IFFHS EURO STATISTICS 8 - THE PLAYER WITH THE MOST GAMES
Picture : Gianluigi Buffon participated at 5 EUROS !
Player with most games (including qualification): Gianluigi Buffon
28 footballers have played 40 or more matches in the European Championships so far (including qualifiers and finals). Four of them managed to overcome the 50-game mark.
The record in this category belongs so far to Gianluigi Buffon (58 games), but it will surely be broken in the finals of Euro 2020, because the runner-up Cristiano Ronaldo (picture down) is only 2 steps away from the Italian goalkeeper.
Six players from the list are going to take part in the upcoming Euro (in bold) and improve their positions in this ranking.
| PLAYERS | WITH | MOST | GAMES | (INCLUDING QUALIFICATION) | ||
| Player | Country | Games | ||||
| Qual | Fin | Total | Edituons (Games Qual + Fin) | |||
| 1 | Gianluigi Buffon | Italy | 41 | 17 | 58 | 2000 (7+0), 2004 (8+3), 2008 (11+4), 2012 (6+6), 2016 (9+4) |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 35 | 21 | 56 | 2004 (0+6), 2008 (13+3), 2012 (8+5), 2016 (6+7), 2020 (8+0) |
| 3 | Mario Frick | Liechtenstein | 51 | 51 | 1996 (8+0), 2000 (7+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (7+0), 2016 (9+0) | |
| 4 | Petr Čech | Czech Republic | 36 | 14 | 50 | 2004 (8+4), 2008 (10+3), 2012 (9+4), 2016 (9+3) |
| 5 | Sergio Ramos | Spain | 34 | 15 | 49 | 2008 (11+5), 2012 (8+6), 2016 (6+4), 2020 (9+0) |
| 6 | Andreas Isaksson | Sweden | 36 | 13 | 49 | 2004 (7+4), 2008 (8+3), 2012 (9+3), 2016 (12+3) |
| 7 | Kim Källström | Sweden | 37 | 12 | 49 | 2004 (6+4), 2008 (10+2), 2012 (10+3), 2016 (11+3) |
| 8 | Robbie Keane | Republic of Ireland | 44 | 5 | 49 | 2000 (7+0), 2004 (6+0), 2008 (11+0), 2012 (11+3), 2016 (9+2) |
| 9 | Iker Casillas | Spain | 34 | 14 | 48 | 2004 (10+3), 2008 (10+5), 2012 (7+6), 2016 (7+0) |
| 10 | Sergei Ignashevich | Russia | 38 | 10 | 48 | 2004 (10+0), 2008 (10+4), 2012 (9+3), 2016 (9+3) |
| 11 | Lilian Thuram | France | 31 | 16 | 47 | 1996 (3+5), 2000 (8+5), 2004 (8+4), 2008 (12+2) |
| 12 | Darijo Srna | Croatia | 35 | 12 | 47 | 2004 (7+2), 2008 (9+3), 2012 (10+3), 2016 (9+4) |
| 13 | Luka Modrić | Croatia | 38 | 9 | 47 | 2008 (12+3), 2012 (10+3), 2016 (8+3), 2020 (8+0) |
| 14 | Sargis Hovsepyan | Armenia | 47 | 47 | 1996 (9+0), 2000 (9+0), 2004 (7+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (10+0) | |
| 15 | João Moutinho | Portugal | 28 | 15 | 43 | 2008 (6+4), 2012 (9+5), 2016 (7+6), 2020 (6+0) |
| 16 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden | 30 | 13 | 43 | 2004 (5+4), 2008 (7+3), 2012 (8+3), 2016 (10+3) |
| 17 | Vedran Ćorluka | Croatia | 32 | 11 | 43 | 2008 (12+4), 2012 (11+3), 2016 (9+4) |
| 18 | John O'Shea | Republic of Ireland | 37 | 6 | 43 | 2004 (6+0), 2008 (11+0), 2012 (9+3), 2016 (11+3) |
| 19 | Steven Davis | Northern Ireland | 39 | 4 | 43 | 2008 (12+0), 2012 (8+0), 2016 (9+4), 2020 (10+0) |
| Gábor Király | Hungary | 39 | 4 | 43 | 2000 (10+0), 2004 (6+0), 2008 (4+0), 2012 (9+0), 2016 (10+4) | |
| 21 | Vitālijs Astafjevs | Latvia | 40 | 3 | 43 | 1996 (10+0), 2000 (7+0), 2004 (8+3), 2008 (11+0), 2012 (4+0) |
| 22 | Ildefons Lima | Andorra | 43 | 43 | 2000 (8+0), 2004 (3+0), 2008 (5+0), 2012 (8+0), 2016 (10+0), 2020 (9+0) | |
| 23 | Peter Jehle | Liechtenstein | 42 | 42 | 2000 (8+0), 2004 (7+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (7+0), 2016 (8+0) | |
| 24 | Tomáš Rosický | Czech Republic | 31 | 10 | 41 | 2000 (0+2), 2004 (7+4), 2008 (10+0), 2012 (9+2), 2016 (5+2) |
| 25 | Michael Mifsud | Malta | 41 | 41 | 2004 (7+0), 2008 (12+0), 2012 (9+0), 2016 (7+0), 2020 (6+0) | |
| 26 | Razvan Rat | Romania | 35 | 5 | 40 | 2004 (6+0), 2008 (11+3), 2012 (9+0), 2016 (9+2) |
| 27 | Marek Hamšík | Slovakia | 36 | 4 | 40 | 2008 (6+0), 2012 (10+0), 2016 (10+4), 2020 (10+0) |
| 28 | Óscar Sonejee | Andorra | 40 | 40 | 2000 (10+0), 2004 (8+0), 2008 (11+0), 2012 (4+0), 2016 (7+0) |