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Barcelona’s former teammates Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez appear right behind. The Argentine, with 72 goals and 51 assists in 144 games, has an average of 0.85 and the Uruguayan, with 63 goals and 35 assists in 117 games, totals an average of 0.84 direct participations in goals.
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Trio MSN, Messi, Suárez and Neymar celebrating goal for Barcelona — Photo: Getty Images
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Therefore, we are looking for the number of active players who reached the mark of 100 games for the teams that lifted the World Cup cup. Only Brazil, Italy, Germany, Uruguay, Argentina, France, England and Spain celebrated the sport’s most coveted title.
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The only representative of France, current world champions, is Olivier Giroud, from Chelsea. Even without having scored goals in winning the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the striker has expressive numbers for the national team.
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Giroud didn’t score, but he was one of the most excited about the FIFA cup — Photo: Reuters
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Uruguay is the country with the most active representatives with 100 matches or more for the national team, with five athletes. Then comes Germany, with four players.
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Italy appears with three players, however, they are all from the defensive part of the team, therefore, it is the selection with the lowest average in the ranking. Brazil and Argentina are tied with two representatives each.
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Finally, with one player each, Spain and France close the ranking. England is the only world champion without active representatives with at least 100 matches.
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Active players with 100 or more matches for world champion teams
| Player | Selection | goals | Assists | Games | Average |
| Neymar | Brazil | 66 | 46 | 105 | 1,07 |
| Lionel Messi | Argentina | 72 | 51 | 144 | 0,85 |
| Luis Suarez | Uruguay | 63 | 35 | 117 | 0,84 |
| Thomas Müller | Germany | 39 | 37 | 102 | 0,75 |
| Lukas Podolski | Germany | 49 | 31 | 130 | 0,62 |
| Edison Cavani | Uruguay | 51 | 16 | 118 | 0,57 |
| Olivier Giroud | France | 46 | 13 | 108 | 0,55 |
| Angel Di Maria | Argentina | 20 | 23 | 105 | 0,41 |
| Toni Kroos | Germany | 17 | 19 | 102 | 0,35 |
| Daniel Alves | Brazil | 8 | 19 | 118 | 0,23 |
| Sergio Ramos | Spain | 23 | 7 | 180 | 0,17 |
| Leonardo Bonucci | Italy | 7 | 6 | 102 | 0,13 |
| Giorgio Chiellini | Italy | 8 | 4 | 107 | 0,11 |
| Diego Godin | Uruguay | 8 | 6 | 134 | 0,10 |
| Martin Cáceres | Uruguay | 4 | 6 | 101 | 0,10 |
| Manuel Neuer | Germany | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Gianluigi Buffon | Italy | 0 | 0 | 176 | 0 |
| Fernando Muslera placeholder image | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 117 | 0 |
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