected the books of Serie A nine Como but spent the play connected indebtedness astatine Saudi broadside Al-Najma.

England's radical signifier opponents Panama caput into the tourney with the oldest squad, with Iran and Colombia the lone different countries with an mean property implicit 30.

Carlo Ancelotti is relying connected veterans Danilo, Casemiro and Neymar (all aged 34) to triumph Brazil their archetypal World Cup since 2002, portion Scotland person besides brought 1 of the older squads to what is their archetypal World Cup since 1998.

A large crushed for that is goalkeeper Craig Gordon, who volition beryllium 43 years and 162 days aged erstwhile it each starts adjacent week, making him by acold the astir elder subordinate astatine the tournament.

Cristiano Ronaldo continues to defy subject arsenic helium prepares to instrumentality portion successful his sixth World Cup astatine the property of 41, portion Luka Modric and Edin Dzeko marque up the different outfield members of the over-40s club.

Ivory Coast person the youngest squad astatine the World Cup, with galore large clubs keeping a keen oculus connected their breathtaking forwards Yan Diomande (aged 19) and Bazoumana Toure (20).

Africa Cup of Nations champions Morocco and Euro 2024 winners Spain besides person comparatively young squads, with the second unsurprising fixed it includes the likes of Lamine Yamal (18) and Pau Cubarsi (19).

Mexico's Gilberto Mora volition beryllium the youngest subordinate astatine this World Cup arsenic helium volition beryllium conscionable 17 years and 240 days aged erstwhile it begins, with the midfielder not turning 18 until October.

After winning his archetypal headdress past weekend, 17-year-old Czech midfielder Hugo Sochurek volition observe his 18th day this Sunday, portion German wonderkid Lennart Karl is acceptable to impressment aft his breakout play astatine Bayern Munich.