Which Premier League clubs have the most players at the World Cup
The FIFA World Cup will be taking centre stage from 11 June to 19 July, and the Premier League will be well represented at the tournament taking place across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
165 players who are registered for the upcoming 2026/27 season in England’s top tier will be in action for their respective nations at the World Cup.
A further 17 are currently signed to the relegated clubs from the season recently finished – Burnley, West Ham United, and Wolves.
As expected, the England squad is predominantly occupied by Premier League players (22).
The outliers are Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Anthony Gordon (Barcelona) and Ivan Toney (Al Ahli).
The Netherlands have 15 players from the Premier League, and Scotland have 9.
Which Premier League club has the most players at the World Cup?
Manchester City lead the Premier League list, with 19 players representing the Citizens across the Atlantic this summer.
Arsenal are in second place, with 16 players representing the reigning Premier League champions.
The list below details all Premier League players (at the time of writing) on duty at the 48-team World Cup and the number provided by each club.
6 players: Rayan (Brazil), Justin Kluivert (Netherlands), Alex Paulsen (New Zealand), Ryan Christie, Ben Gannon-Doak (both Scotland), Tyler Adams (United States).
16 players: Leandro Trossard (Belgium), Gabriel Magalhaes, Gabriel Martinelli (both Brazil), Piero Hincapie (Ecuador), Eberechi Eze, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, Bukayo Saka (all England), William Saliba (France), Kai Havertz (Germany), Martin Odegaard (Norway), Jurrien Timber (Netherlands), David Raya, Martin Zubimendi, Mikel Merino (all Spain), Viktor Gyokeres (Sweden).
10 players: Emiliano Martinez (Argentina), Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans (both Belgium), Ezri Konsa, Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins (all England), Lucas Digne (France), Evann Guessand (Ivory Coast), John McGinn (Scotland), Victor Lindelof (Sweden).
4 players: Igor Thiago (Brazil), Jordan Henderson (England), Kristoffer Ajer (Norway), Aaron Hickey (Scotland).
8 players: Maxim De Cuyper (Belgium), Pascal Gross (Germany), Bart Verbruggen, Jan Paul van Hecke, Mats Wieffer (both Netherlands), Diego Gomez (Paraguay), Yasin Ayari (Sweden), Ferdi Kadioglu (Turkey).
11 players: Enzo Fernandez (Argentina), Mike Penders (Belgium), Moises Caicedo, Kendry Paez (both Ecuador), Reece James (England), Malo Gusto (France), Jorrel Hato (Netherlands), Pedro Neto (Portugal), Mamadou Sarr, Nicolas Jackson (both Senegal), Marc Cucurella (Spain).
2 players: Brandon Thomas-Asante (Ghana), Haji Wright (United States).
12 players: Owen Goodman (Canada), Daniel Munoz, Jefferson Lerma (both Colombia), Dean Henderson (England), Maxence Lacroix, Jean-Philippe Mateta (both France), Daichi Kamada (Japan), Chadi Riad (Morocco), Jorgen Strand Larsen (Norway), Ismaila Sarr (Senegal), Yeremy Pino (Spain), Chris Richards (United States).
4 players: Jordan Pickford (England), Nathan Patterson (Scotland), Idrissa Gueye, Iliman Ndiaye (both Senegal).
7 players: Timothy Castagne (Belgium), Luc de Fougerolles (Canada), Raul Jimenez (Mexico), Issa Diop (Morocco), Sander Berge, Oscar Bobb (both Norway), Antonee Robinson (United States).
3 players: Amir Hadziahmetovic (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Liam Millar (Canada), Ivor Pandur (Croatia).
2 players: Ali Al-Hamadi (Iraq), George Hirst (Scotland).
4 players: Ao Tanaka (Japan), Gabriel Gudmundsson (Sweden), Noah Okafor (Switzerland), Brenden Aaronson (United States).
9 players: Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina), Alisson Becker (Brazil), Ibrahima Konate (France), Florian Wirtz (Germany), Wataru Endo (Japan), Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo (all Netherlands), Alexander Isak (Sweden).
*Mo Salah (Egypt). Andy Robertson (Scotland) – now departed.
19 players: Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria), Jeremy Doku (Belgium), Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic (both Croatia), Omar Marmoush (Egypt), James Trafford, Marc Guehi, Nico O’Reilly, John Stones (all England), Rayan Cherki (France), Antoine Semenyo (Ghana), Nathan Ake, Tijjani Reijnders (both Netherlands), Erling Haaland (Norway), Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva (all Portugal), Rodri (Spain), Abdukodir Khusanov (Uzbekistan).
13 players: Lisandro Martinez (Argentina), Senne Lammens (Belgium), Casemiro, Matheus Cunha (both Brazil), Kobbie Mainoo, Marcus Rashford (both England), Amad (Ivory Coast), Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco), Diogo Dalot, Bruno Fernandes (both Portugal), Tyler Fletcher (Scotland), Altay Bayindir (Turkey), Manuel Ugarte (Uruguay).
8 players: Bruno Guimaraes (Brazil), Yoane Wissa (DR Congo), Dan Burn, Tino Livramento (all England), Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade (both Germany), Anthony Elanga (Sweden).
6 players: Elliot Anderson (England), Ibrahim Sangare (Ivory Coast), Tyler Bindon, Chris Wood (both New Zealand), Angus Gunn (Scotland), Dan Ndoye (Switzerland).
11 players: Arthur Masuaku, Noah Sadiki (both DR Congo), Nilson Angulo (Ecuador), Wilson Isidor (Haiti), Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast), Chemsdine Talbi (Morocco), Robin Roefs, Brian Brobbey (both Netherlands), Omar Alderete (Paraguay), Habib Diarra (Senegal) Granit Xhaka (Switzerland).
9 players: Kevin Danso (Austria), Cristian Romero (Argentina), Luka Vuskovic (Croatia), Djed Spence (England), Micky van de Ven (Netherlands), Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal), Pedro Porro (Spain), Lucas Bergvall (Sweden), Rodrigo Bentancur (Uruguay).
Relegated Clubs:
5 players: Axel Tuanzebe (DR Congo), Lyle Foster (South Africa), Hjalmar Ekdal (Sweden), Zeki Amdouni (Switzerland), Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia).
5 players: Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (DR Congo), Edson Alvarez (Mexico), Crysencio Summerville (Netherlands), El-Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal).
7 players: Sasa Kalajdzic (Austria), Ladislav Krejci (Czech Republic), Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Haiti), David Moller Wolfe (Norway), Jose Sa (Portugal), Hwang Hee-chan (South Korea), Santiago Bueno (Uruguay).
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