WORLD CUP RECORDS (Part 25) - PLAYERS WITH MOST GAMES


Picture : Messi - Godin - Hurtado - the leader trio


Players with most games (qualification + finals): Lionel Messi, Diego Godín and Iván Hurtado

*Iván Hurtado (Ecuador) has played most games (73) in the qualifying tournaments for World Cup (8 at 1994 edition, 15 at 1998, 17 at 2002, 17 at 2006 and 16 at 2010).

*As for players with most World games in qualification and final stages combined, Hurtado shares currently the record with Lionel Messi and Diego Godín (79 games for each) but last two should go up soon as they are going to play in Qatar.
Messi takes now the top position in the ranking due to a tie-breaker: most games in final stages (19).

*Amongst 19 players with 60+ games, 15 are active (highlighted in bold).
Cristiano Ronaldo (64) is the only non-American from them.  


 PLAYERS WITH MOSTWORLD CUP GAMES    
 INCLUDINGQUALIFICATION    
       
 PlayerCountryGames TotalPeriod
   QualFin  
1Lionel MessiArgentina6019792005-
2Diego GodínUruguay6514792007-
3Iván HurtadoEcuador736791993-2009
4Luis SuárezUruguay6213752007-
5Claudio BravoChile648722005-
6Paulo César Da SilvaParaguay666722000-2017
7Javier MascheranoArgentina4920692004-2018
8Celso BorgesCosta Rica598672008-
9Maynor Figueroa Honduras606662004-
10Cristiano RonaldoPortugal4717642004-
11Alexis SánchezChile568642008-
12Néstor MusleraUruguay4716632009-
13Edinson CavaniUruguay4914632008-
14David OspinaColombia549632009-
15Bryan RuizCosta Rica558632008-
16Ángel Di MaríaArgentina4813612008-
17Noel ValladaresHonduras556612000-2015
18Andrés GuardadoMexico 4812602008-
19Mauricio IslaChile528602009-