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World Cup 2026 Dashboard

Built for the weeks before kickoff, and ready for the tournament itself.

A World Cup 2026 dashboard designed for fans and journalists: rankings, group comparisons, country comparisons, fast chart reads, and a live-updatable tournament shell. The current editorial focus is on height, age, market value, club representation, and coaches.

Method note
`2026` is treated as a pre-kickoff dataset row, not completed tournament history. Trend charts focus on `1990` onward, while country history cards reach back roughly `30` to `40` years when the data exists.
Build status
Dashboard build 07 Jun 2026, 14:30 UTC Derived
football-data.org fixtures 15 Jun 2026, 14:28 UTC Official feed
Transfermarkt squad/value layer 07 Jun 2026, 14:30 UTC Current source
Club-benefit estimate layer 07 Jun 2026, 14:30 UTC Estimate
Main sources tucked source list and dataset credits
Definitions and method

Domestic-based means a player's current club country matches the national team country. Club-benefit figures are estimated from FIFA's published framework, the 25 May 2026 release date, and the current schedule; qualifier payments are excluded. Attack tables use each player's latest fetched club-season output in Transfermarkt performance data.

2026 height record
182.76 cm
Average listed height in the 2026 cohort, up 8.86 cm since 1930.
2026 age level
27.94 years
Older than the completed 2022 tournament (27.45) and effectively tied with 2018 when rounded.
Tallest team
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The highest average height in the 2026 cohort.
Oldest team
Panama
The oldest average squad in the 2026 cohort.
Tallest group
Group B
The most physically imposing group on average.
Top club pipeline
Manchester City
19 players in the 2026 squad pool come from the most represented club.
Biggest club-country ceiling
England
€50.15m estimated ceiling across 208 released players, converted from USD using the ECB reference rate from 3 June 2026.
Biggest club payout ceiling
Manchester City
€4.58m estimated ceiling from 19 released players, converted from USD using the ECB reference rate from 3 June 2026.
Tallest squad
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest average height in the 2026 cohort.
Oldest squad
Panama
Highest average age in the 2026 cohort.
Biggest club pipeline
Manchester City
19 players in the current squad pool.
Largest club-country payout ceiling
England
€50.15m estimated ceiling.
Largest club payout ceiling
Manchester City
€4.58m estimated ceiling.
Top domestic core
Qatar
25 of 26 players are domestic-based (96.2%).

Group and confederation pressure points

This is where scenario framing gets useful before kickoff. Some groups are big, some are old, and UEFA clearly sits at the tall end of the 2026 field. Use the year selector below to see whether that confederation gap holds in earlier tournaments too.

Confederation comparison

Confederation Teams A Height A Age A Teams B Height B Age B Height Δ Age Δ

Country and story desk

This block is designed for newsroom use: pull quick story angles, filter teams, compare teams, and see who has changed the most from roughly 30 to 40 years ago.

Story trends
Country explorer
Country Group Height Age

Quick comparison

Search for teams directly or click groups. Country cards compare the 2026 cohort with `1994` first, then `1986` where `1994` is unavailable.

Domestic and overseas club pathways

This view tracks where each 2026 squad plays its club football. It uses current Transfermarkt club pages and groups players by club country plus league tier. That is strong enough to show domestic cores, export-heavy squads, and the main club pathways into each national team, even if it is not yet a full exact-league feed.

League pathways by team

Selected pathway details

Value, clubs and coaches

This layer comes from current 2026 Transfermarkt pages rather than the historical Luis Batalha dataset. It is the right place for present-tense rankings: listed player values, club pipelines into the tournament, and the coach field.

Transfermarkt squad pages fetched for this build total 1250 player rows rather than the full 1,248. The short pages are: Argentina, Austria, Canada, England, Ghana, Iraq, Jordan.

Historical squad value comparison
2018 32 teams
Combined value: €7.30bn
Average per squad: €228m
Top squad: Brazil (€673m)
2022 32 teams
Combined value: €15.00bn
Average per squad: €469m
Top squad: England (€1.50bn)
2026 48 teams
Combined value: €17.44bn
Average per squad: €363m
Top squad: France (€1.52bn)

The combined field value rises sharply from 2018 to 2026, but the per-squad average peaks in the 32-team era. Expansion adds 16 lower-value squads, so the total rises while the mean squad value drops.

Value gap callout
It takes 8,000 Tyrick Bodaks (€25,000 each) to equal one Lamine Yamal (€200m).
The bottom end is just as revealing. In the current Transfermarkt layer, 43-year-old Craig Gordon and 26-year-old Josué Duverger are both listed at €50k. The market prices a late-career veteran and a younger fringe international at the same level.
Saudi-based club pipeline by edition
2018
30
2022
33
2026
49

In the current squad data, Saudi-based clubs supply 49 players across 19 national squads, edging the United States (48), Türkiye (45), the Netherlands (38) and Brazil (32).

MLS pipeline by edition
2010
6
2014
21
2018
19
2022
36
2026
44

MLS now supplies a record 44 active first-tier players in the 2026 field. Lionel Messi, James Rodríguez and Son Heung-min are all in the current MLS contingent.

Source note

2018 and 2022 historical league counts come from public roster-representation tables and official MLS coverage. The 2026 counts are derived from the current Transfermarkt squad pages stored in this build, which means the Saudi panel reflects Saudi-based clubs and the MLS panel reflects current first-tier MLS clubs in the United States.

Most valuable players
Player Country Value
Lamine Yamal
FC Barcelona
Spain €200.00m
Erling Haaland
Manchester City
Norway €200.00m
Kylian Mbappé
Real Madrid
France €180.00m
Pedri
FC Barcelona
Spain €150.00m
Michael Olise
Bayern Munich
France €150.00m
João Neves
Paris Saint-Germain
Portugal €140.00m
Vinicius Junior
Real Madrid
Brazil €140.00m
Vitinha
Paris Saint-Germain
Portugal €140.00m
Jude Bellingham
Real Madrid
England €130.00m
Désiré Doué
Paris Saint-Germain
France €120.00m
Most valuable squads
Team Squad value
France €1523.00m
England €1503.20m
Spain €1222.80m
Portugal €1005.50m
Germany €947.00m
Brazil €923.20m
Netherlands €804.20m
Argentina €782.50m
Lowest listed values
Player Country Value
Tyrick Bodak
SC Telstar
Curaçao €25k
Josué Duverger
FC Cosmos Koblenz
Haiti €50k
Trevor Doornbusch
VVV-Venlo
Curaçao €50k
Éric Davis
CD Plaza Amador
Panama €50k
Tommy Smith
Braintree Town
New Zealand €50k
Stopira
SC União Torreense
Cape Verde €50k
Vozinha
GD Chaves
Cape Verde €50k
Craig Gordon
Heart of Midlothian FC
Scotland €50k
Clubs sending the most players
Club Players Teams
Manchester City
England
19 12
Bayern Munich
Germany
17 10
Arsenal FC
England
16 10
Paris Saint-Germain
France
15 8
FC Barcelona
Spain
14 7
Liverpool FC
England
12 10
Atlético de Madrid
Spain
12 5
Crystal Palace
England
12 10
Al-Hilal SFC
Saudi Arabia
12 6
Manchester United
England
11 9
Borussia Dortmund
Germany
11 7
Galatasaray
Türkiye
11 6
Club-benefit estimate by club country

Club country Players Floor Ceiling
England
44 clubs • 43 squads
208 €29.39m €50.15m
Germany
22 clubs • 30 squads
108 €15.19m €26.04m
France
22 clubs • 30 squads
86 €12.22m €20.73m
Spain
22 clubs • 31 squads
85 €12.21m €20.49m
Italy
21 clubs • 29 squads
71 €10.02m €17.12m
Saudi Arabia
12 clubs • 19 squads
49 €7.08m €11.81m
United States
24 clubs • 18 squads
48 €6.74m €11.57m
Türkiye
13 clubs • 20 squads
45 €6.35m €10.85m
Netherlands
16 clubs • 17 squads
38 €5.31m €9.16m
Brazil
13 clubs • 7 squads
32 €4.52m €7.71m
All clubs in selected squad

This list includes every club represented in the selected 2026 squad, including one-player clubs.

Club Players
CR Flamengo
Brazil
4
Arsenal FC
England
2
Manchester United
England
2
Zenit St. Petersburg
Russia
2
AFC Bournemouth
England
1
AS Roma
Italy
1
Al-Ahli SFC
Saudi Arabia
1
Al-Ittihad Club
Saudi Arabia
1
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
Brazil
1
Brentford FC
England
1
FC Barcelona
Spain
1
Fenerbahce
Türkiye
1
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
Brazil
1
Juventus FC
Italy
1
Liverpool FC
England
1
Newcastle United
England
1
Olympique Lyon
France
1
Paris Saint-Germain
France
1
Real Madrid
Spain
1
Santos FC
Brazil
1
Attack leaders

Player Team Goals Assists
Harry Kane
England • Centre-Forward
Bayern Munich
season 2025
61 7
Kylian Mbappé
France • Centre-Forward
Real Madrid
season 2025
42 6
Ivan Toney
England • Centre-Forward
Al-Ahli SFC
season 2025
41 11
Erling Haaland
Norway • Centre-Forward
Manchester City
season 2025
38 9
Julián Quiñones
Mexico • Centre-Forward
Al-Qadsiah FC
season 2025
37 4
Luis Suárez
Colombia • Centre-Forward
Sporting CP
season 2025
36 8
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal • Centre-Forward
Al-Nassr FC
season 2025
30 3
Luis Díaz
Colombia • Left Winger
Bayern Munich
season 2025
26 19
Ayase Ueda
Japan • Centre-Forward
Feyenoord Rotterdam
season 2025
26 1
João Félix
Portugal • Second Striker
Al-Nassr FC
season 2025
25 18
Coach desk

Coach Team Age Titles Tenure

Squad distribution heatmap

A GitHub-style tile view works here because it shows distribution, not just averages. Read each row as one team, each column as an age or height bucket, and each tile as how many players land there.

Tactical shape

Position shares are not a perfect tactical model, but they are a very good shorthand. The old forward-heavy World Cup is gone.

Live center readiness

This is the section intended to switch from static pre-tournament context to updating tournament service once competition APIs are connected.

Times shown in UTC.
Showing all scheduled fixtures in the feed.
Group table snapshot

Sources and credits

The dashboard mixes historical player data, current 2026 squad/value snapshots, live competition feeds, and a few explicitly marked estimates. The links below are the working source anchors for this build.

Historical height and age data (1930–2026 cohort rows)
2026 squad market values
2026 official squad lists
Dashboard built by
Full analysis
Dashboard guide
Core trends Group and confederation pressure points Country and story desk Quick comparison Domestic and overseas pathways Value, clubs and coaches Squad distribution heatmap Tactical shape Live center readiness