Man City top 2026 World Cup player chart with 19 representatives
Manchester City will have more players represented at the FIFA World Cup 2026 than any other club, with 19 members of Pep Guardiola's squad set to feature in the tournament across 12 different national teams.
The Premier League champions top the list of clubs supplying players to the World Cup, which will be hosted jointly by the United States, Canada and Mexico. City are followed by German champions Bayern Munich with 18 players, while Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain share third place with 16 players each.
City's World Cup contingent includes England internationals Marc Guehi, Nico O'Reilly, John Stones and James Trafford, along with stars such as Erling Haaland (Norway), Rodri (Spain), Bernardo Silva (Portugal) and Omar Marmoush (Egypt).
Bayern Munich are only one player behind City, with 18 representatives heading to North America. Their squad includes England captain Harry Kane, France winger Michael Olise, Colombia forward Luis Diaz and a strong German core featuring Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala and Manuel Neuer.
Recent UEFA Champions League finalists Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain are level on 16 players each. Arsenal's contingent includes Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard and Viktor Gyokeres, while PSG will be represented by stars such as Ousmane Dembele, Achraf Hakimi, Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz and Marquinhos.
Barcelona complete the top five with 15 players, led by Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Raphinha and Ronald Araujo.
Among the clubs with 12 representatives are Al Hilal, Atletico Madrid, Crystal Palace and Manchester United. Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray and Liverpool each contribute 11 players to the tournament.
The list also highlights the growing global reach of club football. Egypt's Al Ahly, Saudi Arabian sides Al Hilal and Al Nassr, and Brazilian giants Flamengo are among the best-represented clubs from Africa, Asia and South America respectively.
Top 20 clubs with most World Cup players
1st – Manchester City (19)
2nd – Bayern Munich (18)
3rd – Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain (16)
5th – Barcelona (15)
6th – Al Hilal, Atletico de Madrid, Crystal Palace, Manchester United (12)
10th – Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray, Liverpool (11)
13th – AC Milan, Fenerbahce, PSV Eindhoven, Real Madrid, Slavia Prague (10)
18th – Al Ahli, Al Nassr, Aston Villa, Sunderland (9)
Club lists in full
Manchester City (England) 19
Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria), Jeremy Doku (Belgium), Josko Gvardiol & Mateo Kovacic (Croatia), Nico O'Reilly, John Stones, Marc Guehi & James Trafford (England), Omar Marmoush (Egypt), Rayan Cherki (France), Antoine Semenyo (Ghana), Nathan Ake & Tijjani Reinders (Netherlands), Erling Haaland (Norway), Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva & Matheus Nunes (Portugal), Rodri (Spain), Abdukodir Khusanov (Uzbekistan).
Bayern Munich (Germany), 18
Konrad Laimer (Austria), Alphonso Davies (Canada), Luis Diaz (Colombia), Josip Stanisic (Croatia), Harry Kane (England), Dayot Upamecano & Michael Olise (France), Manuel Neuer, Jonathan Tah, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Jamal Musiala & Lennart Karl (Germany), Hiroki Ito (Japan), Kim Minjae (Korea Republic), Nicolas Jackson & Bara Sapoko Ndiaye (Senegal).
Arsenal (England), 16
Leandro Trossard (Belgium), Gabriel Magalhaes & Gabriel Martinelli (Brazil), Piero Hincapie (Ecuador), Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Noni Madueke & Eberechi Eze (England), William Saliba (France), Kai Havertz (Germany), Jurrien Timber (Netherlands), Martin Odegaard (Norway), David Raya, Mikel Merino & Martin Zubimendi (Spain), Viktor Gyokeres (Sweden).
Paris Saint-German (France), 16
Marquinhos (Brazil), Willian Pacho (Ecuador), Ousmane Dembele, Bradley Barcola, Warren Zaire-Emery, Desire Doue & Lucas Hernandez (France), Lee Kangin (Korea Republic), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco), Goncalo Ramos, Vitinha, Joao Neves & Nuno Mendes (Portugal), Ibrahim Mbaye (Senegal), Fabian Ruiz (Spain), Khalil Ayari (Tunisia).
Barcelona (Spain), 15
Raphinha (Brazil), Hamza Abdelkarim (Egypt), Marcus Rashford (England), Jules Kounde (France), Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands), Joao Cancelo (Portugal), Eric Garcia, Ferran Torres, Gavi, Dani Olmo, Joan Garcia, Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Pau Cubarsi (Spain), Ronald Araujo (Uruguay).
Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia), 12
Theo Hernandez (France), Yassine Bounou (Morocco), Ruben Neves (Portugal), Ali Lajami, Hassan Al Tambakti, Nasser Al Dawsari, Salem Al Dawsari, Sultan Mandash, Mohamed Kanno & Moteb Al Harbi (Saudi Arabia), Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal), Darwin Nunez (Uruguay).
Atletico de Madrid (Spain), 12
Juan Musso, Julian Alvarez, Nicolas Gonzalez, Thiago Almada, Giuliano Simeone & Nahuel Molina (Argentina), Obed Vargas (Mexico), Alexander Sorloth (Norway), Marc Pubill, Marcos Llorente & Alex Baena (Spain), Jose Maria Gimenez (Uruguay).
Crystal Palace (England), 12
Daniel Munoz & Jefferson Lerma (Colombia), Evann Guessand (Côte d’Ivoire), Dean Henderson (England), Jean-Philippe Mateta & Maxence Lacroix (France), Daichi Kamada (Japan), Chadi Riad (Morocco), Jorgen Strand Larsen (Norway), Chris Richards (USA), Ismaila Sarr (Senegal), Yeremy Pino (Spain).
Manchester United (England), 12
Lisandro Martinez (Argentina), Senne Lammens (Belgium), Matheus Cunha (Brazil), Amad Diallo (Côte d’Ivoire), Marcus Rashford & Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United), Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco), Diogo Dalot & Bruno Fernandes (Portugal), Tyler Fletcher (Scotland), Altay Bayindir (Türkiye), Manuel Ugarte (Uruguay).
Borussia Dortmund (Germany), 11
Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria), Marcel Sabitzer & Carney Chukwuemeka (Austria), Waldemar Anton, Maximilian Beier, Nico Schlotterbeck & Felix Nmecha (Germany), Julian Ryerson (Norway), Daniel Svensson (Sweden), Gregor Kobel (Switzerland), Salih Ozcan (Türkiye).
Galatasaray (Turkey), 11
Davinson Sanchez (Colombia), Wilfried Singo (Côte d’Ivoire), Leroy Sane (Germany), Noa Lang (Netherlands), Ismail Jakobs (Senegal), Eren Elmali, Abdulkerim Bardakci, Yunus Akgun, Baris Alper Yilmaz, Kaan Ayhan & Ugurcan Cakir (Türkiye).
Liverpool (England), 11
Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina), Alisson (Brazil), Mohamed Salah (Egypt), Ibrahima Konate (France), Florian Wirtz (Germany), Wataru Endo (Japan), Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch & Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Andy Robertson (Scotland), Alexander Isak (Sweden).
AC Milan (Italy), 10
Koni De Winter & Alexis Saelemaekers (Belgium), Luka Modric (Croatia), Pervis Estupinan (Ecuador), Adrien Rabiot & Mike Maignan (France), Santiago Gimenez (Mexico), Rafael Leao (Portugal), Ardon Jashari (Switzerland), Christian Pulisic (USA).
Fenerbahce (Turkey), 10
Ederson (Brazil), N'Golo Kante (France), Edson Alvarez (Mexico), Nelson Semedo (Portugal), Mert Gunok, Caglar Soyuncu, Kerem Akturkoglu, Ismail Yuksek, Mert Muldur & Oguz Aydin (Türkiye).
PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands), 10
Paul Wanner (Austria), Esmir Bajraktarevic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ivan Perisic (Croatia), Armando Obispo (Curaçao), Matej Kovar (Czechia), Ismael Saibari & Anass Salah-Eddine (Morocco), Guus Til (Netherlands), Sergino Dest & Ricardo Pepi (USA).
Real Madrid (Spain), 10
David Alaba (Austria), Jude Bellingham (England), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Vinicius Junior (Brazil), Aurelien Tchouameni & Kylian Mbappe (France), Antonio Rüdiger (Germany), Brahim Diaz (Morocco), Arda Guler (Turkey), Federico Valverde (Uruguay).
Slavia Prague (Czechia), 10
David Zima, Tomas Holes, Stepan Chaloupek, Mojmir Chytil, David Jurasek, Jindrich Stanek, Lukas Provod, Michal Sadilek, Tomas Chory, David Doudera (Czechia).
Al Ahly (Egypt), 9
Mohamed El Shenawy, Yasser Ibrahim, Mohamed Hany, Trezeguet, Emam Ashour, Marwan Attia, Mostafa Shobeir & Zizo (Egypt), Youssef Belammari (Morocco).
Al Ahli (Saudi Arabia), 9
Riyad Mahrez (Algeria), Roger Ibanez (Brazil), Franck Kessie (Côte d’Ivoire), Ivan Toney (England), Ali Majrashi, Feras Al Braikan & Ziyad Al Johani (Saudi Arabia), Edouard Mendy (Senegal), Merih Demiral (Türkiye).
Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia), 9
Cristiano Ronaldo & Joao Felix (Portugal), Nawaf Al Aqidi, Abdulelah Al Amri, Ayman Yahya, Nawaf Boushal, Abdullah Al Khaibari & Abdullah Al-Hamdan (Saudi Arabia), Sadio Mane (Senegal).
Aston Villa (England), 9
Emiliano Martinez (Argentina), Youri Tielemans & Amadou Onana (Belgium), Ezri Konsa, Morgan Rogers & Ollie Watkins (England), Lucas Digne (France), John McGinn (Scotland), Victor Lindelof (Sweden),
Flamengo, (Brazil), 9
Alex Sandro, Danilo, Leo Pereira & Lucas Paqueta (Brazil), Jorge Carrascal (Colombia), Gonzalo Plata (Ecuador), Nicolas de la Cruz, Giorgian de Arrascaeta & Guillermo Varela (Uruguay),
Sunderland, 9
Noah Sadiki (Congo DR), Nilson Angulo (Ecuador), Wilson Isidor (Haiti), Chemsdine Talbi (Morocco), Robin Roefs & Brian Brobbey (Netherlands), Omar Alderete (Paraguay), Habib Diarra (Senegal), Granit Xhaka (Switzerland)
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